Commissioners may remove the

slaves to

the purpose

against the said John M. Bell, shall be suspended until the tenth day of April, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, and the nett amount of such sales shall be applied in relief of the said John M. Bell, as security for the said James Barbour. And the purchasers of the said mortgaged estates shall give bond therefor payable to the governor of this Commonwealth and his successors, and be liable to judgment thereupon in the same manner as is before directed, as to the bonds to be entered into for the sales of the estates of the said Sir John Peyton and John Dixon their deputies and securities as aforementioned.

SECT. 14. And be it further enacted, That if the slaves directed to be sold by this act, will not in the opinion of the commissioners sell for three-fourths of Richmond for their value at the places where they may be exposed to sale, the said slaves shall be brought to the city of Richmond by the said commissioners, and there sold by them under the direction of the executive. And be it further enacted, that this act shall commence and be in force from and after the first day of January next.

of selling them:

for the balan

remain un

Original judg SECT. 15. Provided nevertheless, That nothing in this ments to con- act contained shall affect the original judgments farther, tinue in force than they shall be credited for the amount of such estate ces which may delivered up, shall sell for, after deducting the commissioners' allowance and the necessary expences attending the proceedings under this act; but any balance remaining unsatisfied of the said judgments, may be recovered and proceeded for in the like manner as if this act had never passed, any thing herein to the contrary notwithstanding.

paid.

CHAP. XXV.

An act to amend the act intitled "An act for cutting a navigable canal from the waters of Elizabeth river in this state, to the waters of Posquotank river, in the state of North-Carolina."

(Passed the 25th of November, 1790.)

scriptions:

SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly of Books to be Virginia, That the books directed to be opened for re- opened for receiving and entering subscriptions in the towns of ceiving subNorfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Petersburg, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Alexandria, by the act intitled "An act for cutting a navigable canal from the waters of Elizabeth river in this state, to the waters of Pasquotank river, in the state of North-Carolina," shall be opened for receiving subscriptions at the said places, and under the management of the persons mentioned in the said recited act, and in the city of Williamsburg, under the management of Robert Andrews, in the month of May next after the time when this act shall be in force, and continue open until the first day of September following; and on the third Thursday of the said month of Meeting of September, there shall be a general meeting of the sub- subscribers; scribers at the town of Halifax, in the state of North- where. Carolina, of which meeting notice shall be given by the said managers or any three of them in the Gazettes of both the aforesaid states, at least one month next before the said meeting; and such meeting shall and may be continued and the business of it conducted in the manner prescribed for the meeting appointed by the said recited act.

when and

SECT. 2. And it is hereby declared and enacted, that Conditions, on the tolls allowed to be demanded and received by the which the tolls are grantbefore recited act, are granted and shall be paid on con- ed. dition only that the said Dismal Swamp company shall make the canal and locks of sufficient width for vessels that are fifteen feet broad, and of sufficient depth to be navigated in dry seasons, by vessels drawing three feet water from Deep creek near Tucker's mill in Virginia, to the highest good navigation for vessels of the aforesaid draft in Pasquotank river in North-Carolina, and VOL. XIII.-T

Part of the

that each of the locks shall be ninety feet in length, and the causeways fifteen feet in breadth.

SECT. 3. And be it further enacted, That every act former act re- or part of an act of Assembly which comes within the pealed. purview and meaning of this act, and every part of the before recited act concerning the regulation of commerce, so far as the same is now vested in the government of the United States, shall be and the same are hereby repealed.

Not to be re

tered without

SECT. 4. And so soon as an act similar to the before pealed or al- recited act, as amended by this act, shall have been the consent of passed by the state of North Carolina, the before recited act as amended by this act, shall be in force, and shall never be repealed or altered by the legislature of this state, without the consent of the state of North Carolina.

North Caro

lina.

Preamble.

Penalty on persons placing obstruc

tions in the river.

CHAP. XXVI.

An act to amend the act, intitled "An act for clearing and improving the Navigation of James river.

(Passed the 25th of December, 1790.)

SECT. 1. WHEREAS it is represented to the General Assembly, that the navigation of James river is much obstructed by hedges and fish-traps:

SECT. 2. Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly, That if any person shall hereafter make or cause to be made any hedges, fish-traps or other obstructions in the said river, or any of the navigable branches thereof, from the upper end of the James river canal, to the highest navigation of the said river or the branches thereof, so as to impede or injure the passage of batteaux or canoes, shall forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred pounds for each offence, to be recovered by bill, plaint or information in any court of record, one half for the use of the informer, the other half for the use of the Commonwealth.

CHAP. XXVII.

An act directing a Seal for the High Court of

Chancery.

(Passed the 27th of December, 1790.)

court of chan

cery.

BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That George Seal to be pro. Wythe, judge of the high court of chancery, shall be and cured for the he is hereby authorized to have a seal executed for the said court, according to a design laid by him before this Assembly; and the auditor of public accounts is hereby directed to issue his warrants on the treasurer for any sum of money not exceeding twenty-five pounds, to be paid out of the contingent fund, to the said George Wythe, for the aforesaid purpose.

CHAP. XXVIII.

An act concerning the trustees of the Transylvania Seminary.

(Passed the 3d of December, 1790.)

WHEREAS it hath been represented to this present Preamble} General Assembly, by the trustees of the Transylvania Seminary, that great inconveniences frequently arise from the number of members required by law to constitute a board to transact business, as they are so widely dispersed in the district of Kentuckey: For remedy whereof, Be it enacted by the General Assembly, That from and How many after the passing of this act, seven members shall be suf- trustees conficient to constitute a board to transact business at the stitute a two annual stated meetings, as fixed by law.

board.

Preamble.

Trustees pointed.

Vacancies how to be supplied.

ap

LAWS OF VIRGINIA.

CHAP. XXIX.

An act to explain and amend the several acts of Assembly concerning the town of Louisville, in the county of Jefferson, and for other purposes.

(Passed the 18th of December, 1790.)

WHEREAS it is represented to this present General Assembly, that inconveniencies have arisen on account of the powers given to the trustees and the commissioners of the town of Louisville, in the county of Jefferson, not being sufficiently defined: For remedy whereof, Be it enacted by the General Assembly, That the powers heretofore vested in the commissioners by an act intitled "An act directing the sale of lands in the towns of Louisville and Harrodsburg, and for other purposes," shall be vested in, and in future exercised only by James Francis Moore, Abraham Hite, Abner Martin, Donne Basil Prather, and David Standeford, gentlemen, or a majority of them; and in case of the death, refusal to act, resignation, removal out of the county, or any other legal disability of any of the said commissioners, the remaining commissioners shall and they are hereby directed to appoint others in their stead, who shall to all intents and purposes be vested with, and exercise the same powers and authorities as those mentioned in this act; any act or acts to the contrary notwithstanding.

Former act revived:

CHAP. XXX.

An act to revive and amend the act, intitled "An act appointing Commissioners to examine Slate river."

(Passed the 16th of December, 1790.)

BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That the act intitled "An act appointing commissioners to examine Slate river," shall be and the same is hereby revived, and