CHAP. 76.—An ACT for the relief of Miss Ann E. Millan, of Cul-
peper county.

Approved February 17, 190.

Whereas the commonwealth of Virginia, on the ninth
day of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, in the
circuit court of the city of Richmond, obtained a judgment
against Walker R. Millan, late sheriff of Fairfax county,
and now deceased, and Lyle Millan, W. D. Cooper, G. W.
oper, George F. Carter, John Powell, A. S. Grigsby, E.
Lowe, James Cockerell, John B. Coleman, James A.
json, and J. F. Triplett, his sureties, in the sum of one
ousand two hundred dollars and seventy-three cents, and
o hundred and forty-five dollars and thirteen cents dam-
es,and twelve dollars and one cent costs, with interest
om twenty-fifth of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-
ne, till paid; and on the seventh of November, eighteen
indred and seventy, in the same court, obtained a certain
her judgment against the said Walker R. Millan, now
ceased, late sheriff as aforesaid, for the sum of four
ousand and thirty-nine dollars and fifty-four cents, and
x hundred and five dollars and ninety-two cents dam-
ya, and thirteen dollars and eight cents costs, with in-
rest from twenty-fifth of February, eighteen and sixty-
ine, till paid, subject to a credit of certain payments
ibsequently made thereupon, aggregating eighteen hun-
red dollars, and reducing said judgments to the principal
yorepate sum of three thousand four hundred and six-
en dollars and eighty-four cents, with interest from the
renty-fifth of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine,
ith damages and costs aforesaid; and whereas, on the
enth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, Zeph.
‘urner, administrator de bonis non with the will annexed
f Zeph. Turner, deceased, conveyed unto Lyle Millan,
iow deceased, a certain house and lot in the town of
Voodville and county of Rappahannock, theretofore occu-
ied by Francis Millan, now deceased, and sold unto the
aid Lyle Millan by the said Ann E. Millan; and whereas
the aaid Lyle Millan and M.C. H. Millan, his wife, on the
sixteenth day of September, eighteen hundred and sixty-
one, conveyed, with general warranty of title, the said
house and lot so situate unto Joseph Reid in trust to secure
unto the said Ann E. Millan the payment of three several
notes or bonds, each in the sum of five hundred and sev-
enty dollars, and payable, respectively,on the twenty-second
day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-two,and the twen-
ty-second day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-three,
and the twenty-second day of March, eighteen hundred and
sixty-four, and duly and separately and severally acknowl-
edged the same on the sixteenth day of September, eigh-
teen hundred and sixty-one; and whereas the said Ann E.
Millan, through inadvertance, failed to have her deed of
trust recorded in the clerk’s office of the county court of
Rappahannock until the fifth day of October, eighteen
hundred and seventy-one, and the commonwealth of Vir-
ginia up to this day (fifth of February, eighteen hundred
and seventy-four) failed to have her aforesaid judgment
docketed; and whereas the debt secured as aforesaid by
trust deed now aggregates an amount greatly in excess of
the value of ‘the real estate upon which it is so secured ;
and whereas the lien of the commonwealth, if it coulc
now be enforced against said real estate. is purely a tech
nical legal one and contrarv to equity and good conscience
now, therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia
That the lien of the aforesaid judgments upon and against
the aforesaid house and lot be. and the same hereby is
released. ;

2. Nothing in this act shall be construed to relieve o1
release the estate of the said late sheriff or any of his
sureties or their estates from the aforesaid judgments.

3. This act shall be in force from its passage.

CuapP. 77.—An ACT to empower the United States, by and with
the consent of the Mount Vernon avenue association, to con-
struct, maintain and operate a national road or avenue from the
south end of the Aqueduct bridge to Mount Vernon.

Approved February 17, 1890.

Whereas heretofore and on the eighteenth day of Feb-
ruary eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, an act of the
general assembly was passed entitled an act to incorporate
the Mount Vernon avenue association for the uses, pur-
poses and with the powers therein specified; and whereas
by an act of congress approved February twenty-third,
eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, the secretary of war
was authorized to cause surveys to be made for a national
road or avenue, from the south end of the Aqueduct bridge
on the south side of the Potomac river, at or near George-
town, through the county of Alexandria, by way of or
near the city of Alexandria, to Mount Vernon, in the
county of Fairfax, in the state of Virginia, and the sum
of ten thousand dollars was appropriated for that purpose,
under which a survey estimate and report has been made
to the congress of the United States; and whereas it is in
contemplation to provide by an act of congress for the
construction, maintainance, and operation of thé said
national road or avenue by the United States; now, there-
fore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That whenever the United States shall desire to cun-
struct, maintain and operate a national road or avenue
from some point south of the Aqueduct bridge on the
northern houndary of the government park reservation or
cemetery known as Arlington, on the Potomac river, thence
through the county of Alexandria, passing by way of or
near the city of Alexandria, on a line not east of Wash-
ington street in the said city, and not exceeding one mile
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est. of the said street, and thence through the county of
‘airfax to the grounds enclosing the tomb of Washington,
nown as Mount Vernon, over such route as may be agreed
pon between the trustees of the Mount Vernon avenue
ssociation and the United States, then the authority to
onstruct, maintain and operate in perpetuation such a
oad or avenue, is hereby given to the said United States;
yrovided, that the land so used and occupied shall not
xceed in width two hundred and fifty feet, the length of
aid roadway or avenue.

2. That all the ways, rights, and franchises and improve-
nents acquired under this act by the United States and
he improvements which may be placed upon the said
road or avenue, shall be exempt from taxation so long as
the same shall be used for the purposes hereinbefore men-
tioned.

3. That the said corporation, known as the Mount Ver-
non avenue association, when-the location of the said road
or avenue shall be agreed upon as aforesaid, is hereby fur-
ther authorized and empowered by a resolution duly adop-
ted, approved and executed, to grant, convey, and release
any and all rights, privileges, power, and authority pos-
sessed by the said corporation under its act of incorporation
to construct, maintain and operate said roadway or avenue,
to the United States, which grant, conveyance and release
when executed to the United States shall not be taken to
work a forfeiture or held to be a surrender to the state of
the rights granted by said act of incorporation; but the
true purpose, intent and meaning of such grant, convey-
ance and release to the United States shall be to pass and
convey to the said United States all the rights, powers,
franchises and privileges which the said corporation
possesses and none other.

4. This act shall be in force from its passage.