Chap. 330.—An ACT to Define the Limits of the Lower Parish of Nanse-
mond County, with Reference to the Poor of that Parish, and to author-
ize the Judge of the County Court of that County to Appoint Trustees
to Manage and Disburse Certain Donations made for the Benefit of the
Poor of that Parish. -

Approved July 11, 1870.

Whereas, by an act of the general assembly of Virginia,
passed the twelfth day of December, seventeen hundred and
ninety-one, certain donations which had been made for the
benefit of the poor in Suffolk parish, as then known, were com-
mitted to the control and management of the overseers of the

oor of said parish; and whereas, since then the said parish

as been called and is now known as the lower parish of Nan-.
semond county, and has, on the left side of Nansemond river,
the creek and Murdaugh’s ditch for its Southwestern boundary,
and the Western branch of Nangemond river, on the left side
of said river, as its boundary; and whereas, the recent change
in the constitution of the state renders it proper for some other
tribunal to hold and control said donations, which consists of
lands, poor house, and chattel estate :

1. Be it therefore enacted by the general assembly of Vir-
ginia, That the county court of Nansemond shall annually, in
the month of August, or as soon thereafter as practicable, ap-
point four discreet freeholders, two of whom shall reside on
each side of Nansemond river, who shall be known by the
name of the trustees for the poor in the said parish of Nanse-
mond county; and by that name may contract, and sue and
be sued; and who shall take charge of the lands and other es-
tate of said parish, included in said donations, and may rent
or lease out said lands, appoint treasurer and other proper
agents to manage the same, and take care of and superintend
the poor house, and to collect all rents and expend the same
for the benefit of the poor in said parish.

2. The said board of trustees may contract with the over-
seers of the poor of any of the townships recently laid off in
said county, to board and take care of the poor, on such terms
as they may agree on.

3. Tbe powers conferred by this act on said board of trus-
tees shall in no wise affect the powers and duties of the over-
seers of the poor in said territory, under existing laws, as to
the laying and collecting of such poor rates as may, in addition
to said fund, be necessary to take care of the poor in said parish.

4, The said trustees may require proper bond of their trea-
surer or other agents as they may think proper, and may make
such rules and regulations tor their governance not inconsis-
tent with law.

do. The said trustees shall annually, in the month of Janu-
ary, or as soon thereafter as practicable, render an account of
their transactions, for the year ending first January, to the
county court of Nansemond county, who shall examine the
same and order the same to be filed in the clerk’s office, and
may hear any complaints against said trustees or any of said
officers from any source, and for good cause may remove said
trustees, or any of them, and appoint others in their place.

6. The said trustees, when appointed, shall take and sub-
scribe the oaths now required by law of county officers, which
shall be filed among the records of the county court of said
county, and a copy recorded in the books of said trustees.

7. The said trustees shall remain in office till their succes-
sors are appointed and qualified.

8. The said trustees shall make out an inventory of all the
lands and other estate under their control, giving quantity and
boundaries of the lands, and a general description of improve-
ments on the same, and estimated value, fee simple and an-
nual, and return it, under their signatures, to the county court
of Nansemond county, to be filed among the records of said
county, and a new inventory shall, in like manner, be returned
every three years. .

9. This dct shall be in force from and after its passage.