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| ANNO REGNI GEORGII II, Regis Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, et Hiberniæ, tricesimo primo. 
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John Blair, esq. president. | |||
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| I. WHEREAS it is necessary, in this time of danger, that the number of forces, now in the pay of this colony, should be increased: Be it therefore enacted, by the President, Council, and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted, by the authority of the same, That the forces now in the pay of this colony shall be augmented to two thousand men, |
| exclusive of the rangers formerly directed to be raised. And for the more speedy raising the men that shall be wanted to compleat that number, it shall and may be lawful, to and for the officers appointed for that purpose, by the president or commander in chief, to inlist so many men as shall be willing to enter into the said service; and every person so inlisting shall receive from the officer inlisting him the sum of ten pounds; and every such officer shall be allowed, over and above the rewards so to be paid by him, all his necessary expences in the inlisting such persons and conveying them to a [the] place of general rendezvous. | Reward to persons inlisting. |
| II. And be it further enacted, That the men to be raised, by virtue of this act, as well as the soldiers formerly directed to be raised, and now in the pay of this colony, except the rangers, shall and may, by direction of the president or commander in chief, be united to the forces that shall be sent to our assistance by his majesty or any of the neighbouring colonies, and may be marched to annoy or attack the enemy in such manner as shall be thought proper by the commanding officer of his majesty's forces in North-America. | How the men raised are to be disposed of. |
| III. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That so much money as shall be necessary for defraying the charge of raising, paying, and cloathing, and other expences of the officers and men to be raised by virtue of this act, shall be paid by John Robinson, esquire, treasurer, or the treasurer of this colony for the time being, appointed by or pursuant to an act of assembly, out of the public money that shall come to his hands by virtue of this act, to such person or persons as shall be directed by warrant from the president or commander in chief of this colony for the time being, so that the sum so to be paid do not exceed, in the whole, the sum of twenty-one thousand five hundred pounds, to be accounted for to the general assembly. | Money to be paid by the treasurer. |
| IV. And be it further enacted, That the said treasurer shall, out of the money to be raised by virtue of this act, pay to the honorable John Blair, esquire, president and commander in chief of this dominion, or to the commander in chief for the time being, a sum of money, not exceeding four thousand five hundred pounds, to be laid out for and in the maintaining the three companies of rangers directed to be raised and | For maintaining the three companies of rangers. |
| employed for the protection of the south western frontiers of this colony, by an act made in the third session of this present general assembly, intituled, an Act for granting an aid to his majesty, for the better protection of this colony, and for other purposes therein mentioned, and accounted for to the general assembly. | |
| V. And whereas several Indians have already come to the assistance of this colony, and more may come: Be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That for defraying the charges of such Indians, there shall be paid by the said treasurer, out of the money that shall come to his hands by virtue of this act, to such person or persons as shall be directed, by warrant under the hand of the president or commander in chief of this dominion for the time being, a sum, not exceeding four thousand pounds; and that the said treasurer shall moreover, as soon as the same can be conveniently done, send to Great-Britain for, and import into this colony, a quantity of goods, such as may best answer the wants and occasions of the Indians so coming to our assistance, to be presented to them as a reward for their services, in such manner as shall be directed by the president or commander in chief for the time being, by and with the advice and consent of his majesty's council here, so as the whole sum to be paid for such goods does not exceed two thousand pounds, to be accounted for to the general assembly. | For defraying the charge of Indians coming to our assistance. |
| VI. And be it further enacted, That the said treasurer shall, out of the money that shall come to his hands by virtue of this act, pay to such person or persons as have, before the passing hereof, killed or taken prisoner any Indian enemy within the limits of this colony, and shall produce a certificate thereof, according to the directions of an act of assembly, made in the third session of this present general assembly, intituled, An Act for the more effectual preventing and repelling the hostile incursions of the Indians at enmity with the inhabitants of this colony, the additional reward of thirty pounds directed by the said act to be paid for every Indian enemy so taken prisoner, killed or destroyed. | Reward for scalps or captives. |
| VII. And for raising the several sums of money hereby given and granted, Be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That an additional tax or duty of one shilling shall be paid for every tithable person in this colony, to the sheriff of the county where such | How the money is to be raised. |
| person shall be inlisted, by the person inlisting the same, on or before the tenth day of April one thousand seven hundred and sixty-one, and the further additional tax or duty of one shilling shall be paid, in like manner, for every such tithable person, on or before the tenth day of April, one thousand seven hundred and sixty two; and the further additional tax or duty of one shilling for every such tithable person shall be paid, in like manner, on or before the tenth day of April one thousand seven hundred and sixty three; and the further additional tax or duty of one shilling for every such tithable person shall be paid, in like manner, on or before the tenth day of April one thousand seven hundred and sixty four: And that an additional tax of one shilling for every hundred acres of land, and after that rate for a greater or lesser quantity, shall be paid by the owner or proprietor thereof, on or before the said tenth day of April, in each of the said years one thousand seven hundred and sixty-one and the three next following; which said additional duties shall be paid, collected, and accounted for, in such manner and form, according to such rules, and under such penalties and forfeitures as are mentioned, prescribed, and appointed for the paying, collecting, and accounting for the tax or duty imposed upon lands and tithables payable in the said years by the before mentioned act of assembly, intituled, an Act for granting an aid to his majesty, for the better protection of this colony, and for other purposes therein mentioned: And that every article, rule and clause contained in the said act, concerning the paying, collecting, and accounting for the said former duties, shall be used, exercised, and put in practice for paying, collecting, and accounting for the said duties hereby imposed, as if the same articles, rules and clauses were inserted in this act. | Poll-tax. Land-tax. |
| VIII. And whereas by reason of the great scarcity of gold and silver in this colony, the taxes imposed by this act cannot be collected in time to answer the purposes hereby intended: Be it enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful for the said treasurer, or the treasurer of this colony for the time being, appointed as aforesaid, to issue and emit treasury notes to answer the demands that shall be made upon him for the purposes aforesaid, so as the whole sum of such notes, so to be issued, shall not exceed the sum of thirty-two | Treasury notes to be emitted. |
| thousand pounds; which notes, so to be issued, shall be prepared, engraved and numbered in such form, and after such method as the said treasurer shall judge most safe from counterfeits and forgeries; and shall be signed by Peyton Randolph, esquire, and Robert Carter Nicholas, gentleman, each of who shall receive the sum of twenty shillings for every thousand of the said notes by him signed and delivered to the treasurer. | By whom signed. |
| And be it further enacted, That in case of the death or inability of them, the said Peyton Randolph and Robert Carter Nicholas, or either of them, before all such treasury notes shall be signed, in that case it shall and may be lawful for the said treasurer to appoint some other person to sign such notes in the room of him so dead or unable; which signing shall be as effectual to all intents and purposes as if such notes were signed by the persons herein named, and public notice of such alteration shall be given by the treasurer in the Virginia Gazette for three weeks after such alteration shall take place. | In case of death or inability, new signers to be appointed by the treasurer. |
| X. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That all notes to be issued in pursuance of this act, shall be redeemable on the first day of March, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-five, and shall then be paid by the treasurer for the time being, appointed as aforesaid: And further, that all such notes shall be received and pass as a lawful tender in payment of any debt, duty or demand, whatsoever (except for the payment of his majesty's quit-rents) from the time of issuing such notes, till the time before limited for the redemption thereof at the treasury, as aforesaid. | When the money now issued to be redeemed. |
| XI. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That if any person or persons shall forge or counterfeit, alter or erase, any such treasury-note, or demand a redemption thereof at the treasury, knowing the same to be forged or counterfeited, altered or erases; or if any person or persons shall, during the time the said notes shall remain current within this colony as aforesaid, offer to sell, or expose to sale, any goods or chattels, lands or tenements, whatsoever, and shall deny or refuse to sell the same, or demand a greater price, unless he be paid for the same in gold or silver coin, and not in the said notes; or if any person or persons shall exchange gold and silver coin for the said notes, and demand or take any allowance for the | Penalty on counterfeiting. Or depreciating. |
| difference of the value thereof, or shall offer to buy or sell bills of exchange at a greater or higher difference of exchange for the said treasury-bills than for gold or silver coin, or shall use any other device, means, or method whatsoever, whereby the credit of the said notes may be impaired, every person so offending shall suffer and pay the pains, penalties and forfeitures, inflicted for the like offences respectively by the before mentioned act of assembly, intituled, An Act for granting an aid to his majesty for the better protection of this colony, and for other purposes therein mentioned, to be inflicted, recovered, and appropriated, as in the said act is directed. | |
| XII. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That for the trouble of issuing the said treasury-notes, the said treasurer, or the treasurer of this colony for the time being, appointed as aforesaid, shall receive a salary of half per centum upon the amount of the notes so to be issued. | Treasurer's salary. |
| XIII. And be it further enacted, That the money to be raised by the duties and taxes imposed by this act shall stand, be, and remain a security for the redemption of the treasury-notes so to be issued; and the treasurer for the time being, appointed as aforesaid, is hereby required to apply all such money as shall come to his hands by virtue of this act, for and towards the redemption of the said treasury-notes, and to no other use, intent or purpose, whatsoever. | How to be redeemed. |
| XIV. And for the further encouragement of persons to enlist in the service, Be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the men to be raised by virtue of this act shall be formed into a regiment, to consist of ten companies, to be commanded by a colonel, lieutenant-colonel, major, seven captains, twenty lieutenants, and ten ensigns; and there shall be allowed to the said regiment a chaplain, one surgeon and two surgeon's mates, an adjutant, and a quarter-master; which said regiment shall continue in his majesty's service until the first day of December next, and shall then be discharged from the said service. | How to be formed, and when discharged. |
| V. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the paymaster appointed to pay off the forces in the service of this colony shall give bond and security to the president, or commander in chief of this colony for the time being, in the sum of ten thousand pounds, for the due and faithful discharge of the trust reposed in him. | Paymaster to give bond. |
| XVI. And whereas it may be necessary, in case the forces in the pay of this colony should be marched upon any expedition, that the forts built for the protection of this colony should be garisoned by draughts from the militia, Be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful for the president and commander in chief for the time being, with the advice and consent of the council, to cause and direct such and so many men to be draughted out of the militia as to him shall appear necessary to garison the forts built for the protection of this colony, during the absence of the soldiers; and the men so to be draughted to continue in garison, or relieve them by new draughts from time to time, as the said commander in chief, with the advice of the council, shall direct, so as such militia be not continued in garison longer than until the twentieth day of December next: And that the draughts of the militia for this purpose shall be made in like manner, and the persons draughted shall be subject to the same rules, regulations and punishments, and entitled to the like pay and provisions, as is directed for the militia drawn into actual service upon an invasion or insurrection, by the act intituled, An Act for reducing the several acts for making provision against invasions and insurrections into one act of assembly. | Forts to be garrisoned by the militia. | |
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| I. WHEREAS an act of assembly, made in the thirtieth year of the reign of his present majesty, intituled, An Act for preventing mutiny and desertion, will soon expire, and it is expedient that the same should be continued: Be it therefore enacted, by the President, Council, and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted, by the authority of the same, That the said act shall continue and be in |
| force, from and after the expiration thereof, for, and during the term of one year from thence next following, and no longer. | |
| II. And for as much as at this time, and during the continuance of this act, there is and may be occasion for the marching and quartering of soldiers in several parts of this colony: Be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That for and during the continuance of this act, and no longer, it shall and may be lawful to and for any one justice of the peace in any county, city or borough within this colony, and he is hereby required to billet the soldiers in his majesty's service in ordinaries and licenced taverns, and in no private houses whatsoever; nor shall any more billets at any time be ordered than there are effective soldiers present to be quartered. And in case any person shall find himself aggrieved in that such justice of the peace has billeted in his house a greater number of soldiers than he ought to bear in proportion to his neighbours, and shall complain thereof to any to any two other justices of the peace of the county, city or borough where such soldiers are quartered, such justices are hereby impowered to relieve such person, by ordering such and so many of the soldiers to be removed and billeted upon such other person or persons, keeping public houses, as above mentioned, as they shall see cause; and such other person or persons shall be obliged to receive such soldiers accordingly. | Soldiers to be billeted. |
| III. And be it further enacted, That the soldiers so billeted, as aforesaid, shall be received by the person on whom they are billeted, and furnished with vinegar, salt, and the use of fires to dress their victuals, without demanding any reward or satisfaction for the same. | No reward for billeting. |
| ANNO REGNI GEORGI II, Regis Magnæ, Britanniæ, Franciæ, et Hiberniæ, tricesimo secundo.
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Francis Fauquier, esq. governor. | |||
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| I. WHEREAS the money already granted for supporting the forces in the pay of this colony is expended, and considerable arrears are now due to them, and it is necessary that money should be raised to discharge such arrears, and to pay the said forces to the first day of December next: 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 money as shall be raised for the purposes aforesaid shall be paid by John Robinson, esquire, treasurer, or the treasurer of | The money raised for payment of the arrears of the forces.
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| this colony for the time being, appointed by or pursuant to an act of assembly, out of the public money that shall come to his hands by virtue of this act, to such person or persons as shall be directed by warrant from the governor or commander in chief of this colony for the time being, so that the sum so to be paid do not exceed, in the whole, the sum of twenty thousand pounds, to be accounted for to the general assembly. | |
| II. And whereas the disbanding all the said forces on the first day of December will be of dangerous consequence to the safety and welfare of this colony, by leaving the frontiers thereof entirely defenceless and exposed to the continual incursions and depredations of our cruel and merciless enemies: Be it enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand pounds, shall be paid and accounted for in manner aforesaid, for the subsistence and pay of the first regiment, part of the said forces, from the said first day of December to the first day of May following. | Pay of the first regiment till the first day of May next. |
| III. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That the said regiment, during that time, shall be stationed in small parties or detachments upon the frontiers of this colony, and be employed in ranging thereon for the better protection of the inhabitants thereof. And if the said regiment shall be detained or prevented by any authority whatsoever from returning to this colony after the said first day of December, or shall not after their return be employed in the service aforesaid, their pay and subsistence hereby given shall cease, and the said regiment shall not be deemed or taken to be in the service or pay of this colony, any thing in this act to the contrary notwithstanding. | The first regiment to be employed as rangers. |
| IV. Provided also, That during the time aforesaid, the chaplain, adjutant, quarter-master, and fort major shall not be continued in the said regiment, and that there shall be but one colonel to the said regiment, and that no allowance shall be made to the said colonel for the expences of his table. | Officers discontinued. |
| V. And whereas several companies of the militia were lately drawn out into actual service, for the defence and protection of the frontiers of this colony, whose names, and the time they respectively continued in the said service, together with the charge of provisions found for the use of the said militia, are contained in the schedule to this act annexed; and other | Militia. |
| companies of the said militia are now in actual service, for the purposes aforesaid, whose accounts are not settled or inserted in the said schedule, and commissioners are appointed for stating and settling the same, as also the accounts of provisions for the said militia, and it is just and necessary that they should be paid for such their services and provisions by the public: Be it enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the said treasurer, out of the money to be raised by virtue of this act, shall, within three months after the passing thereof, pay to the officers, private soldiers, and other persons particularly named in the said schedule, the several sums to which they are thereby respectively entitled; and also to such officers, soldiers, and other person who shall produce to the said treasurer proper certificates from the said commissioners, together with a warrant from the governor or commander in chief for the payment of the same. | |
| VI. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the said treasurer, out of the money to be raised by virtue of this act, shall pay to the honorable Francis Fauquier, esquire, Lieutenant-Governor, or the commander in chief for the time being, a sum not exceeding four thousand pounds, to be laid out for an in the raising and maintaining companies of rangers consisting of one hundred men each with their officers, to be employed as rangers for the protection of the subjects on the frontiers of this colony, as the governor or commander in chief shall direct from time to time, and shall not be sent out of this colony. | Four companies of rangers to be maintained. |
| VII. And whereas it will be very troublesom to the governor or commander in chief to examine and settle the accounts of the several charges and expences of the said forces, Be it therefore enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That William Prentis, James Cocke, and Thomas Everard, gentlemen, shall, and are hereby appointed commissioners to examine, state, and settle such accounts relating to the expences of the said officers and men as shall from time to time be referred to them by the governor or commander in chief for the time being; and each of the said commissioners shall be allowed for their trouble therein the sum of seventy-four pounds. | Commissioners appointed. |
| VIII. And for raising the money hereby given and granted, Be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That a tax ro duty of one shilling shall be paid | The taxes. |
| for every tithable person in this colony; to the sheriff of the county where such person shall be inlisted, by the person inlisting the same, on or before the tenth day of April, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-one; and the further tax or duty of one shilling shall be paid, in like manner, for every such tithable person, on or before the tenth day of April, one thousand seven hundred and sixty two; and the further tax or duty of one shilling shall be paid, in like manner, for every such tithable person, on or before the tenth day of April, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-three; and the further tax or duty of one shilling shall be paid, in like manner, for every such tithable person, on or before the tenth day of April, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-four; and that a further tax or duty of two shillings for every tithable person in this colony shall be paid, on the tenth day of April, in the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty-five; and the like tax of two shillings, for every such tithable person, shall be paid, on the tenth day of April, in the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty-six; And that a further tax of two shillings for every hundred acres of land, and so in proportion for a greater or lesser quantity, shall be paid, in like manner, in each of the said two last mentioned years; which said taxes or duties shall be paid, collected, and accounted for in such manner and form, according to such rules, and under such penalties and forfeitures as are mentioned, prescribed, and appointed for the paying, collecting, and accounting for the tax or duty imposed upon lands and tithables, payable in the years one thousand seven hundred and sixty-one and the three next following, by one act of assembly made in the thirty first year of the reign of his present majesty, intituled, An Act for granting an aid to his majesty for the better protection of this Colony, and for other purposes therein mentioned; and that every article, rule and clause contained in the said act concerning the paying, collecting, and accounting for the taxes or duties hereby imposed in the said years one thousand seven hundred and sixty-one and the three next following shall be used, exercised, and put in practice, for paying, collecting, and accounting for the taxes or duties hereby imposed as if the like articles, rules and clauses were inserted in this act. | Poll-tax Land-tax. Made in the 30th year. |
| IX. And whereas the taxes imposed by this act cannot be collected in time to answer the purposes hereby | Treasury notes. |
| intended. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful for the said treasurer, or the treasurer of this colony for the time being, appointed as aforesaid, to issue and emit treasury notes to answer the demands that shall be made upon him for the purposes aforesaid, so as the whole sum of such notes, so to be issued, shall not exceed the sum of fifty-seven thousand pounds; which several notes shall be prepared, printed and engraved in such form, and after such method as the said treasurer shall judge will be most safe from counterfeits and forgeries: And two thousand two hundred and fifty of the said notes of the value or denomination of five pounds; and shall be signed by Peyton Randolph, Esquire, and Robert Carter Nicholas, gentleman: Two thousand two hundred and fifty of the said notes shall be of the value or denomination of three pounds, and shall be signed by the said Peyton Randolph, Esquire, and Robert Carter Nicholas, gentleman: Two thousand two hundred and fifty of the said notes of the value or denomination of two pounds, and shall be signed by the said Peyton Randolph, Esquire, and Robert Carter Nicholas, gentleman: Fifteen thousand of the said notes of the value or denomination of twenty shillings, and shall be signed by Benjamin Waller and Philip Johnson, gentlemen: Fifteen thousand of the said notes of the value or denomination of ten shillings, and shall be signed by the said Benjamin Waller and Philip Johnson, gentlemen. Twenty five thousand of the said notes of the value or denomination of five shillings, and shall be signed by John Randolph, esquire: Twenty-five thousand of the said notes of the value or denomination of two shillings and six pence, and shall be signed by the said John Randolph, esquire. Twenty thousand of the said notes of the value or denomination of one shilling and three pence, and shall be signed by Edmund Pendleton, gentleman; and twenty thousand of the said notes of the value or denomination of one shilling, and shall be signed by the said Edmund Pendleton, gentleman. | |
| X. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That in case of the death or absence or any of them the said Peyton Randolph, Robert Carter Nicholas, Benjamin Waller, Philip Johnson, John Randolph, and Edmund Pendleton, before all the treasury notes shall be signed which are herein required to be signed | Where the signers die or are absent. |
| by such person, in that case it shall and may be lawful for the said treasurer, or the treasurer for the time being, appointed as aforesaid, to appoint some other person to sign such notes in the room of him so dead or absent, which signing shall be as effectual to all intents and purposes as if such notes were signed by the persons herein named, and public notice of such alteration shall be given by the treasurer in the Virginia Gazette for three weeks after such alteration shall take place. | |
| XI. And be it further enacted, That John Palmer and George Davenport, gentlemen, shall, and they are hereby appointed to overlook the press during the time of printing the notes to be issued pursuant to this act, who shall use the best of their care, attention and diligence that the number and amount of the said notes, according to their respective denominations aforesaid, be not exceeded, nor any fraudulent practice used by the printer, his servants, or any person concerned therein; and shall number and deliver such notes, when printed, to the persons appointed to sign the same, respectively, taking his or their receipt for the same, from time to time, and that each of them shall have for their trouble therein the sum of fifty pounds, to be paid them by the treasurer for the time being. And the persons so appointed to sign the said notes shall deliver them, when signed, to the treasurer for the time being, appointed as aforesaid, and take his receipt for the same; and each signer shall receive of the said treasurer twenty shillings for every thousand of the said notes by them respectively signed and delivered as aforesaid: And the said treasurer shall be allowed half per centum upon all the said notes by him paid away as his salary for paying the same. | Overlookers of the press. |
| XII. And be it further enacted, That all notes to be issued in pursuance of this act shall be redeemable on the fourteenth day of September, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-six, and shall then be paid by the treasurer for the time being: And further, that all such notes shall be received and pass as a lawful tender in payment of any debt, duty, or demand whatsoever (except for the payment of his majesty's quitrents) from the time of issuing such notes until the time before specified for the redemption thereof at the treasury, as | The redemption of the notes, and their currency. |
| aforesaid. And if any person or persons within this colony shall, during the time the said treasury notes are to remain current, as aforesaid, offer to sell or expose to sale any goods or chattels, lands or tenements whatsoever, and shall deny or refuse to sell the same, or demand a greater price unless he be paid for the same in gold or silver coin, and not in the said notes: Or if any person or persons shall exchange gold or silver coin for the said bills, and demand or take any allowance for the difference of the value thereof, or shall offer to buy or sell bills of exchange at a greater or higher difference of exchange for the said treasury bills than for gold or silver coin, or shall use any other device, means, or method whatsoever whereby the credit of the said notes may be impaired, every person so offending shall forfeit and pay after the rate of twenty per centum upon the value of the goods or chattels, lands or tenements so offered or exposed to sale, or of the money so exchanged, or of the bills of exchange so bought or sold, to be recovered by the informer, to his own use, before any justice of the peace, where the penalty does not amount to more than twenty-five shillings, and where it shall exceed that sum, the said penalty shall be one half to our lord the king, for the public use, and to be paid to the treasurer aforesaid, or the treasurer for the time being, appointed as aforesaid, and disposed of as the General Assembly shall direct, and the other half to the informer, and shall and may be recovered with costs, by action of debt or information, in any court of record within this colony. | |
| XIII. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That if any person or persons shall forge or counterfeit, alter or erase, any such treasury note, 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 so offending, if lawfully convicted, shall be adjudged a felon, and shall suffer as in cases of felony, without benefit of clergy. | Penalty on counterfeiting. |
| XIV. And be it further enacted, That the enemy to be raised by the duties and taxes imposed by this act shall stand, be, and remain as a security for the redemption of the said treasury notes so to be issued, and the said treasurer, or the treasurer for the time | Security for the redemption of the notes. |
| being, appointed as aforesaid, is hereby required to apply all such money as shall come to his hands by virtue of this act for and towards the redemption of the said treasury notes, and to no other use, intent, or purpose whatsoever. | |
| XV. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That John Robinson, esq. treasurer of this colony, shall give such further security as shall be approved by the governor or commander in chief of this colony, in the sum of one hundred thousand pounds for the due answering and paying all the money by him received, from time to time, and for the due and faithful performance of his said office; and in case of his death, resignation, or disability, the treasurer to be appointed in his stead shall, in like manner, give such further security before he enters into his said office. | Treasurer to give further security. |
| XVI. And whereas by an act of assembly, intituled, An Act for augmenting the forces in the pay of this colony to two thousand men, and for other purposes therein mentioned, it is enacted, That the president and commander and chief, for the time being, with the advice and consent of the council, should cause and direct such and so many men to be drafted out of the militia as to him shall appear necessary to garison the forts built for the protection of this colony during the absence of the soldiers; and the men so to be drafted to continue in garison, or relieve them by new drafts, from time to time, as the said commander in chief, with the advice of the council, should direct, so as such militia be not continued in garison longer than until the twentiteh day of December next; and as it is not probable that detached parties of the first Virginia regiment will march to the protection of the frontiers of this colony by the said twentieth day of December next: Be it therefore enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful for the governor or commander in chief of this colony for the time being, with the advice and council, to continue such men, now drafted our for the purposes aforesaid, in their several duties and stations, or to relive them by new drafts, till such detachments of the regiment aforesaid shall march to the frontiers of this colony, as by this act is intended. | Militia in Garrison may be continued. |
| XVII. And for the more effectual victualling the militia so drawn out as aforesaid, Be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the governor or | Provisions for the Militia. |
| commander in chief, of this colony for the time being, to contract with any person or persons for procuring proper provisions for such militia, in the best and most expeditious manner that to him shall seem convenient. |
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