person or persons upon the best terms that can be obtained, for repairing and keeping in repair the road over the Blue Ridge, at the pass called Swift-run, as far as Page's ordinary, in the county of Orange.

SECT. 2. The person or persons undertaking the said road, shall enter into bond with sufficient security, payable to the justices of the said court, and their successors, in double the sum the same is undertaken for, with condition for the due and faithful performance of the said agreement.

SECT. 3. The expence of repairing and keeping in The expence repair the said road, shall annually during the term afore- thereof, how to be defray. said, be levied by the court on the tithable persons in the ed. said county, to be collected and accounted for in like manner as prescribed by law, for collecting and accounting for parish and county levies; Provided always, that such levy shall not annually exceed the sum of one hun dred pounds.

CHAP. LXIII.

An act appointing trustees of the town of Fincastle, in the county of Botetourt.

(Passed the 14th of November, 1789.)

WHEREAS it is represented that the trustees of the Preamble, town of Fincastle, in the county of Botetourt, are either dead or removed out of the county; Be it therefore en- Certain per acted by the General Assembly, that James Breckenridge, sons appointPatrick Lockhart, George Hancock, Henry Bowyer, Robert Harvey, Matthew Harvey and Philip Speckard, gentlemen, shall be and they are hereby constituted trus

ed trustees;

tees of the said town of Fincastle, and vested with the Their power same power and authority, as if they had been particu- and duty. larly nominated and appointed in the act for establishing

the said town.

CHAP. LXIV.

An act to authorize the Common Hall of the town of Petersburg, to impose a duty on vessels coming to or using the public wharfs, and for other purposes.

(Passed the 17th of December, 1789.)

SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That as doubts have arisen respecting the right of the Common Hall of the town of Petersburg, to levy a tax of more than one hundred pounds on the people thereof without the consent of the electors, agreeable to an act intituled "An act to amend the act intituled an act for incorporating the town of Petersburg, and for other surposes," Common-Hall therefore to prevent such doubts in future, Be it enacted, that the Common Hall shall not lay any greater tax in any one year than the sum of one hundred pounds.

not to raise more than

100l. per year,

purchase of fire-engines.

SECT. 2. And whereas it is represented that fire-enUnless for the gines are absolutely necessary for the town, Be it further enacted, that the Common Hall of the said town shall have power to raise by a tax the sum of three hundred pounds, for the purpose of repairing and purchasing fireengines, but not more than one moiety shall be raised in any one year, over and above the one hundred pounds.

May receive tolls from vessels using the public wharf;

Common-Hall of Richmond to levy tolls from vessels using the public wharf, unless employed in shipping tobacco;

SECT. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the Common Hall of the town of Petersburg, to levy and collect a reasonable tax or duty upon all vessels coming to or using the public wharf, already erected between Coffee-House street and the small bridge towards Blandford.

SECT. 4. And whereas a considerable sum of money has been advanced by the public for the purpose of erecting a wharf at Rocket's landing, and it is reasonable that vessels using the same should pay a compensation for the use thereof: Be it therefore enacted, that the Common Hall of the city of Richmond be, and they are hereby empowered and required to levy a reasonable toll on all vessels using the aforesaid wharf, except such as are specially employed in shipping tobacco, and to allow the harbour master, or such other person as the Common Hall may appoint, such salary as in their opinion

shall be adequate to his trouble for collecting the tolls aforesaid, and the person so appointed, after deducting Money arising his salary, shall upon oath account for and pay into the therefrom, treasury on or before the first day of October in every how to be ap plied. year, the overplus of the tolls by him collected.

CHAP. LXV.

An act empowering the trustees of the town of Lexington, in the county of Fayette, to sell a part of the public lot in the said town, for the purpose of erecting thereon a house of worship.

(Passed the 4th of December, 1789.)

SECT. 1. WHEREAS by the act for establishing the Preamble, town of Lexington in the county of Fayette, a lot of land within the said town was reserved for public use, and it has been represented by the inhabitants of the said county, that the dimensions of the said lot exceed what is necessary for the purposes intended by the said. act: Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly, that Public lot in the said lot shall be divided by a line beginning on the Lexington to be divided; Main street, six poles from the west corner, and thence across the said lot a north-east course: and that the part Part thereof thereof lying north-west of the said line, shall be set to be set apart for erecting a apart for the particular purpose of erecting thereon a house of wor house of divine worship; and the trustees of the said ship: town are hereby authorised and empowered to sell the same to the highest bidder at public vendue, for the purpose aforesaid, giving previous notice in the Kentuckey Gazette, of the time and place of such sale; and what- And to be sold ever denomination of Christians shall become the legal to any denopurchasers thereof, the said trustees are hereby also di- mination of rected to make or cause to be made a deed or deeds, so as to convey the title thereof to the said purchasers and their successors for ever.

Christians;

SECT. 2. And be it further enacted, That the money Purchase moarising from the sale thereof, be applied towards the ney how to be building a market-house in the said town.

applied.

Preamble,

CHAP. LXVI.

An act granting further time to the possessors of lots in the towns of Clarksburg, Morgan's Town, Harrodsburg and Louisville, for building thereon.

(Passed the 4th of December, 1789.)

WHEREAS it is represented that the hostilities of the Indian tribes and other causes, have prevented, or will prevent many of the possessors of lots in the town of Clarksburg, in the county of Harrison; of Morgan's Town, in the county of Monongalia; of Harrodsburg, in the county of Mercer; and of Louisville, in the county of Jefferson, from building thereon, in pursuance of the acts by which the said towns were established; Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that every possessor of a lot in any of the said towns, shall be allowed the farther space of three years, after the day limited by law prove them. shall expire for building thereon, conformably to the acts for establishing the said towns respectively.

Further time

allowed the possessors of lots to im

Corporation authorised to lease parts of

certain lots.

Rents, how to be applied.

CHAP. LXVII.

An act to empower the Mayor and Commonally of the town of Fredericksburg, to lease parts of certain lots therein.

(Passed the 4th of December, 1789.)

BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That it shall be lawful for the mayor and commonalty of the town of Fredericksburg, and they are hereby empowered to lease for three lives or twenty-one years, or any lesser estate therein, such unimproved parts of the Market-house lots as to them shall seem most proper, and apply the rents arising therefrom for the benefit of the corporation.

CHAP. LXVIII.

An act to authorise the trustees of Randolph Academy, to raise a sum of money by Lottery.

(Passed the 12th of November, 1789.)

BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That it shall Trustees to be lawful for the trustees of Randolph Academy, and raise a sum of money by lot. they are hereby empowered to raise, by way of lottery, tery; a sum of money, not exceeding one thousand pounds, to How to be apbe by them applied to the use of the said Academy.

plied.

CHAP. LXIX.

An act to establish a town in each of the counties of Madison, Albemarle and Bourbon.

(Passed the 9th of December, 1789.)

son county;

SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That Towns of Milfifty acres of land adjoining the courthouse in the county ford, in Madiof Madison, the property of Samuel Estill, and the re- Milton, in Alpresentatives of John Estill, deceased, shall be, and they bemarle; and are hereby vested in Green Clay, John Miller, William Hopewell, in Irvine, Archibald Woods, James Barnett, George Ad Bourbon, esams, Michael M-Neeley, James French and Robert Rhodes, 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 Milford.

SECT. 2. And that one hundred acres of land, the property of Bennett Henderson, lying on Rivanna river, at the place called he Shallows, in the county of Albemarle, shall be and they are hereby vested in Wilson Cary Nicholas, Francis Walker, Edward Carter, Charles Lilburn Lewis, William Clark, Howel Lewis and Edward Moore, 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 Milton.

tablished.