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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsva0363 and id is 1 raw text is: 88 In the fofiietkyeaP of the commonwealth.
the laws and constitution of this State, or of the United States,
as they may judge necessary for the government of the said so,
ciety.
To increas the ,3. Be it-further enacted, rTat the said society shall-have power,
number of share,, in like manner, to increase the number of shares, if necessary, and
and enforce thke
aymeat of dues, to enforce the. payment of any sums due, fines anti defalcations,
ko. by warrant before a magistrate, or by suit in any court of record
accordinp to law.
Act under control 4. Be it further enacted, That the Legislature may at any time
of de Legislature. alter, amend or annul this act of incorporation.
Commencement. 5. This act shall commence and be in force, from and after the
passing thereof.
CiAPTIER 95.-An act concerning the Itlichmnond and Manchester Uolonizstion
Society.
[Passed March Ist, 1826.]
Store-keeper of 1. ie it enacted by the General Assembly, That the principal
Penitentiary, to agent and store-keeper of the Penitentiary, be, and he is hereby
deliver appropria. authorised and required to deliver, for the use of the colonists at
ted articles to ,v..
agent of Colhaiz. Liberia, oil the western coast of Africa, to any agent who may
tion Society. 4 be properly authorised to receive the same, by the board of mana-
f era of the Richmond and Manchester Colonization Society,
whose receipt shall be a sufficient voucher for said agent or store-
What articles ap- keeper in the settlement of his accounts,) such iimplements of
propriated. husbahdry, clothing anti other necessary articles manufactured at
the Penitentiary of this Commonwealth, as shall be specified by
the said board of managers, or their agent authorised as aforesaid,
To what amount, not exceeding in value the suin of eight hundred dollars, to be
estimated at the lowest cash price at which such articles are sold
in the penitentiary store.
Commencement. 2. 1 his act shall be in force from the passage thereof.
CIAPTER 9G.-An act establishing the town of City-Point.
[Passed February 17th, 1826.]
Town of City. 1. Be it enacted by the General )ssembly, That fifty acres of
Point established. land, at the place now called and known by the name of City.
Point, in the county of Prince George, bounded by James and
Appomattox rivers, and a straight line from Cool Spring on the
Appomattox, to such point onl the James, as will include the afore-
said quantity, so soon as the same shall be laid off' into lots, with
convenient streets, be established a town by the name of City-
Trustees up- Point; and that Benjamin Cocke, Horatio Moore, John H. Pc.
pointed. terson, I'homas P. Cocke, Robert Batte, Nathaniel Friend, Tho-
mas B. Bryant, Richard Marks anti Walter R. Johnston, be, and
they are hereby appointed trustees thereof.
Empowered to . The trustees of the said town and their successors, or a ma-
make by-laws oajority of them, are empowered to make such rules and orders for
reglate the con.
cerns ofsaldtown. the regular building of houses therein, as to them shall seem best;
to settle all disputes concerning the bounds of the lots, to make
all by-laws and regulations, not contrary to the laws and consti-
tution of this State, or the United States, as they may deem no-](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsva0363&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)