which several sums shall be paid to the clerks of the respective courts from whence such process shall issue, or judgments or decrees shall be entered, or to whom such bail bonds or bail piece shall be returned as aforesaid, or where such deeds shall be recorded, or other proceedings had. And the said clerks shall be allowed for collecting, accounting for, and paying the said taxes imposed by this act, into the treasury of the commonwealth, the sum of five per centum on the money so collected by them, or any of them; and they hereby required to account for and pay into the treasury aforesaid, every half year, to wit, on the tenth day of April and the tenth day of October in every year, or within ten days afterwards, all the money received by them respectively on public account pursuant to this act, upon pain of forfeiting all their commissions, to be carried to the credit of the public treasury, and of being suspended from their said office of clerk until such payment be made. On seal of III. And be it further enacted, That there shall be On transfer, of paid two shillings and six pence for every transfer of a surveyor's surveyor's certificate for land, to be paid to the regis- certificate for ter of the land-office before the issuing of the patent; land. and six shillings on each certificate under the seal of this commonwealth, to be paid to the clerk of the council for the time being; which last mentioned taxes shall be accounted for and paid in like manner, and with the like commission for collecting, as is directed in the case of other taxes by this act imposed. state. IV. And be it further enacted, That the money Appropriahereby directed to be collected and paid, shall by the tion of taxes, treasurer of this commonwealth be applied to the payment of liquidated debts due from this commonwealth to foreign creditors. This act shall commence and be in force from and after the first day of September next. ch. 8, sec. 13. CHAP. XVII. See May 1783 An act to amend an act, intituled, An act to establish certain and adequate funds for the redemption of certifi cates granted to the officers and soldiers for their arrears of pay and depreciation. Funds for payment of interest war. rants, appor. tioned among holders, J. WHEREAS difficulties have arisen in carrying certificates & into execution so much of an act, intituled, "An act to establish certain and adequate funds for the redemption of certificates granted to the officers and soldiers for their arrears of pay and depreciation," as respects the distribution of the money collected by virtue of the said act, amongst the holders of the said certificates, or the warrants granted for interest arising on the same: For remedy whereof, Treasurer to advertise. II. Be it enacted, That the treasurer shall once at least in every twelve months, and not oftener than once in every three months, proportion the money in his hands appropriated by law for the redemption of the aforesaid certificates and warrants, amongst the holders of the warrants for interest on the said certificates. And to the intent that the said proportion may be properly ascertained, the treasurer shall cause notice to be given in the public Gazettes that such payment will be made to the holders of the said warrants who shall apply at the treasury for the same before a certain day to be named in the said notice; which day so appointed for payment, shall not be in less than forty nor more than sixty days after such publication in the Gazettes. And the treasurer, on the day so appointed for payment, shall proportion and pay the aforesaid money in his hands amongst the holders of the aforesaid interest warrants, who shall have made application to him for the same between the day of publication aforesaid and the day preceeding that appointed for such payment; and if any overplus shall remain after making payment of the interest warrants aforesaid, the same shall be applied in fair and equal proportion towards the pay Treasurer to ment of the principal of the certificates aforesaid. Pro- Proviso. vided always, That such payment shall not annually exceed one eighth of the amount of such certificates, noting on such certificates the sums so respectively endorse pay. paid. And should it at any time so happen that by mens, means of a deficiency of money in the hands of the treasurer, a partial payment shall be made of any interest warrant, such partial payment shall in like manner be noted on such warrant. Holders to within the III. And be it further enacted, That if the holders of receive in eany of the said interest warrants shall fail to apply for qual propor tions, altho' their proportion of the same at any period appointed by some may not the treasurer for that purpose, it shall and may be lawful hove applied for the treasurer on future application for payment, to for payment, pay such sum or sums of money to the holders of such time advertiwarrants tendered to him, as will put them on the same sed. footing with those who have received payment at any former time which may have been appointed for such apportionment, reserving always a sufficient sum to pay those who have applied within the time appointed by public potification as aforesaid. CHAP. XVIII. An act concerning the goal in the ci ty of Williamsburg. Persons ta. ken in civil or . eriminal pro-` cess in James committed to the public jail 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That all City may be persons taken on civil or criminal process in the county of James City, may be committed to the public goal in in Williamsthe city of Williamsburg, in like manner as if the same burg. was within the limits of the said county. Towns of Blandford, Pocahuntas, and Ravens crofts, united, and stiled town of Petersburg. • Boundaries. CHAP. XIX. An act for incorporating the town of ses. 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That the towns of Petersburg, Blandford, Pocahuntas, and Ravenscrofts, shall benceforth be united and stiled the town of Petersburg, and bounded as followeth, to wit: Beginning at the mouth of Poor creek, on Appamattox river; thence south eighteen degrees east two hundred and five pole to the north-east corner of the church yard wall; thence along the said wall to the south-east corner; thence along the front wall to the south-west corner; thence west two hundred and sixty two pole to a pine tree north of the oaks in or near the line between Robert Bolling and John Tabb; thence south sixteen degrees east two hundred & twenty seven pole; thence south seventy seven degrees west two hundred pole to the line of Joseph Jones; thence along his line and the line of Halcot Pride, north eighteen degree west two hundred and sixty-one pole, to the north side of the road that runs on the south side of Pride's race ground; thence along the said road to the west end of Banister's lane, where it corners above his dwelling-house; thence due north to Appamattox river; thence down the north bank of the said river until it strikes the west boundary of Pocahuntas; thence along the west and north boundary thereof to Charles Duncan's neck; thence along the north side of the high land in the said neck, until it comes opposite to the mouth of Poor creek; thence Annual elec- a direct line to the beginning. And on the first Wednesday in September, in the present, and on the same day in every year afterwards, the freeholders of lots within the said town, whether improved or not, and whether such freeholders reside therein or not, and the house-keepers and inhabitants of the said town, who shall have resided therein at any time for the space of three months, without the intermision of one twelve months, and possess in their own right within the same moveable or immoveable property to the value of fifty pounds, shall meet at the house of William Durell, or at such other place as shall by a bye law be hereafter tions. Term of ser Vacances, appointed, and shall then and there elect by ballot, twelve fit and able men, being freeholders and inhabitants of the said town, who, or a major part thereof, shall, on the same or second day thereafter, between the hours of eight and twelve in the forenoon, publicly Mayor, reelect by ballot from among themselves, one person to corder, alderact as mayor, another as recorder, and four others as man, & common council, aldermen, of the said town, and the other six of whom how chosen. shall be common council. The services of the persons at any time elected, inayor, recorder, aldermen, or of the common council, shall not be continued longer than until other persons shall have been elected to those offices respectively, or than the expiration of the se- vice. cond day immediately following the said first Wednesday in September in every year, as the case may be, but they may nevertheless be re-elected, except that no person shall be capable of acting as mayor more than once in any term of three years; vacancies occa- how supplied sioned by death, disability, or resignation, at any time before the annual election, shall be supplied by the choice of the mayor, recorder, aldermen, and common council, in common hall assembled; that is to say, a vacancy in the office of mayor or recorder, shall be supplied out of the aldermen; a vacancy in the office of alderman, out of the common council; and a vacancy in the common council, out of the freeholders and inhabitants of the said town. The mayor, recorder, and aldermen, to be elected for this present year, shall not enter upon the execution of their office, before they shall respectively take an oath or affirmation before Oath of office some justice of the peace for the county of Dinwiddie, for the faithful discharge of the duties thereof; and the mayor, recorder, and aldermen, to be elected afterwards, shall take such oath or affirmation before they respectively enter upon the duties of their office, in presence of the court of hustings, or of some meeting of the common council hereafter mentioned. II. And be it enacted, That the said freeholders, house-keepers, and inhabitants, and those persons who shall hereafter become freeholders, house-keepers, or inhabitants as aforesaid, shall be a body politic and corporate, by the name of the mayor, aldermen, and Incorporated commonalty, of the town of Petersburg; and by that Style of oorname have perpetual succession and common seal.- poration. They and their successors, by the name aforesaid, |