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lie on the North side the said River; and for uniting Westover and Weynoake Parishes; on the South side James River, to Martin Brandon Parish, in the County of Prince George; and for erecting a Chapel in Bristol Parish, in the said County.

CHAP. XIII.

An Act for dividing the Parish of Henrico, in the County of Henrico.

CHAP. XIV.

An Act for dividing Richmond County.
[King George County formed.]

CHAP. XV.

An Act for dividing New-Kent County.
[Hanover County formed.]

CHAP. XVI.

An Act to impower Henry Cary, gentleman, to finish the House of the Governor of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia.

CHAP. XVII.

An Act to alter the day for Northampton County Court.

CHAP. XVIII.

An Act to enable Abraham Cocke, to sell certain intailed Lands; and for settling other Lands to the same uses.

Signed by ALEXANDER SPOTSWOOD, Esq. Governor.

JOHN HALLOWAY, Speaker.

Alex. Spotswood, esq. Governor.

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General Assembly,

BEGUN AND HOLDEN AT

Williamsburg, the second day of November, anno domini, 1720, in the seventh year of the reign of our sovereign lord George, by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France, and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, &c. and from thence continued by seve ral prorogations, to the ninth day of May, 1722: be- . ing the second session of this present General Assembly.

[From edit. 1733, p. 318.]

Preamble.

I.

CHAP. I.

An Act for encouraging the making of Tar and Hemp.

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WHEREAS it is found, by experience, that the lands in this colony, whereon pines grow in greatest numbers, are for the most part unfit for the production of tobacco, but yet may be of great benefit to the owners, for the making of tar,if such pine trees were duly prepared for that purpose: And whereas many tracts of rich land lying remote from any navigable river,are now neglected as inconvenient for the making of tobacco, because of the difficulty and charges of transporting the same to water-carriage; and nevertheless, may prove beneficial in the production of hemp. For the encouragement of such persons as will take up and improve such piney and remote lands,for the increase of his Majesty's revenue of quit-rents, and for rendring this colony yet more useful and advantageous to Great-Britain, by supplying the same with the afore-mentioned commodities, so necessary for his Majesty's navy, and the increase of shipping and navigation:

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II. Be it enacted, by the Lieut. Governor, Council Appropria and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and it tions for preis hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That exportation the sum of twelve hundred pounds current money of this of tar and colony, be appropriated and paid to the person or per- hemp. sons who shall make, or cause to be made and exported, good and merchantable tar, which shall be made from green trees, prepared after the following manner, that is to say: that when such trees were fit to bark, the bark thereof was stript eight foot, or thereabouts, up from the root of each tree, a slip of the bark, of about four inches in breadth, having been left on one side of each tree; and that each tree, after having been so barked, had stood one year at the least, and was not before that time cut down, for the making of tar. And, that the further sum of four thousand pounds, of like money, be likewise appropriated and paid, to such person or persons, who shall make, or cause to be made, hemp, water-rotted, bright and clean: Which said several sums of twelve hundred pounds, and four thou- Specific presand pounds, shall be given and paid, as a reward or miums. premium, for the making and exporting of tar, and the making of hemp, after and according to the several rates following, that is to say: For every barrel of tar, made according to the above directions, the sum of two shillings: And for every gross hundred of hemp, waterrotted, bright, and clean, as aforesaid, the sum of four shillings, current money of this colony.

III. And be it further enacted, by the authority afore- Certificates, said, That every maker of any such tar, who shall how obtainclaim any reward, by virtue of this act, shall, before ed. he be intituled to receive the same, deliver a note, in writing, of the mark and number of each barrel of tar, so by him made; and shall make oath, before some justice of the peace of the county wherein such tar shall be made, that the same is good and merchantable, and according to the directions of this act; and that each barrel thereof, is of the full gage, and doth contain thirty-two gallons of nett tar; and that it was made on his land or plantation in the said county, or at what place therein, and shall particularly describe the same: And obtain a certificate thereof, from such justice before whom such oath shall be made.

IV. And be it further enacted, by the authority afore- Oath requir said, That all and every person and persons, who shall ed, as to tarN-Vol. 4.

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export any such tar out of this colony, before the same be exported, produce such certificate to the collector of the customs, or the naval officer, of the district wherein such tar shall be brought for exportation; and shall then make oath, that the tar by him offered to be exported, is the same as is mentioned in such certificate: And the said collector, or naval officer, is hereby required to certify the same to the governor or commander in chief of this colony, for the time being; who, upon the producing such certificate, is hereby impowered and desired to issue his warrant to the treasurer of this colony, for the payment of such sum and sums, as shall appear due, by virtue of this act.

V. And be it further enacted, by the authority afore(This clause altered 3 & 4 said, That the sherif or under-sherif of every county Geo. 2, ch. wherein any hemp shall be made,being first duly sworn, before the court of such county, so to do, shall truly weigh all hemp, made within his county; and duly certify unto the said court, the true quantity thereof, together with the name or names of the makers or owners; and shall, at the time of weighing every person's hemp, give a certificate to the owner, of the quantity by him then weighed, and that at the time the same was so weighed, it was water-rotted, bright, and clean; and for such his trouble have and receive from the maker or owner of such hemp, the sum of five shillings per ton; and so in proportion for a larger or less quantity.

Oath, as to hemp.

VI. And be it further enacted. by the authority aforesaid, That every maker or owner of any such hemp, made in this colony, shall, before he or she shall be intituled to any reward or præmium, by virtue of this act, make oath, before the court of the county wherein such hemp was made, of the just and true quantity by him made, and that such hemp is water-rotted, bright, and clean, and was made since the commencement of this act, upon his plantation in such county, or on what plantation the same was made, and that the same hath been weighed by the sherif or under sherif of the said county, and that he hath not theretofore received any certificate for the same, or any part thereof. And the clerk of the said county is hereby required to certify the same, and the true quantity thereof: And upon the producing such certificate to the governor or commander in chief of this colony, for the time being, he is hereby impowered and desired to

issue his warrant to the treasurer of this colony, for the paiment of such sum or sums as shall appear due, by virtue of this act.

VII. And be it further enacted, by the authority afore- Penalty, for said, That every person and persons, who, in ob. perjury. taining any certifieate or certificates, whereby to entitle him or themselves to the reward or præmium hereby given, shall make a false oath, and be thereof lawfully convicted, such person or persons so offending, shall forfeit and pay four times the money obtained for the bounty, by means of such false oath: To be recover- How recoved, with costs, in any court of record, within this colo- ered. ny and dominion, by action of debt, bill, plaint, or information, by the person who shall inform, and sue

for the same.

VIII. And be it further enacted, That this act shall commencecommence on the twenty-fourth dny of June next. ment.

CHAP. II.

[From edit.

An Act to oblige Ships, coming from places infected with 1733,p. 320. the plague, to perform their quarentine.

I.

WHEREAS several places in Europe, are and Preamble.

for some time past have been, infected with the plague: For preventing that infection from being brought into this dominion, by persons or merchandizes coming from such places, by obliging all persons concerned, to perform their quarentine, in such manner as shall be, in times of infection, ordered by his Majesty's lieutenant-governor, or by the governor or commander in chief of this colony and dominion, for the time being, by and with the advice and consent of his Majesty's council: And for punishing offenders therein, in a more expeditious manner than at present can be, in the ordinary methods of the law.

II. Be it enacted, by the honourable the Lieutenant- Quarentine, Governor, the Council, and Burgesses, of this General when to be Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That du- performed. ring the present infection, and in all future times, when any foreign countries or places shall be infected with the plague, all ships or vessels coming into this dominion of Virginia, from places so infected, shall be obliged to make their quarentine, in such place and places.

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