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 ... |
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... hath been explained , amended , and continued , by three subsequent acts of assembly ; one of which , was made in the fifth , another in the eighth , and the other in the tenth year of the reign of his said majesty , hath been found ...
... hath been explained , amended , and continued , by three subsequent acts of assembly ; one of which , was made in the fifth , another in the eighth , and the other in the tenth year of the reign of his said majesty , hath been found ...
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... hath been listed eighteen months after the passing of this act . Any thing in this act to the contrary , or seeming to the contrary , in any wise , notwithstanding ; so as every soldier , during the said eighteen months , do appear at ...
... hath been listed eighteen months after the passing of this act . Any thing in this act to the contrary , or seeming to the contrary , in any wise , notwithstanding ; so as every soldier , during the said eighteen months , do appear at ...
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... hath been found , by experience , to be an easy expedient for raising a revenue towards the lessening of a poll tax , always grievous to the people of this colo- ny , and is no ways burthensome to the traders in slaves . And whereas ...
... hath been found , by experience , to be an easy expedient for raising a revenue towards the lessening of a poll tax , always grievous to the people of this colo- ny , and is no ways burthensome to the traders in slaves . And whereas ...
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... hath in some instances proved ineffectual : IV . Be it therfore enacted , by the authority afore- bridges and said , That where bridges and causeways are , or shall causeways to be necessary , for the conveniency of passing from one ...
... hath in some instances proved ineffectual : IV . Be it therfore enacted , by the authority afore- bridges and said , That where bridges and causeways are , or shall causeways to be necessary , for the conveniency of passing from one ...
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... to be destroied or carried away by viclent rains , or other accident ; the owner or owners thereof , shall not be liable to any of the penalties afore- mentioned , until one month after such mill hath ground 34 LAWS OF VIRGINIA .
... to be destroied or carried away by viclent rains , or other accident ; the owner or owners thereof , shall not be liable to any of the penalties afore- mentioned , until one month after such mill hath ground 34 LAWS OF VIRGINIA .
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acres of land act of Assembly appointed authority afore authority aforesaid bond Burgesses cause certificate CHAP charge clerk collector colony copy costs Coun Council county court court of record deed defendant directed dominion duty execution executors fee simple fee tail feme covert fieri facias forfeit and pay further enacted George Eskridge governor hath heirs and successors hereafter hereby enacted hereby impowered hogshead hundred acres hundred pounds inhabitants inspectors intituled Jethro Sumner John Belfield judgment jury justice justice of peace King levy Lieutenant-Governor majesty majesty's reign Mann Page manner ment oath offence officer owner paid paiment parcel parish party peace penalty pence person or persons persons whatsoever plaintiff pounds of tobacco present General Assembly Provided purchase quit-rents recovered repealed river seised sembly sheriff shillings slaves suit summoned testator thereof thereupon thousand seven hundred tion tithables town tract twenty vestry warehouses whereas William writ