HENING'S STATUTES - SWEMS

(Additional notes from Hening's resulting from search of Swem's index)

February 1772-12th George III, Chap. LII (H8: 613-15)

An act to encourage the further settlement of the town of Alexandria in the county of Fairfax

Mentions several former acts for erecting, enlarging and encouraging the settlement of Alexandria.

Art. V. And whereas it is represented, by the said trustees, that the wharf at Point West, in the said town, originally built by the public, was afterwards rebuilt by them, at a considerable expence, and that the same is now in a ruinous condition, occasioned chiefly by ships, and other vessels heaving down by and mooring at the said wharf; and the said trustees have petitioned that such a wharfage may be imposed upon such vessels as will enable them to repair and extend the same: Be it therefore enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passing of this act, the said wharf shall be, and the same is hereby vested in the said trustees, and their successors, forever, and that they, or the major part of them, shall, from time to time, have power to lay and assess such wharfage on all ships, and other vessels, heaving down by and mooring at the same, under such regulations, and to be collected in such manner, as they, or the major part of them, shall think proper, to be by them applied to and for the uses and purposes of repairing and extending the said wharf: Provided always that the said wharfage shall not extend to any country craft, or vessel bringing tobacco to, or taking it from, the public warehouses in the said town: Provided also, that the public is hereafter exempted from any future expence or cost in rebuilding, repairing, or enlarging the said wharf.

October 1779-4th of Commonwealth, Chap. XXV (H10: 172-76)

An act for incorporating the town of Alexandria in the county of Fairfax, and the town of Winchester in the county of Frederick.

Doesn't say anything specific re. wharves.

May 1782-6th of Commonwealth, Chap. XXIV (H11: 44-45)

An act to empower the mayor, recorder, aldermen and common council of the town of Alexandria to lay a wharfage tax, and to extend water and Union-streets.

I. Be it enacted that the mayor, recorder, aldermen and common council of the town of Alexandria shall, and they are hereby empowered to impose a tax upon all vessels making use of the wharf belonging to the said town, (open vessels excepted) and to enforce the collection and payment thereof by such rules and regulations as they may think best, and to apply the money arising from the said tax to the use and benefit of the said town.

October 1785-10th of Commonwealth, Chap. IX (H12: 37-40)

An act concerning the erection of the district of Kentucky, into an independent state.

Sec. II. Conditions. Seventh, that the use and navigation of the river Ohio, so far as the territory of the proposed state, or the territory which shall remain within the limits of this commonwealth lies thereon, shall be free and common to citizens of the United States; and the respective jurisdictions of this commonwealth, and of the proposed state, on the river aforesaid, shall be concurrent only with the states which may possess the opposite shores of the said river.

October 1789-14th of Commonwealth, Chap. V (H13: 3-4)

An act authorising the Governor of the Commonwealth, to convey certain land to the United States, for the purpose of building a light-house.

Gov. to convey two acres of land in Princess-Anne Co. to US for erection of lighthouse at Cape Henry.

(Md. & Va. evidently never managed to erect lighthouse, though laws had earlier been passed for co-operation in this venture-see Hening's Misc. acts from Mary's earlier notes).

October 1789-14th of Commonwealth, Chap. XIV (H13: 17-21)

Sect. 11 repeats seventh condition of 1785 act verbatim.