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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsva0172 and id is 1 raw text is: 1A the thirty.sovonth Year. of the Commenwealtb.
('69)
CHAP. XXVIL.
in Adt, to amend an .Act, entitled 9in Jct, further to amnMd
the Act, eWtitled, An Act, to reduce into onc the,smgeral'Jots
concerning SUM free acSgroesand lulattoe.
[Psa.d February 13th, 183.]
it enacted by the eral -Assembly, tI'hat offender. 5a- :G:I see sasious,
gainst the first and second seetioms of the act paised the acts of,1804.. e1
thirty first day of January, dighteen hundred and five, entitled, 1',p. 9,-4 tivte
v-ol 2, p (iii
an act, further-to °ttmcnd the act, entitled,, an ait to . reduce O'fnla aainst
inti one the Several acts concerning slaves, NOe negroes and mu. the t aned 2
lattoes, shall' be adjudged guilty of felony, afid subjo.t to pro- sectilon& of the
seeution in the same manner as in Other cases of riony ; and, act i Jan. 31st
upon conviction, shall sufitr the pains and penaltics pre' ribed t 0e fel.
by the saldreeitcd act.,
2. This act shall commence 'and be in force from and after the commencement.
paising thereof.
CHAP. XXVIIL
An Act, a.uthodsing County Courts to establish Public Landings in
* certain coses, and for other purposes.
,Passe, February 17tbh 1813.3
T'ERE AS, it appears that the power of cstablishing pub- Preamble.
, lie landings in certain cases, on navigable streams, for the
purpose of'enablitg the citizens to convey their produce,- coal or
other commodities to market, ought to be vested in the courts of
this con) monsycalth;
1. Be it thercfore cnacted, T'hat when any person or peasono, Proceedings to
for any such purpose, siall inake application toany county bourt, be had for estabo.
to have a publib landing established on any navigable stream, the lishmenol pub.
bank whereof lies within their county, and for the condemnation landings.
era quantity of land for such lauding, not exceeding one acre.,
the said court shall appoint three or More fit and able persons, to Viewers to bl
he sworn before a justice of the peace, to view the ground on appointed.
which te landing is proposed to be established, and to report to
the court, truly and impartially, the conveniences and inconve.
niences which will result, as well to individuals as the public if
such lauding shall be established.
2. Upon return of the said viewers, it the court shall be of Upon thcr rev.
opinion that the landing applied for will be convenient, they shall portsuimmonses
order such summonses to be issued to the proprietors and tenants and writ Of ad
of the land, on which the same is proposed to be established, or isiuod, andthei
their agents, and such process in the nkture of a writ of ad quod same proceed,
damnum'to the sheriff, its are by law required to be issued in the ings to be had as
easo of applications for the oponing, or alteration of roads; and in road oases.
the same iroceedings as are directed in -those eases, shall in all
respeets be had, as well for ascertaining damages and. decidiug
whether the landing shall be established, asfor levying the dam-
t.ges sofound, and the costs of the inquest : and all costv shall
in like manner he adjudged against' (he party applying for the
landing, if the eourt shall be of opinion that the same, ought not
to be established.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsva0172&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)