eighteen hundred whereof the said Lewis Burwell is seized in fee-simple as aforesaid, lying next to the said eighteen hundred acres of land whereof he is seized in fee-tail, being of greater value, to the same uses. III. And forasmuch as notice hath been published, three Sundays successively, in the several churches in the said parish of Christ-Church, that application would be made to this general assembly to dock the intail of the said five hundred and twenty-two acres of land, and to settle other lands, of greater value, to the same uses, pursuant to your majesty's instruc tions. IV. May it therefore please your most excellent majesty, at the humble suit of the said Lewis Burwell and Frances his wife, that it may be enacted; and Be it 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 the said tract or parcel of land, with the appurtenances, containing five hundred and twenty-two acres, lying and being in the parish of Christ-Church, in the county of Middlesex, whereof the said Frances, the wife of the said Lewis Burwell, is seized in fee tail, as aforesaid, be, and the same is hereby vested in the said Lewis Burwell, his heirs and assigns, to the only proper use and behoof of the said Lewis Burwell, his heirs and assigns, for ever; and that the said eight hundred acres of land, lying next to the said eighteen hundred acres whereof the said Lewis Burwell is seized in fee-tail, with the appurtenances, situate, lying, and being in the said parish of Newport, in the county of Isle of Wight, be, and the same are hereby vested in the said Lewis Burwell, and Frances his wife, and the heirs of the body of the said Frances, lawfully begotten; and on failure of such heirs, the same shall remain and descend to such person and persons, in the same manner, and under the same limitations and remainders, successively, as the said lands in the parish of Christ Church, in the county of Middlesex, would have remained and descended if this act had never been made. V. Saving to the king's most excellent majesty, his heirs and successors, and to all and every other person and persons, bodies politick and corporate, their respective heirs and successors, other than the persens claiming in reversion or remainder, after the death of the said Frances Burwell, without issue of her body lawfully begotten, all such right, title, interest, claim and demand, as they, every, or any of them, should or might claim if this act had never been made. VI. Provided always, That the execution of this act shall be, and the same is hereby suspended until his majesty's approbation thereof shall be obtained. T 2.-VOL. 7. ANNO REGNI GEORGII II. Regis Magnæ, Britanniæ, Franciæ, et governor. At a General Assembly, begun and held at the Capitol, in Williamsburg, on Thurs- Francis Pauday the fourteenth day of September, in quier, esq. 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 Tuesday the fourth of March, in the year of our Lord 1760; and then held at the Capitol, in Williamsburg; being the fifth session of this assembly, CHAP. I. An Act for granting the sum of twenty thousand pounds, for the further security and protection of this colony. Regiment further com tinued in I. WHEREAS it is necessary for his majesty's service, and the further security and protection of the frontiers of this colony, that the regiment now in the service. service of this colony should be further retained from the first day of May next, to which time they now 300 men for protection of frontiers. stand provided for: 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 said regiment, from the said first day of May to the first day of November 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: Privided always, that three hundred men, part of the said regiment, shall be stationed in such manner for the defence and protection of the inhabitants on the south western frontiers of this colony, as the governor, or commander in chief of this dominion for the time being, shall think fit to order and direct; and the governor, or commander in chief for the time being, may order and direct the remaining part of the said regiment 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 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 November 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. II. And whereas it may be found expedient to have a small body of forces still on foot, after the said first day of November next, to protect and defend the inhabitants on the frontiers of this colony from any insults that may be offered to them by the neighbouring Indians. and to keep such Indians in awe; Be it fur ther enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful for the governor, or commander in chief of this colony for the time being, and he is hereby impowered and desired, if he shall think it necessary, to continue the said three hundred men, with their officers, in the service of this colony, from the said first day of November to the first day of April thereafter; and to employ them in such offensive or |