for a division of land, which was accordingly granted. Tupper had paid taxes on his half, but taxes on the other half have remained unpaid. Signed by David C. Humphreys for himself and the other heirs. Referred. Citizens of Augusta & Rockingham. 1837. Feby. 6. A 1292. Incorporation of company to build toll bridge over North River at or near the present ford on the road from New Market and Keezletown to Staunton. Road is much traveled by wagons carrying merchandise to southwestern states and the ford is dangerous. The sum of $3500 is needed to build bridge. David Hedrick, Elijah Clark, Jos. Gongwer, Michael Flory, Joseph Heebrick, Jacob Nipple and 75 others. Bill drawn. Trustees & Citizens of Waynesboro. 1837. Dec. 29. A 1293. Act giving collector or serjeant appointed by board of trustees of Waynesboro the powers of a county constable within town limits. Said collector is to be bonded. R. H. Henry, Nathl. Massie, Wm. W. King, Abraham Lynn, E. A. Wayland, Trustees, and 19 citizens. Rejected. President & Directors of the Valley Turnpike Company. 1838. Jany. 8. A 1294. Authority to increase number of directors from five to ten. Board of Public Works appoints three directors, leaving only two to be appointed by stockholders. Furthermore, a repeal of so much of act incorporating company as forbids Board of Public Works from borrowing money at more than 5 per cent, so that Board may make temporary loans at 6 per cent. Winchester, since the completion of railroad from Harper's Ferry, has become a great flour market and petitioners are anxious for road to be completed as soon as possible; 39 miles of it are now under contract and considerable progress has been made on the first nine miles; as soon as weather permits, contractors for remaining 30 miles will begin work. Stockholders have been called upon to pay $5 upon each share and most of them have paid. Signed, Ben. Taylor, Prest. Reported. PATTERSON, JAMES F. 1838. Feby. 9. A 1295. Authority for Auditor to pay Patterson and Brown of Staunton the sum of $19 for four allowances made by court of inquiry of 32nd Regiment. Allowances were made to John Orebaugh and Henry G. Snyder, who transferred them to Patterson and Brown. Reported. Citizens of Greenville. 1838. Mar. 1. A 1296. Incorporation of Greenville Academy. Ballard Smith, Benjamin F. Graham, Isaac Hall, Wm. Lightner, James M. Lilley, McClung Patton, Alexander McCorkle, Trustees, and 57 others. Referred. Inhabitants of Staunton. 1838. Mar. 19. A 1297. Amendment to act of December 23, 1801, incorporating town of Staunton. Jurisdiction of justices and court of Staunton to be extended so as to embrace all cases the defendants in which live within the corporation limits, whether plaintiffs live Citizens. there or not. Kenton Harper, Mayor, Saml. Clarke, Recorder, Alexander S. Hall, Francis T. Stribling, J. Kinney, Edward Valentine, Aldermen; Merrill Cushing, Hy. Imboden, Jno. Grove, Councilmen; Erasmus Stribling, Clerk, John Carrol, Serjeant and 41 others. 1839. Jany. 22. A 1298. Erection of. macadamized road from Scottsville to Staunton, to be built by the State or by a company. Present mud turnpike, two-fifths of whose stock is owned by State, does not meet existing demands and will be totally inadequate when James River Canal is completed; $500,000 worth of produce is now hauled over it, and the amount will be doubled upon completion of canal. Bad means of access to James River causes trade to go to Georgetown and Baltimore to the benefit of another state. Tolls from macadamized road would pay for its construction, or at least would so increase profits of James River Canal that State would be reimbursed for its expenditure. New road could be built upon mud turnpike, which would be transferred to the State or to a new company in which the State should subscribe three-fifths of the stock. James P. Tyler, Will W. Wallace, Saml. W. Allen, John H. Goodloe, John P. Sadler, Wm. Gulley and 185 others. Referred. Citizens of Waynesboro. 1839. Citizens. 1839. Citizens. 1839. Citizens. 1839. Jany. 22. A 1299. Building of macadamized road from Scottsville to Staunton. In case this cannot be done, the grant of a sum to increase present capital sufficiently to make macadamized road. J. Wayt, George Shrivey, John J. Bell, Wm. Gregory, R. H. Henry. J. H. Triplett and 62 others. Referred. Feby. 6. A 1300. Change of voting place of Pastures Precinct from its present inconvenient location at Robert Dunlap's house to Deerfield on Harrisonburg and Warm Springs Turnpike. Wm. Armstrong, James R. Black, James Ailer, W. Clayton, Wm. Guy, L. Pauly and 21 others. Reported. Feb. 13. A 1301. Increase in salaries of judges. According to act of Assembly passed after ratification of constitution, circuit judges are paid $1500, associate judges of Court of Appeals $2500, and the president $2700. Salaries were too low at time they were fixed and since then, owing to increase of banking capital in Union, value of money has decreased and cost of necessaries of life has increased from 20 to 50 per cent. Judges are worst paid officers in State's service; few of them are able to support families on their salaries, and many do outside work, while others resign and return to the bar. Printed. William Craig, Richd. N. Hudson, James A. Forbes, Ro. S. Maupen, J. Worthington Smith, Hugh W. Sheffey and 62 others. Referred. Feby. 16. A 1302. Construction by State of railroad from Staunton to James River or to Charlottesville. In 1836, Charles B. Shaw, Chief Engineer, reported to Board of Public Works a survey for a railroad from Scottsville to Staunton, which, he estimated, would Citizens. pay a 7 per cent dividend on capital expended. Petitioners believe Bill re 1839. Feby. 16. A 1303. Increase in salaries of judges. Printed. Joseph Paints, J. Smith, Ed. Valentine, Wm. D. Cooke, Alexander S. Hall, Jacob Bumgardner and 34 others. Referred. Citizens. 1839. Feby. 25. A 1304. Citizens. 1839. Railroad from Staunton, to be built by State wholly or in part. Printed. William Craig, A. Waddell, Matthew Pilson, R. F. Merritt, Abraham Lovell, Briscoe G. Baldwin and 18 others. Referred. Feby. 25. A 1305. New election precinct at Greenville for convenience of people in southern part of county. B. F. Graham, William Lightner, John Newton, Alexander Brownlee, James M. Lilley, Isham S. Parrish and 104 others. Reported. GEIGER, GEORGE. 1839. Citizens. 1839. May 28. A 1306. Release from a bond made by petitioner and D. W. Patteson, partners in a contract to complete a part of Staunton & Parkersburg Turnpike. Petitioner made over to Patteson all his rights in the partnership concern and received a release from Patteson for all debts of the concern, but Patteson became financially involved and petitioner is pressed for payment of his share of bond. Copy of agreement between Patteson and Geiger. Execution on property of Geiger, Patteson and others. Dec. 23. A 1307. Change of polling place from Robert Dunlap's to William Guy's at Deerfield. Deerfield is on Harrisonburg & Warm Springs Turnpike and has a postoffice, tavern and store. Wm. Guy, Robt. J. Glendy, Wm. Armstrong, John Bulmer, John Edmondson, Wm. R. Black and 27 others. Reported. President & Directors of the Valley Turnpike Company. 1840. Jany. 13. A 1308. Change in amendment of Valley Turnpike Company's charter passed at last session adding a clause of the railroad law of 1837, which requires payment for all lands condemned for road. This law is just in case of railroads, but turnpikes usually parallel old roads, which are closed on completion of turnpikes and revert to owners, so that latter lose nothing and in fact usually gain by the change. B. Taylor, Prest., J. Hardesty, R. Moore, J. Harnesbarger, J. B. Breckenridge, P. Williams, I. C. Shipman, Directors. BLACKWOOD, SAMUEL. 1840. Jany. 31. A 1309. Affidavit of Blackwood to effect that John Newton had taken oath that he posted a notice of petition for a new election precinct at Greenville. Judge & Bar of Augusta Circuit Court. 1841. Jany. 7. A 1310. Change in terms of circuit court from June 10 and November 10 to June 1st and November 1st. Terms are now too short for dispatch of business. Briscoe G. Baldwin, Wm. Kinney, Thos. J. Michie, Alex. H. H. Stuart, D. S. Young, C. Johnson, Jr., Chs. H. Lewis, Wm. B. Kayser, Chesley Kinney. Bill drawn. Valley Turnpike Company. 1841. Jany. 20. A 1311. Authority to increase stock to $400,000. Stock is now $375,000 and extra amount is needed to complete work. Road from Winchester to Staunton is finished with exception of about one mile, but bridges over Shenandoah, North and Middle rivers are still to be built. Ben Taylor, Prest. Bill reported. Valley Turnpike Company. 1841. Jany. 20. A 1312. Compensation for loss incurred by company by sale of State script below par. State pays its subscription of three-fifths of the company's stock in money, but Board of Public Works was unable to sell State script at par and was unauthorized to sell it at less and so stopped payments to company. Latter would have had to abandon work on road, or to take script in lieu of money and sell it to the best advantage; it did this, selling $162,438 worth of script for $157,915, a loss of $4,522. Company asks that this loss be made good; and furthermore that the State will pay the engineer. Board of Public Works appoints the engineer and it is strange that company should be required to pay his salary. Ben. Taylor, Prest. Laid on table. Citizens of Greenville. 1841. Jany. 20. A 1313. New election precinct in Greenville. Henry W. Burch, R. S. Jackson, I. L. Lightner, Alfred M. McGuffin, E. T. McGuffin, Hugh Fulton and 65 others. Reasonable. Valley Turnpike Company. 1841. Jany. 20. A 1314. Loan of State bonds to company. Cost of completing road is greater than the estimate. Sum of $25,000 is needed to build bridges, but company's funds are exhausted and loss would ensue from waiting to raise money by tolls. If bonds are loaned company, interest will be paid punctually and security will be given. Ben. Taylor, Prest. Bill reported. Citizens. 1841. Jany. 25. A 1315. Incorporation of trustees of Shemariah Academy with power to hold property to amount of $20,000. Academy is 14 miles southwest of Staunton and three or four miles northwest of Middlebrook; faculty is composed of Rev. Enoch Thomas, A. M., Prin., Robert Logan, A. B., Asst., and Franklin P. Montgomery, Usher. Adam Grove, Downey McCutchen, David Kerr, Joseph Trimble, E. Hogshead, Charles C. McCutchen and 16 others. Letter to Augusta representatives. Bill reported. GEIGER, GEORGE. 1841. Feby. 3. A 1316. Grant of three years' time in which to pay his indebtedness to State. He wishes to divide amount in three notes, to run one, two and three years. Citizens. 1841. Feby. 5. A 1317. New election precinct at Samuel Craig's in Little Calf Pastures, to be called Bellefonte precinct. Saml. Craig, Robert Craig, John C. W. Young, Robert Young, George Henderson, Matthias Fry and 26 others. Resolution reported. MCCUE, FRANK. 1841. Feby. 6. A 1318. Receipt for petition of Reuben D. Hill, sheriff of Augusta. Citizens. 1841. Dec. 8. A 1319. New election precinct at Samuel Craig's in Little Calf Pastures, to be called Craigsville precinct. Place is 20 miles from courthouse and twelve miles from nearest voting place. Luke Woodward, Robert Meek, John Lockridge, Robert Craig, Wm. Y. McCutchan, Archd. Armstrong and 28 others. Bill ordered. 1842. Sept. 19. A 1320. Recommendation of James L. Campbell by Briscoe G. Baldwin, L. Waddell, John H. Peyton, R. S. Brooke and others. DILWORTH, WILLIAM. 1843. Feby. 15. A 1321. Reimbursement for losses sustained by petitioner on tract of five miles of Staunton and Parkersburg road. Petitioner took contract at $590 a mile, but several landslides have occurred and he has lost money, which loss could not have been contemplated in contract. Indorsed by John Ayres, Saml. Hiliard, John S. Ayers, John Stundley, Abraham Cunningham and 47 others. Reported. Inhabitants. 1843. Dec. 9. A 1322. New election precinct at New Hope, which is a thickly settled neighborhood. G. W. McCulloch, Jacob Coffman, John Allford, S. Jameson, F. M. Floyd, S. Patteson and 72 others. Rejected. Citizens. 1843. Dec. 11. A 1323. Change in the existing jury system, which is very inefficient. Sheriffs are required to summon jurors, who are enjoined under heavy penalties to attend court until discharged; they receive no compensation. People put on juries are usually poor and jury verdicts are seldom accepted as final, which involves great expense and loss of time. Petitioners desire a system like |