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FRANCE.

Co-operation from land and na-
val force from France expect-
ed 257. Provision for re-
cruiting the continental army,
in consequence thereof 257.
Deserters from army or navy
of our allies, how apprehend-
ed 267.

FREDERICKSBURG.
Town of Fredericksburg incor-
porated 439. Officers, how
elected 439. Designation of
officers 440. Style of corpo-
ration 440. Corporate pow-
ers 440. Officers, how quali-
fied 440. Limitation of office
of mayor 440. Territorial
limits of jurisdiction 440. Ju-
dicial and ministerial powers
441. Civil jurisdiction limit-
ed 441.

Powers of corpora-
tion to erect public buildings,
to pass by-laws, to assess tax-
es 441. Market days 441.-
Penalties for refusing to exe-
cute office 442. Officers, how
removed for misconduct 442.
Vacancies, how supplied 442.
Common council, how con-
vened 442. Property bereto-
fore vested in trustees, parti-
cularly the donation of Ar-
chibald McPherson, transfer-
red to the corporation 442.
FRONTIERS.
Regiment for defence of western
froutiers 215. Act for putting
eastern frontier in a posture
of defence 296. Further act
for defence of eastern fron-
tiers 379. Regiment under
col. George Rogers Clarke
to be completed for defence
of western frontiers 389.

FUGITIVES.

From justice in other states, how
apprehended in this and de-
livered up 130.

GALLIES.

Two gallies to be built, of the
same construction as those at
Philadelphia, by order of con-
gress 385.

GAMING.
Contracts to pay money, &c.

won by gaming void 205.-
Conveyances to secure money,
&c. so won, enure to the ben-
efit of the loser's heir 205.--
Penalties on those who play
at games or wagers 205. Pe-
nalty on tavern keepers per-
mitting gaming at their hou-
ses 206. Power of justices of
the peace to bind gamesters
to their behaviour 206. Lot-
teries and raffling prohibited
206. Charge to grand juries.
207.

GENERAL COURT.
When to sit at Richmond 89.--
Salary of judges of 118. Fees
of clerk 127. Act appointing
place for holding general
court further continued 128.
General court to sit at Rich-
mond 152. To have direc-
tion of public jail, and make
allowances to keeper 156.-
Sheriff of Henrica to summon
a grand jury for general court
228, Salary of judges rated
in tobacco 277. A jury to es-
timate the value of the tobac-
co in money 277. Allowance
to clerk of general court for
ex officio services 378. Grand
juror dying or taken sick, af-
ter sworn, so that he cannot

attend, his place may be sup-
plied by a by-stauder 401.-
One judge or more of gene-
ral court may adjourn 402.
Provision in case of the grand
juror being taken sick during
the present term 402. Go-
vernor empowered to rent a
house for confining certain
prisoners 402. One judge of
general court may qualify the
auditors of public accounts
402. Special courts may be
constituted by governor and
council, with same powers as
general court, as to criminal
matters 415. No discontinu-
ance of general court or its
proceedings in consequence
of a failure to hold a term
421. Terms of, altered 455.
Salary of judges, in specie

493.

GEORGIA.

Citizens of South Carolina and
Georgia authorised to remove
their slaves into this state
307. How long to remain, &
under what circumstances
they may be sold 307.

GLEBES.
Vestry of Russell parish, in
county of Bedford, authorised
to sell their glebe 109. Glebe
of parish of St. Anne, in Al-
bemarle to be sold, and mo-
ney divided between parishes
of St. Anne and Fluvanna
112. Glebe of Drysdale in
Caroline and King & Queen
counties to be sold, and mo-
ney divided between parishes
of Drysdale and St. Asaph,
in proportion to the value of
the two churches 210. So

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So much of an act as imposes a
penalty for asking more for
any article, in paper money,
than in gold or silver, repeal-
ed 125. What proportion of
land tax payable in gold or
silver 508.

GOOD BEHAVIOUR.
Justices may bird gamblers to
the good behaviour 206.
GOODS:

Sale of perishable goods, when
ordered in court of admiralty
109. Sale of goods condemn
ed, in what cases ordered 101.
Duty on goods imported 511.
Various regulations for col-
lection of duties 511,512.

GOVERNMENT.
Seat of government removed to
Richmond 85. Ground ap-
propriated for public build-
ings 86. Capitol for the gen-
eral assembly 86. Halls of
justice for the courts 86.-
House for executive boards
86. Governor's house 86.—
Directors of public buildings
86. Land, how acquired and
paid for 87. Richmond to be
enlarged 88. Temporary
houses to be provided 88.-
Jail of Henrico to be enlarg
ed 88. Proviso as to contracts

and expenditures 89. When
the courts and general assem-
bly to sit at Richmond 89.
GOVERNOR.

See Executive.

House for governor, to be e-
rected at seat of government,
in Richmond 86: Governor
and council authorised to lay
embargoes, 105, 140, 306:-
Acts giving certain powers to
governor and council further
continued 106: Act empow-
ering governor and council
to superintend and regulate
the public jail further con-
tinued 106: Act to enable
the governor and council to
supply the armies and navies
of the United States, and their
allies, with grain and flour,
further continued 107,142:-
Salary of governor 118, 219.
Acts giving further powers to
governor and council further
continued 141: Governor
and others indemnified for
acting under a resolution
prohibiting the exportation
of salt 150. Salary of gover-
mor rated in tobacco 278.-
Value of tobacco estimated
by grand jury 278. Extraor-
dinary powers given to the
governor and council 309;
Power to call out militia and
appoint officers of experience
310: To march the militia
out of the state 310: Gover-
nor and council authorised to
confine or remove disaffected
persons 310: In case of inva-
sion or insurrection, those who
assist the enemy subject to
martial law 310:

Sentence

not to be carried into exeċu-
tion, until approved by the
governor and council 311:-
Articles of war to be publish-
ed 311: Powers of governor
and council as to a supply of
provisions extended 312-
Governor and council au-
thorised to establish a press,
with an able editor, firmly
attached to the independence
of the United States 313:-
Act giving further powers to
the governor and council, re-
vived and continued 386:-
Empowered to call out mili-
tary force to suppress mutiny,
or resistance to the laws for
recruiting this states quota
for the continental army 387:
May constitute special courts
for trial of treasons, &c. in
case of invasion or insurrec-
tion 387: Governor & coun-
cil may by proclamation
change the time and place of
holding courts 407: Exten-
sive powers of governor and
council in calling out the
forces and resources of the
state 413: To impress pro-
perty 413: To order out par-
ticular officers 414: To ap-
prehend disaffected persons,
who are denied bail, main-
prize or habeas corpus 414:-
To send such persons within
the enemy's lines 414: To
banish others 414: Felony
without clergy to return from
banishment 414: Persons op-
posing the laws for calling out
military force, declared civil-
ly dead 414: Special courts
may be constituted by go-

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vernor and council, with same
powers as general court, as
to criminal matters 415, 460:
May discontinue state quar-
er masters and commissaries,
and transfer their powers to
continental staff 415: Rules
in impressments under this
act 416: Governor & council
authorised to fix the value
of provisions impressed for
the use of the army 437. Act
empowering governor and
council to lay embargoes re-
pealed 443. Governor and

council authorised to fit out a
naval force of four gallies.
458. Governor Nelson in-
demnified 478. Salary of go-
vernor, in specie 493.

GRAIN.

Act to enable governor and
council to supply armies and
navies of United States and
their allies with grain and
flour further continued 107,
142,426. Act prohibiting dis-
tillation of spirits from corn,
wheat, rye, and other grain
repealed 112. Poll-tax, pay-
able in grain 490.

GRAND JURY.
At general court to estimate
price of tobacco payable to
members of general assembly
30,104. To be charged on
the act concerning ordinaries
&c. 145. Act to suppress ga- |
ming to be given in charge
to grand juries 207. Sheriff
of Henrico to summon a grand
jury for the general court
228. Grand jury to fix the
value of tobacco salaries and

fees, in money 274,278.-
Grand juror dying or taken
sick, after sworn, so that he
cannot attend, his place may
be supplied by a by-stander
401. Provision in case of the
grand juror taken sick during
the present term of the gene-
ral court 402. Grand jury to
settle value of salaries of offi-
cers of government 433. Va-
luation of tobacco fees, by
grand jury, repealed 489.
GRANTS.

Under what rights, and in what
manner grants shall be made
for lands surveyed previous
to the establishment of the
commonwealth's land office
37. Form of grant or patent
How executed and re-
corded 61. Grants to heirs &
assignees 61.
Inclusive pa-

60.

tents how obtained 63. Quit-
rents and reservations in the
royal grants abolished 64.-
Grants for escheated lands,
how obtained 68. The issuing
of grants suspended 422. Tax
on patents for land, exceed-
ing 1400 acres, except boun-
ties to officers 510.

GRAYSON, WILLIAM
Certain lots of William Gray-
son, severed from the town of
Dumfries 102.

GREAT BRITAIN.
Punishment of those asserting
that the United States ought
to be dependent on the crown
or parliament of Great Bri-
tain 268. Or acknowledging
their sovereignty, or himself
a subject 269.

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GREENBRIER.
County court of Greenbrier au-
thorised to have a waggon
road opened from their court
house to the eastern waters
367. Act suspended 444.

GREENSVILLE.
County, formed out of Bruns-
wick 363. Boundaries 363.
Court days 363.

HABEAS CORPUS.
Suspended as to disaffected per-
sons confined by order of the
executive 414.

HALF-PAY.
Half-pay, for life, promised to
generals, field officers, cap-
tains, subalterns, chaplains,
physicians, surgeons, and sur-
geons' mates 25. Half-pay to
widows and children of offi-
cers dying in service 374.-
Officers to have half-pay for
life 374.

HALLS OF JUSTICE.
For superior courts, to be erect-

ed in Richmond 86. Land,
how acquired and paid for
86.

HAMPTON.
The court house in Hampton
being occupied by the troops
of our allies as a hospital, the
justices of Elizabeth City
county authorised to hold
their courts at any other place
in the county 495.
HARMER, JOHN & GEORGE
Act concerning escheats & for-
feitures from British subjects
suspended, as to lands in
Henry and Amherst convey
ed by John Harmer to Wal-
ter King Cole and George
Harmer 300. Slaves sold as

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Jail of Henrico to be enlarged
88. Sheriff of Henrico to
summon a grand jury for ge-
neral court 228.

HIGH COURT of Chancery.
When to sit at Richmond 89.
Salary of judges of 118. Act.
appointing place for holding
high court of chancery, and
empowering it to appoint ser-
jeant at arms further continu-
ed 128. High court of chan-
cery to sit at Richmond 152.
Salary of judges rated in to-
bacco 277. A jury to esti-
mate the value of the tobacco
in money 277. Terms of, al-
tered 455. Salary of judges,
in specie 493.

HIGH WAYS.

See Roads.

HORSES.
Horses belonging to this state,
or United States, how reco-

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