r, and by a
line to be run from the head of the same run, a straight
course, to the mouth of Rocky run, shall be one distinct
county, and called and known by the name of Loudoun: And all
that part thereof below the said run and course, shall be one
other distinct county, and retain the name of Fairfax.

II. And for the due administration of justice in the said
county of Loudoun, after the same shall take place: Be it
further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That after the
first day of July a court for the said county of Loudoun be
constantly held by the justices thereof, upon the second
Tuesday in every month, in such manner as by the laws of this
colony is provided, and shall be by their commission
directed.

III. Provided always, That nothing herein contained shall be
constructed to hinder the sheriff or collector of the said
county of Fairfax, as the same now stands entire and
undivided, from collecting and making distress for any public
dues, or officers fees, which shall remain unpaid by the
inhabitants of the said county of Loudoun at the time of its
taking place; but such sheriff or collector shall have the
same power to collect or distrain for such dues and fees, and
shall be answerable for them in the same manner as if this
act had never been made, any law, usage, or custom to the
contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding.

IV. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid,
That the court of the said county of Fairfax shall have
jurisdiction of all actions and suits, both in law and
equity, which shall be depending before them at the time the
said division shall take place; and shall and may try and
determine all such actions and suits, and issue process and
award execution in any such action or suit in the same manner
as if this act had never been made, any law, usage, or custom
to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.

V. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid,
That out of every hundred pounds of tobacco, paid in
discharge of quit rents, secretary's, clerk's, sheriff's,
surveyor's, or other officers fees, and so proportionably for
a greater or lesser quantity, there shall be made the
following abatements or allowances to the payer, that is to
say: For tobacco due in the county of Fairfax ten pounds of
tobacc