On Friday, April 22, 1757, "Mr. _Charles Carter_, from the
Committee on Propositions and Grievances, reported, that the
Committee had had under their Consideration divers
Propositions, from several Counties, to them referred, and
had come to several Resolutions thereupon, which he read in
in Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where the same
were again twice read, and agreed to by the House, as
follow:"

"_Resolved_, That the Petition of sundry Back-Inhabitants of
the said County of _Fairfax_, praying the same may be divided
into two distinct Counties, by a Line from the Mouth up the
main Branch of _Difficult_-Run to the Head thereof, and
thence by a streight Line to the Mouth of _Rocky_-Run, is
reasonable."

The following Monday the bill was again presented to the
House by Charles Carter, of the Committee of Propositions
and Grievances, and Friday, April 29, 1757, was ordered
engrossed and read a third time.

Monday, May 2, 1757, the engrossed Bill, entitled, "An Act for
dividing the county of Fairfax," was read a third time, passed by the
House, and sent to the Council for their "concurrence." It received
the assent of the governor Wednesday, June 8, 1757.

_An Act for Dividing the County of Fairfax._ (Passed May 2,
1757.)

I. WHEREAS, Many inconveniences attend the upper