A
Complete
Collection
OF
THE
LAWS
OF
VIRGINIA
AT
A
Grand
Assembly
HELD
AT
JAMES
CITY
23
MARCH
1662.
WHEREAS
the
late
unhappy
Distractions
caused
frequent
Change
in
the
Government
of
this
Countrey
,
and
those
produced
so
many
Alterations
in
the
Laws
,
that
the
people
knew
not
well
what
to
obey
,
nor
the
Judges
what
to
punish
:
By
which
means
Injustice
was
hardly
to
be
avoided
,
and
the
Just
Freedom
of
the
People
,
by
the
uncertainty
and
licentiousness
of
the
Laws
,
hardly
to
be
preserved
.
This
Assembly
taking
the
same
into
their
serious
Considerations
,
and
gravely
weighing
the
Obligations
they
are
to
discharge
to
God
,
the
King
,
and
the
Countrey
,
have
by
settling
the
Laws
,
diligently
endeavoured
to
prevent
the
like
Inconveniencies
,
by
causing
the
whole
Body
of
the
Laws
to
be
revived
,
all
unnecessary
Acts
,
and
chiefly
such
as
might
keep
in
memory
our
forced
deviation
from
His
Majesties
Obedience
,
to
be
repealed
and
expunged
;
and
those
that
are
in
force
to
be
brought
into
one
Volume
:
And
lest
any
prejudice
might
arise
by
the
ignorance
of
the
Times
from
whence
those
Acts
were
in
force
,
they
have
added
the
Dates
of
every
Act
,
to
the
end
that
Courts
might
rightly
administer
Justice
and
give
Sentence
according
to
Law
for
any
thing
happening
at
any
time
since
any
Law
was
in
force
:
And
have
also
endeavoured
in
all
things
as
near
as
the
Capacity
and
Constitution
of
this
Countrey
would
admit
,
to
adhere
to
those
excellent
and
often
refined
Laws
of
England
,
to
which
we
profess
and
acknowledge
all
Reverence
and
Obedience
.
And
that
the
Laws
made
by
us
are
intended
by
us
but
as
Brief
Memorials
of
that
which
the
Capacity
of
our
Courts
is
utterly
unable
to
collect
out
of
its
vast
Volumes
,
though
sometimes
perhaps
,
for
the
difference
of
our
and
their
Condition
,
varying
in
small
things
,
but
far
from
the
presumption
of
contradicting
any
thing
therein
contained
.
And
because
it
is
impossible
to
honour
the
King
as
we
should
,
unless
we
serve
and
fear
God
as
we
ought
.
And
that
they
might
shew
their
equal
care
,
they
have
set
down
certain
Rules
to
be
observed
in
the
Government
of
the
Church
,
until
God
shall
please
to
turn
His
Majesties
Pious
Thoughts
towards
us
,
and
provide
a
better
supply
of
Ministers
among
us
.
BE
it
therefore
Enacted
by
the
Governour
,
Council
,
and
Burgesses
of
this
Grand
Assembly
,
That
all
the
following
Laws
continued
or
made
by
this
Assembly
,
shall
be
hereafter
reputed
the
Laws
of
this
Countrey
,
by
which
all
Courts
of
Judicature
are
to
proceed
in
giving
of
Sentence
;
and
to
which
all
persons
are
strictly
required
to
yield
all
due
obedience
:
And
that
all
other
Acts
not
in
this
Collection
mentioned
,
to
be
to
all
intents
and
purposes
utterly
abrogated
and
repealed
;
unless
Suit
be
commenced
for
any
thing
done
in
the
time
when
a
Law
now
repealed
was
in
force
:
in
which
Case
the
producing
that
Law
shall
excuse
any
Person
for
doing
any
thing
acording
to
the
Tenor
thereof
.
I.
Church
to
be
built
,
or
Chappel
of
Ease
.
BE
it
Enacted
for
the
Advancement
of
Gods
Glory
and
the
more
decent
Celebration
of
his
Divine
Ordinances
,
II.
Vestries
appointed
.
THat
for
the
making
and
proportioning
of
the
Levies
and
Assessments
for
building
and
repairing
the
Churches
and
Chappels
,
Provision
for
the
Poor
,
Maintainance
of
the
Minister
,
and
such
other
necessary
Uses
,
III.
Glebes
to
be
laid
out
.
per
Cent.
for
Damages
.
IV.
Ministers
to
be
Inducted
.
1642.
V.
Ministers
to
provide
Readers
.
1661.
THat
every
Parish
not
having
a
Minister
to
Officiate
every
Sunday
,
VI.
Liturgy
to
be
Read
.
THat
the
Canons
set
down
in
the
Liturgy
of
the
Church
of
England
for
celebrating
Divine
Service
and
Administration
of
the
Sacraments
,
VII
.
Church
Catechism
.
Common
Prayer
:
And
that
the
Minister
expound
no
other
then
that
:
That
our
Fundamentals
at
least
may
be
well
laid
,
and
that
no
Reader
upon
presumption
of
his
own
abilities
do
attempt
the
expounding
that
or
any
other
Catechism
or
the
Scriptures
.
VIII
.
Ministers
to
Preach
Weekly
.
Ministers
to
preach
Weekly
.
Sacraments
to
be
Administred
at
least
twice
in
the
year
.
THat
the
Minister
of
every
Parish
preach
constantly
every
Sunday
:
Viz.
One
Sunday
in
a
Month
at
each
Chappel
of
Ease
in
his
Parish
,
if
there
be
any
,
and
the
other
in
his
Parish
Church
,
and
that
twice
a
year
at
least
he
administer
the
Sacrament
of
the
Lords
Supper
there
.
IX
.
Sundays
not
to
be
prophaned
.
Lords
day
be
kept
Holy
,
and
that
no
Journeys
be
made
on
that
day
,
except
in
Case
of
emergent
Necessity
;
And
that
no
other
thing
be
used
or
done
that
may
tend
to
the
Prophanation
of
that
day
:
Common-Prayer
,
Preaching
,
or
other
Service
of
God
,
upon
penalty
of
being
Fined
Fifty
pounds
of
Tobacco
,
by
the
County
Court
upon
presentment
made
by
the
Church-Wardens
,
who
are
to
Collect
the
same
with
the
Parish
Levies
:
Provided
always
,
That
this
Act
conclude
not
Quakers
or
other
Recusants
,
who
out
of
Non-conformity
to
the
Church
,
totally
absent
themselves
,
but
that
they
shall
be
liable
to
such
Fines
and
Punishments
as
by
the
Statute
of
23
of
Eliz.
are
Imposed
on
them
;
being
for
every
Months
absence
Twenty
pounds
Sterling
;
and
if
they
forbear
a
Twelve-month
,
then
to
give
good
security
for
their
Behaviour
,
besides
their
payment
for
their
Monthly
absence
,
according
to
the
Tenor
of
the
said
Statute
:
Quakers
to
be
presented
as
by
23
Eliz.
Presentments
of
Defaulters
to
be
made
by
the
Church-wardens
.
And
that
all
Quakers
for
Assembling
in
unlawful
Assemblies
and
Conventicles
,
be
fined
and
pay
each
of
them
there
taken
200
l.
of
Tobacco
for
each
time
they
shall
be
for
such
unlawful
Meetings
presented
by
the
Church-wardens
to
the
County
Courts
.
X.
January
the
30th
.
to
be
kept
a
Fast
.
WHereas
our
late
Surrender
and
Submission
to
that
execrable
power
that
so
bloodily
massacred
the
late
King
Charles
the
First
of
ever
blessed
Memory
,
hath
made
us
by
acknowledging
them
,
guilty
of
their
Crimes
,
to
shew
our
serious
and
hearty
repentance
and
detestation
of
that
Barbarous
Act
;
Be
it
Enacted
,
XI
.
May
29th
.
to
be
kept
holy
.
SInce
God
of
his
Mercy
hath
been
pleased
to
Restore
our
late
distracted
Kingdoms
to
Peace
and
Unity
;
And
his
late
distressed
Majesty
to
the
Throne
of
his
Royal
Ancestors
:
XII
.
None
to
be
Married
but
by
Ministers
,
nor
by
them
,
but
by
Licence
,
or
publishing
the
Banes
.
Common-Prayer
Book
,
which
enjoyns
,
That
if
the
persons
to
be
Married
,
dwell
in
several
Parishes
,
XIII
.
Church-wardens
to
make
Presentment
.
THat
the
Church-wardens
shall
twice
every
year
,
XIV
.
Burying
of
Servants
or
others
privately
,
prohibited
.
WHereas
the
private
Burial
of
Servants
and
others
,
Publick
Burial
for
that
Precinct
:
And
further
,
That
before
the
Corps
be
Buried
,
there
be
at
least
three
or
four
of
the
Neighbours
called
,
who
may
in
case
of
Suspicion
view
the
Corps
;
and
if
none
,
yet
according
to
the
decent
Custom
of
all
Christendom
,
they
may
accompany
it
to
the
Grave
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
,
That
no
persons
,
whether
Free
or
Servants
,
shall
be
Buried
in
any
other
place
than
those
so
appointed
,
unless
such
who
by
their
own
Appointments
in
their
life
time
have
signified
their
desire
of
being
interred
in
any
particular
place
else
where
.
XV.
Church-wardens
to
keep
the
Church
in
repair
and
provide
Ornaments
.
(
Viz.
)
a
Great
Bible
,
two
Comon
Prayer
Books
,
a
Communion
Cloth
and
Napkins
,
a
Pulpit
and
Cushion
,
this
present
year
and
after
annually
:
something
towards
Communion
Plate
,
Pulpit
Cloth
and
Bell
,
as
the
Ability
of
the
Parish
will
permit
:
And
that
they
the
said
Church-wardens
do
faithfully
Collect
the
Ministers
Dues
,
XVI
.
Registers
to
be
kept
by
the
Ministers
or
Readers
.
WHereas
many
Differences
do
frequently
arise
about
the
Age
of
Orphans
,
and
Inquiries
are
often
made
for
persons
imported
into
this
Countrey
and
here
deceased
,
and
no
positive
Certificates
can
be
granted
of
the
Age
of
one
,
or
Death
of
the
other
,
by
reason
no
Registers
have
been
kept
,
which
might
by
the
Records
there
entered
,
evidence
the
same
.
XVII
.
Licences
for
Marriage
how
to
issue
.
ANd
whereas
many
times
Licences
are
granted
,
and
the
persons
are
married
out
of
the
Parishes
,
which
Licences
have
been
usually
granted
by
the
Governours
,
whose
knowledg
of
persons
cannot
possibly
extend
over
the
whole
Countrey
:
Be
it
Enacted
,
County
Court
,
and
there
give
Bond
with
good
Security
,
that
there
is
no
lawful
Cause
to
obstruct
their
said
Marriage
:
And
that
upon
Receipt
of
such
Bond
,
the
said
Clerk
shall
write
the
Licence
,
and
Certify
to
the
first
in
Commission
for
that
County
,
or
such
other
,
whom
it
shall
please
the
Governour
to
depute
,
that
he
hath
taken
a
Bond
as
aforesaid
,
who
by
vertue
thereof
shall
sign
the
said
Licence
and
direct
the
same
to
the
Ministers
.
And
to
the
end
that
the
Legal
Grant
of
the
said
Licence
may
be
made
evident
,
and
the
Governour
ascertained
of
his
just
Dues
,
It
is
further
Enacted
,
That
the
said
Clerk
shall
yearly
,
in
September
Court
return
the
Names
of
the
parties
Married
,
and
of
the
Security
to
the
Secretarys
Office
,
there
to
be
recorded
;
XVIII
.
Provision
for
a
Colledge
.
WHereas
the
want
of
able
and
faithful
Ministers
in
this
Countrey
deprives
us
of
those
great
Blessings
and
Mercies
that
always
attend
upon
the
Service
of
God
;
which
want
,
by
reason
of
our
great
distance
from
our
Native
Countrey
,
cannot
in
probability
be
always
supplied
from
thence
:
Be
it
Enacted
,
That
for
the
Advance
of
Learning
,
Education
of
Youth
,
Supply
of
the
Ministry
,
and
Promotion
of
Piety
,
Whereas
an
ancient
Practice
of
this
Countrey
,
Francis
Morison
and
Thomas
Ludwel
,
who
are
at
present
Intrusted
by
his
Majesties
Treasurer
,
to
make
composition
of
all
Lands
so
escheated
to
his
Majesty
;
taking
into
our
serious
Consideration
,
and
out
of
our
tender
Care
of
many
poor
men
,
who
by
the
loss
of
Lands
,
thus
perhaps
dearly
purchased
and
honestly
paid
for
,
and
out
of
our
sense
of
the
many
Inconveniences
and
great
Damages
would
fall
upon
them
by
being
ousted
out
of
their
Possessions
,
by
the
severity
of
a
too
rigorous
Escheator
;
And
that
on
the
other
side
,
we
might
not
seem
to
debar
his
Majesty
of
his
just
Ri●es
,
we
have
thought
it
convenient
to
propose
a
certain
Rule
for
compositions
of
all
Lands
held
by
any
pretended
Right
two
years
,
by
which
,
while
the
power
is
in
our
hands
,
we
shall
proceed
;
and
if
the
Assembly
think
it
a
Favour
,
we
shall
joyn
with
them
,
making
it
our
request
to
Major
Norwood
his
Majesties
Treasurer
,
to
get
his
Majesty
to
confine
them
,
that
no
succeeding
Escheator
may
at
his
pleasure
rigorously
exceed
these
our
moderate
and
reasonable
Demands
.
1.
We
concede
that
any
person
,
haying
been
two
years
in
possession
of
any
Land
,
that
ought
to
have
been
vested
in
his
Majesty
by
Escheat
,
shall
pay
for
his
Composition
but
One
Hundred
Pounds
of
Tobacco
,
for
every
fifty
Acres
,
besides
the
Fees
for
finding
the
Office
and
drawing
the
Conveyance
.
2.
That
every
person
,
having
been
so
in
possession
two
years
,
as
aforesaid
,
shall
have
Eight
Months
time
to
Petition
for
,
and
make
their
Composition
:
But
if
they
defer
it
longer
,
and
another
sue
for
it
and
obtain
it
,
they
can
impute
the
Blame
to
nothing
but
their
own
Neglect
.
3.
That
where
there
is
a
Widow
,
she
shall
enjoy
the
Land
of
her
Husband
during
her
life
,
and
be
admitted
in
the
first
place
to
make
her
Composition
for
the
Fee-simple
,
in
case
she
signifie
her
desire
within
the
time
aforesaid
.
4.
That
all
Lands
Escheated
before
the
two
years
aforesaid
,
the
person
concerned
shall
pay
for
his
Composition
as
aforesaid
:
But
all
Lands
which
shall
hereafter
lapse
,
or
which
have
lapsed
within
the
two
years
last
past
,
the
Composition
to
be
made
for
,
with
those
by
his
Majesties
Treasurer
appointed
and
authorized
thereunto
:
And
that
the
Widdow
be
admitted
,
in
the
first
place
,
she
making
her
Claim
within
Eight
Months
according
to
the
Proposition
abovesaid
.
XIX
.
COVRTS
.
Quarter
Courts
,
to
be
henceforth
stiled
General
Courts
.
WHereas
the
name
of
Quarter
Courts
,
is
altogether
unsuitable
to
the
nature
of
those
Courts
held
by
the
Governour
and
Council
,
both
in
respect
there
are
but
three
of
these
Courts
in
the
year
,
as
also
because
they
are
not
equally
distributed
in
the
Quarters
of
the
year
,
September
and
November
being
too
near
,
and
March
too
long
from
them
to
admit
of
that
Title
.
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
,
That
the
said
Courts
be
no
longer
Stiled
Quarter
Courts
,
but
that
they
be
henceforth
called
General
Courts
,
a
Name
more
suitable
to
the
Nature
of
them
,
as
being
places
where
all
Persons
and
Causes
have
generally
Audience
,
and
receive
Determination
.
Whereas
the
Acts
of
Assembly
already
made
,
are
very
defective
in
prescribing
the
Rules
to
be
observed
in
the
Proceedings
,
both
in
those
General
and
the
Particular
County
Courts
;
for
want
whereof
many
Errors
are
committed
,
the
respects
due
to
the
Courts
,
so
nearly
representing
his
Majesties
Sacred
Person
,
by
the
clamorous
unmannerliness
of
the
people
lost
:
and
the
order
,
gravity
,
and
decorum
,
which
should
manifest
the
Authority
of
a
Court
,
in
the
Court
it self
neglected
:
And
in
regard
the
long
omission
of
those
hugely
material
,
though
in
themselves
little
things
of
form
,
hath
caused
all
things
still
to
continue
in
the
first
Disorders
;
It
hath
appeared
necessary
to
this
present
Grand
Assembly
,
to
set
down
the
Rules
and
Forms
themselves
,
for
the
beginning
,
continuance
,
and
proceedings
in
the
said
Courts
as
followeth
.
And
it
is
therefore
Enacted
,
That
the
General
Courts
begin
and
continue
as
followeth
.
General
Courts
to
begin
and
continue
.
That
March
Court
begin
the
Twentieth
of
March
,
if
it
be
not
Saturday
or
Sunday
,
and
then
the
Monday
following
,
and
hold
Eighteen
days
,
not
accounting
Sundays
in
the
number
.
That
September
Court
begin
the
Twentieth
of
September
,
if
it
be
not
Saturday
or
Sunday
,
and
then
to
begin
the
Monday
following
,
and
hold
Twelve
days
,
not
accounting
Sundays
in
the
number
.
That
November
Court
begin
the
Twentieth
of
November
,
if
it
be
not
Saturday
or
Sunday
,
and
then
to
begin
the
Monday
after
,
and
hold
Twelve
days
,
not
accounting
Sundays
in
the
number
.
That
Adjournments
of
the
said
Courts
be
always
avoided
,
and
that
they
begin
precisely
upon
the
day
,
that
all
persons
knowing
the
day
of
the
return
of
the
Writs
,
may
accordingly
give
their
Attendance
.
Stile
how
Entred
.
That
the
Stile
of
the
Court
be
entred
thus
,
AT
a
General
Court
held
at
James
City
the
Twentieth
of
_____
by
His
Majesties
Governour
and
Council
in
the
_____
year
of
the
Reign
of
our
Soveraign
Lord
CHARLES
the
Second
,
by
the
grace
of
God
of
Great
Britain
,
France
,
and
Ireland
,
King
,
Defendor
of
the
Faith
,
&c.
and
in
the
year
of
our
Lord
God
_____
present
.
Insert
the
Names
of
the
Governour
and
Council
.
Silence
commanded
,
then
let
the
Cryer
or
Under-Sheriff
make
Proclamation
,
and
say
,
O
Yes
!
O
Yes
!
O
Yes
!
Silence
is
commanded
in
the
Court
while
His
Majesties
Governour
and
Council
are
sitting
,
upon
pain
of
Imprisonment
.
Suitors
to
appear
.
After
Silence
commanded
,
let
the
Crier
make
Proclamation
,
saying
,
ALL
manner
of
persons
that
have
any
thing
to
do
at
this
Court
,
draw
near
and
give
your
attendance
;
and
if
any
one
have
any
Plaint
to
enter
or
Suit
to
prosecute
,
let
them
come
forth
and
they
shall
be
heard
.
When
Silence
is
thus
commanded
,
and
Proclamation
made
,
upon
calling
the
Docket
the
Cryer
shall
call
for
the
Plaintiff
.
Calling
the
Plaintiff
.
A.
B.
come
forth
and
prosecute
thy
Action
against
C.
D.
or
else
thou
wilt
be
Non-suit
.
And
the
Plaintiff
putting
in
his
Declaration
,
the
Cryer
shall
call
for
the
Defendant
.
Calling
for
the
Defendant
.
C.
D.
come
forth
and
save
thee
and
thy
Bail
,
or
else
thou
wilt
forfeit
thy
Recognizance
.
XX.
Actions
to
be
proportioned
.
BE
it
Enacted
,
And
whereas
some
scruples
have
arisen
about
the
time
Warrants
may
be
served
,
viz.
Whether
ten
days
before
the
Return
,
that
is
the
day
mentioned
in
the
Writ
to
appear
,
XXI
.
Courts
to
sit
from
Eight
to
Eleven
of
the
Clock
in
the
Forenoon
,
and
from
One
to
Three
Afternoon
.
XXII
.
The
Plaintiff
to
File
his
Declaration
Three
days
before
the
day
of
Hearing
.
XXIII
.
Adjournment
to
the
two
last
days
for
Determination
of
References
by
Avisare
Volumus
,
or
Actions
entred
in
Court
time
.
ANd
whereas
this
Act
enjoyns
the
proportioning
so
many
Actions
to
a
day
,
but
gives
liberty
to
Arrest
in
Court
time
to
the
last
days
of
the
Court
,
and
whereas
some
Cases
of
Difficulty
may
be
presented
,
XXIV
.
Criminal
Causes
to
be
tried
at
the
General
Court
.
General
Courts
,
only
the
Fourth
day
of
the
said
Courts
;
Tobacco
per
day
,
for
each
day
they
may
be
reasonably
coming
to
,
and
returning
from
James
City
,
and
Fifty
pounds
of
Tobacco
per
day
,
during
their
Attendance
there
about
it
,
(
Viz.
)
from
the
day
they
are
by
the
Writ
to
appear
,
until
they
be
discharged
;
and
that
the
rest
of
the
Jury
be
made
up
of
the
By-standers
.
XXV
.
The
Governour
and
Two
of
the
Council
to
go
the
Circuit
.
WHereas
the
Honourable
Governour
out
of
his
singular
care
of
his
due
Administration
of
Justice
in
all
Courts
,
and
that
he
might
be
the
better
enabled
to
render
his
Majesty
an
exact
account
of
the
Government
,
hath
been
pleased
to
take
upon
him
and
the
Council
,
the
pains
of
Visiting
all
the
County
Courts
of
the
Countrey
:
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
,
That
the
Honourable
Governour
and
one
of
the
Council
,
or
upon
the
urgent
Affairs
of
the
Countrey
hindering
the
Governour
,
XXVI
.
Appeals
how
to
be
made
.
WHereas
many
appeals
are
made
from
County
Courts
to
General
Courts
,
and
from
General
Courts
to
Assemblies
,
whereby
the
speedy
Execution
of
Justice
is
often
retarded
,
and
many
persons
disabled
by
the
Charge
of
going
to
James
City
to
prosecute
,
are
forced
many
times
to
desist
from
the
Claim
of
their
just
Rights
:
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
,
County
Courts
,
how
to
be
made
,
and
to
whom
.
That
for
the
avoiding
Delays
and
for
the
ease
of
the
Inhabitants
,
all
Appeals
made
in
any
Court
after
the
General
Court
in
March
,
be
referred
to
the
Hearing
of
the
Governour
or
Itenerary
Councils
in
their
Circuit
,
from
whose
Sentence
there
,
if
any
person
will
appeal
,
if
the
Governour
be
present
,
shall
be
made
to
the
next
Assembly
;
if
two
of
the
Council
,
then
to
the
next
General
Court
:
from
which
the
said
Councellors
,
during
the
Trial
of
such
Cause
or
Causes
,
in
which
they
had
at
the
County
Courts
given
their
Opinions
,
shall
be
suspended
;
but
because
in
the
Winter
time
the
General
Courts
are
more
frequent
,
and
all
Causes
there
receive
a
speedier
determination
,
and
because
Tobacco
being
only
then
payable
,
may
be
paid
in
kind
:
General
Court
.
It
is
Enacted
,
That
all
Appeals
made
from
October
,
December
,
and
other
intervening
County
Courts
,
be
made
to
the
next
succeeding
General
Court
,
and
from
thence
to
the
Assembly
,
and
because
there
may
be
as
great
Errors
of
Judgement
or
Will
in
matters
of
small
value
as
in
the
greatest
:
It
is
further
Enacted
,
That
Appeals
shall
lie
open
,
as
aforesaid
,
for
any
thing
of
what
value
soever
:
Always
provided
,
That
the
Appellant
put
in
good
Security
for
Prosecuting
the
Appeal
,
and
payment
of
Fifty
per
Cent.
Damages
to
the
Defendant
,
if
the
Appellant
be
cast
in
the
Suit
for
his
unjust
molestation
:
Northampton
County
,
whose
remoteness
and
dangerousness
of
passage
,
is
such
,
as
is
not
,
for
inconsiderable
Causes
to
be
attempted
under
the
value
limited
by
former
Acts
of
Assembly
,
N●●●h●mpton
County
.
being
Three
thousand
pounds
of
Tobacco
,
or
Thirty
pound
Sterling
,
any
thing
in
this
Act
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
:
And
be
it
further
Enacted
,
That
all
Causes
of
what
Value
or
Nature
soever
,
not
touching
Life
or
Member
,
may
be
tried
at
the
County
Courts
;
and
that
no
Arrest
be
made
to
the
General
Court
in
any
Action
under
the
value
of
Sixteen
hundred
pound
of
Tobacco
,
to
the
General
Court
,
save
only
in
Cases
Criminal
.
or
Sixteen
pounds
Sterling
,
upon
penalty
of
Five
hundred
pound
of
Tobacco
,
to
be
paid
by
the
Plantiff
to
the
Defendant
for
his
Charges
.
XXVII
.
Amerciaments
in
the
General
Courts
Fifty
Pound
of
Tobacco
per
Cause
,
in
County
Courts
Thirty
per
Cause
.
WHereas
many
Suits
are
raised
upon
frivolous
occasions
by
Litigous
persons
,
for
prevention
thereof
for
the
future
,
be
it
Enacted
and
Confirmed
,
That
all
persons
whatsoever
that
are
cast
in
any
Cause
,
be
they
Plantiffs
or
Defendants
,
General
Courts
to
the
use
of
the
Publick
,
and
in
the
County
Courts
Thirty
pounds
of
Tobacco
for
the
maintainance
of
the
Commissioners
;
for
the
due
Collecting
whereof
,
be
it
Enacted
,
That
the
Clerks
of
the
General
Courts
,
and
the
several
County
Courts
,
XXVIII
.
Subpoena's
to
be
issued
by
the
Clerk
.
BE
it
also
Enacted
,
James
River
;
and
if
they
do
,
that
then
a
Dedimus
Potestatem
shall
issue
for
taking
the
Deposition
in
the
County
or
Counties
,
where
the
Witnesses
do
dwell
:
viva
voce
in
Cases
Criminal
.
Provided
always
,
That
in
Criminal
Causes
all
Witnesses
be
bound
over
to
give
in
their
Evidences
viva
voce
at
the
Trial
in
the
General
Court
.
XXIX
.
Dedimus
Potestatem
how
to
issue
.
WHereas
many
Causes
between
parties
and
parties
,
are
lost
for
want
of
Evidence
,
who
living
so
far
remote
cannot
,
but
at
a
Charge
and
Expence
far
exceeding
the
value
of
the
Cause
,
be
brought
to
give
it
viva
voce
,
at
the
General
Court
,
or
at
the
County
Courts
,
if
the
party
dwell
out
of
the
County
;
or
else
a
greater
mischief
is
introduced
,
by
the
partial
and
illegal
Examination
of
Witnesses
in
presence
of
but
one
party
,
before
some
one
Commissioner
,
perhaps
too
favourably
inclined
to
the
party
,
in
whose
behalf
the
Depositions
are
taken
;
besides
the
trouble
,
expence
,
and
hindrance
of
the
Witnesses
themselves
,
who
many
times
are
forced
One
hundred
Miles
from
the
Place
of
their
Residence
,
for
a
small
allowance
,
to
give
Evidence
in
Trials
of
petty
and
inconsiderable
values
;
for
remedy
whereof
,
and
that
all
Parties
may
with
more
convenience
,
less
trouble
and
cost
,
have
their
Evidences
impartially
and
legally
taken
:
Be
it
Enacted
and
Confirmed
,
That
if
the
Cause
to
be
tried
at
the
General
Court
,
the
Governour
,
if
in
any
County
Court
,
any
one
of
the
Council
or
the
Judge
of
the
Court
,
XXX
.
Penalties
for
Non-appearance
of
Evidences
.
BE
it
also
Enacted
,
That
the
Penalties
to
be
inserted
in
Sub-poena's
to
the
General
Courts
for
Non-appearance
of
the
Evidences
summoned
,
Penalty
of
Non-appearance
upon
Sub-poena
'
s.
be
One
thousand
Pounds
of
Tobacco
,
and
for
like
Default
of
the
County
Courts
Three
hundred
and
Fifty
Pound
of
Tobacco
,
and
that
all
Witnesses
summoned
to
give
in
their
Evidences
at
either
of
the
said
Courts
,
XXXI
.
County
Courts
Appointed
.
BE
it
also
Enacted
for
the
more
due
Administration
of
Justice
in
the
several
Counties
,
and
the
greater
ease
of
the
People
in
obtaining
the
same
,
the
Courts
be
continued
in
each
County
,
County
Courts
their
Institution
,
and
how
to
be
formed
.
as
of
long
time
hath
been
accustomed
,
and
that
the
said
Courts
do
consist
of
Eight
of
the
most
able
,
honest
,
and
judicious
Persons
in
the
County
;
which
Eight
,
or
any
Four
of
them
,
whereof
one
to
be
always
of
the
Quorum
,
are
to
be
impowered
by
Commission
from
the
Governour
for
the
time
being
to
act
,
according
to
the
Laws
of
England
and
of
this
Countrey
,
and
to
impower
them
severally
,
and
out
of
Court
,
to
act
and
do
all
such
things
as
by
the
Laws
of
England
are
to
be
done
by
Justices
of
the
Peace
there
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
,
That
the
Persons
thus
Commissionated
,
County
Courts
shall
take
the
Oaths
of
Allegiance
and
Supremacy
,
and
the
Oath
of
a
Justice
of
Peace
.
take
the
Oaths
of
Allegiance
and
Supremacy
,
and
the
Oath
of
a
Justice
of
Peace
,
that
they
be
called
Justices
of
Peace
,
that
the
Courts
be
stilled
County
Courts
;
and
further
,
That
the
Justices
do
keep
the
said
Courts
precisely
upon
the
days
appointed
by
this
and
former
Acts
of
Assembly
,
(
viz.
)
County
Courts
shall
be
held
.
-
Henrico
the
1
day
-
Charles
City
the
3
day
-
James
City
the
6
day
-
Isle
of
Wight
the
9
day
-
Nanzemond
the
12
day
-
Lower
Norfolk
15
day
-
Elizabeth
City
the
18
day
-
Warwick
County
the
21
day
-
York
County
the
24
day
-
Nothampton
the
28
day
,
-
New
Kent
the
28
day
,
-
Gloucester
the
16
day
,
-
Lancaster
the
-
Rappahanoch
the
-
Surry
the
-
Northumberland
the
-
Westmorland
the
And
all
Adjournments
by
all
means
possible
be
avoided
,
and
that
all
the
Justices
of
the
said
Courts
respectively
,
shall
duly
attend
the
same
,
and
shall
not
depart
or
absent
themselves
from
thence
without
the
licence
and
consent
of
the
rest
of
the
Justices
there
present
;
and
if
any
of
them
shall
happen
to
have
a
lawful
Cause
of
absence
,
it
is
thought
fit
that
in
such
Cases
they
shall
upon
the
First
day
of
the
Court
,
signify
the
same
to
the
Court
by
Writing
,
and
that
they
make
good
proof
of
the
Truth
thereof
at
the
next
ensuing
Court
,
or
else
being
delinquent
in
the
premises
,
every
Justice
so
offending
shall
forfeit
for
every
time
of
his
absence
Three
hundred
pounds
of
Tobacco
,
to
be
imposed
by
the
Court
,
and
disposed
of
to
the
good
of
the
County
.
XXXII
.
No
Arrest
without
Entry
of
Action
.
BE
it
also
Enacted
,
That
all
Actions
to
the
County
Courts
and
Subpoenas
for
Witnesses
,
or
in
Chancery
,
be
first
entred
with
the
Clerk
of
the
County
,
or
his
known
Deputy
,
before
any
Arrest
made
or
Summons
served
,
under
Penalty
of
Five
hundred
pound
of
Tobacco
,
to
be
levied
upon
the
Sheriff
that
shall
presume
to
serve
any
Process
contrary
to
the
Tenor
hereof
:
And
be
it
Enacted
,
That
the
Plantiff
in
any
Action
,
shall
at
least
the
day
before
the
Court
,
enter
his
Bill
of
Complaint
,
XXXIII
.
The
Defendant
to
put
in
his
Answer
.
ANd
be
it
further
Enacted
,
That
for
the
better
regulating
and
keeping
the
Records
,
and
transfering
the
President
to
Posterity
,
as
also
for
prevention
of
new
Suits
upon
mistake
of
the
grounds
of
others
,
that
as
the
Plantiff
,
both
in
General
Courts
and
County
Courts
files
his
Declaration
,
so
the
Defendant
in
both
those
Courts
shall
also
put
in
his
Answer
in
writing
,
XXXIV
.
Form
of
Entring
the
Court.
BE
it
also
Enacted
,
That
the
Form
for
Entring
the
Stile
of
the
Court
,
County
Courts
.
Proclamation
for
Silence
,
the
Cryers
calling
the
Plantiff
and
the
Defendant
to
Answer
,
be
observed
in
the
County
Courts
,
as
well
as
in
the
General
Courts
,
varying
only
in
the
Title
of
the
Court
and
the
Assessors
.
XXXV
.
Court
not
to
take
Cognizance
of
any
thing
under
Two
hundred
Pounds
of
Tobacco
.
AND
be
it
also
Enacted
,
That
the
Court
shall
not
take
Cognizance
of
any
Cause
under
the
value
of
Two
hundred
pounds
of
Tobacco
,
or
Twenty
Shillings
Sterling
,
which
a
private
Justice
may
,
and
is
hereby
authorized
and
impowered
to
hear
and
determine
.
And
whereas
many
Vexatious
persons
do
very
much
trouble
the
Courts
and
their
Neighbours
for
babbling
words
,
XXXVI
.
Private
Courts
Prohibited
.
WHereas
many
things
are
acted
,
and
Administrations
granted
at
private
Courts
,
which
tends
to
the
apparent
Damage
of
divers
of
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Country
,
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
,
XXXVII
.
Trials
by
Juries
.
WHereas
the
Seventieth
Act
made
in
1642
,
and
continued
,
by
the
Ninety
first
Act
1657
,
seems
to
restrain
both
Plantiff
and
Defendant
from
trial
by
Juries
,
unless
the
Plantiff
in
his
Declaration
,
or
the
Defendant
upon
entry
of
his
Appearance
,
do
desire
the
same
;
which
restriction
is
quite
contrary
to
the
Law
of
England
;
by
which
,
the
trial
of
all
matters
of
Fact
is
as
appropriate
and
inherent
in
the
Jury
as
matter
of
Law
is
in
the
Judges
;
for
which
causes
,
and
that
we
may
in
all
our
Trials
come
as
near
as
may
be
to
the
Laws
of
England
,
by
which
we
are
to
be
governed
,
as
our
present
Capacities
will
admit
,
Be
it
Enacted
,
That
every
morning
the
Court
sits
,
whether
the
General
or
County
Courts
,
County
Courts
as
in
the
General
Courts
.
the
Sheriff
of
the
County
in
which
it
sits
,
shall
impannel
a
Jury
to
attend
the
Court
that
day
,
to
try
such
Causes
as
the
Court
shall
find
proper
to
be
referred
to
them
;
and
that
when
ever
a
Jury
is
sent
out
,
an
Officer
sworn
to
that
purpose
shall
keep
them
from
Meat
and
Drink
,
until
they
have
agreed
on
their
Verdict
.
XXXVIII
.
Grand
Juries
to
present
Offenders
.
WHereas
the
several
Laws
instituted
and
made
for
the
redress
of
several
Misdemeanors
and
Offences
,
either
through
the
remissness
of
the
County
Courts
,
or
the
Justices
that
keep
the
same
,
or
else
through
the
Defect
of
the
Laws
,
in
not
appointing
some
peculiar
Officers
to
look
narrowly
after
the
Offenders
,
and
to
make
presentment
thereof
to
the
said
Justices
at
their
County
Courts
;
by
which
means
the
Laws
themselves
are
slighted
and
contemned
and
become
wholely
useless
and
ineffectual
:
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
and
Confirmed
,
That
Juries
of
Inquest
be
Impanneled
and
Sworn
in
every
County
,
to
enquire
of
breach
of
all
Penal
Laws
in
their
several
Counties
,
and
that
they
make
Presentment
thereof
to
the
General
County
Courts
twice
yearly
(
Viz.
)
in
April
Court
and
December
Court
,
Grand
Juries
shall
in
each
County
twice
a
year
make
Presentments
.
when
the
Justices
are
to
receive
them
,
and
find
them
according
to
Law
,
and
to
take
for
Evidence
the
Presentment
of
the
Jury
,
if
made
upon
the
certain
knowledge
of
any
of
them
;
or
otherwise
the
Parties
that
inform
the
Jury
to
give
their
Evidence
to
the
next
Justice
,
in
presence
of
the
Party
presented
;
which
Deposition
being
produced
by
the
Jury
with
their
Presentment
,
shall
be
sufficient
ground
for
the
Court
to
pass
Judgment
against
the
Offenders
.
XXXIX
.
Pillories
to
be
Erected
at
each
Court
.
WHereas
many
Offences
are
punishable
by
the
Laws
of
England
and
of
this
Countrey
with
Corporal
Punishments
,
Whipping
Post
,
and
a
Pair
of
Stocks
,
&c.
to
be
set
up
in
every
County
.
for
executing
whereof
no
such
Provision
hath
been
made
as
the
said
Laws
require
:
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
,
That
in
every
County
,
the
Court
cause
to
be
set
up
a
Pillory
,
a
pair
of
Stocks
,
and
a
Whipping-Post
near
the
Court
House
,
and
a
Ducking-Stool
,
in
such
place
as
they
shall
think
convenient
;
that
such
Offenders
as
by
the
Laws
are
to
suffer
by
any
of
them
,
may
be
punished
according
to
their
Demerits
;
and
the
Court
not
causing
the
said
Pillory
,
Whipping-Post
,
Stocks
and
Ducking-stool
,
to
be
erected
within
Six
Months
after
the
Date
of
this
Act
,
shall
be
fined
Five
thousand
pounds
of
Tobacco
to
the
use
of
the
Publick
.
XL.
Fines
to
be
disposed
of
by
the
Assembly
.
WHereas
divers
Trespasses
against
the
Publick
,
are
punishable
by
Fines
,
which
are
by
the
present
Law
to
be
disposed
of
to
the
use
of
the
Counties
in
which
the
Trespass
is
committed
,
and
yet
nothing
done
for
the
good
of
any
County
,
as
was
intended
;
whereby
it
may
be
presumed
that
the
said
Fines
are
either
not
gathered
,
whereby
the
Trespassers
by
this
lenity
and
impunity
are
encouraged
to
persist
in
their
contempts
of
the
Laws
,
or
else
the
said
Fines
are
by
some
evil
Common-Wealths-men
perverted
to
their
private
uses
;
for
prevention
whereof
for
the
future
,
James
City
,
by
the
third
of
the
General
Court
held
there
in
March
yearly
.
And
it
is
further
Enacted
,
That
the
said
Clerk
of
the
Assembly
do
annually
attend
accordingly
,
during
the
time
,
at
the
place
aforesaid
,
to
receive
them
,
and
at
the
next
Assembly
to
present
them
to
the
Burgesses
,
who
are
to
order
the
disposal
of
the
said
Fines
,
as
to
them
shall
seem
most
necessary
for
the
good
and
benefit
of
the
several
respective
Counties
wherein
they
accrued
due
;
always
proportioning
to
every
County
the
use
of
all
the
Fines
which
were
levied
therein
.
XLI
.
Supersedeas
by
whom
,
and
how
grantable
.
WHereas
the
Writ
of
Supersedeas
,
hath
of
late
been
too
frequently
granted
upon
slight
pretences
of
Error
in
the
Court
,
thereby
not
only
injuriously
delaying
Justice
,
and
keeping
Men
from
their
just
Dues
,
but
also
bringing
Calumnies
and
Aspersions
upon
the
Courts
themselves
;
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
,
That
no
Supersedeas
whatsoever
shall
hereafter
be
granted
,
per
Cent.
Damages
,
besides
Costs
.
XLII
.
Prisons
to
be
built
in
each
County
.
WHereas
the
first
Act
of
the
Assembly
held
at
James
City
the
3d
of
November
1647
,
and
continued
by
the
Assembly
held
there
the
third
of
March
1657
,
for
prevention
of
Escapes
for
Prisoners
;
hath
Enacted
,
That
suffiicent
Prisons
should
be
built
in
each
County
,
and
that
an
House
built
after
the
form
of
a
Virginia
House
,
(
our
Abilities
not
extending
to
build
stronger
)
should
be
accounted
a
sufficient
Prison
,
and
that
any
person
being
a
Prisoner
for
Debt
or
Crime
:
And
breaking
one
of
those
Prisons
,
should
be
proceeded
against
as
a
Felon
,
and
that
neither
Court
,
Commissioner
,
nor
Sheriff
,
should
be
answerable
for
such
escape
,
and
whereas
the
Sixty
first
Act
of
the
Assembly
,
held
at
James
City
,
the
said
Thirteenth
of
March
1657
,
makes
the
several
Counties
not
building
such
Prisons
liable
to
the
Sheriff
for
the
escape
of
any
person
committed
to
his
Custody
;
which
Acts
,
have
for
want
of
a
Penalty
,
never
been
put
into
Execution
;
for
want
whereof
Felons
may
escape
,
and
Debtors
for
want
of
due
restraint
delay
always
and
defraud
oftentimes
,
the
Creditor
of
his
just
Dues
,
and
by
means
thereof
the
Law
it self
made
wholly
void
;
which
intended
principally
that
all
Men
should
by
that
restraint
have
been
forced
to
make
a
speedier
satisfaction
:
For
remedy
whereof
,
be
it
hereby
Enacted
,
XLIII
.
Dwellers
within
the
Rules
of
any
Prison
,
not
to
have
any
benefit
thereof
.
AND
be
it
Enacted
,
That
if
the
Sheriff
shall
permit
any
person
dwelling
within
the
Rules
of
any
Prison
,
that
is
by
Warrant
or
Order
of
Law
committed
to
Prison
,
to
walk
abroad
out
of
Prison
,
XLIV
.
Sheriff
to
be
chosen
in
the
Commission
.
FOrasmuch
as
the
Comissioners
of
the
County
Courts
;
are
by
the
Laws
of
this
Country
answerable
for
the
Levies
and
Estreatments
of
each
County
,
of
which
the
Sheriff
is
usually
the
Collector
,
James
City
,
who
are
more
immediate
Officers
than
any
other
,
to
the
General
Courts
and
the
Publick
,
shall
be
left
to
the
Governours
free
Choice
:
And
further
,
That
if
the
Governour
see
cause
,
for
the
better
promoting
any
of
his
Majesties
special
Services
,
it
shall
be
left
to
his
discretion
to
pass
by
any
Person
in
any
other
Commission
,
and
to
give
the
Place
to
those
in
the
Commission
he
shall
think
most
meet
to
supply
the
exigent
of
the
present
Occasions
,
but
because
the
Laws
as
well
of
England
as
of
this
Countrey
,
prohibit
the
Executing
the
Office
of
Sheriff
by
any
Person
two
years
together
,
the
Governour
is
earnestly
desired
by
the
Assembly
in
any
of
his
Elections
not
to
infringe
those
Laws
.
XLV
.
Sheriffs
not
making
Return
.
WHereas
the
Sheriffs
,
often
through
neglect
,
often
for
favour
to
the
Debtors
,
omit
the
serving
the
Process
to
them
directed
,
and
making
Returns
thereof
according
to
Law
;
by
means
whereof
the
Courts
are
prolonged
,
Justice
is
delayed
,
and
the
Parties
by
their
attendance
and
expences
very
much
endamaged
:
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
,
1000
l.
of
Tobacco
.
That
every
Sheriff
failing
to
make
sufficient
Return
;
(
that
is
,
That
the
Writ
is
executed
,
and
the
Name
of
the
Bail
taken
of
any
Warrant
to
him
directed
three
days
at
least
before
the
day
of
the
Return
of
the
Writ
in
the
General
Court
,
and
two
days
before
the
County
Courts
)
shall
be
amerced
One
thousand
Pounds
of
Tobacco
,
one
half
to
the
Plaintiff
,
if
he
sue
for
it
,
and
the
other
half
to
the
County
:
Provided
,
That
the
said
Plaintiff
prove
the
delivery
of
the
Warrant
to
the
Sheriff
.
XLVI
.
Sheriffs
to
take
Bail
.
BE
it
also
Enacted
,
XLVII
.
Non
est
Inventus
.
BE
it
also
Enacted
,
That
if
any
Sheriff
shall
return
a
Non
est
Inventus
,
upon
which
an
Atachment
by
a
former
Act
hath
been
usually
granted
,
when
perhaps
neither
the
Sheriff
nor
his
Officer
,
have
been
at
the
house
of
the
Defendants
,
to
the
great
damage
and
disparagement
of
the
said
Defendant
by
having
his
Goods
attached
:
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
,
XLVIII
.
Apprisement
of
Goods
.
BE
it
Enacted
for
the
equal
Aprisement
of
Goods
seized
by
Execution
,
That
the
Plaintiff
and
Defendant
shall
choose
each
of
them
two
indifferent
Men
for
that
purpose
,
and
in
case
of
disagreement
,
the
said
four
or
three
of
them
shall
chuse
an
Umpire
,
which
Umpire
so
chosen
,
shall
be
sworn
by
the
next
Commissioner
to
apprize
such
Goods
indifferently
,
and
his
Umpirage
to
be
final
:
Whereas
the
Act
for
the
relief
of
poor
Prisoners
,
hath
,
XLIX
.
No
Commissioner
,
Clerk
,
or
Sheriff
,
to
be
Attorneys
in
the
Court
where
they
officiate
.
Commissioner
,
Clerk
,
or
Sheriff
,
shall
be
Attorney
in
that
Court
wherein
he
officiates
.
BE
it
Enacted
,
That
neither
Sheriff
,
Commissioner
,
Under-Sheriff
,
or
Clerk
of
any
Court
within
this
Collony
,
shall
be
permitted
to
plead
as
an
Attorney
,
in
any
persons
behalf
in
the
Court
wherein
he
officiates
,
and
the
said
Commissioner
,
Sheriff
,
Under-Sheriff
,
or
Clerk
offending
herein
,
shall
for
every
Default
be
fined
One
thousand
Pounds
of
Tobacco
,
Councellor
,
Commissioner
,
&c.
so
pleading
the
poor
mans
Cause
,
not
to
give
Judgement
therein
:
Provided
also
,
That
any
Commissioner
,
Sheriff
,
Vnder-Sheriff
,
or
Clerk
,
acting
as
General
Attorney
for
any
persons
,
absent
out
of
the
Countrey
or
County
,
and
negotiating
their
Affairs
,
and
so
liable
to
be
sued
for
their
Imployers
;
such
persons
,
notwithstanding
this
Act
,
shall
have
liberty
also
to
Plead
and
Prosecute
in
any
Cause
that
shall
any
way
concern
their
said
Imployers
.
L.
Publication
of
Writs
for
Election
of
Burgesses
.
WHereas
frequent
Complaints
are
made
by
the
People
,
that
they
have
no
notice
of
the
time
appointed
for
the
Election
of
Burgesses
;
and
by
that
means
are
deprived
of
giving
their
Voices
in
the
Election
of
their
own
representatives
;
LI.
Publick
Levies
to
be
first
paid
.
BE
it
also
Enacted
,
That
no
Sheriff
shall
,
where
he
receives
Tobacco
of
any
Person
indebted
for
his
Levies
,
and
also
for
Fees
,
and
other
debts
due
to
himself
or
any
other
Officers
,
and
not
paying
the
whole
in
kind
;
by
which
means
for
part
thereof
distress
must
be
made
,
shall
presume
to
convert
the
Tobacco
in
kind
to
his
own
or
any
other
use
;
and
force
the
Countrey
Creditor
to
accept
of
the
Distress
,
or
stay
for
his
Debt
,
LII
.
The
Sheriff
,
upon
the
instance
of
the
Treasurer
or
his
Deputy
,
to
collect
the
Quit
Rents
.
Quit
Rents
shall
be
collected
by
the
Sheriff
,
and
shall
be
paid
in
Tobacco
or
Money
.
ANd
be
it
further
Enacted
,
That
the
Sheriff
being
his
Majesties
immediate
Officer
,
shall
upon
the
instance
of
his
Majesties
Treasurer
,
or
his
Deputy
here
,
be
compelled
to
receive
all
such
Quit
Rents
as
the
said
Treasurer
,
or
his
Deputy
,
shall
give
him
order
to
receive
in
his
County
;
and
that
the
said
Quit-Rents
be
paid
as
the
Levies
,
in
the
direct
specie
of
Tobacco
or
Money
:
And
that
no
particular
Fees
or
Debts
be
preferred
before
them
,
under
like
penalty
as
for
the
payment
of
other
Debts
before
the
Levies
.
LIII
.
List
of
Tythables
how
to
be
taken
.
WHereas
the
fraud
of
Sheriffs
,
in
bringing
in
the
List
of
the
Tythables
,
hath
very
much
augmented
the
Taxes
of
the
Countrey
:
Be
it
Enacted
,
That
for
the
better
discovery
of
the
Number
of
Tythables
,
LIV.
What
Persons
are
Tythable
.
WHereas
several
disputes
have
been
made
of
what
persons
were
Tythable
,
It
is
hereby
Enacted
and
Declared
,
That
all
Male
persons
of
what
Age
soever
,
imported
into
this
Countrey
,
shall
be
brought
into
the
List
,
and
be
liable
to
the
Payment
of
all
Taxes
;
LV.
Councellors
and
Ten
Persons
to
be
exempted
out
of
the
Levy
.
Thomas
Yates
,
shall
have
their
own
persons
exempted
from
paying
of
any
publick
Taxes
,
Church
Duties
excepted
;
and
also
from
their
personal
Service
in
the
Wars
.
LVI
.
Artificers
not
planting
Tobacco
,
freed
from
payment
of
the
Levy
.
LVII
.
Councellors
to
raise
a
Levy
.
WHereas
the
necessary
Charge
of
the
Country
doth
enforce
the
raising
of
an
Annual
Levy
,
which
being
commonly
done
by
an
Assembly
,
the
charge
of
which
doth
most
times
equal
,
if
not
exceed
,
all
other
Taxes
of
the
Country
;
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
,
That
the
Governour
and
Council
in
September
1662
,
LVIII
.
No
Arrests
to
be
made
on
the
Sabbath-days
.
WHereas
it
hath
been
the
frequent
practice
of
Sheriffs
and
their
Officers
,
for
their
own
ease
and
benefit
,
to
repair
to
the
Churches
and
other
places
of
Publick
Meetings
,
on
purpose
to
serve
Warrants
and
Executions
and
other
Writs
;
by
which
means
Men
in
danger
of
Arrests
,
have
been
deterred
from
the
Service
of
God
and
the
King
:
Be
it
Enacted
,
That
no
Sheriff
nor
his
Officer
,
shall
from
henceforth
execute
any
Writ
or
Warrant
upon
any
person
or
persons
,
Prison-breakers
,
Felons
or
Persons
under
suspicion
of
F●lony
,
or
gui●ty
of
a
Riot
,
excepted
.
Provided
always
,
That
it
shall
and
may
be
lawful
for
the
Sheriff
or
any
other
Officer
,
to
apprehend
and
carry
to
Prison
any
person
or
persons
for
Riots
,
Felony
,
or
Suspicion
of
Felony
,
or
escape
out
of
Prison
,
when
under
Execution
,
upon
any
day
,
at
any
place
,
any
thing
in
this
Act
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
LIX
.
Reward
for
killing
of
Wolves
.
WHereas
great
Complaint
is
made
of
the
frequent
and
many
Injuries
done
by
Wolves
to
the
Cattle
and
Hogs
of
several
Inhabitants
of
this
Country
;
It
is
therefore
Enacted
,
LX.
Commissioners
to
take
Security
of
Sheriffs
.
BE
it
also
Enacted
,
That
the
Commissioners
of
every
County
,
shall
be
answerable
to
the
Publick
,
for
all
Levies
laid
upon
their
County
by
Act
of
Assembly
,
and
for
the
Sheriffs
performance
of
his
place
;
and
in
regard
thereof
,
are
hereby
Impowered
before
the
admission
of
any
Sheriff
into
his
office
,
County
Commissioners
,
for
the
faithful
discharge
of
his
Office
.
to
take
such
Security
of
him
as
they
shall
think
fit
and
sufficient
to
save
themselves
harmless
,
for
the
receiving
and
discharging
all
Publick
Duties
;
whether
Quit-Rents
,
Levies
,
or
Officers
Fees
,
committed
to
his
Charge
or
Collection
,
and
for
the
due
performance
of
his
Office
.
Provided
,
That
no
Commissioner
shall
be
lyable
,
but
such
as
were
of
the
Commission
when
the
defect
was
made
.
LXI
.
Judgment
before
Commissioners
.
BE
it
Enacted
,
County
Court
to
enter
it
upon
Record
;
upon
which
Writing
so
Acknowledged
,
Attested
,
and
Recorded
,
Execution
shall
issue
in
case
the
Debt
be
not
paid
,
as
if
Judgment
had
been
granted
for
the
same
in
open
Court
:
Provided
,
That
if
no
Execution
issue
within
a
Year
after
such
acknowledgment
,
then
a
Scire
Facias
shall
issue
before
any
Writ
of
Execution
shall
issue
forth
.
LXII
.
Persons
removing
into
the
Bay
.
FOR
avoiding
of
Creditors
charges
and
troubles
in
recovering
their
Debts
,
by
reason
of
divers
Persons
removing
themselves
from
the
Places
where
they
contracted
their
Debts
,
into
remote
Counties
;
Be
it
Enacted
,
That
no
Person
whatsoever
,
Parish
Church
or
Chappel
where
he
dwells
three
Sundays
together
,
and
in
the
same
express
his
intent
of
leaving
the
County
,
and
certifie
the
Place
he
is
about
to
remove
to
,
and
take
Certificate
thereof
from
the
Minister
or
Reader
of
the
said
Church
or
Chappel
,
and
the
Church-wardens
of
the
Parish
,
to
the
Clerk
of
the
County
Court
,
who
shall
grant
him
thereupon
a
Licence
to
depart
:
Provided
always
,
That
if
the
said
Person
so
removing
pay
not
his
Debts
contracted
before
his
removing
,
according
to
the
tenor
of
the
specialties
by
which
they
are
due
;
it
shall
be
lawful
for
any
of
his
Creditors
by
a
Warrant
from
the
Secretaries
Office
,
to
bring
the
Debtor
personally
before
the
Governour
or
any
of
the
Council
,
for
what
value
soever
the
Debt
be
of
,
and
there
put
in
sufficient
security
for
performance
of
his
Obligation
according
to
the
tenor
thereof
,
in
case
the
day
of
payment
be
not
past
(
any
restriction
in
any
other
Act
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
)
and
then
to
take
out
Execution
against
his
Body
or
Estate
for
satisfaction
of
the
said
Debt
.
County
Court
to
be
Recorded
,
he
shall
upon
lawful
Conviction
,
forfeit
for
every
Beast
transported
contrary
to
the
tenor
of
this
Act
,
LXIII
.
English
Weights
and
Measures
.
WHereas
daily
Experience
sheweth
that
much
fraud
and
deceit
is
practised
in
this
Collony
by
false
Weights
and
Measures
,
for
prevention
thereof
,
English
Weights
and
Measures
shall
be
used
in
this
Collony
.
Be
it
Enacted
,
That
no
Inhabitant
nor
Trader
hither
,
shall
buy
or
sell
,
or
otherwise
make
use
of
in
Trading
,
any
other
Weights
or
Measures
than
are
used
and
made
according
to
the
Statute
of
in
that
case
provided
;
and
for
discovery
of
abuses
,
Be
it
further
Enacted
,
Half
hundreds
,
Quarterns
,
Half
Quarterns
,
Seven
Pounds
,
Four
Pounds
,
Two
Pounds
,
One
Pound
,
Measures
of
Ell
and
Yard
,
of
Bushel
,
Half
Bushel
,
Peck
,
and
Gallon
,
of
Winchester
Measure
,
Gallon
,
Pottle
,
Quart
,
Pint
,
of
Wine
Measure
out
of
England
;
and
that
the
said
Weights
and
Measures
be
kept
by
the
first
of
every
Commission
at
his
house
,
and
with
them
a
burnt
Mark
of
_____
and
a
Stamp
for
Leaden
Weights
,
and
Pewter
Pots
,
whither
all
Persons
not
using
Weights
and
Measures
brought
out
of
England
and
sealed
there
,
shall
bring
all
their
Barrels
(
which
are
to
contain
Five
Bushels
)
and
other
Measures
,
to
be
sealed
,
and
their
Stilhars
to
be
tried
;
and
all
Persons
selling
by
other
Weights
or
Measures
not
sealed
and
tried
as
aforesaid
,
shall
forfeit
One
thousand
Pounds
of
Tobacco
,
one
half
to
the
Publick
,
the
other
half
to
the
Party
that
shall
make
his
complaint
;
and
if
the
Commissioners
shall
make
default
of
producing
such
Weights
,
Measures
,
Scales
,
and
Stamps
,
as
by
this
Act
they
are
enjoyned
by
the
first
of
December
1663
,
the
said
Commissioners
shall
be
fined
Five
thousand
pounds
of
Tobacco
to
the
use
of
the
Publick
,
LXIV
.
County
Courts
to
grant
Probates
and
Administrations
.
BE
it
Enacted
,
That
the
County
Courts
shall
be
impowered
to
grant
Probates
of
Wills
,
County
Courts
.
and
Administrations
upon
the
Estates
of
persons
dying
intestate
,
to
take
Security
and
receive
the
Inventories
of
the
said
Estates
:
Provided
,
That
the
Clerk
of
the
County
Court
,
when
he
sends
or
carries
the
said
Probates
,
or
Commissions
of
Administrations
to
be
signed
,
do
then
also
certifie
into
the
Secretaries
Office
the
name
of
the
Testator
or
the
party
deceased
,
the
Executors
or
Administrators
,
and
their
Security
;
the
County
and
Parish
where
they
dwell
,
and
the
Court
wherein
the
Administration
is
granted
,
to
the
end
that
strangers
and
others
Creditors
,
invested
in
the
Estate
,
may
be
the
better
enabled
to
find
out
the
Records
,
in
which
the
account
of
the
Estate
is
entred
;
and
be
informed
how
they
may
come
to
their
just
dues
.
LXV
.
Administrations
to
whom
to
be
granted
.
WHereas
Commission
of
Administration
are
suddenly
obtained
,
and
the
Estate
as
suddenly
disposed
of
,
under
the
pretence
of
greatest
Creditor
,
or
next
of
Kin
;
whereby
oftentimes
they
that
really
are
so
,
are
the
one
defrauded
of
his
just
Debt
,
and
the
other
debarred
of
his
Right
and
Interest
,
before
either
can
have
notice
of
the
parties
Decase
:
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
,
(
viz.
)
one
full
Third
of
the
Personal
Estate
to
the
Widow
,
LXVI
.
Concerning
Orphans
.
COncerning
Orphans
Estates
,
Be
it
Enacted
,
That
all
Wills
and
Testaments
be
firm
and
inviolable
,
unless
the
Executors
or
Overseers
,
do
refuse
to
execute
the
Trust
reposed
in
them
by
the
Testator
,
in
which
case
,
the
Court
may
appoint
others
to
act
according
to
the
Will
:
but
if
the
said
Will
be
so
made
that
no
Person
will
undertake
the
managing
of
the
Estate
or
Education
of
the
Orphans
,
according
to
the
tenor
of
it
,
then
that
the
Estate
by
the
appointment
of
the
Court
shall
be
managed
according
to
the
Rules
set
down
for
the
ordering
the
Estate
of
persons
Intestate
,
as
followeth
:
That
all
Cattle
,
Horses
,
and
Sheep
,
be
returned
in
kind
by
the
Guardian
according
to
the
age
and
number
when
as
he
received
them
;
That
all
Plate
and
Money
be
preserved
and
delivered
in
kind
,
according
to
the
weight
and
quantity
,
That
the
Court
take
able
and
sufficient
security
for
Orphans
Estates
,
and
enquire
yearly
of
the
Security
;
and
if
the
Court
see
Cause
,
to
have
it
changed
and
called
in
,
and
placed
as
the
Court
shall
think
fit
,
the
said
Court
to
inquire
also
whether
Orphans
be
kept
,
maintained
and
educated
according
to
their
Estates
;
and
if
they
find
any
notorious
defect
to
remove
the
Orphans
to
other
Gaurdians
,
and
also
for
those
that
are
bound
Apprentices
,
to
change
their
Masters
if
they
use
them
rigorously
,
or
neglect
to
teach
them
their
Trades
.
That
no
more
be
allowed
to
Guardians
for
Collecting
of
Debts
due
to
any
Estate
than
Ten
in
the
Hundred
,
per
Cent
allow'd
to
Guardians
for
collecting
Debts
due
to
Orphans
.
the
usual
allowance
of
Merchants
to
their
Factors
and
Attorneys
.
That
Thirty
Pounds
of
Tobacco
per
day
,
be
allowed
to
each
Apprizer
for
Apprizement
of
any
Estate
,
(
if
they
will
take
it
)
and
no
more
.
LXVII
.
Orphans
Land
not
to
be
Aliened
.
BE
it
also
Enacted
,
for
the
future
benefit
of
all
Orphans
;
That
the
several
County
Courts
,
do
take
into
their
serious
Consideration
and
Care
,
that
the
Lands
in
their
County
belonging
to
any
Orphan
,
be
not
aliened
,
sold
,
or
taken
up
,
as
deserted
Land
by
any
persons
during
the
minority
of
the
Orphan
,
and
that
the
Guardians
or
Overseers
of
any
Orphan
,
do
not
Let
,
Set
,
or
Farm
out
any
Land
belonging
to
any
Orphan
,
for
longer
Term
than
until
the
Orphan
be
of
age
;
and
that
an
especial
care
be
had
,
that
the
Tenant
shall
improve
the
Plantation
,
by
planting
an
Orchard
and
building
a
good
House
;
and
that
the
Tenant
be
bound
to
maintain
good
Fence
about
the
Orchard
,
and
keep
the
House
in
sufficient
repair
,
LXVIII
.
Grants
of
Land
.
BE
it
hereby
Enacted
,
That
any
person
or
persons
,
claiming
Land
as
due
by
Importation
of
Servants
,
shall
first
prove
their
Title
or
just
Right
before
the
Governour
and
Council
,
LXIX
.
Deserted
Lands
.
BE
it
also
Enacted
,
LXX
.
Seating
upon
others
Dividends
.
WHereas
divers
Suits
have
risen
about
seating
ignorantly
upon
other
Mens
Lands
,
Or
else
shall
Purchase
the
Land
.
Twelve
Men
upon
Oath
,
are
to
decide
any
Controversy
arising
thereupon
.
which
the
Seator
shall
accordingly
pay
to
the
true
Owner
:
Provided
always
,
That
no
consideratien
shall
be
allowed
for
building
or
clearing
,
to
any
Person
that
shall
obstinately
persist
after
lawful
warning
given
him
to
desist
.
LXXI
.
Not
to
shoot
or
range
upon
other
Mens
Lands
.
WHereas
the
Rights
and
Interests
of
the
Inhabitants
are
very
much
infringed
by
the
hunting
and
shooting
of
divers
Men
upon
their
Neighbours
Dividends
,
contrary
to
the
Priviledges
granted
them
by
their
Patents
;
whereby
many
injuries
do
daily
happen
to
the
Owners
of
the
said
Land
:
Cattle
not
to
be
fetch'd
off
of
anothers
Land
,
till
after
notice
given
him
thereof
.
Licences
for
hunting
wild
Hoggs
,
first
giving
notice
to
the
Owner
of
the
Land
of
his
intent
,
and
of
the
time
he
intends
to
stay
upon
it
;
to
the
end
that
the
said
Owner
may
,
if
he
think
fit
to
send
one
to
see
what
Cattle
or
Hogs
he
drives
away
:
Provided
always
,
That
it
shall
be
lawful
for
the
Governour
to
Commissionate
some
Gentlemen
to
give
Licence
to
Persons
to
hunt
wild
Hogs
upon
any
Mans
Land
without
their
fenced
Plantations
.
LXXII
.
Lands
Five
years
in
Possession
.
WHereas
sundry
Suits
and
Controversies
have
been
,
and
daily
do
arise
,
about
Claims
and
Titles
to
Lands
,
to
the
great
impoverishing
of
divers
Persons
;
for
remedy
whereof
,
and
for
the
better
Establishing
the
Inhabitants
in
the
Rights
and
Possessions
hereafter
:
Be
it
Enacted
,
That
all
Persons
whatsoever
,
that
have
or
do
pretend
any
Title
to
any
Land
,
shall
prosecute
their
Claims
before
the
said
Land
hath
been
peaceably
enjoyed
Five
years
;
otherwise
it
shall
be
a
good
Plea
in
Bar
for
the
Possessor
of
such
Land
claimed
or
possessed
,
to
affirm
he
hath
had
peaceable
Possession
without
Claim
by
Commencement
,
(
viz.
)
if
she
marry
again
before
her
Five
Years
are
expired
,
and
her
Husband
omit
to
make
claim
,
his
omission
shall
be
a
good
bar
against
him
;
but
if
the
Woman
survive
,
she
shall
have
so
long
time
allowed
her
to
claim
in
as
will
make
up
the
first
time
of
her
fredom
,
five
years
:
Persons
of
unsound
Mind
,
five
years
after
their
recovery
from
their
impotence
;
Nor
to
such
as
live
out
of
the
Country
.
Care
taken
in
such
Cases
.
Persons
out
of
the
Country
,
five
years
after
their
arrival
into
the
Country
:
Provided
they
come
in
within
two
years
after
the
Title
to
the
Land
became
due
,
in
which
times
if
they
claim
not
as
aforesaid
,
to
be
utterly
barred
for
ever
;
for
otherwise
the
expectation
of
Heirs
out
of
England
,
where
there
is
none
born
here
,
must
in
a
short
time
leave
the
greatest
part
of
the
Country
un-seated
,
and
un-peopled
,
no
Man
knowing
how
or
of
whom
,
either
to
Purchase
or
take
Lease
.
LXXIII
.
Against
Fradulent
Conveyances
.
General
●ourt
,
or
●efore
the
Justices
at
County-Courts
.
BE
it
Enacted
and
confirmed
,
That
no
person
or
persons
whatsoever
shall
pass
over
by
Conveyance
;
or
otherwise
,
any
part
of
his
Estate
,
whether
Lands
,
Goods
,
or
Cattle
,
whereby
his
Creditors
not
having
notice
thereof
,
might
be
defrauded
of
their
just
Debts
;
unless
such
Conveyance
or
other
Deeds
be
acknowledged
before
the
Governour
and
Council
at
the
General
Court
,
or
before
the
Justices
at
the
County
Courts
;
and
there
Registred
in
a
Book
for
that
purpose
,
within
Six
Months
after
such
alienation
:
and
whoever
shall
make
over
or
alienate
any
part
of
his
Estate
,
otherwise
than
is
here
expressed
,
the
same
shall
not
be
accounted
valid
in
Law
,
nor
shall
it
bar
any
Creditor
by
seizing
the
same
by
Law
for
satisfaction
of
the
Debt
,
the
Property
of
the
Estate
not
being
legally
vested
in
any
but
the
first
Vendor
:
And
it
is
further
Enacted
,
That
any
conveyance
made
,
LXXIV
.
Quit-Rents
how
to
be
Paid
.
WHereas
his
Majesty
hath
by
his
Commissioners
appointed
a
Treasurer
to
receive
the
Quit-Rents
and
others
Fees
and
Profits
due
to
his
Majesty
;
and
the
payment
of
Quit-Rents
being
due
in
Money
,
which
we
,
being
destitute
of
Coin
,
cannot
procure
:
Be
it
Enacted
,
That
those
persons
that
cannot
procure
Money
,
shall
pay
their
said
Rents
in
Tobacco
,
at
Two
pence
per
Pound
,
to
such
Collector
or
Collectors
,
as
by
his
Majesties
Treasurer
shall
be
appointed
;
William
Berkly
,
who
is
Authorized
by
the
Treasurer
to
make
Composition
.
LXXV
.
Surveyors
of
Land
.
BE
it
Enacted
that
Surveyors
of
Land
shall
demand
no
more
than
Twenty
Pounds
of
Yobacco
,
for
Measuring
One
hundred
Acres
of
Land
,
Tobacco
per
day
,
for
every
days
Absence
from
his
Dwelling
;
and
if
his
passage
cannot
be
but
by
Water
,
then
such
persons
as
shall
imploy
him
,
shall
provide
for
his
Transport
out
and
home
:
Provided
no
Pay
to
be
received
before
the
Plot
delivered
.
LXXVI
.
Land
to
be
plainly
Marked
and
Bounded
.
WHereas
many
contentious
Suits
do
arise
about
Titles
to
Land
,
occasioned
much
through
the
fraudulent
and
under-hand-dealing
of
Surveyors
;
who
frequently
make
sales
of
the
Surveys
by
them
made
in
the
behalf
of
one
person
to
another
;
whereby
often
times
he
that
had
the
first
and
justest
Right
,
is
unjustly
deprived
of
his
Due
;
for
prevention
whereof
for
the
future
,
Be
it
Enacted
and
ordained
,
LXXVII
.
What
Fences
shall
be
sufficient
.
(
Viz.
)
Four
foot
and
a
half
high
,
and
close
down
to
the
bottom
;
that
in
case
any
Damage
or
Trespass
be
then
done
or
committed
to
any
person
having
such
Fences
,
by
either
Horses
,
Mares
,
Goats
,
or
any
other
Cattle
whatsoever
,
the
owners
of
such
Horses
,
Mares
,
&c.
shall
be
liable
to
make
satisfaction
for
their
Trespass
and
Damage
to
the
person
injured
,
LXXVIII
.
Bounds
of
Lands
to
be
every
Four
years
renewed
by
the
view
of
the
Neighbour-hood
.
WHereas
many
contentious
Suits
are
dayly
incited
and
stirred
up
about
the
bounds
of
Land
;
for
which
no
remedy
yet
hath
been
provided
:
The
57th
Act
prohibiting
Re-Surveys
,
not
applying
the
expected
Remedies
,
for
if
the
Survey
be
just
,
yet
Surveyors
being
for
the
most
part
careless
of
seeing
the
Trees
Marked
,
or
the
owners
never
renewing
them
,
in
a
short
time
the
Chops
being
grown
up
,
or
the
Trees
fallen
,
the
bounds
become
as
uncertain
as
at
first
:
And
upon
a
new
Survey
,
the
least
variation
of
a
Compass
alters
the
scituation
of
the
whole
Neighbour-hood
,
and
deprives
many
persons
of
Houses
,
Orchards
,
and
all
to
their
infinite
loss
and
trouble
:
for
prevention
whereof
,
Be
it
Enacted
,
That
within
Twelve
Months
after
this
Act
,
all
the
Inhabitants
of
every
Neck
and
Tract
of
Land
adjoyning
,
shall
go
in
procession
,
and
see
the
marked
Trees
of
every
mans
Land
in
those
Precincts
to
be
renewed
,
and
the
same
Course
to
be
taken
once
in
every
Four
years
;
by
which
means
,
the
Inconveniency
of
Clandestine
Surveys
will
be
taken
away
;
and
the
Bounds
will
be
so
generally
known
,
and
the
Marks
so
fresh
,
that
no
alteration
can
be
made
afterwards
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
,
LXXIX
.
Surveyors
for
High
Ways
.
WHereas
through
the
frequent
Alterations
of
the
High-ways
,
by
felling
of
Trees
over
them
,
and
many
times
taking
them
into
fenced
Plantations
,
to
the
great
hindrance
of
Travellers
and
Traders
;
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
,
October
Court
,
appoint
Surveyors
of
the
High-ways
,
who
shall
first
lay
out
the
most
convenient
ways
to
the
Church
,
to
the
Court
,
to
James
Town
,
and
from
County
to
County
;
and
make
the
said
ways
Forty
foot
broad
,
and
make
Bridges
where
there
is
occasion
;
and
the
Ways
being
thus
laid
out
and
Bridges
made
,
they
shall
cause
the
said
Ways
to
be
kept
clear
from
Logs
,
and
the
Bridges
in
good
repair
;
LXXX
.
Tobacco
when
to
be
demanded
.
WHereas
many
Creditors
for
several
By-respects
,
neglect
the
demanding
the
Tobacco
,
due
to
them
in
due
time
,
by
that
means
inforcing
the
Debtor
to
the
inconveniency
of
not
disposing
of
his
Tobacco
,
and
yet
not
paying
his
Debts
,
to
the
great
damage
and
prejudice
of
the
said
Debtor
:
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
,
That
every
person
or
persons
not
demanding
his
or
their
Debts
between
the
Tenth
of
October
and
the
last
of
January
,
Tobacco
Debt
,
but
against
the
person
,
who
shall
have
liberty
to
free
himself
,
by
putting
in
security
to
pay
the
Debt
the
following
Crop
.
Provided
always
,
That
it
shall
be
lawful
for
the
Creditor
to
sue
or
implead
his
Debtor
for
security
for
his
Debt
against
the
next
year
,
any
thing
in
this
Act
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
LXXXI
.
Judgments
and
Specialties
how
long
Pleadable
.
WHereas
the
nature
of
our
Trade
in
Virginia
,
enforceth
us
to
Engage
by
Bills
,
Bonds
,
and
other
Writings
,
for
discharge
of
which
,
in
part
or
in
whole
,
the
Debtor
is
often
constrained
to
accept
of
the
Receipts
,
the
said
Bills
,
Bonds
,
Judgments
and
other
Writings
remaining
still
in
the
hands
of
the
said
Creditor
,
and
the
Receipt
being
often
times
lost
,
the
Debtor
,
and
especially
the
Executors
and
Administrators
of
a
person
deceased
,
not
being
able
to
prove
payment
,
those
Debts
are
frequently
demanded
and
unjustly
recovered
,
which
before
had
been
justly
paid
and
discharged
;
for
remedy
whereof
,
Be
it
Enacted
,
That
no
Bills
or
Bonds
be
of
force
or
recoverable
Five
years
after
the
date
of
the
said
Bills
or
Bonds
,
or
any
Bills
or
Bonds
heretofore
made
,
LXXXII
.
Attorneys
for
Business
out
of
England
.
WHereas
many
persons
in
this
Country
,
entertain
as
Attorneys
,
many
troublesome
businesses
out
of
England
and
other
places
,
when
justly
there
is
no
occasion
for
such
Molestation
,
and
yet
the
Parties
molested
,
are
left
destitute
of
Relief
,
by
reason
the
said
Disturbers
have
no
Estate
in
this
Country
to
satisfie
Damages
they
are
condemned
in
:
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
,
LXXXIII
.
Burgesses
.
WHereas
no
Provision
hath
been
made
for
the
certain
Conveyance
of
publick
Writs
for
the
Election
of
Burgesses
;
whereby
the
delivering
the
said
Writs
being
retarded
,
the
Sheriff
hath
no
time
to
give
notice
to
the
people
according
to
Law
,
nor
make
a
timely
return
of
the
Writs
,
nor
can
the
Burgesses
appear
at
the
day
;
for
remedy
whereof
,
Be
it
Enacted
by
this
present
Grand
Assembly
,
LXXXIV
.
Burgesses
ascertained
.
WHereas
the
charge
of
the
Assemblies
is
much
augmented
by
the
great
number
of
Burgesses
,
unnecessarily
chosen
by
several
Parishes
:
Be
it
Enacted
,
James
City
being
the
Metropolis
of
the
Country
,
James
City
in
particular
.
shall
have
the
Priviledge
to
Elect
a
Burgess
for
themselves
,
and
every
County
that
will
lay
out
One
hundred
Acres
of
Land
,
and
people
it
with
One
hundred
Tythable
persons
;
that
place
shall
enjoy
the
like
Priviledge
.
LXXXV
.
Burgesses
Charges
ascertained
.
WHereas
the
immoderate
Expences
of
the
Burgesses
causing
divers
heart-burnings
between
them
and
the
People
occasioned
an
Injunction
to
make
agreement
for
the
allowance
before
the
Election
,
which
may
hereafter
probably
induce
interested
persons
to
purchase
Votes
,
by
offering
to
serve
at
low
Rates
;
by
which
means
,
that
Candour
and
Freedom
which
should
be
in
the
Choice
of
persons
credited
with
so
honourable
and
great
a
trust
,
might
be
very
much
prejudiced
,
and
the
place
it self
become
mercenary
and
contemptible
:
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
,
That
the
maintainance
of
every
Burgess
shall
be
One
hundred
and
Fifty
pounds
of
Tobacco
and
Cask
per
day
,
besides
the
necessary
charge
of
going
to
the
Assembly
and
returning
.
LXXXVI
.
Burgesses
to
appear
upon
the
Day
.
WHereas
many
Inconveniences
happen
by
the
not
appearing
of
Burgesses
,
upon
the
precise
day
of
the
Return
of
the
Writ
;
as
leaving
the
business
of
the
greatest
Importance
,
the
prudent
choice
of
a
Speaker
to
a
small
party
that
first
appears
;
upon
which
divers
Animosities
may
arise
in
some
that
dislike
the
Election
,
to
the
great
detriment
of
the
Publick
Affairs
;
which
by
this
means
are
retarded
,
and
the
charges
of
those
Counties
whose
Burgesses
first
appeared
increased
;
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
,
That
what
Burgess
soever
shall
fail
in
making
his
Appearance
and
attending
the
Assembly
,
precisely
upon
the
day
of
the
return
of
the
Writ
,
shall
be
fined
for
every
days
Absence
,
LXXXVII
.
Burgesses
not
to
be
Arrested
.
FOR
the
dispatch
and
reputation
of
the
Publick
Business
,
Be
it
Enacted
,
That
none
of
the
Burgesses
of
any
Assembly
,
nor
any
of
their
Attendants
,
shall
be
Arrested
from
the
time
of
their
Election
,
until
Ten
Days
after
the
Dissolution
of
the
Assembly
wherein
he
serves
as
a
Burgess
:
Provided
,
That
if
the
Assembly
be
Adjourned
for
above
a
Month
,
LXXXVIII
.
No
Order
to
contradict
an
Act.
BE
it
Enacted
and
Confirmed
,
That
no
Act
of
Court
or
Proclamation
,
LXXXIX
.
Assemblies
to
enquire
after
the
Breach
of
Laws
.
WHereas
several
Laws
have
been
by
divers
Assemblies
made
for
the
good
of
this
Country
,
which
for
want
of
due
Observation
have
not
produced
the
desired
Effect
;
And
whereas
it
is
by
this
Assembly
Enacted
,
That
the
Grand
Jury
of
Inquests
should
twice
annually
make
Presentment
of
the
breach
of
all
Penal
Laws
;
and
that
the
Assembly
should
dispose
of
the
Fines
levied
upon
the
several
Offenders
for
the
use
of
the
Counties
wherein
they
accrued
due
:
Be
it
Enacted
,
That
for
the
future
the
first
day
of
every
succeeding
Assembly
,
shall
be
imployed
in
receiving
the
said
Presentments
of
the
Grand
Jury
,
and
to
enquire
into
the
remissness
of
Juries
and
Courts
,
and
how
the
Laws
have
been
put
in
Execution
,
and
disposing
the
Fines
,
that
by
that
means
the
Laws
may
be
restored
to
their
due
Vigor
,
and
Offenders
be
deterred
from
Neglect
or
Contempt
,
when
they
shall
find
a
severe
Account
of
their
Observation
is
so
diligently
enquired
into
.
XC
.
Publick
Letters
how
to
be
Conveyed
.
WHereas
the
remoteness
of
divers
places
in
the
Country
from
James
City
,
and
the
necessity
of
communicating
divers
Businesses
to
the
utmost
limits
of
it
,
would
,
if
messengers
were
pressed
purposely
,
put
the
Country
to
an
annual
great
expence
,
for
prevention
thereof
,
Be
it
Enacted
,
That
all
Letters
superscribed
for
the
use
of
his
Majesty
or
the
Publick
,
shall
be
immediately
conveyed
from
Plantation
to
Plantation
,
to
the
place
and
person
they
are
directed
to
,
under
the
penalty
of
Three
hundred
and
Fifty
pounds
of
Tobacco
to
each
default
;
and
if
any
Person
be
put
thereby
to
any
extraordinary
Charge
,
Collonel
,
Lieutenant
Collonel
,
or
Major
of
a
Regiment
;
and
where
any
person
in
the
Family
the
said
Letters
come
to
,
can
Write
,
such
person
is
required
to
endorse
the
day
and
hour
he
received
them
,
that
the
neglect
or
contempt
of
any
person
stopping
them
may
be
the
better
known
,
and
be
punished
accordingly
.
XCI
.
Divulgers
of
false
News
.
WHereas
many
idle
and
busie-headed
People
,
do
forge
and
divulge
false
Rumors
and
Reports
,
to
the
great
disturbance
of
the
Peace
of
his
Royal
Majesties
leige
People
in
this
Collony
:
Be
it
Enacted
,
That
what
person
or
persons
soever
shall
forge
or
divulge
any
such
false
Reports
,
tending
to
the
trouble
of
the
Country
;
County
Court
,
where
if
he
produce
not
his
Author
he
shall
be
fined
Two
thousand
pound
of
Tobacco
,
(
or
less
if
the
Court
think
fit
to
lessen
it
)
and
besides
give
Bond
for
his
Behaviour
,
if
it
appear
to
the
Court
that
he
did
maliciously
publish
or
invent
it
.
XCII
.
Chirurgeons
Accounts
regulated
.
WHereas
the
excessive
and
immoderate
Prices
exacted
by
divers
a
varitious
and
griping
practicioners
in
Physick
and
Chirurgery
,
hath
caused
several
hard-hearted
Masters
,
swayed
by
profitable
more
than
charitable
respects
,
rather
to
expose
a
sick
Servant
to
a
hazard
of
the
recovery
,
than
put
themselves
to
the
certain
charge
of
a
rigorous
,
though
unskilful
Physician
;
whose
demands
,
for
the
most
part
exceed
the
purchase
of
the
Patient
;
many
other
poor
people
also
being
forced
to
give
themselves
over
to
a
lingring
Disease
,
rather
than
ruin
themselves
,
by
endeavouring
to
procure
an
uncertain
Remedy
:
for
redress
thereof
for
the
future
,
Be
it
Enacted
,
That
it
shall
be
lawful
for
any
person
or
persons
conceiving
the
Account
of
the
Physician
or
Chirurgeon
unreasonable
,
to
Arrest
the
said
Physician
or
Chirurgeon
to
the
General
or
County
Court
,
per
Cent.
advance
,
and
such
consideration
for
his
Care
,
Visits
and
Attendance
,
as
they
shall
judge
he
hath
deserved
;
and
if
it
shall
appear
by
Evidence
,
that
the
said
Physician
or
Chirurgeon
hath
neglected
his
Patient
while
he
was
under
Cure
,
the
Court
shall
censure
him
to
pay
so
much
,
as
they
in
their
discretion
shall
think
reasonable
.
XCIII
.
Chirurgeons
Accounts
Pleadable
after
decease
of
the
Party
.
WHereas
by
Act
of
many
Assemblies
no
Accounts
are
Pleadable
against
dead
mens
Estates
,
whereby
many
Scruples
have
been
made
about
the
Accounts
of
Physicians
and
Chirurgeons
,
who
cannot
possibly
take
Bill
:
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
,
That
Physicians
and
Chirurgeons
Accounts
shall
be
Pleadable
and
Recoverable
,
for
means
administred
and
pains
taken
in
the
time
of
Sickness
,
whereof
the
Party
dies
,
and
where
the
patient
recovers
Six
Months
after
such
Recovery
and
no
longer
.
XCIV
.
Discounts
to
be
made
in
Courts
.
BE
it
Enacted
,
For
the
avoiding
many
causeless
Suits
in
Law
,
that
where
any
Suit
shall
be
commenced
in
any
Court
for
a
Debt
,
that
if
the
Defendant
hath
either
Bill
,
Bond
,
or
Account
of
the
Plantiffs
,
wherein
he
proves
the
Plantiff
Debtor
,
such
Debt
of
the
Plaintiff
shall
be
discounted
out
of
the
Debt
he
claimeth
of
the
Defendant
,
and
Judgement
shall
be
given
for
no
more
than
the
Ballance
of
the
Debt
will
amount
to
,
consideration
being
always
made
of
the
times
their
several
Debts
have
been
due
,
and
accordingly
Allowance
made
for
the
time
;
and
because
it
many
times
happens
that
the
Defendants
in
such
cases
do
procure
Bill
or
Accounts
of
the
Plaintiffs
from
other
men
,
which
he
perhaps
can
discount
with
those
to
whom
he
passed
such
Speciality
or
Account
:
It
is
therefore
Enacted
,
That
no
Bill
or
Account
that
being
assigned
over
,
shall
by
the
Assignee
be
pleadable
against
the
Debtor
,
in
such
Bill
or
Account
,
unless
the
Assignee
can
prove
that
he
gave
the
Debtor
notice
before
his
acceptance
of
the
Assignment
,
and
that
the
Debtor
at
that
time
pretended
to
no
discount
against
it
.
XCV
.
Accounts
against
Dead
Mens
Estates
.
WHereas
too
sad
Experience
hath
shewed
that
Accounts
against
the
Estates
of
persons
deceased
,
have
often
unjustly
devoured
the
Estates
,
and
brought
the
Wives
and
Children
to
Poverty
and
Ruin
;
and
whereas
as
well
the
Laws
of
England
as
of
this
Country
permit
not
any
thing
to
be
Pleadable
against
any
person
that
cannot
wage
his
Law
,
which
Executors
and
Administrators
are
utterly
uncapable
of
:
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
,
That
no
Book
Debts
or
Accounts
shall
be
henceforth
pleadable
against
the
Estate
of
any
person
deceased
,
nor
against
any
living
,
if
the
said
Person
shall
upon
his
Oath
deny
the
same
to
be
due
,
unless
they
be
such
Accounts
as
by
particular
Acts
of
the
Assembly
,
as
Officers
Fees
,
Levies
and
Chirurgeons
Accounts
are
Pleadable
;
neither
shall
any
Man
be
put
to
his
Oath
upon
an
Ordinary
Keepers
Account
,
XCVI
.
Ballancing
Accounts
of
deceased
persons
.
AND
whereas
divers
Men
being
indebted
to
others
upon
Account
,
may
be
induced
to
deliver
Goods
to
them
or
their
Assigns
in
Ballance
,
yet
take
no
Receipt
,
which
Account
upon
the
death
of
either
party
may
be
brought
by
his
Executors
or
Administrators
against
the
Survivor
,
of
which
he
cannot
upon
his
Oath
deny
the
Receipt
,
yet
that
Account
,
though
justly
ballanced
before
,
is
often
recovered
by
this
Act
prohibiting
Accounts
against
Dead
Mens
Estates
,
yet
leaving
liberty
to
their
Executors
or
Administrators
to
sue
for
an
Acount
due
to
the
Estate
of
the
person
deceased
:
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
,
XCVII
.
Ordinary
Keepers
how
to
Sell.
WHereas
continual
Complaints
are
made
of
the
Exaction
of
Ordinary
Keepers
and
others
in
the
Rate
and
Measures
of
Strong
Drink
,
by
them
retailed
and
sold
:
Be
it
Enacted
,
That
no
Person
after
the
First
of
March
,
One
thousand
six
hundred
sixty
and
three
,
shall
sell
or
vend
by
retail
any
Wine
,
Beer
,
or
other
Strong
Drink
,
of
what
sort
soever
,
by
any
Measures
but
English
Sealed
Measures
,
of
Pints
,
Quarts
,
Pottles
,
or
Gallons
,
and
that
every
one
that
now
doth
,
And
for
preventing
many
Disorders
and
Riots
in
Ordinaries
and
other
places
where
Drink
is
retailed
,
Be
it
Enacted
,
XCVIII
.
Servants
how
long
to
Serve
.
WHereas
the
Thirteenth
Act
1659
,
doth
Enact
,
That
all
persons
brought
as
Servants
into
this
Country
,
of
what
Christian
Nation
soever
they
be
,
should
serve
no
longer
than
our
own
Nation
,
which
is
Five
Years
,
XCIX
.
Against
secret
Marriage
.
WHereas
much
loss
and
detriment
doth
arise
to
divers
Masters
of
Families
by
the
Secret
Marriages
of
Servants
,
the
said
Servants
through
that
occasion
neglecting
their
Works
and
often
purloining
their
Masters
Goods
and
Provisions
:
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
,
That
no
Minister
either
Publish
the
Banes
,
or
Celebrate
the
Contract
of
Marriage
between
any
Servants
,
unless
he
have
from
both
their
Masters
a
Certificate
that
it
is
done
with
their
consent
;
C.
Against
Fornication
.
FOR
restraint
of
the
filthy
Sin
of
Fornication
;
Be
it
Enacted
,
That
what
Man
or
Woman
soever
shall
commit
Fornication
,
he
and
she
so
offending
,
CI.
Hired
Servants
.
WHereas
divers
persons
,
that
by
Indenture
,
Custom
,
or
After-Contracts
for
Wages
,
being
Servants
to
several
Men
,
do
many
times
run
away
to
Plantations
far
remote
;
and
there
being
unknown
,
procure
Entertainment
with
others
for
Wages
or
Shares
,
to
the
great
damage
,
and
sometimes
utter
undoing
of
their
true
Masters
,
and
also
of
those
that
ignorantly
entertain
them
,
by
paying
the
Fine
;
for
prevention
whereof
for
the
future
,
and
for
the
better
discovery
of
such
Run-aways
:
Be
it
Enacted
,
That
all
Servants
at
the
Expiration
of
their
time
,
shall
with
their
Master
or
a
sufficient
Testimonial
from
him
,
Tobacco
per
day
and
night
for
all
the
time
they
shall
harbour
or
entertain
them
.
CII
.
Run-aways
.
WHereas
there
are
divers
loitering
Run-aways
in
this
Country
,
who
very
often
absent
themselves
from
their
Masters
service
,
and
sometimes
in
a
long
time
cannot
be
found
,
the
loss
of
their
time
and
the
charge
of
the
seeking
them
,
often
exceeding
the
value
of
their
labour
:
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
,
That
all
Run-aways
that
shall
absent
themselves
from
their
said
Masters
Service
,
shall
be
liable
to
make
satisfaction
by
service
,
after
the
times
by
Custom
or
Indenture
are
expired
(
Viz.
)
double
their
time
of
service
so
neglected
;
and
if
the
time
of
their
Running
away
was
in
the
Crop
,
and
the
charge
of
recovering
them
extraordinary
,
the
Court
shall
adudg
a
longer
time
of
Service
,
proportionable
to
the
Damage
the
Master
shall
make
appear
he
hath
sustained
;
and
because
the
adjudging
the
time
they
should
serve
,
is
often
referred
until
the
time
by
Indenture
is
expired
,
when
the
proof
of
what
is
due
is
very
uncertain
:
Be
it
Enacted
,
And
in
case
any
English
Servant
shall
run
away
in
Company
of
any
Negroes
,
who
are
incapable
of
making
Satisfaction
by
Addition
of
time
:
It
is
Enacted
,
That
the
English
so
running
away
in
the
company
with
them
,
shall
at
any
time
of
Service
to
their
own
Masters
expired
,
Christian
Servants
in
company
with
them
,
shall
by
Proportion
among
them
either
pay
Four
thousand
five
hundred
pounds
of
Tobacco
and
Cask
,
or
four
years
Service
for
every
Negro
so
lost
or
dead
.
CIII
.
Cruelty
of
Masters
prohibited
.
WHereas
the
Barbarous
usage
of
some
Servants
by
cruel
Masters
,
brings
so
much
Scandal
and
Infamy
to
the
Country
in
general
,
that
people
who
would
willingly
adventure
themselves
hither
,
are
through
fear
thereof
diverted
,
and
by
that
means
the
supplies
of
particular
men
,
and
the
well-seating
of
his
Majesties
Country
very
much
obstructed
:
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
,
That
every
Master
shall
provide
for
his
Servants
competent
Diet
,
Clothing
and
Lodging
,
and
that
he
shall
not
exceed
the
bounds
of
moderation
,
in
correcting
them
beyond
the
merit
of
their
offences
;
and
that
it
shall
be
lawful
for
any
Servant
,
giving
notice
to
their
Masters
,
having
just
cause
of
complaint
against
them
,
for
harsh
and
bad
usage
,
County
Court
,
where
the
matter
in
difference
shall
be
determined
,
and
the
Servant
have
remedy
for
his
grievance
.
CIV
.
Against
Vnruly
Servants
.
WHereas
the
Audacious
Unruliness
of
many
Stubborn
and
Incorrigible
Servants
,
resisting
their
Masters
and
Overseers
,
hath
brought
many
Mischiefs
and
Losses
to
divers
Inhabi●ants
of
this
Country
.
Be
it
Enacted
and
Ordained
,
CV
.
Against
Trading
with
Servants
.
WHereas
divers
ill-disposed
Persons
do
secretly
and
covertly
Truck
and
Trade
with
other
Mens
Servants
and
Apprentices
,
who
to
the
great
injury
of
their
Masters
,
are
thereby
induced
and
incouraged
to
Steal
,
Purloyn
,
and
Imbezle
their
Masters
Goods
:
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
,
CVI.
No
Tobacco
to
be
Planted
after
the
Tenth
of
July
.
WHereas
it
hath
been
taken
into
serious
Consideration
,
that
the
Improvement
of
our
only
Commodity
Tobacco
,
can
no
ways
be
effected
but
by
lessening
the
Quantity
and
amending
the
Quality
.
And
further
,
That
all
Stints
will
prove
clearly
inconsistent
with
the
being
of
the
Countrey
,
while
Maryland
remains
a
distinct
Government
,
unless
of
such
a
Nature
as
may
produce
both
the
aforesaid
Effects
without
Abridgement
of
any
Mans
Endeavours
or
confining
him
to
any
set
Number
of
Plants
;
for
which
cause
the
Assembly
hath
Enacted
,
That
no
Tobacco
be
Planted
after
the
Tenth
of
July
;
CVII
.
No
Seconds
or
Slips
.
ANd
be
it
further
Enacted
,
That
what
Person
or
Persons
soever
shall
tend
,
or
suffer
,
or
cause
to
be
tended
any
second
Tops
or
Slips
,
shall
Forfeit
Ten
thousand
Pounds
of
Tobacco
to
the
Publick
.
Be
it
furthr
Enacted
,
That
what
Person
or
Persons
soever
shall
Save
,
Pack
,
or
Sell
,
or
Send
away
any
Ground
Leaves
,
which
are
hereby
required
to
be
totally
supprest
,
shall
forfeit
for
every
Hogshead
proved
to
have
the
Quantity
of
Five
Pounds
of
Ground-Leaf
Tobacco
in
it
,
CVIII
.
Improvements
of
Staple
Commodities
.
WHereas
the
uncertain
Value
of
Tobacco
,
the
Unstapleness
of
the
Commodity
,
and
the
probability
of
its
Planting
in
other
places
,
threaten
this
Countrey
with
the
danger
of
an
unavoidable
ruin
,
which
must
in
time
fall
upon
it
by
the
increase
of
the
makers
of
it
among
our selves
(
who
have
already
so
glutted
all
Markets
,
that
great
quantities
are
yearly
left
in
the
Country
,
and
that
which
is
sent
out
,
sold
at
so
mean
and
inconsiderable
a
Rate
,
as
neither
Merchant
nor
Planter
can
well
subsist
by
)
unless
some
other
Course
be
speedily
taken
for
Improvement
of
such
other
Commodities
as
the
Country
will
produce
,
and
making
as
many
of
them
as
we
can
into
Manufactures
,
and
giving
Encouragement
to
all
persons
of
what
Ability
soever
to
attempt
it
,
which
the
former
Acts
for
Encouragement
to
make
Staple
Commodities
have
been
defective
in
,
by
only
proposing
Rewards
to
great
quantities
of
every
Commodity
made
,
which
whoever
goes
about
,
must
if
he
fail
,
be
ruined
,
or
if
he
make
the
quantity
proposed
,
will
have
no
need
of
the
gratuity
,
which
is
better
to
be
suited
proportionably
to
the
meanest
quantity
.
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
,
That
the
Assembly
this
present
year
send
into
England
for
a
considerable
quantity
of
Flax
Seed
to
be
distributed
into
the
several
Counties
,
CIX
.
An
Act
for
Mulberry-Trees
.
WHereas
by
experience
Silk
will
be
the
most
Profitable
Commodity
for
the
Country
,
if
well
managed
:
And
whereas
the
greatest
conducement
thereunto
required
,
is
Provision
of
Mulberry-Trees
:
CX
.
Encouragment
to
build
Vessels
.
FOr
Encouragement
of
building
Vessels
in
this
Country
and
the
promoting
of
Trade
:
Be
it
Enacted
,
That
whoever
shall
build
a
Vessel
of
any
burthen
decked
and
fitted
to
go
to
Sea
,
Whereas
Collonel
Edmund
Scarbrough
hath
to
his
particular
great
Charge
,
but
to
the
Infinite
good
of
the
Country
,
erected
a
Salt
Work
,
for
which
he
hath
received
deserved
Thanks
the
last
Assembly
,
this
Assembly
for
his
greater
Encouragment
,
hath
thought
fit
to
grant
him
the
use
of
Money
raised
this
year
out
of
the
Two
Shillings
per
hundred
in
Northampton
County
;
CXI
.
Tan-Houses
to
be
Erected
.
BE
it
also
Enacted
,
That
according
to
the
first
Act
of
Assembly
1660
,
there
be
Erected
in
each
County
,
at
the
Charge
of
the
County
,
one
or
more
Tan-Houses
;
and
that
they
Provide
Tanners
,
Curriers
and
Shoomakers
,
to
Tan
,
Curry
,
and
make
the
Hides
of
the
Country
into
Leather
and
Shooes
;
and
that
the
persons
intrusted
with
the
over
sight
of
the
Work-men
,
and
the
managing
the
Trade
,
do
allow
to
the
Inhabitants
of
the
County
for
ever
dry
Hide
they
bring
,
CXII
.
Two
Acres
of
Corn
for
each
Tythable
.
BE
it
hereby
Enacted
,
That
all
persons
within
this
Collony
,
shall
Plant
or
Tend
for
every
Tythable
person
tending
a
Crop
in
their
Family
,
Two
Acres
of
Corn
or
Pulse
,
under
the
Penalty
of
Five
hundred
pounds
of
Tobacco
for
every
Acre
neglected
as
aforsaid
,
to
be
paid
by
the
Delinquent
,
and
to
be
levied
by
the
Sheriff
for
the
Counties
use
;
and
the
Grand
Jury
in
their
several
Limits
to
look
strictly
after
the
breach
of
this
Act
:
And
for
Encouragement
for
Men
to
sow
English
Wheat
,
which
may
be
a
Staple
Commodity
to
vent
out
of
the
Country
:
CXIII
.
Stray-Horses
,
&c.
FOr
remedy
of
the
great
abuse
and
wrong
done
in
taking
up
of
Stray-Horses
,
Cattel
,
and
Boats
lost
,
not
only
in
concealing
them
,
but
in
using
and
imploying
them
,
to
the
hurt
and
damage
of
the
Owners
:
Be
it
Enacted
by
this
present
Grand
Assembly
,
That
every
person
or
persons
that
shall
take
up
and
keep
any
Stray-Horses
,
Cattle
,
or
Boat
,
shall
cause
the
said
Horses
and
Cattle
,
with
the
Mark
,
Stature
and
Colour
,
and
the
said
Boat
,
Stray
Horses
,
Cattle
,
&c.
shall
within
a
Month
after
they
are
taken
up
,
be
Cried
publickly
in
all
the
Churches
and
Chappels
of
the
County
.
What
to
be
done
in
case
the
Owner
be
not
found
.
with
her
Proportion
,
and
what
was
found
in
her
,
to
be
cried
publickly
in
all
the
Churches
and
Chappels
in
the
County
,
within
one
Month
after
the
taking
them
up
;
and
in
the
mean
time
securely
to
lay
up
the
said
Boat
:
And
if
no
Owner
appear
upon
this
Publick
Notice
given
,
then
to
publish
the
same
,
and
set
it
up
in
Writing
at
the
next
County
Court
;
where
if
no
Owner
appear
,
then
it
shall
be
lawful
for
him
to
make
use
of
the
said
Boat
until
the
Owner
do
appear
;
CXIV
.
Free
Trade
.
BE
it
Enacted
,
That
Free-Trade
be
allowed
to
all
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Country
to
buy
and
sell
at
their
best
advantage
;
Beaver
,
Otter
,
or
any
other
Furs
,
except
those
commissionated
by
the
Governour
.
CXV
.
Exportation
of
Hides
.
WHereas
the
Exportation
of
Hides
,
Wooll
,
and
Iron
,
is
generally
conceived
to
be
much
prejudicial
to
the
Common-Wealth
and
good
of
this
Collony
:
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
by
the
Authority
of
this
present
Grand
Assembly
,
CXVI
.
Exportation
of
Money
.
CXVII
.
Size
of
Virginia-Hogsheads
.
IT
is
Enacted
upon
the
complaint
of
divers
Masters
and
Merchants
of
Ships
against
the
incertainty
and
extraordinary
Size
of
Cask
which
hath
been
very
much
prejudicial
to
them
,
That
a
certain
Size
of
all
Tobacco
Cask
of
Virginia-Hogsheads
shall
be
as
followeth
,
CXVIII
.
Against
private
taking
away
Boats
.
FOrasmuch
as
divers
persons
suffer
great
Damages
by
private
and
concealed
taking
away
Boats
of
Canoos
without
Licence
from
the
Owners
thereof
:
It
is
Enacted
and
Confirmed
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
Commissioners
or
each
County
Court
shall
be
hereby
impowered
(
if
required
)
to
order
and
give
satisfaction
from
the
party
so
trespassing
to
those
injured
by
want
of
his
or
their
Boat
,
Boats
,
or
Canoos
,
Five
hundred
Pounds
of
Tobacco
Penalty
to
the
Owner
,
and
what
Damage
the
Boat
sustains
.
CXIX
.
Against
Shooting
.
WHereas
it
is
much
to
be
doubted
the
common
Enemy
the
Indians
,
if
opportunity
serve
,
will
suddenly
Invade
this
Country
,
and
bring
it
to
a
total
Subjection
of
the
same
;
And
whereas
the
only
means
for
discovery
of
their
Plots
is
by
Alarums
,
of
which
no
certainty
can
be
had
,
in
respect
of
the
frequent
Shooting
of
Guns
in
Drinkings
,
whereby
they
proclaim
and
justifie
that
beastly
Vice
:
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
,
CXX
.
Supply
of
Ammunition
.
BE
it
Enacted
,
That
a
provident
Supply
be
made
of
Guns
,
Powder
,
and
Shot
to
our
own
people
,
and
this
strictly
to
be
looked
to
by
the
Officers
of
the
Militia
;
CXXI
.
Against
Exacting
Millers
.
WHereas
by
a
Second
Act
of
a
Grand
Assembly
Anno
1645
;
It
was
Ordered
and
Established
,
for
the
Reforming
the
great
abuse
of
Millers
in
Exacting
Excessive
and
Illegal
Toll
,
That
no
Person
or
Persons
using
or
occupying
any
Mill
,
should
take
or
receive
for
the
Grinding
of
any
Grain
,
or
exchanging
it
for
Meal
,
above
the
sixth
part
thereof
for
Toll
;
which
Act
hath
not
taken
such
Effect
as
was
intended
thereby
,
in
respect
as
is
conceived
,
neither
Penalty
was
imposed
therein
upon
the
Offendor
,
Penalty
upon
Millers
Exactions
.
or
for
not
sufficiently
grinding
)
of
the
sum
of
One
thousand
pounds
of
Tobacco
,
and
that
the
Grand
Jury
enquire
thereof
.
CXXII
.
Against
Exportation
of
English
Goods
.
WHereas
the
necessities
of
this
Countrey
are
relieved
chiefly
by
the
Importation
of
English
Goods
,
and
that
relief
much
obstructed
by
many
that
bring
in
unnecessary
Commodities
,
and
make
sale
thereof
for
Tobacco
;
which
they
again
truck
for
Substantial
Commodities
,
as
Cloathing
and
the
like
:
and
by
that
means
leave
the
Countrey
destitute
of
its
own
Supplies
:
It
is
hereby
Enacted
,
That
what
person
or
persons
soever
,
shall
after
the
First
of
June
next
export
out
of
the
Collony
any
English
Goods
,
not
by
him
formerly
imported
,
shall
upon
discovery
forfeit
such
Goods
,
and
be
fined
the
value
,
the
one
half
to
the
Informer
,
and
the
other
to
the
Publick
.
CXXIII
.
No
Mares
or
Sheep
to
be
transported
.
IT
is
also
Enacted
,
That
no
Mares
or
Sheep
be
transported
out
of
the
Countrey
,
upon
treble
the
value
to
be
forfeited
by
the
Offendor
,
and
by
him
paid
,
one
half
to
the
Informer
and
the
other
half
to
the
Publick
.
CXXIV
.
Against
Selling
of
Rum
but
in
places
appointed
.
WHereas
the
excessive
abuse
of
Rum
hath
by
experience
been
found
to
bring
Diseases
and
Death
to
divers
people
,
and
the
purchasing
thereof
made
by
the
exporting
and
unfurnishing
the
Countrey
of
its
own
Supplies
and
Staple
Commodities
:
It
is
Enacted
,
That
what
Vessel
soever
shall
after
the
First
of
March
1663
,
Pavele
Sugar
brought
on
Shore
at
any
other
Port
than
is
appointed
by
the
Assembly
.
except
such
as
belong
wholly
to
Inhabitants
of
this
Countrey
,
bring
in
them
any
Rum
or
Pavele
Sugar
;
the
said
Vessels
so
bringing
it
in
,
shall
not
unload
or
sell
the
same
at
any
place
or
places
,
but
such
as
are
by
Act
of
Assembly
appointed
Ports
for
the
vent
of
the
said
Commodities
;
and
shall
bring
the
same
on
Shore
,
and
enter
the
quantity
,
and
pay
for
every
Gallon
of
Rum
Six
pence
Custom
,
and
for
every
pound
of
Pavele
Sugar
One
penny
,
before
they
shall
be
permitted
to
sell
or
dispose
of
any
part
thereof
.
CXXV
.
Against
Stealing
of
Hoggs
.
WHereas
the
Stealing
and
Killing
of
Hoggs
is
a
Crime
usually
committed
;
and
seldom
or
never
detected
or
prosecuted
in
this
Collony
:
Hogg-Stealers
shall
pay
2000
l.
of
Tobacco
,
half
to
the
Owner
,
and
half
to
the
Informer
.
Or
else
shall
serve
two
years
,
one
to
the
Owner
,
and
one
to
the
Informer
.
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
,
That
for
the
better
prevention
thereof
,
that
whosover
shall
steal
or
unlawfully
kill
any
Hogg
which
is
not
his
own
;
and
the
said
Fact
being
proved
by
sufficient
Evidence
,
he
or
they
so
offending
,
shall
pay
to
the
Owner
of
the
said
Hogg
One
thousand
pounds
of
Tobacco
,
and
One
thousand
pounds
of
Tobacco
to
the
Informer
.
And
in
case
of
inability
to
pay
and
satisfie
the
said
Sums
,
the
person
so
offending
shall
serve
Two
years
;
viz.
One
year
to
the
right
Owner
of
the
said
Hogg
,
and
the
other
to
the
Informer
.
And
if
any
person
be
found
to
bring
home
any
Hog
or
Hogs
so
killed
,
without
their
Ears
,
shall
be
adjudged
a
Hog-stealer
,
and
to
be
proceeded
against
accordingly
.
And
that
such
persons
as
shall
receive
such
Hogs
into
their
Houses
,
and
not
immediately
discover
the
same
to
the
next
Commissioner
,
then
such
Receiver
shall
be
proceeded
against
as
if
he
had
been
an
Actor
in
the
Trespass
.
And
in
case
the
Owner
of
the
Hog
inform
,
he
to
have
both
the
Fines
.
CXXVI
.
Masters
of
Ships
to
provide
Four
Months
Provision
.
BE
it
Enacted
,
Masters
of
Ships
shall
give
sufficient
Allowance
of
Diet
to
Passengers
.
And
take
care
that
poor
Servants
have
good
Lodging
.
That
all
Masters
of
Ships
shall
be
obliged
hereby
to
provide
Four
Months
allowance
of
Victuals
for
Passengers
at
their
setting
forth
from
the
Downs
or
other
Ports
of
England
,
and
to
give
the
Passengers
sufficient
allowance
of
Diet
all
the
Voyage
:
And
Commanders
of
Ships
respectively
,
to
take
care
that
poor
Servants
do
not
want
Bedding
in
the
Voyage
.
In
which
particulars
aforesaid
,
if
any
shall
offend
,
they
shall
be
liable
to
grievous
Censure
here
according
to
the
merit
of
the
Offence
.
CXXVII
.
Concerning
Passes
.
BE
it
also
Enacted
and
Confirmed
,
Monthly
Court
where
he
or
they
reside
,
County
Court
where
he
resides
:
Or
otherwise
shall
put
in
sufficient
Security
for
the
payment
of
all
Debts
that
are
due
or
owing
from
them
to
any
person
within
this
Countrey
,
or
his
Name
to
be
published
and
set
up
at
the
Church
door
two
Sundays
in
each
Parish
in
the
County
where
it
is
presumed
all
persons
will
be
;
and
the
Readers
Testimonial
to
the
Clerk
shall
be
sufficient
Warrant
for
him
to
grant
a
Certificate
:
And
the
Secretary
and
Security
after
a
year
and
a
day
to
be
discharged
.
CXXVIII
.
Impositions
of
2
s.
each
Hogshead
.
THis
present
Grand
Assembly
of
Virginia
,
taking
into
serious
Consideration
the
burthensome
and
unequal
way
of
laying
Taxes
by
the
Pole
,
and
how
they
may
with
most
honour
and
ease
support
the
Government
,
in
well
paying
his
Majesties
Officers
,
and
as
means
perhaps
of
introducing
Money
,
and
an
Encouragement
to
Men
to
produce
other
useful
and
beneficial
Commodities
,
have
thought
fit
to
impose
two
Shillings
per
Hoshead
upon
every
Hogshead
of
Tobacco
that
shall
be
Shipped
on
Board
of
any
Ship
or
other
Vessel
within
Virginia
to
be
exported
;
and
the
Collectors
of
the
said
Imposition
to
dispose
of
no
part
thereof
,
but
by
order
of
the
Grand
Assembly
only
:
Be
it
therefore
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
this
present
Grand
Assembly
and
the
Authority
thereof
,
And
it
is
hereby
Enacted
,
That
the
Master
and
Masters
of
all
and
every
Ship
and
Vessel
coming
to
Trade
in
Virginia
,
shall
upon
demand
made
by
the
Collector
or
Collectors
,
who
shall
by
order
of
Assembly
be
impowered
to
receive
the
said
Imposition
from
every
Ship
or
Vessel
,
enter
into
security
to
pay
such
Collector
or
Collectors
two
Shillings
for
every
Hogshead
of
Tobacco
,
that
shall
upon
any
account
whatsoever
be
Shipped
on
Board
his
Ship
or
Vessel
to
be
exported
:
The
said
Payment
either
to
be
made
in
Money
,
Bills
of
Exchange
,
or
Goods
at
Thirty
per
Cent.
Advance
upon
the
Price
of
such
Goods
at
the
first
Penny
,
and
all
Freighters
to
be
accomptable
to
the
said
Masters
for
the
Tobacco
by
them
Shipped
.
Be
it
also
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
And
if
any
Master
of
Ship
or
Vessel
,
shall
wittingly
or
willingly
conceal
any
part
of
his
Freight
from
the
Collector
,
100
l.
Sterling
.
and
shall
thereof
be
lawfully
convicted
;
then
the
said
Master
shall
forfeit
for
every
such
Offence
the
Sum
of
One
hundred
pounds
Sterling
,
one
Moiety
thereof
to
go
to
the
Informer
,
and
the
other
to
the
Publick
,
and
to
be
recovered
by
Action
of
Debt
,
Bill
or
Plaint
in
General
Court
or
County
Court
,
by
vertue
of
this
Act
,
against
which
no
Assoin
,
Wager
of
Law
or
Protection
to
be
allowed
to
any
Person
so
offending
:
Be
it
further
Enacted
and
Ordained
,
That
if
any
Masters
shall
pass
Bills
of
Exchange
for
the
said
Imposition
,
that
then
the
Collectors
are
hereby
required
to
take
sufficient
Caution
of
the
said
Master
for
the
true
and
good
Payment
of
the
same
:
It
is
hereby
also
Ordained
and
Enacted
,
That
the
Collectors
of
the
several
Rivers
and
Places
in
Virginia
,
for
the
Receiving
of
the
said
Two
Shillings
per
Hogshead
,
be
appointed
and
confirmed
by
this
present
Grand
Assembly
,
and
give
sufficient
Security
and
Caution
for
the
due
Execution
of
the
trust
thereby
reposed
in
them
;
and
to
be
accomptable
to
the
next
Assembly
according
to
the
tenor
of
this
Act
;
per
Cent.
sallery
for
collecting
the
said
Imposition
:
Provided
always
,
and
it
is
hereby
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
authority
aforesaid
,
That
this
present
Act
of
Assembly
be
and
remain
in
force
.
CXXIX
.
Every
Inhabitant
in
Northumberland
and
Westmorland
Counties
to
give
an
Account
how
many
Hogsheads
of
Tobacco
they
made
,
and
to
whom
sold
.
WHereas
the
Imposition
of
Two
Shillings
per
Hogshead
cannot
conveniently
be
levied
upon
Masters
of
Ships
that
come
into
Potomack
River
,
by
reason
of
their
Anchoring
in
the
Dominions
of
the
Lord
Baltemore
,
whence
they
send
their
Sloops
and
Boats
to
fetch
the
Tobacco
made
in
this
Country
without
paying
the
said
Imposition
.
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
,
That
every
Planter
in
the
Counties
of
Northumberland
and
Westmorland
,
shall
certify
into
the
Collectors
Office
,
or
unto
his
Deputy
,
the
number
of
Hogsheads
of
Tobacco
made
by
him
and
his
Family
,
and
to
whom
they
are
sold
,
and
shall
not
suffer
any
of
the
said
Hogsheads
of
Tobacco
to
be
carried
out
of
his
House
until
he
receive
Certificate
from
the
said
Collector
,
that
the
Imposition
of
the
said
Tobacco
is
paid
:
And
if
any
Planter
shall
contrary
to
this
Act
,
suffer
any
of
his
Tobacco
to
be
carried
on
board
any
Ship
,
Boat
,
or
Sloop
,
;
without
such
Certificate
,
then
the
said
Planter
to
be
Fined
20
s.
for
every
Hogshead
so
carried
away
without
Certificate
as
aforesaid
.
Whereas
the
like
inconveniences
are
incident
to
Northampton
County
and
lower
Norfolk
,
in
recovering
the
Impositions
of
Two
,
and
Ten
Shillings
per
Hogshead
;
as
to
the
River
of
Potomack
,
by
reason
of
the
transportation
of
much
of
the
Tobacco
made
in
those
places
in
Sloops
to
Mary-Land
:
Be
it
Enacted
,
That
the
Provitional
Act
made
the
last
Assembly
for
Payment
of
those
Duties
in
Potomack
River
,
extend
and
be
in
force
in
the
said
Counties
of
Lower
Norfolk
and
Northampton
,
and
that
the
Collectors
appoint
certain
Persons
to
take
accompt
of
the
Planters
according
to
the
tenor
of
this
Act.
CXXX
.
Payment
of
Fort-Duties
in
Accomack
,
&c.
WHereas
there
is
an
Act
of
the
last
Assembly
providing
for
the
securing
of
the
payment
of
the
2
s.
per
Hdd.
due
to
the
Countrey
,
but
no
Provision
made
therein
for
the
securing
the
payment
of
Fort
Duties
of
Potomack
,
Accomack
,
and
Lyn
Haven
,
s.
per
Hogshead
.
CXXXI
.
Ten
Shillings
per
Hogshead
,
WHereas
the
prudence
of
all
Nations
hath
provided
for
the
defraying
the
publick
necessary
Charges
of
the
Countrey
,
rather
by
laying
an
Imposition
upon
the
Adventurers
for
the
Staple
Commodities
of
the
Countrey
,
by
the
exportation
of
which
the
greatest
advantage
accrues
,
then
by
taxing
the
persons
of
the
Inhabitants
;
this
present
Grand
Assembly
endeavouring
as
much
as
in
them
lies
,
to
ease
the
burthen
of
the
People
;
and
taking
into
Consideration
the
great
benefit
that
accrues
to
other
Countreys
,
by
the
Customs
arising
from
our
Commodity
Tobacco
;
and
that
Virginia
,
whose
particular
Staple
it
is
,
hath
from
it
,
nor
from
the
Adventurers
hither
,
no
publick
advantage
;
We
have
thought
it
necessary
and
convenient
,
and
accordingly
have
Enacted
and
Confirmed
,
That
all
Merchants
,
Masters
of
Ships
and
Mariners
,
trading
to
Virginia
,
and
not
bound
by
Charter-party
to
return
and
discharge
in
any
of
the
English
Dominions
in
Europe
,
shall
pay
for
every
Hogshead
of
Tobacco
,
they
shall
load
aboard
any
Ship
,
Barque
,
or
other
Vessel
,
arriving
here
after
the
First
of
August
next
,
and
not
bound
as
aforesaid
,
Ten
Shillings
Sterling
either
in
Money
or
good
Bills
of
Exchange
,
10
s.
per
Hogshead
.
with
good
Caution
or
in
good
valuable
Commodities
,
at
25
per
Cent.
Advance
:
Provided
always
.
That
all
Adventurers
Inhabitants
of
this
Countrey
,
trading
in
Bottoms
belonging
to
Virginia-Owners
,
shall
be
free
from
the
said
Imposition
;
it
tending
to
the
advancement
of
Trade
here
,
and
the
incouragement
of
the
Inhabitants
to
purchase
Vessels
,
and
of
Mariners
to
make
this
their
place
of
Residence
.
CXXXII
.
Castle-Duties
to
be
Paid
.
WHereas
the
Castle-Duties
granted
by
his
Majesty
to
Collonel
Francis
Morrison
,
Captain
of
the
Fort
at
Point-Comfort
,
are
rendred
of
no
value
,
by
the
Charge
of
Boat
and
hands
going
to
Collect
them
;
and
the
inconsiderableness
of
the
Commodities
they
are
paid
in
,
being
commonly
the
refuse
of
their
cargo
:
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
,
CXXXIII
.
Ships
to
come
up
to
James
City
.
WHereas
the
Kings
Majesties
frequent
Instructions
,
hath
Commanded
that
all
Masters
of
Ships
arriving
in
this
Countrey
,
should
before
they
break
Bulk
bring
up
their
Ships
to
James
City
,
which
by
reason
of
the
seating
of
the
Inhabitants
in
divers
Rivers
,
cannot
without
much
prejudice
to
the
said
Masters
extend
to
all
parts
of
the
Countrey
;
yet
that
his
Majesties
Commands
may
as
much
as
in
us
lieth
be
effectually
obeyed
;
We
the
Governour
,
Council
,
and
Burgesses
of
this
Grand
Assembly
,
have
thought
fit
to
Enact
,
and
be
it
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
all
Ships
whatsoever
arriving
in
James
River
,
James
City
,
and
there
make
Entry
of
their
Ships
,
take
out
Licence
to
Trade
,
and
perform
such
other
things
as
they
shall
be
there
certified
the
Laws
of
the
Countrey
do
enjoyn
them
.
CXXXIV
.
Priviledge
of
Virginia-Owners
.
WHereas
some
doubts
have
arisen
about
the
priviledge
of
Virginia-Owners
and
their
exemption
from
the
payment
of
the
Duties
of
Two
,
and
Ten
Shillings
per
Hogshead
:
Be
it
Enacted
and
Declared
,
That
the
said
Priviledge
is
granted
only
to
the
Owners
and
Adventurers
in
such
Vessels
as
solely
and
wholly
belong
to
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Countrey
,
CXXXV
.
A
Publick
Notary
appointed
.
WHereas
for
want
of
a
Publick
Notary
,
the
Certificates
and
other
Instruments
to
be
sent
out
of
this
Countrey
,
have
not
that
Credit
given
them
in
Foreign
parts
as
duly
they
ought
:
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
,
That
Henry
Randolph
Clerk
of
the
Assembly
,
be
authorized
and
sworn
a
Publick
Notary
for
this
Countrey
,
to
whose
attestation
at
home
and
abroad
We
desire
all
Credence
may
be
given
.
CXXXVI
.
Acts
concerning
the
Indians
.
WHereas
the
mutual
Discontents
,
Complaints
,
Jealousies
and
Fears
,
of
English
and
Indians
,
proceed
chiefly
from
the
violent
Intrusions
of
divers
English
made
into
their
Lands
,
forcing
the
Indians
,
by
way
of
Revenge
,
to
kill
the
Cattle
and
Hogs
of
the
English
;
and
by
that
means
Injuries
being
done
on
both
sides
,
Reports
and
Rumours
are
spread
of
the
hostile
Inventions
of
each
to
others
,
tending
infinitely
to
the
disturbance
of
the
Peace
of
his
Majesties
Countrey
;
and
whereas
the
Laws
prohibiting
the
purchase
of
any
Indians
Lands
,
(
unless
acknowledged
at
General
Courts
or
Assemblies
,
by
reason
it
is
as
easie
to
fright
them
to
a
publick
as
well
as
a
private
acknowledgment
)
are
made
fruitless
and
ineffectual
,
corrupt
Interpreters
often
adding
to
this
Mischief
,
by
rendring
them
willing
to
surrender
,
when
indeed
they
intended
to
have
received
a
confirmation
of
their
own
Rights
,
and
a
redress
of
their
Wrongs
;
which
Mischiefs
had
they
continued
,
must
needs
have
involved
the
Countrey
into
an
inevitable
and
destructive
War
:
For
Remedy
of
which
Inconveniences
,
and
that
for
the
future
a
sure
equitable
Peace
may
be
established
,
the
Governour
,
Council
,
and
Burgesses
,
out
of
their
tender
care
of
Justice
,
and
the
Peace
of
this
his
Majesties
Countrey
;
have
Enacted
,
Ordained
and
Confirmed
,
and
do
by
these
presents
Enact
,
Ordain
,
and
Confirm
,
That
for
the
future
,
No
Indian
King
or
other
,
shall
upon
any
pretence
alien
or
sell
,
nor
no
English
for
any
Cause
or
Consideration
whatsoever
,
purchase
or
buy
,
And
be
it
further
Enacted
,
That
what
English-man
hath
already
,
contrary
to
the
Laws
formerly
in
force
,
for
surrendring
and
acknowledging
Indians-Lands
,
made
incroachments
or
seated
upon
them
,
shall
if
th●●
make
not
good
proof
of
their
Title
,
upon
Complaint
ma●e
,
be
by
Order
directed
to
the
Sheriff
to
execute
,
rem●ved
from
their
Seats
of
Land
thus
wrongfully
incroached
and
all
Houses
by
them
,
built
upon
the
said
Lands
be
demolished
and
burned
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
,
That
all
English
Men
having
by
Surrenders
made
at
Quarrter-Courts
or
Assemblies
,
English
Mens
Hogs
and
Cattle
,
shall
send
such
number
of
hands
as
they
shall
be
appointed
by
Commissioners
to
be
authorized
by
the
Governor
,
to
help
the
Indians
to
fence
in
a
Corn
Field
,
proportionable
to
the
number
of
Persons
the
said
Indian
Town
doth
consist
of
;
and
that
after
such
Fence
once
made
sufficiently
,
according
to
the
Act
of
the
Assembly
,
if
the
Indians
keep
it
not
in
repair
,
what
damages
soever
they
shall
afterwards
sustain
,
shall
be
at
the
hazard
and
sole
loss
of
them
the
said
Indians
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
,
That
for
the
better
relief
of
the
poor
Indians
,
whom
the
seating
of
the
English
hath
forced
from
their
wonted
conveniences
of
Oystering
,
Fishing
,
and
Gathering
Tuchahoe
Cortenions
,
and
other
wild
Fruits
,
by
which
they
were
wonted
for
a
great
part
of
the
year
to
subsist
:
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
,
Granted
,
and
Confirmed
,
That
the
said
Indians
,
Poor
Indians
may
be
licenced
to
Fish
for
Oysters
,
and
gather
Wild
Fruits
.
Provided
they
come
not
Armed
.
upon
address
made
to
Two
of
the
Justices
of
that
County
,
they
desiring
to
Oyster
,
or
Gather
Wild
Fruits
in
as
aforesaid
;
they
the
said
Justices
shall
grant
a
Licence
to
the
said
Indians
to
Oyster
or
gather
Wild
Fruits
,
as
aforesaid
:
Provided
the
said
Justices
limit
the
time
the
Indians
are
to
stay
;
and
the
Indians
bring
not
with
them
any
Guns
or
Ammunitions
,
or
other
offensive
Weapons
,
but
only
such
Tooles
or
Implements
as
serve
for
the
end
of
their
coming
:
And
if
any
English
Man
shall
presume
to
take
from
the
Indians
so
coming
in
,
any
of
their
Goods
,
or
shall
Kill
,
Wound
,
or
Maim
any
Indian
,
he
shall
suffer
as
if
he
had
done
the
same
to
an
English
Man
,
and
be
Fined
for
his
contempt
.
And
because
the
imprisonment
of
an
Indian
may
bring
a
War
upon
the
Countrey
,
And
because
this
Act
cannot
be
put
in
Execution
without
Commissioners
to
view
the
present
Bounds
of
the
English
and
Indians
:
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
,
That
the
Honourable
Governour
be
desired
and
authorized
to
appoint
uninteressed
persons
Commissioners
,
Bounds
betwixt
the
English
and
the
Indians
,
shall
be
fixe
.
And
Commissioners
thereto
appointed
,
shall
view
the
same
annually
.
to
go
with
parties
of
Horse
to
the
several
Indian
Towns
,
and
there
to
proclaim
these
and
the
following
Articles
of
Peace
between
us
and
the
Indians
,
to
settle
the
Bounds
between
us
,
and
to
appoint
others
of
the
most
integrity
,
to
fix
the
time
and
assess
the
Work
,
to
help
the
Indians
fence
,
and
all
other
things
by
this
Act
enjoyned
.
And
for
prevention
of
future
Intrenchments
beyond
the
Bounds
once
fixed
,
Be
it
further
Enacted
,
That
the
Governour
be
desired
and
authorized
to
commissionate
certain
Persons
annually
to
visit
the
same
,
and
to
take
care
that
no
intrenchment
be
henceforth
made
upon
the
Indians
.
And
because
an
interval
between
the
Indians
,
cannot
in
the
present
nearness
of
seating
,
be
so
laid
out
as
may
wholly
secure
the
English
from
the
Indians
coming
in
and
pilfering
things
from
them
,
if
a
free
entercourse
be
admitted
:
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
,
for
the
prevention
thereof
,
and
to
the
end
that
the
Nations
may
be
distinguished
,
and
so
if
they
are
taken
in
the
manner
of
doing
any
injuries
,
the
sufferers
know
to
what
Kings
to
address
themselves
for
remedy
,
That
Badges
(
viz.
Silver
Plates
and
Copper
Plates
,
with
the
Name
of
the
Town
graven
upon
them
,
)
be
given
to
all
adjacent
Kings
within
our
protection
;
English
Man
by
them
or
any
of
them
,
that
then
the
King
or
Great
Man
of
the
Place
the
Badges
denote
,
shall
be
answerable
for
it
;
and
if
any
shall
,
notwithstanding
this
Injunction
,
be
found
in
our
Bounds
without
any
such
Badge
,
or
not
accompanied
with
one
that
shall
have
them
,
that
then
it
shall
be
lawful
for
any
English
Man
to
carry
him
or
them
before
any
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
who
shall
keep
him
or
them
in
safe
custody
,
until
their
King
or
Great
Man
ransom
them
,
by
paying
One
hundred
Arms
length
of
Roranoake
for
each
Indian
so
taken
,
to
be
disposed
of
by
the
Publick
:
Provided
always
,
That
if
any
English
Man
shall
be
found
or
proved
to
have
taken
away
any
of
their
Badges
,
thereby
to
make
the
Indians
guilty
of
breaking
this
Law
,
That
then
the
person
so
offending
shall
be
set
in
the
Pillory
two
hours
on
the
Court-day
,
in
the
County
where
they
have
committed
the
Offence
,
with
their
Fault
in
great
Letters
written
upon
them
,
and
to
be
fined
Five
thousand
Pounds
of
Tobacco
to
the
use
of
the
Publick
;
and
in
case
of
disability
,
lie
Six
Months
in
Prison
,
without
Bail
or
Main-prize
:
And
be
it
further
Enacted
,
That
all
Indian
Kings
Tributary
to
the
English
,
And
it
is
further
Enacted
,
That
if
any
Indian
,
by
the
inveigling
of
any
English
,
or
of
his
own
will
,
shall
without
leave
of
the
King
or
great
Man
of
the
Place
,
come
within
the
bounds
limitted
them
,
and
there
procure
harbour
or
entertainment
,
English
Man
to
take
the
said
Indian
and
to
convey
him
to
his
Town
to
be
punished
,
and
to
recover
of
the
English
Man
that
harboured
or
entertained
him
,
so
much
per
day
as
by
the
Law
for
entertaining
other
run-aways
is
recoverable
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
,
That
what
English
Man
,
Trader
,
or
other
,
shall
bring
in
any
Indians
as
Servants
,
and
shall
assign
them
over
to
any
other
,
shall
not
sell
them
for
Slaves
,
nor
for
any
other
time
than
English
of
the
like
ages
should
serve
by
Act
of
Assembly
.
And
because
heretofore
many
entertained
Indians
by
Licences
of
particular
Persons
,
CXXXVII
.
Clerks
Fees
to
be
paid
.
WHereas
by
a
former
Act
of
Assembly
,
Clerks
of
Courts
were
made
uncapable
of
recovering
their
Fees
after
they
had
been
Two
Years
due
:
Be
it
Enacted
,
That
the
said
Act
be
repealed
,
and
that
all
their
Accounts
shall
be
Three
years
pleadable
,
Courts
Accounts
delivered
them
,
and
be
allowed
Ten
per
Cent.
for
what
is
received
,
and
Five
per
Cent.
for
what
Bills
are
taken
;
and
the
Sheriff
or
other
Collector
not
receiving
,
or
securing
as
aforesaid
,
to
be
responsible
for
the
Account
omitted
:
Provided
,
That
they
the
said
Sheriff
or
Collector
,
shall
not
be
liable
for
the
Account
of
any
Person
removing
out
of
the
County
before
the
laying
the
Levy
,
unless
they
receive
the
Levies
or
Sheriffs
Fees
,
and
then
to
be
acccountable
for
the
Clerks
Fees
also
:
Provided
also
,
That
the
Clerks
deliver
or
send
their
Accounts
attested
under
their
Hands
,
to
the
said
Sheriff
or
Collectors
,
within
four
days
after
laying
the
Levy
in
their
several
Counties
.
The
Secretaries
Fees
.
BE
it
Enacted
and
Confirmed
by
this
present
Grand
Assembly
,
That
the
Secretaries
Fees
shall
be
as
followeth
:
viz.
|
|
l.
Tob.
l.
|
Imprimis
,
For
a
Patent
and
recording
it
,
|
80
|
For
a
Commission
of
Administration
and
recording
it
,
|
60
|
For
a
Probate
and
recording
it
,
|
60
|
For
a
Commission
to
trade
,
|
50
|
For
a
Deposition
,
|
15
|
For
a
Bond
and
recording
it
,
|
40
|
For
a
Copy
of
a
Patent
,
|
30
|
For
recording
a
Letter
of
Attorney
,
|
30
|
For
recording
a
Will
,
|
30
|
For
a
common
Warrant
,
|
15
|
For
an
Order
,
|
15
|
For
a
Copy
of
an
Order
,
|
15
|
For
recording
a
Bill
or
Receipt
,
|
10
|
For
an
Execution
,
|
30
|
For
a
Pass
,
|
30
|
For
a
Subpoena
,
|
15
|
For
a
Petition
if
writ
,
|
15
|
For
a
Certificate
for
Lands
,
|
15
|
For
a
Copy
of
an
Act
of
Assembly
,
|
15
|
For
recording
a
Bill
of
Sale
or
such
like
,
|
30
|
For
a
Commission
for
the
Militia
or
Court
,
|
50
|
County-Court-Clerks-Fees
.
BE
it
also
further
Enacted
,
That
the
County-Court-Clerks-Fees
be
as
followeth
:
viz.
|
|
l.
Tob.
l.
|
Imprimis
,
For
an
Action
,
|
8
|
For
entring
an
Order
,
|
8
|
For
the
Copy
of
an
Order
,
|
8
|
For
an
Execution
,
|
15
|
For
an
Attatchment
,
|
15
|
For
a
Deposition
,
|
10
|
For
a
Copy
of
a
Deposition
,
|
10
|
For
Administrations
and
Probates
,
both
at
|
60
|
For
a
Subpoena
,
|
10
|
For
a
Petition
if
they
write
it
,
|
10
|
For
Entry
of
a
Petition
,
|
3
|
For
a
Certificate
for
Land
,
|
20
|
For
any
other
Certificate
,
|
10
|
For
recording
of
any
Business
(
Orphans
excepted
.
)
|
20
|
For
recording
Inventories
and
Conveyances
,
|
30
|
For
a
Scire
Facias
in
any
Court
,
|
10
|
And
if
any
thing
else
be
done
by
them
then
what
is
here
expressed
,
the
Commissioners
to
adjudge
the
Fee
.
The
Sheriffs
Fees
.
BE
it
also
Enacted
,
That
the
Sheriffs
Fees
shall
be
as
followeth
:
viz.
|
|
l.
Tob.
l.
|
Imprimis
,
For
an
Arrest
,
|
10
|
|
For
Bond
,
|
15
|
For
going
into
Prison
,
|
10
|
|
For
Whipping
,
|
20
|
|
For
Pillory
,
|
20
|
For
serving
a
Subpoena
,
|
10
|
For
serving
an
Execution
if
under
100
l.
of
Tobacco
,
|
10
|
If
above
100
to
500
,
|
20
|
If
above
500
to
a
Thousand
,
|
40
|
If
unto
Two
Thousand
,
|
60
|
If
above
Two
Thousand
,
|
Ten
Pounds
per
Thousand
.
|
For
Summoning
and
Impannelling
a
Jury
for
every
Cause
Twelve
Pounds
of
Tobacco
,
and
for
every
person
Summoned
Five
Pounds
of
Tobacco
.
Attatchments
as
for
Arrests
.
And
if
further
trouble
;
to
be
allowed
by
the
Court.
|
And
whereas
some
of
the
Sheriffs
Fees
upon
Execution
have
heretofore
seemed
to
have
been
Arbitrary
,
this
Assembly
have
thought
fit
to
ascertain
them
,
and
to
Enact
,
That
he
shall
have
for
Summoning
every
Appraizer
Ten
Pounds
of
Tobacco
,
and
the
Appraizer
to
have
Thirty
Pounds
of
Tobacco
per
Cause
if
they
finish
it
in
one
day
,
and
30
per
day
if
thay
are
longer
about
it
.
The
Clerk
of
the
Assemblies
Fees
.
BE
it
Enacted
by
this
present
Grand
Assembly
,
That
the
Clerk
of
the
Assemblies
Fees
shall
be
as
followeth
:
viz.
|
|
l.
Tob.
l.
|
|
Imprimis
,
For
Entry
of
a
Cause
by
Return
,
Plea
,
or
Petition
,
|
20
|
|
For
an
Order
and
Copy
of
an
Order
,
|
20
|
|
For
Denization
,
|
50
|
|
For
Naturalizing
,
|
50
|
|
For
County
Courts
Commissions
,
|
50
|
|
For
Militia
Commissions
if
granted
by
Assembly
,
|
50
|
|
For
Copying
the
Acts
of
every
Assembly
,
|
300
|
|
For
the
whole
Body
of
the
Acts
Writing
,
|
300
|
|
For
Attesting
Act
of
Assembly
copying
Answer
and
Replies
.
|
CXXXVIII
.
Interpreters
made
of
the
Countrey
.
WHereas
Coll.
John
Flood
hath
long
and
faithfully
served
this
Countrey
in
the
Office
of
an
Interpreter
,
and
being
now
deceased
:
It
is
Enacted
,
That
Thomas
Flood
,
Son
of
the
said
Coll.
John
Flood
,
shall
be
received
into
the
place
of
his
Father
,
and
that
Henry
Newcombe
be
likewise
made
Interpreter
for
the
Norwood
.
At
a
General
Assembly
begun
at
JAMES
CITY
the
eighth
day
of
June
,
Anno
1680.
I.
An
Act
of
free
and
general
Pardon
,
Indemnity
and
Oblivion
.
THe
Kings
Most
Excellent
Majesty
,
having
taken
into
serious
and
gracious
consideration
,
the
present
state
and
condition
of
his
Colony
of
Virginia
,
and
reflecting
on
the
late
Rebelion
raised
there
by
Nathaniel
Bacon
Junior
Deceased
,
his
Complices
and
Abettors
,
and
how
many
of
his
good
Subjects
were
drawn
into
the
same
,
and
seduced
from
their
Allegiance
by
the
specious
pretences
set
forth
by
ths
said
Nathaniel
Bacon
,
who
have
since
by
their
dutiful
behaviour
shewed
themselves
sensible
thereof
,
and
repenting
for
the
same
,
and
to
the
intent
,
that
no
Crime
whatsoever
committed
against
his
said
Majesty
and
Government
,
may
hereafter
rise
in
Judgment
,
or
be
brought
in
question
against
any
of
them
,
to
their
least
endammagement
,
either
in
Lives
,
Liberties
,
Estates
,
or
to
the
prejudice
of
their
Reputations
by
any
reproach
,
or
term
of
distinction
,
and
to
turn
all
seeds
of
future
discord
and
the
remembrances
thereof
into
utter
oblivion
,
as
well
in
his
Majesties
own
Breast
,
as
in
the
breast
of
his
Majesties
Subjects
one
towards
another
,
Bacons
Rebellion
.
and
out
of
an
earnest
desire
to
put
an
end
to
all
suits
,
quarrels
and
controversies
whatsoever
,
that
by
occasion
of
the
said
Rebellion
,
and
late
distractions
,
have
arisen
and
may
arise
,
between
any
of
his
Majesties
Subjects
,
and
in
pursuance
of
his
Majesties
gracious
Proclamation
of
Pardon
,
bearing
date
the
twenty
seventh
day
of
October
,
1676.
and
in
the
twenty
eighth
year
of
his
Reign
,
is
graciously
pleased
that
it
may
be
Enacted
,
and
be
it
Enacted
by
the
Kings
most
Excellent
Majesty
,
by
and
with
the
consent
of
the
General
Assembly
,
that
all
manner
of
Treasons
,
Misprision
of
Treasons
,
Murders
,
Felonies
,
Crimes
and
Misdemenours
committed
,
acted
,
councelled
or
done
by
any
persons
whatsoever
,
upon
or
at
any
time
,
before
the
sixteenth
day
of
January
,
1676.
in
the
twenty
eighth
year
of
his
Majesties
Reign
,
other
then
the
persons
hereafter
excepted
,
in
such
manner
as
they
are
excepted
,
by
virtue
or
colour
of
any
Command
,
Power
,
Authority
,
Warrant
,
Commission
or
Instructions
from
Sir
William
Birkley
late
Governour
of
Virginia
,
Deceased
,
or
of
or
from
any
peson
deriving
,
or
pretending
to
derive
mediately
or
immediately
,
any
Commission
,
Power
or
Authority
from
the
Grand
Assembly
in
Virginia
,
held
in
June
,
1676.
or
of
or
from
Nathaniel
Bacon
Deceased
,
assuming
unto
himself
the
Authority
of
,
or
Reputed
to
be
Commander
in
chief
of
all
the
Forces
in
Virginia
,
by
Land
or
Sea
,
or
from
any
other
person
or
persons
deriving
or
pretending
to
derive
any
Authority
from
them
or
either
of
them
,
be
Pardoned
,
Released
,
Discharged
and
put
in
utter
Oblivion
,
and
that
as
firmly
and
fully
to
all
intents
and
purposes
,
as
if
they
or
every
of
them
,
had
been
herein
particularly
named
and
expressed
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
that
all
and
every
such
person
and
persons
,
their
and
every
of
their
Heirs
,
Executors
and
Administrators
(
except
as
hereafter
excepted
)
that
were
actually
engaged
in
Aiding
,
Acting
or
Advising
,
Assisting
,
Abetting
or
Councelling
the
said
Rebellon
,
shall
have
and
enjoy
all
and
every
their
Lands
,
Tenements
,
Hereditaments
,
Goods
and
Chattels
whatsoever
forfeited
to
his
Majesty
,
his
Heirs
and
Successors
for
any
of
the
Crimes
aforesaid
,
in
the
same
manner
,
and
as
freely
to
all
intents
and
purposes
,
as
if
they
had
not
been
forfeited
,
yet
so
that
they
and
every
of
them
and
their
Estates
Real
and
personal
shall
be
subject
and
lyable
to
pay
all
and
singular
their
just
Debts
in
the
same
manner
as
if
they
had
committed
no
Rebellion
,
Crimes
or
Offences
,
except
and
always
foreprized
out
of
this
Act
,
the
above-named
Nathaniel
Bacon
Junior
,
the
principle
contriver
,
beginner
and
maintainer
of
the
said
Rebellion
,
who
having
taken
up
Arms
under
pretence
of
an
Indian
War
,
assumed
unto
himself
the
Title
of
General
,
and
did
afterwards
chace
away
the
then
Governour
,
there
rob
,
kill
,
and
continue
to
destroy
several
other
of
his
Majesties
Loyal
Subjects
,
that
refused
to
take
the
detestable
Oaths
imposed
by
the
said
Bacon
,
until
it
pleased
the
Almighty
to
send
him
the
said
Bacon
,
an
infamous
and
exemplary
death
,
whereby
he
hath
escaped
the
punishment
in
this
world
so
justly
due
to
his
person
;
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
,
Nathaniel
Bacon
Junior
Attainted
of
High-Treason
.
and
it
is
hereby
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
that
the
said
Nathaniel
Bacon
Junior
,
shall
be
by
vertue
of
this
Act
,
and
is
hereby
adjudged
to
be
convicted
,
and
attainted
of
High-Treason
to
all
intents
and
purposes
as
if
he
had
been
convict
or
attainted
thereof
by
due
course
of
Law
,
in
his
life
time
,
and
that
all
the
Estate
Real
and
Personal
whereof
he
was
seized
or
possessed
upon
the
fifth
day
of
June
,
1676.
or
at
any
time
after
,
within
the
Colony
of
Virginia
,
shall
be
forfeited
to
the
Kings
Majesty
,
his
Heirs
and
Successors
,
and
is
hereby
declared
to
be
vested
in
His
Majesty
,
his
Heirs
and
Successors
,
without
any
Office
or
Inquisition
thereof
,
to
be
hereafter
taken
or
found
.
Provided
always
,
and
be
it
Enacted
,
that
this
Act
nor
any
thing
therein
contained
,
shall
extend
to
Pardon
discharge
,
or
give
any
other
benefit
whatsoever
,
unto
Giles
Bland
,
Anthony
Arnold
,
Richard
Turner
,
Richard
Pomfrey
,
John
Isles
,
Robert
Stokes
,
John
Whitson
,
and
William
Scarbrough
,
alias
Scarburgh
,
who
were
all
legally
Convicted
Attainted
and
Executed
for
their
Horrid
Treasons
,
Richard
Lawrence
who
fired
James
City
and
is
since
fled
notwithstanding
his
Majesties
gracious
Proclamation
,
but
that
the
persons
last
aforesaid
,
and
their
Estates
are
out
of
this
Act
,
wholly
excepted
and
foreprized
,
Provided
also
and
it
is
hereby
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
that
if
Joseph
Ingram
,
Gregory
Walklate
,
Thomas
Whaley
,
John
Forth
,
and
John
Longolon
,
shall
at
any
time
after
the
passing
this
Act
,
accept
or
exercise
any
Office
or
Publick
employment
whatsoever
,
within
the
said
Colony
of
Virginia
,
that
then
such
of
them
as
do
so
accept
or
exercise
as
aforesaid
,
shall
to
all
intents
and
purposes
,
stand
as
if
he
or
they
had
been
totally
excepted
by
name
out
of
this
Act.
And
whereas
many
of
his
Majesties
Loyal
Subjects
cannot
but
be
very
great
sufferers
by
the
Spoiles
and
Rapines
committed
during
the
late
Rebellion
,
to
the
intent
that
they
may
have
as
much
Relief
therein
,
as
may
possibly
stand
with
the
quiet
of
the
Country
,
as
also
for
the
avoiding
and
determining
the
endless
Suits
and
Prosecutions
which
must
necessarily
ensue
,
if
care
be
not
taken
to
prevent
the
same
;
Provided
always
,
that
where
the
Goods
of
any
of
his
Majesties
Subjects
not
actually
engaged
in
the
said
Rebellion
,
or
being
aiding
or
assisting
to
the
same
,
have
been
wrongfully
taken
away
between
the
said
first
day
of
May
,
and
the
said
sixteenth
day
of
January
,
and
shall
be
found
in
the
possession
of
any
other
person
or
persons
,
it
shall
and
may
be
lawful
,
for
the
Owner
or
Owners
of
such
Goods
or
Commodities
,
his
or
their
Executors
or
Administrators
,
to
take
,
sue
for
,
and
recover
the
same
by
all
legal
means
,
any
thing
in
this
Act
contained
,
or
any
other
Laws
,
Acts
or
Statutes
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Provided
always
,
that
no
further
Punishment
,
Satisfaction
or
Damages
,
shall
be
Recovered
or
Inflicted
on
any
Christian
Servants
that
have
●eserted
their
Masters
,
or
been
active
in
the
late
Rebellion
;
then
that
time
incurring
between
the
said
first
day
of
May
,
and
the
said
sixteenth
day
of
January
,
shall
be
accounted
no
part
of
their
time
of
Service
:
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
authority
aforesaid
,
that
no
Verdict
,
Judgment
and
Indictment
,
Informations
,
Decrees
,
Sentences
,
Probats
of
Wills
,
Administrations
,
Writs
,
or
Actings
on
,
or
return
of
Writs
,
Orders
,
or
other
Proceedings
whatsoever
in
Law
and
Equity
,
had
,
made
,
given
,
taken
,
or
done
,
or
depending
in
any
Courts
whatsoever
,
or
before
any
Judges
within
the
said
Colony
of
Virginia
,
nor
any
Actings
,
Process
,
Proceedings
or
Executions
thereupon
had
,
made
,
given
,
done
,
or
suffered
,
before
the
passing
of
this
Act
,
within
our
said
Colony
,
shall
be
avoided
,
for
or
by
Reason
that
the
Premisses
or
any
of
them
were
commenced
,
prosecuted
,
had
,
made
,
held
or
done
,
by
or
before
any
Person
,
pretending
and
assuming
the
Name
Title
,
Authority
,
and
Dignity
of
Governour
of
the
said
Colony
,
though
he
were
not
legally
so
,
or
before
any
Person
or
Persons
,
pretending
and
assuming
the
name
Title
,
and
Authority
of
Councellors
in
the
said
Colony
,
though
not
legally
so
,
but
that
all
and
every
such
Verdicts
,
Judgments
,
and
other
things
above
mentioned
,
and
the
actings
,
doings
,
and
Proceedings
thereupon
,
shall
be
of
such
and
of
no
other
Force
,
Effect
,
and
vallue
,
then
as
if
such
Person
so
Assuming
the
name
Title
,
Authority
and
Dignity
of
Governour
,
had
been
legally
Commissioned
by
his
Majesty
thereunto
,
and
as
if
such
Person
or
Persons
pretending
the
name
,
Title
,
and
authority
of
Councellor
there
,
had
been
legally
authorized
thereunto
.
And
whereas
during
the
Licentiousness
of
the
late
times
,
several
ill
disposed
Persons
took
upon
them
to
asperse
the
Government
,
and
defame
the
Governour
and
chief
Magistrates
of
the
said
Colony
,
raising
false
and
Scandalous
Reports
,
without
which
our
good
Subjects
there
could
not
have
been
so
easily
led
away
,
which
cannot
but
tend
to
the
future
Disturbance
of
the
Peace
,
and
Welfare
thereof
,
if
not
timely
prevented
by
Inflicting
Punishments
proportionate
to
the
greatness
of
the
Crime
;
Be
it
therefore
enacted
by
the
authority
aforesaid
,
that
whosoever
shall
after
the
passing
of
this
Act
,
maliciously
and
advisedly
by
writing
,
speaking
,
or
otherwise
,
express
,
publish
,
utter
or
declare
,
any
Words
,
Sentences
,
or
other
thing
or
things
,
to
incite
or
stir
up
the
People
to
the
dislike
of
any
Person
appointed
by
his
Maje●●y
to
be
Governour
or
Commander
in
chief
of
the
said
Colony
,
II.
An
Act
for
Naturalization
.
WHereas
nothing
can
contribute
more
to
the
speedy
setling
and
peopling
of
this
his
Majesties
Colony
of
Virginia
,
then
that
all
possible
encouragement
should
be
given
to
persons
of
different
Nations
,
to
Transport
themselves
hither
with
their
Families
and
Stocks
,
for
to
settle
,
plant
,
or
Reside
,
by
investing
them
with
all
the
Rights
and
Priviledges
of
any
of
his
Majesties
natural
Free-born
Subjects
,
within
the
said
Colony
;
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
by
the
Kings
most
Excellent
Majesty
,
by
and
with
the
consent
of
the
General
Assembly
,
and
it
is
hereby
Enacted
by
the
authority
aforesaid
,
that
it
shall
and
may
be
lawful
for
the
Governour
or
Commander
in
chief
,
for
the
time
being
,
or
any
of
his
Successors
,
Governours
of
this
Colony
,
by
a
publick
Instrument
under
the
broad
Seal
thereof
,
to
declare
any
Alien
or
Aliens
,
Forreigner
or
Forreigners
being
already
setled
,
or
Inhabitants
of
this
his
Majesties
Colony
,
or
such
as
shall
hereafter
come
for
to
settle
,
Provided
that
nothing
in
this
Act
contained
,
shall
be
construed
to
enable
or
give
power
or
Priviledge
to
any
Forreigner
to
do
or
execute
any
matter
or
thing
,
which
by
any
of
the
Acts
made
in
England
,
concerning
his
Majesties
Plantations
he
is
disabled
to
do
or
execute
.
III.
An
Act
for
raising
a
Publick
Revenue
for
the
better
Support
of
the
Government
,
of
this
his
Majesties
Colony
of
Virginia
.
WHereas
there
is
a
great
and
continual
charge
Required
for
the
Maintenance
of
the
Governour
,
and
several
other
Officers
and
Persons
,
as
also
for
the
Fort
and
Fortifications
,
besides
many
other
contingent
expences
,
absolutely
necessary
for
the
Support
of
the
Government
of
this
Colony
;
Be
it
therefore
enacted
,
and
it
is
hereby
enacted
by
the
Kings
most
Excellent
Majesty
,
by
and
with
the
consent
of
the
General
Assembly
,
that
for
every
Hogshead
of
Tobacco
,
that
shall
at
any
time
hereafter
be
exported
out
of
this
Colony
,
by
Land
or
water
,
to
any
other
place
whatsoever
,
per
Poll
for
every
person
imported
,
not
being
actually
a
Marriner
in
pay
,
And
for
the
better
discovery
and
preventing
of
Frauds
,
Be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
And
it
is
hereby
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
that
the
Respective
master
of
every
Ship
and
Vessel
,
shall
enter
into
a
Bond
of
Twenty
Pounds
Sterling
to
the
Kings
most
Excellent
Majesty
,
his
Heirs
and
Successors
,
for
the
payment
of
the
Duties
of
so
many
Hogsheads
,
or
five
hundred
pounds
of
Tobacco
as
shall
upon
due
Certificate
appear
to
be
entred
in
the
Custom-house
in
England
,
more
than
shall
be
entered
and
paid
to
the
Respective
Collectors
,
and
other
Officers
in
Virginia
,
unless
the
said
Collectors
and
Officers
be
fully
satisfied
of
the
true
number
of
Hogsheads
and
Freight
of
the
said
Ships
and
Vessels
;
the
said
Bond
to
be
made
without
any
Fee
,
and
to
be
void
to
all
intents
,
as
if
never
made
,
if
not
put
in
suit
,
upon
due
Certificate
to
be
procured
by
the
Respective
Collectors
from
the
Custom-house
in
England
within
one
year
from
the
making
thereof
,
which
said
Collectors
and
other
Officers
are
hereby
required
to
use
their
utmost
diligence
in
the
due
execution
of
this
Act
,
and
shall
be
allowed
their
usual
salleries
,
or
such
other
as
by
the
Governour
or
Commander
in
Chief
for
the
time
being
,
with
the
advice
of
the
Council
,
shall
be
adjudged
necessary
for
Collecting
the
said
imposition
;
which
said
Governour
or
Commander
in
Chief
,
for
the
time
being
,
is
also
hereby
further
Authorized
and
impowered
from
time
to
time
with
the
advice
of
the
Council
as
is
before
specified
,
to
give
such
reasonable
allowances
and
encouragement
,
as
shall
be
adjudged
fitting
,
not
exceeding
ten
per
Centum
,
to
such
Masters
of
Ships
or
other
persons
,
as
shall
give
in
true
accounts
,
and
advance
and
pay
down
the
above
mentioned
dutys
either
in
money
or
good
and
sufficient
Bills
of
Exchange
,
to
the
satisfaction
of
the
Respective
Collectors
.
Provided
always
,
and
it
is
hereby
Enacted
and
declared
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
that
the
Act
of
Assembly
in
the
Printed
Book
,
Intituled
,
Imposition
of
two
shillings
per
Hogshead
,
made
at
a
Grand
Assembly
held
at
James
City
the
23d
of
March
1661.
also
one
other
Act
,
Intituled
,
An
Act
for
the
imposition
of
two
shillings
per
Hogshead
,
made
at
James
City
the
second
of
December
,
1662.
also
one
Act
in
the
Printed
Book
,
Intituled
,
Castle-duties
to
be
paid
,
made
at
a
Grand
Assembly
holden
at
James
City
the
23d
of
March
,
1661.
and
all
other
former
Acts
for
the
raising
or
levying
of
two
shillings
per
Hogshead
Impost
upon
Tobaccoes
exported
out
of
this
his
Majesties
Colony
of
Virginia
,
or
for
raising
or
levying
,
Castle
Duties
,
Tunnage
,
or
head-money
be
and
are
hereby
by
vertue
of
this
Act
fully
Repealed
and
made
void
to
all
intents
and
purposes
,
any
thing
in
this
Act
,
or
any
other
Law
,
Statute
,
Custom
,
Usuage
,
or
instructions
whatsoever
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Provided
also
,
and
it
is
hereby
Enacted
,
and
declared
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
that
the
Priviledges
of
Virginia-Owners
of
Ships
,
expressed
and
set
down
in
the
CXXXIIII
.
Act
,
in
the
Printed
Book
(
Intituled
Priviledge
of
Virginia-Owners
)
made
at
James
City
the
23d
of
March
,
1661.
and
one
Act
made
at
James-City
the
20th
.
of
October
,
1669.
(
Intituled
,
An
Act
for
freeing
Virginia-Owners
from
Castle-Duties
)
shall
be
,
and
are
hereby
meant
and
intended
to
be
in
full
force
,
power
and
virtue
,
to
the
benefit
,
use
and
priviledge
of
all
and
every
such
Owner
or
Owners
,
any
thing
in
this
Act
,
or
any
other
Act
,
Law
,
Statute
,
Custom
,
usuage
or
Instructions
whatsoever
,
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
IV.
An
Act
for
continuation
of
the
several
Fortifications
and
Garrisons
,
at
the
heads
of
the
four
great
Rivers
.
WHereas
the
number
of
Soldiers
at
the
several
Garrisons
apointed
by
Act
of
Assembly
made
at
James-City
,
the
25th
day
of
April
,
1679.
is
found
too
chargeable
for
the
great
poverty
of
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Countrey
,
and
longer
to
lye
under
,
and
nevertheless
,
the
holding
up
any
maintaining
the
said
Garrisons
,
and
Fortifications
against
the
incursions
of
the
Indian-Enemy
is
deemed
of
absolute
necessity
;
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
and
it
is
hereby
Enacted
by
the
Kings
most
Excellent
Majesty
,
by
and
with
the
consent
of
the
General
Assembly
,
that
the
clause
in
the
said
Law
,
appointing
Forty
Tithables
,
to
set
forth
one
Souldier
,
be
from
henceforth
wholly
repealed
and
made
void
,
and
that
the
said
Garrisons
and
Fortifications
be
continued
,
and
that
from
henceforward
,
the
number
of
Soldiers
at
each
Garrison
,
William
Bird
as
undertaker
in
this
Present
Assembly
,
do
forthwith
begin
,
and
all
along
continue
from
four
months
to
four
months
,
James
River
,
and
deliver
the
same
so
convenient
to
the
Garrisons
,
as
that
the
same
may
be
conveniently
secured
and
fetcht
in
by
the
Souldiers
thereof
,
without
further
charge
to
the
Country
.
William
Bird
shall
be
paid
and
allowed
by
the
publick
,
after
the
rate
of
two
Thousand
pounds
of
Tobacco
and
Cask
per
Annum
,
for
each
Souldier
at
the
said
Fort
;
and
that
Captain
John
Langhorn
as
Undertaker
in
this
present
Grand
Assembly
,
make
like
Provisions
and
delivery
thereof
,
for
York
River
Fort
,
and
have
like
pay
from
the
publick
,
and
that
Robert
Beverly
as
Undertaker
in
this
present
Grand
Assembly
,
make
like
Provisions
and
Delivery
thereof
,
for
Rapahannack
River
Fort
,
and
have
like
pay
from
the
publick
,
and
that
the
Rules
in
the
former
Law
be
observed
for
providing
Provisions
for
Potomack
Fort
,
and
because
by
Reason
of
the
Poverty
of
this
Countrey
,
the
number
of
Souldiers
appointed
for
each
Garrison
at
the
Countreys
charge
,
is
so
few
,
and
that
in
all
likelyhood
there
may
be
found
emergent
Occasion
to
Reinforce
each
Garrison
with
one
or
more
Souldiers
;
his
Excellency
is
humbly
Requested
as
he
shall
see
cause
from
time
to
time
to
place
in
each
Garrison
such
Number
of
his
Majesties
Foot-souldiers
now
in
the
Countrey
,
as
from
time
to
time
shall
be
thought
fit
and
needful
;
and
for
such
Souldiers
so
placed
,
their
Allowance
of
Provisions
shall
be
from
time
to
time
,
made
and
provided
at
the
Countrys
charges
,
as
is
proportioned
and
allowed
for
the
other
,
all
such
Souldiers
being
furnished
and
supplyed
with
his
Majesties
Arms
and
Ammunition
,
and
provided
with
their
own
Bedding
to
be
carryed
to
such
Garrison
at
the
charge
of
the
countrey
,
and
to
the
end
such
Provisions
as
aforesaid
may
be
always
ready
and
at
hand
,
it
is
hereby
Enacted
,
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
that
every
Undertaker
hereby
and
herein
in
this
Act
nominated
do
for
the
first
four
Months
and
for
every
other
succeeding
four
Months
,
provide
and
lay
in
for
each
Garrison
five
Months
proportionable
Allowance
,
and
also
from
time
to
time
,
furnish
such
other
quantities
proportionable
,
and
for
each
such
Supernumerary
Souldier
as
shall
be
sent
according
to
the
time
such
Souldiers
shall
be
continued
there
,
Provided
always
,
and
his
Excellency
is
desired
if
he
see
cause
,
to
draw
off
ten
of
the
Souldiers
from
each
Garrison
,
for
the
ease
of
the
Country
,
supplying
the
same
with
ten
of
his
Majesties
Souldiers
at
each
Garrison
,
and
such
ten
to
have
the
Horses
,
Arms
,
and
Furniture
of
those
that
shall
be
withdrawn
.
V.
An
Act
for
Cohabitation
,
and
Encouragement
of
Trade
and
Manufacture
.
THis
present
General
Assembly
having
taken
into
their
serious
consideration
the
great
necessity
,
usefulness
,
and
advantages
of
Cohabitation
in
this
his
Majesties
Colony
of
Virginia
,
and
observing
and
foreseeing
the
great
extremities
his
Majesties
Subjects
here
;
must
necessarily
fall
under
by
the
present
and
continued
Lowness
of
the
price
of
Tobacco
,
the
only
Commodity
and
Manufacture
of
this
Countrey
,
if
the
same
be
not
by
all
prudential
wayes
and
means
prevented
;
and
considering
that
the
building
of
Store-houses
for
the
reception
of
all
Merchandizes
,
imported
,
and
receiving
,
Securing
,
and
laying
ready
all
Tobaccoes
,
for
exportation
and
for
Sales
,
and
disposal
of
all
Goods
,
Merchandizes
,
and
Tobaccos
imported
or
exported
into
or
from
this
his
Majesties
Colony
of
Virginia
,
will
be
one
great
means
of
advancement
thereof
,
do
pray
your
Majesty
that
it
may
be
Enacted
,
and
be
it
Enacted
by
the
Kings
most
Excellent
Majestie
,
by
and
with
the
Consent
of
the
General
Assembly
,
and
it
is
hereby
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
In
Henrico
County
at
Verina
,
where
the
Court-house
is
.
In
Charles-City
County
at
Flower-de-hundred
over
against
Swynyards
.
In
Surry
County
at
Smiths
Fort.
In
James-City
County
at
James-City
.
In
Isle
of
Wight
County
at
Pates-field
at
the
parting
of
Pagan
Creek
.
In
Nanzemund
County
at
Collonel
Dues
Point
,
alias
Huffs-point
.
In
Warwick
County
at
the
mouth
of
Deep
Creek
on
Mr.
Mathew's
Land
.
In
Elizabeth-City
County
,
on
the
West-side
Hampton
River
,
on
Mr.
Thomas
Jarvis
his
Plantation
where
he
now
lives
.
In
Lower
Norfolk
County
on
Nicholas
Wise
his
Land
on
the
Eastern
Branch
of
Elizabeth
River
,
on
the
Entrance
of
the
Branch
.
In
York
County
on
Mrs.
Redds
Land
where
the
Shipp
Honours
Store
was
,
including
the
Low
Beach
for
Landing
Wharfes
,
&c.
and
the
Old
field
where
Webber
dwelt
for
Cohabitation
.
In
new
Kent
County
at
the
Brick-house
along
the
high
Land
in
the
old
field
from
Marsh
to
Marsh
.
In
Glocester
County
at
Tindalls
Point
,
on
Tindalls
Creek
side
,
on
John
Williams
his
Land
.
In
Middlesex
County
on
the
West-side
of
Ralph
Wormleys
Esquire
,
his
Creek
,
against
the
Plantation
where
he
now
lives
.
In
Rappahannack
County
at
Hobbs
his
hole
.
In
Stafford
County
at
Peace
point
at
the
mouth
of
Aquia
on
the
North-side
.
In
Westmorland
County
at
Noming
on
the
Land
of
Mr.
William
Hardridge
.
In
Accomack
County
at
Colverts
Neck
on
the
North-west-side
,
at
the
head
of
Anancock
Creek
.
In
Northampton
County
at
the
North-side
of
Kings
Creek
,
beginning
at
the
mouth
,
and
so
along
the
Creek
,
on
the
Land
belonging
to
Mr.
Secretarys
Office
.
In
Lancaster
County
on
the
North-side
Corotomen
River
,
against
the
place
where
the
Ships
ride
,
on
a
point
of
Land
belonging
to
Mr.
Edward
Carter
,
about
a
quarter
of
a
mile
up
the
Creek
which
divides
Mr.
Thomas
Chewnings
and
the
Court-house
.
In
Northumberland
County
at
Chickacony
.
And
Be
it
forther
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
and
it
is
hereby
Enacted
,
That
the
price
to
be
paid
by
each
County
,
for
each
respective
Fifty
Acres
of
Land
,
nominated
as
aforesaid
,
shall
be
ten
thousand
pounds
of
Tobacco
and
Cask
,
which
summ
the
Owner
or
Owners
thereof
,
shall
be
and
are
hereby
constrained
to
accept
,
Provided
alwayes
that
it
shall
and
may
be
Lawfull
,
for
any
person
whatsoever
,
to
have
liberty
to
buy
and
Sell
between
themselves
any
Horses
,
Mares
,
Cattle
,
And
whereas
there
are
several
persons
who
are
so
Remote
from
Landings
proper
for
taking
their
Tobaccoes
on
Board
the
Soops
or
▪
Boats
for
Transporting
the
same
to
the
appointed
places
,
It
is
therefore
hereby
further
Enacted
,
that
in
case
any
Person
or
Persons
,
Owners
of
such
Lands
,
which
shall
be
convenient
to
build
a
house
upon
,
convenient
for
securing
such
Tobaccoes
,
until
the
same
can
be
shipped
,
shall
refuse
to
build
such
house
for
securing
such
Tobaccoes
as
aforesaid
,
that
in
sucb
cases
liberty
be
granted
,
and
liberty
is
hereby
granted
to
any
person
or
persons
whatsoever
,
for
so
much
Land
as
he
or
they
may
conveniently
build
such
fitting
house
upon
,
for
securing
such
Tobaccoes
,
as
shall
be
brought
thither
in
order
to
transporting
the
same
,
to
the
Ware-houses
appointed
by
this
Act
,
he
or
they
who
shall
desire
the
same
and
build
thereon
according
as
by
this
Law
is
intended
,
paying
to
the
Owner
thereof
,
such
Price
and
Prices
as
are
set
down
and
ordered
to
be
paid
in
the
Act
of
Assembly
,
providing
for
Lands
,
for
Churches
and
Mills
,
and
that
there
be
allowed
free
liberty
of
ingress
and
egress
to
and
from
such
house
or
houses
,
not
committing
any
Trespass
,
And
it
is
hereby
further
Enacted
,
that
all
such
Tradesmen
,
and
Labourers
cohabiting
in
the
places
aforesaid
,
&
not
planting
tending
or
making
Tobacco
,
shall
be
free
and
acquit
from
paying
any
Publick
Levy
during
the
term
of
five
years
from
the
Publication
of
this
Act.
Provided
always
,
and
it
is
hereby
meant
and
intended
to
be
meant
,
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
and
it
is
hereby
Enacted
,
that
for
the
better
adnavcement
of
the
Price
of
Tobacco
,
and
lessening
of
Freight
that
no
Merchant
,
Facture
,
or
Adventurer
whatsoever
,
arriving
with
any
Goods
,
Wares
,
Servants
,
Slaves
or
other
Merchandize
whatsoever
,
into
this
Colony
shall
presume
to
buy
,
Ship
off
,
or
Freight
any
Tobacco
whatsoever
,
from
any
of
the
before
appointed
places
at
any
time
or
times
before
the
twentieth
day
of
March
,
1681.
by
which
time
it
may
be
presumed
and
believed
all
Tobaccoes
whatsoever
,
which
shall
be
made
in
this
Colony
,
may
be
brought
to
the
said
appointed
places
,
under
the
Penalty
of
forfeiting
and
losing
all
such
Goods
,
Wares
,
&c.
and
all
Tobaccoes
so
purchased
one
half
to
his
Majesty
,
and
the
other
half
to
him
or
them
that
shall
or
will
inform
or
sue
for
the
same
,
any
Law
,
Usage
or
Custom
to
the
contrary
in
any
wise
notwithstanding
.
Provided
always
that
notwithstanding
any
thing
in
this
Act
contained
,
any
Inhabitant
dwelling
within
the
said
appointed
places
,
have
liberty
to
fell
such
Goods
and
Merchandizes
as
they
have
of
their
own
at
any
time
.
Provided
also
,
and
it
is
hereby
Enacted
,
that
if
two
or
more
Counties
lying
convenient
to
each
other
,
shall
within
the
two
months
before
recited
agree
together
on
one
common
place
and
Town
for
each
their
Counties
,
and
lay
out
the
ground
for
the
same
in
Common
betwixt
and
amongst
them
,
VI.
An
Act
Ascertaining
Attorneys
Fees
.
WHereas
all
Courts
in
this
Countrey
are
many
times
hindred
and
troubled
in
their
Judicial
proceedings
,
by
the
impertinent
discourses
of
many
busy
and
ignorant
men
who
will
pretend
to
assist
their
Friend
in
his
business
,
and
to
clear
the
matter
more
plainly
to
the
court
,
although
never
desired
or
Requested
thereunto
,
by
the
person
whom
they
pretend
to
assist
,
and
many
times
to
the
Destruction
of
his
cause
,
VII
.
An
Act
Ascertaining
the
time
when
Negro-Children
shall
be
Tythable
.
WHereas
it
is
deemed
too
hard
and
severe
,
that
children
as
well
Christian
as
Slaves
,
imported
into
this
Colony
,
should
be
lyable
to
Taxes
,
before
they
are
capable
of
working
.
Be
it
Enacted
by
the
Kings
most
Excellent
Majesty
,
by
and
with
the
consent
of
the
General
Assembly
,
and
it
is
hereby
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
that
all
Negro
Children
imported
or
to
be
imported
into
this
Colony
,
shall
within
three
months
after
the
publication
of
this
Law
,
or
after
their
arrival
be
brought
to
the
County-Court
,
where
their
Age
shall
be
adjudged
of
by
the
Judges
holding
Court
,
and
put
upon
Record
,
which
said
Negro
or
other
Slave
so
brought
to
Court
Adjudged
and
Recorded
,
shall
not
be
accounted
Tythable
,
until
he
attains
the
age
of
twelve
years
,
And
be
it
further
enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
and
it
is
hereby
enacted
,
that
no
Christian
Servants
imported
into
this
Country
,
VIII
.
An
Act
Licensing
a
Free
Trade
with
Indians
.
BE
it
enacted
by
the
Kings
most
excellent
Majesty
,
by
and
with
the
consent
of
the
General
Assembly
,
that
all
former
Acts
of
Assembly
Restraining
,
Limiting
and
Forbidding
Trading
with
Indians
,
be
and
stand
hereby
Repealed
,
and
they
are
hereby
Repealed
;
and
that
henceforth
there
be
a
free
and
open
Trade
,
IX
.
An
Act
ascertaining
Allowance
for
Cask
.
BE
it
enacted
by
the
Kings
most
excellent
Majesty
,
and
with
the
consent
of
the
General
Assembly
,
and
it
is
hereby
Enacted
,
that
from
and
after
the
Publication
of
this
Law
,
the
allowance
of
Cask
for
Publick
County
and
Parrish-Levys
,
and
for
Clerks
and
Sheriffs
Fees
,
be
eight
per
Cent.
and
no
more
;
per
Cent.
and
no
more
.
and
that
all
Sheriffs
or
other
Collectors
of
the
same
shall
allow
the
Planter
or
others
,
eight
per
Cent.
for
his
Cask
,
as
aforesaid
,
upon
Penalty
of
paying
for
refusing
so
to
do
,
one
hundred
pounds
of
Tobacco
to
the
Party
grieved
,
and
to
whom
he
shall
deny
such
allowance
,
on
due
proof
thereof
made
,
to
be
recovered
by
action
of
Debt
in
any
Court
of
Record
,
or
before
one
single
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
if
the
same
exceed
not
Two
Hundred
Pounds
of
Tobacco
.
X
An
Act
for
preventing
Negroes
Insurrection
.
WHereas
the
frequent
meeting
of
considerable
numbers
of
Negro-Slaves
under
pretence
of
Feasts
and
Burials
,
is
judged
and
deemed
of
dangerous
consequence
,
for
prevention
whereof
for
the
future
;
Be
▪
it
enacted
by
the
Kings
most
excellent
Majesty
,
by
and
with
the
consent
of
the
General
Assembly
,
and
it
is
hereby
enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
that
from
and
after
the
Publication
of
this
Law
,
it
shall
not
be
lawful
for
any
Negro
or
other
Slave
to
carry
or
arm
himself
with
any
Club
,
Staff
,
Gun
,
Sword
or
any
other
Weapon
of
Defence
,
XI
.
An
Act
for
Presentation
and
Delivery
of
Grievances
.
FOr
as
much
as
it
hath
been
the
frequent
practice
of
ill
disposed
and
seditious
persons
,
to
deliver
to
their
Burgesses
,
and
they
to
the
Assembly
,
scandalous
and
seditious
Papers
,
and
to
intitle
or
call
them
the
Grievances
of
such
Countie
or
Counties
wherein
they
dwell
,
neither
giveing
or
presenting
the
same
in
lawfull
manner
,
nor
in
truth
being
known
to
any
other
of
his
Majesties
good
Subjects
,
of
such
County
whose
Title
they
bear
;
Be
it
enacted
by
the
Kings
most
excellent
Majesty
,
by
and
with
the
consent
of
the
General
Assembly
,
XII
.
An
Act
prohibiting
the
exportation
of
Raw-Hides
and
Deer-Skins
.
BE
it
enacted
by
the
Kings
most
excellent
Majesty
,
by
and
with
the
consent
of
the
General
Assembly
,
and
it
is
hereby
enacted
,
that
from
and
after
Publication
of
this
Act
,
it
shall
not
be
lawful
for
any
person
or
persons
whatsoever
to
export
out
of
this
his
Majesties
Colony
of
Virginia
,
any
Untainted-Hides
or
Deer-Skins
,
upon
the
Penalty
of
paying
for
every
Raw-Hide
or
Deer-Skin
,
one
hundred
Pounds
of
Tobacco
and
Cask
,
that
shall
be
found
on
Board
any
Ship
,
Boat
,
Sloop
or
other
Vessel
,
in
order
to
such
Exportation
,
over
and
besides
the
forfeiture
,
of
all
such
Raw-Hides
or
Deer-Skins
so
found
in
exportation
;
the
one
half
to
his
Majesty
,
his
Heirs
and
Successors
,
and
the
other
half
to
him
that
shall
make
Information
thereof
;
And
all
Collectors
of
the
two
shillings
per
Hogshead
,
and
penny
per
Pound
Customes
,
are
hereby
required
and
enjoyned
on
every
Information
and
Suspition
of
such
exportation
,
to
make
diligent
search
and
seizure
accordingly
.
XIII
.
An
Act
Prohibiting
Vnlawful
Disturbances
of
Divine
Service
.
BE
it
enacted
by
the
Kings
most
Excellent
Majesty
,
by
and
with
the
consent
of
the
General
Assembly
,
and
it
is
hereby
enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
whosoever
from
and
after
the
publication
of
this
Act
,
200
l.
of
Tobacco
,
and
500
for
every
such
Offence
after
.
shall
appear
in
any
Church
or
Chappel
within
this
his
Majesties
Colony
,
whilst
the
Minister
is
exercising
his
Ministerial
Function
,
and
shall
disturb
him
by
Words
or
any
other
manner
of
means
whatsoever
,
or
shall
there
appear
in
any
unseemly
or
undecent
Gesture
,
any
Justice
,
Sheriff
,
or
other
Officers
then
present
shall
put
such
person
or
persons
so
offending
under
Restraint
during
Divine
Service
,
who
shall
also
for
the
first
Offence
be
fined
two
hundred
pounds
of
Tobacco
and
Cask
.
And
for
every
such
Offence
as
shall
be
by
them
or
any
of
them
committed
after
in
the
like
Quallity
,
shall
be
fined
five
hundred
pounds
of
like
Tobacco
and
Cask
,
for
every
such
Offence
;
which
Fines
shall
be
Levyed
by
the
Sheriff
upon
the
Estate
of
the
person
or
persons
so
offending
by
vertue
of
a
Warrant
from
a
Justice
of
the
peace
;
and
such
Justice
of
the
peace
that
shall
refuse
or
neglect
to
put
this
Law
into
severe
Execution
,
shall
be
fined
five
hundred
pounds
of
Tobacco
and
Cask
,
to
the
use
of
the
Parish
for
every
such
neglect
.
XIV
.
An
Act
Reviving
,
and
Reinforcing
an
Act
made
at
JAMES-CITY
,
the
20
th
.
of
October
,
1665.
and
putting
the
same
in
Due
Execution
.
BE
it
enacted
by
the
Kings
most
Excellent
Majesty
,
by
and
with
the
consent
of
the
General
Assembly
,
and
it
is
hereby
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
that
the
eighth
Act
of
Assembly
made
at
JAMES-CITY
,
the
20th
.
of
October
,
1665.
Intituled
,
An
Act
concerning
Indians
:
Be
and
hereby
is
Revived
and
Re-inforced
,
to
the
end
the
same
be
put
in
due
and
Effectual
Execution
.
XV.
An
Act
for
the
well
clearing
the
Heads
of
the
Rivers
and
Creeks
,
from
Loggs
and
Trees
,
for
the
more
safe
Passage
of
Sloops
and
Boats
.
WHereas
the
Neglect
of
clearing
the
Heads
and
others
parts
of
Rivers
and
Creeks
,
from
Loggs
,
Trees
,
Roots
of
Trees
,
and
other
Rubbish
,
hath
occasioned
and
endangered
the
loss
of
several
Sloopes
,
Boats
,
Tobaccoes
,
and
Merchandizing
Goods
,
in
Carriage
thereof
,
to
and
from
the
Ships
;
for
the
better
prevention
thereof
for
the
future
,
500
l.
of
Tobacco
.
Surveyors
for
High-ways
:
And
if
any
shall
presume
to
fall
Trees
into
the
Rivers
or
Creeks
,
and
not
clear
the
same
,
the
Offendor
shall
be
fined
five
hundred
pounds
of
Tobacco
the
first
Offence
,
to
the
use
of
the
County
:
And
for
the
second
,
one
Thousand
pounds
of
Tobacco
to
the
use
aforesaid
.
XVI
.
Additional
Fees
Ascertained
to
County-Court
Clerks
.
BE
it
enacted
by
the
Kings
most
Excellent
Majesty
,
by
and
with
the
consent
of
the
General
Assembly
,
and
it
is
hereby
enacted
,
that
Those
Additional
Fees
hereafter
set
down
,
over
and
besides
the
fees
nominated
in
the
Printed
Book
,
be
demanded
and
taken
by
County-court
Clerks
,
as
just
fees
,
and
none
other
,
viz.
|
|
|
|
l.
Tobacco.
For
writing
a
pair
of
Indentures
,
if
amongst
the
parties
,
as
they
can
agree
;
if
bound
by
the
Court.
|
40.
|
|
For
a
Bond.
|
10.
|
|
For
a
Retraxit
.
|
4.
|
|
For
siling
,
endorsing
,
Bill
,
Accompt
,
Petition
or
such
like
.
|
3.
|
|
For
all
Answers
to
Petitions
,
if
writ
by
themselves
.
|
10.
|
|
If
not
writ
by
them
,
and
so
for
a
Petition
.
|
5.
|
|
For
a
Warrant
by
command
of
Court
or
Justice
.
|
10.
|
|
For
a
Chancery
Bill
,
if
written
in
the
way
of
other
usual
Petitions
,
and
exceed
not
one
side
of
a
whose
Sheet
of
Paper
.
|
20.
|
|
If
more
,
every
such
side
|
10.
|
|
Recording
the
Pannel
of
a
Jury
,
and
their
Oath
|
10.
|
|
Returning
and
Recording
Executions
.
|
10.
|
|
Returning
and
Recording
Attachments
.
|
5.
|
|
Recording
the
Acknowledgment
for
Satisfaction
of
a
Judgment
.
|
10.
|
|
For
taking
Inventories
of
Estates
,
at
Appraisement
,
and
outcryes
,
if
the
Clerk
be
imployed
he
ought
to
be
agreed
with
for
that
and
his
Attendance
:
or
if
not
agreed
with
,
the
Court
to
award
for
his
pains
and
trouble
as
they
see
cause
.
|
|
For
Returning
Administrations
,
and
Probats
of
wills
,
with
their
Security
,
into
the
Secretaries
Office
,
having
a
Certificate
from
the
Office
,
of
having
so
done
.
|
40.
|
|
For
procuring
the
signing
of
Administration
,
and
Probats
.
|
10.
|
|
For
writing
and
Publishing
any
Persons
Departure
,
or
for
Stray-horses
,
or
such
like
,
at
the
Court-house-door
,
if
writ
by
themselves
.
|
5.
|
|
For
Recording
the
same
.
|
5.
|
|
For
Acknowledging
Land
in
Court
,
and
Recording
thereof
,
and
Copy
.
|
25.
|
|
For
Relinquishing
Dowers
,
and
recording
thereof
|
20.
|
|
For
a
Caveat
.
|
5.
|
|
For
entring
and
Returning
References
on
the
Docket
.
|
5.
|
|
For
a
Quietus
and
Recording
it
.
|
25.
|
|
For
a
Bill
of
Costs
.
|
3.
|
|
For
a
private
Courts
Attendance
there
.
|
200.
|
|
For
Attendance
at
the
Executing
a
Dedimus
,
and
return
thereof
to
the
Office
.
|
100.
|
|
For
returning
Appeals
and
Securities
.
|
39.
|
|
For
recording
the
Issuing
an
Attachment
.
|
3.
|
And
if
any
Clerk
of
a
County-court
shall
exact
and
take
greater
sums
for
any
Fee
then
is
here
,
or
in
the
Printed
Book
,
or
by
any
other
Law
set
down
and
established
,
and
shall
be
legally
convict
thereof
,
XVII
.
An
Act
Restraining
Striking
and
Killing
Fish
at
Vnseasonable
Times
.
THe
Inhabitants
and
Freeholders
of
the
several
Counties
of
Glocester
,
Middlesex
and
Lancaster
,
by
their
Burgesses
at
this
Assembly
,
complaining
that
the
striking
and
killing
of
Fish
with
Giggs
and
Harping-Irons
,
is
very
prejudicial
,
injurious
,
and
destructive
to
themselves
in
particular
,
and
the
whole
Countrey
in
General
:
And
praying
that
by
a
Provincial
Law
,
there
may
be
Restraint
put
upon
such
striking
and
destructive
killing
of
Fish
,
betwixt
the
Months
of
March
and
November
.
Be
it
therefore
enacted
by
the
Kings
most
Excellent
Majesty
,
by
and
with
the
consent
of
the
General
Assembly
,
and
it
is
hereby
enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
that
from
hence
forward
it
shall
not
be
lawful
betwixt
the
first
day
of
April
,
and
the
first
day
of
November
,
Glocester
,
Middlesex
,
&
Lancaster
,
upon
Penalty
of
forfeiting
500
l.
of
Tobacco
.
for
any
person
or
persons
whatsoever
,
to
kill
or
strike
any
fish
whatsoever
within
the
bounds
and
limits
on
the
Waters
or
Shoars
of
Glocester
County
,
Middlesex
County
,
or
Lancaster
County
,
with
Gigg
,
Harping-Iron
,
or
any
other
such
like
Instrument
made
,
or
to
be
made
,
of
Iron
,
Wood
,
or
other
ways
,
upon
Penalty
of
forfeiting
and
paying
for
every
time
,
such
Person
shall
be
lawfully
convict
thereof
,
five
hundred
pounds
of
Tobacco
and
Cask
,
one
half
to
the
Kings
Majesty
,
his
Heirs
and
Successors
,
and
the
other
half
to
him
or
them
that
shall
inform
thereof
,
and
sue
for
the
same
,
to
be
Recovered
against
every
such
Offender
or
Offenders
,
in
any
of
his
Majesties
Courts
of
this
Colony
of
Virginia
,
by
Action
of
Debt
,
Bill
,
Plaint
or
Information
,
any
Law
,
Custom
,
or
Usage
,
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
At
a
General
Assembly
,
begun
at
JAMES-CITY
,
November
10.
1682.
and
in
the
four
and
thirtieth
Year
,
of
the
Reign
of
our
Soveraign
Lord
Charles
the
Second
,
by
the
Grace
of
God
,
of
England
,
Scotland
,
France
and
Ireland
King
,
&c.
I.
An
Act
to
Repeal
a
former
Law
,
making
Indians
,
and
others
Free
.
Where
by
the
Twelfth
Act
of
Assembly
held
at
James
City
,
the
third
day
of
October
,
Anno
Domini
,
1670.
Entituled
,
An
Act
,
declaring
who
shall
be
Slaves
,
it
is
Enacted
,
that
all
Servants
not
being
Christians
,
being
imported
into
this
Country
by
shipping
,
shall
be
Slaves
,
but
what
shall
come
by
Land
,
shall
serve
,
if
Boyes
and
Girls
,
until
thirty
years
of
age
;
if
men
or
women
,
twelve
years
and
no
longer
:
And
for
as
much
as
many
Negroes
,
Moors
,
and
Mulattoes
and
others
born
of
,
and
in
Heathenish
Idolatrous
Pagan
and
Mahumetan
Parentage
and
Country
,
have
heretofore
,
and
hereafter
may
be
purchased
,
procured
or
otherwise
obtained
as
Slaves
,
of
,
from
,
or
out
of
such
their
Heathenish
Conutry
by
some
well
disposed
Christian
,
who
after
such
their
obtaining
and
purchasing
such
Negro
,
Moor
or
Mulatto
as
their
Slave
,
out
of
a
pious
zeal
have
wrought
the
conversion
of
such
Slave
to
the
Christian
Faith
,
which
by
the
Law
of
this
Country
,
doth
not
manumit
them
or
make
them
free
,
and
afterwards
such
their
Conversion
,
it
hath
and
may
often
happen
,
that
such
Owner
or
Master
of
such
Slave
,
being
for
some
reason
enforced
to
bring
or
send
such
Slave
into
this
Country
to
sell
or
dispose
of
,
for
his
necessity
or
advantage
,
he
the
said
Master
or
Owner
of
such
servant
which
notwithstanding
his
Conversion
is
really
his
Slave
,
or
his
Factor
or
Agent
must
be
constrained
either
to
carry
back
or
export
again
the
said
slave
to
some
other
place
,
where
they
may
sell
him
for
a
slave
,
or
else
depart
from
their
just
right
and
Title
to
such
slave
,
and
sell
him
here
for
no
longer
time
then
the
English
or
other
Christians
are
to
serve
,
to
the
great
loss
and
dammage
of
such
Master
or
Owner
,
and
to
the
great
discouragement
of
bringing
in
such
slaves
for
the
future
,
and
to
no
advantage
at
all
,
of
the
Planter
or
Buyer
;
and
whereas
also
those
Indians
which
are
taken
in
War
or
otherwise
by
our
Neighbour
Indians
Confederates
or
Tributaries
to
his
Majesty
and
this
his
Plantation
of
Virginia
,
are
slaves
to
them
the
said
Neighbouring
Indians
that
so
take
them
,
and
by
them
are
likewise
sold
to
his
Majesties
Subjects
here
as
slaves
;
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
by
the
Governour
,
Council
and
Burgesses
of
this
General-Assembly
,
and
it
is
Enacted
by
the
authority
aforesaid
,
that
all
the
said
recited
Act
of
the
third
of
October
,
1670.
Be
and
is
hereby
repealed
,
and
made
utterly
void
,
to
all
intents
and
purposes
whatsoever
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
authority
aforesaid
,
that
all
servants
except
Turks
and
Moors
,
whilst
in
amity
with
his
Majesty
,
which
from
and
after
Publication
of
this
Act
shall
be
brought
or
imported
into
this
Country
,
Negroes
,
Moors
,
Mulattoes
or
Indians
,
who
and
whose
Parents
and
Native
Country
were
not
Christians
at
the
time
of
rhe
first
purchase
of
such
servants
by
some
Christian
,
although
afterwards
and
before
such
their
importation
,
and
bringing
into
this
Country
,
they
shall
be
converted
to
the
Christian
Faith
,
and
all
Indians
which
shall
hereafter
be
sold
by
our
Neighbouring
Indians
,
or
any
other
Trafficquing
with
us
,
and
for
as
slaves
are
hereby
adjudged
,
deemed
and
taken
,
and
shall
be
adjudged
,
deemed
and
taken
to
be
slaves
to
all
intents
and
purposes
,
any
Law
,
Usage
or
Custome
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
II.
An
Act
declaring
Indian-Women-Servants
Tythables
.
WHereas
it
hath
been
doubted
,
whether
Indian-Women-Servants
sold
to
the
English
,
above
the
age
of
sixteen
years
,
be
Tythables
;
Be
it
enacted
and
declared
,
and
it
is
hereby
enacted
and
declared
by
the
Governour
,
Council
and
Burgesses
of
this
General
Assembly
,
and
the
authority
thereof
,
That
all
Indian-Women
are
and
shall
be
Tythables
,
and
ought
to
pay
Levies
in
like
manner
,
as
Negro
Women
brought
into
this
Country
,
do
and
ought
to
pay
.
III.
An
Additional
Act
for
the
better
preventing
Insurrections
by
Negroes
.
WHereas
a
certain
Act
of
Assembly
held
at
James
City
,
the
eighth
day
of
June
,
in
the
year
of
our
Lord
,
1680.
Entituled
,
An
Act
preventing
Negroes
Insurrections
,
hath
not
had
its
intended
effect
for
want
of
due
notice
thereof
being
taken
;
It
is
enacted
by
the
Governour
,
Council
and
Burgesses
of
this
Present
General
Assembly
,
and
by
the
authority
thereof
,
that
for
the
better
putting
the
said
Act
in
due
execution
,
the
Church-Wardens
of
each
Parish
in
this
Country
,
at
the
charge
of
the
Parish
,
by
the
first
day
of
January
next
,
provide
True
Copies
of
this
and
the
aforesaid
Act
,
and
make
,
or
cause
entry
thereof
to
be
made
in
the
Register
Book
of
the
said
Parish
,
June
,
1680.
for
preventing
Insurrections
of
the
Indians
,
shall
be
read
publickly
in
all
Churches
and
Chappels
of
Ease
twice
every
year
.
and
that
the
Minister
or
Reader
of
each
Parish
,
shall
twice
every
year
,
viz.
Some
one
Sunday
or
Lords-day
in
each
of
the
Months
of
September
and
March
,
in
each
Parish-Church
or
Chappel
of
Ease
,
in
each
Parish
,
in
the
time
of
Divine
Service
after
the
Reading
of
the
Second
Lesson
,
Read
and
Publish
both
this
present
and
the
aforesaid
recited
Act
,
under
Pain
such
Church-Warden
,
Minister
or
Reader
making
default
,
to
forfeit
each
of
them
six
hundred
pounds
of
Tobacco
,
one
half
to
the
Informer
,
and
the
other
half
to
the
use
of
the
Poor
of
the
said
Parish
.
And
for
the
further
better
preventing
of
such
Insurrections
by
Negroes
or
Slaves
;
Be
it
likewise
Enacted
,
IV.
An
Act
Prohibiting
the
Exportation
of
any
Iron
,
Wool
,
Wolfels
,
Skins
,
Hides
,
or
Leather
.
WHereas
it
is
found
by
experience
that
Iron
,
Wool
,
Wolfels
Skins
and
Hides
,
Tanned
or
Untanned
,
of
any
Deer
,
Ox
,
Steer
,
Bull
,
Cow
,
or
Calf
,
are
very
necessary
and
profitable
for
the
use
,
and
support
of
the
Country
,
and
would
be
found
profitable
for
the
setting
to
work
many
men
women
and
children
in
this
Country
,
which
lye
idle
for
want
of
Employment
,
some
naked
for
want
of
such
Necessaries
as
might
be
wrought
out
of
the
same
,
which
they
are
kept
from
by
Reason
of
the
great
quantities
of
them
Yearly
exported
out
of
the
Country
,
to
the
great
Impoverishment
of
the
Inhabitants
thereof
;
for
the
better
preventing
and
avoiding
such
Losses
and
Inconveniencies
that
have
happened
,
and
do
and
may
happen
to
this
Dominion
,
by
and
through
the
carrying
and
conveying
away
,
the
Exportation
and
Transportation
of
Iron
,
Wool
,
Woolfs-Skins
,
or
Hides
Tanned
or
Untanned
,
of
any
Deer
,
Ox
,
Steer
,
Bull
,
Cow
or
Calf
,
out
of
and
from
this
Country
,
and
for
the
better
setting
on
work
the
poorer
and
weaker
sort
of
People
of
this
Country
,
and
to
the
intent
that
the
full
and
best
use
and
benefit
of
such
principal
Native
Commodities
,
may
come
and
redound
,
and
be
unto
and
amongst
the
Inhabitants
of
the
same
,
the
House
of
Burgesses
now
assembled
,
do
pray
that
it
may
be
enacted
,
and
be
it
enacted
,
by
the
Governour
,
Council
,
and
Burgesses
of
this
General
Assembly
,
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
no
person
or
persons
whatsoever
,
from
and
after
the
first
day
of
January
next
,
shall
directly
or
indirectly
,
export
,
transport
,
carry
,
or
convey
,
or
cause
to
be
exported
,
transported
,
carryed
or
conveyed
out
of
,
or
from
the
Dominion
or
country
of
Virginia
,
into
any
parts
or
places
out
of
the
same
,
any
Iron
,
Wool
,
Wolfels
,
Skins
,
or
Hides
,
or
any
manner
of
Leather
,
Tanned
or
Untanned
,
of
any
Deer
,
Ox
Steer
,
Bull
,
Cow
or
Calf
,
nor
shall
directly
nor
indirectly
load
or
lay
on
board
,
or
cause
to
be
loaden
or
laid
on
board
,
in
any
Ship
,
Sloop
,
Boat
or
other
Vessel
,
in
any
place
or
port
within
this
Dominion
;
any
such
Iron
,
Wool
,
Woolfels
,
Skins
,
or
Hides
,
Tanned
or
Untanned
,
of
any
Deer
,
Ox
Steer
,
Bull
,
Cow
or
Calf
,
except
only
such
Hides
and
Iron
as
shall
appear
by
the
Oath
of
the
Owner
,
to
be
directly
transporting
to
some
Tan-house
or
Smiths
in
this
Country
,
to
be
there
wrought
up
.
And
be
it
further
enacted
,
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
that
all
and
every
the
Offender
and
Offenders
,
Offence
and
Offences
aforesaid
,
shall
be
Subject
and
Lyable
to
the
Respective
Pains
Penalties
,
Provided
always
,
and
be
it
Enacted
by
the
authority
aforesaid
,
that
no
person
or
persons
whatsoever
,
shall
at
any
time
hereafter
,
be
impeached
for
any
offence
aforesaid
,
unlsss
such
person
or
persons
shall
be
Prosecuted
within
two
years
next
ensuing
such
offence
committed
.
Provided
alwayes
,
and
it
is
the
true
intent
and
meaning
of
this
Act
,
that
if
any
person
or
persons
,
shall
hereafter
be
sued
or
impleaded
by
vertue
hereof
,
for
the
breach
of
any
clause
or
prohibition
herein
contained
upon
the
Forfeitures
or
Penalties
herein
before
mentioned
,
expressed
or
provided
,
that
then
and
in
such
case
such
person
or
persons
so
prosecuted
,
sued
or
impleaded
,
shall
not
be
liablebe
subject
to
be
sued
,
impleaded
or
Prosecuted
by
any
other
Law
heretofore
made
or
provided
against
the
exportation
of
any
of
the
Hides
,
Iron
,
Wool
,
Skins
,
or
other
things
herein
before
enumerated
,
any
other
or
former
Law
,
Provided
also
,
that
this
Act
shall
continue
in
force
until
the
tenth
day
of
November
,
which
shall
be
in
the
year
of
our
Lord
,
1685.
and
from
thence
,
to
the
end
of
the
next
Session
of
Assembly
.
V.
An
Act
Directing
how
Commissions
of
Dedimus
Potestatem
,
and
other
Writs
,
shall
Issue
.
WHereas
the
present
course
of
signing
Commissions
of
Dedimus
Potestatem
Writs
of
Execution
,
and
Attachment
by
the
Governour
,
in
causes
depending
in
the
General
Court
,
is
found
by
experience
to
be
very
Burthensome
and
grievous
to
Suiters
,
the
Burgesses
now
assembled
do
pray
,
That
it
may
be
enacted
,
and
be
it
enacted
,
by
the
Governour
,
Council
,
and
Burgesses
of
this
present
General
Assembly
,
and
by
the
Authority
thereof
,
that
all
Writs
or
Commissions
to
examine
witnesses
called
Dedimus
Potestatem
,
VI.
An
Act
Repealing
the
sixth
Act
of
Assembly
,
of
June
,
1680.
about
Attorneys
.
FOrasmuch
as
the
sixth
Act
of
Assembly
made
at
James-City
,
the
8th
.
day
of
June
,
1680.
concerning
Attorneys
,
is
found
inconvenient
,
Be
it
therefore
enacted
,
by
the
Governour
,
Council
,
and
Burgesses
of
this
General
Assembly
,
and
it
is
enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
that
the
aforesaid
Act
of
Assembly
,
and
every
clause
thereof
,
from
henceforth
be
Repealed
,
and
made
Void
.
VII
.
An
Act
Disbanding
the
present
Souldiers
in
Garrison
,
in
the
Forts
,
at
the
Heads
of
the
several
Rivers
;
as
also
,
for
the
Raising
of
other
Forces
in
their
stead
.
WHereas
the
present
Garrisons
in
the
several
Forts
,
built
according
to
an
Act
of
Assembly
,
held
at
James-City
,
the
8th
day
of
June
,
1680.
Intituled
,
An
Act
for
Continuation
of
the
several
Garrisons
and
Fortifications
at
the
heads
of
the
four
great
Rivers
;
are
by
experience
found
very
burthensom
,
and
chargeable
to
the
Country
,
and
forasmuch
as
the
apprehensions
of
Dangers
,
from
the
Incursions
of
certain
Indian-Enemies
,
induced
that
Assembly
to
erect
those
Forts
,
and
place
those
Garrisons
in
them
;
are
for
the
most
part
removed
by
peace
,
concluded
with
those
Indians
then
our
Enemies
;
the
House
of
Burgesses
now
assembled
,
do
pray
,
that
it
may
be
enacted
,
and
be
it
enacted
by
the
Governour
,
Council
and
Burgesses
of
this
General
Assembly
,
and
by
the
authority
thereof
,
that
the
several
Forts
and
Garrisons
be
dismantled
,
and
the
Forces
,
Officers
,
and
Souldiers
therein
,
and
in
each
of
them
disbanded
,
some
time
between
this
and
the
30th
.
day
of
this
instant
December
,
and
that
each
Officer
and
Souldier
by
the
time
aforesaid
,
do
actually
deliver
up
his
Horse
,
Arms
and
Furniture
,
to
the
Respective
Owners
of
them
;
and
forasmuch
as
it
may
be
dangerous
and
of
evil
Consequence
,
to
leave
the
frontiers
of
the
Country
,
and
heads
of
the
aforesaid
Rivers
,
altogether
ungarded
;
it
is
hereby
enacted
,
that
twenty
men
well
furnished
with
Horses
and
all
other
Accoutrements
,
be
raised
and
listed
in
each
of
the
Counties
of
Henrico
,
New-Kent
,
Rappahannack
,
and
Stafford
,
Henrico
,
New-Kent
,
Reppahanuack
and
Stafford
.
of
such
House-keepers
belonging
to
the
said
Counties
,
as
shall
voluntarily
offer
themselves
for
this
Service
,
and
for
want
of
such
or
so
many
House-keepers
that
then
the
said
Number
shall
be
made
up
of
such
freemen
as
shall
willingly
offer
themselves
,
and
give
security
to
the
Militia-Officers
of
that
County
,
to
perform
all
services
and
other
things
,
as
by
this
Act
is
enjoyned
them
,
but
in
case
such
twenty
men
,
quallified
as
aforesaid
,
shall
not
be
found
in
each
of
the
said
Counties
,
then
it
shall
and
may
be
Lawful
for
the
Militia-Officers
of
the
said
Counties
,
to
impress
such
and
so
many
men
furnished
as
aforesaid
,
as
shall
be
wanting
to
compleat
the
number
required
by
this
Act
;
and
his
Excellency
the
Governour
General
,
or
in
his
absence
the
Right
Honourable
the
Lieutenant
,
or
Deputy
Governour
is
hereby
desired
to
make
choice
of
,
and
commissionate
some
fit
and
able
Person
,
in
each
of
the
aforesaid
Counties
,
who
is
a
House-keeper
,
therein
to
command
,
lead
,
train
,
conduct
,
and
exercise
the
said
Twenty
souldiers
to
be
raised
in
the
said
County
,
of
which
he
shall
be
appointed
and
commissionated
,
by
his
Excellency
the
Governour
General
,
the
Lieutenant
or
Deputy
Governour
,
as
is
aforesaid
.
And
it
is
further
enacted
,
That
the
chief
Officers
of
the
Militia
in
each
of
the
said
Respective
Counties
,
shall
make
choice
of
the
most
able
and
fittest
person
,
out
of
such
twenty
men
,
as
to
them
shall
seem
most
fit
and
convenient
to
be
Corporal
of
the
said
Troop
of
that
County
,
who
in
the
absence
of
the
Captain
of
the
Troop
occasioned
by
sickness
or
otherwise
,
is
to
Lead
,
Train
,
Command
,
and
Exercise
,
the
said
Troop
,
or
Company
of
Twenty
Men
;
and
be
it
enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
pay
of
each
Officer
and
Souldier
shall
be
as
followeth
,
to
the
Captain
of
each
Troop
,
finding
himself
Horse
,
Armes
,
Ammunition
and
Provision
,
eight
Thousand
pound
of
Tobacco
,
with
Cask
,
out
of
the
Publick
Levy
,
for
one
whole
year
,
and
so
after
that
Rate
for
a
shorter
or
longer
time
;
8000
l.
of
Tobacco
and
Cask
per
Annum
.
To
the
Corporal
of
each
Troop
,
Three
Thousand
Pounds
of
Tobacco
with
Cask
,
as
aforesaid
for
one
whole
year
,
and
so
after
that
Rate
,
for
a
longer
or
shorter
time
,
to
each
Souldier
finding
himself
Horse
,
Armes
,
Furniture
,
Provision
,
Ammunition
,
and
other
necessaries
as
aforesaid
,
two
thousand
pound
of
Tobacco
in
Cask
,
as
aforesaid
,
and
so
after
that
Rate
,
Provided
always
,
and
be
it
enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
aforesaid
Recited
Act
of
the
8th
.
of
June
,
1680.
Intituled
,
An
Act
for
the
Continuation
of
the
several
Garrisons
and
Fortifications
at
the
Heads
of
the
four
great
Rivers
,
be
Repealed
,
and
it
is
hereby
Repealed
for
three
years
,
under
his
Majesties
good
Liking
,
and
after
until
his
Majesties
Pleasure
,
shall
be
signifyed
to
the
contrary
,
any
thing
herein
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
VIII
.
An
Act
imposing
further
Penalties
upon
any
person
or
persons
that
shall
Publish
,
or
Declare
that
the
Acts
of
Assembly
of
Virginia
are
not
of
force
.
THis
Assembly
taking
into
their
serious
consideration
,
that
divers
ill
disposed
persons
,
wickedly
intending
to
invalid
the
Laws
of
this
Country
,
and
bring
them
into
contempt
and
disrepute
,
have
moved
and
stirred
certain
doubts
,
whether
there
be
any
Laws
in
force
and
efficacy
,
so
as
to
be
binding
to
his
Majesties
Subjects
,
being
in
this
his
Majesties
Dominion
of
Virginia
;
for
preventing
of
such
mischiefs
,
Be
it
enacted
by
the
Governour
,
Council
and
Burgesses
of
this
General
Assembly
,
and
it
is
hereby
Enacted
and
declared
,
That
if
any
person
or
persons
shall
at
any
times
after
the
Publishing
this
Present
Act
,
maliciously
and
advisedly
publish
and
declare
,
by
words
or
writing
,
the
Acts
of
Assembly
of
Virginia
,
not
repealed
,
expired
,
vacated
or
annulled
by
the
Kings
Most
Excellent
Majesty
,
are
not
of
force
,
or
binding
within
this
his
said
Majesties
Dominion
,
to
all
his
Majesties
Subjects
inhabiting
,
or
being
therein
,
such
person
or
persons
so
offending
,
shall
be
adjudged
,
deemed
and
taken
to
be
factious
and
seditious
,
and
contemners
of
the
Laws
,
and
being
thereof
lawfully
Convicted
,
shall
for
the
first
offence
be
fined
one
Thousand
Pounds
of
Tobacco
,
and
suffer
one
months
Imprisonment
,
without
Bail
or
Mainprize
;
and
for
the
second
offence
,
Two
Thousand
Pounds
of
Tobacco
,
and
two
months
Imprisonment
,
and
for
every
such
offence
after
,
double
the
Penalties
and
Forfeitures
aforesaid
,
one
half
of
which
Forfeitures
to
the
Kings
Majesty
,
his
Heirs
and
Successors
,
and
the
other
half
to
the
Informer
,
to
be
recovered
by
action
of
Debt
,
in
any
of
his
Majesties
Courts
,
in
this
his
Majesties
Country
;
which
said
Penalties
are
to
be
added
and
imposed
over
and
besides
all
other
Punishments
that
may
be
legally
inflicted
on
such
Offenders
.
IX
.
An
Act
Repealing
an
Exception
in
the
9th
Act
of
Assembly
,
made
Anno
1664.
WHereas
the
9th
Act
of
Assembly
made
at
James
City
,
the
twentieth
day
of
September
,
1664.
Intituled
,
An
Act
concerning
Arrests
in
Court-time
,
exempt
the
Inhabitants
of
James-City-County
from
the
benefit
thereof
,
leaving
them
lyable
to
Arrests
in
time
of
General
Courts
and
Assemblies
,
which
is
found
injurious
to
many
of
the
Inhabitants
of
the
said
County
;
Be
it
therefore
enacted
by
the
Governour
,
Council
and
Burgesses
of
this
General
Assembly
,
and
it
it
enacted
by
the
authority
aforesaid
,
that
the
latter
clause
of
the
said
Recited
Act
,
whereby
the
Inhabitants
of
the
said
County
are
excepted
out
of
the
said
Act
,
Provided
alwayes
nevertheless
,
that
this
Act
shall
not
extend
to
the
Inhabitants
of
James-City
,
but
that
they
and
every
of
them
,
shall
be
lyable
to
Arrests
in
Court-time
,
as
though
the
Exception
in
the
said
Act
of
Assembly
,
X.
An
Act
that
Witnesses
be
free
from
Arrests
.
FOr
asmuch
as
many
Persons
Summoned
or
Subpena'd
as
Evidences
in
Causes
depending
in
the
Courts
of
this
Countrey
many
times
fail
in
appearing
,
for
fear
of
being
Arrested
,
when
they
appear
at
Courts
as
Witnesses
,
whereby
many
times
many
Inhabitants
of
this
Countrey
lose
their
Suits
and
just
due
;
Be
it
enacted
by
the
Governour
,
Council
and
Burgesses
of
this
General
Assembly
,
and
it
is
enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
that
from
henceforth
all
Persons
Subpena'd
as
Evidences
,
or
Witnesses
in
any
Cause
or
matter
depending
in
any
Court
in
Virginia
,
shall
be
free
from
Arrests
for
any
Debts
or
Trespass
,
except
at
the
Kings
Suit
,
during
their
Attendance
at
Courts
,
and
their
direct
coming
to
Court
,
and
Returning
Home
.
XI
.
An
Act
for
the
Encouragement
of
the
Manufactories
of
Linnen
and
Woollen
Cloth
.
BE
it
Enacted
by
the
Governour
,
Council
,
and
Burgesses
of
this
General
Assemby
,
and
it
is
hereby
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
what
person
or
persons
soever
shall
produce
to
the
County-court
,
where
he
or
they
shall
Reside
,
a
Certificate
under
the
hands
of
two
Justices
of
the
Peace
of
the
same
County
,
(
whereof
one
to
be
of
the
Quorum
)
that
such
Person
or
Persons
have
produced
to
them
upon
Oath
,
of
his
or
their
own
Growth
or
Manufacture
,
a
greater
or
lesser
Quantity
of
Flax
Seed
,
Hemp-Seed
,
or
either
of
them
,
shall
have
given
and
allowed
him
or
them
for
encouragement
to
persist
in
so
useful
a
Manufacture
for
every
peck
of
flax-seed
,
four
and
twenty
pounds
of
Tobacco
,
and
for
every
Peck
of
Hemp-seed
,
twenty
pounds
of
Tobacco
,
for
which
the
County-Court
is
impowered
to
give
every
person
or
persons
Certificate
thereof
,
24
l.
of
Tobacco
allowed
by
the
publick
for
every
peck
of
Flax-Seed
,
of
the
Growth
of
the
Country
,
and
20
l.
of
Tobacco
for
every
peck
of
Hemp-seed
.
attested
by
their
Clerk
,
which
shall
be
a
sufficient
proof
to
the
General
Assembly
to
order
the
said
person
or
persons
their
said
encouragement
out
of
the
Publick
Levy
;
provided
such
Certificate
from
the
Justices
to
the
County-Court
,
be
filed
at
the
Court
,
and
fixed
up
there
,
to
the
intent
that
all
persons
whatever
,
may
have
a
view
of
the
same
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
authority
aforesaid
,
that
what
person
or
persons
soever
,
shall
by
his
industry
of
his
own
growth
and
manufacture
work
up
his
flax
and
Hemp
,
fit
for
the
spindle
,
and
produce
the
same
to
the
next
County-Court
,
XII
.
An
Act
for
the
Advancement
of
Manufactures
of
the
growth
of
this
Country
,
and
for
the
better
and
more
speedy
payment
of
Debts
and
Levies
.
FOr
encouragement
of
Manufactures
and
improvement
of
Commodities
of
the
growth
of
the
Country
,
and
also
ascertaining
the
Rates
and
Prices
Be
it
enacted
by
the
Governour
,
Council
and
Burgesses
of
this
General
Assembly
,
that
all
Debts
either
in
Money
or
Tobacco
,
contracted
after
publication
hereof
in
this
his
Majesties
Colony
and
Dominion
of
Virginia
,
where
the
Debtor
upon
demand
of
the
Creditor
,
cannot
pay
the
same
in
specie
or
kind
,
and
shall
upon
his
Oath
declare
before
some
one
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
(
which
Oath
the
said
Justice
is
hereby
impowered
and
required
to
administer
)
the
summ
of
money
or
quantity
of
Tobacco
he
hath
here
or
else-where
,
and
shall
make
tender
of
so
much
toward
payment
of
his
Debt
that
then
and
in
such
case
it
shall
and
may
be
lawful
for
every
such
Debtor
to
make
payment
of
his
Debt
or
the
Remainder
thereof
in
the
Commodities
and
Manufactures
of
this
Country
hereafter
mentioned
,
Tobacco
at
ten
shillings
per
Cent
;
Wheat
,
English
Pease
,
and
Galavances
,
at
four
shillings
,
or
forty
pound
of
Tobacco
per
Bushel
;
Barley
,
Oates
,
and
all
other
Indian
Pease
,
at
three
shillings
seven
pence
farthing
,
or
thirty
six
pound
of
Tobacco
per
Bushel
;
Indian
Corn
shelled
,
two
shillings
,
Which
Commodities
must
be
at
the
time
of
tender
,
good
,
sound
,
wholsom
,
and
Merchantable
,
in
their
kind
;
and
if
any
difference
happen
therein
,
the
same
shall
be
determined
by
two
of
the
Neighbourhood
,
appointed
and
required
thereunto
,
Provided
always
nevertheless
,
and
it
is
the
true
intent
and
meaning
of
this
Act
,
that
this
Law
shall
continue
in
force
,
until
the
tenth
day
of
November
,
which
shall
be
in
the
year
of
our
Lord
,
1685.
and
no
longer
,
any
thing
in
this
Act
contained
,
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
XIII
.
An
Act
for
the
Publick
Levy
.
BE
it
enacted
by
the
Governour
,
Council
,
and
Burgesses
of
this
General
Assembly
,
and
the
Authority
thereof
,
that
the
sum
of
eighty
nine
pounds
of
Tobacco
be
paid
by
every
tythable
Person
within
this
his
Majesties
Colony
and
Dominions
of
Virginia
,
for
the
payment
and
defraying
of
the
publick
charge
of
the
Country
,
being
the
publick
Levy
for
this
present
year
,
and
that
it
be
paid
by
the
collectors
of
the
several
counties
,
to
the
several
Persons
,
to
whom
it
is
proportioned
by
this
Present
General
Assembly
.
FINIS
.