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| CHAP. IX. | ||
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| I. WHEREAS in and by an act of Assembly, made in the twenty eight year of the reign of his present majesty, intituled, An Act for the relief of the proprietors of the Tobacco burnt at Bolling's-Point warehouse, in the county of Dinwiddie, among other things a duty of three shillings and six-pence is imposed for every hogshead of tobacco passed at the several warehouses in this colony, from and after the twentieth day | Provision for relief of proprietors of tobacco burnt at Bollings-point warehouse, and in Coan and Deep Creek warehouses. |
| of October now last past, which act as to so much thereof as relates to the imposition of the said duty, will expire on the twentieth day of October next ensuing. | |
| II. And whereas by reason of the present short crop of tobacco, the said duty will not raise money sufficient for the purposes mentioned in the said act, and it is necessary that the said duty should be further continued: Be it therefore enacted, by the Lieutenant-Governor, Council, and Burgesses of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That so much of the said recited act of Assembly as relates to the imposing, collecting, and accounting for the said duty, shall continue and be in force from and after the said twentieth day of October next, until the twentieth day of October one thousand seven hundred and fifty seven, and no longer, and that the money arising from the said duty shall be paid to John Robinson, esquire, treasurer, or to the treasurer for the time being, appointed by, or pursuant to an act of Assembly, and by the said treasurer accounted for to the General Assembly, after deducting two per cent. for his salary in receiving the same, and shall be applied as is herein after directed. | |
| And whereas by a late accidental fire large quantities of tobacco were burnt in the public warehouses at Coan, in the county of Northumberland, and at Deep-Dreek, [Deep-Creek], in the county of Lancaster, an account of which tobacco, with the names of the proprietors, is stated in the memorials of the inspectors of the said warehouses respectively, and contained in a schedule hereunto annexed, for the relief of which sufferers, Be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the said treasurer, out of the money to be raised, by this and the said recited act, shall, some time before the last day of July next ensuing, pay to the several proprietors of the tobacco burnt in the said last mentioned warehouses, and mentioned in the said schedule, after the rates following, that is to say, for the two hogsheads of crop tobacco inspected at Coan warehouse, in the year one thousand seven hundred and fifty three, also for the transfer tobacco burnt in the said warehouse, for which the inspectors notes are out, and for the three hogsheads of uninspected tobacco burnt in the said warehouse after the rate of ten shillings and six-pence per hundred; for the nett transfer |
| tobacco burnt in the said warehouse, and for which no notes are out, and also for all the transfer tobacco burnt in the said Deep Creek warehouse, after the rate of eleven shillings per hundred; for the hogshead of crop tobacco inspected in the said Coan warehouse, in the year one thousand seven hundred and fifty four, after the raid of twelve shillings per hundred; and for the crop tobacco inspected at each of the said warehouses of Coan and Deep-Creek, in the year one thousand seven hundred and fifty-five, after the rate of twelve shillings and six-pence per hundred. | |
| IV. And whereas by reason of the deficiency of the duty laid by the said recited act, and the long time of payment of the duty hereby continued, the treasurer will not be able to pay the proprietors of the tobacco burnt in the said Bolling's-Point warehouse at the time mentioned in the said act, and it will be injurious to the said proprietors to wait any longer, or even until that time, for such payment; they, and also the proprietors of the said tobacco burnt at Coan and Deep-Creek warehouses, being by law entitled to immediate satisfaction for their losses: Be it therefore enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That so much of the said recited act as directs the treasurer to pay the said proprietors of tobacco burnt in Bolling's-Point warehouse for their losses, on the last day of October next ensuing, be, and the same is hereby repealed, and that the said treasurer, out of the duties laid by this and the said recited act, shall, some time before the said last day of July next ensuing, pay the said several proprietors for their tobacco according to the rates and regulations in the said act mentioned, with an interest of five per centum per annum, from the time of passing the said recited act until the time of such payment. | |
| V. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the said John Robinson, or the treasurer for the time being, appointed as aforesaid, to issue or emit, at any time or times, before the last day of October next, and not after, in such proportions as he shall find necessary to answer the demands that shall be made on him, for the purposes of this and the said recited act, any number of treasury notes so as the whole sum of such notes shall not exceed the sum of ten thousand pounds current money, which notes shall be prepared, printed, or engraved, and numbered in |
| such form, and after such method as the said treasurer shall judge most convenient for their circulating in payments, and being safe from counterfeits and forgeries and shall be signed by John Robinson, esquire, treasurer, or the treasurer for the time being, appointed as aforesaid, and Peyton Randolph, esquire, and Robert Carter Nicholas, gentleman, who shall be allowed twenty-five pounds each for their trouble in doing the same, to be deducted out of the allowance to the treasurer to the treasurer for emitting the said notes, and the said treasurer shall be allowed two per centum, upon the notes so to be issued for his trouble therein. | |
| VI. And be it further enacted, That all such notes, so issued, shall be redeemable on the fifteenth day of December; one thousand seven hundred and fifty seven, and shall then be paid by the said treasurer; and further, that all such notes, shall be received and pass as a lawful tender in any payment, for any debt, demand, or duty whatsoever (except for the payment of his majesty's quit-rents) from and after the issuing of the same, for and during the time before specified for their redemption aforesaid. | |
| VII. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That if any person or persons, shall forge or counterfeit, alter or erase, any treasury note issued by virtue of this act, or shall tender in payment by way of barter, or otherwise, to any person whatsoever, or shall demand a redemption of any such note at the treasury, knowing the same to be forged or counterfeited, altered or erased, every such person or persons, so offending, if lawfully convicted, shall be adjudged a felon, and shall suffer as in cases of felony without benefit of clergy. | |
| VIII. And be it further enacted, That the money to be raised by virtue of this and the said recited act, shall stand, remain, and be, as, and for a security for the redemption of the said treasury notes, so to be issued, and the said John Robinson, treasurer, or the treasurer for the time being, to be appointed as aforesaid, is hereby required to apply all such money as shall come to his hands, by virtue of this and the said recited act, for, and towards the redemption of such treasury notes, and to no other purpose. |
| A Schedule of the Tobacco burnt in
Deep-Creek warehouse, to which this Act refers. | |||||
| Crop Tobacco. Owners names. | Marks. | Num's. | Quan. of Nett tob. | Transfer Tobacco. Owners names. | Quantity of Nett tobacco. |
| William Glascock, do. George Kerr, do. do. George M'Call, do. do. Henry Tapscott, do. do. do. do. George Heale, James Bush, Joseph Chinn; Samuel Brumley, Henry Newby; | W G do. G K do. do. G M do. do. HT ‡ do. do. do. do. GSH || I B IPC || S B HN ‡ | 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 3 11 12 13 14 15 20 3 16 3 1 | 950 950 950 950 950 950 950 950 951 945 949 953 946 950 903 986 1050 950 | Christopher Lawson, Miel Scurlock, Henry Tapscott, Henry Newby; Mary Newby, George Kerr, George M'Call, Transfer notes not given in, amounting to || Over the S and P is a figure of 4, and under them a Crow's foot. ‡ These are letters in a [Piece] | 1680 964 558 178 43 220 1021 2811 |
| A SCHEDULE of the Tobacco burnt in Coan Warehouse, to which this Act refers. | ||||||||||||||||
| Transfer Tobacco for which Notes are out. | ||||||||||||||||
| Time when received. | Crop Tobaccoo. Owners Names. | Marks. | No. | 
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Elizabeth Wanghop, Richard Walker, Jacob Haney, Presley Thornton, do. do. do. do. Samuel Blackwell, do. do. Joseph Power, Charles Betts, Henry Edwards, John Taff, Charles Betts, Joseph Humphries, Jane Morehead, | E W R W I H P T do. do. do. do. S B do. do. I P C B H E I T C B I H I M |
8 1 1 39 40 41 42 43 9 11 28 2 3 1 1 25 1 6 |
1091 1018 996 1007 1032 1000 832 1042 950 951 955 881 950 953 952 916 941 972 |
1074 1075 1078 1079 1082 1084 1085 1086 1088 1089 1090 1091 1092 1093 1094 1095 1096 1097 |
15 148 13 50 51 99 30 7 387 160 331 28 67 55 25 35 55 50 |
1001 1002 1004 1006 1009 1015 1017 1018 1019 1022 1023 1027 1032 1033 1034 1038 1039 1040 |
25 35 150 85 22 100 10 170 10 60 76 42 148 60 100 50 28 16 |
729 731 732 732 735 757 738 745 756 758 768 706 710 712 715 716 825 827 |
27 40 138 15 88 102 250 246 15 25 70 15 150 140 60 16 63 30 |
546 550 552 555 563 568 576 578 581 587 592 598 602 603 608 614 618 619 |
10 60 46 285 70 56 25 75 62 40 8 40 116 60 200 10 15 12 |
402 403 404 405 407 413 406 413 418 419 421 422 425 426 432 434 444 448 |
281 13 36 72 805 85 55 50 24 20 113 100 91 30 50 94 30 90 |
88 90 91 93 97 118 124 125 126 132 136 145 148 155 157 159 169 179 |
200 22 25 70 50 40 122 32 91 10 60 116 14 37 300 180 10 50 |
| SCHEDULE−−Continued. | |||||||||||||||
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Thomas Wilkins, Samuel Blackwell, do. do. Patrick Mealey, Elizabeth Wanghop, Thomas Smith, William Glascock, do. Joseph Ball, William Denney, Thomas Cottrell, Rebecca Beacham, Samuel Blackwell, do. George Kerr, William Glascock, Thomas Pollin, Thomas Dameron, Matthew Bussell, Sarah Hulett, Thomas Dameron, do. Sarah Hulett, George Kerr, |
T W S B do. do. P M E W T S W G do. I B W D T C R B S B do. G K W G T P T D M B‡ S H T D do. S H G K |
2 32 22 52 2 12 31 1 2 3 1 1 1 53 57 40 3 3 2 54 3 5 7 5 39 |
968 950 967 970 952 953 929 916 984 994 1094 1003 958 915 967 950 936 1009 1039 920 915 1031 1073 952 950 |
1098 1099 1100 1101 1102 1103 1104 1105 907 909 912 914 915 918 922 924 35 114 127 944 951 957 960 963 964 |
120 60 139 200 190 120 33 40 15 30 73 100 51 40 14 25 319 100 42 15 52 78 234 461 99 |
1042 1044 1049 1050 1052 1053 1055 1056 1057 1059 1061 1063 1064 1065 1067 1068 1072 1073 184 683 685 687 688 695 699 | 100
115 88 30 100 100 68 40 50 116 25 300 20 238 20 235 100 130 40 100 30 20 10 41 530 |
828 829 838 842 845 845 855 862 864 865 870 877 935 936 940 415 487 491 493 497 512 514 518 519 520 |
23 14 119 40 100 135 40 10 25 100 91 10 50 71 15 189 86 72 17 15 9 116 20 16 9 |
625 562 631 635 644 647 648 654 669 675 677 679 609 449 234 337 338 339 340 345 350 357 359 360 368 |
15 15 16 30 18 57 25 48 76 80 20 13 100 22 104 10 20 71 10 200 50 127 126 100 10 |
451 453 455 456 457 463 464 466 471 477 481 483 485 442 2 5 7 11 12 16 21 23 24 26 29 |
31 30 24 15 45 35 50 149 48 27 92 20 60 200 10 22 80 13 335 25 40 10 25 12 8 |
181 186 195 196 199 204 205 206 208 212 217 219 |
66 15 20 40 40 70 23 44 90 86 12 75 |
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Benjamin Haney, Benjamin Landsdale, Joshua Nebus, Charles Betts, Thomas Dameron, |
B H B L I N C B T D |
2 2 1 2 6 |
1058 823 960 1024 1035 |
968 969 971 972 978 987 990 991 995 996 998 |
12 80 116 116 284 67 132 20 50 3 38 |
702 713 714 715 716 717 718 720 721 723 725 |
15 90 50 10 10 9 9 120 180 90 60 |
521 522 525 526 529 531 535 536 540 541 544 |
67 18 116 50 74 116 30 50 203 27 85 |
374 375 376 377 381 384 386 389 391 396 401 |
20 20 92 20 25 40 23 10 46 30 9 |
32 40 44 46 52 54 69 72 73 76 85 |
550 50 57 30 149 20 60 12 278 43 25 | ||
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 CHAP. X. An Act for adding certain Lands, therein mentioned, to the City of Williamsburg. | ||||||||||||||||
| I. WHEREAS it hath been represented to this General Assembly, That Benjamin Waller, gentleman, hath laid out a certain parcel of his lands, in the counties of York and James-City, contiguous to the city of Williamsburg, at the east end thereof, into lots, and the purchasers of the said lots have petitioned that they may be taken into the limits of the said city, and enjoy all the privileges of the freeholders and inhabitants thereof: Be it enacted, by the Lieutenant-Governor, Council, and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted, by the authority of the same, That the lands laid out, as aforesaid, by the said Benjamin Waller, into lots adjoining the said city, so soon as the same shall be built upon and saved according to the condition of the deeds of conveyance, shall be added to, and made part of the said city of Williamsburg; and the freeholders and inhabitants enjoy all the rights, privileges, and immunities granted to, or enjoyed by, the freeholders and inhabitants of the said city; and shall be subject to the same jurisdiction, rules, and government with the other inhabitants of the said city. | Certain lands of Benjamin Waller, added to the city of Williamsburg. | |||||||||||||||
| CHAP. XI. An Act for appointing a public Ferry, and discontinuing a former one. | |
| I. BE it enacted, by the Lieutenant-Governor, Council, and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted, by the authority of the same, That a public ferry be constantly kept from the north side of the Fluvanna river, to the land whereon William Megginson now dwells, and that the rates for passing the said ferry be as follow; for a man three pence, for a horse three pence, for a waggon and the driver thereof the same as for six horsed, for a cart and the driver thereof the same as for four horses, for every head of nett cattle the same as for one horse, for every sheep, goat, or lamb one fifth part of the ferriage of one horse, for every hog one fourth part of the ferriage of one horse; and that the owner of the land whereon the said ferry is appointed, and the keeper of the said ferry shall be under the like regulations and restrictions, and have such exemptions and advantages as is, and are by law provided for, and in respect of the keeper of public ferries heretofore settled and appointed. | Megginson's ferry established. |
| II. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passing of this act, the act of the General Assembly of this colony, made in the twenty second year of the reign of his present majesty, intituled, An act for the settlement and regulation of ferries, and for dispatch of public expresses, for so much thereof only as appoints a ferry from the land of James Fenly, to the land of William Cabell, across the Fluvanna, be, and is hereby repealed. | Fenley's ferry discontinued. |
| III. Provided, That the execution of this act shall be suspended until his majesty's assent thereto shall be obtained. |
| CHAP. XII. An Act for paying the Burgesses wages, for this present session of Assembly. | |
| I. WHEREAS by an act of Assembly, made in the fourth year of the reign of her late majesty queen Anne, intituled, An act for regulating the election of Burgesses, for settling their privileges, and ascertaining their allowance, it is among other things enacted, That the allowance for Burgesses attending the general Assembly should be as followeth, that is to say, For every burgess coming by land one hundred and thirty pounds of tobacco, and cask, a day, besides the necessary charge of ferriage; and for every burgess who could not come to the General Assembly otherwise than by water, one hundred and twenty pounds of tobacco, and cask, a day, to be paid them by the county, for which they serve, respectively, besides an allowance for divers days of travelling to and from the General Assembly as in the said act is particularly mentioned. And whereas by one other act of Assembly, made in the third and fourth years of the reign of his present majesty, intituled, An act for the better regulating the payment of the burgesses wages, it is among other things enacted, that when any session of Assembly should be thereafter held, and upon examination of the treasurer's accounts, it should appear that there are monies sufficient in his hands to discharge all the debts due from the public, together with the burgesses wages, and the salaries and allowances to the respective officers of the General Assembly, leaving and reserving in the hands of the said treasurer, over and above the said payments, a ballance of one thousand five hundred pounds, at the least, then every burgess, elected and serving for any county or corporation, should be paid out of the public money, the sum of ten shillings, for each day he should serve in the house of burgesses, and for the days of coming to and returning from the General Assembly, according to the first recited act, in lieu of all other demands for that service, with the further allowance to the burgesses of Accomack and Northampton, and others coming to the General Assembly by water, as in the said act is particularly directed. | Burgesses wages. Rate of |
| II. And whereas, by reason of the low circumstances of the treasury, the wages of the burgesses, for this present session of Assembly, cannot be discharged in money, according to the last mentioned act, and the same must be paid by the several counties; bur for as much as the allowances according to the first mentioned act are very unequal, by reason of the various prices of tobacco in the different parts of the colony, for making the same more equal and just, Be it enacted, by the Lieutenant-Governor, Council, and Burgesses of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted, by the authority of the same, That the several county courts within this colony (except the counties of Augusta, Frederick, and Hampshire) shall, at the laying of their next county levies, respectively, raise and levy so much tobacco as will be sufficient to pay the wages of their respective burgesses for this present session of Assembly, according to the directions and regulations in the said last recited act mentioned; and shall cause the tobacco, so levied, to be sold, and such wages paid out of the money arising by such sale, on or before the last day of July, which shall be in the year one thousand seven hundred and fifty seven; and that the several county courts of Augusta, Frederick, and Hampshire, shall also, at the times aforesaid levy and pay, in money, the wages of their respective burgesses for this present session of Assembly. | Payable in tobacco. Converted into money. | |
CHAP. XIII. | ||
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| I. WHEREAS it is absolutely necessary that the colony, at this time of extreme danger, should be vigorously defended by its inhabitants, und some truly noble spirits having associated themselves, by leave of his honor the governor, in order to curb the insolence, resent the barbarities, and oppose the violent progress | Volunteers encouraged. |
| of the enemy, and it being very consistent with the wisdom of a well governed state, that every obstacle should be removed that might either affect or impede such a laudable design: Be it therefore enacted, by the Lieutenant-Governor, Council, and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That all and every person and persons, who shall actually go into the service and defence of the country, by virtue of the association before mentioned, or any other of the like nature, or in any other manner enter voluntarily into such service and defence, shall in their persons and estates be protected and exempted from all process and distresses of what nature or kind soever (except for treason, felony, or breach of the peace) during time they shall be employed in the said service, and shall also be exempted from being drafted in the militia by virtue of an act passed this session of Assembly, for and during the time aforesaid, and the county-lieutenant or chief commanding officer, and all other officers of the militia of any county who shall actually go into the service and defence of their country, by virtue of the association aforesaid, or any other of the like nature, shall be, and are hereby declared to be, exempt from all the penalties and forfeitures, by the said last mentioned act inflicted on them respectively, for failing to perform the duties thereby severally required of them, in drafting the militia of their respective counties during the time they shall be employed in the said service, but the other officers of the militia who shall not enter into such association, and go into the service of their country, as aforesaid, shall nevertheless, in the absence of their respective county-lieutenants or other chief commanding officers, who shall enter into the service of their country in the manner aforesaid, proceed to the holding councils of war and drafting the militia of their respective counties according to the direction of the said act. | Their privileges. |
| II. And whereas by several acts passed this present session of Assembly, John Robinson, esquire, treasurer of this colony, or the treasurer for the time being, appointed by or pursuant to an act of Assembly, is impowered to issue or emit treasury notes for the purposes mentioned in the said several acts, which notes are directed to be signed by the said treasurer, and Peyton Randolph, esquire, and Robert Carter Nicholas, | Provision for signing treasury notes. |
| ANNO REGNI GEORGII II, Regis Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, et Hiberniæ tricesimo.
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| I. WHEREAS his majesty hath been graciously pleased to order, that a regiment consisting of four battalions, of one thousand men each, shall be raised | Royal American regiment, commanded |
| in America, for the protection of his colonies, and called the Royal American Regiment, to be commanded by his excellency the right honorable the earl of LOUDOUN, and hath directed his governors of his several colonies to procure levies, in their respective governments, for compleating the same; and this present General Assembly, being desirous, as much as in them lies, to contribute towards raising the said regiment, are willing that it should be enacted; And be it enacted, by the Lieutenant-Governor, Council, and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted, by the authority of the same, That so much money as shall be necessary, not exceeding eight thousand pounds, shall be paid by the treasurer of this colony, out of the public money in his hands, to the governor or commander in chief of this dominion, for the time being, to be applied towards inlisting men to serve in the Royal American Regiment, for paying the masters of such servants as shall be inlisted within this colony, according to the directions and regulations of an act of parliament passed in the twenty-ninth year of the reign or his present majesty, intituled, An act for the better recruiting his majesty's forces on the continent of America, and for the better regulation of the army, and preventing of desertion there, for transporting the men so inlisted to the city of New-York, in the province of New-York, and maintaining them till their arrival there, and accounted for to the General Assembly. | by earl of Loudoun, appropriation for. |
| II. And whereas, at the request of the chiefs of the Cherokee Indians, a fort hath lately been built at Choto, in their country, at the expence of this colony, and the said chiefs are desirous the same should be garrisoned by British subjects, which may be a means of protecting them from their enemies, and of continuing them in the British interest; Be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of two thousand pounds shall be by the said treasurer paid to the governor or commander in chief of this colony, for the time being, to be by him applied towards raising and maintaining a sufficient number of men for the garisoning the said fort. | Indian fort to be garrisoned by British subjects. |
| III. And whereas it is expected that a number of the Cherokee and Catowba, or other friendly Indian warriors, will shortly arrive to our assistance, Be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the | Indian alliance encouraged. |
| said treasurer shall be, and he is hereby impowered and required to pay to such person or persons as the governor or commander in chief of this colony, for the time being, shall by his warrant or warrants direct and appoint, so much money as shall be necessary to clothe and maintain such Indians, in case they do come to the assistance of this colony; and also to purchase goods to be presented to them as a reward for their service, so as the whole sum, to be issued for that purpose, do not exceed three thousand pounds. | |
| IV. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the treasurer of this colony shall, for the purposes aforesaid, in the first place, apply the money which shall come to his hands from the county-lieutenants or chief officers of the militia, pursuant to an act passed the first session of this present General Assembly, intituled, An act for raising the sum of twenty-five thousand pounds, for the better protection of the inhabitants on the frontiers of this colony, and for other purposes therein mentioned, and if that shall not be sufficient, shall apply so much of the money directed to be issued by an act passed the same session, intituled, An act for amending the several acts for making provision against invasions and insurrections, and for amending and explaining an act passed this present session of Assembly, intituled, An act for raising the sum of twenty-five thousand pounds, for the better protection of the inhabitants on the frontiers of this colony, and for other purposes therein mentioned, as shall be necessary to make good the deficiency, any thing in the said recited acts to the contrary notwithstanding. |
| CHAP. II. | ||
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| I. WAEREAS a large quantity of tobacco hath lately been consumed by fire, at the public warehouses at Crutchfield's, in the county of Hanover, and at Pitt's, on Pocamoke, in the county of Accomack, the exact quantity of which, and the names of the proprietors thereof, cannot now be ascertained; to the end therefore that it may fully appear to whom the said burnt tobacco belonged, and that a just account thereof may be stated, and the sufferers receive satisfaction for their several losses; Be it enacted, by the Lieutenant-Governor, Council, and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That James Power, Richard Adams, Philip Johnson, Bernard Moore, Francis West, John Baylor, and Edmund Pendleton, gentlemen, shall be and they are hereby constituted and appointed commissioners for taking, examining, and stating the accounts, claims, and demands of the proprietors of the tobacco burnt at Crutchfield's, and in stating the said accounts the said commissioners, or any four or more of them, shall and they are hereby directed and required to distinguish in separate columns, the number of hogsheads that were inspected and passed, the number that were inspected and refused but not picked and reprized, and the number of hogsheads that had not been inspected, and also the quantity of transfer tobacco that was burnt in the said warehouses, and also an accuunt of all tobacco that hath since the said fire been picked and saved out of the rubbish; and that George Holden, Ephraim Waggaman, Coventon Corbin, Charles Stockley, William Bevans, Daniel Gore, and Thomas Evans, gentlemen, shall be, and they are hereby constituted and appointed commissioners for taking, examining, and stating the accounts, claims, and demands of the proprietors of the tobacco burnt at Pitt's in the same manner, and that the said commissioners, | Commissioners to state accounts of tobacco burnt in Crutchfield's and Pitt's warehouses. |
| or any four or more of them, shall deliver to the clerk of the house of Burgesses the accounts by them taken, under their hands and seals before the sitting of the next session of Assembly. | |
| II. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the said commissioners, or any four or more of them, respectively, shall, and they are hereby impowered and required to meet at such time or times, and at such places as they shall think fit, of which time and place public notice shall be advertised in the Virginia Gazette, and at each respective warehouse at least one month before such meeting, and to examine any person or persons they shall think necessary for their information in all things relating to the said accounts, and to administer an oath or affirmation as the case shall require, for the better discovering of the true quantity of the said burnt tobacco to any person or persons. | |
| III. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That every of the said commissioners hereby constituted, before he enters upon the execution of this act, shall take an oath before the courts of the counties of Hanover and Accomack respectively, the tenor whereof shall be as follows: | |
| I A. B. do swear, that I will, according to the best of my skill and knowledge, faithfully, impartially, and truely demean myself in taking, examining, and stating the accounts, claims, and demands of the proprietors of the tobacco burnt in warehouse, according to the directions of the act of Assembly, intitled An act for appointing commissioners to take and state accounts of the Tobacco lately burnt in Crutchfield's and Pitt's warehouses; and other purposes therein mentioned. | |
| And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the commissioners hereby appointed to taking the account of the tobacco burnt in Cruthfield's [Crutchfield's] warehouse shall, and they are hereby impowered to enquire by such ways and means as they shall judge necessary, by what means and in what manner the said warehouses at Crutchfield's were burnt; and they are hereby impowered to offer a reward or rewards, at their discretion, to any person or persons that will discover the author or causer of the said fire, which rewards, on a certificate under the hands of the said |
| commissioners, or any four of them, the treasurer of this colony is hereby impowered and required to pay to the person or persons entitled thereto, out of the public money in his hands. | ||
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| I. WHEREAS by one act of Assembly, made in the third and fourth years of the reign of his present majesty, intituled, An act for the better regulating the payment of the burgesses wages; it is among other things enacted, that when any session of Assembly should be thereafter held, and upon examination of the treasurer's accounts it should appear, that there are monies sufficient in his hands to discharge all the money debts, together with the burgesses wages and the salaries and allowances to the respective officers of the General Assembly, saving and reserving in the hands of the treasurer, over and above the said payments, a balance of one thousand five hundred pounds, at the least then every burgess, elected and serving for any county or corporation within this dominion, should be paid out of the public money, the sum of ten shillings, for each day he should serve in the house of burgesses, with such further allowances, and under such restrictions and regulations; as in the said act is at large directed. | Burgesses wages how payable. | |
| II. And whereas by reason of the low circumstances of the treasury, the wages of the burgesses for this present session, cannot be discharged in money according to the letter of the said act, and the payment of the said wages in money will be a great ease to the poorer sort of people, by lessening the levy by the poll, Be it therefore enacted, by the Lieutenant-Governor, Council, and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted, by the authority of the same, That the Burgesses wages, for this present session of |
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