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uel and his children, pursuant to the limitations and restrictions contained in the said last will and testament of the said Samuel Du Val, deceased.

III. And be it further enacted, That the said trus tees shall give bond and security, in the penalty of three thousand pounds, for their faithful performance of the said trust reposed in them, and payable to the sitting justices of Henrico county court, for the benefit of the said Samuel Du Val and his children, which said bond shall be recorded in the said court, and may be put in suit by any person or persons, who may be injured by the said trustees not faithfully performing their said trust

CHAP. CVII.

An act for establishing a town in the county of Lincoln.

I. WHEREAS it is represented to this present gen- Town of Har eral assembly, that the laying off the village or town- rodsburg in ship, known by the name of Harrodsburg, in the coun- Lincoln coun ty of Lincoln, into lots and streets, and establishing ty, establish. the same by law, will be of public utility:

II. Be it enacted, That the six hundred and forty acres of land allowed by law, including the said village or township, shall be, and the same is hereby vested in William Christian, John Brown, Robert Mosby, Samuel Lapsley, Peter Casey, John Smith, Samuel Taylor, John Cowan, John Gilmore, James Harrod, Abraham Chaplaine, William Kennedy, and Benjamin Logan, gentlemen, trustees, to be by them, or any seven of them, laid off into lots, with convenient streets, and established a town, by the name of Harrodsburg.

III. And be it further enacted, That such of the inhabitants of the said township who were residents therein on the first day of June, in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine, and have resided there ever since, or who have not obtained a certificate for a settlement and pre-emption from the commissioners

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appointed in that country for adjusting claims to unpatented lands, agreeable to law, shall retain their just possessions; provided that such possessions shall not exceed half an acre for each family, for an in-lot, and ten acres each for an out-lot; and the said trustees, or a major part of them, shall convey to such clain ants their possessions aforesaid, without any other consideration.

IV. The said trustees shall cause an accurate survey to be made of the said township, and after ascertaining the claims of the several persons who may have a right to lots, according to this act, shall proceed to sell the residue thereof, on twelve months credit, giving sufficient notice of the time of such sale, taking bonds with sufficient security, payable to themselves, as trustees aforesaid, and convey the said lots to the purchasers in fee; and that after deducting the surveyor's fees, and other incidental expences, together with five per centum for collection, shall settle their account on oath, before the supreme court for the district of Kentucky, and pay the balance into the public treasury. Upon the death, removal out of the county, resignation, or other legal disability of any of the trus tees, the remaining trustees shall proceed to appoint others to such vacancies, as often as the same shall happen; and the said trustees so appointed shall individually be vested with the same powers, to all intents and purposes, as any one in this act particularly mentioned.

V. And be it further enacted, That the owners or purchasers of lots in the said town of Harrodsburg, shall, within three years from the day of sale, erect and build thereon a dwelling-house, of the dimensions of twenty feet by sixteen, at the least, with a brick or stone chimney, or on failure thereof, it shall and may be lawful for the trustees, or a major part of them, to re-enter and possess the same again, with full power to dispose of such lots so forfeited, for the best price that can be got, and apply the money arising therefrom to the use and advantage of the said town. The trustees aforesaid, or any seven of them, shall have power from time to time to settle and determine all disputes concerning the bounds of the said lots, and to settle such rules and orders for the regular building of houses thereon, as to them shall seem best and most

convenient. And the owners or purchasers of lots in the said town, so soon as they shall have built upon and saved the same, according to the directions of this act, shall be entitled to, and enjoy all the rights, privileges, and immunities, which the freeholders and inhabitants of other towns in this state, not incopora, ted, hold and enjoy.

CHAP. CVIII.

An act to establish a town on the lands of John Campbell, in the county of Jefferson.

1. WHEREAS it hath been represented to the general assembly, that John Campbell hath laid off one Town, in Jef Campbell hundred and fifty-six lots, with convenient streets, op- ferson counposite the lower falls of Ohio river, in the county of Kentucky, Jefferson, for the purpose of a town; and whereas, it established. hath also been represented, that it will be agreeable to the purchasers of the said lots, and an encouragement to settle thereon, if the same was established by law:

11. Be it therefore enacted, That the said one huudred and fifty-six lots, so as aforesaid laid off, be established a town, and called Campbell Town; and that Richard Taylor, Edmund Tavlor, James Sullivan, Alexander Breckenridge, and Robert Breckenridge, gentlemen, be, and are hereby appointed trustees of the same; which said trustees, or a majority of them, are hereby authorized to make such rules and orders for the regular building therein, as to them shall appear most conducive to the good and convenience of the inhabitants, and have full power to settle and determine all disputes about the limits or boundaries of the said lots, and for the clearing, cleansing, and keeping in good order the streets thereof. In case of the death, resignation, removal out of the county, or any other legal disability, of any one or more of the said trustees, it shall be lawful for the remaining trus VeL. XII. D2

tees, to elect and choose so many other persons in the room or stead of those deceased, resigned, removed, or disabled, which trustees so elected, shall be to all intents and purposes, vested with the same power and authority as any other in this act particularly appointed.

III. And be it further enacted, That so soon as the purchasers or owners of lots within the said town, shall have built thereon a dwelling-house of sixteen feet square, with a brick or stone chimney, such purchaser or owner shall be entitled to, have, and enjoy all the rights, privileges and immunities, which the freeholders and inhabitants of other towns in this state, not incorporated, hold and enjoy.

IV. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful to build wooden chimnies within the said town; and if any person shall build, or begin to build, any wooden chimney or chimnies within the same, the trustees thereof may direct all such to be pulled down and demolished.

Trustees to convey a ract of land of

Charlotte

vid Chevis.

CHAP. CIX.

An act for appointing trustees to convey a tract of land, the property of Charlotte Dalton, to David Che

vis.

I. WHEREAS it has been represented to this present general assembly, that Charlotte, the wife of Samuel Dalton, was, previous to her intermarriage, entiDalton to Da- tled to a moiety of a tract of land in the county of Caroline, containing about one hundred and fifty acres, the possession whereof has lately been recovered by a suit at law; and whereas the said Samuel Dalton, and Charlotte his wife, being residents in the state of North-Carolina, derive little or no benefit from the said land, but it being contiguous to a tract belonging to a certain David Chevis, who, from that circumstance,

was induced to contract, and is willing to give for the same the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds, which is the full value thereof, but no legal sale or conveyance thereof can be made, the said Samuel Dalton prior to, and ever since the recovery of the possession of the said land, having been insane and incapable of transferring his property; and the said Charlotte Dalton, his wife, hath petitioned this assembly to confirm the title of the said David Chevis to a moiety of the said lands, upon payment of the purchase money:

11. Be it therefore enacted, That the moiety and right of the said Charlotte Dalton in and to the said tract of land, shall be, and the same is hereby vested in Samuel Dalton, William Dalton, Archelaus Hughes, and William Martin, gentlemen, trustees, and that they, or a majority of them, shall convey the same to the said David Chevis in fee, upon his paying the aforesaid sum of one hundred and fifty pounds to the said Charlotte Dalton, or other person authorized by him to receive the same.

CHAP. CX.

An act to empower Robert Mackey and John Peyton to build upon and convey certain lots in the common annexed to the town of Winchester.

mitted to

1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That the Robert Maclot numbered "Fifty," the property of Robert Mackey, key and John and the lot numbered "Forty-nine," the property of Peyton perJohn Peyton, in the common of the town of Winches- build on cer ter, as the same are bounded and described in the plan tain lots in of the said common, are, and shall be forever hereaf- the commons ter, added and annexed to the said town; and it shall and may be lawful for the said Robert Mackey and John Peyton, their heirs or assigns, to lay off the same into convenient lots, and to sell and convey such lo

of Winches

ter.

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