Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-03-09

continue, to be recovered by warrant
before asingle magistrate, either ofthe
Corporation ofthe City of Richmond
or OF the county of Henrico, to the
use OF any person who will sue for the
same ; and shall moreover be subject
to pay to any person or persons injured
by such failure, any damage which he,
she or they may have sustained by rea-
son thereof.
Ill. BE 1t further enacted, That the
president and board of directors afore-
said shall have power 10 purchase and
hold, for the use of the company, any
land which may be necessary for the
erection ola toll house or toll houses,
and any land which may be necessary
Or their canals or basins, or for the
erection Of their works. And if they
cannot agree with the owner thereof,
or if the owner be a feme covert, or
a person under age, non compos, or
out OF the commonwealth, they shall
have power to cause such land to be
appropriated to the use of the company
in the following manner, that is to say {:
They shall apply to the court of Hen
rico county for a writ Of ad qIod d.
n'nu;n. which the said court shall a.
ward, directed to the sheriff OF said
county, commanding him to summon
twenty freeholders, inhabitants o fthe
City of Richmond, not related to either
OF the parties, nor interested in the
qeustiOn they r summoned to try, to
meet on a day certain to be named i'm
the writ, on the land proposed to be
condemned ; and the said sheriff, out
OF the freeholders SO summoned, shall
empannel twelve OF more, and admi-
mister to them an oath or affirmation
that they VIII faithfully and impartial
ly, to the best Of their skill and iud@-
ment ascertain the damages which the
owner of said land will sustain by its
condemnation for the use Of the COM
pany as aforesaid. The jury thus en-
pannelled and sworn, Interviewing the
premises, hearing all proper evidence
which shall be offered to them. and
taking into consideration as we'll the
adv a1ft45cs 'us the d.ssdYa images re-
sultiBg to the owner from the condem-
nation OF the land, shall ascertain by
their verdict the metes and bounds of
the land intended co be condemned.
and the damages which the owner will
sustain thereby. The inquest as taken
shall be signed by the sheriff and
twelve or more Of the jury aforesaid,
and shall be returned by the sheriff TO
the county court aforesaid, to be by
them recorded /; and when taken and
recorded shall vest, in the company
aforesaid, upon the payment ofthe da-
images thereby ascertained, the abso-
lutte right and title to the property ON
dcmned. But no such writ of ad qiOd
dGnlnum shall be awarded, unless ten
days previous notice of the application
therefor be given to the owner of the
land, or notice of such application be
published in some newspaper in the
City of Richmond, for four weeks sue
cessiyely, and posted at the sront door
OF the courf house of Henrico county,
at one term at least previous to that at
which the writ shall be applied for.
~. find be ii enacted, That the said
company shall have the privilege of
blowing rock, out ofthe river & falls, for
the completion of the canals and basins;
and the canal from the-locks to be erect
ed at Rockets to 25th street, shall be at
least seventy feet wide /; and from thence
to 18th street, Orthe lower basin, sixty
feet wide between d street and an aIIey
about ninety feet south Of T. street, on
the west side OfShockOe creek, the basin
to be at least thirty-six feet wide and Sc
ven feet deep. The said canal, from the
locks at Rockets Landing, shall at all
times contain the depth of eleven and a
half feet of water up to 25th street, and
from thence to 18th street and the lower
basin, eleven feet of water. The basin
between MayO's Island and the Rich
mond shore, shall contain al least ten
and a half feet water, at any season of
the year (; and the locks at Rockets to
be so constructed as to permit vessels
drawing twelve feet water to pass
through them.
V. BE 10 enacted, Thatit shall be law
fui fOrthe said company to open a street,
commencing in front ofthe upperbasin,
on the Richmond shore, below, or attic
southeast corner of Col. John Mayo's
lot, and extending to the lot upon which
Charles Whitlock's lumber-house is
built, to bcthirty feet wide, to be laid off
and kept openly the said Dock Compa-