three years service 31: Pro-Land distrained for taxes, how
vision for delegates 32: Ineli-
gible to either house of assem-
bly 249; Delegates in con-
gress authorized to convey to
the United States, the north-
western territory 326,
Conditions and reservations
327. How many delegates to
attend congress 365 Greden-
tials 365: Wages 366: Return
of senators and delegates to
general assembly, when to be
made by sheriff's 387: Penalty
for neglect 887: Penalty on
sheriffs interfering in elections
of senators or delegates 387:
VTIONS
Notice to take depositions may
be given to non-resident par-
ties, by publication 343: Prin-
ters fees 343: Clerk of general
court, upon affidavit filed, to
issue commissions 343.
DEPREDATIONS.
County courts to collect and
state evidence of injuries to
property from depredations of
the enemy 27: Act continued
109, 193, 317, 361.
DEPUTY
Principal surveyor may appoint
a deputy 160, 353: Their
power and compensation 353:
seld 68,115,116: When sher-
iff to collect and distrain for
taxes 115: Property liable tho'
comprised in deed or mort-
gage 115: Manner of sale 115
As to lands distrained 115,
116: Unreasonable distress,
how punished 116: Arms of
militia exempted from distress
493.
DISTRICT COURT.
Kentucky district court estab
lished 85:District describ
ed 85: Supreme court: 85–
Jurisdiction 85: Three judg-
es to reside in the district 86:
Their oath 86: Sessions 86:
Mode of adjournment 86: Al-
lotment of business to different
days 86: Power as to deeds
and wills 86: Escheats and
forfeitures 87: Caveats and
* local actions 87: Process 87:
May be sent out of the district
in certain cases 87: Return
days 87: Proceedings at rules,
when to be regulated 87:-
Grand jury 88: Trial of crim-
inals 88: Their execution re-
spited 88: Suits now in the
chancery or general court,
transferred 88:--Appearance
day 88: Rule days 88: Dock-
et to be regulated 88: Judg
ments to be final, except the
power of the court of appeals
89: To appoint clerk and jail-
or and superintend jail 89:-
Build courthouse and prison
89: Jailor to impress guards
89: Provide seals 89: Power
of one judge out of session 89:
Attorney for commonwealth
89: He and the judges to hold
their offices during good be-
haviour 89. General rules for
court and officers 89: Tax on
process 90: How disposed of
90: Present place of session
90: Governor to make tempo-
Mary appointments of judges
and attorney 90: Provision in
case judges do not attend 103:
Return of process sent out of
district 103, Certain transito-
ry actions provided for 103:
Provision for better support of
supreme court in Kentucky
397: Tax on law-process,
same as in general court 397:
Certain taxes, fines and duties
appropriated 397: Salaries of
judges and attorney 397: Sal-
aries increased 498: To be
paid by deputy register of land
office 499: Courthouse, &c.
how erected 499.
DRAFTS.
Drafts of soldiers for three years,
how made 15, 16.
Duties on ships and goods to
be paid to naval officers 67.-
-If none, or importation by
land, to be paid to county
court clerks 67: Bonded du,
ties recoverable on motion 68.
Tommage on vessels, explain-
ed 70: Export duty on tobac-
co 95: Tonnage duty on ves-
sels 121: Duty on spirits and
wine inported 121: On sugar
& coffee 122: On other goods
122: Masters of vessels, when
and how to report 122: Pen-
alty for neglect 122: Dutiable
goods landed before entry,
forfeited 122-Importation
by land to be entered with
clerk of court 123: Direction
as to casks 123: Penalty for
a false entry 123: Collectors
may seize goods on board a
vessel, if duty not paid 124:-
Penalty on collector receiving
a bribe or conniving at a false
entry, and on the person offer-
ing it 124: Collector, by war-
rant, and with a constable, in
the day time, may break open
doors 124: Indemnified 125:
Proof to be on the claimant of
goods seized 125: Master may
detain dutiable goods consign-
ed, till duty paid or secured
125: How goods entered may
be carried to another district
125: Bonded duties, how to
be recovered 126: Allowance
to collectors 126: Penalty for
not accounting and paying
126: Act to enable congress
to lay a duty on goods and
prizes, repealed 171: Naval
officers to be collectors of du-
ties 182: Tax or duty impos-
ed on particular goods im-
ported, in aid of funds for re-
demption of military certifi
cates 196: Master of vessel,
when and how to report 197:
Dutiable goods not be landed, vessels of Maryland repealed
till entry and payment, or se- *289: Congress empowered to
curing the duties 197: For-levy a duty on goods imported
feiture of goods otherwise
landed 198: Contents of cer-
tain casks ascertained 198:-
Penalty for false entry 198:-
Officers may enter vessels and
bring away dutiable goods, if
duties not paid or secured 198:
and make regulations for col-
lecting 350. Duty on particu-
lar articles 350: Five per
cent ad valorem on all other
goods 351: Appropriation
and continuance of duties 351:
*To be accounted for annually
<Proceedings thereupon 199:-- 351: Governor and council to
Penalty on collector receiving
a bribe or conniving at a false
entry, and on the person giv-
**ing or offering such bribe 199:
Collectors, by warrant, and
with a constable, in the day
time may break open houses;
to search for dutiable goods
not paid for 199: Onus pro-
*bandi, on whom 200: How
masters of vessels may secure
duty on goods imported by o-
thers 200: Proceeding, where
imported goods transported
from one dist. to another 200:
Bonded duties recoverable on
\-motion 201: Collectors com-
**missions 201: When to ac-
count 201: Penalty for failure
201: Duty on tobacco ex-
ported 201: Duties appropri-
ated to payment of military
certificates 201: Deficiency
supplied by slave tax 202:
Proceeds of duties apportioned
among holders of military
certificates 202: Payments to
be endorsed on certificates
203: Export duty on tobacco
202: Act imposing duties on
wine and spirits, and tonnage
of Virginia vessels, and small
appoint collectors, removable
by congress 351: Commence-
ment and continuance of act
351: Collectors not to be car-
ried for trial or compelled to
answer a suit out of the state
352: Other regulations 352:
Trials for seizures here to be
in the court of admiralty, and
appeals to the court of appeals
352: Additional duties laid on
certain goods 375: Appropri-
ation of duties 375,
ELECTIONS.
Separate elections authorized in
Monongalia county 317: Re-
turn of election of senators
and delegates, when to be
made 387: Penalty for ne-
glect 387. Penalty on sheriffs
interfering in elections 387:
Meetings of general assembly
to be annual 388.
ELIZABETH RIVER.
Trustees appointed to receive
subscriptions for cutting a na-
vigable canal from Elizabeth
river to North river 332.
EMANCIPATION.
How slaves may be emancipated
39: Aged or infirm, to be sup-
ported by former master 39:
Rules for obtaining embargoes
259.
ENEMY.
County courts to collect and
state evidence of injuries from
losses of enemy 27. How to
report their proceedings 27.
Act continued 109, 193, 317,
361.
ENTRIES
Entries for land may be made
with clerk, where no surveyor
16. How surveyed 160. En-
tries in Northern Neck, how
made 100. Naval officer to
keep a book of entries and
elearances of vessels 261. How
entries for lands, to be made
with the surveyor 353, 354.
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Limitation for surveying en-
tries on the western waters al-
ready made 441: Of future en-
tries 441. Forfeiture for ne-
glect 441.
EQUALIZING.
See Land Tax.
Act for equalizing the land tax
140. County commissioners to
correct mistakes of examiners,
in extension of taxes 269. Act
amended 526.
ESCHEATS.
Slaves of Walter King, escheated
and purchased on behalf of
commonwealth, restored to
Walter King Cole 35. So
much of former act as gives
Walter King Cole any com-
pensation, except reasonable
hires, while slaves in public
service, repealed 35. All the
estate formerly belonging to
John Harmer declared not
subject to escheat 36. George
Harmer authorized to recover
said estate, and subject to debts
of John Harmer 36. Injunc-
tions and pleas to stay sale of
escheated property to be expe-
dited 81. Sale of escheated.
property 92. Certain escheat-
able property of George Kerr
vested in children of William
Short 149. Lands or slaves es-
cheated, in consequence of the
act destroying entails, to go ac-
cording to the donation 271.
Not to restrain the tenant from
conveying, nor exempt from
debts 272. Sale of certain
lands in and contiguous to
town of Louisville, escheated
as the property of John Con-
nolly, suspended 276. Es-
cheated lands in Kentucky
formerly vested in trustees for.
a public school, transferred to
trustees of Transylvania semi-
mary 282. Certain lands of
Spiers & Co. escheated to the
commonwealth, vested in
Hampden Sydney college 392.
EVIDENCE.
County courts to collect and state
evidence of injuries from de
predations of the enemy 27,
109, 193, 317, 361. Certified
copies of sheriffs bonds, evi-
dence 93, 168. On trial of
caveats, certificates of county
courts, as to settlement or pre-
emption rights, not conclusive
evidence of titles 508. Proof
of testimony on which certifi-
cate granted, admissible 508.
EXAMINERS.
Appointed to regulate land tax
by assessments 141. Their
powers, duty and compensa-;
tions 141, 142. County com-
missioners to correct mistakes
of examiners, in extension of
taxes 269.
executions 179. New execu-
tion, if creditor evicted of land
or slaves 179. Debtor may
be committed, on confessing
judgment in custody, or on
being surrendered 179. Pur-
chasers of lands from sundry
companies entitled to benefit
of this act 180. What con-
tracts excepted 180. Act per-
mitting lands and slaves to be
tendered on executions reviy-
ed 349. Arms of militia ex-
empted from execution 493.
EXECUTIVE.
Offices of commissioner of war,
and commercial agent abolish-
ed, and duties transferred to
executive 133. Executive au-
thorized to place persons on
the pension list 446, County:
courts to certify condition of
pensioners to executive instead
of assembly. 447. Executive
may remit damages against
sheriffs for non-payment of
taxes 463. May remit forfeited
estates of criminals to wife and
children 509.
EXEMPTS.
Who exempted from militia duty
21, 166, 175, 189, 246, 477.
EXPATRIATION.
How a citizen may expatriate
himself 323.
Duty on tobacco exported 95,
201, 203.
EXECUTIONS.
Tobacco, hemp, and flour may
be tendered in payment of ex-
ecutions 76. At what price 76.
Judgments on future contracts
excepted 76. Flour and hemp
tendered on executions to be
inspected 99. Lands may
EXPRESSES.
be tendered on judgments Expresses for military purposes,
178. How executions there- how procured 18.
on may issue 178. Proceed-
ings on such executions 178:
Slaves may be tendered on
FAMILIES.
Allowance to wives, parents, and
families of poor soldiers 11.
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