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2. So soon as the aWd bridges shall be completed, it hall, be May denand+
lawful for the'said Oresident and directors to demand and rece vC ctrtain tis,
-It toll upon each of thqse bridges, not exceeding the tol now al-
lowed by law porn the Goose creek bridge, on the roat. from
eusbuig tq Alexandria : Provided always, hat it shall riot i)e Proviso.
lawful for the said president and directors to d cand .ud receive
tolls for pa-siag ihe said bridges, or either of them. after the
said road shall be eu)mpletcd, from its c'mununeneivit to the: said.
atreams: And provided moreover, That the abovr tolls shah
cease unless the entire road be completed within tell years alter
any part of the said tolls shall have been received
aJ If the collector of tolis, at either of the said bridges, shall Penaly for de.
flIaiding too
demand anti receive from any person, greater rattes thau are mutchl lo.
hereby allowed, he shall for every such offtnce forlt it and pay to
the party grieved, the tolls denanded and received aud ten dot-
larn, recoverable by warrant before an), justice of the peace.
4. This act shall be in force fron the passing thereof. Commencement
CHAP. LXXIII.
An. Act authorising the .Emanc'paion of George Simmons, a llan
a] Colour.
[Passed J atu a y 25, 18;0 ]
W HEREAS it appears that George Simmons, a man of co. Preamble.
louri who is now held iiq bondage by Travers l)antil, es-
quire!, of Stafford county, was purchased by him at the particu-
lar request ot the said Gtorge's reputed father, (who was a white
man and a citizen of this commonwealth) with an intention of
emancipating the said George, as soon as the said Daniel sh iuld
have been reimbursed the amount of the purchase Mioney paid
for the said George, and that the said Daniel hath acknowledged
himself to have been so reimbursed, and signified hi3 wish that
the said George should be emancipated, with the privilege of re-
hnaining within this state:
1. Be it therefore enacted, by the General Assembly, That in Geo. Simmons
case the said George Simmons should he emancipated by the said to he per,,ltted
baniel, lie, the said George, shall be and is hereby permitted to to remain iii this
remain, as a free man, within this state, and to have and enjoy state.
all the rights and privileges which other free peopele of colour
residing within this commonwenlth possess and enjoy.
2. This act shall be in force from the passing thereof. Commernemoat.
CHAP. LXXIV.
An Act aulhqrising oohn Mitchell to introduce and hold -vithin this
c'ommonwealth certain Siaves thrrein mentioned.
[Passed January 26, 1810 .
W HEREAS it is represented to the present General Assem- Preambles
bly, That J ;hn Mitchell, -late a freeholder and resident
on the bank of the North Branch of Potomack river, nearly op-
posite Old Town, in the state of Mlairylanel, was compelled by the
misfortune of having his house in which he resided consumed by
fire, to move across tie river to the said town in the state of Ma.
ryland, carrying with him two female slaves, namely, Jenny and
P6ily: And whereas, the said John Mitchell isnow d~sirous to
return and reside on his said land in the county of Hhimpshire,1i4
the state of Virginia, and to brin with him the aforesaid ulavc:
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