Preamble. Trustees ap CHAP. XCIII. An act appointing trustees to confirm in Curtis (Passed the 29th of November, 1790.) SECT. 1. WHEREAS it is represented that by virtue of an act of Assembly, passed in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven, which empowered the vestry of the parish of Botetourt, to dispose of their glebe lands, that the same were sold to a certain Curtis Alderson, for the consideration of four hundred pounds which has been paid by him; but that previous to his obtaining a title thereto, the said vestry was dissolved, and the said Curtis Alderson having petitioned this Assembly, to confirm in him a title to the said glebe lands: SECT. 2. Be it therefore enacted by the General Aspointed to sembly, That the glebe lands which appertained to the convey a tract tract said parish of Botetourt, at the passing of the said recited tis Alderson. act, consisting of five hundred and twenty-five acres, and of land to Cur which by the said act were directed to be sold, shall be, and the same are hereby vested in Joseph Haines, Joseph Paxton, Nicholas Carper and William Brians, gentlemen, in fee simple; in trust nevertheless, to be by them or any two of them conveyed to the said Curtis Alderson, and his heirs, in fee simple for ever. Preamble. CHAP. XCIV. An act for vesting in trustees the interest which the Commonwealth hath in certain lands whereof Patrick Coutts died seized. (Passed the 16th of December, 1790.) SECT. 1. WHEREAS it hath been represented to the present General Assembly by Benjamin Lewis, Alexander M'Robert and John M'Keand administrators with the will annexed of the estate of Patrick Coutts deceased, unadministered by William Coutts deceased, that the said Patrick Coutts departed this life some time in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six, leaving a personal estate not sufficient for the payment of his debts, and possessed of several lots and parcels of land lying in the county of Henrico, which have escheated to the Commonwealth, by reason of the heir at law of the said Patrick Coutts being an alien; And whereas it is more agreeable to the principles of justice, that the said lands should be applied to the discharge of the debts of the said Patrick Coutts deceased than that the public should be benefited thereby. Common SECT. 2. Be it therefore enacted by the General As- Interest of the sembly, That all the right and interest which the Com- wealth in the monwealth hath to the said lands upon an office which lands wherehath been found, shall be and the same are hereby vest- of Patrick ed in Nathaniel Wilkinson, Richard Adams, William Coutts died Hay, John Harvie, William Du Val and George Nicol- seized, vested son, gentlemen trustees, to be by them or any three of them sold for the best price that can be had; giving two months notice of the time and place of sale in the Virginia Gazette. in trustees; SECT. 3. The said trustees or any three of them shall to be sold; convey the said land to the purchaser or purchasers in fee; and the money arising from the sale thereof shall be Money arising therefrom to paid to the said Benjamin Lewis, Alexander M'Robert be paid to his and John M'Keand administrators of the said Patrick administraCoutts deceased as aforesaid, to be applied by them in a tors; due course of administration to the discharge of the How to be apdebts of the said decedent Patrick Coutts, and in case plied by them. there should be any surplus after paying such debts, the same shall by the said administrators be paid into the public treasury. SECT. 4. And whereas it has been further represented to the General Assembly by the said Benjamin Lewis, Alexander M'Robert and John M'Keand, that several lots and parcels of land, part of the estate of the said Patrick Coutts had been sold by them, and also by William Coutts in his life time, who was administrator with the will annexed of the said Patrick, under an opinion that the same were vested in them by the will of the said Patrick, which lots and parcels of land have escheated to the Commonwealth. The trustees to convey the SECT. 5. Be it enacted, That the trustees herein be- lots sold by fore named, shall convey to the purchasers respectively them and by their heirs or assigns in fee, the several lots and parcels Coutts to the of land so sold as aforesaid. William purchasers. Rights of all except those claiming under the Commonwealth saved. SECT. 6. Saving however to all persons and bodies politic and corporate other than those claiming under the Commonwealth, all legal or equitable rights which they might have ascerted to the said lands or any part thereof: Provided that the terms of their several agreements be complied with, on or before the first day of December next. Auditor to credit John Taylor late sheriff of sum on ac CHAP. XCV. An act to credit John Taylor and Francis Warman, certain sums of money. (Passed the 15th of December, 1790.) SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That the auditor of public accounts, shall and he is hereby required to credit John Taylor, late sheriff of the county Montgomery, of Montgomery, on account of the land tax due from the for a certain said county, in the year one thousand seven hundred and count of the eighty-seven, the sum of ninety-six pounds five shillings and five pence halfpenny, being the amount of the tax on certain tracts of land in the uninhabited parts of the said county, which the said John Taylor was prevented from collecting by reason of the danger he was exposed to from the savages. land tax; And Francis sheriff of Mo SECT. 2. The auditor of public accounts shall also Warman late credit Francis Warman, late sheriff of the county of nongalia for Monongalia, in account for the collection of the taxes the amount of due from the said county, for the year one thousand secertain certifi- ven hundred and eighty-six, the sum of fourteen pounds rants casually in the certificate, and one pound four shillings in the redestroyed. cates and war venue tax, being the amount of certificates, and a warrant collected by Jacob Pendall, deputy sheriff to the said Francis Warman, and consumed with his house in the said year: Provided, That the said Francis Warman shall specify the date of and to whom the said certificate and warrant were granted, and give bond and security as in cases of duplicates heretofore granted in lieu of warrants or certificates lost or otherwise destroyed. CHAP. XCVI. An act to amend two acts of the Assembly appointing trustees to sell part of the lands of John Todd, deceased, for the payment of his debts, and for other purposes. (Passed the 10th of November, 1790.) SECT. 1. WHEREAS doubts have arisen with re- Preamble. spect to the powers given the trustees appointed by two acts of Assembly passed in the years one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six, and one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, the one intitled "An act appointing trustees to sell part of the lands of John Todd, deceased, for the payment of his debts, and for other purposes," and the other amendatory thereof; to remove which doubts, application hath been made to this Assembly; lands of John SECT. 2. Be it therefore enacted, That the trustees ap- Trustees aupointed by the said recited acts, or any three of them thorized to shall and may proceed to sell in such manner as to them sell part of the shall seem most advantageous, so much of the lands Todd deceaswhereof the said John Todd died seized, as shall be suf- ed; ficient for carrying into full and complete effect the purposes thereby intended, and convey the same to the purchaser or purchasers in fee simple; Provided nevertheless, That the said trustees shall not be authorized to sell the tract of land in the county of Fayette, containing four hundred acres, which was granted to the said John Todd by virtue of his actual settlement right; And provided also, That they shall not sell in consequence of the powers hereby given them, more than one fourth part of the lands, whereof the said John Todd died seized. before the SECT. 3. The said trustees when they have performed To lay a statethe trust reposed in them by this or either of the said ment of their recited acts, and shall have made a fair statement of proceedings their proceedings therein, which having been examined court of Fayand approved by the court of Fayette county, shall be ette county. recorded therein, from thenceforth the said trustees shall be discharged from the said trust. Two trustees SECT. 5. And be it further enacted, That Percival added to the Butler and Robert Barr, gentlemen, shall be and they former. are hereby added to the former trustees, with the same power and authority as any one particularly named in either of the said recited acts. Preamble. A certificate for a certain CHAP. XCVII. An act for paying a sum of money to Wills Cowper. (Passed the 23d of December, 1790.) SECT. 1. WHEREAS it has been represented to the present General Assembly, that Wills Cowper of the town of Suffolk, furnished in the course of the late war eighty-seven barrels of corn for the use of the militia under the command of brigadier general Lawson, and has not received any compensation for the same: SECT. 2. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That the said corn shall be estimated at the rate of ten shil sum to be is- lings per barrel, and the auditor of public accounts shall sued to Wills Cowper. and is hereby directed to issue to the said Wills Cowper a certificate for the same. Preamble. CHAP. XCVIII. An act authorizing certain trustees to make sale of a lot of land in the county of Accomack. (Passed the 10th of December, 1790.) SECT. 1. WHEREAS a lot of land in the county of Accomack, was purchased by joint contribution of divers persons resident as well in the said county as the county of Somerset in the state of Maryland, and appropriated to the purpose of religious worship, and it has been represented to this present General Assembly, that the persons living who are interested in the said land are desirous that the same should be sold: |