towards the necessary maintenance and education of the children of the said John Spotswood, and the residue in discharge and satisfaction of the several debts due from him and the estate of his said father; and as soon as such debts shall be satisfied and paid then the profits of the whole intailed estate shall be applied to the benefit of the said heir in the same manner as if this act had never been made; and from thenceforth the said younger son, John Spotswood, shall be entitled to the lands, slaves and personal estate devised to him by the said will in manner and upon the terms therein mentioned. VIII. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That this act nor any thing herein contained shall be construed so as to assist or prejudice the dower or title of dower of the aforesaid Mary, the widow of the said John Spotswood, deceased, in or to the said several estates, but that such title of dower shall be determined according to the rules of law and equity in the same manner as if this act had never been made. IX. Provided also, That nothing herein contained shall be taken so as to exempt the acting executor or executors of the will of the said John Spotswood, or the guardian of his said children from being obliged to render accounts of their transactions in the said trusts, but that such accounts shall be rendered and settled according to the directions of the laws now in force relating to executors or guardians. X. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the said tract of land so purchased by the said James Hunter of the said John Spotswood, part of the said intailed lands, be the same one thousand seven hundred and fifty acres, more or less, according to the bounds before described, be, and the same is hereby vested in the said James Hunter, his heirs and assigns, for ever, to his and their own proper use. XI. And whereas it is represented that a large quantity of the said Orange and Culpeper lands remain unseated, and the quit-rents and taxes thereof will be an annual burthen upon the heir; and although it appears to have been major-general Spotswood's intention that the said lands should be all settled with tenants, yet his executors being all dead, and the issue in tail an infant, it is doubted whether the same can be leased by his gurdian aforesaid: Be it therefore further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the said R 2-VOL. 7. Bernard Moore, or the guardian or guardians for the time being of the said Alexander Spotswood the son, shall be, and he or they are hereby authorized and impowered, at any time during his minority, to lease out any of the said intailed lands in the counties of Orange and Culpeper for years, or for life or lives, upon such conditions, with such covenants and reservations of rents for the benefit of the said Alexander Spotswood the son, as the said major-general Spotswood had in his life time leased any of his said lands. GEORGII II, Regis Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, et quier, esq. At a General Assembly, begun and held at the Capitol, in Williamsburg, on Thurs- Francis Fauday the fourteenth day of September, in governor. the thirty-second year of the reign of our sovereign lord George II. by the grace of God, of Great-Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. and in the year of our Lord, 1758; and from thence continued by several prorogations to Thursday the first of November, in the year of our Lord, 1759; and then held at the Capitol in Williamsburg; being the fourth session of this assembly. CHAP. I. An Act for granting the sum of ten thousand pounds, for the further protection of this colony. I. WHEREAS it is necessary, as well to secure and Preamble. preserve the several forts and pla‹ es reduced to his majesty's obedience by the glorious success of his arms in the last campaign, as to protect the frontiers of this colony from the incursions and threatened invasions Regiment to be continued till the first day of May. Four hun of the Cherokee and other Indians who are still in sculking parties ravaging our borders, that part of the forces now in the pay of this colony should be further continued in our service, from the first day of December next, to which time they now stand provided for, until the first day of May next: Be it therefore enacted, by the Lieutenant-Governor, Council, and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That so much money as shall be necessary for the subsistence and pay of the Virginia regiment, part of the said forces, from the first day of December to the said first day of May following; and for the subsistence and pay of the three companies now on the southern frontiers of this colony, from the said first day of December to the first day of February following, shall be paid by John Robinson, esquire, treasurer of this colony, or the treasurer for the time being, appointed by or pursuant to an act of assembly, out of the publick money that shall come to his hands by virtue of this act, to such person or persons as shall be directed, by warrant from the governor or commander in chief of this colony for the time being, so that the sum so to be paid do not exceed, in the whole, the sum of ten thousand pounds, to be accounted for to the general assembly. 11. Provided always, and be it further enacted, by the dred may be authority aforesaid, That the governor or commander joined with in chief for the time being, if he shall think it convehis majesty's nient or necessary, may order and direct part of the forces. The remain der to pro tiers. said regiment, not exceeding the number of four hundred men, to continue in conjunction with his majesty's forces, and be employed in such manner as the commander in chief of his majesty's forces shall appoint and direct; and that the remaining part of the said regiment shall be stationed in such manner, for tect the fron- the defence and protection of the inhabitants on the frontiers of this colony, or employed in such offensive or defensive operations, as the governor or commander in chief of the colony for the time being shall think fit to order and direct: And if by any authority whatsoever they shall be detained or prevented from proceeding to such places, and upon such services as the governor or commander in chief shall direct, after the said first day of December next, their pay and subsistence hereby given shall cease, and they shall not be deemed or taken to be in the service or pay of this colony, any thing in this act to the contrary notwithstanding. continued III. And whereas it will be impossible for that part The three of the said regiment, directed by this act to be station- companies ed for the protection and defence of the inhabitants on till the first the frontiers, to march to the several posts appointed day of Febfor them before the said first day of December, and ruary. the frontiers will be left entirely defenceless, should the three companies now stationed on the frontiers be disbanded on the said first day of December: Be it therefore enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the said three companies shall be continued in the pay of this colony to the first day of February next, and no longer. rives at the IV. Provided always, and be it enacted, by the au- Unless that thority aforesaid, That if that part of the said regi part of the ment, so to be stationed as aforesaid, shall arrive at regiment arthe several posts for them appointed by the governor posts director commander in chief for the time being, before the ed by the gosaid first day of February, that the said three compa- vernor. nies shall thereupon be immediately disbanded, and shall not be deemed or taken to be any longer in the service of this colony, and their pay and subsistence shall from thenceforth cease, any thing in this act to the contrary, or seeming to the contrary, notwithstanding. V. And for raising the money hereby given and Duty on togranted, Be it further enacted, by the authority afore- bacco. said, That a duty of two shillings for every hogshead of tobacco delivered out from the several warehouses in this colony, between the twentieth day of October, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-seven, and the twentieth day of October, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-nine, shall be paid by the owner or proprietor thereof, which said duty the several inspectors at the said warehouses shall, and they are hereby impowered and required to collect and receive, without fee or reward, of and from the said owners and proprietors, before they deliver such tobacco out of their respective warehouses; and shall be by them accounted for, upon oath, and paid to the said treasurer, or the treasurer of this colony for the time being, appointed as aforesaid, and shall be accounted for by the said treasurer to the general assembly, after deducting two and an half per centum for his salary in receiving and paying the same. |