Virginia Ferry Operators, 1757

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APRIL 1757 -- 30th GEORGE II.

CHAP. X.

An Act for appointing several new Ferries, and for other purposes
therein mentioned.

I. Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-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 hereafter named, and that the rates for passing the said ferries
be as follows, that is to say:

From the land of Edward Lynch, in the county of Bedford, over the
Fluvanna, at the mouth of Black-Water creek, to the land of Micajah
Moorman, in the county of Albemarle; the price for a man three pence,
and for an horse the same.

From the land of William Cabbell, in the county of Albemarle, over the
upper ford of rock fish river, to the land of Allan Howard; the price
for a man two pence; And for a horse two pence.

From the land of George Brett, in the county of Prince-William, over
Potomack river, to the land of Roger Chamberlayne, in the province of
Maryland; the price for a man one shilling & six pence, and for an horse
the same.

From the land of Josias Clapham, in the county of Fairfax, over Potomack
river, to the land on either side the Monochisey creek, in the province
of Maryland; the price for a man four pence, & for for an horse the
same.

From the land of Thomas Anderson, in the county of Lunenburg, on Roanoke
river, to the land of James Mitchell, and from the land of the said
Mitchell to the land of the said Anderson; the price for a man three
pence, and for an horse the same.

From the land of John Bryant, in the county of Albemarle, over the
Rivanna river, where the main road crosses the same, to the land of
Edward Pye Chamberlayne; the price for a man two pence; and for an horse
the same.

And for the transportation of wheel-carriages, tobacco, cattle and other
beasts, the ferry-keeper may demand and take the following rates: For
every coach, chariot or waggon, and the driver thereof, the same as for
six horses: For every cart or four wheel-chaise, and the driver
thereof, the same as for four horses: For every two wheel chaise or
chair, the same as for two horses: For every hogshead of tobacco, the
same as for one horse: And for every head of nett cattle, the same as
for one horse: For every sheep, goat, hog and lamb, one fourth part of
the ferriage of one horse, according to the prices herein before settled
at such ferry respectively, and no more.

II. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That from
and after the passing of this act it shall and my be lawful to and for
the ferry-keeper at May's (now Booker's) on Staunton river, in the
county of Halifax, to demand and take for the transportation of a man
over the said ferry three pence, and for an horse three pence, any law,
usage, or custom to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.

III. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the
act of assembly made in the twenty-second year of his present majesty's
reign, intituled, An Act for the settlement and regulations of Ferries,
and for Dispatch of public Expresses, as to so much thereof relates to
the ferries thereby established from Henry Cary's land, over the James
river, to the land of the said Cary.

From the land of colonel Richard Bland, in the county of Prince-George,
to the land of Mss. Anderson, in the county of Charles-City; 

and from the land of William Pride, called the store landing, in the
county of Henrico (now Chesterfield) to Anthony's landing, in the county
of Prince-George,

shall be, and the same is hereby repealed and made void.

IV. Provided always, That the execution of this act shall be suspended
until his majesty's approbation thereof be first had and obtained.

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Hening, William Waller
1820 The Statutes at Large; Being A Colleciton Of All The Laws of
Virginia, From The First Session Of The Legislature, In The Year 1619. 
Volume VII, pages 125-127. Franklin Press, Richmond, Virginia

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Submitted by Gwen Hurst <gwnj@shentel.net>

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