northwardly, to Potowmack river or Four-Mile run, as the case may require. All the streets hereafter to be laid off on the west-side of Washingtop-street, shall be parallel with Fairfax-street, and not less than sixty, six feet wide in every part, nor more than sixty-six feet wide in any part, without the consent of the proprie. tors of the land, first had and obtained, and shall be extended southwardly to Great-Hunting creek, and northwardly to Potowmack river or Four-Mile run. The streets running westwardly from Potowmack river shall be at the distance of three hundred and fifty-three feet two inches, and the streets running parallel with Fairfax-street, shall be distant from each other two hundred and forty-six feet ten inches, so that each square to be built upon and improved, shall contain two acres of land. The street called Washington street shall be one hundred feet wide in every part, and be extended northwardly and southwardly to the limits of the aforesaid district, except that part of the said street already laid out sixty-six feet wide, which shall continue of that width, unless the mayor and commonalty of the said town choose to widen the same to one hundred feet, in which case they shall, on or before the first day of April next, cause the damages or injury which any person or persons may in any manner sustain in their property by the widening of the said street, to be ascertained and valued by a jury of twelve good and lawful men, upon oath, to be empannelled by the sheriff of Fairfax county, and the amount of such damages, or injury, assessed as aforesaid, to be levied on the property within the limits of the corporation, and shall pay the amount to the several persons entitled thereto, in the following manner, viz. One half on or before the first day of January, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, and the remainder on or before the first day of January, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight. Provided, That the church and burying ground vested in the minister and vestry of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Fairfax parish, shall not in any manner be affected by the extension of Cameron-street.

CHAP. XCII.

An act to repeal the act of assembly for establishing the town of Walker

ton.

ing town of

BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That the Act establish act of assembly for establishing the town of Walkerton, Wakerton, in the county of King and Queen, shall be, and the in county of same is hereby repealed. That forty acres of land, Kirg& Queeɔ which were by deed bearing date the thirteenth day of repealed. June, one thousand seven hundred and nine, given and granted by John Walker, deceased, for the use of the inhabitants of the said town, as a common, shall be, and the same are hereby revested in the legal representatives of the said John Walker in fee: Provided always, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to affect the right of any person to a lot or part of a lot in the said place, or to discontinue the public road to, or ferry across, Mattapony river from the said

iewn.

CHAP. XCIII.

An act for vesting the estate of John Tyler, deceased, in trustees, for certain purposes.

who was exe.

I. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That Estate of the whole estate, both real and personal, of John Ty- John Tyler, ler, who was convicted of murder at the session of the cuted for general court in December last, and executed accord- murder, how ingly, be, and the same is hereby vested in William Al- disposed of. exander, James Gwatkins, and Valentine Peyton, trustees, for the following uses, that is to say: that they, or any two of them, shall sell the same, having given notice thereof for one month in the Virginia Gazette, upon twelve months credit, taking bond and good security

from the purchasers; and when the money is received, pay to the state the expences of the prosecution of the said John Tyler, to his creditors their just debts, and distribute the remainder among the brothers and sisters of the said John, observing this rule of proportion, that such as are of the half-blood, if any there be, shall be entitled to but half a share. And whereas the said John Tyler, in his life-time, agreed to sell to Joseph Tyler, a tract of land containing one hundred and fif ty-five acres, more or less, lying in the county of Loudoun, for the sum of one hundred and sixty pounds, part whereof has been paid, but no conveyance executed before the deaths of the said Joseph and John Tyler.

II. Be it enacted, That the said trustees, or any two of them, be empowered to demand and receive from the administrators of the said Joseph Tyler the balance due, and upon receipt thereof, to convey the said tract of land in fee to the heir at law of the said Joseph, and distribute the money among the representatives of the said John, in manner aforesaid.

III. And be it further enacted, That Elizabeth, the widow and relict of the said Joseph, shall be entitled to dower in the said one hundred and fifty acres of land, in the same manner that she would have been if the lands had been conveyed to the said Joseph in his life-time.

Town of Clarksburg in Harrison county established.

CHAP. XCIV.

An act for establishing the town of Clarksburg in the county of Harrison.

I. WHEREAS a considerable number of lots have been laid off, and houses built thereon, by the proprietors of the place fixed for the erecting the court-house and other public buildings in the county of Harrison, and application being made to this assembly that the same may be established a town:

II. Be it therefore enacted, That the said lots so laid off, or hereafter to be laid off by the trustees, shall be, and the same are hereby established a town, by the name of Clarksburg, and that William Haymond, Nicholas Carpenert, John Myers, John M'Ally, and John Davisson, gentlemen, are hereby appointed trustees of the said town, who, or any three of them, shall have power from time to time to settle and determine all disputes concerning the bounds of the said lots, and in case of the death, resignation, or removal out of the county of any one or more of the said trustees, it shall be lawful for the freeholders of the said town to elect and choose others in their stead, and those so chosen shall have the same power and authority as any one particularly named in this act.

III. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That half an acre of ground, or so much thereof as may be thought necessary, either in one entire or two separate parcels, shall be laid off by the said trustees in the most cenvenient part of the said town, and appropriated for the purpose of erecting thereon the court-house and other public buildings; and that the said trustees have full power to lay off as many lots, streets, and alleys as to them shall seem convenient, for the benefit of the said town; and that the possessor of any lot or lots in the said town, shall, before the first day of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety, build thereon a dwelling house of at least sixteen feet square, either of stone, brick, frame, or hewed logs, with a stone or brick ehimney, and upon failure thereof, shall forfeit their lot or lots to the said trustees, to be further disposed of as they may think proper, for the benefit of the said

town.

IV. And be it further enacted, That the freeholders of the said town shall be entitled to, and have and enjoy all the rights, privileges, and immunities, which the freeholders of other towns not incorporated, have and enjoy.

Town of

ty established.

CHAP. XCV.

An act for establishing a town on the lands of William Mercer, in the county of Stafford.

1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That Leesville, in seventy-one acres of land, being part of a tract devised Stafford coun- by the will of the late general Hugh Mercer, deceased, to his son William Mercer, now an infant, lying on Rappahannock river, in the county of Stafford. shall be, and the same are hereby vested in William Fitzhugh, James Hunter, Mann Page, George Weedon, William Garrard, and John Mercer, gentlemen, trustees, to be by them, or a majority of them, laid out into lots of half an acre each, with convenient streets, which shall be, and the same is hereby established a town, by the name of Leesville. So soon as the said seventy-one acres of land shall be so laid off into lots and streets, the said trustees, or a majority of them, shall proceed to sell the said lots, at public auction, for the best price that be had, the time and place of which sale shall be previously advertised for one month in the Virginia Gazette; the purchasers to hold the said lots respectively, subject to the condition of building on each a dwelling house sixteen feet square at least, with a brick or stone chimney, to be finished fit for habitation within three years from the day of sale: And the said trustees, or a majority of them, shall, and they are hereby empowered, to convey the said lots to the purchasers thereof in fee subject to the condition aforesaid, and pay the money arising from the sale thereof to the executors of the said Hugh Mercer, to be by them accounted for, and paid to the said William Mercer, or his legal representatives. The said trustees, or a majority of them, shall have power from time to time, to settle and determine all disputes concerning the bounds of the lots, and to settle and establish such rules and orders for the regular building of houses thereon, as to them shall seem best; and in case of the death, resignation, or other legal disability of any of the said trustees, to elect and choose others in their stead, which trustees,. se chosen, shall, to all intents and purposes, be vested