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PITTSBURG,
      Or, Fort Pitt, formerly called Fort Du Quesne 252.
POLL.
      For election of burgesses, how taken 521. When adjourned 521. Sheriff to deliver copies of poll to clerk of county 524.
POLL-TAX.
      Imposed for support of French and Indian war 77, 166, 174, 258, 349, 359, 497. −− How collected 539-543.
PORK.
      Act for inspection of, revived and amended 40. Inspectors, how appointed 570. Their duties 571. Contents of barrel 572. Abatement allowed 573. Appeal 573. Oath required of seller or exporter 574. Duty of coopers 575.
PORTSMOUTH.
      Parish, formed from Elizabeth river 416. Glebe land of Elibeth river to be sold, and the money divided between that parish and St. Bride's and Portsmouth 417. Certain lots of Thomas Veal added to town of Portsmouth 652. Trustees of Portsmouth 653.
PREMIUMS.
      For encouraging arts and manufactures 289. How paid 290. Further Premiums 567.
PRINCE EDWARD.
      Court day of, altered 622.
PRINCE WILLIAM.
      County divided, and Fauquier formed 34. Boundaries 311. Court days 311. Court day of, altered 509.
PRIVILEGES.
      Of members of assembly, as to person and estate 526.
PROCESS.
      Militia privileged from civil process, while in actual service 115. Deputy sheriff to subscribe his name and that of his principal, on serving process 649.
PROCLAMATIONS.
      Governor Dinwiddie's proclamation of 1754, offering a bounty in lands, on the Ohio 661. Proclamation of 1763. Land bounties to officers and soldiers 666. Quantity to each 666. To officers of the navy 666.
RAND, WILLIAM.
      Authorised to build a bridge over Pagan creek 156.
RANGERS.
      Three companies of, to be raised 76. How paid 164. Number augmented 172, 173.
RAPPIDAN.
      Owners of mills over Rappidan, compelled to make slopes for passage of fish 321.
RECOGNIZANCE.
      Of special bail, may be taken before commissioners in the country, on suits in the general court 404. Form of recognizance 404. Form of bail piece 405.
REGIMENT.
      Royal American to be raised 61. Old Virginia regiment to be completed and continued 369, 381, 463. Officers of Virginia regiment rewarded, on being disbanded 492.

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RESIGNATION.
      Effect of officers delivering up commission to avoid a call into actual service 110.
RETURNS.
      Of burgesses, forms of 524, 525.
REWARDS.
      For Indians' scalps increased 121. How obtained 122. −− Further reward 122. When to cease 123. How paid 165. For men enlisted 164, 251. Act giving reward for scalps repealed 241. To officers of Virginia regiment, on being disbanded 492.
RIDDICK, LEMUEL.
      Authorised to clear Summerton creek 154.
RICHARDS, JOHN
      Authorised to keep a ferry at Leeds, in King George 657.
RICHARDS, MOURNING.
      Vestry of Overwharton parish, in Stafford, authorised to levy a sum of money, to pay him for re-building a church at Aquia, which had been burnt down 151.
ROADS.
      Justice may convict, on his own view of roads &c. out of repair 577. County courts to take bond from contractors to build bridges &c. 577. −− Proviso in case of accidents 578. Surveyors may take timber or earth from adjacent lands for causeys 578. Exception as to town lots 578. Timber &c. to be first viewed and appraised 579. −− When clerks to deliver to surveyors copies of orders appointing them 579. Clerks
to fix up lists of surveyors and their precincts 579.
ROCKFISH.
      Allan Howard's mill on Rockfish river to be pulled down 423. No mill to be erected below the forks 423.
ROMNEY.
      Town of, in Hampshire, established 598.
RUM.
      Act laying additional duty on, continued 274. Duty on northern rum reduced 646.
SCALPS.
      Reward for Indian's scalps increased 121. How obtained 122. Further reward 122. When to cease 123. Rewards, how paid 165. Acts giving rewards, repealed 241.
SCARBURG, HENRY.
      Entail of certain lands whereof he is seized, docked 634.
SCHOOLS.
      Devise of lands and slaves, by Henry Peasley, for a free-school 41. Trustees appointed 41. Style of corporation 42. Free-school founded 42. Power of trustees 43. Act for better regulating Eatons charity school 317. −− Sole right of nominating teacher for the school in Norfolk, vested in the corporation 510.
SCOTT, JAMES.
      Agreement between James Scott, the elder, clerk, and James Scott the younger, concerning certain lands, confirmed 630.
SEAMEN.
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concerning seamen, special bail may be required 394.
SERVANTS.
      Fines incurred by, how paid 101.
SEWARD, WILLIAM.
      Entail of certain lands whereof he is seized, docked 514.
SHEPHERDSTOWN.
See Mecklenburg, and page 600.
SHERIFFS.
      To give bond and security for collection of taxes 11, 79. −− Additional penalty of bond of 18. Remedy for failing to pay taxes 263. Motion against for balance of taxes 396. Duty of Sheriffs in conducting elections for Burgesses 521. ineligible to the assembly 529. Remedy of high sheriff against his deputy, by motion 542. No security on executions against sheriffs 641. How courts to proceed when sheriffs, bonds are lost 642. Sheriffs not to be removed, before the collection of the taxes for the year is completed 644. Governor may continue sheriffs 644. Summary remedy given high sheriffs against their deputies and securities 648. Deputy sheriff to subscribe his name and that of his principal, on serving process 649.
SINGLE MEN.
      Subject to be drafted 14, 70.
      Pedlars to obtain licenses from collectors of duties on skins and furs 284. Salary, duty, &c. 284. How collectors may export their own skins
and furs 285. Penalty for trading without license 286.
SLAVES.
      Additional duty on 81. Act to prevent fraudulent gifts of 118, 237. Gifts must be in writing and recording 119, 237. Provision as to gifts before the act 119, 238. Remedy where donor refuses to make a deed 119, 238. Former adjudications not affected 239. Act reviving duty on, continued 281. Slaves bro't from Maryland, Carolina, and the West Indies liable to duty 338. Additional duty on slaves taken off 363, 383.
SOLDIERS.
      Raised by impressment for French war 14. What persons liable to draft 14. How armed 94. Time allowed to provide 99. Penalty for failing to appear, on call in to actual service 109. Pay of, in actual service 112. Privileged from civil process while in 115. Bounty for recruits 164. How to be billetted 170.
SPECIAL BAIL.
      In actions founded on the acts concerning seamen, and for regulating the unloading of ballast, special bail may be required 394. Commissioners in the country empowered to take special bail on suits in the general court. 403. Form of recognizance 404. Bail how excepted to 404. Form of bail piece 405.

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SPOTSWOOD, JOHN
      Act to enable ex'rs. of John Spotswood, esq. to pay debts and legacies of Maj. Gen. Alexander Spotswood 323. Another act on the same subject 445.
SPOTSYLVANIA.
      Court day of, altered 310. Act for altering the place for holding courts, in county of, repealed 320.
St. ANDREWS.
      Vestry of parish of, authorized to sell their glebe 617.
St. ANNE.
      Part of parish of, in Albemarle added to Fredericksville 141. Remainder divided, and Tillotson formed 141. Vestry of, dissolved 301. Parish of St. Anne divided and Amherst formed 421. Glebe lands of, to be sold and the money divided between that parish, and Tillotson and Amherst 422.
St. BRIDE'S.
      Parish, formed from Elizabeth river 416. Glebe land of Elizabeth river to be sold and the money divided between that parish at St. Bride's and Portsmouth 417.
St. GEORGE.
      Vestry of parish of, in Spotsylvania, authorised to sell their glebe 142. St. George parish formed from Accomack, in the county of Accomack 614.
St. JAMES.
      Parish of, formed from Cumberland, in Lunenburg county 413. Glebe land of Cumberland
parish to be sold, and money divided between parishes of Cumberland, Cornwall and St. James 414.
St. LUKE.
      Parish of, formed from Nottoway, in Southampton 618, 619.
St. PATRICK.
      Vestry of St. Patrick parish Prince Edward dissolved 301. Vestry authorised to levy money for Thomas Wood, for building a church, which was burnt down, before finished 611.
St. PAUL.
      Vestry of parish of, in Stafford, disolved 153.
St. STEPHEN.
      Vestry of parish of, in King and Queen authorised to sell their glebe land 513.
STAFFORD.
      Court day of, altered 656.
STAUNTON.
      Town of, in Augusta, established 473. Fairs to be kept 474. Wooden Chimnies not to be built 475. Trustees appointed 475. Vacancies, how supplied 476.
STEPHENSBURG.
      Town, of, in Frederick, established 234. Trustees appointed 236.
STASBURG.
      Town of, in Frederick, established 473. Fairs to be kept 474. Wooden Chimnies not to be built 475. Trustees appointed 475. Vacancies, how supplied 476.
STRATTON, MAJOR.
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and Queen, authorised to sell their glebe 147.
STRAYS.
      Method to be pursued on taking up strays 545. Where no owner appears 546. Printer's allowance 547. Penalty for using strays before directions of the act are pursued 547. Boats adrift 548. Where a stray shall die 548.
SUFFOLK.
      Vestry of Suffolk parish in Nansemond, dissolved 303.
SUMMERTON CREEK.
      Lemuel Riddick authorised to clear 154.
SURVEYORS.
      Of roads, when clerk to deliver order appointing him 579. Lists of, to be fixed up, by clerks 579. Surveyor to be resident of county whereof he is surveyor 645.
SUSSEX.
      Court day of, altered 67. Again altered 415.
TAR.
      Act for inspection of, revived and amended 40. Inspectors, how appointed 570. Their duties 571. Contents of barrel 572. Abatement allowed 573. Appeal 573. Oath required to seller or exporter 574. Duty of Coopers 575.
TAXES.
See Levies.
      Imposed for support of Indian war 9, 166, 174, 258, 359, 359. Who exempted 11. How accounted for 11. Sheriffs to give bond 11. Remedy against Sheriff failing to pay 12, 263. Indemnification to
persons who have paid Sheriff's 12. new taxes imposed 28. How paid 29. Tax on tithables 77, 258, 359. How collected in Northern Neck 78, To be paid to treasurer 79. Sheriffs to give bond 79. Provision where Sheriff is unable to give security 80. Public tax 139. Sheriffs to set up list of 140. Tax on carriages 263. Law imposing taxes, how promulgated 264, 265. Tax on pedlars 285. Further taxes for prosecuting the war 497. When to cease 500. Taxes on tithables, lands and carriages, how laid and collected 539. Lists of Lands to be given in, with lists of tithables 540. Penalty for failure 540. Carriages, how listed 545. Duty of justice taking lists. 541. Clerk to lay lists before grand jury 541. Their duty to present delinquents 541. Jurisdiction of court 541. Clerk to return lists of tithables lands and carriages to treasurer 542. Penalty for neglect 542. Allowance to clerks 542. Taxes on lands not listed, how collected 542. Remedy of high sheriff against his deputy, by motion 542. Taxes on slaves, wheel carriages, ordinary licenses and process, continued 639.
TENANTS IN COMMON.
      How to vote at elections 519.
TENDER.
      Treasury notes a legal tender 336, 351.

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TILLY, THOMAS
      Donation of land by Richard Bennett and Thomas Tilly, to lower parish of Nansemond, how appropriated 304.
TILLOTSON.
      Parish of, formed from St. Anne's in Albemarle 141. Glebe land of St. Anne's parish to be sold and money divided between that parish and Tillotson and Albemarle 422.
TITHABLES.
      Tax on, 77, 116, 258, 347, 359, 497. Taxes on tithables, how collected 539, 543.
TOBACCO.
      Provision for relief of persons, whose tobacco was burnt, at Bollings point, and in Coan and Deep Creek warehouses 46, 54. Commissioners to state amount of tobacco burnt in Crutchfield's and Pitt's warehouses 64. Reparation for 127, 131. Duty on tobacco exported 77, 259. Tobacco debts payable in money 240. Act explained 277. Rents of warehouses reduced 244. Duty on tobacco 77, 259, 333. Fees due in Tobacco, payable in money, at 16 s. 8d. per. hundred 385. Except in certain counties 385, 386. Additional inspectors, how appointed 387. How qualified 388. How removed 388. Penalty for acting without qualifying 388. Warehouses, state and condition
of, to be reported by inspectors 389. How repaired and new ones erected 389. Remedy for owners of warehouses, when wasted or destroyed 390. Inspectors to give receipts 390. Commission allowed inspectors, on duties imposed on tobacco 391. Transfer notes, where to pass in payment 391. Abatements 391. Warehouses at Occoquan and Yeocomico discontinued, and new ones established at Colchester & the new landing 530. Bollingbrooke warehouse in Petersburg established 531. Rents of warehouses 532. Salaries at certain warehouses altered 532. Inspectors when to attend at warehouses 532. When to account for transfer 533. Currency of certain notes 533.
TOWNS.
      Stephensburg, in Frederick, established 234. Winchester enlarged 235. Leesburg in Loudoun, established 235. Peytonsburg, in Halifax, Dalstonburg, in Lunenburg, and Fairfax, in Culpeper, established 305, 306. Woodstock in Frederick, established 406. Gatesville, in Chesterfield, 407. Staunton, in Augusta, New London, in Bedford, and Strasburg, in Frederick established 473. Charlottsville, in Albemarle, established 597. Romney, in Hampshire, established 598. Mecklenburg (commonly called Shepherdstown)

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in Frederick, 600. Hanover, in Hanover county, established 601.
TRANSFER.
      Tobacco notes, where to pass in payment 391. When inspectors to account for 533.
TREASURER.
      Act for appointing 33, 242, 466. His duty 34. Salary 34, 243, 467. Bond and Security 35, 244, 468. Vacancy, how supplied 35, 244, 468. To give further security 37, 337.
TREASURY NOTES.
      To be emitted 18, 81, 166, 174, 259, 335, 350, 360, 497. When redeemable 19, 167, 177. Counterfeiting, death, 19, 167, 177. Duties pledged for redemption 19, 86, 262. Immediate emission of 32. How redeemed 32. Provision for signing 58. Old Treasury notes bearing interest to be called in 81. New emissions of 81. Denomination 82, 175, 259, 350. By whom signed 83, 175, 259, 350, 360, 497. Superintendents of press 83, 176, 260, 351, 360, 597. When redeemable 85, 176, 261, 351. Penalty for depreciating 85, 167, 261, 336. Death to counterfeit 85, 262, 336, 352, 362, 500. A legal tender 336, 351, 362, 497. Notes redeemed to be destroyed 353. Period for their redemption 465, 466. Committee for destroying those called in 466. Power enlarged 468.
TRINITY.
      Parish, formed from Fredericksville 429. Parish of Fredericksville to pay certain sums of money to Trinity for a glebe 429.
TRURO.
      Part of parish of Cameron added to parish of Truro 612.
TURNER, THOMAS.
      Certain entailed lands vested in 159.
TURPENTINE.
      Act for inspection of, revived and amended 40. Inspectors, how appointed 570. Their duties 571. Contents of barrel 572. Abatement allowed 573. Oath required of seller or exporter 574. duty of Coopers 575.
VESTRY.
      Vestrymen may resign 132. Vacancy, how supplied 132. Oaths of 132. Vestrymen joining congregations dissenting from the church of England, how disqualified 302. How restored 303. Number necessary to constitute a vestry 303.
VIRGINIA REGIMENT.
      To be completed and continued 369, 381, 463. Officers rewarded on being disbanded 492.
VOLUNTEERS.
      Encouraged to join the army 57.
VOTERS.
      Who qualified to vote at elections 518. Who not 519. Where votes equal, who returned 522.

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WAGES.
      Of Burgesses, how payable 56, 66, 135, 249, 322, 342, 355, 439, 476, 493, 504, 596, 658. Payable by the respective counties in tobacco 365. Amount of wages 527. When payable in money 528. Wages upon an adjournment. 528.
WAR.
      Provision for carrying on French and Indian 9. Taxes 11. Directors 13. Drafts of militia 14. Forts 17, 33. Treasury nots 18, 32. Impressments 26. Pay officers, soldiers and artificers 27, 28, 29. New taxes 28, 77. Commissaries 30. New recruits for Royal American Regiment 61, 62. Army augmented by drafts 69-75. Duty on tobacco 77. Tax on tithables and lands 77. Additional duty on slaves 81. Treasury notes 81. Forces augmented 163. Bounties 164. Forces, how disposed of 164. How paid 164. Friendly Indians' scalps, reward for 165. Act repealed 241. new taxes, land and poll 166. Treasury note 166. Act for defence of frontiers 172. Act amended 251. Forces continued in service to aid in attack, on fort Du Quesne 252. Regiment in pay of the colony to be completed 255. Additional forces 256, 357, 495. Further continued in service 331, 347, 495. Old regiment completed and continued
371, 382. Grant of money by parliament, to aid the Southern colonies, in the French and Indian war 372. Regiment further continued in service 463. Officers of Virginia regiment rewarded, on being disbanded 492.
WAREHOUSES.
      Provision for relief of proprietors whose tobacco was burnt at Bollings point and in Coan and Deep Creek warehouses 46-54. So, as to Crutchfield's and Pitt's 64. Rents of warehouses reduced 244. Matchotique and Mattox, united and Stratford established 309. State and condition of, to be reported by inspectors 389. How repaired, and new ones erected 389. Remedy for owner, when wasted or destroyed 390. Warehouses at Occoquan and Yeocomico discontinued, and new ones established at Colchester & the new landing 530. Bolling broke in Petersburg established 531. Rents of warehouses 532. Salaries at certain warehouses altered 532. Inspectors when to attend at warehouses 532.
WEST, JOHN.
      Entail of certain lands whereof he is seized, docked 488.
WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE.
      Tax payable to, by pedlars 285. Entitled to send on burgess 529, 530. Sheriff of James City the returning officer 526.

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WILLIAMSBURG.
      Certain lands of Benjamin Waller added to 54. Militia of, how governed 103. −− Courts martial for 104. Recital of charter of 136. −− Certain lands, held by John Robinson, esq. in trust, vested in Philip Johnson, and added to the city of Williamsburg 247, 248, 452, 453. City of, again enlarged 316. Common hall of, authorised to assess certain taxes 469. Sheriffs of James City and York, to collect fines imposed by courts martial of Williamsburg 538. −− Publick stores of gun powder in magazine to be disposed of 594. Ten acres of land, of John Randolph, esq. added to the city of Williams burg 598.
WINCHESTER.
      A fort to be erected in, 33. Town of enlarged 235. −− Trustees appointed 236. −−
Town again enlarged 315. Hogs prevented from runing at large in, 411.
WITNESSES.
      Attendance, how paid 292.
WOOD, THOMAS.
      Vestry of St. Patrick, in Prince Edward, authorised to levy money for Thomas Wood, for building a church which was burnt down before finished 611.
WOODSTOCK.
      Town of, in Frederick county, established 406.
WORMLEY, RALPH.
      Entail of certain lands, whereof Ralph Wormley is seized, docked 628.
YORK.
      Streets and landings in, how repaired 138. Certain lots of George Read added to 139. Act for ascertaining the place where the court of York county shall be kept repealed 326.
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Page 19th, line 12 from bottom for psrson read person.
47    do. 19 from bottom for Deep-dreek read Deep Creek.
50    at the end of the last line after a read Piece.
65    do.  9 from bottom for Cruthfield's read Crutchfield's.
90    at the end of 18th line from top read "other.
96    line 19 from top for "Muterroll read "Musterroll.
119    do. 16 from top for "party read "parties.
124    do. 22 from bottom between the words "the and "next" read "end of the."
do.   do.  6 from bottom between the words "than and actions read the
125    do.  9 from top for "of read "for.
130    do 12 from bottom opposite to B for 8 read 1.
136    do.  5 from top between the words "but and "as read "for.
143    do.  8 from bottom for "purchasor read "purchasors (after "or.)
148    do. 17 from bottom before "first read "said.
154    do. 13 from top before "Parish read "said.
160    do.  9 from top for "Mills read "Mill.
164    do. 12 from top for "a read "the.
182    do. 15 from top for "4l 16s 10d. read "3 16s 10 d.'
183    do.  8 from top for "3l 17s 0d. read "3l 17s 6 d.
184    do.  4 from bottom for "George read "Jacob.
186    do. 22 from top for "Magis read "Morris.
187    do.  5 from bottom for "Thomas read "William.
188    do. 21 from top for "Jonus read "Jones.
191    do. 14 from bottom opposite to John Smith, Majr. for "13s read "13l
194    do. 16 from top oposite to Patrick Campbell for "3l 1s 0d. read "3s 1d.
195    do.  8 from top for "19s. read "10.
196    do. 15 from top for "Jacob Botters read "Jacob Potters.
do.    do. 23 from bottom for "3l. read "3s.
206    do.  5 from top for "Stephen Runnals read "James Runnals.
297    do.  3 from top for "her read "their.
316      top line for "have read "hath.
328    do. 17 from bottom for "most read "more.
376    do. 18 from bottom between the words of "of and "the, read "by.
393    do.  4 from bottom for "he read "be.
444    do. 24 from top after "with read "the.
453    do.  8 from top for "from read "for.
481    do. 14 from bottom after "man Page, omit "the younger the money."
512    do.  5 from top between the words "directors and "their for "and read "or.
529    do.  3 from top for "except read "accept.

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