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| CHAP. LXXXII. An act for issuing Certificates to several persons. (Passed December 13, 1792.) | ||
| SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That the auditor of public accounts shall issue to Susanna Woodward, a certificate for seven hundred and thirty-five pounds of weight of beef, rating the same at the price heretofore allowed by law. | Certificates to be issued to Susanna Woodward, | |
| SECT. 2. And be it further enacted, That the auditor of public accounts shall in like manner issue a certificate to William Street, for three hundred and seventy-five pounds weight of beef, after and at the rate heretofore allowed by law. | and to William Street. | |
| SECT. 3. He shall also issue to the said William Street, a certificate for the hire of a waggon and team fifteen days for the purpose of removing state stores from the city of Richmond to the Point of Fork, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one, estimating the hire thereof at the sum of ten shillings per day. | ||
| SECT. 4. This act shall commence in force from and after the passing thereof. | ||
 CHAP. LXXXIII. | ||
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| (Passed December 17, 1792.) | ||
| SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That the auditor of public accounts, shall, and he is hereby directed and required, on application to him made, to issue to John Cooke, a certificate for sixty days employ of a sloop in public service, during the late war, estimating the daily hire of the said sloop at forty shillings. | Certificates to be issued to John Cooke, | |
| SECT. 2. He shall in like manner issue a certificate to Richard Sampson, for eighty-one bushels and one peck | to Richard Sampson, |
| of wheat delivered at Dover mill in the county of Goochland for public use, during the late war, rating the same at the price heretofore allowed by law. | ||
| SECT. 3. The auditor of public accounts shall also issue to Thomas Spratley, administrator of Philip West, deceased, a certificate for forty barrels of corn furnished the public in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one, estimating the same at ten shillings per barrel. | and to the administrator of Philip West. | |
| CHAP. LXXXIV. | ||
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| (Passed October 19, 1792.) | ||
| SECT. 1. WHEREAS it has been represented to the General Assembly, that colonel Joseph Hutchings, deceased, as seized and possessed of certain property in the borough of Norfolk, which at the time of the destruction thereof was burnt by the troops of this Commonwealth; and whereas the commissioners by law appointed to estimate the value of property destroyed in the said borough, have valued that of the deceased to the sum of one thousand seven hundred and seventeen pounds, and reported the same as of and belonging to a friend of the late revolution; but the said colonel Joseph Hutchings dying in captivity on board one of the British ships of war, and his children being of tender years at the time of his death, no application has been made for such compensation as has been extended to others in similar circumstances: | Preamble. | |
| SECT. 2. Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly, That the auditor of public accounts shall, and he is hereby directed, to issue to the heir and representative of the said colonel Joseph Hutchings, deceased, or to his | A loan office certificate to be issued to the heir of Joseph |
| attorney legally authorised, a loan-office certificate or certificates for the said property, conformably to the valuation thereof by the commissioners, with warrants for the interest due thereon, after the rate of five per centum per annum from the period of the said valuation, in like manner as has been heretofore issued for property destroyed in the borough of Norfolk. | Hutchings, deceased. | |
| SECT. 3. This act shall commence and be in force from and after the passage thereof. | ||
| CHAP. LXXXV. | ||
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| (Passed November 20, 1792.) | ||
| SECT. 1. WHEREAS certain property belonging to Anthony Walke, deceased, situated in the borough of Norfolk, was at the time of the destruction of the said borough, burnt by the troops of this state, and valued by the commissioners appointed for that purpose, to the sum of three hundred and seventy-two pounds, the amount of which valuation has been hitherto withheld, under an ill founded charge of disaffection to his county: | Preamble. | |
| SECT. 2. Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly, That the auditor of public accounts shall issue to Anthony Walke, executor of the said Anthony Walke, deceased, or to his lawful attorney, a loan-office certificate for the amount of the said property, conformably to the valuation aforesaid, and in the manner heretofore pursued in the case of sufferers by fire in the said borough. | A loan office certificate to be issued to Anthony Walke's executor. | |
| SECT. 3. This act shall commence and be in force from and after the passing thereof. |
| CHAP. LXXXVI. | ||
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| (Passed December 20, 1792.) | ||
| SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That the auditor of public accounts, shall be, and he is hereby directed, on application to him made, to issue to John Stewart, a certificate for the sum of thirty-three pounds twelve shillings and nine pence, for certain supplies furnished the ship Washington, captain Willis Wilson, who being on a cruise in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine, with a full complement of men, was compelled for the want thereof to put into port, and having received the same, was thereby enabled to pursue the objects of his cruise. | A certificate to be issued to John Stewart. | |
| SECT. 2. This act shall commence in force from and after the passing thereof. | ||
| CHAP. LXXXVII. An act concerning a warrant issued to John Cox. (Passed November 12, 1792.) | ||
| BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That a warrant heretofore issued by the auditor of public accounts to John Cox, for the sum of two hundred pounds, shall be paid by the treasurer of this Commonwealth out of the fund denominated the aggregate fund. | A warrant issued to John Cox to be paid out of the aggregate fund. |
| CHAP. LXXXVIII. An act for placing James M'Amish on the list of pensioners. (Passed November 29, 1792.) | |
| SECT. 1. WHEREAS it is represented to this General Assembly, that James M'Amish, a soldier in the militia of this state, did at the siege of York, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one, receive a wound in his arm, whereby he is disabled from supporting himself by labour, and as this Assembly is at all times willing to make provision for such meritorious citizens as have suffered in the service of the Commonwealth: | Preamble. |
| SECT. 2. Be it therefore enacted, That the said James M'Amish, be put on the pension list, and that he receive the annual sum of fifteen pounds per annum during his life, to commence from the passage of this act. | James M'Amish placed on the list of pensioners. |
| SECT. 3. This act shall commence in force from and after the passing thereof. | |
| CHAP. LXXXIX. An act for increasing the pension of Richard Taylor. (Passed December 15, 1792.) | |
| SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That in lieu of the pension heretofore allowed to Richard Taylor, late a captain in the navy of this Commonwealth, he shall annually have and receive the sum of one hundred and twenty pounds. | Richard Taylor allowed a pension of £.120 per annum. |
| SECT. 2. This act shall commence and be in force from and after the passing thereof. |
| CHAP. XC. An act for allowing Pensions to several persons. (Passed December 20, 1792.) | |
| SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That the several persons herein after named, shall be placed on the pension list, and annually have and receive the following allowances, payable in the like manner and proportions with other pensioners: Alexander Stewart, a soldier disabled by wounds received at the battle of the Point in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-four, the sum of eight pounds; Louis Rouse, a soldier wounded at the action near Petersburg in the year one thousand seen hundred and eighty-one, and thereby rendered unable to support himself by labour, the like sum of eight pounds; Benjamin Taylor, a soldier in the Illinois regiment, wounded in an engagement with the Indians in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one, the sum of fifteen pounds; Judith Carter, widow of Charles Carter, who at an early period of the late war enlisted as a soldier, and died shortly after, leaving the said Judith and a numerous family of children in very indigent circumstances, the sum of twelve pounds; Benjamin Blackbourne, a serjeant in the regiment of riflemen commanded by colonel Charles Lewis, and disabled by several wounds received at the battle of the Point in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-four, the sum of fifteen pounds; Elinor Crittenden, Margaret Carr, Mary Whitt, Mary Dillard, Margery Groten, and Alice M'Clintick, widows of soldiers who died in the service of this commonwealth during the late war, each the sum of twelve pounds; and Henry Salmon, who was a soldier in the service of the state, and in the course of his service received several wounds, which have of late broken out afresh and disabled him from gaining a livelihood by labour, the like sum of twelve pounds. | Pensions to be paid annually to Alexander Stewart, Louis Rouse, Benjamin Taylor, Judith Carter, Benjamin Blackburne, Elinor Crittenden, Margaret Carr, Mary Whitt, Mary Dillard, Margery Groten, Alice M'Clintick, and Henry Salmon. |
| SECT. 2. And be it further enacted, That the auditor of public accounts shall issue to the aforesaid Benjamin Taylor, warrants for the arrearage of pension due him from the twenty-eighth day of April, one thousand seven | Arrears of Benjamin Taylor's pension to be paid. |
| hundred and eighty-nine, to the present time, rating the same at the sum of seven pounds ten shillings per annum. | ||
| SECT. 3. And be it further enacted by
the General Assembly, That the auditor of public accounts shall in like manner issue a
warrant of public accounts shall in like manner issue a warrant to the said Judith Carter, Elinor
Crittenden, and Henry Salmon, each for the sum of twelve pounds; and to the said Margery Groten,
Margaret Carr, and Alice M'Clintick, each a warrant for the sum of ten pounds, for their
immediate relief.
SECT. 4. And be it further enacted, That in lieu of the pension heretofore allowed to Thomas Finn, a captain of the artillery in the late war, he shall annually and henceforward receive and be allowed the sum of seventy-five pounds, and that in lieu of the pension heretofore allowed to Samuel Kirkpatrick, a soldier in the service of this Commonwealth, during the late war, he shall receive and be paid the annual sum of fifteen pounds. SECT. 5. This act shall commence and be in force from and after the passing thereof. |
Certain sums to be paid to Judith Carter, Elinor Crittenden,
Henry Salmon, Margery Groten, Margaret Carr, and Alice M'Clintick, for their immediate
relief. Thomas Finn allowed a pension of £.75 per annum. Samuel Kirkpatrick allowed a pension of £.15 per annum. | |
| CHAP. XCI. | ||
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| (Passed November 29, 1792.) | ||
| SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That it shall be lawful for the register of the land-office, and he is hereby required, upon application to him made, to issue a duplicate warrant to Nathaniel Wilkins, in trust for the use and benefit of the heirs of John Wilkins, late of the county of Northampton, deceased, for seven thousand five hundred acres of waste and unappropriated land within this state, in lieu of a warrant which originally issued in the lifetime of the said John Wilkins, deceased, for the said quantity of land, and which was consumed by fire previous to the location thereof. | A duplicate land warrant to be issued to Nathaniel Wilkins, for the heir of John Wilkins, deceased. | |
| SECT. 2. This act shall commence and be in force from and after the passing thereof. |
| CHAP. XCII. An act to emancipate Rose, and her children David, Judy, and Katy. (Passed, November 21, 1792.) | |
| SECT. 1. WHEREAS it is represented that a negro woman named Rose, did on the twenty-ninth day of December, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, pay to her then master and owner, Rice Parker, of the county of Caroline, the sum of fifty pounds in full for her future services and labor; and did also on the sixth day of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, pay to the said Rice Parker the sum of twenty-five pounds for the future services and labor of two of her children named Judy and Katy; and did on the first day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, pay to George Pickett, the sum of fifty pounds in full for the future services and labor of her son David; and the said Rose, alias Rosetta Hailstock, hath made application to this Assembly to pass an act for emancipating not only herself, but also her said children David, Judy, and Katy, which it is judged right to do: | Preamble. |
| SECT. 2. Be it therefore enacted, That the said Rose, alias Rosetta Hailstock, together with her said three children, David, Judy, and Katy, shall from and after the passing of this act, have and enjoy as full and ample freedom, as if they had severally been born free. | Rose alias Rosetta Hailstock, and her children David, Judy, and Katy emancipated. |
| SECT. 3. Saving to all persons, other than the said Rice Parker and George Pickett, and those claiming under them, all such right and title to the said Rose, alias Rosetta Hailstock, David, Judy and Katy, and the descendants of the females, as they or any of them could or might have if this act had never been made. | Saving the rights of all except Rice Parker and George Pickett. |
| CHAP. XCIII. An act for the manumission of a Negro named Saul. (Passed, November 13, 1792.) | ||
| 1. In consideration of many very essential services rendered to this Commonwealth, during the late war, by a certain negro named Saul, now the property of George Kelly, of Norfolk; | Preamble. | |
| SECT. 2. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, That the executive shall forthwith, or as soon as may be, appoint one fit person, and George Kelly, owner of the said slave, one other person, who shall jointly ascertain and fix the value of the said slave, and certify such valuation to the auditor of public accounts, who shall thereupon issue to the said George Kelly a warrant for the amount, payable out of the contingent fund. | The value of Saul a slave belonging to George Kelly to be ascertained and paid by the public; | |
| SECT. 3. And be it further enacted, That from and after the said valuation, the said Saul shall have and enjoy full liberty and freedom, in like manner as if he had been born free. | After the valuation Saul to be emancipated. | |
| SECT. 4. This act shall commence and be in force from and after the passing thereof. | ||
| CHAP. XCIV. | ||
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| (Passed, November 16, 1792.) | ||
| SECT. 1. WHEREAS it hath been represented, that a free negro man, who was a resident of King William county, hath lately departed this live, leaving the management of his estate to a certain William Spiller, and among other things directed that he should purchase and emancipate Abraham a negro man slave, the property of Benjamin Temple, Esquire, of the said county, the said | Preamble. |
| Abraham being the son of the said decedent: And whereas in conformity to the request and desire of the said decedent, the said William Spiller hath purchased the said negro man slave Abraham, and hath petitioned this Assembly for a law to pass authorising the emancipation of the said slave: | |
| SECT. 2. Be it therefore enacted,
That the said negro man slave Abraham, shall be free in as full and ample a manner, as if he had
been born free.
SECT. 3. This act shall commence and be in force from and after the passing thereof. |
Abraham a slave late the property of Benjamin Temple emancipated. |
| CHAP. XCV. An act concerning Henry Stratton. (Passed, November 13, 1792.) | |
| SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That the executive may, and they are hereby requested and empowered, to settle the claim of Henry Stratton against this Commonwealth, and if on such settlement, there appear a balance in his favor, that they direct the auditor of public accounts to issue to the said Henry Stratton, or his legal attorney, a warrant for the amount thereof, payable out of the aggregate fund. | Henry Stratton's claim against the Commonwealth to be liquidated and paid. |
| SECT. 2. And be it further enacted, That the auditor shall issue to the said Henry Stratton, on application in person, or by attorney, a warrant for the sum of fifty-nine pounds one shilling, payable out of any money in the hand of the treasurer, it being one moiety of the proceeds of a vessel belonging to the said Stratton, sold under a decree of the court of admiralty, and paid into the public treasury, which said decree was afterwards reversed by the court of appeals. | A sum of money to be paid to him. |
| CHAP. XCVI. An act concerning Robert Pollard. (Passed December 28, 1792.) | |
| SECT. 1. WHEREAS it has been represented to the General Assembly, that by the special request of Brigadier-General Muhlenburg, of the troops engaged in the siege of York, Robert Pollard, then resident in the county of Culpeper, undertook the purchase of spiritous liquor for the use of the said troops; that having procured the quantity of two hundred and eighty gallons of whiskey, he employed a certain William Rowe to waggon it to York, who stored the same in the county of Hanover, where it was seized by William Dandridge of said county, acting at that time in the office of a commissary for the troops at York, who caused the said whiskey to be conveyed to that place, where it was appropriated to the use of the troops of this state, under the command of the late General Nelson. | Preamble. |
| SECT. 2. Be it therefore enacted, That the auditor of public accounts shall, and he is hereby authorised and directed, on proper application to him made, to issue to the said Robert Pollard, a certificate for the value of the said whiskey, estimating the same per gallon at the rate heretofore affixed and allowed by law. | A certificate to be issued to Robert Pollard. |
| CHAP. XCVII. An act concerning John Fleming and others. (Passed November 22, 1792.) | |
| BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That the auditor of public accounts shall, and he is hereby directed, on proper application to him made, to issue to John Fleming, a certificate or certificates for the pay and depreciation due to him for his services in the navy of this Commonwealth during the late war, with warrants for | Certificates to be issued to John Fleming. |
| the interest due thereon. He shall in like manner issue to Benjamin Temple a certificate for the value of eight hundred and fifty pounds weight of beef, according to the rate heretofore established and allowed by law. He shall in like manner issue to Moses Tandy, for services by him performed in the commercial department during the late war, a warrant for the sum of eleven pounds payable out of the aggregate fund. | Benjamin Temple, and Moses Tandy. | |
| CHAP. XCVIII. | ||
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| (Passed October 31, 1792.) | ||
| SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That the exclusive privilege granted by two acts of assembly to John Hoomes, Richard Townes, and John Woolfolk, of conveying persons in stage carriages between certain places, for a limited time, which will shortly expire, shall continue and be extended from the expiration thereof, for and during the term of three years thence next following; any law to the contrary, not withstanding | Stage coach Privilege granted to Hoomes, Townes and Woolfolk continued. | |
| SECT. 2. And be it further enacted, That the privilege granted by an act of assembly to William Pennock, of conveying persons in stage carriages between certain places, for a limited time, shall be, and the same is hereby transferred to the said Richard Townes and John Woolfolk, which said privilege shall, from and after the expiration thereof, continue and be in force for and during the term of three years thence next following. | Privilege granted to Pennock, transferred to Townes and Woolfolk. |
| CHAP. XCIX. An act concerning Thomas Newton, junior. (Passed November 17, 1792.) | |
| SECT. 1. WHEREAS a lot of land the property of Thomas Newton, junior, situate and being in the city of Richmond, and distinguished in the plan thereof by the number, "Four hundred and six," was taken by the directors of the public buildings for the use of the Commonwealth. And whereas the said lot of land by inquest taken on the seventeenth day of August, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four, was valued to the sum of one hundred and fifty-four pounds: | Preamble. |
| SECT. 2. Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly, That the auditor of public accounts, on application to him made, shall issue a warrant or warrants to the said Thomas Newton, junior, for the amount of the lot aforesaid, conformably to the valuation aforesaid; and also in like manner issue a warrant or warrants for the interests accruing thereon, after the rate of five per centum per year, from the period of such valuation. The said warrants shall be payable out of the contingent fund, and the treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same. | Money to be paid to Thomas Newton; Out of the contingent fund. |
| CHAP. C. An act for suspending certain Executions. (Passed October 12, 1792.) | |
| SECT. 1. WHEREAS it hath been represented to the present General Assembly, that a certain Willian Overton Winston and a certain William Anderson, were commissioned sheriffs of the county of Hanover, for the years one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, on thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, and one thousand seven hundred and ninety, and accordingly qualified thereto, in which characters they appointed Richard Littlepage as one of their deputy sheriffs for the said years, who accordingly qualified | Preamble. |
| and entered into bonds with Mr. Robert Page and Mr. John White, securities, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office: And whereas it hath been also represented, that from the default of the said Richard Littlepage, in failing to account for the public taxes due for the said years, judgments have been obtained on behalf of the Commonwealth against the said high sheriffs, for the sum of five thousand five hundred and ninety-three pounds two shillings and eight pence, upon which judgment executions have been sued out and levied; in consequence whereof, like judgments have been obtained by the said William Overton Winston and William Anderson, against the said Richard Littlepage, and the said Robert Page and John White, as his securities and executions sued out thereon, and the whole of their estates have been taken and made subject thereto. And whereas it hath been further represented, that the said Richard Littlepage hath for the indemnity of his said securities, delivered into their hands certain lands, and bonds, of value adequate to the discharge of the said judgments due to the public; and application hath been made to this assembly for a suspension of the Commonwealth's executions against the said high sheriffs, until the said Robert Page and John White can make the necessary sale and collection of the said lands and bonds, and pay the amount thereof into the public treasury, which is adjudged reasonable: | |
| SECT. 2. Be it therefore enacted, That the several executions which have been sued out against the estates of the said William Overton Winston and William Anderson, and the estate of the said Richard Littlepage, Robert Page, and John White, shall be, and the same are hereby suspended until the first day of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three. Provided, that the said William Overton Winston, and Cecilia Anderson, administratrix, of the said William Anderson, shall give bond with approved security to the sheriff of the county of Hanover, for the forthcoming of their property by him taken in execution at the period above-mentioned, to be recovered on breach of the condition, for the use of the Commonwealth, by motion upon ten days previous notice being given; and that the said Richard Littlepage, Robert Page, and John White, give bond with good and sufficient security, to the said William Overton Winston, and Cecilia Anderson, for the forthcoming | Executions on behalf of the Commonwealth against the estates of William Overton, William Anderson, Richard Littlepage, Robert Page, and John White to be suspended. |
| of their property, now subject to the execution of the said William Overton Winston, and Cecilia Anderson, at the above period; to be recovered on breach of the condition for their use, upon motion, ten days previous notice being given. | ||
| SECT. 3. This act shall commence and be in force from and after the passing thereof. | ||
| CHAP. CI. | ||
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| (Passed November 10, 1792.) | ||
| SECT. 1. WHEREAS it is represented that Thomas Claiborne, sheriff of the county of Brunswick, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, paid into the public treasury the sum of one hundred and seventeen pounds ten shillings, being the amount of the damages on a judgment obtained by the Commonwealth for the balance of the taxes due from him in the year aforesaid, which damages were paid to the said Thomas Claiborne, by some of the securities for one of his deputy sheriffs; And whereas application hath been made to this Assembly, to refund the said sum of one hundred and seventeen pounds ten shillings, which it is judged reasonable and expedient to do: | Preamble. | |
| SECT. 2. Be it therefore enacted, That the auditor of public accounts shall issue to the said Thomas Claiborne, a warrant or warrants for the said sum of one hundred and seventeen pounds ten shillings, to be paid out of the aggregate fund, to enable the said Thomas Claiborne to reimburse Theophilus Harrison, one of his deputy sheriffs, as well as such of the securities of one other of his said deputy sheriffs, as paid the same, in such proportion as he may think just and right. | A sum of money to be paid to Thomas Claiborne, to reimburse the damages paid by one of his deputies and the securities of another. | |
| SECT. 3. And be it further enacted, That the auditor of public accounts, shall issue to William Griffin, of the county of King and Queen, a warrant on the treasurer for | A sum of money to be paid to William Griffin. |
| the sum of fifteen pounds twelve shillings and two pence half-penny, to be paid out of the aggregate fund, being the amount of damages on a judgment obtained by the Commonwealth against the said William Griffin for the certificate tax, and by him paid into the treasury. | |
| SECT. 4. This act shall commence and be in force from the passing thereof. | |
| CHAP. CII. An act for the relief of Edward Booker. (Passed October 25, 1792.) | |
| SECT. 1. WHEREAS it hath been represented to the present General Assembly, that a certain Edward Booker, of the county of Amelia, became bound as a security for one Millington Roach, as a deputy sheriff under Christopher Hudson, late high sheriff of the said county, and from the default of the said Roach in failing to pay and account with the public for the taxes put into his hands for collection, the said Booker, with John C. Cobbs and William Winston, his securities, are subject to the payment of such deficiency, and in consequence thereof a judgment has been actually obtained against the said Edward Booker, and an execution sued out and levied on his estate. And whereas it hath been also represented that if the Commonwealth's execution is immediately carried into effect, and the property of the said Edward Booker sold for ready money, it will be productive of ruinous consequences to him; and application having been made to this Assembly on behalf of the said Edward Booker for such sale to be made on a reasonable credit, which is adjudged reasonable: | Preamble. |
| SECT. 2. Be it therefore enacted, That the sheriff of the said county of Amelia shall be, and he is hereby authorised and required, to cause the property of the said Edward Booker by him taken upon the Commonwealth's execution, as aforesaid, to be sold, on or before the fifteenth day of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three, on a credit of twelve months, and to take bonds of the purchaser or purchasers accordingly, with such security as shall be approved of by William Giles | Edward Booker's property under execution, on behalf of the Commonwealth, to be sold on twelve months credit. |
| and John Royall, gentlemen, of the said county, which bonds shall be taken payable to the auditor and his successors, for the use of the Commonwealth, and proceeded on when due, in the same manner as is directed by law in the case of the twelve months repleven bonds. | ||
| SECT. 3. Provided nevertheless, and it is hereby declared to be the true intent and meaning of this act, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to release the said John C. Cobbs and William Winston, as the securities of the said Edward Booker, until the whole of the said debt with the interest and costs which have accrued thereon, shall be fully satisfied and paid into the public treasury. | His securities not to be released. | |
| SECT. 3. This act shall commence and be in force from and after the passing thereof. | ||
| CHAP. CIII. | ||
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| (Passed December 28, 1792.) | ||
| SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That the following allowances shall be made to the officers of the General Assembly for their services during the present session: To the chaplain six pounds per week; to the clerk of the house of delegates, thirty-five pounds per week; to the clerk of the senate, seventeen pounds ten shillings per week; to the clerk of the committees of privileges and elections, and propositions and grievances, ten pounds per week; to the clerk of the committee of religion and the committee of claims, ten pounds per week; to the clerk of the committee of courts of justices, eight pounds per week; to the sergeant at arms to the house of delegates, eight pounds ten shillings per week; to the sergeant at arms of the senate, eight pounds ten shillings per week; to each of the door-keepers of the house of delegates, five pounds per week; to Thomas Nicolson, for printing the journals of the senate, fifty-six | Allowance to the officers of the General Assembly. |
| pounds; and to the person who hath cleaned the capitol, the sum of ten pounds. And whereas the revision of the laws by the present session of the General Assembly has occasioned an extraordinary expense to the clerk of the house of delegates, he having been compelled to employ seven assistant clerks, and it will be necessary for him to devote much of his time and attention during the ensuing year, to the preparing of the code for publication, and superintending of the press: Be it therefore enacted, That on account of the said extraordinary expense and service, a further allowance of two hundred pounds be made to the clerk of the house of delegates. | ||
| SECT. 2. This act shall commence and be in force from and after the passing thereof. | ||
| CHAP. CIV. | ||
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| (Passed December 17, 1792.) | ||
| SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That Holt Richeson, in his proper person, or by his deputy, upon giving bond with good security, to be approved of by the court of the county of King William, to the governor of this Commonwealth, conditioned for the faithful collecting, accounting and paying all arrears of taxes due to this Commonwealth in the county of King William, for the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, shall be, and he is hereby empowered to collect and distrain for all arrears of taxes due to this Commonwealth in the county of King William for the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven; and shall be allowed until the last day of October, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three, to complete the collection of the said taxes, and pay the same into the public treasury. | Holt Richeson empowered to collect the taxes due in King William for 1787. | |
| SECT. 2. This act shall commence and be in force from and after the first day of January next. |
| IN THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES. | |
| Thursday, the 11th of October, 1792. | |
| THE General Assembly of Virginia, considering it as one among the important privileges of the people, that the doors of the Senate of the United States should be open, when they are exercising their judicial or legislative functions: | |
| Resolved unanimously, That the Senators of this Commonwealth in the Senate of the United States, use their utmost endeavours to procure the admission of the citizens of the United States to hear the debates of their house, whenever they are sitting in their legislative capacity. | |
| Resolved unanimously, That the Senators of this Commonwealth in the Senate of the United States, use their utmost endeavours to procure the admission of the citizens of the United States, whenever the Senate shall be sitting in its judicial capacity. | |
| October the 13th, 1792. −− Agreed to by the Senate. | |
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| Tuesday, the 18th of December, 1792. | |
| THE house, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a committee of the whole house on the state of the Commonwealth, to whom was committed the report and resolutions respecting the suit commenced by the Indiana Company in the supreme court of the United States against this Commonwealth, and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Wise reported, that the committee had, according to order, had the said report and resolutions under their consideration, and had made no amendment thereto; and he read the said resolutions in his place, and afterwards delivered them in at the clerk's table, where the same were again twice read, and agreed to by the house, as followeth: | Indiana claim rejected. |
| Your committee find on examining the records of the General Assembly, the following resolutions passed by the House of delegates on the ninth day of June, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine, and agreed to by the Senate on the twelfth day of the same month. |
| "Resolved, That the Commonwealth of Virginia hath the exclusive right of pre-emption from the Indians, of all lands within the limits of its own chartered territory, as declared by the act and constitution of government in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six; that no person or persons whatsoever, have or every had a right to purchase lands within the same, from any Indian nation, except only persons duly authorised to make such purchases on the public account, formerly for the use and benefit of the colony, and lately of the Commonwealth, and that such exclusive right of pre-emption will, and ought to be maintained by this Commonwealth to the utmost of its power. | ||
| "Resolved, That every purchase of lands heretofore made by the king of Great Britain from any Indian nation or nations within the before mentioned territory, doth and ought to enure forever to and for the use and benefit of this Commonwealth, and to and for no other use or purpose whatsoever. | ||
| "Resolved therefore, That the deed from the Six United Nations of Indians, bearing date the third day of November, in the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty-eight, for certain lands between the Allegany mountains and the river Ohio, above the mouth of the Little Kanawha creek, to and for the use and benefit of a certain William Trent, gentleman, in his own right, and as attorney for sundry persons in the said deed named, as well as all other deeds which have been or shall be made, by any Indian or Indians, or by any Indian nation or nations, for lands within the limits of the charter and territory of Virginia as aforesaid, to or for the use or benefit of any private person or persons, shall be, and the same are hereby declared utterly void, and of no effect. | ||
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| "June 12th, 1779. −− Agreed to by the
Senate, "JOHN BECKLEY, C. S." | ||
| From the foregoing resolutions it appears, that the claim of the Indiana Company, has been already decided on by the legislature of this Commonwealth: Your committee are therefore of opinion, that such decision having been made previous to the adoption of the present constitution, and under the former instrument of confederation |
| (which expressly guaranteed perfect and unimpaired sovereignty as to all matters of internal government to all the states leagued under it) cannot be again called in question, before any other tribunal than the General Assembly of this Commonwealth, without a dangerous and unconstitutional assumption of power, which, if exercised, would give birth to a series of pernicious and disgraceful consequences, the extent and duration of which, it is hardly possible to measure or calculate: | |
| Resolved therefore, That the jurisdiction of the supreme court of the United States, does not and cannot extend to this case, it having been already decided on before a tribunal fully competent to its decision. | |
| Resolved, That the state cannot be made a defendant in the said court, at the suit of any individual or individuals. | |
| Resolved, That the executive be requested, to pursue such measures in this case, as may to them seem most conducive to the interest, honor and dignity of this Commonwealth. | |
| December the 20th, 1792. −− Agreed to by the Senate. | |
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