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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsva0107 and id is 1 raw text is: IN Tie T1f1tTV.SElCOHD YEAR OF THI, CONMMONWA|,T1I.
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6. rhe governor, with the advice ofentunril, shall appohlit a per- Cn'. rnmr and
non to be first sheriff for the county of Nelson, who ,I couit- (',,il , .
nue in office during the term, andti dpon the sane conditinis a* are rt ur :-i.l,oson.
by law appointed for other sheriffs.
7. The .ourt of th: county ot Amuherst, Fhall have jurinrdictin Jirildictinn of
(f all actions and suits depending before het, at th. time the f.id Amherst court.
couuty of Nelson takes place, and shall try and (termintil the same,
anti award execution thereon.
8. The said county of Nelson, shall remain in the same district Cnuty 3of Net.
with the county of Amherst, for which district criurt4 art holdu :at , til.'d to
mw diirict as
the town of Charlottesville, and ie of the snime brigade dititct, in Amherst.
like manner as if this act had never been made. In future electioMs
of senators and for a representative in congress, the said county of
Nelson, shall be of the same district as th said cOUnty o Amherst.
9. The quarterly courts for tie county of Nelson, shall lie lx i- QuirtO.,,
den by thc justices thereof, on the fourth Monday in April, Juww, ,.,... w;hef
October and lecember, in tach year.
10. A court for the comity of Amherst shall be held by the jus- Amherst cnurt,
tices thereolf on the third Monday in every nxonth. third Monday.
And be it further enarted, That Jacob Kinney, Thomas I_
Preston, Peter Carr, Is-ac Otey, Thomas M. Clarke, David Paste-
son and Dahney Carr, gentlenien, be app-finted coin tnissioners, whoe,
or a majority of thema, are authorisud, and arc lit reby directed, to
fix the permanent seat ofijustice within the counties of Amherst
and Nelson, at the most convenient pla:e within the same, and to
cause the same to he made known to the courts of the said counties,
on or before the first day of November next.
11. This act shall commence'and be in force, froni and after the Commencement.
first day of June next.
CHAP. XXVII.
An Act Incorporating- a Company to Establi-th a Turnpike from
the Little River Turnp*ike Ruad, to 1'atquier Courthouse.
[Passed January 27, 1808 ]
BE it enacted by the General zlysemnly, Thixt it shall and may Commissioners
1ibe lawful to open books for subscribing stock, in the county to open books in
bf Fairfax, under the direction of George Summers, William Fairfax.
Aloss, and Humphrey Peake, or either of them; in the county of
Prince William, under the direction of Thomas P. Hlooe, George In Prince Wit.
G. Tyler, and James Kemp, or either of them ; in the county of iam.
Alexandria and district of Columha, under the direction of James Ii Alexandria,
Keith, James H. Blake, and Joseph Deane, or either of them; &C0
in the county of' Fauquier, under the direction of Thomas Hun- In Fauquier.
ton, John Edmonds, Gustavus B. Homer, William Gibson, and
William H. Hampton, or either of them; in the county of Ctil-
eper, under the direction of John Roberts, George F. Strother, In Culpeper.
eremialh Strother, Gabriel Smithers, anti Richard Norris, or
either of them ; in the county of Shenandoah, under the direction In Shenandoah.
of George Britton and William S. larye, or either of them ; in
the county of Fredgrick, under the direction of Henry St. George In Frederick.
Tucker and Charles Brent, jun. or either of them; and in the
county of Loudon, tinder the direction of Burr Powell and Ste- In Loudon.
phen C. Rozsel, or either of them; for the purpose of making an For subseripti
' Irtificial turnpike road, from Fauquier courthouse to Buckland onsforaturnpike
farm, or Buckland town, and thence to the Little riVer turnpike road.
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