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VIII. And be it further enacled, by the authority afore/atd, that t'ne commhTioners herein before appointed, or the
majority of them, are hereby mipowerett and direfted, to run an eajt line down to the river : beginning at the dividing
line between Cumberland and Bladen two hundred poles below the mouth oi Cto/s-Creek , which line being Co run,
as above directed, (hall be her.celorth taken and deemed to be the dividing line betweeen the counties of Cumberland
and Bladen; any law, or ufage, to the contrary notwithstanding. Tbe reft Obfokte.
Chap. XV. An aft to lay a tax on the inhabitants ofthe feveral counties of the difirid ofHalifax Superior Court, to repair
the public prifon thereof, and other pwpofes.
J, CX7.HF.REAS the public prilon of Halifax oiftrift, has, by experience, been found to be inefficient for the iafe
VV keeping of prifoners committed to the lame j ior remedy whereof,
f.
II. 6 III. Laying a tax, &c. had their effeS.
IV. And be it furl her enacltd^ by the authority aforefaid, that after fuch buildings and repairs (hall be made as afore,
faid, when any perfon or perfons within the dittrict of halifax fuperior court, mall be apprehended lor any criminal
oifence, that on a couviftion thereof, would incur il e lot's of life or member, it fliall and maybe lawful tor the inferior
court, or Juftice of the Peace, as the cjfe ma /be, before whom an examination ot fuch criminal (hall be had, if fuch.
court or J jilice ihall think it neeefl'ary, to commit fuch criminal to the aforefaid gaol; and the flienff of the county
wherein fuch criminal lhall be, is hereby directed and ordered to convey fuch criminal to the faid gaol, and deLver him
or 'them to the lheriif, or keeper thereof ; and take a receipt for fuch priloner or prifoners from the laid fheriff, or
keeper ; which lhall be his dilcharge for fuch criminal or criminals.
V. And be it further enaclcd, by the authority aforefaid, that after fuch buildings and repairs fliall be made as afore-faid,
the lherift' of the county ot Halifax, for the time being, is hereby required and diredlcd, when any criminal ihall
be committed to the faid gaol, to employ iome perfon of integrity to be keeper thereof ; who ihall conftantly reticle
in the laid gaoler's houfe during the nine lu<h criminal lhall be in gaol ; and ihall alio take all lawful means for pre-venting
fuch criminal irom efcaping.
VI. And be itfurther entitled, by the authority aforefaid, that all incident charges attending the commitment and
keeping fuch criminal or criminals, ihall, if fuch criminal or criminals have not lumcient eltate to fatisfy the fame, bo
paid by the public.
Chp. XX. An acl for enlarging the time allowedforfaving lots in the town rf Hertford, and other purpofes.
I. \T7HEREAS by one aft of allembly, parted in the thirty "i'econd year of the reign of his late Majefty, intituled, VV an i>cl for eftablifbing a town on the lands of Jonathan Phelps, in Perquimans county*, among other things, it
is provided, mat the grantee of every lot in the faid town fliall, within three years after the obtaining a conveyance lor
the lame, ereft and finilh thereon a houfe, of the dimensions therein Ipeciried ; and on failure thereof, every lot
-whereon fuch houfe lhall not be fo erefted, fliall be re- veiled in the dire ftors of the laid town by the faid aft appoint-ed
; and wnereas the time limited by the faid ad has been iound too Ihort to complete the buildmgs on the faid lots,
whereby many perlons arc now likely to forfeit the fame :
II. Be it theiefore enaclcd, by the governor, council, andaffembly, and by the authority of tfefrtne, Tlat every lot
in the laid town on which a houfe fliall be erected and built, of the dimei-iions mentioned in the laid aft, within the
fpace of rive >e:rs, next after the palling of this act : and alio, every lot therein, which 11k.11 hereafter be fold or
conveyed, on which luch houfe lhall be erectid within the (pace offiVe years atter the date ot the convince made
for the fame, fliall be, and is hereby declared to have veiled in the grantee thereof, in fee-Gmple ; any thing to the
contrary in tne laid recited aft, notwithstanding.
III. And whereas fullering wooden chimnies to be built in the faid town mry occafion accidents by fire, he it fur.
ther enaclel.h the authority aforefaid, that no perion whatfoev er fliall hereafur ereft any wooden chimney in tie laid
town ; and every perfon who ha h already built any fuch wooden chimney therein, fliall pull down the fame within the
term of live >ears next atter the palling of this aft ; and if any perfon or perfens lhall prtfume to aft contrary hereto,
in erecting any wooden chimney in the faid town, or in failing to pull dow n or rem. ve , witliin the time afore- n.enti.
oned, any Juch wooden chimney by him already ercfted therein, the d'recttrs mentioned in the belcre recited aft, of
any two ot them, are hereby anthorifed, impowered , and required,to pull down ar.d defiroy every luch chin icy, and
Itrall not be liable to an action or damage for !u doing ; ard il the duxftcrs. or any 01 them, fliall be iucei for the lame,
they may plead the general ifluc, and g:ve t his ac«c inlei idence.
IV- Anabejtfuith.r ttiatitd, by the *u thon.ty cjoreftid, 'i h.t the faid r'heclcrs, cr ary thee cf tl tir, 11 all and
may, and are Hereby atithirifed and impowered, to make ard execute deeds icr gram rg aid coi uyii g to eteiy per
ton and perlons, wdo already iiave purchased, or hereafter fliall r.utchale, ary lot or lets in the fa :d town i and e
yery perion claiming any fuch lot or lotsb
y virtue of any rath tw.1 C) ai.tc, ihall, «.d 15 l.tiely declared to tavt ~
Wdeleafible eflate, m fee-Ample, u» the lame. *p. 33.
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VIII. And be it further enacled, by the authority afore/atd, that t'ne commhTioners herein before appointed, or the
majority of them, are hereby mipowerett and direfted, to run an eajt line down to the river : beginning at the dividing
line between Cumberland and Bladen two hundred poles below the mouth oi Cto/s-Creek , which line being Co run,
as above directed, (hall be her.celorth taken and deemed to be the dividing line betweeen the counties of Cumberland
and Bladen; any law, or ufage, to the contrary notwithstanding. Tbe reft Obfokte.
Chap. XV. An aft to lay a tax on the inhabitants ofthe feveral counties of the difirid ofHalifax Superior Court, to repair
the public prifon thereof, and other pwpofes.
J, CX7.HF.REAS the public prilon of Halifax oiftrift, has, by experience, been found to be inefficient for the iafe
VV keeping of prifoners committed to the lame j ior remedy whereof,
f.
II. 6 III. Laying a tax, &c. had their effeS.
IV. And be it furl her enacltd^ by the authority aforefaid, that after fuch buildings and repairs (hall be made as afore,
faid, when any perfon or perfons within the dittrict of halifax fuperior court, mall be apprehended lor any criminal
oifence, that on a couviftion thereof, would incur il e lot's of life or member, it fliall and maybe lawful tor the inferior
court, or Juftice of the Peace, as the cjfe ma /be, before whom an examination ot fuch criminal (hall be had, if fuch.
court or J jilice ihall think it neeefl'ary, to commit fuch criminal to the aforefaid gaol; and the flienff of the county
wherein fuch criminal lhall be, is hereby directed and ordered to convey fuch criminal to the faid gaol, and deLver him
or 'them to the lheriif, or keeper thereof ; and take a receipt for fuch priloner or prifoners from the laid fheriff, or
keeper ; which lhall be his dilcharge for fuch criminal or criminals.
V. And be it further enaclcd, by the authority aforefaid, that after fuch buildings and repairs fliall be made as afore-faid,
the lherift' of the county ot Halifax, for the time being, is hereby required and diredlcd, when any criminal ihall
be committed to the faid gaol, to employ iome perfon of integrity to be keeper thereof ; who ihall conftantly reticle
in the laid gaoler's houfe during the nine lu |
