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two years 252. Their allow-
ance 252. Penalty on, for ne-
glect of duty 252. Commis-
sioners to transmit account of
settlement with sheriffs to au-
ditors 247. Sheriffs to ac-
count with and shew money
collected for taxes to commis-
sioner of tax once a month
255. Duty and allowance of
commissioner therein 256.—
Salaries of commissioners of
the navy and war office, rated
in tobacco 278. Value of to-
bacco, in money, estimated by
grand jury 278. Caveats al-
lowed to judgments of com-
missioners for adjusting titles
to lands 354. Further allow-
ance to commissioners and
their attendants 355. Penalty
on commissioners of tax for
neglect of duty encreased 361.
Allowances to commissioners
for adjusting titles to lands,
and their attendants encreas-
ed 436,484. Tax on litigants
encreased 436. County courts
in district of Kentucky autho-
rised to hear and determine
land claims, left unfinished by
the commissioners 436. Re-
gister to issue grants thereon
437.
State commissioners,
&c. not absolutely necessary
may be discharged by execu-
tive 449. Surplus stores trans-
ferred to similar continental
officers 450. Commissioners
to be appointed by the execu
tive to take depositions, in
order to perpetuate evidence
of records destroyed by the
enemy 454. Commissioners
to receive taxes, payable in

commodities, how appointed
490. Penalty on commission-
ers refusing to act 490. Bonds
to be taken of commissioners
491. Commissioners to make
returns to courts, and to the
executive and auditors 492.
Commissioners of tax, how
appointed 501. Their oath
and duty 501. Lands & lots
to be valued without regard
to buildings 502. How va-
cancies in commissioners sup-
plied 502. Commissioners
duty in returning lists of lands
to clerk 503. Allowance to
commissioners 503. Penalty
for neglect 503. Two sets of
commissioners where two
battalions in a county 504.
COMMISSIONS.
Sheriffs' commissions for col-
lecting taxes 257,507.
COMMODITIES.

Tax, payable in commodities
79. Places of deposit, how
fixed 79. Commissaries of
tax, their appointment and
duty 79. On non-payment of
tax in commodities, to be paid
in money 80. Power of dis-
tress 80. Further time allow-
ed to pay tax in certain enu-
merated commodities, called
the specific tax 292,357,435.
Persons liable to tax in cer-
tain enumerated commodities,
who have had their grain im-
pressed for the use of the ar-
my, entitled to a discount as
to so much 404. Penalty on
commissioners and receivers
of specific tax for neglect of
duty 405. Judgment on mo-
tion without notice 405. How

judgment rendered 405. Da-
mages 405. Remedy by com-
missioners against receivers
405. Poll-tax payable in
commodities 490. Tax in ba-
con 490. Commissioners to
receive taxes, how appointed
490. Penalty on commission-
ers refusing to act 490. Bonds
to be taken of commissioners
491. Places of deposit, how
notified 491. Storage, how
procured 491. Commodities
dischargeable in money, at
what rates 491. Distress,
when and how to be made
491. Commissioners to make
return to court, and to exe-
cutive and auditors 492. To
obey orders of executive 492.
Power of sheriff to distrain
and his liability 492. What
proportion of specie tax, may
be paid in tobacco, hemp or
flour 508. Treasurer to deli-
ver receipts to governor, who,
with advice of council, to di-
rect sale of commodities 509.
COMMON.
Lands on the bay of Chesā,
peake, the sea shore, or shores
of rivers and creeks, hereto-
fore held as common, not to
be granted 227.

COMMONWEALTH.
Exclusive right of common-
wealth to purchase lands of
Indians asserted 97. Articles
belonging to, or to United
States, how recovered from
those who have the unlawful
possession 218.

COMPANIES.
Agreements between companies,
claiming lands under orders

of council, and purchases re-
gulated 42.

COMPOSITION.
Composition money, for lands,
in what cases to be paid 41.
CONFEDERATION.
Ratification of articles of con-
federation, delayed by Mary-
land, on the ground that the
western territories annexed to
states, ought to become the
property of the United States
547,548. Papers relating to
that subject 547,561. When
the articles of confederation
were ratified by Maryland
548.

CONGRESS.
Members of congress, when &
how elected 74. Four always
to attend 74. Times of at-
tendance 74. How long eli-
gible 74. How removable 75.
W Vages 75. Office under state
not vacated by appointment
to congress 75. Delegates to
congress restricted from en-
gaging in trade 113. Their
oath to that effect 113. What
number of members of con-
gress may represent the state
163. Allowances for them-
selves and families 163. Their
accounts, how rendered and
paid 163. Delegates to con-
gress disabled from holding
any office, judiciary or exe-
cutive 164. Congress autho-
rised to impose a duty on
goods and prizes 409. And
to appoint collectors 409.-
Appropriation of duties 410.
Limitation 410. The last act
suspended until the other states

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Consuls from such states as ac-
knowledge the independence
of America, how received;
deemed subjects or citizens of
the state by whom appointed,
guilty of crimes against this
state, shall be remanded to
their own sovereigns for pan-
ishment 202. Their powers
202. In execution thereof,
how to be aided 203. Seamen
deserting, how apprehended
203. Mode of proceeding in
suits where foreigners are
parties 203.
CONTINENTAL ESTABLISHMENT
See Army.

Officers of Virginia line, on
continental establishment, em-
powered to re-enlist their men
214. Recruits or drafts for
continental army 257-262.
Continental officers of this
state reduced 373. Pay of of-
ficers and soldiers made equal
to specie 462, Scale of de-
preciation 464. Further tract
of territory allotted for 465.
When and how their lands

surveyed 466. Virginia line
on continental establishment,
to be recruited for two years
or the war 499. Soldiers thus
enlisting entitled to same
bounty and immunities as o-
ther continentals 499.

CONTRACTS.
Contracts to pay money, &c.
won by gaming void 205.-
Contracts and debts, in pa-
per money, to be settled by a
scale of depreciation 471.-
Actual payments, full or par-
tial, to stand for nominal a-
mount 472. Scale of depre-
ciation 472. Courts may de-
termine disputes according to
equity 473. Rules for settling
intermediate judgments 473.

CONVEYANCES.
Conveyances to secure money,
&c. won at gaming enure to
benefit of loser's heir 205.-
Tax on conveyances 281.
COSTS.
Security for costs, when requir-
ed in court of admiralty 101.
COUNCIL.

See Privy Council.
What surveys for lands, under
orders of council, declared
valid 36,486. What orders of
council declared void 38. A-
greements between compa-
nies claiming under orders of
council, and purchases regu-
lated 42. Claims for lands
under orders of council to be
laid before court of appeals,
and there decided 48. Salary
of members of council 118,
219. How grants for land,
surveyed under orders of
council, on the eastern waters

may be obtained 179. Sala-
ries of members of council,
payable in tobacco 278. Va-
lge of tobacco estimated by
grand jury 278. Orders of
council for land on the east-
ern waters to be valid 486.
COUNTERFEITING.
Counterfeiting or forging land
warrants, death without cler-
gy 65. So, as to certain war-
rants, treasury notes, &c. 93.
Having in possession instru-
ments for forging or counter-
feiting 94.
Proceedings a-
gainst offenders 95. Persons.
suspected of having forged or
counterfeited notes, how ap-
prehended 96. Rewards for
apprehending 96. Forging
or counterfeiting certificates
punishable with death 185,
191,236. Forging or coun-
terfeiting paper money 254,
286,349,397,429. Treasurer
constituted judge of counter-
feit paper money 271.

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power to deface counterfeit
bills 271. When he may call
to his assistance two of the
auditors 272.

COUNTIES.
Part of the county of Augusta
added to Monongalia 114.-
Kentucky county divided, &
Jefferson, Fayette, and Lin-
coln formed 315. Bounda-
ries 315. Court days 315.-
Another part of Augusta ad-
ded to Monongalia 351.-
Brunswick county divided &
Greensville formed 363.-
Boundaries 363. Court days.
363. Bedford county divided
and Campbell formed 447.

Boundaries 447. Court days

447..

COUNTY COURTS.
Penalty on county courts for ne-
glecting to appoint commis-
sioners of tax 361. Act for
the relief of persons who have
been or may be injured by
the destruction of the records
of county courts 453. Where
deeds, wills, judgments, de-
crees, or orders have been de-
stroyed by the enemy, attest-
ed copies to be again record-
ed 453. How far evidence
453. Fees of clerks 454. For
perpetuating testimony exe-
cutive to appoint commission-
ers 454. How to take depo-
sitions and where to return
them 454. Power to appoint
a clerk 454. County courts
to receive claims for property
impressed for the use of the
army 468 No claim for pre-
perty impressed, to be allow-
ed, until passed by coun-
ty court, and certified to
the general assembly 469.-
Except as to certain provi-
sion certificates 469.
COURTS.
When court of appeals, high

court of chancery, general
court, and court of admiralty
to sit at Richmond 89. Justi-
ces of Nansemond authorised
to appoint a place to hold
courts, the town of Suffolk
having been burnt by the ene-
my 110.
Courts and juries
ex officio to take notice of act
of limitation on store accounts
134. Court of Spotsylvania
to be held at the house of

John Holladay 228. Gover-
nor and council authorised to
constitute special courts for
trial of treasons, &c. in case
of invasion or insurrection
387. Mode of proceeding 387.
Governor and council may,
by proclamation, change the
time and place of holding
courts 407. Judges may ad-
journ if they think they can-
not sit with safety 408. Court
of admiralty may sit any
where on proper occasions
408. Courts held under pro-
clamation not one of the two
for trial or discharge of crim-
inals 408. No discontinuance
if courts not held in usual
terms 408. Special courts
may be constituted by gover-
nor and council, with same
powers, as to criminal mat-
ters, as general court 415,
460. Courts suspended, ex-
cept in particular cases 422.
Suspension removed 455.-
Terms of superior courts al-
tered 455. Justices of James
city authorised to hold their
courts any where in the coun-
ty, during the prevalence of
the small-pox in Williams-
burg 457.

COURTS-MARTIAL.

In the militia, when to be held
83.

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post-dating 133. When limi-
tation to commence 134.-
Courts and juries bound ex
officio to take notice of this

act 134.

CREEKS.
Lands on shores of creeks not
to be granted 227.
CRIER.

To court of appeals, how ap、
pointed and tenure of office
91.

CRIMES.
Crimes injurious to the inde-
pendence of America, but less
than treason, defined and pun-
ished 268. Asserting that the
United States ought to be de-
pendent on the crown or par-
liament of Great Britain 268.
Or, acknowledging the king
to be sovereign, or himself a
subject 269. Or, who shall
discourage enlistments, or the
military service, or advise to
submit to the enemy 269.-
Or, who shall wish health or
success to the king 269. Ju-
risdiction of offence 269.-
Charge to grand jury 270.-
When security may be re-
quired 270. Sentence to be
published 270. Limitation of
prosecution 270. Power of
justices 270.

CROCKETT, WALTER
Wm. Campbell, Walter Crock-
ett and others indemnified for
suppressing a conspiracy and
insurrection 195.

CUMBERLAND.

Commissioners appointed for
marking and opening a road
over the Cumberland moun-
tains to Kentucky 143. Guard

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