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.
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.
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 Act of 1748, prescribing the method of proving book debts, repealed 133.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
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
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.
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 &
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.
&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,
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