Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of
CHA. THOMPSON,
HENRY REMSEN, Junr. BEN. BANKSON, Junr.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the United States have caused their Great Seal to be affixed to this exemplification. WITNESS, Charles Thomson, esquire, their secretary and keeper of their Great Seal.
[From the original, in the clerk's office of the house of delegates, among the governor's communication of 1784.]
ABERDEEN. Slave Aberdeen, for his long and. -faithful services, at the lead mines, emancipated 309....
ACCOUNTS. Commissioners appointed to set- tle accounts between this state and United States, authorised to summon witnesses 33. ACTS OF ASSEMBLY. Tax on private acts of assembly 127.
ADAMS, ROBERT JR. Indemnified for assisting to sup- press a conspiracy against the -State 134.
ADMINISTRATION, Tax on grants of administration 378, 439.
With ALEXANDRIA. Corporation of authorised to im-
pose a wharfage tax 44. Wa- ster street and Union street to be extended 44, Court of hustings to have exclusive power of licensing taverns 50:
-Ordinary keepers incapable of acting as judges of court of hustings 51:-Court of hustings declared a court of VOL. XI. X 3
record 156. Restriction as to proof of wills and deeds 156.
Common seal, how affixed, and its authenticity 156. Court day altered 158. Jurisdiction of court of hustings 314.
ALIENATIONS. Duty of commissioners of land tax, in cases of alienations or partition 143. Lists to be fur- nished 143.
ALLEGIANCE. Penalty for administering oath of allegiance to an alien ene- my, or British subject 138.
AMMUNITION. Militia to furnish themselves with 4784 quantity to be im- ported 494.. ANDERSON, MARY. Estate of Samuel Gist, a British subject, vested in Mary An- derson, his daughter and only child 54.
Arms and accoutrements belong- ing to the state to be delivered up to commandants of regi- ments 132. Proclamation for that purpose 132. Penalty on those who detain them 132. County lieutenants to return an account of arms received 132. Penalty 132. Saving as to arms placed on frontiers 132 Cavalry, how armed 173. Militia in counties most exposed, and in Williamsburg and Norfolk, to be armed 174. Arms, how disposed of 174. -Fines for failing to return arms 174. Militia, how arm- ed 478, 479. Arnis not lia- ble to execution or distress 493. If lost in service, not to be paid for, unless loser killed or disabled 493. Arms and accoutrements to be pro-
Three thousand troops for con- tinental army to be raised 14. Counties to be divided into classes 15. If not enlisted for three years or the war, to be drafted for three years 15.- Recruits, how disposed of 17. Officers of the line to receive recruits 17. Bounty, pay and emoluments 17. Quakers and menonists, how exempted from personal service 18. Express- es, how procured 18. Fines for delinquencies 19. Surplus of funds, in a class, how dis- posed of 19. Furnishing & recruit exempts the class 19. Counties failing to furnish the former quotas, to be reported, to the general assembly 19. Returns of officers resigned, to be made 20. Act to pro- vide more effectual funds for the redemption of certificates granted officers and soldiers 81. Injunctions or pleas to stay sales of escheated proper- ty to be expedited 81 Frau- dulent conveyances by British subjects 81. Payment of Bri- tish debts into the treasury re- vived 82. Creditors may at- tach 92. Sale of forfeited es- tates 82. Officers and soldiers to pass their accounts upon bath 83. Guard against fur- ther depreciation 83. Officers and soldiers to give in their land claims 83. How their land warrants are to be obtain-
ed 83. Certificate from com- missioners of war 84. Bounty in lands for three years service, 84. Additional for six years 84. No locations within their bounds 84. Their certificates to be received for public pa- tent fees 84. Certain officers included in pay and bounty. 84. Navy officers, sailors and marines, entitled to the same emoluments as those in the land service, 85, 162. Sol- diers in state legions authoris- ed to enlist in continental ar- my 135. May be discharged, on what terms 135. Legion under col. Dabney may be en- listed into continental army
ARTICLES OF WAR. Militia governed by when in ac- tual service 487.
ARTIFICERS
Employed at iron works, ex- empted from militia duty 21. ASSEMBLY. Inspectors of tobacco ineligible to the general assembly 233. Delegates to congress ineligi- ble to either house of the as- sembly 249. Three fourths of the wages of the members to be paid for the present 280. Deputy sheriff ineligible to as- sembly, until two years after quietus 308. Return of elec- tion of senators and delegates, when to be made 387. Pen-
170 Executive may orderalty for neglect 387. Penalty
them to defence of western frontiers, or on board armed vessels, if willing to serve 170. If reduced, horses to be sold 170. Three months
to be advanced to the soldiers of this state, on continental establish- ment, late from the southern army 267. That act repeal- ed, congress having made pro- vision 297. Monies levied for recruiting service to be paid into treasury, instead of to or-
on sheriffs interfering in elec- tions 387. Meetings of assem- bly to be annual 388. ASSIZE. Act for establishing courts of as- size 421. When and where courts of assize to be held 422. In suits depending in the gen- eral court, issues to be tried at the assizes, accordingly as the venue is laid 422, 423. Coun- ties assigned to each court of assize 423. Venue, in transi>
der of executive 280. Depu-tory actions, where laid 424. tation of officers to choose su- perintendants and appoint sur- veyors, for locating and sur- veying lands given to officers and soldiers on continental and state establishments 309.
What judges to attend assizes, and how allotted 424. Juries 424, Verdicts certified to gen- eral court 425, Judgment on postea, when entered 425.- Trials at bar 425 Clerks of assize, how appointed, tenure of office and duty 425. Dock- ets 425. Depositions 426.- Habeas corpus 426 Crimi-
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