for ever, provided she did not marry before she arrived to the age of twenty-one years, nor afterwards without the consent of her guardians, or the majority of them; and if his said daughter should die without issue, or marry under age, or without such consent as aforesaid, in either case he gave his estate one half to the two youngest sons of his brother Richard Corbin, esq; and their heirs, for ever; and the other moiety to the two youngest sons of his sister Johanna, the wife of Robert Tucker, gentleman, and their heirs, for ever: And further directed that, if his crops were not sufficient to pay his debts, his said lands in the county of Caroline should be sold for that purpose, and appointed his said wife Hannah Corbin, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Ludwell Lee, and Francis Lightfoot Lee, gentlemen, and the said Richard Corbin, executors of his said will, and guardians of his said daughter Martha, as by the said will, duly proved, and remaining among the records of the said countycourt of Westmoreland, may more fully appear; and soon after making the said will the said Gawin Corbin died seized of such estate as aforesaid, and possessed of a very small and inconsiderable personal estate.

II. And whereas the debts already demanded of the said executors as due from the said Gawin Corbin, at the time of his death, amount to one thousand five hundred and thirteen pounds eight shillings and twopence sterling, and nine hundred ninety and eight pounds fifteen shillings and sixpence current money; and the executors having applied the testator's crops towards discharging the same, according to his will, there yet remains to be paid the sum of one thousand two hundred and ten pounds nine shillings and twopence sterling, mostly due to merchants residing in Great-Britain, and six hundred ninety and six pounds and nineteen shillings current money, which the several creditors are impatient to receive payment of; but, by reason of many disputes depending about the bounds of the said lands in the county of Caroline, and for want of a partition thereof between the representatives of the said Gawin Corbin and the heir of the said John Corbin, who is an infant, the said lands cannot now be sold for near their value, nor for a sum sufficient to pay the remaining balance of the debts, whereby the said executors, as they cannot until such sale apply any other part of the estate to the payment of the

debts, are likely to be involved in expensive lawsuits, and the creditors greatly delayed.

III. And whereas the said lands in the county of Lancaster are mostly cut down, and the soil exhausted; but yet, from its situation and circumstances, the same might be sold immediately for more than the real value; and the said lands in the county of Caroline, being fresh, might be worked with slaves to a greater profit for the estate; and it hath been represented to this present General-Assembly that it will be greatly to the advantage of the widow and daughter of the said Gawin Corbin, as well as those claiming in remainder under his will, and greatly expedite the payment of his debts, if the said executors were allowed to sell the said tract of land in the county of Lancaster, and as many slaves as would raise money sufficient to pay the debts remaining due, and preserve the said lands in the county of Caroline, being of greater value, in lieu thereof, to the uses mentioned in the will of the said Gawin Corbin, to which sale the said Richard Corbin and Robert Tucker, in behalf of their infant children, to whom the remainder is limited as aforesaid, are consenting; and whereas notice hath been published three Sundays successively, in the several churches of the said parish of Christ's-church, that application would be made to this General Assembly for leave to sell the said lands in the county of Lancaster and some slaves for the purposes aforesaid, pursuant to your majesty's instructions: May it therefore please your must excellent majesty, at the humble suit of the said executors, that it may be enacted, and Be it enacted, by the Lieutenant-Governour, Council, and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted, by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act the said tract of land in the county of Lancaster, whereof the said Gawin Corbin died seized, be, and the same is hereby, vested in the said Hannah Corbin, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Ludwell Lee, Francis Lightfoot Lee and Richard Corbin, or the survivers or surviver of them, IN TRUST; that they or the major part of them, shall, as soon as it can be conveniently done, sell and dispose of the said lands for the best price that can be got, and convey the same to the purchaser or purchasers in fee-simple, and apply the money arising by such sale towards the payment of the debts remaining due

from the estate of the said Gawin Corbin; and that the said executors, or the major part of them, do afterwards sell as many of the slaves of the said Gawin as will pay the residue of the said debts, and render an account of such sales, and of their administration, to the county court of Westmoreland: and that the said two undivided third parts of the said tract of land in the county of Caroline, whereof the said Gawin Corbin died seized, be, and the same are hereby, vested in the said Hannah Corbin, and Martha Corbin, for such estates, respectively, and subject to the like conditions, limitations and remainders, as are directed for the said lands in the county of Lancaster by the will of the said Gawin Corbin, deceased.

IV. Saving to the king's most excellent majesty, his heirs and successours, and to all and every other person and persons, bodies politick and corporate, their respective heirs and successours, other than the persons claiming under the will of the said Gawin Corbin, all such right, title, interest, claim and demand, as they, every, or any of them, should or might claim if this act had never been made.

V. Provided always, that the execution of this act shall be, and is hereby, suspended, until his majesty's approbation thereof shall be obtained.

GEORGII III,

Regis Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, et
Hiberniæ, secundo.

Governor.

At a General Assembly, begun and held at the Francis Fau Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg, on quier, Esq. Tuesday the 26th of May in the first year of the reign of our sovereign lord George III. by the grace of God of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, &c. and in the year of our Lord, 1761, and from thence continued by prorogation to Tuesday the third of November following; and then held at the Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg; being the first session of this General-Assembly.

CHAP. I.

An Act for further continuing the Regiment in the Service of this Colony.

continued in service.

I. WHEREAS it is necessary that the regiment now in the service and pay of this colony should be The regi further continued, and retained in the service of the ment further government, from and after the first day of December next, to which time they now stand provided for, until the first day of may next: Be it therefore enacted by the Lieutenant-Governour, Council, and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that the said regiment shall continue and remain in the service and pay of this colony, from and after the said first day of December next,