fied 289. Proviso 290. She-
riff to levy both 290. When
goods carried off the premises
may be distrained 290. Ex-
cept bona fide sold 290. Debt
for rent, on leases 291. Rent
distrainable for after determi-
nation of lease 291. Proviso
291. Further proviso 291.-
Distresses how levied 483.-
Goods may be sold on credit
483. Bonds how taken and re-
turned 484. To have the force
of judgments 484. Executi-
ons thereon 484. Exceptions
484. Executions and distress-
es for tobacco, when to issue
484. Attachments against ten-
ants removing 485.

REPLICATION.
To answer, when to be filed
190.

RESCOUS.

Damages for 289.

RICHMOND.
County divided & King George
formed 95. Court day of, al-
tered 366.

RIVERS AND CREEKS.
Counties bounded by a river or

creek, cach to contribute to-
wards clearing it 111. Penal-
ty for erecting hedges across
rivers or creeks 111. River
or creek, in one county, only,
the court to contract for clear-
ing it 119. Hedges made a-
cross rivers or creeks to be
destroyed 177. None to be e-
rected 177. Penalty 177. How
appropriated 178. Penalty
for felling trees, &c. into ri-
vers or creeks 178.

ROADS.

Width of, over mill-dams 53.

Penalty for failure 54. Provi-
sion as to infants 54. Penal-
ties, how recoverable and
paid 54. Saving as to infants
55. Proviso, where the dam is
destroyed 55. To be made to
and from iron works 229.-
Privilege of persons employed
at iron works, as to 297.-
Timber for bridges, may be
taken 297. When it shall be
paid for 298. Certain timber
excepted 298.

ROLLING-HOUSES.
Warehouses, for the reception of
tobacco so called 82. Act con-
cerning amended 91.

RUNAWAYS

To be committed to the county
jail 168. To he advertised by
the sheriff at the courthouse
169. And by the clerk or read-
er, at the church or chapel
169. Penalty for neglect 169.
To remain in jail, if not claim-
ed by the owner, within 2
months 169. Ferriage of run-
aways, how paid 170. When
to be hired out 170. Appro-
priation of hires 170. When,
and on what terms, to be de-
livered to owner 171. To have
an iron collar put round the
neck 171. Prison fees, in the
county and public jail 171.
Penalty for exceeding legal
fees 171. Proviso, as to run-
aways from Maryland or
North Corolina 172. But one
commitment to be charged
where runaway hired out 172.
Fees in public jail to be paid
by public 173. Masters of ves-
sels to take an oath, not to
transport any person out of

the colony 173. Servants run-
ning away,and changing their
names, penalty for 174.
SCALES & WEIGHTS
To be provided at warehouses

257.

SCIRE FACIAS.

When it lies to revive 358.

SEAMEN.

Act concerning (vol. 3, pa. 486)
continued 46. Punishment for
going on shore without leave
107. Disobedient, may be
whipped 107. Two justices
may hear complaints of mas-
ters against seamen, and in-
flict punishment 107. Corpo-
ral punishment 108. Penalty
for hiring seamen belonging
to another ship 108. Seamen
travelling without certificates,
dealt with as runaways 108.
Penalty on ordinary keepers,
entertaining seamen without
certificates 109. Complaints
of seamen against command
ers, how redressed 109. Sea-
men discharged, to have cer-
tificates 110. Penalty on com-
manders for immoderate cor-
rection 110. Admiralty juris-
diction not abridged 110. Pe-
nalty for discharging sick or
disabled 212.

SEATING & PLANTING.
Lands of infants not to lapse
for want of seating and plant-
ing, or paying quit-rents, un-
til three years rfter they attain
full age 31, 32. Infant fe-
males marrying, when the S
years to commence 32. What
accounted a sufficient 37 Pro-
portion of arable and barren
lands 39. When patentee may

cease to improve 40. Paten-
tee of lapsed land entitled to
so much as he has improved
40. How and where proof of
seating end planting may be
made 41. Further specifica-
tion of improvements, to pre-
vent lands from lapsing 81,82,
SECONDS.

Further regulations for pre-
venting the tending of seconds.
241. Duty of constahles in re-
lation to 241. Slips and suck
ers to be cut up 242. Form
of constable's oath 242. Pen-
alty on constables for neglect
243. Prosecutions to be or-
dered by court 243.

SECRETARY.
Fees of, 60 to 64, 341 to 344,

408 to 412, 492 to 496.

SERVANTS.
Servants and slaves to be con-
tinued on plantation of dece-
dent to finish the crop 21,284.
Their crops to be assets, 22,
284. Not to keep horses with-
out leave of their owners 49..
Children of female mulatto, or
Indian, born in servitude how
long to serve 133. Runaway,
how apprehended and dealt
with 163 to 73 Masters of
vessels to take an oath, not to
transport out of the state 173.
Running away and changing
their names, penalty for 174.
Penalty on, for pretending to
be tradesmen 174 For re-
fusing to work 174.

SEETLEMENT.
What accounted a legal 210.
SHERIFFS.

ing, (vol. 3, p. 498) continued
45. Fees of 72, 73, 348. To
collect fees of officers 74.-
Their duty in collecting quit-
rents 79. When liable for 79.
Where no distress can be had
80. Distress, how disposed of
80. Penalty, for refusing the
office of sheriff 84. Court fail-
ing to nominate, the governor
may commission 84. Sheriff
dying, how a successor ap-
pointed 85. Penalty for re-
fusing to accept 85. Persons
thus appointed, how long to
serve 85. Fines how appro-
priated 86. Where the fines
have been once paid 86. Where
the party cannot get security
86.

Person once appointed,
not compellable again to serve,
until every other justice has
served 86. May take engage
ment of attorney to appear, in
the general court 184. Must
return the name of bail 184.
Interlocutory judgment a-
gainst & bail,how set aside184.
To pay the same tobacco, as
collected 255. How to collect
tobacco for public dues, clerks'
fees, &c. 255. When to pay
256. Disabled to sit in the
house of burgesses 292. Bur-
gesses exempted from serving
as sheriffs 292. Penalty on
persons disqualified, for sit-
ting and voting 292. Former
act concerning, made perpetu-
al 300. Sum nary proceedings
against, for officers' fees 352.
When to account for fees 421.
When liable for escapes 487.
Successor of, may distrain for
levies,fees,&c.491. Fees of502.

SILVER.

Rates of silver coin settled 52.
Altered 218.

SLAVES.

Servants and slaves to be conti-
nued on plantations of dece-
dent, to finish the crop 21,
284. Their crops to be assets
22, 284. When slaves to be
delivered to heir 22. Execu-

tor and administrator not an-
swerable for slave dying 22.
Slaves above the number of
five, conspiring to rebel, or
make insurrection, or plotting
the murder of any person, felo-
ny without clergy 126. Pro-
ceedings against slaves com-
mitting capital crimes 127.
Punishment for giving false
evidence 127. Charge to the
witness 128. Owners of slaves
may appear in their defence
128. Value of slaves condemn-
ed, to be paid by the public
128. Unlawful meetings of
slaves 128. Penalty on those
suffering them 128. Masters
may license their slaves to
meet at their quarters 129.
Penalty for being at unlawful
meetings of slaves 129. For
harbouring them 129. Offen-
ders may be apprehended by
order of justices 129. Penalty
on justice failing 130. Power
of sheriffs, constables, &c. to
suppress unlawful meetings
130. Penalty for failing 130.
Punishment of slaves coming
to a plantation without leave
130. Guns, ammunition, &c.
found in possession of negroes
may be seized, and the negro
whipped 131. Free negroes,.

house-keepers, may carry
arms 131. Negroes may dis-
pose of arms now in their pos-
session 131. And may be li-
censed to keep them at frontier
plantations 131. Slaves killed
in execution of this act, to be
paid for, by the public 131.
How slaves may be emancipa-
ted 132. Dismembering of
slaves, when allowed 132.
Slave dying under correction,
the owner exempted from pun-
ishment 132. Manslaughter of
a slave not punishable 133.
But only to extend to owners
133. What free negroes, &c.
are tithable 133. Children of
female mulatto or Indian,
born in servitude, how long
to serve 133. Free negroes,
&c. not to vote 133. How this
act to be read and published
134. Runaway, how to be
apprehended and dealt with
168 to 173. Masters of ves-
sels to take an oath not to
transport out of the state 173.
Construction of the act of
1705, declaring slaves to be
real estate 223. Slaves to pass
as chattels 223. Remainders,
how limited 223. Slaves of
wife, vested absolutely in hus-
band 228. May be bequeathed
by infants 223. Not liable to
forfeiture 223. Not to be sold
by execution, except under
particular circumstances 224.
Heir at law, accountable for
proportion of slaves, if nother
die intestate 224. Not to
affect prior adjudications 224.
No remainders heretofore 1.-
mited 224. How slave smay

be annexed to, and pass with
lands 225. May be annexed
by tenant in tail 225. Slaves
annexed to lands, liable to
debts 226. Proviso 226. Dow-
er or partition of, may be de-
manded by bill in equity 227.
Also proportions of younger
children, against the heir 227.
How widows may renounce
provisions of their husbands'
wills 228. Duty on slaves im-
ported 317,318. Various re-
gulations for collecting 318 to
322. Stealing a slave, felony
without clergy $25. Allowed
the benefit of clergy 326. Not
to be witnesses, except on the
trial of a slave 327. Duties on,
continued 394. Duty on, and
how secured 471. Slave dy.
ing, duty remitted 472.

SMITH, FRANCIS,
Authorised to convey certain
entailed lands to John Spein-

cer 117.

SPOTSYLVANIA
County formed 77. Bounda-
ries 77. Appropriation for
78. Privileges of inhabitants
78. Parishes 78.- -Pro-
cess from Essex, King and
Queen, and King William to
run into, until a court is esta-
blished 78, 79. Court days
79. Court of, rem›ved from
Germanna to Fredericksburg
364. Parish of St. George in,
to pry certain minies to Saint
Mark 365.—-Divided, and
Orange formel 150. Bounda-
ries 450. Compensation to
Jans Taylor, for running the
divi ling line, between, and
Orange 514.

SQUIRRELS.

Act for destroying, in the Northern Neck, and on the Eastern shore 446.

STOLEN GOODS. Receiver of, how punished 273. STORE-HOUSE. To burn, or break any storehouse, and steal thereout over 20 shillings, felony without clergy 271, 272.

SUFFRAGE. See Burgesses' Elections.

SUPERSEDEAS. When grantable to the general court 188.

SURGEONS.

Fees of regulated 509,510.
SURRY.

Part of Surry and Isle of Wight counties added to Brunswick 355. Boundaries 356.

SURVEYORS. Their duty, in surveying land 38. Proportion of tract 38.Must certify the quality 38.

or to produce his book of entries to a person wishing to make a location 511. Penalty for refusal 511. Entries, made at different times 511. No survey to be made by a surveyor of another county 512.No note, or security to be taken for surveyor's fees 512. Penalty on refusing to abate in his fees, for conveniency 512. Entries, how to be made 513.

SURVEYS. Lands, how to be surveyed 38. Proportion of the tract 38. TAR. Premiums, for making tar and

ling-houses,established for reception of 32. Those already built continued 33. County courts may establish new ones 33. Mode of acquiring land 33. How such houses acquired for public use, where the owner refuses to build, &• 34. Restrictions as to the power of the courts 34. Owner not to keep stock, on the land 35. Rates of storage 35. Penalty for refusing to receive tobacco or goods, or suffering either to be damaged 35. Right of appeal to general court 36.Act of 9th Ann, ch. 8, concerning, made perpetual 57. Pen