with the same powers and authority as any other in this act particularly nominated and appointed.

II. And be it further enacted, That the purchasers of lots in the said town, so soon as they shall have built upon and saved the same, according to the conditions of their respective deeds of conveyance, shall then be entitled to, and have and enjoy, all the rights, privileges, and immunities, which the freeholders and inhabitants of other towns not incorporated, hold and enjoy. If the purchasers of any lot shall fail to build thereon within the time before limited, the said trustees, 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.

CHAP. XCVI.

An act appointing trustees for the town of Suffolk, and for enlarging the same.

I. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That Trustees of Wells Cowper, John Driver, John Granberry, Willis town of Suffolk appoint. Riddick, Robert Cowper, Archibald Richardson, and ed. Thomas Wishart, gentlemen, shall be, and they are hereby constituted and appointed, trustees of the town

of Suffolk: That sixteen acres of land adjoining the Addition to said town, the property of John Granberry, be, and the the town. same are hereby vested in the said trustees, and shall be held, deemed and taken as part of the said town, and shall be laid off by the said trustees, or a majority of them, into lots of half an acre each, with convenient streets, and sold at public auction for the best price that can be had, the time and place of such sale being previously advertised two months in the Virginia Gazette, and to convey the said lots to the purchasers thereof in fee respectively, subject to the condition of building on each a dwelling-house, at least twenty feet

long and sixteen feet wide, with a briek or stone chimney, to be finished within four years from the day of sale. The money arising from the sale of the said lots shall be paid by the said trustees to the said John Granberry, or his legal representatives. The said trustees, or a major part of them, shall have power from time to time, to settle and determine all disputes concerning the bounds of the said lots, and to settle such rules for the regular building of houses thereon, as to them shall seem most convenient: That in case of the death, removal out of the county, or other legal disability of any of the said trustees, the vacancy thereby occasioned shall be supplied by the remaining trustees, and those so chosen shall be to all intents and purposes individually vested with the same power and authority as any one in this act particularly mentioned. The purchasers of lots in the said town, so soon as they shall have built upon and saved the same, according to the conditions of their respective deeds of conveyance, shall be entitled to and enjoy the same rights, privileges, and immunities, with the other freeholders and inhabitants of the said town: That if the purchaser of any lot sold by the said trustees shall fail to build thereon within the time before limited, the said trustees, or the major part of them, may thereupon enter into such lot, and sell the same again, and apply the money for the benefit of the said town.

Morganstown

in Mononga

CHAP. XCVII.

An act to establish a town on the lands of Zackquell Morgan, in the county of Monongalia.

1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That lia. establish fifty acres of land, the property of Zackquell Morgan, lying in the county of Monongalia, shall be, and they are hereby vested in Samuel Hanway, John Evans,

ed.

David Scot, Michael Kearnes, and James Daugherty, gentlemen, trustees, to be by them, or any three of them, laid out into lots of half an acre each, with convenient streets, which shall be, and the same are here. by established a town, by the name of Morgans-town. So soon as the said fifty acres of land shall be so laid off into lots and streets, the said trustees or the major part of them, shall proceed to sell the said Tots, at public auction, for the best price that can be had, the time and place of which shall be previously advertised for two months in the Virginia Gazette; the purchasers to hold the said lots respectively, subject to the condition of building on each a dwelling-house, eighteen feet square at least, with a brick or stone chimney, to be finished fit for habitation within four years from the day of sale: And the said trustees, or the major part of them, shall, and they are hereby empowered, to convey the said lots to the purchasers thereof in fee simple, subject to the condition aforesaid, and pay the money arising from the sale thereof to the said Zackquell Morgan, 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 said lots, and to settle such rules and orders for the regular building of houses thereon, as to them shall seem best and most convenient; and in case of the death, removal out of the county, or other legal disability, of any of the said trustees, it shall be lawful for the other trustees, to elect and choose so many other persons in the room of those dead, removed, or disabled, as shall make up the number: the trustees, so chosen, shall to all intents and purposes, be vested with the same powers as those particularly named in this act. The purchasers of the lots in the said town, so soon as they shall have built upon and saved the same, a cording to the conditions of their respective deeds, shall be entitled to, and have and enjoy all the rights, privileges, and immunities, which the freeholders and inhabitants ofther towns in this state, not incorporated, hold and enjoy. If the purchaser of any lot shall fail to build thereon within the time before limited, the said trustees, or the major part of them, may thereupon enter into such lot, and sell the same again, and apply the money towards repairing the streets, or in any other way for the benefit

of the said town. Provided always, That nothing herein contained shall be construed or taken, so as to authorize the said trustees to sell any lot, that may have already been sold and conveyed by the aforesaid Zackquell Morgan, nor to re-enter the same, provided the holder thereof shall build a house of such dimensions as is herein before directed, within the space of four years after the passing of this act.

Further time allowed to

improve lots

CHAP. XCVIII.

An act giving further time to the purchasers of lots in the town of Moorfield to build thereon.

I. WHEREAS the purchasers of lots in the town of Moorfield, in the county of Hampshire, from the in Moorfield, difficulty of procuring materials have not been able to build on their said lots within the time prescribed by

law:

II. Be it therefore enacted, That the further time of three years, from the passing of this act, shall be allowed the purchasers of lots in the said town to build upon and save the same.

Further time allowed to

improve lots in town of Bath.

CHAP. XCIX.

An act for giving further time to the proprietors of lots in the town of Bath to make improvements there

on.

I. WHEREAS by an act of the general assembly, intituled "An act for establishing a town at the Warm Springs, now called Bath, in the county of Berkeley,"

it was, among other things, directed, that the purcha sers of lots in the said town should, within twelve months from the day of sale, build upon each of the said lots a dwelling-house, twelve feet square, fit for habitation. And whereas it has been represented to this present general assembly, that the time limited for building upon and saving the said lots was of too short a period:

11. Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly, That the purchasers of lots in the said town shall be allowed until the first day of October, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, as a further time to build upon and save the same; any thing in the said recited act to the contrary, notwithstanding.

CHAP. C.

An act to establish a town on the land

of James Gordon, in the county of

Lancaster.

Gordonsville,

I. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That Town of fifty acres of land, the property of James Gordon, in Lancaster lying between the eastern and western branch of Coro- county, esta toman river, in the county of Lancaster, shall be, and blished, they are hereby vested in Edwin Conway, John Berryman, Henry Towles, James Wallace Ball, George Carter, Joseph Ball Downman, John Gordon, Thomas Gaskins, and James Ball, junior, gentlemen, trustees, to be by them, or a majority of them, laid out into lots of half an acre each, with convenient streets, and established a town, by the name of Gordonsville. So soon as the said fifty acres of land shall be laid off into lots and streets, the said trustees, or a majority of them, shall proceed to sell the same at public auction, for the best price that can be had, the time and place of which sale shall be previously advertised for two months in the Virginia Gazette. The purchasers to hold the said lots respectively, subject