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Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of

CHA. THOMPSON,

HENRY REMSEN, Junr.
BEN. BANKSON, Junr.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the United States have caused their Great Seal to be affixed to this exemplification. WITNESS, Charles Thomson, esquire, their secretary and keeper of their Great Seal.

CHA. THOMPSON.

[From the original, in the clerk's office of the house of delegates, among the governor's communication of 1784.]

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TO THE

ELEVENTH VOLUME

OF THE

STATUTES AT LARGE.

ABERDEEN.
Slave Aberdeen, for his long and.
-faithful services, at the lead
mines, emancipated 309....

ACCOUNTS.
Commissioners appointed to set-
tle accounts between this state
and United States, authorised
to summon witnesses 33.
ACTS OF ASSEMBLY.
Tax on private acts of assembly
127.

ADAMS, ROBERT JR.
Indemnified for assisting to sup-
press a conspiracy against the
-State 134.

ADMINISTRATION,
Tax on grants of administration
378, 439.

With ALEXANDRIA.
Corporation of authorised to im-

pose a wharfage tax 44. Wa-
ster street and Union street to
be extended 44, Court of
hustings to have exclusive
power of licensing taverns 50:

-Ordinary keepers incapable
of acting as judges of court
of hustings 51:-Court of
hustings declared a court of
VOL. XI.
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record 156. Restriction as to
proof of wills and deeds 156.

Common seal, how affixed,
and its authenticity 156. Court
day altered 158. Jurisdiction
of court of hustings 314.

ALIENATIONS.
Duty of commissioners of land
tax, in cases of alienations or
partition 143. Lists to be fur-
nished 143.

ALLEGIANCE.
Penalty for administering oath
of allegiance to an alien ene-
my, or British subject 138.

AMMUNITION.
Militia to furnish themselves with
4784
quantity to be im-
ported 494..
ANDERSON, MARY.
Estate of Samuel Gist, a British
subject, vested in Mary An-
derson, his daughter and only
child 54.

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Arms and accoutrements belong-
ing to the state to be delivered
up to commandants of regi-
ments 132. Proclamation for
that purpose 132. Penalty on
those who detain them 132.
County lieutenants to return
an account of arms received
132. Penalty 132. Saving as
to arms placed on frontiers
132 Cavalry, how armed
173. Militia in counties most
exposed, and in Williamsburg
and Norfolk, to be armed 174.
Arms, how disposed of 174.
-Fines for failing to return
arms 174. Militia, how arm-
ed 478, 479. Arnis not lia-
ble to execution or distress
493. If lost in service, not
to be paid for, unless loser
killed or disabled 493. Arms
and accoutrements to be pro-

Three thousand troops for con-
tinental army to be raised 14.
Counties to be divided into
classes 15. If not enlisted for
three years or the war, to be
drafted for three years 15.-
Recruits, how disposed of 17.
Officers of the line to receive
recruits 17. Bounty, pay and
emoluments 17. Quakers and
menonists, how exempted from
personal service 18. Express-
es, how procured 18. Fines
for delinquencies 19. Surplus
of funds, in a class, how dis-
posed of 19. Furnishing &
recruit exempts the class 19.
Counties failing to furnish the
former quotas, to be reported,
to the general assembly 19.
Returns of officers resigned,
to be made 20. Act to pro-
vide more effectual funds for
the redemption of certificates
granted officers and soldiers
81. Injunctions or pleas to
stay sales of escheated proper-
ty to be expedited 81 Frau-
dulent conveyances by British
subjects 81. Payment of Bri-
tish debts into the treasury re-
vived 82. Creditors may at-
tach 92. Sale of forfeited es-
tates 82. Officers and soldiers
to pass their accounts upon
bath 83. Guard against fur-
ther depreciation 83. Officers
and soldiers to give in their
land claims 83. How their
land warrants are to be obtain-

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ed 83. Certificate from com-
missioners of war 84. Bounty
in lands for three years service,
84.
Additional for six years
84. No locations within their
bounds 84. Their certificates
to be received for public pa-
tent fees 84. Certain officers
included in pay and bounty.
84. Navy officers, sailors and
marines, entitled to the same
emoluments as those in the
land service, 85, 162. Sol-
diers in state legions authoris-
ed to enlist in continental ar-
my 135. May be discharged,
on what terms 135. Legion
under col. Dabney may be en-
listed into continental army

ARTICLES OF WAR.
Militia governed by when in ac-
tual service 487.

ARTIFICERS

Employed at iron works, ex-
empted from militia duty 21.
ASSEMBLY.
Inspectors of tobacco ineligible
to the general assembly 233.
Delegates to congress ineligi-
ble to either house of the as-
sembly 249. Three fourths
of the wages of the members
to be paid for the present 280.
Deputy sheriff ineligible to as-
sembly, until two years after
quietus 308. Return of elec-
tion of senators and delegates,
when to be made 387. Pen-

170 Executive may orderalty for neglect 387. Penalty

them to defence of western
frontiers, or on board armed
vessels, if willing to serve 170.
If reduced, horses to be sold
170. Three months

Pas

to be
advanced to the soldiers of this
state, on continental establish-
ment, late from the southern
army 267. That act repeal-
ed, congress having made pro-
vision 297. Monies levied for
recruiting service to be paid
into treasury, instead of to or-

on sheriffs interfering in elec-
tions
387. Meetings of assem-
bly to be annual 388.
ASSIZE.
Act for establishing courts of as-
size 421. When and where
courts of assize to be held 422.
In suits depending in the gen-
eral court, issues to be tried at
the assizes, accordingly as the
venue is laid 422, 423. Coun-
ties assigned to each court of
assize 423. Venue, in transi>

der of executive 280. Depu-tory actions, where laid 424.
tation of officers to choose su-
perintendants and appoint sur-
veyors, for locating and sur-
veying lands given to officers
and soldiers on continental and
state establishments 309.

ARREST

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What judges to attend assizes,
and how allotted 424. Juries
424, Verdicts certified to gen-
eral court 425, Judgment on
postea, when entered 425.-
Trials at bar 425 Clerks of
assize, how appointed, tenure
of office and duty 425. Dock-
ets 425. Depositions 426.-
Habeas corpus 426 Crimi-

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