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. 21 ,n .dd it rther enacftd,9 Thutitshall and way-be lawful Govenment of
for the. general - gyernment,.tosuhscibe by any organ, Which i t S.. ts ma,
'ay die t4orpy .. .. b sa b efor . . . . .... .
may d!rect py, nunber okhards in the., sa& company, not shares.
exceicjfin',c thirdof the'amount of the caphal stock:- Provided pwsvo..
alwayLs, that the power and authority hereby glveunt6 cut a;. ca.
hal from thoportof NfQlk through the .E.sternbranch of Ell.
* zabeth ri er, to thechannel of Currituck sound, sha be suspend-
ed for eighteen . months, unless the -President of the United
States shall, before the expiration ofthat time,. declare the deter-
ruination of the genaral govermen; to deln the privilege ten-
dered by an actof this session, to open an inland navigation from.
the port of Norfolk to Currituck sound, whercupon the fIower
and authority hereby given shall immediately commence : but -if
the president shall, within tht period aforesaid, declare tlhe de-
terminatidn of the general governnment to open an inlnd:iaviga-
tion between the points aforesaid, according to-the privilege ten-
dered to them by the act afor~said,. thejiall- power an' aotthorl-
ty hereby granted, shall immediately cease and bedetermined:
Andprovided also, That the president and directors aforesaid, shall
once in every three years, make . areport to the ,governor and
council of this commonwealth, of the statewoftheprofits arising
from the said canal, and shall mtdreiver, if rcquired by' the go-
vern6r and council, submit their original books to &h'exaiiiiiiati-
on of such persons, as shall be by the governor ad-,cbdn'iti a-
aforesaid, appointed for that purpose ; and if upon such re-
port or'examination, it :shall appear that the anual profits
of the said company have exceeded ten per centitm, it shall
be the duty of the said'president and directors to pay the sur.
plus beyond that rateof profit; into the public treasury,' to be
subject, like the other revenue of the commonwealh, to appro.
priation by the legislature thereof: and if the said president and
directors shall at any time fall to pay such suplus into -the pub-
lic treasury, according to the direction of this act, it shall be law-
ful for the auditor, on ten days notice to the president of the
said company, to recover such surplui, on motion to the judges
of the g'nerol court: Prooided always, That the two years
allowed by this act, wthinwhich thrr subscriptions are directed.
to be completed, shall be computed from the day the president of
the United States, shall signify his intention to declare car'ying
into .lfect the act, Whichitenders to him the privilege afore-
said.
22.. This act shall commence, and be in force from and after Commenctnien3
the passing thereof.
CHAP. XCIV
Aa act exoneratin TVilliam Trice from certain Forfeitures and
Penaltlies therein mentioned.
C Passed February 6, 1809.]
1. Nt E it enacted by t he General Asembly, That William Tricile
) of the county of Louis-, shall, and he is hereby declared to cZrtail, fines on
be forever #elsitsed and, exonerated, from the forfeitures and cerutil coiditi.
penalties'which he may have incurred, or to which he may have 0,s,
become liable, undef an act of Assembly passed the twenty-fth
day of January, one thousand eight and six, ky bringing or casus-
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