New Virginia Ferries, 1745

Transcribed from:
 
Hening, William Waller
1819  "The Statutes at Large; Being A Collection Of All the Laws Of 
Virginia, From The First Session Of the Legislature In The Year 1619. 
Volume V."  Franklin Press, Richmond, Virginia.
 
FEBRUARY 1745 - 19th GEORGE II 
(pages 364-365)
 
CHAP. XIII 
An Act, for appointing several new ferries.
 
I.  Be it enacted, by the Lietuenant Governor,  Council, and Burgesses, 
of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the 
authority of the same, That public ferries be constantly kept at the  
places herein after named; and that the rates for passing the said 
ferries be as follows:
 
On Appomattox river, above the narrow falls, from the land of William 
Pride, in the county of Henrico, over the said river, to the land of 
the said Pride, in Prince George county, the price for a man, two 
pence, and for a horse, the same.
 
From the land of William Cabbell, in Albemarle county, at the mouth of 
Swan's creek, over the Fluvanna river, to the land of Samuel Spencer, 
the price for a man, three pence, and for a horse, the same:  And from 
the land of the said William Cabbell, over Tye river, to the land of 
the said Cabbell, the price for a man, three pence, and for a horse, 
the same.
 
On Patomack river, from the land of William Clifton, in Fairfax County, 
over the said river, to the land in the tenure of Thomas Wallis, in 
Prince George county, in Maryland, the price for a man, one shilling, 
and for a horse, the same.  From the land of Hugh West, in Fairfax 
county, over the said river, either to Frazier's or Addison's landings, 
the same for a man, one shilling, and for a horse the same.
 
From York, Hampton, and Norfolk towns, to the land of Littleton Eyre, 
on Hungar's River, in Northampton county, and from thence to either of 
the aforesaid places, the price for a man passing singly, twenty 
shillings, and for a horse the same; for a man and horse, or if there 
be more, for each, fifteen shillings.  From Todd's warehouse landing, 
in King and Queen county, to the land of Robert Armistead Bird, in King 
William county, the price for a man, two pence, and for a horse the 
same.
 
II.  And that the courts of the several counties wherein such ferries 
shall be kept, shall have power to appoint proper boats to be kept at 
the said ferries, for the convenient transportation of coaches, 
waggons, and other wheeled carriages:  That  when such boats shall be 
so provided and kept, it shall and may be lawful for the keepers of 
such ferries to demand and take, for the ferriage and carriage of such 
wheel carriages, the following rates; (to wit.) for every coach, 
chariot, or waggon, and for the driver thereof, the same as for the 
ferriage of six horses, according to the rates herein before settled at 
such ferries respectively; and for every cart or four wheeled chaise, 
and the driver of such chaise, the same as for the ferriage of four 
horses; and for every two wheel chaise, or chair, the same as for the 
ferriage of two horses, according to the said rates, and no more:  And 
that  the licenses for keeping the said ferries, shall be obtained in 
the same manner, and the keeper therorf have such exemptions and 
advantages, and be under the like regulations and restrictions, as is 
and ae by law provided for and in respect of the keepers of public 
ferries, heretofore settled and appointed.
 
III.  And be it further enacted, That at the county ferry over the 
Fluvanna, in the county of Albemarle, from the land of Daniel Scott, to 
the land of William Battersby, the ferry kepper be allowed to take the 
following rates; (to wit,) for a man, three pence, and for a horse, the 
same; for wheel carriages, and the drivers thereof, the same rates as 
are allowed to the keepers of public ferries, and no more.
 
 
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