of Greenbrier, Augusta, Rockbridge, and Botetourt, and then and there proceed to let to the lowest bidder, the opening a waggon road at least thirty feet wide, from the town of Lewisburg in Greenbrier, to the lower falls of the Great Kanawa, to be finished and completed fit for the use of waggons, within two years, taking bond and good security, in a sufficient penalty, from the undertakers, payable to the said commissioners, for the due execution of the said work, in the term aforesaid. The said undertakers shall have power to contract with any person or persons, inhabitants of the said county of Greenbrier, for personal labour, or supplies of money, or any thing that may be necessary in aid of the said work, and shall give certificates to the person or persons so contributing, to the amount of whatever they have furnished; which certificate when countersigned by one or more of the said commissioners, the sheriff of the said county of Greenbrier shall receive in payment for the taxes due from the holder thereof; and the sheriff shall be allowed a credit for all such certificates by him received, at the treasury in the settlement of his accounts for the arrears of taxes due from his county. III. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall furnish the auditors of public accounts with a transcript of their book of accounts, before any certificates shall be allowed the sheriff in the settlement of his accounts, and no certifi cate shall be allowed unless the same is countersigned by one or more of the said commissioners, and entered in the transcript sent by the said commissioners to the auditors of public accounts. All proceedings against the sheriff of the said county of Greenbrier, respecting the said arrears of taxes (except as hereafter excepted) shall be suspended until the first day of May, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight. Every person in the said county of Greenbrier, failing to contribute so much to the opening of the said road as will be sufficient to discharge his arrears of taxes, on or before the first day of January next, it shall and may be lawful for the sheriff of the said county of Greenbrier to collect and distrain for the same, and pay the amount thereof to the said commissioners within two months thereafter, and on failure so to do, the said commissioners may recover the said amount by motion in the VOL. XII. K court of the said county of Greenbrier; provided the Part of the county of Rockbridge tetourt. CHAP. XXVIII. An act for adding part of the county of Rockbridge to the county of Bo tetourt. I. WHEREAS the boundary line between the counties of Rockbridge and Botetourt has been lately extended, whereby inconveniencies have arisen to a part of the inhabitants of the said county of Rockbridge: For remedy whereof, II. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, That all that part of the said county of Rockbridge lying west added to Bo- of the top of the Camp-mountain, shall henceforth be added to and taken as part of the said county of Botetourt. Provided always, That it shall be lawful for the sheriff of the said county of Rockbridge, to collect and make distress for any public dues or officers fees, which shall remain unpaid by the inhabitants of that part of the said county hereby added to the said county of Botetourt, and shall be accountable for the same in like manner as if this act had not been made. CHAP. XXIX. An act to revive an act, intituled, An act to appoint commissioners to state and settle the losses sustained by the burning the warehouses at Rocky Ridge. tle losses on ky Ridge 1. WHEREAS the act of assembly passed in the Act appoint. year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four, in- ing commis tituled "An act to appoint commissioners to state and siorers to setsettle the losses sustained by the burning the warehouses tobacco, at Rocky Ridge," hath expired, and it is expedient burnt at Rocand necessary that the same should be revived: II. Be it therefore enacted. That the act, intituled warehouses, "An act to appoint commissioners to state and settle the losses sustained by the burning the warehouses at Rocky Ridge," shall be revived, and continue and be in force, from and after the passing of this act, until the first day of May next, and no longer. revived. CHAP. XXX. An act for keeping certain roads in repair. roads from 1. WHEREAS the public roads leading from the provision for north-western parts of this state, to the towns of Alex- keeping in andria and Colchester, in the county of Fairfax, by repair, the means of the great number of waggons which use the the northsame, are rendered impassible, and the ordinary meth- western parts od of keeping them in repair as at present by law es- of the state tablished, is not only insufficient, but exceedingly bur- to Alexandri thensome to those who are employed therein: For re- chester. medy whereof, II. Be it enacted, That George Gilpin, Charles Litile, Francis Peyton, Samuel Love, Israel Thompson, a and Col Polls Thomas Hart, William Brady, John Smith, and George Noble, gentlemen, be, and they are hereby appointed, commissioners of the aforesaid roads; and the said commissioners, or a major part of them, or such person or persons as they shall appoint, may set up and erect, or cause to be set up and erected, one or more gates or turnpikes across the roads, or any of them, Turnpike leading into the town of Alexandria, from Snigger's gates. and Vestal's gaps, within five miles of said town, and the tolls and duties following shall be paid and received, before any of the things on which the same are herein after imposed shall be permitted to pass through the said gates or turnpikes, or either of them, that is to say: For every coach or other four wheeled riding carriage and the driver thereof, one shilling and three pence; for every two wheeled chaise or chair and the driver thereof, eight-pence; for every loaded waggon and the driver thereof, one shilling; for every loaded cart and the driver thereof, six-pence; for every waggon not loaded and the driver thereof, one shilling; for every empty cart and the driver thereof, six-pence. No person shall be liable or compelled to pay any of the before mentioned tolls or duties on any article on which they are imposed, in returning from the aforesaid town of Alexandria, who paid the toll or duty thereon in coming to the said town. Every carriage shall be exempt from the payment of the tolls and duties hereby imposed, for the term of one year, which shall be entered with the person appointed to collect the tolls hereby imposed, and obtaining a licence therefor from him; which licence shall not be granted until the owner of such carriage, or some other person in his behalf, shall pay to the collector of the tolls for. every coach or other four wheeled riding carriage so entered, the sum of forty shillings; for every two wheeled chaise or chair, the sum of twenty shillings; for every waggon, the sum of forty shillings; for every cart the sum of twenty shillings. And the said com missioners, or a major part of them, shall and may nominate and appoint some fit person or persons to receive the tolls or duties aforesaid and to see that the gates and turnpikes are duly repaired and amended, and from time to time remove such persons as they shall see occasion, and appoint others, in case of death, or such removal; and the person or persons so ap pointed to receive the tolls or duties aforesaid, shall account before the said commissioners, or such of them as shall be appointed by a majority of them, in the months of April and October yearly, or oftener if required, upon oath, for the monies which they shall have received by virtue of this act; and the commissioners shall and may, out of the money arising as aforesaid, make allowance to such persons by them to be appointed as aforesaid, for their care and trouble in the execution of their office, as to them shall seem proper; always taking bond, with good and sufficient security, from the persons appointed, for the due and faithful execution of their office, and rendering such account. And in case any such collector shall refuse to account, or pay the whole duties by him received, it shall and may be lawful for the said trustees, upon motion made to the county court, to demand judgment against such collector for all duties or tolls wherewith he shall be chargeable by this act; and such court may give judgment, and award execution thereupon, against such collector and his securities, provided they have ten days previous notice. Appropria III. And be it further enacted, That the money arising from the tolls and duties hereby imposed, shall ation of tolls, by the said commissioners be applied towards defraying the expences of clearing and keeping in repair the roads leading from Snigger's and Vestal's gaps to Alexandria, and also from George-town to Alexandria. And the better to enable the said commissioners immediately to set about repairing the said roads, and to erect gates or turnpikes thereon, roads. IV. Be it enacted, That from and after the passing Levies paya. of this act, it shall and may be lawful for the county ble by councourts of Fairfax, Loudoun, Berkeley, and Frederick, ties of Fairrespectively, and they are hereby authorized and re- Berkeley and fax, Loudoun quired, to levy and assess upon the owners of proper- Frederick, ty living within their several counties, for three years for repairing next ensuing, the following sums annually, that is to say: On the inhabitants of Fairfax county, the sum of sixty pounds; of Loudoun, the sum of sixty pounds; of Berkeley, the sum of sixty pounds; of Frederick, the sum of sixty pounds; to be paid by such persons, in proportion to their property assessed under the revenue law; which said several sums shall be collected in the same manner as the levies in those counties are col |