The Statutes at Large: Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia, from the First Session of the Legislature, in the Year 1619 : Published Pursuant to an Act of the General Assembly of Virginia, Passed on the Fifth Day of February One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eight ...1819 - Law |
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... parish wherein such sailor , or sailors , or servants , shall be put on shore , to be recovered , with casts , by action of debt or informatton , in any county court , and applied towards lessening the par- ish levy ; and he shall also ...
... parish wherein such sailor , or sailors , or servants , shall be put on shore , to be recovered , with casts , by action of debt or informatton , in any county court , and applied towards lessening the par- ish levy ; and he shall also ...
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... parish where he or she formerly resi- ded , unless such person shall first produce a certifi- cate , under the hand of the sheriff of the county , or the churchwardens , or other persons collecting the levy of the parish from whence he ...
... parish where he or she formerly resi- ded , unless such person shall first produce a certifi- cate , under the hand of the sheriff of the county , or the churchwardens , or other persons collecting the levy of the parish from whence he ...
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... parish wherein they inhabit ; and all other idle , vagrant , or dissolute persons , wander- ing abroad , without betaking themselves to some law- ful employment , or honest labour , or going about begging , shall be deemed and adjudged ...
... parish wherein they inhabit ; and all other idle , vagrant , or dissolute persons , wander- ing abroad , without betaking themselves to some law- ful employment , or honest labour , or going about begging , shall be deemed and adjudged ...
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... parish charge : It is hereby enacted and declared , That no person shall be accounted an inhabitant , so as to have gained a legal settlement in any parish , until such person shall have been actually resident in such parish , one whole ...
... parish charge : It is hereby enacted and declared , That no person shall be accounted an inhabitant , so as to have gained a legal settlement in any parish , until such person shall have been actually resident in such parish , one whole ...
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... parish where such poor per- son was last legally settled shall refuse to pay and sa- tisfy all the charges and expences aforesaid , in such paying char- case , the vestry of the parish refusing shall be liable for the same to the ...
... parish where such poor per- son was last legally settled shall refuse to pay and sa- tisfy all the charges and expences aforesaid , in such paying char- case , the vestry of the parish refusing shall be liable for the same to the ...
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acres of land act of Assembly action of debt appointed authority afore authority aforesaid Benjamin Harrison Burgesses cask certificate CHAP clause clerk collector colony coun county court court martial court of record creek defendant directed dominion duty execution fees ferry five forfeit and pay further enacted hath heirs and successors hereby enacted hereby impowered hereby required hogshead horse hundred and fifty hundred pounds inspectors intail intituled John judgment justice of peace levy Lieutenant Governor lord Lunenburg majesty majesty's master ment militia moiety mulattoe Nathaniel West oath offence officer owner paid parish payment Penalty pence person or persons pounds current money pounds of tobacco present General Assembly quit-rents receive recited act recovered with costs refuse reign river seised sembly sheriff shillings ship or vessel slaves tenth day therein thereof thousand seven hundred tion tithable town treasurer trustees twenty vestry warehouses whereas William William Withers writ
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Page 370 - Be it enacted, by the governor, council and burgesses of this present general assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same...
Page 437 - ... and by warrant under the hands and seals of any two or more of such Justices...
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Page 519 - Year of His Majesty's Reign, and in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty-Six. "ROBT H. MORRIS. " By His Honour's Command, " RICHARD PETERS, Secretary.
Page 516 - ... subscribed to be conformable to the doctrine and discipline of the church of England, shall to all intents and purposes be deemed and taken to be vestrymen of the said parish.
Page 533 - Limit, to levy the same by Distress and Sale of the Goods of the Party so refusing or neglecting...
Page 100 - ... pounds for the forbearance of one hundred pounds for a year, and so after that rate for a greater or lesser sum, or for a longer or shorter time...