Page images
PDF
EPUB

Letter from need not be apprehensive of the force Great Britain has gen. Washremaining upon the continent, or which she can herefaington to the governor of ter probably bring. But the greatest encouragement to Virginia. a vigorous preparation is, that it will be the most likely method of gaining more allies and forcing Great Britain into a negociation, which we have every reason to suppose would end in a peace honorable to the interests and views of America.

t

[ocr errors]

I will take the liberty of recommending a matter to your excellency which I must solicit you to urge to the legislature, as absolutely necessary to the filling your regiments with proper men, more especially if the mode of drafting should be adopted. It is, stationing continental officers of the rank of field officers at least, at the different places of rendezvous, who shall judge of the ability of the recruit and pass him or reject him as circumstances may require. For want of a regulation of this kind, we have had hundreds of old men, mere children, disordered and decripid persons passed by civil characters appointed for muster masters, and have been under the necessity of discharging them the mo~ ment they have joined the army; whereby the state has been put to a vast expence for an useless man, and the service has lost a man for the campaign, as the districts from whence such have been sent, have scarce ever replaced them. The Secretary at War will address your excellency upon this subject, which I can assure you is of the utmost importance to the constitution of the army.

I have the honor to be,

With the greatest respect, sir,

Your excellency's most obed't. servant,
G. WASHINGTON.

His Excellency,

GOVERNOR HARRISON.

END OF TENTH VOLUME.

[merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][graphic][merged small]

ACCOUNTS.
Act of 1748, prescribing the
method of proving book
debts, repealed 133. Limi-
tation of actions on store ac-
counts 133. Delivery of ar-
ticles to be dated 133. Pen-
alty for post-dating 133.
When limitation to commence
134. Courts and juries ex
officio to take notice of this

act 134.

ACTS OF ASSEMBLY.
All acts of assembly which
would have expired at the end
of, or during the session of
March 1781, continued 401.
ADDRESS.
Address of the general assembly

of Virginia, to congress, on
the alarming situation of the
southern states, as it respects
the operations of the enemy
539.

ADJOURNMENT.
One judge, or more, of general
court may adjourn 402. Jud-
ges may adjourn their courts

if they think they cannot sit
with safety 408.
ADJUTANT GENERAL.
Commissioner of war to dis-

charge the duties belonging
to the adjutant, general's de-
partment 428. Military com-
missions to issue from the war
office 428.

ADMIRALTY.
Court of admiralty, when to sit
at Richmond 89. Court of
admiralty established 98.-
Number of judges 98. Juris-
diction 98. By what laws go-
verned 98. Provision where
regulations of congress con-
flict with laws of state 98.----
Judges how chosen 98. Oath
of judges 98. Penalty for act-
ing without oath 99. Regis-
ter, advocate, and marshal
99. Tenure of office 99.-
Court where to sit 99. Sale
of perishable goods 100.-
Rules of practice 100. Libel,
citation, publication, defence,
depositions, 100.
Trial by

[blocks in formation]
[ocr errors]

In court of admiralty, how ap-
pointed 99. Tenure of office
99.

AGENTS.
Military agents to be appointed
71. Their duty and compen-
sation 71. Salary of commer-
cial agent 278.

ALBEMARLE.
Vestry of Albemarle parish in
county of Sussex dissolved
360.

ALEXANDER, JOHN'
Certain lots laid off by John A-
lexander annexed to the town
of Alexandria 192.

[ocr errors][merged small]

tion 174. Market days 175.
Officers, how removable for
misconduct 175. Penalty for
refusing to execute office to
which elected 175. Common
council, how summoned 175.
Property heretofore vested in
trustees of Alexandria, trans-
ferred to corporation 176.-
Town of Winchester incor-
porated in same manner as
Alexandria 176. Style of cor-
poration 176. Jurisdiction
176. Certain sales and leases
of lots made by trustees of A-
lexandria confirmed 192.-
Certain lots laid off by John
Alexander annexed to the
town of Alexandria 192. Pro-
prietors allowed a further time
after the end of the present
war, to build upon and save
their lots 193. Naval officer
of district of south Potow-
mack to appoint a deputy to
reside in Alexandria 208.
ALIENS.

Who deemed aliens 129.
ALLEGIANCE.
Form of oath of allegiance or
fidelity 22. Oath of gover-
nor, council, and others 22,
23. Acts imposing treble tax-
es on those refusing to take
the oath of allegiance repeal-
ed 194. Such taxes, when &
how reimbursed 194,

ALLIES.
Deserters from army or navy of
our allies, how apprehended
267.

ALLOWANCES.
Judges of superior courts authe-
rised to make allowances to
their officers 118.

AMHERST.
Boundaries of parishes of Am-
herst and Lexington, in the
county of Amherst altered
369.

ANDERSON, JOHN &

MEAD.

Lead mines, the property of
John & Mead Anderson, to
be assessed for taxes, accord-
ing to the value of the soil
only 193.

APPEALS, COURT OF
When to sit at Richmond 89,
152. Court of appeals esta-
blished 89. Terms 90. Of
what judges constituted 90.
Precedence of judges 90.-
Oath of judges 90. Jurisdic-
tion 90. Clerk, tipstaff and
crier 91. Sheriff to attend 91.
Appeals, writs of error, &c.
how prosecuted 91. Duty of
clerks, as to records, bonds,
&c. 91. Docketting causes
91. Statements of cases 92.
Decisions, how certified 91.
Certain land claims to be
laid before court of appeals
and there decided 48. Court
of appeals to sit at Richmond

152. Terms of court of ap-
peals altered 455. Court of
appeals may sit beyond their
term, and then the term of the
high court of chancery to
commence the next day 455.
APPEALS.

To court of appeals, how pro-
secuted 91. From decisions
of court of admiralty, how
made, & to what tribunal 101.
APPRENTICES.
Penalty on masters receiving
any consideration for the en-
Vol. X.
Y 3

listment of their apprentices
335. County courts below.
the falls of the rivers shall
bind out at least half their
male orphans to the sea 385.
ARMS.
Arms belonging to this state or
United States, how recovered
from those who have the un-
lawful possession 218.
ARMY.
Volunteers to be raised 18. How
organized 18. Officers and
staff 18. How appointed 19.
Chaplains 19. Pay, rations,
&c. same as continental 19.
Spirits and sugar, how fur-
nished 19. Bounty and term
of service 20. Volunteers for
western frontiers 20.

Arms,

&c. how furnished 20. Where
posted, & time of service 21.
Pensions and provision for
wives & indigent parents 21.
Additional bounties to sol-
diers, sailors and marines 23.
Land bounty 24. Pensions
24. Exempted from personal
taxes 24. Goods at stipulated
prices 26. Half pay for life,
to generals, field officers, cap-
tains, subalterns, chaplains,
physicians, surgeons and sur-
geons' mates 25. Recruiting
officers, how appointed 25.
Their powers, duty and com-
pensation 25. Troop of ca-
valry for protection of Illi-
nois 26. Land bounty to vo-
lunteers under colonel George
Rogers Clarke 26. To sol-
diers for protection of Illinois
27. Four troops of cavalry
for eastern frontier 27. Land
bounty to those who enlist

during the war 27. Cavalry
to be raised, during existing
invasion 28. Four regiments
to be raised; two for the de-
fence of the western, and two
for the eastern frontiers 32.
Pay and emoluments 34.-
Military agents to be appoint-
ed 71. Their duty and com-
pensation 71. Board of war
to furnish lists of articles for
accommodation of army 72.
Board of trade to procure such
articles 72. How transmitted
to army 72. Invoices & pri-
ces to be sent with goods 73.
Accountability of agents 73.
Duty of board of war in as-
certaining wants of army
73. One 25th man of the mi-
litia to be drafted for 18
months 82. Act to enable the
governor and council to sup-
ply armies and navies of Uni-
ted States with grain & flour
further continued 107, 142,
426. All acts empowering
county courts to provide for
the wives, parents & families
repealed 212. Proviso in fa-
vor of those in indigent cir-
cumstances 212. Officers of
the Virginia line, and of the
two state regiments and of
artillery authorised to re-en-
list their men 214. Bounty
214. Executive authorised to
send assistance to our sister
state of South Carolina 214.
Militia and state troops to be
sent 214. Drafts under for-
mer laws to be completed 214.
New organization of state.
troops 215. Cavalry and in-
fautry 215. Garrison and ar-

tillery regiment 215. Regi-
ment for defence of western
frontiers 215. Enlistments by
county lieutenants, how long
to continue 216. Money re-
ceived for enlisting men, how
accounted for 216. Summary
remedy 216. Militia embo-
died for relief of South Ca-
rolina 221. Provisions for
the army procured by pur-
chase or impressment 233.--
Various regulations concern-
ing 234-236. Additional for-
ces to be raised to complete
this state's quota of troops on
continental establishment 257
One 15th man of the militia
258. Militia to be laid off in-
to divisions, and each divi-
sion to recruit a man 258. If
not recruited in 30 days to be
drafted 259. Term of service
259. Substitutes admitted
259. Bounty 260. Place of
rendezvous 260. Returns to
be made to governor 260.--
Fines for delinquencies 260.
A division or draft producing
a deserter, relieved from ser-
vice 261. Mutiny, how pun-
ishable 261. Quakers or men-
onists drafted, exempted from
service, but a substitute to be
provided at expense of socie-
ty 261. Allowance to widows
and aged parents of soldiers
dying in service 262. Act
exempting millers, and per-
sons employed at iron works
(except for the public) re-
pealed 262. Additional troops
for the war to be raised 326.
Number to be furnished by
each county 327. Taxes for,

« PreviousContinue »