ginning; shall form one distinct county, and be called and known by the name of Kanawha. II. A court for the said 'county of Kanawha, shall be held by the justices thereof on the first Monday in every month, after the same shall take place, in like manner as is provided by law for other counties, and shall be by their commissions directed. III. The justices to be named in the commission of the peace for the said county of Kanawha, shall meet at the house of William Clendinen in the said county, upon the first court day after the said county shall take place, and having taken the oaths prescribed by law, and administered the oath of office to, and taken bond of, the sheriff, according to law, proceed to appoint and qualify a clerk, and fix upon a place for holding courts in the said county, at or as near the centre thereof as the situation and convenience will admit; and thenceforth the said court shall proceed to erect the necessary public buildings at such place; and until such buildings be completed, to appoint any place for holding courts, as they shall think proper. Provided always, That the appointment of a place for holding courts, and of a clerk, shall not be made unless a majority of the justices of the said county be present; where such majority shall have been prevented from attending by bad weather, or their being at the time out of the county, in such case the appointment shall be postponed until some court day, when a majority shall be present. IV. Provided also, and be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the sheriffs of each of the said counties of Greenbrier and Montgomery, to collect and make distress for any public dues and officers fees, remaining unpaid by the inhabitants thereof at the time the said county shall take place, and shall be accounta ble for the same in like manner, as if this act had not been made. V. The governor, with advice of the council, shall appoint a person to be first sheriff of the said county, who shall continue in office during the term, and upon the same conditions, as are by law appointed for other sheriffs. VI. The courts of the said counties of Greenbrier and Montgomery shall have jurisdiction of all actions and suits, which shall be depending before them at the time the said county of Kanawha shall take place, and shall try and determine the same, and award execution thereon. VII. In all future elections of a senator, the said county of Kanawha shall be of the same district as the said county of Greenbrier. Town of CHAP. XV. An act for establishing a town near [Passed the 15th of November, 1788] 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That Frontroyal, in fifty acres of land near Chester's gap, in the county Frederick of Frederick, the property of Solomon Vanmeter, county esta blished. James Moore, Robert Haines, William Cunningham, Peter Halley, Original Wroe, John Smith, Allen Wiley. George Chick, William Miller, William Morris, and Henry Trout, shall be, and the same are hereby, vested in Thomas Allen, Robert Russel, William Jennings, William Headley, John Hickman, Thomas Hand, and Thomas Buck, 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 Frontroval. II. As soon as the said fifty 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 same, a! public auction, for the best price that can be had, the time and place of which sale being previously advertised for two months at the courthouse of each of the said counties of Frederick and Shenandoah; the purchasers to hold the said lots respectively subject to the condition of building on each a dwellinghouse containing sixteen feet square at least, with a brick or stone chimney, to be finished fit for habitation within two years from the day of sale; and to convey the said lots to the purchasers in fee, subject to the condition aforesaid, and pay the money arising from the sale thereof to the said Solomon Vanmeter, James Moore, Robert Haines, William Cunningham, Peter Halley, Original Wroe, John Smith, Allen Wiley, George Chick, William Miller, William Morris, and Henry Trout, or their respective legal representatives. III. 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 in case of the death, reinoval out of the county, or other disability, of any of the said trustees, it shall be lawful for the others to supply such vacancy, and the trustees so chosen shall, to all intents and purposes, be vested with the same powers as those particularly named in this act. IV. 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, shall be entitled to, and have and enjoy, all the rights, privileges, and immunities, which the freeholders and inhabitants of other 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 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. XVI. An act for establishing a town on the lands of William Anderson in the county of Botelourt. [Passed the 15th of November, 1788.] Town of Pat Botetourt I. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That tonsburg, in fifty acres of land, the property of William Anderson, county estab lying at Anderson's ferry, in the county of Botetourt, lished. VOL. XII. K 4 be, and they are hereby, vested in George Skillern, John Preston, Francis Preston, Joseph Paxton, John Cartmeil, and Joseph Paxton, 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 Pattonsburg. II. That so soon as the said fifty 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 same, at public auction, for the best price that can be had, the time and place of which sale to be previously advertised for two months at the courthouse of the said county; 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 convey the said lots to the purchasers in fee, subject to the condition aforesaid, and pay the money arising from the sale thereof to the said William Anderson, or his legal representatives. III. 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 establish such rules and orders for the regular building of houses thereon, as to them shall seem best; and in case of the death, removal out of the county, or other legal disability, of any one or more of the said trustees, it shall be lawful for the remaining trustees to choose others in the room of those so dead, or disabled, and the persons so chosen shall, to all intents and purposes, be vested with the same power and authority, as any other in this act particularly appointed. IV. The purchasers of lots in the said town, so soon ar 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 in this state, not incorporated, hold and enjoy. V. If the purchaser 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. XVII. An act for establishing a town on the lands of William Crow, in the county of Botetourt. [Passed the 15th of November, 1788] Town of 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That forty acres of land, whereon William Crow now lives, lying at his ferry on the south side of James river, in the county of Botetourt, shall be, and they are hereby, county estab vested in Archibald Stuart, George Hancock, Thomas lished. Rowland, John Wood, Henry Bowyer, Patrick Lockhart, and Matthew Wilson, 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 Crowsville. II. So soon as the said forty 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 same, at public auction, for the best price that can be had, the time and place of which sale to be previously advertised for six months in the Virginia Gazette, and at the courthouse of the said county; 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 convey the said lots to the purchasers in fee, and the money arising from the sale of the said lots, shall remain in the hands of the said trustees, subject to the discharge of a mortgage made by the sad William Crow, of the aforesaid lands, to certain .British subjects. III. The said trustees, or a majority o them, shall have power, from time to time, to sett le and determine all disputes concerning the bounds of the said lots, and to establish such rules and orders for the regular building of houses thereon, as to them shall seem best; and in case of the death, removal out of the county, or other legal disability, of any one or more of the said trustees, it shall be lawful for the remaining trustees, to |