Page images
PDF
EPUB

TO THE

SEVENTH VOLUME

OF THE

Statutes at Large.

[blocks in formation]

Edward Montague, Esq. ap-
pointed agent in Great Bri-
tain 276. Committee of cor-
respondence and their duty
276. A majority to act 276.
Salary of agent 276. Agent
removeable by committee 277.
Authorised to receive money,
granted by parliament, to
aid the southern colonies, in
the French & Indian war 374.
Act for appointing an agent
explained 375. Committee to
correspond with enlarged 646
ALBEMARLE.
Albemarle county divided, and

Buckingham and Amherst
formed 419. Part of Louisa
added to Albemarle 420.-
Justices of Albemarle to re-
fund to Amherst and Buck-
ingham their proportion for
weights and measures, before
the division 625.

ALEXANDRIA.
Town of, enlarged 604. Li-
mits 605. Privileges of own-
ers of marsh lots 606.
AMHERST.

County, formed from Albe-
marle 419. Boundaries 420.
Court days 420. Parish
of Amherst formed from
St. Anne 421. Glebe land
of St. Anne's parish to
be sold, and the money di-
vided between that parish
and Tillotson and Amherst
422. Justices of Albemarle
to refund to Amberst and
Buckingham, their propor-
tion for weights and mea-
sures before the division 625.
ANTRIM.
Vestry of Antrim parish in
Halifax dissolved 301. Au-

thorised to sell their glebe 438
APPOMATTOX.
Owners of mills on Appomat-
tox river compellable to
make slopes through their
dams 409. Act amended 590.
Trustees appointed 592.-
Penalty for building hedges,
or stops over 593.
ARMS.
Of militia, how provided 94.
Must be furnished by ex-
empts 94. Time allowed to
provide them 99. Privileged
from executions 100. Pe-
nalty for embezzling 113.

ARMY.

Provision for recruiting to pro-
secute French and Indian
war 11. New recruits to
compose Royal American Re-
giment 61. To be augment-
ed by drafts 69. Mode of
drafting 70-75. Forces aug-
mented 163. Bounties 164.
How forces disposed of 164.
Rangers 164. Friendly In-
dians, provision for 165.
Reward for Indians' scalps
165. Act repealed 241. New
taxes, land and poll 166-174.
Treasury notes 167-174.-
Forts garrisoned by militia
169. When to be discharged
168. Pay, of directed 172.
Rangers employed 172-173.
Payment for provisions to
sundry persons 179-231.-
Forces continued in service,
to aid in attack on fort Du-
Quense 252. Regiment in
pay of the colony to be com-
pleted 255. Additional for-
ces 256-357-495. Forces fur-
ther continued in service 331-

347-464-495. Old regiment
completed and continued 370,
381, 464. Officers of Virgi-
nia regiment rewarded, on
being disbanded 492.

ARRESTS.
Militia privileged from, when,
100. When in actual service
115.

ARTIFICERS.

Pay of 28-112. Part of new
recruits to be employed as ar-
tificers 279.

ARTS.
Act for encouraging arts and
manufactures 288., Amend-
ed 563. Trustees appointed
288. Their duty 289. No-
tice of premiums 289. Max-
imum of premium 289. Use-
ful discoveries how notified
289. Premiums, how paid
290. Subscriptions, how rais-
ed 290. Premiums 567. Sub-
scribers names 568.

ASSEMBLY.
Act for better regulating elec-
tion of members of &c. 518.
An assembly to be held once
in three years 518, writs to
be issued, when 518. Free-
holders qualified to vote 518.
Number of members for
each county 518. James Ci-
ty 518. Qualification of vo-
ters 518. Joint-tenants and
tenants in common 519.—
Further qualifications 519.
Who deprived of the privi-
lege of voting 519. Penalty
for voting, not being quali-
fied 519. Onus probandi on
whom 520. Mode of elec-
tion 520. Penalties 520.-
Freeholders, under a penalty

to appear and vote 524. She-
riffs duty in taking the poll
521. His power to adjourn
521. Votes equal, who de-
clared 522. On a scrutiny
before the house 522. Test,
as to being a free holder 522.
Other oaths 522-523. Where
free-holders scruple to take
oaths 524. Sheriff to deliver
copies of poll to the clerk of
the council 524. Manner of
returning 524. When a mem-
ber dies 525. Sheriff of James
City, the returning officer
for the College and James
Town 526. No treating 526.
Members privileged in their
persons and estates 526.—
Allowance to members 527.
When payable in money 528.
Wages upon an adjournment
528. Court of Claims, prepa-

fees 125. Examiners of, how
appointed 397. Method of
obtaining license 397. Attor-
ney's oath 398. Who incapa-
ble of obtaining license 398.
Where an attorney misbe-
haves 399. Barrister, privi-
leges of 399. Power of coun-
ty courts over attorneys 399.
Where attorneys are negli-
gent &c. 399. Attorneys
not to practise both in
the general and county
courts 399. But may fin-
ish their causes, in the coun-
ty courts 400. But two law-
yers of a side 400. Fees of
attornies 400. Lawyers not
to receive more than legal
fees 401.

AUGUSTA.
Court day of, altered 310.
BAIL.

ratory to meeting of Assem-In actions founded on the acts

bly 528. Persons exempted
from being members 529.-
Sheriff and Inspectors of to-
bacco ineligible 529. No
member to accept an office of
profit 529. City of Williams-To
burg, Borough of Norfolk
and College of William and
Mary to elect according to
their charters 529. Duration
of assemblies, 7 years 530.
ATTACHMENTS.
Militia privileged from, while
in actual service 115.

ATTORNIES.
Act for regulating practice of,
continued, except so much as
restrains attornies practising
in the general court, from
practising in the county
courts 124. Fees of 124.-
Penalty for exceeding legal

concerning seamen and for
regulating the unloading of
ballast &c. special bail may
be required 394.

BAIL-PIECE.
be delivered to bail 405.-
Form of 405.

BALLAST.
In actions founded on the act
regulating the unloading bal-
last and special bail may be
required $94.

BANKRUPT.
Act for relief of insolvent deb-
tors, on the principles of the
bankrupt law 549-563. Act
repealed at the next sesssion
643.

BANKS, TUNSTALL.
Intail of certain lands whereof
Tunstall Banks is seized,
docked 293.

[blocks in formation]

Court day of, altered 415.
BEEF.

Act for inspection of, revived
and amended 40. Inspectors,
how appointed 570. Their
duties 571. Contents of bar-
rel 572. Abatement allowed
573. Appeal 573. Oath re-
quired of seller or exporter
574. Duty of Coopers 574.
BENNETT, RICHARD.
Donation of land, by Richard
Bennett and Thomas Tilley
to lower parish of Nanse-
mond, how appropriated 304.
BILLETTING.
Of soldiers, rules concerning
170. Restrictions on 507.

BLANDFORD.
Trustees of town of, appointed
608. Their power and duties
609. Vacancies, how sup-
plied 609. Forfeiture for not
improving lots 610.

BOATS.
Adrift, how to be proceeded
with 548.

BOUNTIES.

See Rewards.

For men to enlist 164, 257,

358. Governor Dinwiddie's
proclamation of 1754 offer-
ing a bounty in lands, on the
Ohio 661. Proclamation of
1763. Land bounties to offi-
cers and soldiers 666. Quan-
tity to each 666. To officers
of the navy 666.

BUCKINGHAM.
County, formed from Albemarle
419. Boundaries 420. Court
days 420. Justices of Albe-
marle to refund to Amherst
and Buckingham their pro-
portion for weights and mea-
sures, before the division
625.

BURGESSES.

See Assembly.
Wages, rate of 56. Payable in
tobacco 57. Converted into
money 57. Payable in mo-
ney 66, 135, 249, 322, 342,
355, 439, 476, 493, 504, 596,
658. Payable by the respec-
tive counties, in tobacco 365.
Act for better regulating e-
lection of 517. Amount of
wages of members 527.-
When payable in money 528.
Wages upon an adjournment

528.

BURWELL, LEWIS.
Intail of certain lands docked
and vested in Lewis Burwell
343.

BRIBERY.
In relation to duties on liquors,
how punishable 268.
BRIDGES.

William Rand authorised to
build a bridge over Pagan
creek 156. Justices of Ches-
terfield not compellable to
join those of Dinwiddie, in
building a bridge over Ap-
pomattox 308. Bridge over
north branch of James Ri-
ver, to be erected 622. So,
over Nottoway river in
Southampton.

BRISTOL.

A piece of land belonging to

Bristol parish before the di-
vision, and now in parish of
Dale, in Chesterfield to be
sold and money divided 143.
Bounds between parishes of
Martin's Brandon and Bris-
tol, settled 613.

BRUNSWICK.

Court day of, altered $10.
BRUTON.

Vestry of Bruton parish au-
thorised to sell certain lots
in Williamsburg 607.

CAMERON.
Vestry of Cameron parish in
Loudoun dissolved 301. Part
of Parish of, added to Truro
612.

CAROLINE.

Part of King and Queen coun-
ty added to Caroline 620.
CARRIAGES.
Provision for collecting taxes
262. Grand juries to pre-
sent those who fail to list
264. Carriages, how listed
540. Tax on, how collected
541. Owners to list annually
641.

CARTER, ROBERT.
Entail of certain lands whereof
he is seized, docked 478.
CARY, ARCHIBALD
Entail of certain lands whereof
he is seized, docked 440.
CHARLOTTESVILLE.
Town of, in Albemarle, esta-
blished 597.

CHESTERFIELD.
Court day of, altered 656.

CHRIST CHURCH.
Vestry of Christ-Church pa-
Irish in Lancaster dissolved
301.

K 4-VOL. 7.

CHURCHILL, ARMIS-

TEAD.
Authorized to sell certain en-
tailed lands. 157.
CLAIBORNE, PHILIP

WHITEHEAD.

Certain lands, in Hanover,
vested in 296, 486.
COIN.

Rate of German Gold. 576.
COLLECTORS

Of duties, their power and du-
ty 268, 269. How appoint-
ed 272. When to account
273. Of duties on skins and
furs, how appointed 284.
Salary, duty, fees &c. 284.
285. How collectors may ex-
port their own skins & furs
285.

COLONIES.

Grant of money, by parlia-

ment, to southern colonies,
to aid in French and Indian
war 371, 372.

COMMISSARIES
To be appointed 30. Their du-
ty 31.

COMMISSIONERS
To settle military accounts
349, 359, 501. In the coun-
try empowered to take spe-
cial bail on suits in the ge-
neral court 404.

CONTRACTS.
Tobacco, payable in money
240. At what rate 240. Act
explained 277.

CORBIN GAWIN.
Executors of, authorized to
sell certain entailed lands
and slaves 458.

CORN.
Purchased and supplied for re-
lief of south western parts of
the colony, in distress $12.

« PreviousContinue »