Courts on western waters may license laymen to marry 281. Parties to produce a license or certificate of publication of banns 281. How publication of banns shall be made 281.- Fees 281. Former marriages confirmed 282. Proviso to re- strain incest and polygamy 282. Marriages how celebra- ted 503. By any ordained minister 503. To produce credentials 503. Testimonials 503. Not to be granted to i- Min- tinerant ministers 504. isters ejected 504. Quakers and menonists how they may marry 504. Former marria- ges declared valid 504. to permit marriages within prohibited degrees 504. Fees 505. Register of marriages how to be preserved 505. Pen- alty for neglect 505.
MARSHES. So much of act for establishing land office, as gives proprie- tors of high lands to which marshes &c. contiguous a pre- emption therein for one year only repealed 372. All en- tries for such declared void 372. Pre-emptions extended
MARTINSBURG. Titles to lots in the town of Mar- tinsburg, conveyed by Adam
How quakers and menonists ex- empted from personal service in the war 18. If drafted, not compelled to perform duty; but a substitute provided at his expense; if unable to pay, the price to be levied on the whole society 175. Exempted from penalties for non-juring 252. -Their purchases confirmed 253. How they may marry 504.
MIGRATION. Description of persons prohibited from migrating into or becom- ing citizens of this common- wealth 325.
Stephen the original proprie-Artificers employed at iron works
tor, as valid as if conveyed by the trustees 374.
MATTAPONY. Proprietors of lands on Matta-
exempted from militia duty 21. Pay of militia called into ser- vice, regulated 75. Professors and students in Liberty Hall academy, and all other semi-
maries and public schools, ex- empted from militia duty 166. Cavalry in militia, how orga- nized and armed 173. Offi- cers of cavalry, how appoint ed 173. Cavalry, how train- ed 173. Exempted from duty in main body of militia 173- Horses, &c. if lost, paid for by public 173. Militia in coun- ties most exposed, and in Wil- liamsburg and Norfolk, how armed 174. Arms, how dis- posed of 174. Fines for de- linquencies 174. Fines for failing to return arms 174.- Quakers or menonists drafted, not compelled to perform du- ty, but a substitute provided at his expense; if unable to pay, the price to be levied on the whole society 175. Delin- quents of militia, condemned for not serving in continental army, to serve in next requi- sition of militia 175. On serv- ing, exempted from penalties of desertion; otherwise declar- ed regular soldiers to serve on board armed vessels 175.-- Pay of militia called in service the same as continentals 181. Branch pilots exempted from militia duty 189. Staff offi- cers of the militia, to receive warrants for their services 193 Inspectors of tobacco exempt- ed from militia duty 246. Who shall be enrolled in the militia 476. Who exempted 477. Organization 477. Ŏath of officers 477. Musters 477. Notice of musters 478. Offi- cers and soldiers, how armed
and accoutred 478. Ammu- nition 479. Poor soldiers, how armed 479. Penalty for selling or concealing 479.- Arms, how stamped 480. De- linquencies, how noted 480.- Returns 480. Company and regimental returns 481. Field officers to be appointed by ex- ecutive 481. Captains and subalterns to be recommended by a board of officers and ma- gistrates 481. Executive may reject recommendations 482. Rank, how determined 482. Vacancies, how supplied 482. Light companies 483. Steu- ben's discipline adopted 484. Time allowed to procure arms 485. Disobedience and mis- behaviour 485. Colors, drums and fifes, how procured 485. On invasions or insurrections, how militia called out 485.- Quartermasters, commissaries and other staff 486. Orders, to whom sent 486. Officers to command 486. Camp equi- page 486. Impressments 486. Field officers 487. General officer and staff 487. Sudden invasion or insurrection 487. Articles of war 487. Courts martial 487. Pay and rations 487. Ration, of what to con- sist 488. Patroles, how ap-
pointed 489. Their duty and compensation 489. Arrest of officers 490. Courts martial for trial of 490. Courts of en- quiry, how constituted 490. Their powers and duty 491. Fines for delinquencies 491. Arms exempted from execu-
abled 493. Militia in Wil-Judgments on duty bonds recov-
liamsburg and Norfolk 494.
MINISTERS.
Any ordained minister may cel- ebrate rites of matrimony 503 Must produce credentials 503. Testimonial, form of 503.
MONONGALIA.
Courthouse of Monongalia, hav-Naval officers to be collectors of
ing fallen into the state of Pennsylvania, by the exten- sion of Mason's and Dixon's line, the court to be held at the house of Zachwell Mor- gan 255. Proceedings of court at places other than the court- house, confirmed 255. Justi- ces of Monongalia authorised to fix on a place for holding courts, and purchase land whereon to erect public build- ings 256. Separate elections authorised 317. Monongalia county divided, and Harrison formed 366.
MONTGOMERY. Court day of, altered 315.
MOOREFIELD. Further time allowed purchasers of lots, to build thereon 26.
MOORE, LEVI Pardoned, on condition of serv- ing as a soldier during the war 129.
MORRIS'S NOTES Receivable in taxes 68.
MORTGAGE. Property on land, liable to dis-
duties 182. Naval districts established 258. How naval officers to be appointed 258. Where office to be kept, or forfeited 258. To give bond and be sworn 258. The oath 259. Vacancies, how suppli- ed 259. Permits 259. Rules for observing embargoes 259. Oath to be taken by masters of vessels at clearing 259.- Certificates as to ballast 259. Bond, on granting permit 260 Fees 260. Penalty for over- charging or conniving at a false entry 260. Table of fees to be set up, in different lan- What shall be guages 260. done previous to clearing a vessel 261. Penalty on naval officer 261. His power to seize goods on board not in- spected or branded 261. Form of register 261. Fees of regis- ter 261. Books to be kept of entries and clearances 261.- Regulations for unlading bal- last 262. Penalty, for unla- ding ballast without a ballast
Officers of the navy, sailors and marines, entitled to same e- moluments as those in land service 85. They and their representatives entitled to the same land bounty and other emoluments, as officers and soldiers in Virginia line on continental establishment 162. Auditors to issue warrants for half pay, to officers of state line and navy 265.
NELSON. Nelson county formed from Jef- ferson 469. Boundaries 469: Court days 469.
NON-JURORS. Quakers and menonists exempt- ed from penalties for non-ju- ring 252.
NORFLEET, HENRY Pardoned, on condition of serv- ing as a soldier during the war 129.
ages to individuals, by alter- ations in streets, how estima- ted and paid 157. Jurisdic- tion of hustings court, in eri- minal cases 158. Militia to be armed 174: Court of hus- tings a court of record 386;-- May receive proof of wills and deeds 387. Militia of Norfolk, how organized 494: Other al- terations in Church street in Norfolk, authorised, instead of those specified in former law 529.
NORTHERN NECK. Quitrents due proprietor of Nør- thern Neck, sequestered 128. How entries for land to be made 160: Quitrents restored to proprietor 289: Where quitrents have been assessed in Northern Neck, over and above the land tax, the amount 'to be refunded 543. No tax- es to be assessed in Northern Neck, more than those im- posed by the equalizing law
327: All the lands ceded, to be a common fund for the members of the federal alli- ance, and for no other 328:- Three members at least to ex- ecute the trust 328. Papers relating to the cession of the north western territory, shew- ing the origin of the mistake, as to the reservation of lands, for the officers and soldiers on the state establishment 566.- Deed of cession 571. NOTARIES PUBLIC. Notaries public, how appointed Bond and oath 411:- Tax on notarial seals 440.
Notice to take depositions may be given to non-resident par- ties, by publication 343.- Printer's fee 343,
NOTTOWAY. Certain persons appointed to convey land to Edwin Gray, which he purchased at a sale of the lands of the Nottoway Indians 157. Additional trus- tees appointed to lease out their lands 158.
Oath of examiners of land tax 141. Of inspectors of tobac- co 220: Of pickers of tobacco 224: Of naval officers 259:- Of officers of Hampden Syd- ney college 274: Of trustees of Transylvania seminary 284 Of notaries public 411: Of clerks of county courts and their deputies 464. Of offi cers of militia 477.
OBANION, BRYAN. Certain escheated lands vested in
Act providing more effectual funds for redemption of certi- ficates granted the officers and soldiers 81. Injunctions to stay sale of escheated property to be expedited 81. Fraudulent conveyances by British sub- jects 82. Payment of British debts into the treasury revived 82. Creditors may attach 82. Sales of forfeited estates 82. Officers and soldiers how to pass their accounts 83. Guard against further depreciation 83. Officers and soldiers to give in their land claims 83. How their warrants are to be obtained 83, Certificate from commissioner of war 84, 133. Land bounty for three years service 84. Additional boun- ty for six years 84. No loca- tions within their bounds 84. Their certificates to be recei- ved for public patent fees 84. Officers in Lee's legion and others credited to this state, in- cluded in pay and bounty 84, Navy officers, sailors, and ma- rines entitled to same land bounty and emoluments as in land service 85, 162. Certain and adequate funds established for redemption of certificates granted to officers and soldiers 186. Deputation of officers to appoint superintendants for lo- cating and surveying lands given to officers and soldiers on continental and state estab- lishments 309, Priority of lo-
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