Act authori ceceased a mended. CHAP. LXXXV. An act to amend the act appointing trustees to sell part of the lands of John Todd, deceased, for the payment of his debts, and for other purposes. [Passed the 29th of November, 1787.] 1. WHEREAS by an act of the last session, intitusing trustees led "An act appointing trustees to sell part of the to sell part of lands of John Todd, deceased, for the payment of his the land of debts, and for other purposes," the tract of land whereJohn Todd, on the said John Todd resided at the time of his death was particularly reserved from being sold by the said trustees; And whereas it hath been represented to the present general assembly, that it will be more advantageous to the representatives of the said John Todd, to sell the land whereon he resided at the time of his death, and reserve the lands whereon his widow Jane Todd now lives in lieu thereof; II. Be it therefore enacted, That the said trustees may sell the tract of land whereon the said John Todd resided at the time of his death; and the tract whereon his widow now resides shall be, and the same is hereby reserved in lieu thereof; any thing in the said recited act to the contrary thereof notwithstanding. III. And be it further enacted, That James Overton shall be, and he is hereby added to the former trustees, with the same power and authority as any one particularly named in the said recited act. CHAP. LXXXVI. An act to encrease the allowance for between Urbanna and pilotage Tappahannock. [Passed the 3d of November, 1787.] I. WHEREAS it hath been represented to the pre- Filotage besent general assembly, that the prices allowed for pilot- tween Urban age of vessels between Urbanna and Tappahannock, na and Tapare inadequate to the duty; pahannock II. Be it therefore enacted, That instead of three encreased. shillings and six pence per foot, there shall be allowed and paid the sum of five shillings per foot, for pilotage between Urbanna and Tappahannock; any law to the Contrary thereof notwithstanding. CHAP. LXXXVII. An act to amend the act for establishing certain inspections of tobacco. [Passed the 3d of November, 1787.] I. WHEREAS doubts have arisen whether the inspectors at Lynch's and Rivanna warehouses are by law required to receive the duties and imposts on to bacco brought to such warehouses: For removing such doubts, II. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, That the inspectors at the said warehouses of Lynch's and Ri vanna, shall be, and they are hereby authorised and required, to receive the duties and impost on all tobaccoes inspected at such warehouses; and shall account for, and pay into the public treasury, such duties and impost, in the same manner and under the like penalties, as other inspectors are by law directed. And the said inspectors shall give their manifest for such tobacco when required, which may thereupon be shipped by the owners thereof, without being reinspected at any other warehouse. Inspectors of tobacco at certain ware. houses autho rized to re-. ceive duties. Power of trustees of ed. CHAP. LXXXVIII. An act giving certain powers to trustees of the town of Dumfries. [Passed the 4th of December, 1787.) BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That the trustees of the town of Dumfries, in the county of town of Dum. Prince William, and their successors, or a majority of fries enlarg them, shall have power to erect or repair a markethouse in the said town, to appoint a clerk of the market, to establish an assize of bread, to appoint and pay watchmen, remove nuisances and obstructions in the town or streets, and to repair and keep in order the main street in the said town, and to impose taxes not exceeding one hundred pounds annually on the tithables and property real and personal, within the town, for the carrying into execution all or any of the powers hereby given them; to make provision and regulations for the collecting and accounting for the taxes so raised, by appointing a collector, and directing distress to be made for delinquencies, or by any other ways or means; and to make all such ordinances and regulations not contrary to the laws and constitution of this commonwealth, as shall by them or a majority of them be thought necessary for carrying this act into effect. Vacancies by death or otherwise of the said trustees, or any of them, shall be supplied by the election of the freeholders, housekeepers, and free male inhabitants of the said town, aged twenty one years, other than free negroes or mulattoes, who shall have resided therein for the space of six months, and who possess in their own right within the said town moveable property of the value of fifty pounds; which election shall be conducted by the sheriff of the said county, and held at the court house thereof in the said town, upon a day to be appointed for that purpose by the said trustees, or a majority of them; whereof ten days previous notice shall be given by the sheriff in the said ⚫town, who shall make return of the person elected, together with a fair copy of the poll by him taken, to the said trustees; who shall record the return with their other proceedings in books to be by them kept for that purpose. CHAP. LXXXIX. An act to establish a town in each of the counties of Mercer and Nel son. [Passed the 1st of November, 1787.] 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That Towns of fifty acres of land lying on Kentucky river, near Har- Warwick and rod's landing in the county of Mercer, the property of Beallsbo Walter Beall, are hereby vested in Hugh Magary, rough, in Kentucky, Thomas Allen, Benjamin Bell, Christopher Greenup, established. Samuel M'Afee, and Stephen Arnold, gentlemen, trustees, to be by them, or a majority of them, laid off into lots of half an acre each, with convenient streets, and established a town by the name of Warwick. II. And be it further enacted, That fifty acres of land lying at the mouth of Beachfork, on Salt river, in the county of Nelson, the property also of the said Walter Beall, are hereby vested in James Morrison, Francis Parepoint, Samuel Pottinger, Isaac Morrison, James Adams, Isaac Cox, Cuthbert Harrison, George Harrison, Andrew Hinds, John Kennedy, William Kendell, and Adkin Hill, gentlemen, trustees to be by them or a majority of them, laid off into lots of half an acre each, with convenient streets, and established a town by the name of Beallsborough. III. That so soon as the said lands shall respectively be laid off into lots and streets, the trustees of each, or a majority thereof, shall proceed to sell the same at public auction, for the best price that can be had; the time and place of which sales shall be previously advertised for six months at the court-house of each of the counties of Mercer, Nelson, Lincoln, and Fayette; and convey the said lots to the purchasers in fee, sub ject to the condition of building on each a dwellinghouse sixteen feet square at least, with a briek or stone chimney, to be finished fit for habitation within three years from the day of sale; and pay the money arising from such sales to the said Walter Beall, or his legal representatives. IV. The trustees of the said towns respectively, or a majority of either of them, shall have power, from time to time, to settle and determine all disputes concerning the bounds of the lots, and to establish such rules and orders for the regular building of houses thereon, as to them shall seem best. V. In case of the death, resignation, removal out of the county, or other legal disability of any of the said trustees, it shall be lawful for the remaining trustees, respectively, of either of the said towns, to elect others in their stead, who shall be vested with the same powers as any particularly appointed by this act. VI. The purchasers of the said lots, so soon as they shall have built upon and saved the same according to the condition of their respective deeds of conveyance, shall be entitled to, and enjoy all the rights, privileges, and immunities, which the freeholders and inhabitants of other towns in this state, not incorporated, hold and enjoy. VII. If the purchaser of any lot shall fail to build thereon within the time before limited, the trustees of the town where such failure shall happen, or a majority of them, may thereupon enter into such lot, and sell the same again, and apply the money for the benefit of the inhabitants of the said town. Lottery au thorised, for Fredericks. burg acade. my. CHAP. XC. An act to empower the trustees of the tery. [Passed the 19th of November, 1787.] BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That it shall be lawful for the trustees of the Fredericksburg |