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An Act authorizing the Common Hall of the Town of Petersburg to appoint a Master of Police, and for other purposes. 1809 49 (1809)

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the capital st6k!of the compaiy h eey.estalishedhefore such
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15. And be it furthe-r enacted, That it shall e the duty ofithe  Tutie of the
county coutits of Orange and Spottsylvania, to cause the old roal, coursu of Orfatn
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as it now runs, to be kept open and insuch good repar as is re. with regird to
quired by the act entitled,  An act concerning publi roads, theprosenrttad
and if the new road to be miide by the company aforesaid, shall
in any pface or places be made upon the bed of the old road, no
iate or turnpike shall be erected on sutih part or pifts t'erdof,
iior any toll demanded from persons travelling on the old road..
i. fhis  tt shall commence and be in fore from and afte~r Commmnoemgntr
the passing thereof.

.CHAP. LL
An Act autho'ireifg the Common Hall of the Town of Peters burg
tqpint a Master of Police, and for other purposes.
[Passed January 11, 1810.1
.   E it ena'cted by the General Assembly, That it shall be lawi-
i     ful for the common hall of the town of Petersburg, and
they are hereby authorised to appoint a master of police for the
said town, who may and shall, during his c6ntinuance in office,
have and exereise within the limits of the said town, all power and
authority which is possessed or can be exercised by an alderman
f the said towi, wYith this exception only, that he shall not sit as
an alderman in court, or hear or dete'rmine any civil case out of
court. And in case an alderman of the said town shall be ap-
Voiuted a police master, such appointment is hereby declared to
v.acate that of an aldcman, and the vacancy thereby occasibhed
shall be supplied as in other cases.
g. And be it further enacted; That the common hall of the said
town shall have power to impose taxes on the white and black
minale tithables, aknd on the property, real and personal, within the
jaid tdwn, for the purpose of paying such salary as shall be al-
lowed the said inaster of police ; taking care however, that no
thore than one third of the sum to be Ievied, shall be levied oh
the jtliables aforesaid.
3. This act shall be in force from ihe passing thereof.

Common hail aiti
thorised to all.
point a master of
police for Fe.
tcrsburg.
His powers, dir.
ties) &c.
His salary, how
to be raised ani
pai&.
Commencemenit

CHAP L-1.
An Act concerning teGreat Blunting, Creek Eridke CeJrnpany.
Passed Janutry 11 18O.  
\    ' HERE AS the General Aissembly 'did., o the seventh day PramU-,
'V. of January, in the yearoe t     1 ousatideight hutdred and
seven, pags an act incorporating t coipany to build a toll bridge
over 'Gieat Huntig creek, in the c6unty of NIrfax, -from the
-ads of-plonel Augustine Q. Sn-h, or (if the hteirs of major RP-
5er We dt to th~1 'ofJames . Hoo ; atmid.vhereas: the said,
o ipany deemed if miorq  jable to loate - 4-buttmcn for th  ,

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