inhabitants of the county of Fairfax, by reason of the large
extent of the said county, and their remote situation from
the court-house, and the said inhabitants have petitioned
this present general assembly that the said county may be
divided: Be it, therefore, 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 from and after the 1st day of July next
ensuing the said county of Fairfax be divided into two
counties, that is to say: All that part thereof, lying above
Difficult-run, which falls into Patowmack river, 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