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| AT A GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |||
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Benjamin Harrison, esq. governor. | ||
 CHAP. I. |
See May 1782, ch. 10. | ||
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| I. WHEREAS the act of assembly, passed in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty two, intituled, "An act to ascertain the losses and injuries sustained from the depredations of the enemy within this commonwealth," which was continued by several subsequent acts, will expire at the end of the present session of assembly, and it is expedient that the same should be further continued; | Act to ascertain losses by depredations of the enemy, further continued. | ||
| II. Be it therefore enacted, That the act, intituled, "An act to ascertain the losses and injuries sustained from the depredations of the enemy within this commonwealth," shall continue and be in force, from and after the expiration thereof, nntil the end of the next session of assembly, and no longer. |
| CHAP. II. | ||
| An act for further continuing an act, intituled, an act concerning pensioners. | See October 1782, ch. 21. | |
| I. WHEREAS the act of assembly, passed in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-two, intituled, "An act concerning pensioners," which was continued by several subsequent acts, will expire at the end of the present session of assembly, and it is expedient that the same should be further continued; | Act concerning pensioners, further continued. | |
| II. Be it therefore enacted, That the act, intituled, "An act concerning pensioners," shall continue and be in force from and after the expiration thereof, until the end of the next session of assembly, and no longer. | ||
| CHAP. III. | ||
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| I. WHEREAS Walter Robertson, late of Halifax county, being possessed of a negro woman, named Anne Rose and her child, named Margaret Rose, did, by his last will and testament, direct, that the said Anne Rose, for her long and faithful services, should immediately on his death be put into possession of all his real and personal estate, for the use and benefit of the said Anne and her daughter Margaret, thereby manifesting his intention that they should be no longer subject to bondage. And whereas the said Anne Rose and Margaret Rose have petitioned this assembly that an act may pass for securing to them their freedom, and the enjoyment of the estate left them by the said Walter Robertson; | Anne and Margaret Rose, slaves of Walter Robertson, emancipated and all his estate vested in them agreeably to his will. |
| II. Be it therefore enacted, That the said negro woman Anne Rose, and her child Margaret Rose, shall, and they are hereby declared to be free, and may enjoy all such rights, privileges, and immunities, as free negroes or mulattoes by the laws of this country do or may enjoy; and moreover, that the said Anne Rose and Margaret Rose shall, and they are hereby declared to be capable of taking, holding, and disposing of all such estate, real and personal, as the said Walter Robertson, by his will and testament as aforesaid, hath devised or bequeathed to them, or for their use. Saving to all and every other person, his or their heirs, executors and administrators (except those claiming under the said Walter Robertson) any right, title, or claim, they may have to the said negroes, as if this act had never been made. | ||
| CHAP. IV. | ||
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| I. WHEREAS it is represented to this present general assembly, that Francis Conway hath laid out ten acres of his land, lying on Rappahnnock river, in the county of King George, into half acre lots, with convenient streets; and application being made to establish a town thereon, | Town of Port Conway, in King George, established. | |
| II. Be it therefore enacted, That the said lots so laid off (except one already sold by the said Francis Conway, to John Gravett and William Shropshire) shall be, and the same are hereby vested in John Skinker, George Fitzhugh, Alexander Rose, Thomas Berry, and John Berry, gentlemen, trustees, and established a town by the name of Port Conway; the said trustees, or any three of them, shall proceed to sell the said lots at public auction, for the best price that can be had, the time and place of which sale shall be previously advertised for one month in the Virginia Gazette; the purchasers to hold the said lots respectively, subject to the |
| condition of building on each of the said lots a dwelling house, twenty feet square at least, with a brick chimney, to be finished fit for habitation within three years from the day of sale; and the said trustees, or any three of them, shall, and they are hereby empowered, to convey the said lots to the purchasers thereof in fee simple, subject to the condition aforesaid, and pay the money arising from the sale thereof to the said Francis Conway, or his legal representative; the said trustees, or any three of them, shall have power from time to time to settle and determine all disputes concerning the bounds of the lots, and to establish such rules and orders for the regular building of houses thereon, as to them shall seem best and most convenient; and that in case of the death, removal out of the county, or other legal disability, of any one or more of the said trustees, it shall and may be lawful for the surviving or remaining trustees, to elect and choose so many other persons in the room of this dead or disabled, as shall make up the number; which trustees so elected, shall be vested with the same power and authority as those particularly named in this act. That the purchasers of the lots in the said town, so soon as they shall have built upon and saved the same according to their respective deeds of conveyance, shall then be entitled to, and have and enjoy all the rights, privileges and immunities, which the freeholders and inhabitants of other towns not incorporated, hold and enjoy. If the purchaser of any lot shall fail to build thereon within the time before limited, the said trustees, or the major part of them, may thereupon enter into such lot, and sell the same again, and apply the money for the benefit of the inhabitants of the said town. |
| CHAP. V. An act for regulating the appointment of delegates to congress. |
See vol. 9, p. 74, 133, 299, 388, 558. Vol. 10, p. 74, 163. |
| I. WHEREAS congress, by their act of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty three, have recommended to the respective states in the union, to pass laws for the purpose of keeping up a full representation in congress, from each state, and it is expedient to revise, amend, and reduce the several acts of assembly respecting the appointment of delegates to congress, into one act; | |
| II. Be it therefore enacted, That all and every act or acts, concerning the mode of appointing and manner of supporting delegates to congress from this state, shall be, and the same are hereby repealed. | Former acts, concerning appointment and wages of members of congress repealed. |
| III. And be it enacted, That five delegates shall be annually chosen by joint ballot of both houses of assembly, to represent this commonwealth in congress for one year from the first Monday of November next ensuing the date of their appointment, three of whom, at least, shall be constantly attending to discharge the duties of their office, when and where that honorable body shall be sitting. That so soon as such election shall be made, the clerk of the house of delegates shall notify the same to his excellency the governor, who shall thereupon cause a credential to be made out, the seal of the commonwealth affixed thereto, signed by him and delivered to each delegate; which credential shall be in the words following, to wit: "Virginia solicit. The general assembly of this commonwealth, on the day of , one thousand seven hundred and , by joint ballot of both houses, elected esquire, a delegate to serve in congress for one year, to commence from the first Monday in November next ensuing the date of his appointment. Given under my hand and the seal of the commonwealth, this day of one thousand seven hundred and ." | Five delegates to congress, to be annually chosen. Three constantly to attend. Credentials. |
| IV. And be it further enacted, That in case of the death, resignation, or removal from office of any delegate to congress, the person who shall be elected to supply the vacancy occasioned by such death, resignation, | Those elected to supply vacancies, how long to serve. |
| or removal from office, shall serve only for the period which such delegate would have served in case such death, resignation, or removal from office had not happened; and the credential to be given by the governor as aforesaid, shall be varied accordingly. −− And for the support of the delegates elected in manner aforesaid, | |
| V. Be it enacted, That the treasurer, from and after the first Monday in November next, shall, in quarterly payments, pay to each delegate out of the fund appropriated to the civil department, or any other fund hereafter to be assigned for that purpose, the sum of eight dollars per diem, for every day in which he shall be attending on, travelling to, or returning from, congress. Nothing in this act shall extend to the delegates at present representing this state in congress, who shall continue to act and receive the same allowances as they would have done; and the vacancies that have already happened, or may happen before the first Monday in November next, shall be supplied in the same manner as if this act had never been made. | Wages. |
| CHAP. VI. An act for dividing the county of Monongalia. | |
| I. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That from and after the twentieth day of July next, the county of Monongalia shall be divided into two distinct counties, by a line to begin on the Maryland line, at the fork ford on the land of John Goff, thence a direct course to the head waters of Big Sandy creek, thence down the said creek to Tyger's valley fork of Monongalia river, thence down the same to the mouth of the west fork river, thence up the same to the mouth of Biggerman's creek, thence up the said creek to the line of Ohio county; and that part of the said county lying south of the said line, shall be called and known by the name of Harrison, and all the residue of the | Monongalia county divided, and Harrison
formed. Boundaries. |
| said county shall retain the name of Monongalia; that a court for the said county of Harrison, shall be held by the justices thereof on the third Tuesday in every month, after such division shall take place, in such manner as is provided by law for other counties, and shall be by their commissions directed; that the justices to be named in the commission of the peace for the said county of Harrison, shall meet at the house of George Jackson, at Bush's Old Fort, on Buchanan river, int he said county, upon the first court-day after the said division shall take place, and having taken the oaths prescribed by law, and administered the oath of office to, and taken bond of, the sheriff according to law, proceed to appoint and qualify a clerk, and fix upon a place for holding courts in the said county, at or as near the centre thereof, as the situation and convenience will admit of; and thenceforth the said court, shall proceed to erect the necessary public buildings at such place; and until such buildings be compleated, to appoint any place for holding courts as they shall think proper. Provided always, That the appointment of a place for holding courts, and of a clerk, shall not be made unless a majority of the justices of the said county be present; where such majority shall have been prevented from attending by bad weather, or their being at the time out of the county, in such cases the appointment shall be postponed until some court day, when a majority shall be present; that the governor, with advice of the council, shall appoint a person to be first sheriff of the said county, who shall continue in office during the term, and upon the same conditions, as is by law appointed for other sheriffs. | Court days. |
| II. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the sheriff of the said county of Monongalia, to collect and make distress for any public dues or officers fees, which shall remain unpaid by the inhabitants thereof, at the time such division shall take place, and shall be accountable for the same in like number, as if this act had not been made; and that the court of the said county of Monongalia, shall have jurisdiction of all actions and suits in law or equity, which shall be depending before them at the time of the said division, and shall try and determine the same, and issue process and award execution thereon. |
| III. And be it further enacted, That the court of the said county of Monongalia, shall account for and pay to the court of the said county of Harrison, all such sums of money as shall or may be paid by the inhabitants of the said county of Harrison, towards defraying the expence of erecting a courthouse and other public buildings in the said county of Monongalia. That in all elections of a senator, the said county of Harrison shall be of the same district with the said county of Monongalia. | |||
| CHAP. VII. | |||
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See October 1782, ch. 8, sec. 4. | ||
| I. WHEREAS the present circumstances of the good people of this commonwealth render it necessary that a temporary indulgence should be extended to them in the payment of certain taxes, becoming due in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four: | |||
| II. Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly, That the operation of so much of an act, intituled, "An act to amend and reduce the several acts of assembly for ascertaining certain taxes and duties, and for establishing a permanent revenue, into one act," as authorizes the several sheriffs and collectors within this commonwealth to make distress for the taxes imposed by the said act, on the first day of June in the present year, shall be suspended until the last day of January next; and the sheriffs and collectors aforesaid, shall pay into the public treasury, the amount of the said taxes, on or before the twenty-fifth day of March next; | Collection of taxes suspended. |
| any thing in the said recited act to the contrary notwithstanding. | ||
| III. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That nothing herein contained shall extend to prohibit the several sheriffs or collectors from making distress for all arrearages of taxes which they were by law authorized to distrain for before the said first day of June, but the same shall be collected and paid into the public treasury, in like manner as if this act had never been made. | ||
| CHAP. VIII. | ||
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| I. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That fifteen acres of land, the property of Catesby Jones, lying on the river Yeocomico, in the county of Westmoreland, be, and the same is hereby vested in John Turberville, Fleet Cox, Richard Lee, Walter Jones, Richard Buckner, John Gordon, and Hudson Muse, gentlemen, trustees, to be by them, or any four of them, laid out into lots of half an acre each, with convenient streets, which shall be, and the same is hereby established a town by the name of Kinsale; that so soon as the said fifteen acres of land shall be so laid off into lots and streets, the said trustees, or any four of them, shall proceed to sell the said lots at public auction, for the best price that can be had, the time and place of which shall be previously advertised for two months in the Virginia Gazette; the purchasers to hold the said lots respectively, subject to the condition of building on each of the said lots a dwelling house sixteen feet square at least, with a brick or stone chimney, to be finished fit for habitation within three years from the day of sale; and the said trustees or any four of them, shall, and they are hereby empowered, to convey the said lots to the purchasers thereof in fee simple, subject | Town of Kinsale, in Westmoreland county, established. |
| to the condition aforesaid, and pay the money arising from the sale thereof to the said Catesby Jones, his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns. The said trustees, or any four of them, shall have power from time to time to settle and determine all disputes concerning the bounds of the said lots, and to settle such rules and orders for the regular building of houses thereon as to them shall seem best and most convenient; and in case of the death, removal out of the county, or other legal disability, of any of the said trustees, it shall be lawful for the other trustees to elect and choose so many other persons, in the room of those dead, removed, or disabled, as shall make up the number; which trustees, so chosen, shall be to all intents and purposes, vested with the same powers as those particularly named in this act. The purchasers of the lots in the said town, so soon as they shall have built upon and saved the same according to the conditions of their respective deeds, shall be entitled to, and have and enjoy, all the rights, privileges, and immunities, which the freeholders and inhabitants of other towns in this state, not incorporated, hold and enjoy. If the purchaser of any lot shall fail to build thereon within the time before limited, the said trustees, or the major part of them, may thereupon enter into such lot, and sell the same again, and apply the money towards repairing the streets, or in any other way for the benefit of the said town. | ||
| CHAP. IX. | ||
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| I. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That a ferry be constantly kept from the lands of John Chowning, in the county of Lancaster, over Rappahannock river to Urbanna, and the rates for passing | Chowning's ferry, over Rappahannock to Urbanna, established, |
| the same as followeth: For a man, two shillings; and for a horse the same. And for the transportation of wheel carriages, tobacco, cattle, and other beasts at the place aforesaid, the ferry-keeper may demand and take the following rates, to wit: For every coach, chariot, or waggon, and the driver thereof, the same as for six horses; for every cart or four wheel chaise and the driver, the same as for four horses; for every two wheel chaise or chair, as for two horses; for every hogshead of tobacco, as for one horse; for every sheep, goat, or lamb, one-fifth part of the ferriage for one horse; and for every hog, one fifth part of the ferriage for one horse, and no more. If the ferry-keeper shall demand or receive from any person or persons whatsoever, any greater rates than is hereby allowed, for the carriage or ferriage of any thing, he shall for every such offence, forfeit and pay to the party grieved the ferriages demanded or received, and ten shillings; to be recovered with costs, before a justice of the peace of the county where the offence shall be committed. | and Shelton's ferry discontinued. | ||
| II. And be it further enacted, That the ferry heretofore established from the land of Jesse Shelton, to Urbanna, shall be henceforth discontinued. | |||
| CHAP. X. | |||
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See May 1779, ch.
13. See vol. 10, pa. 61. | ||
| I. WHEREAS by an act, intituled, "An act for establishing a land-office, and ascertaining the terms and manner of granting waste and unappropriated lands," it was enacted, that any persons possessing high lands, to which any swamp, marshes, or sunken grounds are contiguous, shall have the pre-emption of such swamps, marshes, or sunken grounds, for one year from and after the passing of the said recited act; and if such person shall not obtain a grant for such | So much of act for establishing land office, as gives proprietors of high lands, to which swamps marshes, and sunken |
| swamps, marshes, or sunken grounds, within the said year, then any other persons may enter on, and obtain a grant for the same, in like manner as is directed in the case of other unappropriated lands. And great inconvenience will arise to the proprietors of high lands adjacent to such swamps, marshes, or sunken grounds, for the want of a due promulgation of the said recited act; | grounds, contiguous, a preemption thereon, for one year only, repealed. |
| II. Be it therefore enacted, That so much of the said act as is recited above, shall be, and the same is hereby repealed. And for preventing a multiplicity of law suits which may arise out of the said recited act aforesaid. | |
| III. Be it further enacted, That all and every entry or entries that may have been made by any person whatsoever for such swamps, marshes, or sunken grounds, shall be, and the same are hereby declared null and void. | All entries for such, declared void. |
| IV. And be it further enacted, That the proprietor of high lands, to which any such swamps, marshes, or sunken grounds are contiguous, shall have a right of pre-emption to enter for and complete their title thereto, until the first day of May, one thousand seven hundred and eighty six, and no longer; after which it shall and may be lawful for any other person or persons to enter for, survey, and obtain grants for the same: Saving to persons beyond sea, feme coverts, infants, and persons under other legal disabilities, the term of three years after their respective disabilities shall be removed. | Preemptions extended. |
| V. And be it further enacted, That patents shall be obtained upon entries for all vacant sunken grounds aforesaid, in the same manner and upon the same terms as upon surplus lands. And whereas the register of the land-office is restrained from receiving surveys, unless the warrant under which every survey is made is also therewith returned, which in many cases is productive of great inconvenience, and the register by having in his office a list of warrants is possessed of a sufficient check to prevent imposition herein; | Patents to be obtained for sunken grounds, as for surplus lands. |
| VI. Be it therefore enacted, That the said register may henceforth receive into his office, any survey certified by a sworn surveyor, which corresponds with the warrant it refers to, although the said warrant under | Register may receive surveys, altho' warrant not returned. |
| which the said survey is made shall not be returned into his office. | |
| VII. And be it further enacted, That the sheriffs of the several counties within this commonwealth, shall immediately after receiving this act, read the same at the court-house door of their respective counties for two several court days. | How this act promulgated. |
| CHAP. XI. An act of indemnity to certain persons. | |
| I. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That all and every person or persons who either directly or indirectly committed any insult or injury against the person of a certain Joseph Williamson, on the tenth day of October, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, or breach of the peace on that occasion, and which was previous to the ratification of the definitive treaty between Great Britain and America, shall be, and they are hereby respectively indemnified for the same, and shall be exonerated and discharged of and from any fines, penalties, or forfeitures, which they might have incurred thereby. | Indemnity to persons who committed violence on Joseph Williamson. |
| CHAP. XII. | ||
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| I. WHEREAS by an act of assembly, passed at the October session, of
the year one thousand seven hundred seventy-eight, "Establishing
the town of Martinsburg, in the county of Berkeley, and for other purposes," the trustees
therein mentioned were empowered and required to convey by good and sufficient deeds, all lots
that shall or may be purchased after the passing the said act. And whereas it is represented to
the present assembly, that general Adam Stephen, on whose land the said town was established, has
proceeded to sell and convey a great number of the lots to different purchaser, which said deeds
are insufficient to secure the title of the purchasers to the said lots: For remedy
whereof, II. Be it enacted, That all deeds which the said Adam Stephen hath executed for conveying any of the said lots to the purchasers thereof, shall be, and they are hereby declared as valid and effectual, to all intents and purposes, as if the conveyances had been made by the said trustees. |
Title to lots in town of Martinsburg, conveyed by Adam
Stephen, the original proprietor, as valid as if conveyed by the trustees. | |
| CHAP. XIII. | ||
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| I. WHEREAS an act of the last session of assembly authorized and empowered the United States in congress assembled, to impose certain duties on the imports of this state, which act is not to be enforced until all the states in the union shall have passed laws similar | Preamble. |
| thereto, and in the mean time the revenues of this commonwealth will be considerably increased, by imposing certain duties, in addition to those now in force, on the articles of merchandize imported into the same: | |
| II. Be it therefore enacted, That from and after the first day of August next, there shall be paid to the collector of duties at the port or ports established or to be established, an additional duty of one and a half per centum ad valorem, on all goods, wares, and merchandizes, which are now subject to a duty of one per cent. by virtue to an act of the October session of the general assembly, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty two, intituled, "An act to amend and reduce the several acts of assembly for ascertaining certain taxes and duties, and for establishing a permanent revenue, into one act;" which said duty of one and an half per cent. shall be paid by the owner or importer of any such goods, wares, and merchandizes, and shall be collected and accounted for under the same regulations and penalties as are provided by the said recited act for the one per cent. aforesaid. | Additional duty laid on certain goods. |
| III. And be it further enacted, That the monies arising from such additional duty, shall be appropriated in the first place to the payment of the wages of the delegates representing this state in congress, and the remainder thereof towards the quotas which have been or may be required by congress from this state. Provided nevertheless, That the said duty of one and an half per cent. shall cease to be in force, so soon as the impost recommended by congress shall be agreed to by all the states in the union; any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding. | Appropriation of duty. |
| CHAP. XIV. | ||
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| I. WHEREAS an act passed in the May session, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, intituled, "An act for giving further time to enter certificates for settlement rights, and to locate warrants upon pre-emption rights, and for other purposes," expired, in part, on the first day of June in the present year, and it is necessary that the same should be revived: | Further time allowed to return plats and certificates of survey to the land office. | |
| II. Be it enacted, That the further time of six months, from and after the said first day of June, be allowed for returning all plats and certificates of survey which have not been returned to the register's office within the time limited by law. | ||
| III. And be it further enacted, That the register of the land office, or his deputy, shall be obliged to receive such plats and certificates of survey; and the lands shall not be liable to forfeiture on account of such failure. | ||
| CHAP. XV. An act to suspend the distress for the one per cent. tax on land for a limited time. | See vol. 10, pa.
506. | |
| I. WHEREAS by an act of assembly, passed in the October session, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one, intituled "An act for ascertaining certain taxes and duties, and for establishing a permanent revenue," the several sheriffs and collectors of taxes within this commonwealth, are empowered to distrain | Distress for land tax suspended. |
| for the payment of the tax of one per centum, ad valorem, on all lands and lots on the first day of July annually, and it hath become necessary to postpone the collection thereof; | ||
| II. Be it therefore enacted, That the operation of so much of the said recited act, as empowers the several sheriffs and collectors to distrain for the said one per centum on the first day of July in the present year, shall be, and the same is hereby suspended until the tenth day of October next. And the several sheriffs and collectors of taxes within this commonwealth, shall then collect, and may distrain for the aforesaid tax of one per centum of the valuation of lands and lots, agreeable to the act for equalizing the land tax, and shall account for and pay the same into the treasury, on or before the tenth day of November next. And if the several sheriffs and collectors shall fail to make payment into the treasury, on or before the said tenth day of November, it shall be lawful for the solicitor general, or other officer legally authorized, to obtain judgment, upon motion for the same, at any succeeding court of oyer and terminer or general court, provided the party against whom such motion is made hath ten days previous notice thereof. And in all other cases respecting the collection of the said one per centum, the proceedings shall be the same, and the same penalties, forfeitures, and damages, shall be paid by the delinquents as directed by the act, intituled, "An act to amend and reduce the several acts of assembly for ascertaining certain taxes and duties, and for establishing a permanent revenue, into one act." | ||
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CHAP. XVI.
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| I. WHEREAS the several taxes heretofore imposed have been formed inadequate to the support of government | New Taxes. |
| and the payment of the public debts, and it hath become necessary to make further provision for those purposes, in a manner least burthensome to the citizens; | |
| II. Be it therefore enacted, That the following taxes shall be paid, viz. On each original writ or subpœna issued from the general court or high court of chancery, the sum of six shillings; on each original citation from the court of admiralty, six shillings; on each original writ or subpœna in chancery issued from any county court or court of hustings, three shillings; on each appeal to the court of appeals, twelve shillings; on each writ of error, supersedeas and certiorari, issued from the general court or high court of chancery, six shillings; on any writ of habeas corpus, cum causa, six shillings; on each appeal from any county court or court of hustings, six shillings; on each recognizance of special bail entered, or bail bond or bail piece, returnable into the general court, three shillings; on each recognizance of special bail entered, or bail bond or bail piece, returnable into any county court or court of hustings, one shilling and six pence; on each final judgment or decree in any court concerning lands, slaves, or vessels, twelve shillings; on each final judgment or decree in any court for a determinate sum of money, at the rate of two shillings and six pence for every hundred pounds; on each final judgement or decree concerning any other property, three shillings; on each deed recorded concerning any improved lot or lots in any city or incorporated town, for each lot twelve shillings; on each deed recorded concerning any unimproved lot or lots in such city or town, for each lot six shillings; on each deed recorded concerning any improved lot or lots in any unincorporated town, for each lot six shillings; on each deed recorded concerning any unimproved lot or lots in any unincorporated town, for each lot three shillings; on each deed recorded concerning other lands, for each hundred acres three shillings; on each other deed recorded, three shillings; on each probate of wills, or grant of administration, where lands or slaves are concerned, six shillings; on each certificate under the seal of any county or corporation, six shillings; on each admission of attornies to practice in the superior courts, fifteen pounds; on each licence of attornies to practice in inferior courts, five pounds; | Tax on law process, appeals, &c. On recognizance of special bail. On judgments or decrees. On deeds recorded. On probats of wills, or granting administrations. On seals of court. On admission of attornies. |
| which several sums shall be paid to the clerks of the respective courts from whence such process shall issue, or judgments or decrees shall be entered, or to whom such bail bonds or bail piece shall be returned as aforesaid, or where such deeds shall be recorded, or other proceedings had. And the said clerks shall be allowed for collecting, accounting for, and paying the said taxes imposed by this act, into the treasury of the commonwealth, the sum of five per centum on the money so collected by them, or any of them; and they hereby required to account for and pay into the treasury aforesaid, every half year, to wit, on the tenth day of April and the tenth day of October in every year, or within ten days afterwards, all the money received by them respectively on public account pursuant to this act, upon pain of forfeiting all their commissions, to be carried to the credit of the public treasury, and of being suspended from their said office of clerk until such payment be made. | |
| III. And be it further enacted, That there shall be paid two shillings and six pence for every transfer of a surveyor's certificate for land, to be paid to the register of the land-office before the issuing of the patent; and six shillings on each certificate under the seal of this commonwealth, to be paid to the clerk of the council for the time being; which last mentioned taxes shall be accounted for and paid in like manner, and with the like commission for collecting, as is directed in the case of other taxes by this act imposed. | On transfer of surveyor's certificate for land. On seal of state. |
| IV. And be it further enacted, That the money hereby directed to be collected and paid, shall by the treasurer of this commonwealth be applied to the payment of liquidated debts due from this commonwealth to foreign creditors. This act shall commence and be in force from and after the first day of September next. | Appropriation of taxes. |
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