of the navy 217: Certain spe-
cified vessels to be sold 217:
Proviso 217: Certain speci-
fied vessels to be retained 217:
Prison ship, and boats 217:
Salary of commissioner of
the navy rated in tobacco 278:
Value of tobacco, in money,
how estimated 278: Commis-
sioner of the navy appointed
on the abolition of the boards
of war and trade 292: Navy
to be equipped and manned
for protection of eastern fron-
tier 297: Naval force to be
fitted out for the defence of
the eastern frontier 379: Im-
pressment of seamen authori-
sed under certain restrictions
380: Pay of seamen 380. Of
ficers and seamen entitled to
the whole of any prize taken
381: Clothing and necessa-
ries, how provided 381: Pay
of officers and staff 381:-
Duties on goods imported to
support the navy 382: How
collected 383: Encourage-
ment to masters of vessels to
make a true entry 384: Re-
gulations of congress adopt-
ed for trial of offences 384:
Allowance of pay master 384:
Two gallies to be built on
the same construction as those
at Philadelphia 385: Courts
shall bind out at least half
their male orphans to the sea
385: Hospital for seamen
established, by a duty on ma-
riners 335: Where hospital

situated 386: Officers of na-
vy reduced 450: But officers
for look-out boat liberty re-
tained 450: Staff of navy dis-

charged 450: Executive au.
thorised to fit out a aval
force of four gallies 458-
Officers and men of navy en-
titled to same pay, &c. as in
land service 467:

NED.
Ned a slave the property of
Henry Delony emancipated
372:

NELSON, THOMAS Jr.
Thomas Nelson, jun. esq. late
governor, having been com-
pelled from necessity, to per-
form many acts of govern-
ment, without advice of coun-
cil, such acts legalized, and
he fully indemnified 478.

NEW YORK.
Act of the legislature of New
York, to facilitate the com...
pletion of the articles of con-
federation by a cession of her
western territory 560.
NON-JURORS.
Acts imposing treble taxes on
persons refusing to take the
oaths of allegiance repealed
194.

NORFOLK.
Lots in Norfolk and Suffolk,
the houses on which have
been burnt by the enemy, ex-
empted from taxes 190. Lots
in Norfolk, Portsmouth and
Suffolk, the houses and im-
provements on which have
been either burnt by the act
of convention of 1776, or by
the British army since, ex-
empted from taxes 323.

NORTH CAROLINA.
Resolution respecting claimants
to lands, affected by running
the boundary line between

North Carolina and Virginia
541. Representation to North
Carolina, on the subject of
titles to land, which may fall
into that state, by the exten- |
sion of the boundary line
543.

NORTHERN NECK.
Duty of escheators, in northern
neck, to be performed by
sheriffs 69. Northern neck
excepted out of act for ap-
pointment of escheators 115.
NORTH WESTERN TERRITORY.
Papers relating to the cession
of the north western territory
547. Letter from the presi-
dent of congress to the seve-
ral states 548. Declaration
of Maryland 549. Instruc-
tions of the general assembly
of Maryland to her delegates
in congress 553. Remon-
strance of Virginia 557. Act
of the legislature of New
York 560. Resolution of Vir-
ginia for ceding her north
western territory 564.

OATHS.

Oath of fidelity, form of 22.-
Oath of governor 22. Of pri-
vy councillor 22. Oath of a-
ny other 23. Solemnities aud
form, instead of oaths 28.-
Oath of judges of court of
appeals 90. Of court of ad-
miralty 98. Oath of delegates
to congress not to engage in
trade 113. Oath of commis-
sioners of tax and assessors
242,243. Of sheriffs as to
taxes collected 255. Oath of
quarter master and commis-
aries as to application of
public money confided to
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them 256. Oath of inspectors
of flour 497. Oath of com-
missioners of tax 501.

OATS.
Tax, payable in oats 490.
OFFICERS.

Half pay for life promised to
officers who continue in ser-
vice till the end of the war
25. Recruiting officers, how
appointed 25. Their powers,
duty and compensation, 25.
Locations, by officers and
soldiers, on lands of settlers,
void 41. Resolution, reserv-
ing lands for officers and sol-
diers 55, note. Act for more
effectually supplying them
with articles for their comfor-
table accommodation 71.-
Officer of militia refusing to
march, to serve as a soldier
for 6 months 84. Officers &
soldiers, in service, allowed
further time to prove their
claims for settlement rights &
improvements on lands 132.
Penalty on settlers not remo-
ving from lands reserved for
officers and soldiers 159.-
Proportions of land bounty
to officers and soldiers 160.
Rights of those slain or dy-
ing in service devolve on their
heirs or legal representatives
161. Continental officers of
this state to be reduced 373.
Officers to supply themselves
with clothing 374. Their pay
and rations to be made equal
to specie 374. Half pay to

widows and children of offi-
cers dying in service 374.-
Paid by scale of depreciation
374. Officers to have half pay

Grand juries to be charged
145. Prosecutions to be tried
speedily and may be ordered
by justices 145. May be
bound to the behavior or
committed 146. Proviso in
favour of brewers and distil-
lers 146. Liquors, &c. may
be rated twice a year 146.—
Table of rates to be set up in
ordinaries 147. Penalty for
omission or for exceeding le-
gal rates 147. Tax on ordi-
nary licenses 189,244,504.-
Penalty on tavern-keepers
permitting gaming in their
houses 206.

ORPHANS.

Courts, below the falls of the
rivers, to bind out at least one
half their male orphans to the
sea 385.

OVERSEERS.
Of roads-See Roads. Of the
poor-See Poor.

OVERSEERS OF THE POOr.
Vestries in several counties dis-

solved, and overseers of the
poor to be elected for three
years 288. Overseers to be a
body politic and corporate,
and succeed to the powers &
duties of vestries and church-
wardens 289. Vacancies how
supplied 289. Elections how
made 289. Penalty on sher-
iffs failing to hold elections
triennially 290. Former ves-
tries to account with overseers
290.

PALACE.
Palace in Williamsburg to be
sold, in the event that taxes
prove unproductive 285.

PAPER-MONEY.

Receipts for certain emissions
called in, receivable in taxes
13. Further emission author-
ised 31. Stealing, taking by
robbery, forging or counter-
feiting, death without clergy
93. Having in possession in-
struments for forging or coun-
terfeiting 94. Offenders, how
proceeded against 95. Per-
sons suspected of having forg-
ed or counterfeited notes, how
apprehended 96. So much of
an act as imposes a penalty
for asking more for any arti-
cle in paper money, than in
gold or silver, repealed 125.
State's quota of continental
money and all state paper
money to be called in & de-
stroyed 241. Taxes applica-
ble thereto 242-248. The
money called in to be burat
248. New emission of paper
money 248. When redeema-
ble 248. Interest to be paid
annually 248. Restraint in
issuing the bills 248. Provi-
sion for redemption of bille
248. Forging or counterfeit-
ing how punishable 254.-
Treasurer constituted judge
of counterfeit paper money
271. His power to deface
counterfeit bills 271.
he may call to his assistance
two of the auditors 272.-
Further emission of paper
money authorised 279. For-
ty-for-one notes 280. New
taxes for redemption of notes
280. Forging or counterfeit-
ing death without clergy 286.

When

Treasurer to exchange paper
money 321. This money
de-
clared a tender at one for for-
ty 322. Also the money issu-
ed by another act of May
1780, 322. Appropriation of
this money 323. Further e-
mission of treasury notes or
paper money 347. One-for-
forty money 348. Taxes for
its redemption 348. Forging
or counterfeiting death with-
out clergy 349. Forging or
counterfeiting paper money
of this state or of congress,
death without clergy 397.-
All paper money emitted by
this state, or by congress de-
clared a legal tender 398.-
Further emission of paper
money authorised 399. One-
for-forty money 399. Paper
money paid into the treasury
to be burnt, except two emis-
sions 400. Act of May 1780,
for calling in this states quo-
ta of continental money re-
pealed 412. Old money not
a legal tender 412.

But re-

ceivable in taxes 413. No
more of this money to be paid
out of the treasury 413. Pa-
per money emitted at May
session 1781, declared a legal
tender 429. Forging & coun-
terfeiting, how punishable
429. Further emission of pa-
per money authorised 430.—
One-for-forty money 430.-
Paper money called in and
no longer a tender, except
for taxes 456. To be return-
ed to treasurer and destroyed
456. Not returned, forfeited
456.

Loan office certificates

for paper money returned; to
be delivered by treasurer at
the rate of one for a thousand
456. When redeemable 456.
Interest payable annually
456. Payments on certificates
to be endorsed 457. Trans-
ferrable by assignment only
457. Paper money receivable
for land warrants 457. Re-
peal of former laws 457. Con-
tracts in paper money, to be
settled by a scale of deprecia-
tion 471,472. What propor-
tion of paper money receiva-
ble in taxes 508.

PARDON.
Proclaimed to deserters who re-
turn to their duty 265. Pun-
ishment of those who neglect
the offered pardon 266. Par-
don granted to those persons
in the county of Henry, Bed-
ford, Pittsylvania, Botetourt,
Montgomery and Washing-
ton, who have taken the oath
of allegiance to the British
king, since 1776, or enlisted
themselves or others in his
service, on their taking the
oath of allegiance to this com-
monwealth 324. Benefit of
this act extended to certain
persons now in the public
jail 325.

PARENTS.
Allowance to widows and aged
parents of soldiers dying in
service 262.

PARISHES.
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-