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1727-1734

1736-1740

Edited by

H. R.

McILWAINE

RICHMOND, M CMX

Virginia

CONTENTS
Burgesses Introductory Note
vii

xi
xii

Preface
Journal, 1727
Journal, 1730

57
115

Journal, 1732 Journal, 1734 Journal, 1736 Journal, 1738

Journal, May, 1740

171

239

319
391

Journal, August, 1740

437
445

Appendix
Index

449

LIBRARY BOARD VIRGINIA STATE LIBRARY

ARMISTEAD
C.

GORDON,

Chairman

JOHN W. FISHBURNE

THEODORE
S. S. P.

S.

GARNETT

PATTESON

EDMUND PENDLETON

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BurgefTes for the Affembly

of 1727-1734.
Hence, the Affembly of 1727-34 there is no contemporary lift of members. which member ferved, a fince the Journals give only in exceptional cafes the county for and only rarely his full name, though it has not been a fimple matter to fit the members

FOR

The information obtained from the has not been impoffible. inferences from facts has occafionally but Journals themfelves moftly ftated facts, been fupplemented by information obtained from the county court record books, from the incomplete lifts of members given in Stanard's "Colonial Regifter" for the four feffions of this Affembly (M' Stanard's fources being the county court record books, the Virginia Gazette, and the Journals of the Council), and the complete lifts of memto their conftituencies
it

bers for the Affemblies of 1723-26

and 1736-40 copied

in the "Colonial Regifter"

from

contemporary
lift is

original

lifts.

Therefore, the hope

may

be expreffed that the following

accurate.

Accomack
Brunfwick
Caroline
:' :'

William Andrews' Sacker Parker

Hanover
Henrico

John Syme
Nicholas Meriwether Richard Randolph

Richard Buckner* John Martin

John Boiling
Ifle of

Wight:
:

Charles City

Elizabeth City
Effex:
Gloucefter

Samuel Harwood John Stith Robert Armiftead'

Hollier

James City

William Bridger' Jofeph Godwin* Jofeph Egglefton-"

John Eaton

Salvator Mufcoe*

Jameftown King & Queen

King George:

Archibald Blair"

William Daingerfield
Francis Willis

Henry Armiftead
Goochland
:'

John Robinfon George Braxton Nicholas Smith" William Strother"

Philip

Dudley Diggs John Fleming

King William
office of infpecftor (p.

Whitehead
(?)

Thomas

Carr

William Andrews accepted the

up), and was fucceeded by Samuel Ewell,

who died a few days

before the clofe of the fourth feffion (229).

' The formation of Brunfwick was provided for by a law paffed in 1720 (Hening, IV, 77-79), but it does not appear to have become a fully formed cotmty till 1732. Its county coiu-t records date back to that year, and in that year it was reprefented probably not earlier in the Houfe of Burgeffes. The names of the reprefentatives do not certainly appear. Mr. Henry Fox was polfibly one of them. 3 Caroline county was formed by a law paffed at the firft feffion of this Affembly (p. 52 ), reprefentatives for it appearing firft at the fecond feffion (p. 57). 4 Richard Buckner died fome time before the opening of the fourth feffion (p. 173). It is uncertain who fucceeded him. s Robert Armiftead accepted the office of fheriff fome time before the opening of the third feffion He was probably fucceeded by Merit Sweney. (p. 119). ' Salvator Mufcoe accepted the office of fheriff fome time before the opening of the third feffion (p. He muft have refigned from his pofition and been re-eledled to the Houfe, however, for the name 119). "Mufcoe" appears later in the Journals (163,19s), and the Effex county court order book fhows that he was paid for his fervices as burgefs on November 19, 1734. ' Goochland was formed from Hanover according to a law paffed at the firft feffion gf this Affembly. Its reprefentatives appeared for the firft time at the fecond feffion (pp. 52 and 57). ' John Syme, dying, was fucceeded by Matthew Anderfon (135-6). 9 Before the opening of the third feffion, Mr. William Bridger died and Mr. Jofeph Godwyn was appointed an infpedtor of tobacco. It does not appear beyond doubt who fucceeded them, though probably Mr. Applewhaite (pp. 140,185) was the fucceffor of one. ' Mr. Jofeph Egglefton died before the opening of the third feffion. His fucceffor does not beyond doubt appear. It was probably, however, Mr. Henry Power. ' Archibald Blair died fome tinae preceding the opening of the fourth feffion (p. 173). He was probably fucceeded by his fon Jno. Blair; the name "Blair" appears in the Joiu-nal for the fotirth feffion (i83flf) " Both Mr. William Strother and Mr. Nicholas Smith died before the opening of the fourth feffion. One was fucceeded by Mr. John Champ (pp. 193, 195, 208), and the other probably by Mr. William Robinfon

(194).

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Lancaf ter
Middlefex

Charles Burgefs-J

Prince William

:>

Peter

Hedgman

Nanfemond

Edwin Conway Matthew Kemp' Edwin Thacker David Meade

Lear

Dermis McCarty

Richmond
Spotfylvania
Stafford:

John Tayloe'9
Charles

Grymes

Auguftine Smith

New Kent:
Norfolk:

Richard Richardfon'i

Henry Willis John Fitzhugh'o

Thornton John Simmons Henry Harrifon" William Rofcoe"
William Harwood Geo. Eskridge Thomas Lee 'j John Clayton George Nicholas" John Holloway, Speaker Lawrence Smith

Bacon
William Crafford'* (Crawford)
Surry:

Northampton
Northumberland
Princefs

Samuel Boufh Peter Bowdoin"

Warwick
Weftmoreland
Williamfburg William & Mary

Thomas Marfhall"
George Ball
Peter Prefley

Anne

Land Anthony Walke

Robert Boiling

:'

York:

Prince George

Thomas Ravenfcroft
Mr. Charles Burgefs died (p. 173), and was fucceeded by Mr. James Ball. Mr. Matthew Kemp, fome time preceding the third feffion, was appointed to feveral "offices of He was probably fucceeded by Thomas Price. profit" under the government (p. 119). 5 Mr. Richard Richardfon accepted the office of fheriff (p. 119). His fucceffor in the Houfe was

'4

probably William Baffett. * William Crafford accepted the office of fheriflf (p. 173). It is uncertain who his fucceffor was probably Mr. Wilfon (196). " Mr. Peter Bowdoin accepted the office of infpecftor of tobacco fome time before the opening of the third feffion of this Affembly (p. 119), and Mr. Thomas Marfhall the fame pofition fome time before the opening of the fourth feffion (174). Itis uncertain who took their places ' Burgeffes for Prince William firft appeared in the third feffion. the county having been formed according to law paffed in the fecond feffion (1730). ' Mr. John Tayloe was advanced to the Council in the latter part of 1732 (p. 173), and was fucceeded by Mr. Daniel Hornby. * Mr. John Fitzbugh died before the opening of the fourth feffion. It is not known who was his fucceffor.
' After the clofe of the fecond feffion, Mr. Henry Harrifon was advanced to the Coimcil. He was fucceeded in the Houfe by Mr. William Gray. > Mr. William Rofcow (Rofcoe) accepted the pofition of fherifl before the opening of the third feffion He muft have refigned from his pofition, however, and been reeleAed, for the Journal fhows that (p. 1 19). a Mr. Rofcow was a member of the Houfe at this and the next feffion (p. 183), and William Rofcow was a member for the next Affembly. 3 Mr. Thomas Lee was advanced to theCouncil in 1734-33 (p. 173), and was fucceeded by Mr. Daniel McCarty. A reprefentative from William & Mary did not take his place in the Hoiife of Burgeffes till the and feffion of this Affembly, the truftees not having till fhortly before the opening of the feffion turned over the management of its affairs to the prefident and mafters. 's Mr. George Nicholas died (p. 173), and was fucceeded by Sir John Randolph.

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BurgeflTes for the

AiTembly

of 1734-1740.
Accomack
Amelia
Brunfwick
Charles City
Caroline

Henry Scarburg'
Sacker Parker'

King William
Lancafter
Middlefex

Cornelius

Lydc"

Leonard Claiborne

Edward Booker
Richard Jones

Edwin Conway
James Ball

Henry Embry John Wall

William Acrilb B. Harrifon Robert Fleming*

Thomas

Price"

Edmvmd
Nanfemond
Daniel

Berkeley

Pugh

Lemuel Riddick"

New Kent
Norfolk:

William Macon
Doran'3

Jonathan Gibfons
Elizabeth City
Effex:
Gloucefter

W. Weftwood
Merit Sweney

William Craford'*

Tho. Waring Salvator Mufcoe

Francis Willis

Northampton
Northumberland
Orange
Princefs

Samuel Boufh Math. Harmanfon P. Bowdoin

Peter Prefley

Lawrence Smith*
Goochland

Edward Scott' James Holman

William Meriwether Robert Harris Richard Randolph
Jofeph Grey

George Ball Robert Green's William Beverley

Hanover
Henrico

Anne

Anthony Walke
Jacob Elligood
Francis Eppes

Prince George

me

of

Wight

John Simmons

Prince William

James City
Jameftown King George

W. Marable
John Eaton
Lewis Burwell
Charles Carter
Stafford:

Robert Munford Thomas Ofbome'* Valentine Peyton

J.

Richmond

Woodbridge
Fantleroy

Wm.

Henr>' Fitzhugh

Thomas Turner
King
1

&

Queen

J.

Robinfon

Spotfylvania

John Peyton William Johnfon

Rice Curtis"

Gawin Corbin
2

4
5

Henry Scarburg accepted the office of colleftor (p. 392), and was fucceeded by Edward Allen. Sacker Parker died (p. 322), and was fucceeded by Edmund Scarburg (p. 370). William Acrill died (p. 323), and was fucceeded by Richard Kennon. Robert Fleming died (p. 322), and was fucceeded by John Martin. Jonathan Gibfon was declared not duly eleAed (pp. 274-s). He was, however, retximed at a fecond
Lawrence Smith died

election (345)(p. 392), and was fucceeded by Beverley Whiting, whofe eledlion was contefted declared not duly ele<fted (pp. 425-7), but it does not appear who fucceeded him. : Edward Scott died (p. 323), and was fucceeded by Ifham Randolph. 8 There were no burgeffes from Hanover for the firft feffion. (See pp. 256,265-6). John Eaton died (p. 392). It does not appear who fucceeded him. "> Cornelius Lyde died (p. 322), and was fucceeded by John Aylett. " Thomas Price before the beginning of the 4th feffion accepted the office of clerk of the court of MidThis feffion lafted only feven days, however; fo that there was hardly time for the election dlefex (p. 439). of a fucceffor. " Lemuel Riddick accepted the office of fheriff before the opening of the fecond feffion (p. 323). He
'

(pp. 412,414).

He was

was fucceeded, probably, by Mr.

Baker

(340).

Mr. Doran's name does not appear on the contemporary lift of members for the firft feffion of this Affembly. He probably entered the Houfe late in the feffion. It is almoft certain that he fat for New He probably took the place of Mr. Wm. Chamberlayne (p. 245). (See p. 367.) Kent. M The name "Craford" alfo appears as "Crafford" and "Crawford." 5 Robert Green accepted the office of fheriff (p. 392). It is uncertain who fucceeded him. * Thomas Ofbome was expelled (pp. 264-5). He was fucceeded by Peter Hedgman. " Mr. Cvirtis's place was taken in the third and fourth feffions by Mr. Henry Willis.

Introductory Note.

THE
that of

hand contains the Journals of the Houfe of Burgeffes for eight feffions, all the feffions of the Affembly of 1727-34 and the Affembly of The text for the firft two feffions was obtained from tranfcripts 1736-40. of the manufcript copies of thefe Journals in the Public Record Office, London; the remaining Journals, from the collection of printed Journals belonging to
volume
in

the heirs of the late M" C. W. Coleman, of Williamfburg, Virginia, who have kindlypermitted the ufe of them. Since the Journals of the Houfe of Burgeffes began to be printed only in 1732, thofe for preceding years back to 1680* exifting heretofore merely in manufcript, the prefent edition becomes, in its inverfe chronological order of publication, a firft edition for all Journals between 1680 and 1732; it is merely a reprint edition for the Journals from 1732 on to the Revolution. The volume in hand is therefore partly a firft and partly a fecond edition a firft edition in fo far as the Journals
for the

contents.

feffions are concerned and a reprint edition for the remainder of its has not been thought advifable, however, to indicate this change by altering the general appearance of the title pages, the only noticeable difference between the reprmt and the firft edition title pages being the fubftitution in the latter of "Richmond" for "Williamfburg" in the imprint. The text throughout aims to be as heretofore an exadl reproduction of the originals. Where the edition becomes a firft edition, no liberty has been taken by the Editor with the tranfcripts from England, as in thefe none were taken with the manufcripts in the Public Record Office. The fpelling, pundlfirft

two

It

uation, capitalization, paragraphing, etc. of the clerks of the

Houfe

of Burgeffes,

who

governor for tranfmiffion to England, have been followed accurately. Manifeft miftakes made by the clerks have been followed as well as expreffions in reference to which it would be difficult to decide whether they are or whether they are not errors; and for this reafon, that if any liberty at all were allowed, it would be almoft impoffible to know where to draw the line in making corre(5tions, and thus more ferious errors might refult. In the ufe of italics the aim has been to follow the ftyle of the original printed volumes. As an appendix to this volume is printed a petition of the Quakers to the General Affembly, dated Nov. 14, 1738, asking that they be relieved of the payment of
of the Journals to the

fumifhed "copies

parifh levies.
alfo becaufe

The paper
it is

is

interefting, not only

on account

of its fubjedl matter,

but

a very early example of the ufe of a printed petition. It is reprinted here from a copy bound in with the Journals of one volume of the Coleman collection.
Portions of a few Journals antedating 1 680 have been printed in Hening's "Statutes" and "The and Biography." The proceedings of the firft Affembly (1619) were printed the Collections of the New York Hiftorical Society for 1857. as a Virginia Senate document in 1874, and
Early Virginia."

Virginia Magazine of Hiftory

in in Tyler, ed., "Narratives of

[Xli]
the laws paffed at thefe eight feffions are given in Hening's copies of them. Hening's "Statutes at Large," Hening having been unable to fecure publifhed in 1733 and feveral fources were the colle<5lion of printed laws of the Colony in full only the general contained former The laws. feffion manufcript copies of
Unfortunately, not
all

earlier

the time the colleAion was made; and the latter, being the few extant Colony were fent copies of the manufcript adls which before the days of printing in the contained only at the clofe of each feffion of the Affembly to the various county courts, intereft in the be of might as adls private and local the general laws and fuch of the

laws

in force at

counties to which thefe fpecial copies happened to have been originally fent. It thus refults that of the twenty-two adls paffed at the firft feffion of the Affembly of 1727-

paffed at the fecond feffion, 1734, only eleven are found in Hening; of the twenty-nine twenty. It was at this third, only the at only nineteen; and of the thirty-five paffed
third feffion of the Affembly that the printing of the Journals was begun. agreed with William Parks, printer, that the public laws fhould be printed

was alfo by him and

It

a copy delivered to each member of the Houfe, to each juftice of the peace in the Colony, and a well bound copy to the Secretary's ofiice and to each county court in the Colony." The printing of the private ads was not called for in the agreement. All thofe not given One private ad, however, namely, in full by Hening for this feffion are private adls. therein mentioned, made between agreement "An a(5t to confirm and eftablifh an

Thomas Bray, Gent, and John Randolph, Efq.

rights to certain lands, whereof

for the fettlement of their refpective

elder, gent, deceafed, died feifed;

David Bray, the

and

for other purpofes therein alfo mentioned,"" does appear in full. From this it feems that William Parks did flightly more than what he was compelled to do for it is taken for granted that Hening's fource for the laws of this feffion was one of thefe printed copies of adls for the feffion. Later it became the practice for the public printer to print
;

the private adls as well as the public laws.3 Hence for the laft feffion of the Affembly of 1727-34 and for all four feffions of the Affembly of 1736-40 all the adls paffed are

And this is ufually true of all feffions from this time to the full in Hening. Revolutionary War, except of the feffion held in March 1747, for which no laws are given from this it is inferred that Hening failed to difcover a copy of the feffion laws in full for that feffion, obtaining the titles from the Journal of the Houfe of Burgeffesor from
given in

and of the long feffion of 1748-9, at which a general relaws was made and at the fame time the ufual number of private adls were paffed. Many of the laws omitted by Hening are to be found in the Public Record Office, London, and it is hoped that in the not very diftant future thefe may be colleded and publifhed in a volume fupplementary to Hening's monumental collection.
the 1752 edition of the laws
vifal of the

An
up

interefting fact

may

be noted in reference to the Coleman copy of the printed

Journals ufed as the fource of the reprints in this volume.

of the Journals of the

The Coleman book

is

made

from 1732 through 1744. Its binder's title is not "Journals of the Houfe of Burgeffes" but merely "Votes 1732 to 1744," which fhows that the volume muft have been bound not very long after the clofe of the feffion whofe Journal is the laft appearing in it, for the ufe of the term "votes" in the fenfe of a journal of a legiflative body the word ufually applying to one, though that be the moft important one, of the ads of the body being taken to cover the entire proceedings feems not to have continued very long after this date. In the Journals of the Houfe contained in the prefent volume it is ufed in this fenfe at
of Burgeffes for the feffions

Houfe

leaft once.

See pp. 141, 142. Hening, IV, 370-376.

He was
firft

and

for the

required to do this for the fourth feffion of this Affembly, by order of the Houfe (p. a^i), feffion of the Affembly of 1736-1740, alfo by order of the Houfe (p. 314). By this time the

pra<5lice

feems to have become fixed.

Preface
Hiftorical Setting.
period covered by the Journals the Houfe DURING the volume George II was on the throne
of
in this
(i

of Burgeffes printed

of England. The not to be taken in any autocratic fenfe was Sir Robert Walpole, Firft Lord of the Treafury and Chancellor of the Exchequer, as applied to whom tauntingly by his enemies came into ufe the now familiar Walpole's chief aim in government was the prefervation of defignation 'prime minifter

727-1740),

real ruler,

however

but the word

'

is

'

'

peace both abroad and at home, fo that the profperity of the country might abound, bringing with it a quiet acquiefcence on the part of all in the reign of the Houfe of Hanover. And in the main he fucceeded; fo that though the annals of the times are not

with ftirring events, the value to the Englifh nation of the economic and conmade is immeafurable. It is true that in 1727, at the beginning of this period, England was at war with Spain, but the war was one in which not much blood was fhed and which was foon over; it is alfo true that in 1740, at the clofe of the period, England was again at war with Spain, but between the clofe of the firft war and the breaking out of the fecond ten years had elapfed, a long time for the paffions of the Englifh people, inflamed by Walpole's political enemies, to be kept in check. The caufe of the firft war was the determination on the part of Spain to regain the poffeffions loft by her by the treaty of Utrecht. In the purfuance of this determination fhe made an alliance with the Emperor Charles the Sixth, whereby, in return for her fupport of the Pragmatic Sandlion, providing that the hereditary dominions of the emperor fhould go to his daughter, Maria Therefa, a promife of aid was given in recovering the Spanifh poffeffions, efpecially Gibraltar and Minorca from England. In 1727 the Spaniards laid fiege to Gibraltar, but accomplifhed nothing, the emperor having been led by Walpole's diplomacy to remain inactive; and in 1729 was figned the treaty
filled

ftitutional progrefs

and Minorca were left in the was an unfatisfadlory one, fmce its commercial claufes led to fmuggling on the part of the Englifh and repreffion on the part of the Spaniards. A renewal of the war was inevitable, and the length of time that the renewal was poftponed is a tribute to the skill of the prime minifter. It was only after ten years that Sir Robert Walpole was obliged by the demands of the Englifh people to begin hoftilities. Even before the declaration of war, which was made on Odober 19, 1739, Admiral Vernon who as a member of Parliament had done his beft to bring about the war, and who had fpoken much of the weaknefs of the Spanifh colonies, was ordered to capture Porto Bella, the port from which failed the hated guarda-coftas. Since the enemy was unprepared, this he did with little trouble. But the further profecution of the war was
of Seville bringing the

war

to a clofe.

Though

Gibraltar

hands

of the Englifh, the treaty

unfortunate. Admiral Vernon's advice that

rejedled

it

be confined to naval operations being

and a combined military and naval attack on Carthagena having been decided upon. This failed difmally, owing in the main to the inexperience and incompetence of Brigadier General Wentworth, in command of the land forces, whofe dilitorinefs allowed the expedition to be overtaken by the rainy and fickly feafon, during which the troops died by the hundreds. On the 17th of April, 1741, thofe that remained were taken to Port Royal. The expedition againft Santiago alfo proved abortive. Since this war was carried on at the very doors of the American colonies, and to a certain extent in their intereft, it was but natural that they fhould be called upon by the home government to furnish their quotas of the troops. This they did with greater or lefs alacrity, the colonial contingent being under the command, firft of Governor Spotfwood, and then, on his death before the troops failed for the Weft Indies, of Governor Gooch, of Virginia.

[xiv]
In the time of peace between the clofe of the firft and the beginning of the fecond a peace which Walpole prefen-ed fo far as Englatid was concerned though on the ^,ar continent of Europe the war of the Polifh Succeffion was going on for a year or two and the Family Compa<5l (bringing France and Spain into alliance againft Auftria and

England) had been figned the moft noteworthy domeftic occurrence was the f truggle over the Excife Bill which took place in 1733. The fcheme embodied in the Excife Bill was, in bare outline, to require that all tobacco brought into England fhould come in duty free but fhould be ftored in public warehoufes, and when taken from thefe for home confumption taxed at a fair rate, no tax whatever, however, being impofed on it when
exported.

The fcheme was an eminently

wife one from almoft everj^ point of view:

fmuggling would have been diminifhed, the revenues increafed, honeft traders encouraged, the troublefome queftion of rebates done away with, and the colonial producers of
tobacco (being able either in perfon or through agents to examine the books kept at the warehoufes) would not have been fo often defrauded by difhoneft merchants. The people of Virginia were heartily in favor of the bill. Some time before the meafure was introduced, the General Affembly fent an agent to England to ask that an a(5l of this
nature be paffed; and his affiftance muft have been highly valued by the miniftr\', for before his return to Virginia he had been knighted by the king. Notwithftanding its many advantages, however, the bill was fo violently oppofed that Walpole, true to
his policy of preferring the peace,

tax on the article

that time

when taken out

unpopular to

of the
kill

withdrew it. Unfortunately, the word naming the warehoufes was the word "excife," a word at
the meafure.

fuflficiently

Affembly of 1727-1734.
Firft Seffion.
of this Affembly met in Williamfburg on February i, 1727 (old and was prorogued on March 30, 1728. The memberfhip of the Houfe confifted of fifty-eight, two members each from twenty-eight counties and one each from Jameftown (or James City as it was at that time more ufually called) and Williamfburg; and there were prefent on the day of opening forty -fix, to whom the various oaths appointed were adminiftered by four members of the Council deputed for for this duty by the governor.* The ftanding committees with which the bufinefs of the feffion was begun were the committee of privileges and elections, committee of public claims, and the committee of propofitions and grievances. Later on, however, a committee for courts of juftice was appointed to inquire into the reafons for delays in the courts of juftice and to bring in a bill defigned to remedy them. The committee was found fo ufeful that in future feffions it was continued as one of the ufual ftanding committees of the Houfe. The principal bill reported by this committee was the one which on its paffage was entitled "An adl for preventing delays in courts of juftice; for expediting and better fettling the proceedings in the General Court; and for the more fpeedy and eafy recovery of fmall debts; and for repealing an adl for obligfirft feffion

THE

ftyle),

ing attorneys, profecuting fuits in behalf of perfons out of the country, to give fecurity

and damages and declaring in what manner fuch fecurity fhall be and was an exceptionally able meafure, a fadl recognized by the Houfe, as was alfo the fa(5t that it was the work in the main of John Clayton, the attorneylater general, chairman of the committee, in the paffage by the Houfe of arefolution agreed to by the Council that the chairman be given twenty pounds for his unufual ferv-ices. In order that trial might be made of the law, it was provided that it fhould be So well did it ftand the teft, however, that at the May in force for only four years. 1732 feffion of this Affembly it was ena(5led, "That the beforementioned adl [that is, the adl whofe title is given above], and every claufe, matter, and thing therein contained, fhall ftand and remain in full force, and be perpetual."' The committee of propofitions and grievances, having affigned to it the duty of examining the Journals of the preceding feffions of the Houfe in order to find out what matters had been left imdetermined and what temporary laws had expired fince the laft meeting, in addition to the more ufual duties to be expedled from a committee bearing its name, was the bufieft committee of the feffion, though the committee of privileges and eledlions, with a much fmaller memberfhip, was, owing to the number and importance of the contefted eledlion cafes brought to its attention, not far behind. An interefting eledlion cafe was that of M"" John Holloway, fpeaker of the Houfe and treafurer of the Colony. M'' Holloway had been eledled a member for York county and alfo for Williamfburg, a refult very tmufual but one which the law itfelf did not render impoffible, for the reafon that, as in England, it was not neceffary that the member of the Houfe be a refident of the county or town he reprefented. In fuch a cafe the member had, of courfe, to choofe which conftituency he preferred to fit for, and then M"" Edward Tabb, feeing in the it was neceffary to order a new eledlion by the other. fituation a chance, probably, for his own eledlion to the Houfe from York if M"" Holloway
for paying all cofts
;

hereafter given,"'

could be induced to choofe to

tion the eleftion

fit

for Williamfburg,

gave out that he intended to quef-

and return of M"' Holloway from York, but could not be induced by the committee of privileges and elecftions, though invited to do fo, to prefer his charges, faying that he would wait till M"^ Holloway had made his choice. His hope was evidently
<
5

'

See p. 3. Hening, IV, 182. Hening, IV, 323.

xvi

Holloway would decide to fit for Williamfburg. His that in order to avoid trouble M^ Houfe on the eighth day of the feffion, when it hope was, however, fruftrated by the that no petition fhould be received from M' proceedings refolved toward the clofe of the after the rifmg of the Houfe on that queftion Tabb looking toward the opening of the make his choice the following day. No day It was alfo ordered that M^ Holloway handed in by M^ Tabb, fmce he had no time to do this even had he really
petition

was

and, being thus relieved of day chofe to fit for York.i

defired;

all poffible

embarraffment,

M--

Holloway the next

fundions occafionally exercifed by the Houfe are well exemplified at and Jacob Walker* and that of Thomas Barnes, this feffion in the cafe of James Wallace and Walker were juftices of the peace for Wallace Matthew Bean, and Jofeph Sanford.^ certify a petition to the General Affemthe county of Elizabeth City, and had refufed to Brought before the bar of the their duty to do. blv, which, according to law, it was petition to be falfe and that, the matter of the knew Houfe, they explained that they not genuine. Neverthelefs, were furthermore, the fignatures, with a few exceptions,

The

judicial

Thomas Barnes, they were reprimanded by the Houfe and compelled to pay cofts. procuring in the fraudulently with charged were Sanford Matthew Bean, and Jofeph petition fignatures to comconteftant, a the interefts of the gentleman firft mentioned, plaining of the eledlion of M-- Thomas Lee and M"- George Eskridge to reprefent Weftmoreland county in the Houfe. They were ordered before the bar of the Houfe and
reprimanded.

Another cafe illuftrating a clafs of cafes, not infrequent, in which judicial powers were exercifed thofe in which the privileges of members of the Houfe were involved was that of Edward Weft, againft whom the complaint was made by M-- Andrews, a member of the Houfe, that Weft had "groffly abufed and affronted" him "in breach of
the privilege of the Houfe." He was haled before the bar of the Houfe by the fergeant at arms, reprimanded by the fpeaker, and compelled on his knees to ask the pardon of
M''

Andrews.'"

Moft of the bills introduced originated in the Houfe. Four, however, and thefe the moft important, had their origin in the Council. They were all finally paffed by both houfes. They were: i. "An a6t for the better fupport of the clergy of this dominion; and for the more regular colleAing and paying the parifh levies,"- the objedl of which was to explain the ambiguities in exifting laws and to improve them by additions relative to the paying of parifh levies; 2. "An adl for making more effedlual provifion againft invafions and inf urredlions, "" giving the governor power to raife from the militia in times of danger fuch forces as might be neceffary to cope with it, and fixing the pay to be received by the officers and men when called out for any length of

among

time;

3.

"An

adl for the better regulating

;

and

afcertaining the current rates of filver

coin within this dominion

into pieces, "'3

and for preventing the evil pradlice of cutting foreign gold by which fuch a valuation was put on the various filver coins which had come into the Colony from Europe and Spanifh America as would prevent them from leaving Virginia for places in which they were more highly valued, fo ufeful were they
as fmall change;
4.

"An adl for prohibiting

the exportation of grain in time of fcarcity,"'*

whereby the governor was empowered, with the advice and confent of the Council, to lay embargoes when deemed neceffary. An examination of thefe adls does not reveal any peculiarities of fubjedl-matter feeming to render it more appropriate that they fhould have originated in one houfe rather than in the other. It would appear, therefore, that at this period of the hiftory of the General Affembly any bill, except a money bill, might originate indifferently in
See pp. 13, 14. See p. 17. 9 See pp. 31, 32. ' See p. 20. " Hening, IV, 204-108. " Hening, IV, 197-204. J Hening, IV, 218-220. ' Hening, IV, 221-222.
^

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ftitutional

and that its origination was rather a matter of convenience than of conlaw or cixftom. No bill originated in the Council either at the fecond or the third feflion of this Affembly, but at the fourth feffion two of the bills which finally became laws were Council meafures. The firft of thefe had the title when it left the
either houfe,

more eafy trial of criminals before juftices of oyer and terbecame a law, it had the title "An adt for better regulating the trial of criminals, for capital offenfes.""* The fecond was "An a(5l for amending the adl, entituled, an ad; for fettling the titles and boimds of lands and for preventing unlawful fhooting and ranging thereupon."" It had to do in the main with provifions for conveying land and recording all fales, mortgages, marriage fettlements, deeds of truft, etc., and was a law of fuch importance that, adling on inftru(5lion from the Houfe, the fpeaker, when on the laft day of the feffion he prefented this bill to the governor for his fignature, requefted him to ufe his beft endeavors to obtain the king's affent to it, fo that purchafers of land might feel that their titles were fecure."' The only adl paffed at the firft feffion of the Affembly of 1 736-1 740 originating in the Council was the "Adl for the greater eafe and encouragement of fheriffs,"" the principal objedl of which was the relief of fheriffs from fuits on the efcape of prifoners from jails unlefs negligence on the part of the fheriffs could be clearly proved. At the next feffion alfo only one law originated in the Council, and this a law not of firft rate importance, bearing the title "An adl, for the better preferv-ation of the breed of deer; and preventing unlawful himting."" The Council, however, exercifed to the full always its privilege of offering amendments. The relations between the two branches of the General Affembly at this feffion were in the main friendly, only one epifode occurring which had a tendency to develop difcord. On March 20, juft ten days before the clofe of the feffion, a bill "For the better regulating the payment of the Burgeffes' wages," which had been introduced fome days before, was defeated. On the 25th, however, a bill "For leffening the levy by the poll by paying the falary of Burgeffes in money" was introduced, read the firft time, and later The next day it was read the third time, paffed by the in the day the fecond time. Houfe, and fent to the Council for their concurrence. But this the Council refufed. Whereupon a motion was made in the Houfe that the Houfe fhould refufe to prefent to the governor for his fignature the "Adl for laying a duty upon flaves" which had already been paffed by both chambers, and in which, it may be prefumed the members of the Council, wealthy men and large flave holders, were efpecially interefted, fince the efifedl of the adl would be inevitably to enhance the value of their property. It was ordered that the faid refolution fhould be confidered the following day. The Journals, however, have no further reference to the matter. The neceffary work incident to the the refolution was paffed on the 28th of March and the clofing hours of the feffion probably prevented the difcuffion of a ftep which all muft feffion ended on the 30th have recognized to be highly revolutionary. As for the bill "For the better regulating the payment of the Burgeffes' wages," it, or the fubftance of it, was introduced again at the next feffion of the Affembly and became law. This was the firft meeting of an Affembly held fince William Gooch became the lieutenant governor of the Colony, and his opening and clofing fpeeches are good examples of the fpeeches which during his incumbency of office, for twenty-two years, he was accuftomed to make to his General Affemblies not efpecially happy in wording, but exhibiting at every point the characteriftics for which their author was noted, and which won for him the high refpedl of thofe whom he had been fent to govern, namely, courtefy, The governor bufinefs ability, religious feeling, and, above all, loyalty to the king. explained that the Affembly had been called to meet at this unufual feafon of the year
Council
a(5t

"An

for the

miner.""

When

it

in order that the people of the

See p. 198. Hening, IV, 403-405. " Hening, IV, 397-402. '8 See p. 233. '9 Hening, IV, 487-492. Hening, V, 60-63.
's

Colony might be able to regulate the planting of their

'*

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it was fuppofed would be paffed, tobacco in accordance with the law on the fubjedl which provifions only till the clofe of own its to according the law then in effed; continuing confideration of the Affemfpecial for the this feffion. The other matters recommended the eredtion of a light-houfe on bly were the repairing the battery at Point Comfort, prevention of delays in the courts of the for means of difcovery Henry, and the

Cape

juftice.

prevention of delays in the courts of the governor as to the lightof juftice has been given above. The recommendation houfe at Cape Henry refulted in the prompt paffage of an adt defigned to effed that refult," with, however, a claufe fufpending the execution of the ad till the Affembly of

The adion

of the

Houfe

in reference to the

expenfe of building and maintenance and until the king fhould fignify his affent. The law on the fubjed; of tobacco then in effed; was continued with a few alterations and amendments." The outcome of the governor's recommendation in reference to the battery was a refolution of the Houfe^j to the effed; that the battery ought by all means to be repaired and maintained, but that the expenfe ought to be borne out of the revenue of two fhillings per hogfhead on tobacco exported, fifteen pence per ton on fhipping, and fix pence per poll on all perfons imported, thefe taxes having been impofed for juft fuch purpofes. The Houfe, though it refped;ed the Governor highly, and evinced this refped; by voting him a prefent of five hundred

Maryland fhould agree to bear part

of the

pounds,'"
for.'s

was unalterably oppofed

to taxing the people for purpofes already provided

An important piece of bufmefs tranfad;ed by the Affembly at this feffion was the appointment of an agent to reprefent the Colony in England in an effort to fecure the repeal of an Englifh law recently paffed prohibiting the "importation of tobacco ftripped from the ftalks."'*' The two houfes joined in drawing up an addrefs to the king and a petition to Parliament fetting forth their objed;ions to the law, and appointed M"" John Randolph, clerk of the Houfe of Burgeffes, fpecial agent to prefent the two and to fecure the refult which was their aim. The determination of the General Affembly to fend over a fpecial agent from Virginia to attend to this piece of bufmefs was no doubt reached on account of the diffatisfad;ion with the refults obtained by the Englifh agent recently employed in a cafe fomewhat fimilar. There had been paffed at the preceding feffion of the Affembly an ad to lay a duty on liquors, and a M'' Leheup had been retained to fecure the king's affent. Though he was fuccefsful in his objedt, his fee was confidered fo exorbitant that the Houfe refufed to allow it.=' Of the public ads paffed at this feffion two contained the fufpending claufe, that is, it was provided in each cafe that the ad was not to become law till fand;ioned by the king. Thefe were "An ad for laying a duty on flaves imported, and for appointing a treafurer" and "An ad for ered;ing a light-houfe on Cape Henry," the ad; already referred to abo\'e. Neither was affented to by the king, fince the wifhes of the Englifh merchants and fhip owners prevailed. The ad; to ered; a light-houfe at Cape Henry was alfo oppofed by Lord Baltimore."'^ This feffion is further noteworthy for an order given by the Houfe on February 2 2 that an agreement be made with William Parks, printer, for the publication of a complete colledion of the public laws of the Colony then in force. The committee appointed to fupervife the work confifted of M"' John Holloway, then fpeaker of the Houfe, M"' John
Clayton, attorney-general,

and

Archibald Blair

(thefe three being

members

of the

' See
"

p. 50.

See p. 50. "3 See p. J 6. '* See p. 28. 's The law relied on by the Houfe in fupport of its pofition was the one of 1680 entitled "An adt for raifing a publique revenue for the better fupport of the government of this his majefties colony" brought over from England by Lord Culpeper already framed for paffage, and paffed accordingly. It was one of the fundamental laws of the Colony, remaining in force throughout the colonial period. (See Hening, II, 466469.)

See Statutes at Large (Great Britain; edited by Jno. Raithby), IV, 640. See p. 45. See Sainfbury Abftrafts of Documents in the Public Record Office, London, Vol. IX, p. 386 Sainfbury Abftra<5ts are in manufcript in the Virginia State Library.
<>

"

flf.

The

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Houfe),
M"'

John Randolph, clerk

M''

of

the

Hotife (fubfequently Sir

fpeaker of the Houfe), and

petent

William Robert fan, clerk of the Council

the moft com-

John Randolph,

to a fuccefsf ul conclufion," the

whom to entruft it. The work was pufhed through volume appearing in 1 733 The following is its title page "A CoUedlion of all the A(5ls of Affembly now in Force in the Colony of Virginia with the titles of fuch as are expir'd or repeal 'd And Notes in the margin fhowing how and at what time they were Repeal 'd. Examined with the Records. By a Committee appointed for that Purpofe. Who have added many ufeful Marginal Notes and References. And an Exadl Table. Publifh'd, purfuant to an Order of the Genl. Affembly held at Williamfburg in the year MDCCXXVII. Williamfburg. Printed by Wnt. Parks MDCCXXXIII"
men then
living in Virginia to
.

This was the third printed colle(5lion of Virginia laws, the firft having been printed in London in the year 1662 or 1663 and containing the revifal of 1661-1662, and the fecond having been printed in London between the years 1684 and 1687.

Second Seffion.
The fecond feffion of this Affembly continued from May 21 through July 9, 1730. The memberfhip of the Houfe fhowed an increafe of five over what it had been the preceding feffion, Caroline and Goochland counties, eredled by the Affembly at their former meeting, fending reprefentatives, and a member fitting for William & Mary College, which now, the affairs of the inftitution having been placed by the truftees in the hands of the prefident and mafters, had by charter the right to reprefentation. The governor was able in his opening addrefs to announce that, peace having been made between Great Britain and Spain, the time was propitious for enacting wife laws regulating the trade of the Colony. Since the trade in tobacco, the great ftaple, had
fallen into a miferable condition, he

fubmitted for

its

regulation in every detail a plan

which had already been approved by the Board of Trade in England, and which needed only fuch improvement as the wifdom and experience of the members of the General Affembly might fuggeft. He laid before the Affembly two inftrudlions one concerning "the honour of Almighty God not yet by law fufficiently fecured" and the other concerning bankrupts in England having eftates in Virginia.3 He advifed that there be reenadted fuch of the features of a law paffed in 1705 for limiting fuits on judgments and obligations as were not repugnant to the Englifh ftatutes, the law itfelf having been lately repealed by proclamation ;3' and that laws be paffed adequate to the punifhment of thofe guilty of burning tobacco houfes and of fimilar crimes. The recommendation was made that John Randolph, who had fucceeded in his miffion to England, be adequately rewarded for his fervices. All the matters referred to by the governor were confidered by the Houfe, and adls paffed in reference to them, with the exception of the queftion of bankrupts in England who had eftates in Virginia and the eftablifhment of a fchool fyftem, the latter being one of the means, fet forth in the inftrucftion referred to in the governor's fpeech, for fecuring "the honour of Almighty God." In reference to thefe it was ordered that their confideration be poftponed till the next feffion of the Affembly.3 As one means, however, of advancing the objedl fought in the inftrudlion the law was paffed bearing
:

the

title

"An
and

adt for
reftraint

enforcing the adt, intituled.

An

adt for the effedlual fuppreflion

of vice;

and punifhment

of blafphemous, wicked,

and

diffolute perfons;

and

for preventing inceftuous marriages

and copulations. "33

The other laws paffed in an endeavor to carry out the recommendations of the governor were the following: i. "An adl for afcertaining the damage upon protefted
See
3

p. 225.

Sainfbury, IX, 313, 324, 393 ff. The bifhop of London, whofe diocefe included the American colonies, had interefted himfelf in getting the Board of Trade to fend the firft inftrucftion; the Britifh merchants were, of courfe, behind the fecond.
3'

33

33

Sainfbury, IX, 426 ff. See p. 63. Hening, IV, 244-246.

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exchange: And for the better recovery of debts due on promifory notes: And notes,"" to take the place of "An adt declarfor the affignment of bonds, obligations, and and accounts, fhall be in force, for the obligations, ing how long judgments, bonds, affignment of bonds and obligations, diredling what proof fhall be fufficient in fuch cafes;
bills of

and

damage upon protefted bills of exchange," 3s which were repealed, the principal difference between the two being that greater certainty in the profecueffedled by the former, tion of thofe guilty of drawing fraudulent bills of exchange was
afcertaining the
limitations of time in

might be brought on bills, bonds, etc., were fet, thus leaving operative the Englifh ftatutes on the fubjedl; 2. "An adl to prevent the malicious burning tobacco houfes, and other houfes and places: For taking away clergy

and no

which

fuits

from certain offenders And for punifhing acceffories to felonies, and receivers of ftolen goods, "3- one of the main features of which was the taking away the privilege of pleading the benefit of clergy from thofe accufed, thus removing the means ufed by offenders before this of efcaping the extreme penalties inflidted by the laws; 3. "An adt for amend:

ing the ftaple of tobacco; and for preventing frauds in his Majefty's cuftoms,"^' the moft important law by far paffed at this feffion, being the redudlion into proper form

prolonged ftudy by a fpecial committee of which the attorney -general, probably the ableft member of the Houfe, was chairman, and by the Houfe itfelf in numerous feffions of the committee of the whole) of the fcheme propofed by the governor for regulating the trade in tobacco, as the cultivation of tobacco had been regulated by
(after

the

a(5l

paffed at this feffion having the

effedlual

title

"Anadt
:

for repealing the adt for the better

improving the ftaple of tobacco: And for the better execution of tending feconds And for the further prevention thereof, '3' the two adls together providing for almoft every conceivable tranfadtion in the great

and more
the laws

now

in force againft

'

ftaple of the Colony.

The recommendation of the governor that M'' Randolph be paid a fum commenfurhis fervices was enthufiaftically adopted by the Houfe, which voted, nemine with ate contradicente, that one thoufand pounds be given him. 39 It was further ordered that M'' Randolph's report of his tranfadlions in England fhould be printed. A very important queftion demanding the attention of the Houfe at this feffion was that of the right of a member to hold office as a fheriff. It came up for confideration owing to the fadl that fince the clofe of the preceding feffion feveral members of the Houfe had accepted appointments and were then holding office. A fpecial committee appointed to fearch the Journals for precedents, reported two cafes fhowing that in the paft fervice in the two pofitions had not been permitted,i and an adt was paffed without difficulty prohibiting any fheriff from fitting as a member of the Houfe, and
exempting members from appointment as fheriffs. The adt alfo provided that the acceptance by a burgefs of a pofition of profit under the government rendered the
eledtion void.
all this, of

courfe, Englifh precedent

The burgefs might, however, be reeledled by was clofely followed.

his conftituents."'

In

very interefting adt paffed, as fhowing the tendency of the General Affembly toward a certain meafure of toleration, is the "Adt to exempt certain German Proteftants, in the county of Stafford, from the payment of parifh levies. "*" Only the title
of this adt is given in Hening.

The Journals, however, give the fubftance of the petition of the Germans, out of which grew the law, which was to the effedl that they fhould be relieved of parifh levies fince they maintained a minifter of their own nation." This
meafure
of toleration
till

was not

later

extended to other diffenters for

many

years

in

fadl,
34
35 3S 37 38 39

not

the Revolutionary War.

273-275. 377-381. 271-273. 247-271. 241-244.

*
4'

42

43

Hening, IV, Hening, III, Hening, IV, Hening, IV, Hening, IV, See p. 63. See p. 62. Hening, IV, Hening, IV, See p. 63.

292-293.
306.

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power of the Houfe, as well as its fenfitivenefs to criticifm, is fhown by the cafe of John Mercer and Peter Hedgman, the former the author, and the latter one of the figners, of a propofition certified by the court of Stafford county and prefented to the Affembly in reference to an adt paffed at the preceding feffion of Affembly for encouraging adventurers in iron -works. The paper was declared to be a "fcandalous and feditious libel, containing falfe and fcandalous reflexions upon the Legiflature and the juftice of the General Court and other courts of this Colony,"" and it was refolved that the two gentlemen named were guilty of a mifdemeanor, for which they fhould anfwer at the bar of the Houfe. In courfe of time petitions were received from

The

judicial

both expreffive of their forrow at having incurred the difpleafure of the Houfe, whereupon they were brought before the bar of the Houfe, reprimanded bv the fpeaker, and difcharged, paying fees. The paper, however, with others on the fame fubjedl, had its effed;, for the "Adl for encouraging adventurers in iron -works" paffed at the preceding
feffion,

was amended

in the features obje(5ted to, efpecially in that the coft of

making roads to the iron-works from the fhipping points and from the places of fupply was taken from the fhoulders of the public. 45 The following cafe, alfo, fhows the determination of the Burgeffes to look after their dignity. A refolution was adopted by the Houfe that the wages of the members fhould for that feffion be paid in money in the hands of the treafurer, the proceeds of the tax on liquors imported. It was agreed to by the Council, only one member, M"" Richard Fitzwilliam, diffenting, whofe reafons for his adlion were fpread on the Journal of the Council. When the Houfe heard of this, it was "ordered that a meffage be fent the Council defiring them to give the Houfe a copy. This was done. A committee was appointed to confider the matter. The committee made a full report,"* giving in order M'' Fitzwilliam' 5 reafons for his diffent and the anfwering arguments in each cafe, and at the clofe their recommendations. Two ftatements made by M"' Fitzwilliam feemed to the committee to tranfcend the fphere of legitimate criticifm, namely, that fome of the members of the Houfe of Burgeffes, knowing that the refolution to be effedlive would have to be agreed to by the Council, would for this reafon be more fubfervient to the wifhes of the Council in other matters than independent legiflators fhould be, and that it was "moft unreafenable that a very' few people trading to the Weft Indies fhould be burthened with fo heavy a duty on their liquors with a view only to have the greateft fhare of it diftributed among the Burgeffes." The committee characterized thefe charges as falfe, fcandalous, and malicious, and gave it as their opinion that the views fet forth by M'' Fitzwilliam could have been entered on the Journal of the Council only with the purpofe of bringing the Houfe into difgrace with the king. This much of the report was adopted by the Houfe. But the reft of it, recommending that a reprefentation be made to the king in Council againft Fitzwilliam, failed by a vote of 28 to 29. Since the Journals of the Houfe of Burgeffes would go to the Board of Trade if neceffary, to the king in Council juft as the Journals of the Council would go, the full report of the committee of the Houfe in the matter would come under the official eye of the authorities in England to offset the views expreffed by M"' Fitzwilliam. Hence all that was really neceffary in the premifes was accomplifhed. In this cafe the good relations exifting between the Houfe and the majority of the members of the Council were not difturbed. It was only againft M"' Fitzwilliam that the anger of the Houfe was aroufed.^ And the incident had this good effedt, that it led to the paffage at this feffion of a law clearly fetting forth the circumftances in which it would be allowable in the future for payment of the burgeffes' falaries to be made in money from the central treafury. This law has the title "An adl for the better regof the ore

See p. 66. Hening, IV, 296-^^00. 4' See pp. 97-99. 47 Mr. Fitzwilliam was furveyor-general of the cuftoms of Virginia, Carolina, and Jamaica, and by virtue of his office a member of the Council. The other members of the Council oppofed his having a feat in that body, and the queftion was carried up to the king in Council, by whom it was fettled in favor of Mr. Fitzwilliam. (See Sainfbury, IX, 424, 436, 438, 458.) The Burgeffes did not fail to complain to the home authorities of Mr. Fitzwilliam's condu<ft. (Sainfbury, IX, 494, 513.)
45

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"4* and it contained a provifion defigned and payment of the burgeffes' wages, members recently become much too common to remedy abfenteeifm on the part of for abfence in every cafe unlefs occafioned by withheld be fhould which was, that pay

ulation

ficknefs.

The due regard fhown by the Council for the privileges of the Houfe is well illuf"Adl for amending the ftaple trated in the manner in which an important claufe in the the Houfe, it contained no proleft the bill When inferted. of tobacco" came to be feveral warehoufes. Inftead of at for the vifion for the purchafe of fcales and weights once amending the bill by putting in a claufe directing that fuch weights and fcales be bought and fetting forth how they fhould be paid for, the Council asked for a conference with the Houfe, in order to find out whether the latter body concurred in the opinion of the Council that they fhould be paid for from the public money in the hands of the treafurer, and whether it was alfo the opinion of the Houfe that the expenfe of
carrying the
acJt

into execution,

if

greater than the revenue appropriated, fhould be

fame way. The objedl of the Coimcil in proceeding in this manner was "to keep up a good correfpondence" with the Houfe "and to avoid difputes concerning the privileges" of the Houfe. The committee appointed to condudt the conference on the part of the Houfe ha^'ing reported, the Houfe agreed to allow the Council to add

met

in the

a claufe or claufes for the purpofes fet forth. 49 A very valuable part of the Journal for this feffion is that made up of the petition of the Houfe to the king on the fubjedl of the grants made by Charles the Firft and James the Second of the territory in Virginia known as the Northern Neck. In this
to the
bill

paper

is fet

forth at length the hiftory of the feveral grants, the provifions of each,

and

caufes of the diffatisfadlion of the inhabitants of that fedlion of Virginia with refulting conditions. Rendered now by publication generally available, it will be an important
fource of information on the whole fubje(5t.5o
tions

xhe petition was the refult of reprefentamade to the Houfe by dwellers in the Northern Neck of the hardf hips experienced by them in confequence of the grant whofe provifions were then operative. Efpeciall)'

alarming to the inhabitants was the fadl that Lord Fairfax, the proprietor at that time, had come into poffeffion under a fettlement difabling him, according to his contentions,

from granting any

titles.

of the lands in fee fimple,

the validity of the adls both of his

and that he had called into queftion own agents and of agents of former proprietors

granting fee fimple

Third Seffion
The
third feffion of the Affembly

began

May

18

and ended July

i,

1732.

Since

Prince William county had been eftablifhed at the fecond feffion of the Affembly, and

Bnmfwick (formed by law paffed in 1720) was now for the firft time reprefented, the memberfhip of the Houfe was 67. The principal bufinefs of the feffion was the paffage of amendments and additions to the great tobacco law which had been enadled at the preceding feffion of the Affembly. The paramount importance of this law among the laws of the Colony may eafily be inferred from what was faid by Governor Gooch in his fpeech at the opening of the feffion, who gave fome account of the oppofition met with by the a(5l in England and of the oppofition it was then meeting from certain claffes in Virginia. It was the fpecial work of the Affembly at this feffion to fo amend the law as to render it effective in its infpe(5lion features and at the fame time remove the imdoubted hardfhips impofed in many cafes. A great deal was accomplifhed at this feffion, but enough of the problem was left unfolved to require much of the time of the General Affemblies meeting up to the Revolutionary War, and even of thofe of later date. But it was not to the imaided efforts of the legiflative body of Virginia that the members of the Houfe looked for entire amelioration of the condition of the tobacco trade. It was recognized that help had to be fought from the Englifh government itfelf Hence the m otion was made in the Houfe "That the Houfe would take fome meafures,
48 49
so

Hening, IV, 278-280. See p. 100. See pp. 92-96.

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to reprefent to the Parliament of Great Britain, the miferable ftate of the tobacco trade

and to induce them to eftablifh fome better methods of fecuring and coUedling the duties upon tobacco, for preventing the notorious frauds which have long fubfifted, and occafion the intolerable hardfhips that trade at prefent labours imder." It was refolved "That a petition be made, to the honourable the knights, citizens, and burgeffes, of the Parliament of Great Britain, to put tobacco under an excife."s' This refulted, after the whole lituation had been thoroughly difcuffed both in the Houfe and in the Coxincil, in the preparation, not only of a petition to Parliament, but alfo of an addrefs to the king and a letter to the lords of the treafury, and the appointment of M'' John Randolph, who had fo fuccefsfully carried through the former miffion, as agent for the Gondu(5l of the prefent bufmefs, to whom was to be paid the large fum of two thoufand two himdred pounds. s In his opening fpeech the governor made the important announcement that the king, on the petition of the Britifh merchants, had repealed the adt paffed at the laft feffion for continuing the duty on liquors and had fent an inftrudlion prohibiting the laying of any duty on flaves, to be paid by the importer. However, the governor turned over to the Houfe a letter he had received from one of the fecretaries of the Board of Trade, which contained hints as to how bills might be drawn on thefe two important fubjedts that would be allowed by the king to become laws, and one of the adts paffed at this feffion was "An A6t for laying a duty on liquors" and another was "An adt for laying a duty on flaves, to be paid by the buyers, " both of which went into operation. " The difference between the adl paffed in 1730 for laying a duty on liquors, which had been difallowed by the king, and the one paffed at this feffion was that whereas the former adl
contained a provifo that liquors imported in veffels belonging to Virginia owners fhould

pay only half the ufual duties, this was omitted from the adl paffed at the prefent feffion. The complaint of the Britifh merchants of the adl of 1730 was folely diredled againft this claufe.s* The difference between the two adls for laying a duty on flaves was merely that the adl paffed in 1727 called for the payment of the duty by the importer, whereas the adl paffed at the prefent feffion laid the burden on the buyer a burden which would have been fhifted to his fhoulders, of courfe, if the adl of 1 7 2 7 had been allowed to fland, ss The relations between the two chambers of the General Aifembly at this feffion and between the Houfe and the governor remained as amicable as they had been at the

former feffion, though differences of opinion arofe, efpecially as to the proper fund (whether the fvmd arifing from the permanent tax of two fhillings per hogfhead on tobacco exported, of one fhilling and three pence per ton on veffels coming to Virginia from abroad, and fix pence per poll on perfons brought into the Colony, or that arifing from the rather precarious taxes on liquors and flaves) from which fhould be paid various expenfes. The former fund was, according to the preamble of the adl providing for it, "for the maintenance of the governor and feveral other officers and perfons as alfoe for the fort and fortifications, befides many other contingent expences,"56 was kept by the receiver general and under the control of the governor and Council the latter fund was kept by the treafurer, its objedl was the payment of fuch expenfes as would otherwife have to be paid from a fimd made up of colledlions from poll taxes, and was under the control of the entire Affembly, the Houfe more particularly, fince in the Houfe originated
;

money bills. The differences of opinion arifing at this feffion between the two houfes and between the Houfe of Burgeffes and the governor as to the application of the two funds were fimilar to thofe arifing ever fince their origin, the firft in 1 680 and the fecond in 1684, and continuing to the Revolutionary War. The objedl of the Houfe was always to throw as many expenditures as poffible on the former fund and of the Coimcil and the governor to throw them on the latter. The fpecific queftion caufing the difference at
5' 5"

53

M
55 !*

See p. 152. See pp. 152, 159, 160, 161, 167. Hening, IV, 310-322. Sainfbury, I, 116. Hening, IV, 182, 317-322. Hening, II, 466.


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between the Houfe and the governor was whether the payment of certain warehoufes from being deftroyed guards employed to protedl feveral of the tobacco to the law fhould be paid oppofition fuch was the feeling in fome parts of the Colony in or from money in the hands of the out of money in the hands of the receiver general was one of the contingent expenfes expenfe the that maintained treafurer. The Houfe to the execution of the tobacco incident one was of government, and the governor that it the law itfelf, out of the money law and therefore payable, according to a provifion in sr The queftion caufmg the difference of opinion between in the hands of the treafurer. the fees of the attorney general and of the clerk whether was the Houfe and the Council criminals fhould be paid from the of the General Court arifmg from the profecution of revenue arifmg from the tax on liquors. In each cafe the Houfe carried its point, efpecially fmce it was pointed out that the revenue in the hands of the treafurer was exhaufted, and that great fums had been voted to be paid from the amoimt hoped to
this feffion

be raifed by the two revenue adls paffed at this feffion. s*

Fourth Seffion.
The fourth and laft feffion of this Affembly began Auguft 22 and ended Oct. 4, 1734. It was the longeft feffion of a General Affembly held up to that time fmce the Affembly was inftituted, and the work done was of very great importance. The firft entry in the Journal is to the effedl that Sir John Randolph had refigned his pofition of clerk of the Houfe of Burgeffes and that Benjamin Needier, by virtue of a commiffion from the lieutenant governor, had fucceeded him. Though Randolph had not fucceeded in his miffion
an excife law on the part of the Englifh people being at that overcome, he had conducted himfelf in fuch a way as to win the be time too great to approval of the Englifh minifters, by whom he was recommended to the king for knighthood. S9 Returning to Virginia, he faw before the opening of this feffion a good
to England, the oppofition to

opportunity for further advancement in the public fervice, for M'' John Holloway, the fpeaker of the Houfe, was about to retire, and there were various vacancies in the memberfhip of the Houfe, occafioned either by death or the acceptance of offices of profit under the government, to any one of which he fuch was his preftige might probably be ele<5led. Hence his refignation from the pofition of clerk of the Houfe. On the day on

which the feffion began, among the new writs which it was ordered that the governor be asked to iffue for filling vacancies, was one for William & Mary College, a corporation clofe at hand and compofed of only fix or eight voting members. The governor iffued his writ at once, the eledtion took place at once, and Sir John Randolph the next day qualified as member of the Houfe, and on the day following, M'' Holloway having handed in his refignation, was eledled to the fpeakerfhip, and later on in the feffion to the treafurerfhip. The fpeech made by Sir John Randolph in accepting the office of fpeaker is an admirable one of its kind, fhowing him to have been a man of unufual ability, fully worthy of the efteem in which he was held by his contemporaries and of the fuccefs which crowned his efforts. The reafon given by M'^ Holloway for his refignation was the condition of his health, but it was foon found and muft have been fufpedled before the opening of the feffion that his accounts as treafurer were not in a fatisfactory condition. Full examination proved there was a fhortage of one thoufand eight hundred and fifty pounds, which his bondfmen were required in time to make good.*" M'' Holloway having affigned them for their indemnity various mortgages, judgments, and other fecurities, and confeffed a judgment to them in the General Court for the fum of five thoufand pounds, and, in addition, affigned to truftees all his eftate for the fatisfadlion of his debts to his bonds-

See pp. 157, 158, 162. See pp. 161, 162, 163, 167. 59 It fhould be remembered that Sir Robert Walpole was heartily in favor of the paffage of an excife law, and that he introduced fuch a meafure, withdrawing it, however, when he realized the full e.xtent of the oppofition to it. No doubt Randolph had been of great afiiftance to him. <" See p. a 20.
5'

s*

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men and

all

other debts, a provifion was, on the petition of thefe bondfmen, inferted in

the "A6t for appointing a treafurer, and for other purpofes therein mentioned"'" that the new treafurer be allowed to receive thefe fecurities and recover on them at once fo

much

as fhould be needed to

being proceeded againft.

make up the amount of the fhortage, the bondfmen not The money needed immediately to difcharge fums owed by
and
flaves the treafurer

the government and payable from the duties on liquors

was to

borrow.
againft.

M'' Hollcnvay, ha\'ing

if

It is doubtful, indeed,

given up his whole fortune, was not profecuted criminally. there was a law under which he might have been proceeded

But, in

fa(5l,

the feeling feems to have been that he

for

was unfortunate rather than

criminal

and that fmce he had

many

years ferved the people faithfully and well, he

time of reverfes brought about by unwife loans, and in the time of his phylical and mental deterioration, be an objed; of commiferation rather than of condemnation and contempt. This feeling is well expreffed in a commimication of the Council to the Houfe^ asking that there be inferted in the 'A61 for appointing a
fhould
in his old age, in the
'

now

mentioned," then under confideration, a claufe granting M"" Holloway fifty pounds a year for his fervices the two preceding years in fettling the accounts of the infpedlors of tobacco, afervicefor which he had not been paid, although in the a<5l then under confideration it was provided that the new treafurer for fimilar fen,'ices in the future fhould receive fifty pounds a year. A motion to this effect had already been defeated in the Houfe, but now the recommendation of the Coimcil was readily agreed to. The governor explained in his opening fpeech that it was on accovmt of the approachit was paffed in 173010 be in force from the firft of ing expiration of the tobacco law that the Affembly had been called toAugiift, 1730, till the loth of November, 1734 gether. He recommended that it be continued with fuch alterations as experience had pointed out to be neceffary, efpecially in regard to the number of the warehoufes, their location, the rents to be paid for them, and the falaries of the infpecftors. He alfo asked that the law to be paffed be ena(5led for a longer period than had been the cafe with the former laws. The General Affembly went to work with a will, adopting the governor's fuggeftions in the main, and including in the revifion of the law many of their own ideas in addition, but refufed to permit the law to run for a longer term than four years. '3 The difficulties of the fituation are feen on almoft every page of the Journal. Efpecially are they fet forth in the addrefs of the Houfe in reply to the governor's opening fpeech. The queftion of the expenfe of carrying the law into execution was a ferious one, for not only had buildings to be put up, infpe(5lors paid, etc., but when a warehoufe was burned, the owners of the tobacco deftroyed with it had to be recompenfed. The fees charged for making infpedlion did not for fome years equal the fum of thefe expenfes. The only other recommendation made by the governor was that amendments be enadled to the militia law. The Houfe went to work with a will on this recommendation alfo, and, having in courfe of time completed a bill on the fubje(5l, entitled "An
treafurer,

and

for other purpofes therein

adl for the

fer\'e in the militia, and for enforcing the up to the Council, by whom it was fo amended as to render it unacceptable in the chamber of its origin. Efforts to bring the two houfes together proving unavailing, the bill was loft. There was reenacfted, however, the law paffed in 1727 for making provifion againft invafions and infurredlions, which

more equal

lifting of

perfons to
it

laws to better regulate the militia," fent

was

to be in force for three years.

Though
prefent,

the feffion

was one

of

hard work on various meafures, and efpecially on

the tobacco law, a meafure affedling in a peculiar manner the interefts of every

member

and courtefy characterifed the feelings exifting between the Houfe and the Council except on one occafion, and then the breach was only of very fhort duration. On the very day before the clofe of the feffion managers were fent by the Houfe to requeft that there be a conference on the
differences of opinion were frequent, kindnefs
"

and

' '3

<

Hening, IV, 433-436. See p. 229. Hening, IV, 380-393. Hening, IV, 395.

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by the Council to a bill paffed by the Houfe rubjea of amendments which had been made though the bill had been fent back recede to and from which the Council had refufed The managers reported that they had it do fo. to that body with the requeft that who faid that it was conmet two members of the Council in the conference chamber, chamber to agree to a conference after for a Affembly trary to the rules of the General the Council could not agree to the therefore and that it had adhered to amendments, manner, probably, in which this deterrequeft of the Houfe. Taking exception to the
mination was expreffed, rather than to the matter of it, the Houfe paffed refolutions come down to us; for they were expunged of condemnation. Thefe, however, have not from the Journal the very next day and were not printed. This happy refult was brought about by an explanation made by the Coimcil to the fpeaker of the Houfe, to the effedl that there had been a mifunderftanding, the Council not intending abfolutely to refufe a conference, but merely to fay that a conference would be unneceffary fmce they had adhered to their amendments. The cotmcil faid further that they were ready
to go into a conference
if

the Houfe defired

it.

The Houfe expreffed

itfelf

as fatisfied

and ordered the erafure of the refolution paffed the day before. The good feeling fhown on all fides at this meeting of the Affembly was fo marked that the fpeaker, who made
an addrefs to the governor on the clofing day of the feffion in lieu of the addrefs of the Houfe which on former occafions had been prepared by a committee, felt called on to comment upon it, diplomatically explaining it by the good example fet by the governor himfelf, who by his civility in the condudl of affairs had fucceeded in banifhing fadlions from the Colony. Befides being a feffion of hard work well done, the feffion is further noted as being one in which the Affembly went on record in a manner more pronounced even than in the paft as friendly to learning in the Colony in the paffage of "An a(5l for the better f upport and encouragement of the College of William and Mary, in Virginia,"''^ after hearing the prefident and mafters of the college at the bar of the Houfe in committee of the whole** on the financial condition of the inftitution. This adl provided regulations the objedl of which was to fecure with certainty the penny a pound on tobacco exported to the other Englifh plantations in America, which had been impofed by the charter of the college, and the duties laid on skins and furs by a law of Virginia of the fourth of Queen Anne, and gave to the college the whole of the duty of one penny per gallon laid on liquors imported, inftead of only two hundred pounds per annum out of this duty, and exempted all connected with the corporation fi-om taxation.
6s **

Hening, IV, 429-433. See p. 215.

Affembly of 17 36- 1740.

Firft Seffion

THE

Affembly of 1727-34 had at their laft feffion been prorogued merely, not diffolved, but in the meanwhile Governor Gooch had concluded that it would be well to call a new Affembly, the feven years allowed by the Septennial A(5l as the life of

an Englifh Parliament being nearly fpent, and it being Governor Gooch's defire, even if he had no inftrudlions on this head, to follow Englifh precedent. The new Affembly remained in exiffence, counting its life from the time

members of the fucceeding Affembly, for about feven years. It had been eledled, and called together to meet firft on Auguft i, 1735, but had been prorogued before meeting, and had not actually come together till Align ft 5, 1736. Following the cuftom, however, adhered to in this fet of volumes it is more convenient to fpeak of this Affembly as the Affembly of Auguft
of the eledlion of its

members

to the time of eleAion of

1736 Auguft 28, 1740, or merely the Affembly of 1736-40, from the date of the opening of its firft feffion and the clofe of its laft. The firft feffion began on Auguft 5, and ended on September 22, 1736. The memberfhip of the Houfe conlifted at this feffion of 71, the Counties of Orange and Amelia having come into exiftence fmce the clofe of the laft feffion of the preceding Affembly,
5,

were prefent on the firft day. Sir John Randolph was eledted fpeaker, though with fome oppofition. His fpeech of acceptance and the fpeeches made by him throughout the feffion were of the fame high order of excellence as his fpeeches made
of fixty

whom

at the preceding feffion, quite furpaffing thofe of the governor, the only other fpeeches

reported in

full,

and fhowing a thorough underftanding

of the theory of reprefentative

government and of its practice in Virginia. Governor Gooch had the great fatisfadlion at the opening of the firft feffion of this Affembly of announcing that the king had been pleafed to give his affent to the two of the adls paffed at the laft feffion of the preceding Affembly concerning which the people were moft folicitous, namely, the "Adl for the better fupport and encouragement of the College of William and Mary, in Virginia" and "An a(5t for amending the The latter of thefe a(ft, intituled, An adl for fettling the titles and bounds of lands." adls being one of prime importance, the people were fpecially defirous of feeing it not
only incorporated as a part of their legal fyftem but incorporated in fuch a way that it could not be readily changed, and this latter objedl was effe(5led by having the king's exprefs confirmation of the law, it being neceffary for the enadlments of the General

amending fuch laws as had received the fandlion of them the provifo that they fhould not go into effedl till approved by the king. This requirement, making for the greater ftability of the laws, and, perhaps, ufeful in the earlier hiftory of the Colony, came later on to be confidered a hardfhip. One of the moft interefting legiflative documents drawn in the hiftory of
Affembly
of Virginia repealing or

the king to have attached to

the petition of the General Affembly of Virginia to the king in 1752 on the fubjedl of the repeal by the king of ten adls included in the great revifal of the
Colonial Virginia
is

laws of 1748-4Q and of his affent to the others.*' The only two matters called to the attention of the General Affembly for legiflative adlion were the condition of the militia and the pradlice of importing liquors by land from Maryland and North Carolina, on which, as the law then flood, no duty could be colledled. A comprehenfive bill was promptly introduced in the Houfe for the better regulation of the militia and paffed, but, as in the preceding feffion of the Affembly, the Houfe and the Council could not agree, and the bill failed. The queftion on which no compromife could be arrived at between the two houfes was as to the
<*7

Hening. V, 432-443.

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a year the militia fhould be called upon to drill, the Houfe ftanding The views on the main features of the out for four times and the Council for twelve. i6.''8 This bill having fallen September for bill are very ably fet forth in the Journal pence per poll fhould be levied on through, one of its provifions 'being that a tax of fix with which to purchafe arms funds fecuring of purpofe the all negroes for two years for for themfelves, a paragraph arms buy to unable for the poorer people of the country was inferted in an addrefs to the king on his aufpicious reign and on the late marriage of the Prince of Wales, asking that his majefty fumifh a fupply of arms for the poorer "ufelefs and ineffedlive."'* fort of the militia, in order that they might not continue dealt with by the paffage of the The fituation in refpeft to the importation of liquor was law entitled "An a(5t for laying a duty upon liquors imported by land; and better fecuring the duty upon flaves; and for other purpofes therein mentioned."'" If there were any friends of the great tobacco law who fuppofed that by the amendments paffed in 1734 it had been rendered agreeable to all, they at this feffion had a

number

of times

rude awakening; for on Auguft 12 it was ordered by the Houfe by a decifive majority that a bill fhould be brought in to repeal the adl. In a very fhort time the bill was brought in accordingly and paffed by the Houfe." Fortunately, however, it was rejedted by the Council. Then the Houfe paffed a bill which, with amendments, was
concurred in by the Council, its title being "An ad; further amending the adt, for amending the ftaple of tobacco; and for preventing frauds in his majefty 's cuftoms,"" and its two moft important provifions being the repeal of the prohibition contained in the
adt
itfelf

put upon

felling

tobacco before

it

had been infpedled at one

as burgeffes.

of the warehoufes

and the rendering infpedtors ineligible to fit At this opening feffion the committee of privileges and eledlions was an important one, having under confideration firft and laft nearly a full dozen contefted eledlion cafes,
namely, the transfer to a citizen juft before the eleftion of a fufficient amount of land to entitle him to vote, on the underftanding that he would vote in a given manner. This abufe led to the paffage of the "Adt to declare who fhall have a right to vote in the eledtion of burgeffes to ferve in the General Affembly, for counties; and for preventing fraudulent conveiances in order to multiply votes at fuch eledlions,"" whereby only the owner of one hundred acres of unimproved land or twenty-five acres of land having a houfe on it and cultivated, the fame having been owned for at leaft one year before the eledlion (when not coming by defcent, marriage, marriage fettlement or bequeft), or the fole owner of a houfe and lot in a town or city, could vote in an eledlion for the Houfe; and when required, the voter was obliged to take an oath that he was legally qualified. The proceedings had in thefe various cafes fhow that the Houfe took cognizance to the very fulleft extent of the qualifications and eledtion of its members, not only deciding whether a member was legally eledted or whether a member's charadler was fuch as to unfit him for fervice, but alfo going to the extent of punifhing thofe who interfered in an eledtion or failed in the performance of duty in reference to one. For inftance, the fheriff of Hanover
feveral of

which brought to

light a peculiar fpecies of bribery,

reported to the Houfe that it had been impoffible to hold an eledlion in his county becaufe of the riotous condudl of the crowd gathered at the polls. The three men named by him as being mainly refponfible for diforder were fent for in cuftody of the fergeant
at

men

for their mifdemeanor.'4 The fergeant at arms found one of thefe confined in the Hanover jail, but the other two were brought before the bar of the Houfe. Humbly acknowledging their errors and promifing future good behavior, the)'

arms to anfwer

were releafed from cuftody, on the payment by one of them of fees, which were not required of the other, fince feveral of the members of the Houfe teftified to the man's

'9

See pp. 301-303. See p. 314. 70 Hening, IV, 469-474. ' See p. 260. T Hening, IV, 478-482. '3 Hening, IV, 474-478.
'

See

p. 278.

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ufual fobriety and good condudl.

Another example was that

of

Thomas Roy, an

infpedlor of tobacco at a warehoufe in Caroline county,

who was charged with having

threatened certain voters that he would not pafs their tobacco unlefs they voted for the candidate for the Houfe whom he favored.'s M"" Roy was fent for to anfwer his "mifdemeanor and breach of the privileges" of the Houfe. He petitioned the Houfe'* praying
to be heard, with witneffes,

and

his prayer

was granted, the

cafe being referred to the

of privileges and elecflions for confideration, which, after hearing Roy and recommended in their report to the Houfe that Roy be difcharged out of cuftody, paying fees, and the Houfe fo ordered. An example of the punifhment of an officer for

committee

others,

an eledlion is to be feen in the cafe of M'' Francis Heyward, who, when county of York, had been guilty of leafing out fmall parcels of land a fhort while before the election, for the purpofe of qualifying perfons to vote." It was refolved that he in fo doing had "adled corruptly, againft law, and the duty of his office," and it was ordered that he be brought to the bar of the Houfe, reprimanded by the chair, and that he then be difcharged, paying fees. M"" Heyward's cafe was the one particularly which led to the paffage of the law regulating the eledtion of burgeffes. The petition made by the General Affembly of 1 730 to the king that he find means to quit the claims of the proprietor of the Northern Neck fo that the inhabitants of that part of Virginia might hold their property in land in juft the fame manner as the inhabitants of other fedlions of Virginia, that is, immediately of the king, had failed to Lord Fairfax would not recede from the claim fet up by him in reference eff edt its objedt. to titles to land conveyed by his agents or agents of former proprietors to fettlers. Hence at this feffion the Affembly took the fettlement of the queftion into its own hands, as it had a right to do fince in the original letters patent it had been ftipulated that the patentees, their heirs and affigns, and other inhabitants of the fedlion fhould be "in all things fubjedl and obedient to fuch laws and conftitutions, as were or fhould be made by the faid governor. Council, and Affembly, for or concerning the faid Colony or the government thereof. "'8 A law was accordingly paffed providing that the lands conveyed up to that time fhould be held in the manner ftipulated by the agents, and this law was allowed by the king.'*
irregularity in
fheriff of the

Second Seffion.
from November i to Dec. 21, 1738. The firft bufinefs was the admiffion as a member of the newly ele(fted burgefs from the borough of Norfolk, among the privileges granted this corporation by its charter, and exprefsly confirmed to it by adl of the General Affembly paffed at the preceding feffion,*" being the power to eledl one burgefs to the General Affembly. Since this was the only additional burgefs provided for by the General Affembly at their preceding feffion, the memberfhip of the Houfe at this feffion was 72. The member from Norfolk, as well as fuch other members as whUe the feffion was in progrefs were eledled to fill vacancies in the Houfe, was compelled to take the cuftomary "oath of a burgefs," in addition to the oaths required by law.*' This was the laft feffion of the Houfe, however, at which the oath of a burgefs was adminiftered. This was a fpecial oath which was ufed for the firft time probably in 1 65 2 at an Affembly meeting foon after the Colony had made its fubmiffion to Parliament, and which had (its form, however, having been fomewhat changed in 1666) been in ufe ever fince.*' Toward the clofe of the prefent feffion the Houfe, fome queftion having arifen as to the obligations
feffion lafted

The fecond

tranfadled by the Houfe

See p. 274. See p. 303. " See pp. 276, 282, 283. 7* Hening, IV, 519. ^o Hening, IV, 514-523. *"> Hening, IV, 541-542. *' Thefe were "the oaths appointed to be taken by and fupremacy," the oath of abiuration, and the teft. *' See p. 382.
IS 7'

a.&,

of Parliament inftead of the oaths of allegiance

[xxx]
difcontinued it, being of impofed by the oath, by refolution added to a ftridt enforcement of theVules of the oaths required by law were fufficient, of their duties. Houfe to hold members to the performance the preceding year, it became neceffary for the Sir John Randolph having died Rohinfcn was elevated to the pofition Houfe to eled a fucceffor as fpeaker, and M-" John treafurer.83 Happily, when appointed Affembly. and, later, by a(5t of the whole General brother, Richard Randolph, his treafurer and thofe of the accounts of Sir John Randolph as governor till the end of the prefent feffion of the treafurer by the appointment of the difclofures followed, as was the cafe with M-regrettable Affembly, were examined, no Hoiloway, the treafurer preceding Sir John Randolph, and with M"- Robinfon himfelf

opinion evidently that the

John

after

many

years of fervice.
of his opening addrefs to

an argument in favor of the the 9th of November, 1739, and expire on to was continuance of the tobacco law, which recently occurred on the frontiers feveral to a ftatement of the fadt that there had murders by the Indians incident to the hoftilities at that time carried on between the Northern Indians and the Catawbas and Cherokees. The reply of the Houfe gives expreffion poffibly even more freely than ufual to the good will entertained by its members toward the governor, and this good will was further evident, and in a more practical and conclufive way, in an honeft effort to carry out, fo far as the individual opinions of members would allow, his recommendations, and to The great importance of the tobacco a(5l was recogrelieve the conditions defcribed. when on November 8 the committee of the whole, which that fo fully nized by the Houfe reported that it was the opinion of the fpeech, had been confidering the governor's committee that the adt fhould be continued, with alterations and amendments, the confideration was deferred till the following Tuefday week, when it was ordered that the roll of the Houfe fhould be called over and abfent members be proceeded againft with the utmoft feverity. On the day appointed, the report was taken up, and the refolution of the committee was agreed to by a vote of 39 to 30. The full number of members of the Houfe at this feffion was only feventy-two, and on November 2 1 two of thefe had not yet taken their feats.'" Furthermore, fmce it was not neceffary for the fpeaker on this occafion to caft his vote, the recorded vote feems to fhow that every member of the Houfe was prefent and affuming the refponfibilities of the pofition to which he had been eledted. It feems probable that this unufual length of time between the fubmiffion and the confideration of the report was ordered for the very purpofe of fecuring full reprefentation. If confideration had been had earlier, the number of conftituencies not fully reprefented when the vote was taken would have been greater, fmce at the beginning of the feffion there were found to be at leaft feven vacancies in the Houfe occafioned by death, and one by the acceptance of the office of fheriff by the original holder of the pofition, and it took fome time to hold new elections. The delay gave ample opportunity, The bill introtoo, of courfe, for informal difcuffion of the law among the members. duced in accordance with the order of the Houfe was finally, after full confideration by both branches of the Affembly and confiderable amendment in both, enacfled. It bore the title "An a(5t for further continuing and amending the adl, for amending the ftaple of tobacco; and for preventing frauds in his Majefty's cuftoms."3 It was to be in operation immediately from paffage, and, with fo much of the adt whole place it took as was not repealed or altered, was to continue in force till the 9th of November, 1739. The principal change made by it was in the method of the appointment of infpedtors, two of whom were now to be chofen for each warehoufe by the governor from a lift of four eligibles fumifhed him by the juftices of the court of the county in which the warehoufe was fituated. Formerly the governor had the appointment, with and by

The governor devoted moft

the advice of the Council.

to attend to their duties.
*3 4 5

Infpedlors were alfo held to ftridter accotmtability for failure

Hening, V, 64, 65. See pp. 351, 352.

Hening

V, 9-16.

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For the fafety of the inhabitants on the frontiers and the encouragement of fettlements, feveral meafures were introduced in the Houfe which became laws i "An adl, for reviving the adl, for making more effedlual provifion againftinvafionsand infurredlions, "* thea(5lthusrevivedhavingbeenpaffedatthefirftfeffionof theAffemblyof 1727-32; 2. "An
:
.

encourage fettlements on the fouthem boimdary of this Colony,"*' fuch fettlers all times thereafter permitted to pay all public dues and officers' fees in money inftead of in tobacco, and the governor of Virginia giA-en the right to grant letters of naturalization to any alien who might fettle there on certificate from the clerk of any court that the applicant had taken the "oaths appointed by parliament to be taken, inftead of the oaths of allegiance and fupremacy and taken and fubfcribed the oath of abjuration, and fubfcribed the teft;" 3. "An adl, for eredling two new counties, and parilhes; and granting certain encouragements to the inhabitants thereof, "^^ whereby Frederick and Augufta counties came into being, the a(5l providing for the fame encouragements to fettlers as were extended to fettlers
adl, to

being exempted from levies for ten years and at

on the fouthem boundary.

ceding
feffion, or

bill

very

both Houfes, in its final than of the Council. There were twenty-five adls in all private adls and public laws together paffed this feffion. The Houfe was not too bufy, however, with fecular affairs to negledt at thofe of a religious nature, as is attefted by an order of November 13 that the thanks of the Houfe be returned to M"" Chicheley Thacker for his "excellent fermon" preached before the Houfe the day before. It was further ordered that one thoufand copies of the fermon fhould be printed, "to be proportioned amongft the feveral counties in this Colony; to be diftributed by the refpedlive courts of the faid counties, in the beft manner, for the comfort of Chriftians, againft the groundlefs objedlions to the divinity and dignity of the bleffed Jefus, an order which the governor did not fail to commend

bill which had failed at the prewas introduced, and, with amendments, paffed by form bearing the imprefs to a much greater extent of the Houfe

In addition, the militia

fimilar,

'

'

in his fpeech of prorogation.

At this feffion of the Affembly an attempt was made to have a law paffed for the removal of the feat of government from Williamfburg to fome place more convenient, but fince the advocates of removal could agree on no place, fome favoring Bermuda Hundred and others Weft Point, the fcheme fell through.
9='

Third Seffion.

When the third feffion of Affembly was in progrefs {May

England was engaged
in the

22 through

Jime

16, 1740),

war with Spain over the treatment by the Spaniards

of

Englifh fmugglers, and moft of the time of the Affembly was fpent in concerting meafures for putting the Colony in better pofition for defenfe fhould an attack be made on it and

who were to fer\'e from Virginia in the expedition contemplated againft the Spanifh poffeffions in America. The device hit upon for raifing the troops only a few hundreds in number was the impreffment by the magiffor the enliftment of the foldiers

trates of the various counties of

"able-bodied perfons,
it

fit

to ferve his majefty,

who

follow

no lawful

calling or

employment,"

being expreffly provided by the law paffed

that no one might be thus impreffed that had a vote in the eledlion of a

member

of the

and no indented or bought fer\^ant.9- It is not furprifing that a contingent thus made up, efpecially fince it had little time for neceffary training before the day of actual conflidl, did not diftingutfh itfelf greatly at Carthagena. For home defenfe, there was paffed "An adl, for the better fecurity of the country in the prefent time of danger,"" providing for the expenditure of two thoufand pounds fterling in the
Houfe
of Burgeffes,
8* 7

'9
90
9'

9'

Hening, V, 24. Hening, V, 57-58. Hening, V, 78-80. Hening, V, 16-23. See pp. 341-342. Hening, V, 94-96. Hening, V, 90-gi.

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immediate ])urchafe of arms for the militia, to be diftributed as the governor, with tho advice and confent of the Coiincil, might think beft; company mufters fhould take place
certainly as often as once in

two months more frequently if neceffary and general of each year, and at fuch other times as thofe in authoriSeptember and March mufters in for an increafed number of mufters was to conprovifion This ty might think advifable.

tinue for only three years or, if hoftilities did not laft fo long, only till the clofe of the war. Since the "A(5l, for making more effedlual provifion againft invafions and infurredions," made firft in 1727 and revived in 1738, was to expire on the 21ft of December,
1

741,

it

was

ena(5led that

it

fhould be continued from that time for three years, with an

impofmg heavy penalties on officers and men who when called into the field by the governor in times of emergency fhould fail to give prompt obedience." The increafed revenues neceffitated by the appropriation of the two thoufand pounds for the purchafe of arms, and by provifion made for thofe who were to ferve in the expedition againft the Spaniards, were to be raifed by laying an additional duty on flaves for four years;" and to the adl providing for this purpofe there was added a claufe directing how fuch deferters as might efcape punifhment by court martial fhould be dealt with in the Since it civil courts, thefe being empowered to order their fale as fervants for five years. was thought that the war would neceffarily refult in a delay in the arrival of the fhips from England engaged in the carrying of tobacco, an adl was paffed for extending the period during which it might be lawful for owners to bring their tobacco to the public
additional claufe

warehoufes."

Other

a(5ls

paffed at this feffion in addition to thofe occafioned by the war

not of prime importance except, perhaps, the "Adl, the laws made for the better managing and fecuring the execution of for enforcing orphans' eftates,"<' whofe principal provifions were that guardians appointed by the county courts fhould render accurate accounts to the courts once a year and that the courts fhould at all times exercife proper overfight in order to prevent abufes and mifmanagement on the part of guardians. A very interefting bill, however, introduced, and actually paffed by the Houfe, but defeated in the Council, bore the title "An ad;, for diffolving the prefent veftry of this Colony, for eledling new veftries, and other purpofes therein mentioned." The paffage of the adl by the Houfe fhows the difcontent of the majority of its members, and probably of the majority of the inhabitants of the Colony, with the veftries as then conftituted, made up as they were mainly of men on

were

fifteen altogether

were

there

whom

the people of the refpedtive parifhes had not voted, vacancies in veftries being,
filled

by the veftries themfelves. The ufual proportional amount of time was taken up at this feffion in the confideration of cafes involving the privileges of members of the Houfe and the election and return of members, in one at leaft of the former the Houfe infifting on privilege to a degree much more extended than would probably be afferted by a fimilar body at the prefent time, and in the latter fhowing a moft commendable regard not only for their own privileges but alfo for the rights of the whole people. As proof of this, the cafe of John Parker and that of M' Beverley Whiting may be cited." John Parker affaulted a fervant belonging to M"" Harrifon, a member of the Houfe, and fpoke difrefpedtfull)' of M"" Harrifon himfelf. It was refolved by the Houfe that he was guilty of a breach of the privileges of the Houfe, and he was compelled to acknowledge his offence and on his knees ask the pardon of the Houfe and of M'' Harrifon. M'' Whiting was returned as a member of the Houfe from Glonccfter, but on conteft it was brought out, among other things, that he had been guilty of one or two infractions of the eledtion laws (including the promife to pay the fines of feveral voters for remaining away from the polls), and that his friend, Captain Robert Bernard, had alfo been guilty, though whether or not at M' Whiting's inftance did not appear. M"" Whiting was declared not duly eledled,
according to law,

"
* 95

' '

Hening, V, 99-100. Hening, V, 92-94. Hening, V, 98. Hening, V, 1 00-101. See pp. 4JI, 426, 427.

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and Captain Bernard was compelled to "make an acknowledgment of his offenfe and breach of privilege, and ask the pardon of the Houfe for the fame." An interefting
cafe in which the rights of the people were involved rather than the privileges of the

Houfe was the cafe of the juftices of Prince William county, who had and certify two propofitions offered to them. The committee of privileges and eledlions, which had been ordered by the Houfe to inveftigate the cafe, reported a refolution to the eflfedt that the juftices had "acted illegally, arbitrarily, and contrary to the rights of the people." M'' Valentine Peyton, one of the juftices and at the fame time a member of the Houfe, was required to acknowledge his offenfe and to ask the pardon of the Houfe. The others were fent for in cuftod}^ of the fergeant at arms, but when they reached Williamfburg were, on their petition fetting forth their forrow at having fallen under the difpleafure of the Houfe and calling attention to the fad; that they had been put to the expenfe and trouble of traveling two or three hundred miles and alfo had fuffered great difgrace, difcharged.*

members

of the

refufed, contrary to law, to receive

Fourth Seffion.
was prorogued to the 21ft of Auguft. Coming fotmd the only occafion for its meeting to be the paffage of an adl, in purfuance of royal inftrucflions to Governor Gooch, making provifions for payment of the expenfes of the Colony's quota of troops for the expedition fitting out againft the Spanifh poffeffions. The fupply asked for was willingly and quickly granted, the feffion lafting only eight days and the bill granting the fupply being the only one offered. As paffed, its title was "An adl for giving to his majefty the fum of five thoufand pounds, towards defraying the expenfe of vidlualling and tranfporting the foldiers, raifed in this Colony, to ferve his Majefty on an intended expedition againft the Spaniards in the Weft Indies. "99 The expenfe of vicftualling and tranfporting was to be borne only till the troops affembled at the general rendezvous {Port Royal, in Jamaica), after which all expenfes of the expedition were to be met by the crown. The five thoufand pounds appropriated was to be borrowed on the fecurity of the revenues arifmg from the taxes laid by the General Affembly at the preceding feffion on liquors and flaves imported. The Houfe took advantage of the meeting to draw up an addrefs to the king and a petition to Parliament requefting the fame liberty of importing fait from Europe that the Northern colonies enjoyed, papers to which the Council refufed to agree, the time being evidently in their opinion not propitious. The Affembly was prorogued to the laft Thurfday in Dece^nher. The feffion, however, thus coming to a clofe was the laft of this Affembly, fince on the death of Governor Spotfwood Governor Gooch fucceeded him in command of the colonial troops engaged in the Spanifh expedition and very fhortly took his departure for Port Royal. On his return from the expedition he called
at
its

The Affembly

third feffion
it

together promptly at that time,

new Affembly.
* 9

See pp. 429, 430. Hening, V, 121-123.

THE

JOURNAL
OF THE

House OUSE
Begun and held
of

of B OF DURGESSES.
AT A

GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
at

WILLIAMSBURG
Lord

the

first

day of February

in the firft year

of the Reign
the Second

Our

Soverain

GEORGE

by the Grace of God of Great Britain, France &' Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith &*.

And

in the

Year of Our Lord

MDCCXXVII.

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA

MCMX

General Assembly
and held BEGUN the Reign year
of of

at

WILLIAMSBURG
of

the

first

day

of February in the

firit

Our Soverain Lord

GEORGE

the Second

by the Grace

France Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c. And in the year of Our Lord MDCCXXVII. Before the Hon'ble WILLIAM GOOCH Esq'. His Majefty's Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of the Colony and Dominion of VIRGINIA. On which day being the firft day of the Seffion of this Affembly Richard Fitz William John Grymes William Dandridge and John Cusiis Esq"'" By virtue of a Commiffion to them directed by the Lieutenant Governor, did orderly & diftincT;ly adminifter the Oathes appointed by A(5l of Parliament to be taken inftead of the Oathes of Allegiance and Supremacy, the Abjuration Oath appointed to be taken by an Adl of Parliament made in the fixth year of the Reign of the late Queen Anne, together with the Teft and Oath of a Burgefs to forty fix Members return 'd Burgeffes to ferve in this General Affembly who then appear 'd, and did alfo adminifter the faid Oathes appointed by Law with the Teft and Oathes of their refpedlive Offices to John Randolph Efq' Clerk of the Houfe of Burgeffes and Philip Finch Gent. Serjeant at Arms attending the faid Houfe. And afterwards all the Members who took the faid Oathes feated themfelves in the And a Meffage was deliver'd from the Governor by M' Robertfon Hoxafe of Burgeffes.
of Great Britain

God

&

as follows.

Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes

The Governor commands your immediate attendance And the Houfe went up accordingly.

in the Coimcil

Chamber.

Thurfday

February

i,

\'J2'],

Houfe having attended the Governor and being return 'd M'' Henry Willis put them in mind of the Governor's Commands to make choice of a Speaker, and M"^ Holloway was lonanimoufly chofen, and being placed in the Chair he made a Speech to the Houfe, wherein he expreffed the juft fenfe he had of the obligation they had laid him under, and return 'd them thanks for their great kindnefs and And the Mace was brought into the Houfe and laid imder the refpe(5l towards him.
Table.
Refolved, That a Meffage be fent to the Governor to acquaint him that this Houfe have made choice of a Speaker and to know his pleafure when the Hoiife fhall prefent

THE

him.
Ordered,
Blair,

That M"^ Harrifon, 'W Meriwether, M"' Conway, M' Armiftead, M' Prefly, M'' "W Braxton, M"' Robert Boiling, M'' Henry Willis, M'' Grymes and M"' Robinfon do

carry the faid Meffage.

ingly,

And M"^ Harrifon acquainted the Houfe that they had attended the Governor accordand that he was now ready in the Cotmcil Chamber to receive this Houfe with
The

their Speaker.

The Houfe accordingly went up with the Speaker Eledl, and being retum'd M-the Governor in the Council Chamber, Speaker reported That the Houfe had attended was pleafed to fay the Choice Governor the that and had prefented their Speaker, and moft acceptable to him; and that he had petition 'd in the this Houfe had made was all their antient Rights and Privileges efof this Houfe, That they might enjoy

name

tablifhed either
his efpecial juft Rights

by Law or Cuftom, To which the Governor anfwer'd that it fhould be Care to maintain this Houfe in the Enjoyment of thefe and all other their

and

Privileges.

And M'' Speaker further acquainted the Houfe that the Governor was pleafed to make a Speech to the Coimcil and this Houfe, which being of a confiderable length, he had obtain 'd a Copy of it, and the fame was read and is as follows.
Gentlemen of the Council and Houfe of Burgeffes. Being by the fpecial Favour of His Moft Excellent Majefty appointed to this Honour I think it my duty to lay before you, at our firft meeting, fuch rules and methods will be agreeable to you in my future as I ha\-e already prefcribed to my felf and I hope Condu(ft. and Adminiftration And that I may be fure I fet out right, I fhall in the firft place make it my conftant care to promote and propagate Religion and Virtue to difcourage and difcountenance Vice and Immorality among you: And here give me leave to obferve, that I look upon
,

I am come to a Cotmtry where the Doctrine, Difcipline England are not only eftablifh'd, but almoft univerfally and Worfhip of the Church of But if there are among you any Diffenters from this received and complied with. fcrupulous, I fhall think an Indulgence to them to be truly Confciences with Church, Chriftian Religion, that it can never be inconfiftent the of Genius the fo confiftent with

it

as

my

peculiar Felicity that

with the Intereft of the Church of England. Next to Our Religious, it ought to be your Concern as well as mine, to take care of our Civil Duties; and the firft and chief of thefe is, our Loialty to The King; whose Roial Virtues deferve all that Honour Allegiance and Fidelity that His Roial Station demands at our hands By Him and His Family, next under God, is our happinef s fecured, for
:

of our moft Illuftrious and Gracious Queen, the Difpofition and EduIffue, we may, with the utmoft Satisfadlion, look into Futurity, Roial cation of Their and fee the poffeffion of thofe valuable Bleffings, our religious and civil Rights, by the fame principles which now protedl and guard them, tranfmitted in a lineal Succeffion

from the

Example

to lateft pofterity.

it

Country are the meafure of our Civil duty, particularly incumbent upon me to fee them put in ftridl Execution.

And

as the

Laws

of our

I fhall

think

To

the due

obfer\'ance of thefe
ly obliged:

all

and

'tis

Ranks & Conditions of Men are to look upon themfelves as equalto thefe we owe both the prefervation of public Peace, and the

fecurity of private Profperity.

juft authority, there are alfo Duties

But, befides thefe obligations, which are ftridlly legal, and may be enforced by & Virtues of a focial Nature, which, tho greatly Commimities are not diredlly the matter of human Laws fuch tending to the welfare of
:

as Civility

& good Nature Hofpitality & good

:

Neighbourhood and

all

that mutual Affec-

tion which tends to the enlarging improving

refpondence between Man & Man importance only, but becaufe by

their continuance,

& fecuring a friendly Intercourfe and Cormention this with the greater pleafure, not for their all I have yet heard, or feen, I am rather to requeft
I

than recommend their practice.

I

I am fumifh'd with, and thefe hope you'll be convinced by what I have now to recommend to you, that I am not lefs zealoufly inclined to ftudy & promote every thing that may advance your Honour, Credit and Safety. And therefore Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes,

And now.

Gentlemen, as thefe are the good principles

the good purpofes

am

bent upon, fo

The

repairing the Battery at Point Comfort

is

fo abfolutely neceffary for the fecurity,

I

not only of James River, but in a manner of the whole Trade of this Colony, that

make

make no doubt but you

the

will readily contribute to the putting

it

in fuch

a condition as

common fafety requires, and fuitable to the benefit the Public will receive thereby. And for a further fecurity to your Trade, I muft, with equal eameftnefs, recommend to you the ere(5ling of a Light-houfe on Cape Henry, which is fo much wanted for the prefervation of fhipping from the dangers of the Enemy as well as Seas, that I hope you will once more confider of it And if you find it neceffary to prepare a Bill for that purpofe, a claufe may be inferted to prevent your being at any charge thereon, tmlefs
:

our Neighbours of Maryland either will, or can be compell'd to contribute towards Maintenance. Gentlemen of the Council and Houfe of Burgeffes,

it's

The agreeing upon fome methods

obvious
to

to prevent delaies in the Courts of Juftice, fo very

is

&

inconvenient to the People in general,

to you.

what

have

in

an

efpecial

manner

recommend

And

because your late

Law

for the

nation with this Seffion of Affembly,

together at this feafon of the year,
for their

improvement of Tobacco is to have its determiwas one principal reafon for my calling you that the Country might know in time how to prepare
it

next Crop, in cafe you fhould think fit to continue that A(5t, or to provide in manner for the improvement of your Staple. And I take this occafion to affure you, that whatever you think convenient to be done for the advancement & encouragement of your Trade if conformable to my Inftrudtions, I fhaU with great cheerfulnefs
a better

concur therewith.

own obfervation and experience will fuggeft to you the promoting your own happinefs, either public or private, be you fo beft methods kind as to inform me of them, and then I will venture to promife for my felf, that, as I have no other nor farther views than to approve my felf to my Roial Master, fuch as I ought, and fuch as you may expedl me to be, fo you fhall alwaies find in me a difpofition to receive you kindly, to advife you fmcerely, to affift you faithfully, in all your perfonal applications to me, and correfpondence with me: And if to thefe we join what is my Inclination as well as obligation, an impartial Juftice in the Adminiftration here, and a fair and faithful Reprefentation of matters from hence, I fhall then make no queftion but by the Bleffing of God, which I fhall alwaies and eameftly implore, we fhall fee ourfelves an happy and a contented People. And then the Houfe adjoum'd till to-morrow morning lo. a clock.
In fhort. Gentlemen, as your
for

Friday, February 2, 1727.

THE

Governor's Speech was again read,

Refolved,

That an humble Addrefs be prefented to the Governor to return him the thanks of this Houfe for his moft kind &
Contradicente,

Nemine

obliging Speech at the opening of this Seffion.

Nem. Cont., That an humble Addrefs be prepared to The King, to condole the Death of His late Roial Father of bleffed memory, and to congratulate His Majefty upon His peaceable and happy Acceffion to the Throne of His Anceftors.
Refolved,

Refolved,

That

this

Houfe

will

take the Governor's Speech into Confideration on

Monday

next.

Ordered,

That a Committee

of Privileges

&

Eledlions be appointed of thefe perfons

following,

viz't.

M' Thacker. M' Robinfon & M' Stith. M"- Randolph. And they are to meet as often as they find it neceffary and to take into fideration all fuch matters as fhall or may come in queftion touching Returns,

M' Nicholas Smith.

W Grymes.

W Efcridge.
their con-

Eledlions,

and

and Privileges and to report their proceedings with their opinions thereupon to the Houfe from time to time. And all perfons that will queftion any Returns, are to do it by Thurfday next, or otherwise their complaints fhall not be received or heard, unlefs fome fufficient caufe can be fhewn to the Houfe, why they could not prefer fuch complaint within the time before limited. And the Committee are to have power to fend for Perfons, Papers,

Order'd,
foll'ing viz't.

and Records for their information. That a Committee for Public Claims be appointed

of

thefe

perfons

W Robert M' Laurence Smith. W Godwin. M' Sam. Harwood.

Boiling.

W Bridger. W
M"^

M' Simmons. M"- Ball. M-- Whitehead.

Rob. Armiftead

&

Biirges.

they are to meet when they fhall find it neceffary, and to adjom from day to day and to take into their confideration all the public Claims, which fhall be prefented to the Houfe, during this Seffion, and to report their proceedings, with their opinions thereupon to the Houfe, when they have gone thro all the said Claims.

And
;

perfons that have any claims, which are legally certified, are to deliver the fame to the Clerk of this House by Thurfday next, or otherw-^ife they fhall not be received without the leave of the Houfe, And he is to deliver the Claims to the Com'ee of Courfe.

And

all

And

the Com'ee are to have

power to fend

for perfons, papers,

&

Records, for their

information.

That M"' Miles Gary be appointed Clerk of both the faid Committees, And That he diligently attend the duty of the faid Office. Order'd, That a Committee for Propofitions & Grievances be appointed of thefe
Refolved,
Order'd,

perfons foll'ing

Viz't.

M''

M' Meriwether Gonway

M' Harrifon.
M''

M' H. Armistead. M' Presly. M' Blair.

M'' M'' M"^ M''

Braxton Hen. Willis.

Dangerfield
Kemp &

Fitzhugh.

to day;

And they are to meet when they fhall find it neceiiary, and to adjom from day And to take into their confideration all fuch Propofitions & Grievances as fhall

come

legally certified to this Seffion, and to report their proceedings with their opinions thereupon to the Houfe from time to time. And all fuch Propos'ons & Grievances are to be deliver'd to the Clerk of this Houfe by Thurfday next, and none to be recei\'ed after that time without the particular leave of the Houfe And he is to deliver the faid Propos'ons & Grievances to the Com'ee of courfe. And the f'd Com'ee are to infpect the
:

Journals of the laft Seffion of the laft Affembly, and to prepare and draw up a State of the matters then depending and tmdetermined, and the progrefs that was made therein, and to report the fame to the Houfe. And they are alfo to examine what Laws have expired fmce the laft Seffion of the laft Affembly, and to infpe<5t such temporary Laws
as will expire at the end of this Seffion of Affembly

and Report the fame to the Houfe with their opinions which of them are fit to be revived or continued. And the Com'ee are to have power to fend for perfons, papers & Records for their information. Ordered, That the faid Com'ee do draw up an Addrefs to the Governor, and alfo an Addrefs to the King, upon the Refolutions of the Houfe. The Orders of the laft Houfe of Burgeffes were, upon a Motion, read, and
That the fame be ftanding orders of this Houfe. That fifteen Members with the Speaker fhall be fufficient to meet & adjom. Refolved, That the Rever'd M"^ Fontaine be appointed Chaplain to this Houfe. Order'd, That he do perform the duty of that Office every morning at lo. a clock the Conference chamber.
Refolved,

Refolved.

in

And

And

a meffage was fent to the Gov'r & Council to acquaint them therewith. petition of Samuel Briggs fetting forth that a Negro Slave belonging to him

was

committed to the Cotmty-goal of Surry for Burglary, and having made his efcape out of prifon, was afterwards apprehended by feveral perfons in the Cotmties of Ifle-Wighi and Henrico, who had obtained Certificates thereof, in order to charge the petitioner with the Rewards allowed by Law for taking up Runawaies and praying that the fame may not be allowed againft him in the public Levy, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the f 'd petition be refer'd to the coniideration of the Com'ee of Claims, and that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the fame with their opinions
thereon, to the Houfe.

Wm. Francis, Nicholas Wager, Wm. Johnfon and John Mundel were appointed Doorkeepers to this Houfe and order'd to give their attendance as ufual. Then the Houfe adjourn 'd till to morrow morning ii. a clock.

Saturday, February
Ordered

2,

1727.

M' Efcridge be added to the Com'ee of Propof'ons & Grievances and that M' Syme be added to the Com'ee of Claims. M' Harrifon reported That the perfons appointed had, according to order, drawn up an addrefs to be prefented to the Governor, which he read in his place, and afterwards deliver'd in at the Table, where the fame was again read, & agreed unto by the Houfe, as follows. Sir, We the King's moft dutiful and loial Subjedls the Reprefentatives of all the People of Virginia cannot fufficiently exprefs the Joy with which our hearts are filled, to fee ourfelves, by the goodnefs of Providence, tmder the Govemm't of a Perfon in all refpedls qualified, for that important Truft, which His Moft Excellent Majefty, with an equal Regard to your Merit and the Good of His Subje<$ls here, hath been gracioufly pleafed to place in You. The Character which in your private Life you had eftablifhed among all that knew you, reached us before your Arrival and afforded us a ver>' agreeable Profpedl of the Happinefs we were to enjoy imder Your Adminiftration But fmce we have had the pleafure of feeing the Beauties of that Characfter illioftrated by the Example of your Life in what concerns the duties of Religion your courteous & affable Behaviour to all that have occafion to apply to you, your difpofition to Peace & good Neighbourhood, vour Hofpitality and Charity, and the Prudence & Evennefs of your Temper, which you difcover upon all occafions. We have abtmdant Reafon to think ourfelves a happy People, and not to wifh for any thing more than that you may long continue to Nor can we doubt but Example, which is the beft of all rule over this Dominion. Inftrudlion, will have a great influence upon all that fee you, to follow thofe excellent rules you have been pleaf'd to lay down in your Speech at the opening of this Affembly. For which we beg leave to return you our humble & moft unfeigned thanks. Refolved, That the faid Addrefs be prefented by the whole Houfe. Order'd, That the Com'ee who prepared the faid addrefs do wait upon the Gov'r to know when he will be attended by this Houfe. A petition of fxmdry Freeholders of the Coimty of Northumberland complaining of an vmdue Eleftion and Retxam of M"^ Peter Prefly to fer\-e in this General Affembly as Burgefs for the faid County, and of feveral undue Pradtices of the Sherif of the faid County in taking the Poll, and in proclaiming that the faid Prefly was chofen with a General Voice, foon after the Poll began, and afterwards telling the Freeholders That they could vote but for one perfon, in injury to Robert Carter Jun' Efq' who was duly elected, and to the Petitioners, was prefented to the Houfe, and read. Order'd, That the faid Petition be refer'd to the confideration of the Com'ee of privil's & Eledlions, and that they do conlider the matter thereof, and report the fame,
:

THAT

with their opinion thereupon, to the Houfe.

M'

I
1 1

That the Governor had been waited upon, purM' Harrifcm reported to the Houfe, this Houfe: to know when he would be attended by fuant to the Order of the Houfe. in the Council Chamber. to appoint Monday at twelve a clock

And

that he

was pleaf 'd

Then

the Houfe adjom'd

till

Monday next

a clock.

Monday, February

5,

1727.

MR.
to exprefs
fo
it

with their Speaker reported, That the Houfe had attended the Governor Anfwer this give to Address, to which he was pleafed M' Speaker Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes, obliging Addrefs; the great Joy you are pleafed I thank you for this very alwaies meet with fuch returns as are due to fhall for my Adminiftration,

&

conveyed, and engages me to tranfcribe into my practice, every part, if poffible, Harmony between us may be as lafting as of this amiable Charader, that the Union &
is

much

Affedlion

The great

pleaf ure this gives

me

is

equal to the Evidence with which

'tis

perfedl.

Refolved,

That M' Rich'd Hickman be appointed Clerk

of the

Com'ee

of Propos'ons

&

Griev's.

petition of Nicho. Jones Clerk

fome more

efTedual pro\-ifion

may

Refolved, That the laws in upon Quakers as other people. And that the faid petition be Rejedted. The Order of the day being read, the Houfe upon a motion refolved it felf into a Com'ee of the whole Houfe to confider the Governor's Speech, and after fome time fpent Harrifon reported from the Com'ee, that there'm.W Speaker refumed the Chair, and they had had under their confideration all the parts of the Govr's Speech, and were come to feveral Refolutions thereupon, which they had diredled him to report to the Houfe, and he read the fame in his place & aften\'ards deliver 'd them in at the Table, where they were again read & agreed to by the Houfe, as followeth. Refolved, That a Com'ee be appointed to inquire into the prefent condition of the Batter}' at Point Comfort, and the fitteft place for the erefting a Battery there, and how far the fame may be ufeful for the defence of the Country, and to make an Eftimate of the charge of rebuild'g or repairing the fame, and alfo to inquire how the faid Battery hath heretofore been eredled and maintained. Refolved, That the ereding a Light Houfe on Cape Henry will be of great ufe & is abfolutely neceffary for the preferv-ation of the Shipping of Virginia and Maryland, and that a Bill be prepared accordingly. Refolved, That a Com'ee be appointed to inquire into the methods of proceeding in the Courts of Juftice, and the occafions of the delaies therein: and to prepare a Bill for the amending the defedls of the Laws now in force relating to the feveral Courts of the Colony, and for the expediting of Bufiness. Refolved, That a Bill be prepared for the better & more effedlual improving the

Houfe & read, praying that Quakers to pay parifh levies. force concerning the paiment of Levies are as binding

was prefented

to the

be

made

for compelling

Staple of Tobacco.

Then the Houfe adjom'd

till

to

morrow morning

a clock.

Tuefday, February 6, 1727.

Harrifon reported from the Com'ee of Propos'ons & Grievances that they their confideration the Propos'ons & Grievances of feveral Counties to them refer'd, and that they had agreed upon a Report, which he read in his place, and aften^'ards deliver'd it in at the Table, where the fame was again read, and agreed to as follows viz't.

MR.

had had under

Upon

Upon
and that

confideration of the petition of

the people call'd Quakers, praying that they

their

Nathan Newby & Robert Jordan in behalf of may be exempted from ferving in the Militia,

goods

may

not be expofed to fale

when taken

in

Execution.

Refolved,

That the

faid petition be Rejected.

&

Upon confideration of the feveral propos'ons from Lancafter, Middlefex, and King Queen Counties, That a Law may be made for the deftroying of Squirrels & Crows. Refolved, That the faid Propofitions be Rejedled. Upon
confideration of a propos'on from Lancafter County, That a

Law

be

made

againft the Monopolies of Trade.

That there are no Monopolies in this Colony, and that therefore it is not neceffary to make any Law concerning the fame. Upon confider'on of a propos'on from Spotfilvania County, That perfons may be
Refolved,

fent to

make a

difcovery of the River Sherando

&

the Inhabitants thereon.

Refolved,

That the

faid propofition be Rejedted.

Upon
of

confider'on of

the petition of John Edwards

&

others,

Wight County, That the day for holding Courts in the faid County Refolved, That the faid petition be Rejedled.

Inhabitants of I fie may be altered.

confider'on of the petition of Efdras Theodor Edzard Clerk, Minifter of over pavUhin King George County, praying that the Veftry of the s'd parifh may be
pelled to

Upon

Han-

pay him

for extraordinary fervices

&

boarding,

comand that the Laws concerning

Glebe -Houfes
Refolved,

may

be explained.
faid petition be Rejedled.

That the

Upon

confider'on of the petition of

William Thornton

&

others. Inhabitants of

King George County, againft Hogs going at large. Refolved, That the faid petition be Rejedled A petition of Gawen Corbin Richard Johnfon & John Dixon, Freeholders of the County of King & Queen was prefented to the Houfe & read, complaining of an undue Eledlion of John Robin fon Gent to ferve in this General Affembly as a Burgefs for the
faid Coimty.
Order'd,
leges

&

That the s'd petition be refer'd to the confider'on of the Com'ee of PriviElec'ons and that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the fame with

their opinions thereon, to the Houfe.

The Houfe being inform 'd that it will be neceffary to examine a great number of Witneffes upon the matter of the faid complaint, who live very remote & carmot be brought down to Williamfburg without great Trouble & Expence. Order'd, That Wm. Todd Robert Baylor Henry Hickman & Rob. Dudley Gent. Juftices of the peace for the Coimty of King & Queen, or any two of them, do meet at the Courthoufe of the s'd Coimty, upon fuch daies & times as fhall be by them agreed upon, and in the prefence of the parties examine all Witneffes that fhall be produced of either fide, and return their depofitions to the s'd Com'ee; and that the Sherif of the s'd County do fummon fuch perfons as fhall be named by either party to appear & give Evidence
before the faid Juftices.

That M"' Tayloe be added to the Com'ee of Propos'ons & Grievances. Order'd, That M^ Blair Rob. Armiftead Hollier & M' Rofcow do inquire into the prefent condition of the Battery at Point Comfort, and the fitteft place for eredling a Battery there, and how far the fame may be ufeful for the defence of the Country, and to make an Eftimate of the charge of rebuilding or repairing the fame, and alfo
Order'd,

Battery hath heretofore been eredled & maintained, and that they for perfons papers & records for their information. A petition of fundry Inhabitants of Norfolk Town, whofe names are thereunto fubfcribed, was prefented to the Houfe and read, complain 'g of great damages done to the Inhabitants of the s'd Town, by great numbers of Hogs which are fuffer'd to go at large in & about the fame, and praying relief therein.
to inquire
s'd

how

have power to fend

Order'd,

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reftrain Hogs from going at large That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Town. in and about the faid parifh of Wtlperfons who were formerly Veftry-men of the fundry of petition A Glebe, Books. the that praying parifhes. mineton lately diffolved & annex'd to other fold, and the be may parifh Church of the faid Plate & other Ornaments belonging to the among the parifhioners was prefented to the Houfe & read
Order'd.

money

diftributed

That the faid petition be Rejedled the felling the Glebe lately belongOrder'd, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for and for difpofmg of the money arifmg ing to the diffolved parifh of Wilmington afores'd, Egglefton do preEaton & from the fale thereof, to pious ufes; and that M^ Blair M^
Refolvcd,

pare and bring in the fame. that they had had M' Efcridge reported from the Com'ee of Privileges & Elec'ons for eleAing Burgeffes under their confider'on the Forms of the Returns of feveral Writs agreed upon a Report, which he to ferve in this prefent General Affembly, and had Table, where the fame was again the at it in read in his place, and afterwards deliver'd
read.

That the Houfe will take the faid Report into confideration to morrow. Then the Houfe adjom'd till to morrow morning ii a clock.
Refolved,

fFednefday, February

7,

1727.

a Clerk to the Com'ee of Elec'ons & Privileges. And the queftion was put, that a Clerk be appointed to the s'd Committee. It pa ffed in the Negative. confider'on of the Report according to order proceeded to the The Houfe made yefterday from the Committee of Elections & Privileges, and the fame being read, fome amendments were made therein, and is as follows. Upon confideration of the feveral Returns on the Writs for Eledlions of Burgeffes to ferve in this prefent General Affembly, It appears to this Com'ee, That the returns of the following Writs are made in the Form prefcribed by Law, viz't. The Returns of the Writs for the Coimties of Henrico, Prince George, Surry, Ifh of Wight, Nanfemond, Norfolk, Prince fs Anne, Elizabeth City, Warwick, James City, Hanover, King William, Middlefex, Spotfilvania, Weftmoreland, Lancafter and the Return for

AMOTION was made

for appointing

James City and that

It

appears to this Com'ee, That the Returns of the following Writs are not
prefcribed by Law,
viz't.

made

in

the

Form

The Returns of the Writs for the Counties of Charles City, Glocefter, King & Queen, Effex, King George, Richmond, New Kent, Stafford, & Accomack. Order'd, That the Sherifs of the Counties of Charles City, Gloster, Effex, King George, Richmond, New Kent, Stafford & Accomack be fent for in cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, to amend their refpedlive Returns afores'd. The Houfe being inform'd That the Sherif of the Coimty of King & Queen attended at the door, and praied the leave of the Houfe to amend his Return of the Writ for elecfting Burgeffes to fer\'e in this General Affembly for the faid County, He was called in, and amended the fame at the Table. M' Harrifon reported from the Com'ee of Propos'ons & Grievances that they had, according to order, infpefted the Journal of the laft Seffion of the laft Afs'ly and had drawn up a ftate of the matters then depending & undetermined, and of the progrefs that was made therein, which he read in his place and deliver'd in at the Table, where the fame was again read, and is as follows,
It


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It

appears by the faid Journal.

"That the Attomies of Col. Alexatider Spotfwood were order'd to prepare an account how the mony put into his hands by one Adl of Affembly made in the year 1720, for eredling the Counties of Spotfilvania & Brunfwick and granting certain Exemptions & benefits to the Inhabitants thereof, had been difpofed of, and that they fhould lay the fame before the Houfe of Burgeffes at the then next Seffion of Affembly. "That upon confider'on of the propos'on of Alexander Forbes Clerk That no vagabond Couple be fufTered to cohabit under colour of a married ftate, without exhibiting credible Teftimony to certifie their marriage and the lawfullnefs thereof. It was Refolved, That the fame fhould be referred to the confider'on of the next Seffion
of Affembly.

"That it was Refolved That the Grievance complained of by the Inhabitants of Accomack County, occafioned by their then prefent Veftry fhould be refer'd to the confider'on of the next Seffion of Affembly, To the end the faid Veftry might have an

made to that Affembly by the InhabiCoimty of Spotfilvania for laying out a Town on the lands of Thomas Buckner & John Royfton, and alfo for laying out fifty acres of land on the mouth of Maffaponax Creek, to the end one other Town may be built in the faid County, fhould be refer'd to the confider'on of the next Seffion of Affembly. "That a petition of fundry perfons, whofe names are thereunto fubfcribed, in behalf of themfelves and the greater part of the Freeholders & Inhabitants of Elizabeth City parifh complaining of great hardfhips they had for many years labor'd under by reafon of certain perfons affuming to themfelves, without lawful Authority, & excercifing in an unjuft manner the power of Veftry-men of the s'd parifh, and praying That the faid Veftry might be diffolved, and the Inhabitants admitted to make choice of another Veftry, and that a new Church which they were about to build, might not be built in the place where they intended to build the fame, it being remote from the greater number of the s'd Inhabitants, was order'd by that Affembly to be refer'd to the confideration of
tants of the

opportunity of juftifying their proceedings. "That it was Refolved That the propofitions

the next Seffion of Affembly.

Refolved,

That the Houfe

will

take the faid Report into confider'on to morrow.

whofe names and read, complaining that the prefent adling Veftry of the s'd parifh, derive their Authority from perfons who had no lawful power to chufe Veftry men, and that they are guilty of divers arbitrary & illegal proceedings in the Execution of their Office. Refolved, That the Houfe will take the f'd petition into confider'on when that part of the faid Report from the Com'ee of Propos'ons & Grievances which relates to the fame matter is confider'd. A Complaint being made to the Houfe that James Wallace & Jacob Walker Gent, two of the Juftices of the peace for the County of Elis'a City, at a Court of Claims lately held in the faid County, had refufed to do their duty in certifying the faid petition, which was prefented to them by the Petitioners according to Law. Order'd, That the s'd James Wallace & Jacob Walker be fent for in cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, to anfwer the s'd complaint at the Bar of the
are thereunto fubfcribed,

A petition of fundry

Inhabitants of the parifh

& County of Elis'a City,

was prefented

to the Houfe,

Houfe.

M' Efcridge reported from the Com'ee of Eledlions & Privileges, That they had had under their confider'on the petition of fundry Freeholders of the County of Northumb'l'd complaining of an under Eledlion & Return of M"' Pre fly to ferve in this General Affembly for the s'd County, and of several undue practices of the Sherif of the faid County in
taking the Poll, and had agreed upon a Report, which he read in his place,
delivered in at the Table, where the

&

afterwards

fame was again read. Refolved, That the Houfe will take the faid Report into confideration to morrow. Then the Houfe adjom'd till to morrow morning 11. a clock.

Thurfday,

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Thurfday, February

8,

1727read, praying that

A
liver'd

PETITION of Henry Briggs was prefented to the Houfe & the Office of he may be allowed his ufual Salary for doing
Order'd,

Interpreter to the

the firft day of this inftant. Nottoway Indians from the 17th of May 1726 to That the s'd petition be refer'd to the confider'on of the Com'ee

of public Claims,

&

that they do examine the matter thereof,

&

report the fame with

Grievances, That they M' Harrifon reported from the Com'ee of Propos'ons & Laws, which are expired or near had, according to order, infpecfted the temporary in his place & afterwards deread he which expiring, and had agreed upon a Report,

their opinions thereon to the Houfe.

where the fame was again read, & is as follows. Viz't " the Fees of the Secretary County It appears to the Com'ee That the Act for fettling afceriaining the Fees of Attorthe and for Conftables Court Clerks Sherifs Coroners & of Affembly. Seffion this nies in a Bill of Cofts, will expire at the end of continued & amended. It is the opinion of this Com'ee That the s'd Adt be " That the Ad for reviving the ad intituled an ad for fecurity and defence of the Counit

in at the Table,

try in times of

danger will expire on the twelfth day of May next. It is the opinion of this Com'ee That the faid Adt be continued. more effectual improving the Staple of Tobacco will "That the Ad for the better

&

expire at the end

of this Seffion.

be prepared for the better and more effedual improving the ftaple of Tobacco, This Com'ee are come to no Refolution thereon. Refolved, That the Houfe doth agree with the faid Committee. Order'd, That a Bill be brought in for continuing & amending the Ad for fettling

But the Houfe having Refolved that a

Bill

Conftables, and for County Court Clerks Sherifs Coroners afcertaining the Fees of Attornies in a Bill of Cofts, and aKo that a Bill be brought in more effedual improving the Staple of Tobacco, and to continue The Ad for the better Propos'ons & Grievances to prepare & bring in the faid the Com'ee of it is refer'd to
the Fees of the Secretary,

&

&

Bills.

Order'd, That the s'd Com'ee do prepare & bring in a Bill For the ereding a LightHoufe upon Cape Henry, alfo, a Bill for the better & more effedual improving the Staple of Tobacco, purfuant to the Refolutions of the Houfe on Monday laft. M' Harrifon alfo reported from the Com'ee of Propos'ons & Grievances, That they had had under their confideration feveral propos'ons & Grievances from fev'al Cotmties, and had agreed upon a Report which he read in his place, and afterwards delivered it in at the Table, where the fame was again read, & part of the faid Report was agreed to by the Houfe, as follows. " Upon confider'on of feveral propos'ons from James City, King & Queen, King William, Lancafter & Middlefex Counties for repealing or amending the Ad declaring
the

Law
"

concerning Executions.

Refolved,

That a

Bill

be brought in for

Upon

confider'on of the feveral propos'ons from

amendment of the faid Adl. King Wm. & Hanover

Counties,

That the Clearing Pamunkey River may be a public charge. Refolved, That the faid Propofitions be Rejedled. " Upon confider'on of the petition from Spotfilvania County, praying that a Town may be laid out at the leafe land plantation upon Rappahan'k River in the faid County. Refolved, That a Bill be brought in for laying out the s'd Town accordingly. " Upon confider'on of a propos'on from James City County That an A(5l be made
againft gaming.
Refolved,

That a

Bill

be brought in to prevent Gaming.

confider'on of the Grievance from Surry County That the making Negros real Eftate fhould not fubfift any longer, and praying the fame may be repealed or explained.

"Upon

Ad

Refolved,


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Refolved,
"

That a

Bill

be brought in for explaining

of this Country,

&

Upon

confider'on of a propos'on from Surry County,

amending the faid Adt. That a Law may be made

Immorality

to enforce the penal

Vice.

Laws
Bill

and

efpecially thofe againft

&

Refolved,
"

That a

be brought in accordingly.

King Wm. & Hanover Counties That Negros be not permitted to keep Water mills and that the Toll be lefs'ned. Refolved, That the s'd Propos'ons be Rejedled. "Upon confider'on of the petitions from King & Queen and King William Counties

Upon

confider'on of the feveral propos'ons from

to be divided.
Refolved,

King

&

That a Bill be brought in for eredling a new Coimty on the heads of Effex, Queen, and King Wm. Counties, by a line to be run from the mouth of Portobago

Creek to Pamunkey River paralel with the lower line of Spotfilv'a Co'ty. " Upon conlideration of feveral propos'ons from Weftmoreland and Effex Counties, That an Adl be made to prohibit Mares from ruiming at large, and that every perfon be obliged to keep their Horfes & Mares on their own Land. Refolved, That a Bill be brought in for the more effedlual improving the breed of
Horfes.

And
a
Bill

to one Vote of the s'd Com'ee, upon a propos'on from Lancafter County, That be brought in to leffen the Burgeffes Salaries, the Houfe difagreed.

Order' d
fev'l Bills,

That the Com'ee

of Propos'ons

&

Grievances do prepare

&

bring in the

purfuant to the faid Refolutions. of fundry Inhabitants of that part of the parifh of St. Peters, which was formerly a part of the diffolved parifh of Wilmington, whofe names are thereunto fubfcribed, praying that a Chappel of Eafe may be built in the s'd parifh convenient to the

A petition

Inhabitants of that part of the parifh.

was formerly a part

the parifh the Houfe

Alfo a petition of fundry Inhabitants of that part of the parifh of Blifland which of the s'd diffolved parifh of Wilmington, praying that that part of

may

be united to the parifh of the

St. Peters,

were feverally prefented to

&

read.

Refolved,

That the

faid petitions be Rejedled.

Order'd That the Report from the Com'ee of Propos'ons

&

Griev's

and the Report

from the Com'ee

M''

of Eledlions

&

Privileges, refer'd to be confider'd to day, be further

refer'd to be confidered to

morrow.

& Privileges, that they had infpedled the feveral Returns of the Writs for eledling of Burgeffes to ferve in this prefent General Affembly for the Counties of York and Northampton, and alfo the Return
Efcridge reported from the Com'ee of Elec'ons

Writ for eledling a Member for the City of Williamfburg and that the fame were made in the form prefcribed by Law. The Houfe was acquainted That John Holloway Efq'' Speaker of this Houfe is retum'd one of the Burgeffes for the County of York, and alfo a Member for the City of Williamfburg. But that M"' Edward Tabb for fome time before & fmce the begitming
of the
of this Seffion

the s'd County:

appointed by

Return for notice hath been given to the s'd Tabb of the time this Houfe for prefenting fuch complaints; and he hath been feveral

had given

out, that^he intended to queftion his Eledlion

&

Whereupon due

times requefted to lodge his petition accordingly, to the end the fame might be fpeedily heard & determined. Which, notwithftanding the Order of the Houfe, he hath refufed to do, declaring that he would not prefer any petition until M'' Speaker fhould make his Eledlion, for which of the s'd places he would ferve, hoping thereby to oblige him to make his Eledlion for the faid City, fo that a new Eledlion for the County would follow
of courfe.

Refolved
in his behalf

Nem. Cont. That no petition of the s'd Edward Tabb, or of any other perfon whereby to queftion the Eledlion & Return of John Holloway Eiq' Speaker
of

14

of this

Affembly as a Burgefs for the County of York the Houfe this day. be received after the riling of u- vi Eiq' Speaker of this Houfe do make his Elec on Ordcr'd, That the s'd John Holloway
Houfe to ferve
in this General

,,.,,
a clock.

to

morrow for which of the faid places he will ferve. Then the Houfe adjom'd till to morrow morning

1 1

f
j

Friday, February 9, 1727.

THE

Houfe being inform'd that the Sherif of Effex attended at the door in cuftody of Burgeffes to ferve in this to amend the Return of the Writ for eledling prefent Gen'l Affembly for the s'd County. Ordered That he do amend the faid Return.
accordingly,

Which was done

Ordered,

&
of Cuftody,

That he be difcharged out

paying his

fees.

M^ Speaker, according to Order, as a Burgeff for the Covmty of York.

Order'd,

made

his Eledlion to ferve in this Gen'l

Affembly

Latir. Smith, M' Henry Wills, M' Eaton & M^ Eggleftone That M' Blair, do wait upon the Governor and defire that a new Writ may iffue for eleAing a Member to ferve in this Gen'l Affembly for the City of William fbiirg, in the room of John Holloway Efq'. who hath made his Eleftion to ferve for the Covmty of York. M' Harrifon reported from the Com'ee of Propos'ons & Grievances that they had had under their confider'on feveral Propos'ons & Grievances from feveral Counties,

and had agreed upon a Report, which he read in his place, at the Table, where the fame was again read, and agreed
follows,

&
to,

afterwards deliver'd

it

in

with an amendment, as

"Upon confider'on of a Propos'on from Northampton County, That Copper money may be made currant in this Colony.
Refolvcd,

That the

faid

Proportion be Rejedled.

& Accomack Counties That encouragement may be given for Killing Eagles Squirrels, and Crows. Refolved, That the s'd Propos'ons be Rejefted. "Upon confider'on of a propos'on from Northampton Coimty That an Adl be made
"Upon
confider'on of feveral Propos'ons from Northampton
for the better preventing the tending of Seconds.

That the fame may be properly confider'd by the Bill to be brought in for the better & more effectual improving the Staple of Tobacco. "Upon confider'on of a Propos'on from Accomack County That Juftices of the Peace may be impowered to determine any matter imder Five hvmdred pounds of Tobacco or
Refolved,

Fifty fhillings.

"And

of

another Propos'on from the

s'd

County That upon the death

of

any Veftry

man

the County

may have
s'd

a free Elecftion of another.

Refolved,

That the

Propos'ons be Rejedled.

may

County praying That the s'd County be bounded Weftward by a line beginning on the bounds of Hanover Cotmty to run down the Eaft branch of Tuckahoe Creek called the deep Rvm and down the s'd Creek to the mouth thereof and a streight line croffing James River to the mouth of Skin quarter Creek on Appomatox River and that the Land Weftward may be made a new County.
Refolved,

"Upon

confider'on of a Petition from Henrico

That a

Bill

be brought in for dividing Henrico County.

to prevent

County That an Adl may be made any abtifes in taring tobacco Cafk. Refolved, That the fame is already fuflficiently provided for by Law. Ordered, That it be an Inftruftion to the Com'ee to whom it is refer'd to prepare & bring in a Bill for the better & more efTedtual improving the Staple of Tobacco, to bring
in

"Upon

confider'on of a Propos'on from Hanover

a claufe for the better preventing the tending of Seconds.

Order' d,

(is)
That the Com'ee of Propos'ons & Grievances do prepare & bring in a Bill for dividing the County of Henrico The Houfe being informed That the Sherif of New Kent attended at the door in Cuftody, to amend the Return of the Writ for eledting of Burgeffes to ferve in this General Affembly for the s'd Coimty. Order'd, That he do amend the s'd Return which was done accordingly. Order'd, That he be difcharged out of Cuftody, paying his Fees. Order'd, That M'' Francis Willis be added to the Com'ee of Propos'ons & Grievances. A Bill for further continuing the Ad intiuded an Ad for Security & defence of the Country in times of Danger, was read the firft time & Order'd to be read a fecond time. A petition of Charles Kymball was prefented to the Houfe & read praying that he may be allowed his ufual Salary for doing the Office of Interpreter to the Sappony Indians, from the 17th day of May 1726. to the firft day of this inftant Order'd, That the s'd Petition be refer'd to the confider'on of the Com'ee of public Claims, and that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the fame with their
Order'd,

Opinions thereon to the Houfe. The Houfe according to Order proceeded to the confider'on of the Report made by the Com'ee of Elec'ons& Privileges in relation to the Northiimberl'd Eledlion, and the fame

was read, & is as follows. "The Com'ee having had under their confider'on the petition of Forty nine Freeholders of the Coimty of Northumberland whofe names are thereunto fubfcribed; complaining of an undue Eledlion & Return of M"' Peter Pre fly to fer\'e in this Gen'l Affembly as Burgefs for the s'd County, and of feveral undue praftices of the Sherif of that County
in taking the PoU.

They do
followeth.

report the matter of the s'd complaint as

it

doth appear to them, as

"That at the Election of the s'd Coimty the 23d day of January 1727 M'' Prefly, Members, & M"' Carter & M"" Neal were Candidates. After reading the Writ, the Candidates went into the Court Houfe, and a number of people in the Court cried out for M"' Prefly, who asked, if any body oppofed him, or otherwife he faid he thought he might be return 'd by a general Voice; to which none of the Voters obAfter which fome of the Candidates feem'd to be diffatisjedled, fo he was proclaimed. fied, & defired to have a Poll, M'' Carter complaining that this way of proceeding was very irregular, for that, tho the Sherif bylaw might return upon a View, yet it was impoffible to determine the Eledlion that way, unlefs M"' Prefly would draw all his votes together. Upon which M-- Prefly agreed a Poll fhould be taken And after the names of about twenty Freeholders were fet down in the Poll for M-- Prefly, which exceeded the number of Votes for any other Candidate confiderably feveral others of M"' Prefly' s Voters voted only for one perfon, and when they were told that they ought to give two votes, M"" Prefly faid they would run the hazard of being fined, then they faid they would give their other vote afterwards; Then M"- Prefly moved That he might be returned with the general Voice faying That no body had poU'd againft him, and the Candidates agreed to it He told the Sherif to ask, if any body oppofed it, & no body faying any thing againft it, the Sherif went out, & proclaimed M"- Prefly chosen a Burgefs the fecond time. After this, the Poll went on for the other Candidates and feveral perfons came in & offer'd to give their Votes for two perfons, but were told by the Sherif, They could vote for but one, fmce M"- Prefly was already proclaimed And it appears by the Poll that there is but one or two that gave two Votes, and one of them was at firft refufed, but infifting upon his Right, he was admitted to vote for M-- Ball & Carter and it appears that another perfon told the Sherif, he would have two votes, & that it was not in his power to hinder him: The Sherif bad him be gone, the Man anfwer'd, he would not be gone, for he had a Right to ftand there upon which the Sherif told him, he would break his Head, and he anfwer'd he would break the Sherif 's head but was admitted to give but one Vote. It further appears to the Com'ee, That a great many Freeholders were diffatisfied with

Ball, the fitting

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near Fifty Freeholders were refufed the liberty of giving with this proceeding, and that they would vote for M' Carter if they might be adtwo votes & feveral of them declared give no vote, becaufe they were not admitted to mitted, aAd two Freeholders would
vote for more than one. And thereupon the Com'ee do Refolve taken accord 'g to the methods "That the Poll at the s'd Eledlion was not regularly not duly eledled to f erve as Burgeffes prefcribed by Law and that M' Pre-jly & M' Ball are
in this prefent General

Affembly

Order'd,

That the

fitting

County of Northumberland. leave to offer what they have to have Members

for the

fay,

&

then

withdraw. And they did accordingly feverally ftand up in their places & delivered what they had to fay in maintenance of their Elec'on, & then withdrew. Upon a Motion the Houfe refolved it felf into a Com'ee of the whole Hoiife to conSpeaker reiumed the Chair, fider the s'd Report. And after fome time fpent therein M'

and M^ Harrifon reported from the Com'ee, That they had confider'd the feveral Fads ftated in the s'd Report, and were of opinion, That the Refolution of the s'd Com'ee
thereupon, be not agreed
Refolved,
to.

That this Houfe doth not agree to the Refolution of the Com'ee of Elec'ons the Poll at the s'd Eledlion was not regularly taken according to the That & Privileges, Ball are not duly eledled to ferve methods prefcribed by Law, and that M' Prefly & as Burgeffefs in this pres't Gen'l Affembly for the Covmty of Northumberland. Refolved, That M^ Prefly & M^ Ball are duly eleded to ferve as Burgeffes in this prefent Gen'l Affembly for the Coimty of Northumberland. Order'd, That the Report of the Com'ee of Propos'ons & Griev's refer'd to be confider'd to day, be further refer'd to be confider'd to morrow. Then the Houfe adjom'd till to morrow morning, ii a clock.

Saturday, February
Ordered

lo, 1727.

THAT
A

M"' Crawford have leave to be abfent from the fervice of the Houfe' till Wednefday next. Order'd, That M"' Mead have leave to be abfent from the fervice of the Houfe 'till Thurfday next. Bill for further continuing the Adl intituled an Ad For Security & defence of the

Country in times

of danger,

was read a fecond

time.

Order'd, That the Bill be ingroffed. A petition of Henry Embry, William Wynne & Richard Burch was prefented to the Houfe and read, praying that they may be rewarded for their Trouble & the hazard they run in apprehending two Negro Slaves belong 'g to M'' Henry Maynard, who after murdering their Mafter in a ver>' barbarous manner, armed themfelves and fled. Order'd, That the s'd petition be refer'd to the confider'on of the Com'ee of public Claims, and that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the fame with their opin-

ions thereon, to the Houfe.

Order'd, Order'd,

That M'^ Attorney General be added to the Com'ee of Propos'ons & Griev'ces. That a Committee for Courts of Juftice be appointed of the following

perfons.

ing
for

M^ Kemp. M^ Meriwether. And they are to fit in the Clerk's Office, and to inquire into the methods of proceed-^ in the Courts of Juftice and the occafions of the delaies therein, and to prepare a Bill amending the defe(5ls of the Laws now in force relating to the feveral Courts of the
\

M' Conway W Efcridge W Blair.

M' Attorney General

M"'

Tayloe.

Colony,

17)
:

Colony, and for the expediting of Btifinefs And the Com'ee are to appoint a Clerk to attend them, and to have power to fend for perfons, papers & Records for their information.

at the door in Cuftody, to anfwer at the

James Wallace attended a Complaint made againft them for refufing to do their duty, as they are Juftices of the Peace for the County of Elis'a City in certifying a Grievance of feveral Inhabitants of that County, which was regularly prefented to them at a Court held before them & others for that purpofe: They were brought to the Bar and M"' Speaker by the Order of the Houfe, acquainted them with the matter of the Complaint, and required them to give their Reafons, why
M"'
M"'

The Houfe being acquainted That

Jacob Walker

&

Bar

of the Hoiife

they refufed to do their duty on this occafion. Whereupon M'' Walker fpoke to this effedl.

Speaker imderftand we are brought hither to anfwer a Complaint againft us, for not doing our duty in certifying a petition prefented to us, as the Grievance of the People, at a Court held in our County for certifying public Claims & Griev'ces, purfuant to a
"M"'

We

Law

of this Colony.

do acknowlege, a petition to which many names were fubfcribed was prefented to us by M' Robert Armiftead and one Michael King, who infifted to have it certified according to Law. We read the petition, and found that, except the five firft Subfcribers, none of the names were written with the proper handwriting of the perfons whofe names were there fubfcribed, and that one of the perfons who prefented the petition had not fign'd his name to it And befides, we knew that every part of the petition was groundlefs & falfe, and contain 'd a very unjuft Refledlion upon us that were Veftry men of the parifh, and that it did likewife in fome meafure arraign the Adminiftration of the Government here, for that particular matter which concern 'd the placing of the Church was determined by the Governor & Council, upon hearing of all parties. We confider'd the Law by which we were bound to certifie Grievances, which is very exprefs, that all Grievances to be certified muft be fign'd by the perfons prefenting the fame, which we acquainted M'' Armiftead with; And for want of his name and becaiafe we were well fatisfied that the Subfcriptions were not genuine, we refufed to cer;

We

tifie

it.

fcientious

can anfwer for ourfelves that we adled herein very impartially & with a conRegard to the Law and our Duty: And if we have been miftaken, it was an Error of our Judgment, for which we hope we fhall not be cenfured." And then they withdrew, & after fome time were called in again. And M"^ Speaker by the Order of the Houfe acquainted them, That it was the opinion of this Houfe, That they had been guilty of an Error in refufing to certifie this petition
it

We

was no part of their Bufinef s to inquire into the matter of it, & they ought to have purfued the Law, notwithftanding one of the perfons who prefented it, was not a Subfcriber But that the Houfe was difpofed to deal as favorably with them as poffible, and had Order'd them to be difcharged out [of] Cuftody, paying Fees. Then the Houfe according to Order proceeded to the confider'on of the Report of the Com'ee of Propos'ons & Griev's touching feveral matters refer 'd by the laft Seffion
for that
:

of the laft

Affembly to the confider'on

of this prefent Seffion.

And

the s'd Report

was

read, together with the petition of fundry Inhabitants of

& County of Elis'a City complaining of the illegal Conftitution of their prefent Veftry, and of their arbitrary & unjuftifiable proceedings. Order'd, That M'^Cr^ew^, the Agent & Attorney of CoVo Spot (wood, do lay before this
the Parifh

Houfe by Monday fortnight, an Account how the

of Afs'ly

mony put

into his

hands by an

A(5l

made

in

the year 17 20, for eredling the Counties of Spotfilvania

& Brunswick,
Order'd,

&

for granting certain

of.

exemptions

&

benefits to the Inhabitants thereof, hath been dif-

pofed


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whom it is refer'd to prepare & be an Inftrudion to the Com'ee to efpecially those againft Vice the penal Laws of this Colony & brine in a Bill to enforce prevent Vagabonds cohabitmg as Man & Wife, & Immorality to bring in a Claufe to lawfully married. fufficient Teftimony of their being unlefs thev can produce fome the prefent Veftry of diffolvmg for Bill to bring in a Order'-d That leave be given chufing a new Veftry for the County of Accomack, and for the Parifh of Accamack in
Order'd

That

it

Inhabitants of the parifh of Elis a City, prefented to Order'd That the petition of the complaining of their Veftry, which was refer'd to the the laft Seffion of the laft Affembly, and alfo the petition of the s'd Inhabitants preconfider'on of this Seffion of Affembly, matter, be refer'd to the confider'on of the fame the fented to this Houfe, touching & Griev's, and that they do examine the Allegations of the s'd
Propos'ons fhall appear to them, with their Opinions thereon, petitions, and report the matter as it to the Houfe. heard by themfelves. or their Council, Order'd, That both parties have leave to be s'd Petitions. before the s'd Com'ee, upon the matter of the

the faid Parifh.

ri.

r zr;

^^

Com'ee

of

Then the Houfe adjom'd

till

Monday morning

ii.

a clock.

Monday, February 12, 1727.

THE

Houfe being inform 'd That the Sherif of the County of Glocefter, and the Sherif of the County of Charles City, attended at the door in Cuftody, to amend their refp've Returns of the feveral Writs for eledling of Burgeffes to fer\-e in this prefent General Affembly for the Counties afores'd

That they do amend their faid Returns. Which was done accordingly. Order'd, That they be difcharged out of Cuftody, paying Fees. A motion was made for leave to prefent a petition of fundry Freeholders of the County of Weftmorland, complaining of an undue Eledlion & Return of M"' Thomas Lee and M' George Efcridge to ferve as Burgeffes in this General Affembly for the faid
Order'd,

County.

And

after a debate the Queftion

was put
Refolved in the Affirmative

That the

faid petition be received.

And

the fame
Order'd,

was

read.
s'd petition be refer'd to the confider'on of

That the

&

Elec'ons and that they do examine the matter thereof,

the Com'ee of Privileges and report the Same with their

intit'd

opinions thereon, to the Houfe.

Bill'

intituled

an

Ad

for further continuing the

Ad

an

Ad

for Security

&

defence of the Country in times of Danger,

Refolved,
Order'd,

was read the third time.

Bill

That the Bill do pafs. That the Com'ee who prepared the faid

do carry the fame to the Council

and

defire their

bring in a Bill for the better

in

whom it is refer'd to prepare & improving the Staple of Tobacco to bring one or more Claufe or Claufes for limiting the number of plants hereafter to be planted. Then the Houfe adjom'd till to morrow morning 11. a clock. &
more
effedlual

Concurrence thereto. Order'd That it be an Inftrudlion to the Com'ee to

Tuefday, February
Order'd,

I'l.

1727.

THAT
&

M^

Kemp

petition

prefented

&

be added to the Com'ee of Privileges & Eledlions. of Henry Scarhurgh was with the leave of the Houfe read, complaining of an undue Eledlion of M^ Andrews
for

M' Parker to ferve as Burgeffes

the

County

of

Accomack,

in

injury to the Petitioner.

Order'd,


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Ordered,
i& Eledlions,
;heir

That the s'd petition be refer'd to the Confider'on of the Com'ee of Privileges and that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the fame, with
of this

Opinions thereon, to the Houfe.

M' Andrews, a Member

ofsly
(of

abufed
d.

&

affronted this

Houfe complained to the Houfe, that he had been day, by one Edward Weft, in breach of the Privilege
of

this Hoiofe.

Order

That the

s'd

Edw. Weft be taken into Cuftody

the Serjeant at

Arms

[attending this Houfe, and that he anfwer the s'd complaint at the Bar of the Houfe. M'' Attorney General reported from the Com'ee of Propos'ons & Griev's, that they had, according to Order, prepared an Addrefs to the King, which they had diredted him to report to the Houfe, & he read the fame in his place, and afterwards deliver'd it in at the Table, where it was again read, & agreed to. Order'd, That the s'd Addrefs be fairly tranfcribed and a Blank left for the Council, and that the Com'ee of Propos'ons & Griev'ces do carry the fame to them, and defire
their

Concurrence thereto.

Tyler was prefented to the Houfe & read, praying to be allowed fome recompence for his Service in overfeeing the building and finifhing the Magazine & the two wings of the Church, which were built by the Donation of the General Affembly. Order'd, That the s'd petition be refer'd to the confider'on of the Com'ee for Public Claims, and that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the fame with
their Opinions thereon, to the Houfe.

A petition of John

M' Efcridge reported from the Com'ee of Privileges & Eledlions, that they had had under their confider'on the petition & complaint of Henry Scarburgh againft the Eledlion for the County of Accomack, that they had examined feveral Witneffes touching the matter of the faid complaint, and heard the parties thereupon, and that none of the Allegations of the petition were fufificiently proved, and that they were come to a Refolution thereupon, which he read in his place & afterwards deliver'd it in at the Table, where the fame was again read, & agreed to by the Houfe, as follows Refolved, That M'' William Andrews and M"" S acker Parker are duly eledled to ferve as Burgeffes in this General Affembly for the County of Accomack.

Then the Houfe adjom'd

till

to

morrow morning

ii a'clock.

Wednefday, February 14, 1727.

Order'd,

THAT
j

M"'

Dangerfield have leave

Order'd,

That
til

of the

Houfe

to go home on extraordinary occafions. Bou-jh have leave to be abfent from the fervice Monday next.
M''

M'' Harrifon reported from the Com'ee of Propos'ons & Griev'ces That they had had under their confider'on a petition of the Briftol Iron-mine Company, to be exempted from paying Taxes, and had come to a Refolution thereon, which he read in his place, & afterwards deliv'd it in at the Table, where the fame was again read &

agreed to as follows.
in Iron-works, be brought in for that purpofe. Order'd, That the faid Com'ee do prepare & bring in the faid Bill A petition of fundry Inhabitants of the County of Northumberland, whofe names are thereunto fubfcribed, was prefented to the houfe & read, complaining that by the bounds lately eftablifh'd between the s'd County and the County of Lancafter, they are taken into two parifhes, in the County of Lancafter, whereby they are become very remote from their parifh Churches, whereas before they were reputed Inhabitants of Wiccocomico Parifh in the County of Northumberland, where they were conveniently

Refolved,

That fome Encouragements be given to Adventurers

and that a

Bill

fituated for the

s'd parifh of

Church

of that Parifh,

&

praying that they

may

be continued in the
Order'd,

Wiccocomico.

(20)
be refer'd to the confider'on of the Com'ee of Propos'ons Order' J That the s'd petition examine the matter thereof, and report the fame, with Griev's. and that they do

and

the Houfe. their opinions thereon, to Bill for prei'enting of Exceffive

Alfo, a Bill
Alfo',

Bill

and deceitful gaming. Henrico. for dividing the County of large within the at running Swine to prevent

limits of the

Town

of Norfolk.

Were at the Door in Cuftody & The Houfe being inform'd That Edward Weft attended affronting M^ Andrews, in Offence his acknowledge pray'd to be admitted humbly to this Houfe, for which he of Privilege Member of this Houfe yefter'day in breach of the
a

the parifh of Accomack, and for appointAlfo a Bill for diffolving the prefent Veftry of ing a new Election of Veftry-men. be read a fecond time. feverally read the firft time and order 'd to

was

heartily forry.

order of the Houfe, reprimanded A>idrews, and of this Houfe. M-of pardon by M' Speaker, and upon his knees afked Order'd, That the faid Edward Weft be difcharged out of Cuftody, paying Fees. A Meffage was deliver'd from the Council That they do concur with this Houfe in

He was called

in,

& kneeling at the Bar, was, by the

the Addrefs to His Majefty,

of the reft,

and that one

is

of their

number had

fign'd the

fame

in behalf

which Addrefs

as follows.

MOST GRACIOUS SOVERAIN

Your Majefty's moft dutiful & loial Subjeds the Council and Burgeffes of your antient Colony of Virginia humbly prefume upon this firft occafion of our meeting in a General Affembly to condole with your Majefty upon the Death of your late Roial Father of bleffed & glorious Memor>', which afflidled us in no lefs a degree than the lofs of fo good & fo renowned a King muft neceffarily affecft a dutiful & a grateful People. But when at the fame time we heard that Your Majefty was placed in Peace upon Your Throne, when we faw all Orders & Conditions of Men haftening to acknowledge Your undoubted

many Roial Virtues, the greatwhich are fo confpicuous in Your Majefty, and add the brighteft Luftre to the Crown upon Your Head, and all Factions & Parties as it were at length confeffmg themfelves convinced that the Intereft & Security of the Britifh Nation are infeparable from Your Illuftrious Houfe, it was impoffible that our Sorrow fhould
Right

& Title,

declaring the juft Senfe they have of thofe

eft

Ornament

of Princes,

not be turned into Gladnefs.

And

the Meafure of our Joy

is filled

when we behold that Moft Excellent Perfon, Our

Gracious Queen, abounding in

diftinguifhed Charafter,
fedlly

all

the Virtues which are neceffary to finifh the moft

& educating with a pious Care her Roial Iffue, in principles peradapted to the Englifh Conftitution. It is the peculiar Happinefs of this Coimtry, that we are more than any other of the American plantations united in the Religion of the Church of England; and our Civil
by the fame excellent Laws which have ever been and have made them greater than any other People Therefore it merits our moft thankful acknowlegements that Your Majefty has been pleafed to declare Your Refolution to make the Eftablifhment in Church & State Your firft and alwaies Your chief Care. AND as we ha\-e alwaies been happy under the Proteftion & Government of the Crown of England, fo we already at this diftance feel the extenfive Influence of Your
Liberties are fecured to us

Rights

&

the Boaft of the Englifh Nation,

Your Majefty's Lieutenant Your Authority, fo he imitates Your Majefty's Piety, Moderation & Juftice: From whence we have no room to doubt but his Adminiftration will alwaies be acceptable to Your Majefty, and eafie to all Your |
Governor,

Majefty's juft

&

wife Councels, in placing over us M-- Gooch

who

as he reprefents

Your Sacred Perfon

in

People here.

MAY the God of

Your

Subjefts. that valuable Life

Heaven long continue to your felf. to your Roial Confort, and all on which the public Weal fo much depends. May
there


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want one of Your Roial Line to fit on the Throne of Great Britain, and may Yotir Majefty & Your Roial Family be revered while on Earth, & afterwards recorded in Hiftory with greater Fame & Glory than Your Roial Predeceffor from whom this
there never

Colony has
Ordered,

it's

Name
of

Grievances do wait on the Governor to know when he will be attended by this Ho\afe with the s'd Addrefs. And the faid Addrefs was fign'd by the Speaker.

That the Com'ee

Propos'ons

&

Then the Houfe adjom'd

till

to

morrow morning

ii a clock.

Thurfday, February 15, 1727,

THE
A

Houfe being inform'd that the Sherif of the County of Richmond, and the Sherif of the County of King George, attended at the Door in Cuf tody to amend their refpedlive Returns of the feveral writs for eledling Burgeffes to ferve in this General Aifembly for the Counties aforefaid. Order'd, That they do amend their faid Returns, which was done accordingly. Order'd, That they be difcharged out of Ctiftody, paying Fees.

Bill to enable William Farrar & Thomas Farrar to fell & convey certain intailed Negros of greater value to the fame ufes, was read the and lands, for fettling other lands firft time & ord'd to be read a 2d time. Order'd, That M'' Lee, M^ H Armiftead & M^ Francis Willis be added to the Com-

&

mittee for Courts of Juftice. And that M'' Lee be alfo added to the Com'ee of Propos'ons

&

Grievances.

The Hoxife being acquainted That the fum of fixty pounds was by the order of the Gen'l Affembly held in the year 1720. paid to the Rever'd James Blair Clerk, Henry Gary & Robert Cobbs Church Wardens of the parifh of Briiton in the Covmties of York
and James City, for the defraying the charges of a Law-fuit between the then Lieutenant Gov and the Veftry of the faid parifh, concerning the Advowfon of the Church of the s'd Parifh, and that they the Survivor of them were to render an account upon Oath,

when thereunto
Order'd,

required,

how

the

mony

fhould be difpofed

of.

Truftees, do lay
of,

That the Reverend James Blair & Henry Gary the Survivors of the s'd an account before this Houfe, how the s'd fum of mony has been difpofed and that the Clerk of this Houfe do fend them notice of this Order. A Bill for dividing the Gounty of Henrico was read the fecond time & committed. A Bill to prevent Swine running at large within the limits of the Town of Norfolk was

read the fecond time

&

order'd to be ingroffed.

A
a

Bill for diffolving the prefent Veftry of the

parifh of

Accomack and

for appointing

new Eledion of Veftry men, was read the fecond time & committed. Then the Houfe adjom'd 'till to morrow morning 11. a clock.

Friday, February 16, 1727.

Harrifon reported, That the perfons appointed had, according to order, waited on the Governor, to know when he will be attended with the Addrefs of the Council & this Hottfe to His Majefty, and that he was pleas'd to appoint this day at one of the Clock in the Council Chamber. Order'd, That M'' Tayloe have leave to be abfent from the fervice of the Hottfe 'till Thurfday next.

MR.
A

of

Meffage from the Governor was deliver 'd by M'' Robertfon That the Governor was now ready in the Council Chamber to receive the Addrefs the Council and of this Houfe to His Majefty.

And


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had attended the Governor reported That the Council & this Houfe had read it, the Gov'r reSpeaker and that after M' with their addrefs to His Majefty,

And M' Speaker

it

* ,. ^u <^ a-t n of Duty & Loialty are the Sentiments of all "Being convinced that thefe Profeffions fhould take particular Care that this Addrefs be prethe People of this Colony, He manner, that His Majefty may know how faithful fented to His Majefty in the beft His Perfon, Family and Government." & affectionate His Subjedls of this Dominion are to Northampton Crows in the Counties of Accomack jor killing Squirrels .
.

ceived

&

was pleas'd to

say,

Bill

&

&

fecond time. was read the firft time & order'd to be read a A Bill to enable Wm. Farrar & Tho". Farrar to fell convey certain mtailed lands, and Negros of greater value to the fame ufes, was read the fecond time

&

for fettling other lands

&

&

whom the Bill for dtffolvmg the M' Attorney General reported from the Com'ee to and for appointing a new Eledion of Veftry men, prefent Veftry of the parifh of Accomack Bill, which he read in his place, & afterwards the to Com'ee an amendment made by the Table, where the s'd Amendm't was deliver'd the Bill with the Amendment in at the
read
agreed unto by the Houfe. Order'd, That the Bill with the

committed.

&

Amendment be

ingroffed.

Bill for

preventing of exceffive & deceitful gaming,

was read the fecond time, and

committed.

of

an Ad to prevent Swine running at large within the limits of the Town the third time. was read Norfolk, Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Crawford & M"^ Mufcoe do carry the faid Bill to the Order'd, That M-- Braxton

Bill intituled

Council for their Concurrence.

M^ Commiffary

Blair's account of the

mony

given by the General Affembly for

laid before the

determining the Right of Patronage of

the Parifh Church of Bruton, was

Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid account do lie upon the Table. Then the Houfe adjom'd till to morrow morning 1 1 a clock.

Saturday, February

17,

1727.

THE
fame.

Houfe being informed that the Sherif of Stafford by reason of Sicknefs is & cannot attend to amend the Return of the Writ for eledling of Burgeffes to ferve in this General Affembly for the s'd Coimty & that the under-Sherif attended in his behalf & pray'd to be admitted to amend the
unable to travel,

Order'd, That the imder Sherif of the Coimty of Stafford do amend the s'd Return. Which was done accordingly. M' Kemp reported from the Com'ee to whom the Bill for preventing of exceffive & deceitful Gaming was committed, feveral amendments made to the Bill, which they had direded him to report to the Houfe & he read the fame in his place, & afterwards deliver'd the Bill with the amendm'ts in at the Table where the s'd amendm'ts were

read.

Report do lie upon the Table. Crows in the Counties of Accomack Northampton was read the fecond time & committed. A Bill intituled an Ad, for diffolving the prefent Veftry of the parifh of Accomack for appointing a new Eledion of Veftry men, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Order'd, That M^ H. Willis, Andrews, M' Parker, Bowdoin & M' Mar fhall do
faid

Order'd,

That the

Bill for killing Squirrels

&

&

&

carry the s'd Bill to the Council for their Concurrence. Then the Houfe adjom'd till Monday morning, 1

1.

a clock.

Monday,


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Monday, February 19, 1727.

County, & was difburfed by Wm. Barnet dec'd, her late Hufband who colledled and paid the faid Levy. Ordered, That the s'd Petition be refer'd to the confider'on of the Com'ee of public claims, and that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the Same, with their opinions thereon to the Houfe. M'' Clayton reported from the Com'ee to whom the Bill for dividing the County of Henrico was committed, feveral amendm'ts made by the Com'ee to the Bill, which they had directed him to report to the Houfe, & he read the Report in his place, & afterwards deliver'd the Bill with the amendm'ts in at the Table, where the s'd amendm'ts were read & agreed unto by the Houfe. And feveral Blanks in the Bill were filled up. Order'd, That the Bill with the amendments be ingroffed M' Clayton reported from the Com'ee of Propos'ons & Griev'ces, that they had had under their confider'on a petition of feveral Inhabitants of Elizabeth City Parifh to the laft Affembly, and of another petition from other Inhabitants of the s'd Parifh to this Affembly, praying, that the prefent Veftry of the s'd parifh may be diffolved & that they

PETITION

of Elizabeth Barnet

Widow was prefented

to the Hoiife

& read,

pray-

ing to be allowed in the public

Levy one thoufand poionds

of tobacco,

which

the County of Glofter had Credit for in the laft public Levy, by perfons

who

were not Inhabitants

of that

liberty to chufe a Veftr^' according to Law; and that the Com'ee had agreed upon a Report, which he read in his place & afterwards deliver'd it in at the Table where the fame was again read Order'd, That the faid report do lie upon the Table. The Houfe was called over, & all the abfent Members were excufed. Order'd, That the ballance of M"' Commiffary Blair's account of the mony given for

may have

determining the Right of Patronage of the Chtirch of the Parifh of Bruton being 1 1 7 2 be paid to John Holloway Efq'' Treafurer. Order'd, That the Treafurer do lay his accounts before the Houfe.

Then the Houfe adjom'd

till

to

morrow morning

11.

a Clock.

Tuefday, February 20, 1727.

A
A

BILL for

encouraging Adventurers in Iron Works was read the

Bill intituled

firft

time & order'd

to be read a fecond time.

an

Ad

for dividing the

County

of Henrico,

was read the

third time.
Refolved,
Order'd,

That the Bill do That the Com'ee

pafs.

of Propos'ons

&

Grievances do carry the faid

Bill to

the

Council for their Concurrence.

amendm'ts made to the Bill for preventing exceffive & deceitful Gaming and the amendm'ts were read, & fome of the s'd amendm'ts were agreed unto, & fome of them were difagreed imto by the Houfe, & fome other amendm'ts were made to the Bill. Order'd, That the Bill with the amendm'ts be ingroffed

The Houfe proceeded

to the confider'on of the

Bill for the

more effedual improving

the

Breed

of

Horfes

& for preventing the

firft

im-

portation of Horfes from the neighbouring plantations,

was read the

time,

and order'd

to be read a fecond time.

A petition of Godfrey Pole was prefented to the

to the Office of Clerk of the Com'ee of Propos'ons

Houfe

& read, praying to be reftored

which he has ferved
near

&

Griev'ces, in


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in the beginning of this Seffion from applying for near ten years, he being hindered

Sickness. the fame by bad Weather & "d that inform being Houfe And' the accordingly. M' Pole, he was appointed

M^ Hickman

is

wiUing to refign the s'd Office to

ii.

Then the Houfe adjom'd

till

to

morrow morning

a Clock.

fFednefday, February 21, 1727.

was read the firft Com'ee to whom the Bill for killing Squirrels & Crows the M^ Kemp reported from in the Counties of Accomack & Northampton w^as committed, an amendment made to the Bill, which they had direcfted him to report to the Houfe, & he read the Report in his place & afterwards deliver 'd the Bill with the amendment in at the Table, where the s'd amendment was read, & with fome amendments was agreed to by the Houfe.
King
Counties,
Order'd,

A
A

BILL

for encouraging Adventurers in Iron

Works was read the fecond time

the

&

order'd to be ingroffed. A Bill for ereding a

new County on

Wm.

heads of Effex King Queen and time & ord'd to be read a 2d time.

&

Bill for the

portation of
reje<5ted.
M"^

That the Bill with the amendment be ingroffed. for preventing the immore effedtial improving the Breed of Horfes w^as read the plantations fecond time and neighbouring the Horfes from

&

Blair reported from the Com'ee appointed to inquire into the prefent Condition

of the Batter>- at Point Comfort,

&

the

fitteft

place for eredling a Battery there,

& how
of

far the

fame may

be ufeful for the defence of the Country,

and to make an Eftimate

the charge of rebuilding or repairing the fame,

&

alfo to inquire

how
it

the s'd Battery

in at the Table,

hath heretofore been eredled

to

& maintained,
in his place

had agreed upon a Report upon the matters

them

refer'd

which he read

&

afterwards deliver'd

where the fame was again read. Order'd, That the faid Report do lie upon the Table. Then the Houfe adjom'd till to morrow morning 11. a clock.

Thurfday, February 22, 1727.

A
A

BILL

intituled

an

Ad

fot encouraging adventurers in

Iron-Works, was read the

third time.
Refolved,
Order'd,

That the Bill do pafs. That the Com'ee of Propos'ons

&

Griev'ces do carry the faid Bill

to the Council for their Concurrence.

The Treafurer
were order'd to
lie

laid his

Accounts of the Duty upon liquors before the Houfe, which

upon the Table.

&

an Ad for Killing Squirrels Crows in the Counties of Accomack Northampton, was read the third time. Refolved, That the BiU do pafs. Order'd, That M^ Whitehead M^ Marfhal Bowdoin Andrews & M^ Parker do carr>^ the BQl to the Council for their Concurrence. A Bill intituled an Ad for preventing exceffive deceitful gaming was read the third time & an amendment was made to the Bill at the Table. Refolved, That the BiU do pafs. Order'd, That the Com'ee of Propos'ons & Griev'ces do
Bill intituled

&

&

carry the Bill to the Council

for their Concurrence.

to the ^^u^^ Bill intituled

f

""'^^

.^!'

'"""^^' ^'"' *^^ CouncU.

an

Ad

for further continuing the

defence of the

Cmmtry

in times of

Houfe.

That they have made fome amendments Ad intituled an Ad for fecnrity danger, to which they defire the Concurrence of this

&

Order'd,

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Order'd,
'till

That

M"'

John Boiling have leave to be abfent from the

fervice of the

Houfe

Tuefday next.

petition

&

Propofals of William Parks for printing a complete body of the

in force, and alfo the

Laws

from time to time, of this Colony now was refer'd by the Governor & Council to the confideration of this Houfe, and was read. Refolved, That it will be of public ufe and benefit to print & publifh a Complete Body of the Laws of this Colony now in force. Order'd, That the Speaker of this Houfe, M'' Clayton & M"' Blair Members of this Houfe, M"' Randolph Clerk of this Houfe & M"' Robertfon Clerk of the Council, or any three of them, be appointed to agree with the s'd Wm. Parks for the printing a Complete Body of the Laws of this Colony, and to take a certain number of Books, to be diftributed
to be

Laws

made

hereafter

at the public charge,

among

the Governor, Council, Burgeffes

&

feveral Juftices of the

Peace

of this Colony.
Bill to prevent Loffes to

and chattels taken in Execution, For amending the Law in relation to Exor's & Adm'rs, For maintaining Adions of Account againft Exor's & Adm'rs by one Jointenant & Tenant in Common Adm'rs, For impowering againft another Jointenant & Ten't in Common their Ex'rs, Fathers to difpofe of the Ctiftody & Tiiition of their Children, And for the better managing fecuriiig Orphans Eftates, was read the firft time and order'd to be read a fecond time. The Houfe proceeded to the confider'on of the Report of the Com'ee of Propos'ons & Griev'ces made upon the feveral petitions of the Inhabitants of the Parifh & County of Elizabeth City to them refer'd, and the Refolution of the s'd Com'ee thereupon was read, and upon the Queftion was agreed unto by the Houfe, as follows. Refolved, That a Bill be prepared for diffolving the prefent Veftr>' of the parifh of Elizabeth City, and for appointing a new Eledlion of Veftry men for the s'd parifh. Order'd, That the Com'ee of Propos'ons & Griev'ces do prepare & bring in the faid
Exor's

&

Adm'rs by

the fale of Negros, goods

&

&

Bill.

Then

the Houfe adjom'd

till

to

morrow morning

1 1.

a clock.

Friday, February 23, 1727.

Order'd

THAT
M"'

the Com'ee upon the Bill

of Propos'ons
to

&

Griev'ces be

dif charged,

enforce the penal

Laws

of this Country,

from proceeding which they were

order'd to prepare

&

bring

in,

and that the Com'ee

for Courts of Juftice

do prepare & bring in the fame. with the leave of the Houfe prefented a Bill to enable Tho's Claiborne to convey the Fee fimple Eftate of part of certain intailed Lands, fell for laying out the purchafe many in Negros or other Slaves, to be fettled upon the perfons to whom the Refidue of the intailed Lands fhall defcend from time to time, and the fame was read the firft

Kemp

&

&

time,

&

order'd to be read a fecond time.

Merchants trading to the Weft Indies, whofe names are theretmto fubfcribed, was prefented to the Houfe & read, praying that they may be eafed from certain hardfhips they lie imder in the manner of entering & paying the duties of
Liquors imported.
Order'd,

A petition of ftmdry

That leave be given to bring

of

in a Bill to eafe the Importers of of entering

Rum &

other liquors liable to a duty, in the

liquors,

maimer

&

paying the duties of fuch

and that the Com'ee

Propos'ons

&

Grievances do prepare

&

bring in the

faid Bill.

The Houfe proceeded to the confider'on of the amendm'ts made by the Council an Ad for further continuing the Ad intituled in Ad for fecurity & defence of the Country in times of danger, & the fame were feverally read & difagreed unto by the Houfe.
to the Bill intituled
Order'd.

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to the Council, to acquaint them That this Houfe Order'd That a Meffage be fent made by them to the faid Bill, and that the Com'ee doth difagree to the amendm'ts
of Propos'ons

the County of Accomack attended at The Houfe being inform'd that the Sherif of Return of the Writ for elefting of Burgeffes to ferve the door in Cuftody to amend his
in this prefent Gen'l

&

Griev'ces do go

up with the Meffage.

to inquire

Affembly for the s'd County. Return. Order'd, That he do amend his faid accordingly. Which was done Cuftody, paying Fees. Order'd, That he be difcharged out of of the Report of the Com'ee appointed confideration The Houfe proceeded to the at Point Comfort, made upon the into the prefent condition of the Battery

feveral matters to

them refer'd, and the fame was read & is as follows. "The Committee find that the Battery at Point Comfort had twenty large Iron Cannon upon it, of which fome are fo honey combed, that they are not fit for fervice.
Sand, find that the Soil near the s'd Point is a

but are of Opinion, that a little eredling a new Battery upon, for place better is a Battery further back from the late charge, be fo fecured, that it will great no at where, they are inform'd the Battery may, fo that no Ship that draws the Channel, refift all violent Storms, & will fully command

They

ten foot water can fafely pafs it. They are inform'd that the Channel is near a mile over, & are of opinion, that a Battery of twelve of the beft Guns is fufficient to be eredled at that place, and that fuch a Battery will be of great ufe for the prefervation of the Trade
of this Country,

and that Two hundred

they
find, that

&

fifty

pounds may be

fufficient to build

&

eredl

the fame. out of the Revenue of two fhillings

fhipping."

And

the charge of building the former Battery

was defray'd hogfhead upon Tobacco & fifteen pence ^ Ton upon

That an humble Addrefs be prefented to the Governor to return him the Houfe for his Care of the Security & Defence of this Country; and to thanks acquaint him that it is the opinion of this Houfe, That the erecting & maintaining a Battery at Point Comfort will be of confiderable advantage to the Trade & Shipping of this Colony, But that the charge of eredling & maintaining the fame ought to be defray'd out of the Revenue of two fhillings ^ hogfhead upon Tobacco & fifteen pence ^ ton upon fhipping, which was one of the purpofes for laying thofe duties; and therefore that it is not neceffary for this Houfe to contribute any thing towards this Work, until that
Refolved,
of this

Fund

fhall

prove deficient.

Order'd,

That the Com'ee of Propos'ons That M' Randolph &

till

&

Grievances do draw up an Addrefs, pur-

fuant to the faid Refolution

Order'd,

W Robert Armiftead have leave to go home upon extrato

ordinary occafions.

Then the Houfe adjom'd

morrow morning

1 1.

a clock.

Saturday,

February 24, 1727.

Bill intituled

MESSAGE

from the Council, That they do agree to the

an

preventing of exceffive

& deceitful gaming.

an

AA

for

And

And alfo to the Bill intituled an Ad To prevent Swine running at large within the limits of the Town of Norfolk, without any amendment. that they have made fome amendm'ts to the Bill intituled

AA for encourag-

ing Adventurers in Iron Works, to which they defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. A Bill for diffGiving the prefent Veftry of the parifh of Elifa. City, for appointing a new Eledton of Veftry men for the faid parifh, was read the firft time order'd to be read a lecond time.

&

&


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Bill for the better

&

more effedual improving

the Staple of

Tobacco was read the

firft time & order'd to be read a fecond time. A Bill to enable Thomas Claiborne to fell convey the Fee fimple Eftate of part of certain intailed Lands, and for laying out the purchafe niony in Negros or other flaves to be

&

upon the per fans to whom the refidue of the intailed lands fhall defcend from time time, was read the fecond time & committed. Then the Houfe adjom'd till Monday morning ii. a Clock.
fettled

to

Monday, February 26, 1727.

Order'd, That the Bill with the amendm'ts be ingroffed. The Houfe proceeded to the confider'on of the amendm'ts made by the Council to the Bill intituled, an Ad for encouraging Adventurers in Iron Works, and the fame were feverally read, and all the s'd amendm'ts were agreed imto by the Houfe. Order'd, That a Meffage be fent to the Council, to acquaint them that this Houfe do agree to all the amendm'ts by them made to the s'd Bill, & that the Com'ee of Propos'

A
&

BILL for diffolving the prefent

a new Eledion of Veftry
feveral

Veftry of the parifh of Elifa. City,

s'd parifh,
Bill at

& for appointing

&

men for the amendm'ts were made to the

was read the fecond time

the Table.

up with the Meffage. The Houfe being acquainted by a Member of the Houfe that he had received a letter from M' Greene the Attorney of Colo. Spotfwood, acquainting him, that he was a Stranger to the feveral Tranfadtions relating to the difpofition of the mony of which this Houfe require an account to be laid before them, & that he is not able at this Jvmdlure to lay any perfedl account of that matter before this Houfe, & therefore humbly prays the Favor of this Houfe to allow him fome further time & that he will fhew a very ready obedience to fuch order as this Houfe fhall pleafe to make upon the matter. Order'd, That M'' Greene do attend next Monday & lay the account required before the Houfe, in fuch manner as he fhall be able to ftate the fame. A Bill to prevent loffes to Ex'ors & Adm'rs by the fale of Negros goods & chattels taken in Execution, For amending the Law in relation to Ex'ors & Adm'rs, For maintaining Adions of Account againft Ex'ors & Adm'rs by one Jointenant & Tenant in Common againft another Jointenant & Tenant in Common their Ex'ors & Adm'rs, For impowering Fathers to difpofe of the Cuftody & Tuition of their Children, And for the better managing & fecuring Orphans Eftates, was read the fecond time & committed. M"' Harrifon reported from the Com'ee appointed to infpe(5t the Temporary Laws that the Com'ee do find that An Ad for the better fecuring the paiment of Levies, and Reftraint of vagrant & idle people, and for the more effedual difcovery & profecution of per fons having Baftard Children, will expire at the end of this Seflion of Affembly, and were of opinion that the fame fhould be continued & amended. Order'd, That the Com'ee of Propos'ons & Griev'ces do prepare & bring in a Bill For continuing & amending the faid A<5t. Order'd, That the faid Com'ee do prepare & bring in a Bill for laying a duty on Slaves imported, and for appointing a Treafurer of fuch duty. A Meffage was brought from the Council that they have made an amendment to the Bill intituled An Ad for killing Squirrels & Crows in the Counties of Accomack Northampton, to which they defire the concurrence of this Houfe. And the s'd amendm't was read & agreed tmto by the Houfe. Order'd, That a Meffage be fent to the Council to acquaint them that this Houfe do agree to the faid amendm't and that the Com'ee who prepared the s'd Bill do go up with
ons
Griev'ces do go

&

the Meffage.

Then the Houfe adjom'd

till

to

morrow morning

11.

a clock.

Tuefday,

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Tuefday, February 27, 1727.

Behaviour to all degrees of people in general, and of his courteous & For which he this Houfe in particular. his kind & obliging Treatment of all imaginable have who y.Vgmia, of People all the merits the affeaion&higheftrefpeft of will be prudent & juft, and eafie & Adminiftration future his that Reafon to expedl profperous to them, . /t a t^ the Lieuten t Governor and after Moved, That this Houfe would make a prefent to a Debate, the Queftion was put, & thereupon Pounds be given to the Lieuten t GovRefolved, That the fum of Five hundred the fame as an humble Acknowlegem't from ernor & that'he be humbly defired to accept have of his Regard for them and this Colony. the People of Virginia, of the juft fenf e they paid to the Lieut. Governor Ordered, That the s'd Sum of Five hundred Pounds be
affable
,

MR

Conway putting the Houfe in mind of the fhewn for the Intereft all occafions hitherto

great Zeal the Lieu't Gov'r has

upon

&

Profpenty

of this

Colony :0

..u

out of the public

Ordered,

mony

in the

hands

That the;Com'ee

of

John Holloway Efq'^ Treafurer of Virginia. Propos'ons & Griev'ces do carry the faid Order & Refolve
of

to the Council for their Concurrence.

be an Inftrucftion to the s'd Com'ee to bring in a Claufe in the Adon Friday laft, humdrefs to be prefented to the Governor, purfuant to the Refolution pounds. hundred bly to defire him to accept the s'd fum of five more effedual improving the Staple of Tobacco was read the A Bill for the better
Ordered,

That

it

&

fecond time.

That the Bill be committed to a Com'ee of the whole Houfe. And the Houfe refolved it felf into a Com'ee of the whole Houfe to confider the s'd Clayton Bill, & after fome time fpent therein M' Speaker refumed the Chair, and M' diredled had the Bill, in progrefs & made fome had that they reported from the Com'ee, him to move for leave to fit again. Refolved, That the Houfe will again Refolve it felf into a Com'ee of the whole Houfe,
Refolved,

to

morrow to confider further of the faid Bill. Then the Houfe adjom'd till to morrow morning

11.

a clock.

ff^ednefday, February 28,

1727.
Com'ee
of the

THE

Houfe according to order Refolved

it felf

into a

whole Houfe

to confider further of the Bill for the better

of Tobacco,

& more ejfedual improving the Staple

fome time fpent therein, M"" Speaker refumed the Chair, & M' Clayton reported from the Com'ee, That they had gone thro the Bill, & made feveral amendments thereto, which they had diredled him to report to the Houfe, and he read the Report in his place, & afterwards deliver'd the BiU with the amendm'ts in at the Table, and the amendm'ts were read & agreed to by the Houfe, And a Claufe was offer'd to be added to the faid Bill, and a debate arifing thereupon, Refolved, That the fame be adjomed. A Meffage was brought from the Council, That they had paffed an ingroffed BiU, intituled an Ad for the better fnpport of the Clergy of this Dominion, and for the more regular colleding & paying the parifh Levies, to which they defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. Then the Houfe adjom'd till to morrow morning 11. a clock. and
after

Thurfday, February 29, 1727.

A
to

BILL

to

explain and

Slaves within this

amend the Ad. for declaring the Negro Mulatto Dominion to be Real Eftate, was read the firft time

&
&

Indian
order'd

to be read a fecond time.

Ex'ors

&

M' Harrifon reported from the Com'ee to whom the Bill to prevent loffes Adm'rs by the fale of Negros goods & Chattels taken in Execution, For amending
the

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& Adm'rs, For maintaining Adions of Account againft Ex'ors & Adm'rs & by one Jointenant & Tenant in Common againft another Jointenant & Tenant in Common their Ex'ors & Adm'rs, For impowering Fathers to difpofe of the Cuftody and Tuition of their Children, and for the better managing & fecuring Orphans Eftates was
the

Law

in relation to Ex'ors

committed, feveral amendments made to the Bill, which they had diredled him to report to the Houfe, and he read the Report in his place, & afterwards deliver'd the Bill with the amendm'ts in at the Table, & the amendm'ts were read & agreed unto, & another amendm't was
M''

made

at the Table.
Bill

Order'd,

That the

with the amendm'ts be ingroffed.

Robert Boiling reported from the Com'ee of public Claims that they

had had

under their confider'on the public debts & had agreed upon a Report, & drawn up a State of the fame, which were enter'd in a Book, and he deliver'd the Book in at the
Table.

That the s'd Book do lie upon the Table. A Meffage was brought from the Council, That they do agree to the Refolve of this Houfe for giving the Lieut 't Governor Five hundred pounds. The Houfe refumed the adjom'd Debate upon the Claufe offer'd to be made part more effedual improving the Staple of Tobacco, And the fame of the Bill for the better was read & committed. A Bill to eafe the Importers of Rum & other Liquors liable to a duty in the manner of entering & paying the duties of fuch Liquors, was read the firft time, and order'd to
Order'd,

&

be read a fecond time.

had had under

& Elec'ons That the Com'ee Gawen Corbin Richard Johnfon & John Dixon, againft the Eledtion of M"' John Robinfon for the County of King & Queen, & had duly weighed the Evidence touching the s'd Complaint, & had come to feveral reM''

Efcridge reported from the Com'ee of Privileges

their confideration the petition of

in his place & deliver'd in at the Table, where the unto by the Houfe with an amendment, as follows. agreed fame were feverally read Refolved, That the faid Complaint is groundlefs, frivolous, malicious & fcandalous.

folutions thereupon

which he read

&

Refolved, That M"" John Robinfon is duly ele(5ted to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly for the Coimty of King & Queen.

ereding a new County on the heads of Effex, King & Queen, & King William was read the fecond time and committed. The ingroffed Bill from the Council intituled an Ad for the better fupport of the Clergy of this Dominion, and for the more regular colleding & paying the parifh Levies, was read the firft time & order'd to be read a fecond time. A Bill intituled an Ad for diffolving the prefent Veftry of the parifh of Elis'a City & for appointing a new Eledion of Veftry men for the s'd parifh, was read the third time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Order'd, That the Com'ee of Propos'ons & Griev'ees do carry the Bill to the Council

Bill for

Counties,

for their Concurrence.

Then the Houfe adjom'd

till

to

morrow morning

ii.

a clock.

Friday,
Order'd

March

1727.
whom

THAT

it

be an Inftrudlion to the Committee to

it is

refer'd to prepare

&

bring in a Bill for laying a duty upon Slaves imported, to lay the duty
the head,

upon

&

not ad valorem.

Negros, Goods

A Bill intituled an Ad to prevent loffes to Ex'ors & Adm'rs by the fale of & Chattels taken in Execution, For amending the Law in Relation to Ex'ors & Adm'rs, For maintaining Adions of Account againft Ex'ors & Adm'rs and by one Jointenant

&


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r4

^^^ih^r iniiiipvinnt

&

Tenant in Common,

their Exo'rs

&

at^P the better

word

rnana.rng

&

fecuring Orphans Eftates

was read the th:rd time,

&

one

Table. inferted in the Bill at the pass. /?^/b/wJ, That the Bill do

OrZd,
''

That the Com'ee

of Propos'ons

&

^u tj-ih- +t, r-i Griev'ces do carry the Bill to the Council

part of certain intailed lands and for layxng out convey the Fee fimple Eftate of fell upon the perfons to whom Negros or other Slaves to be fettled the purchaie many in was committed that the ttme, to La.ids fhall defcend from time

'w^'^rrepred from

the Com'ee to

whom

the Bill

to

enable

Thomas

Claiborne

to

&

the reiidueof the intailed

the Bill, & found the fame to be true, & had made Com'ee had examin'd the Allegations of which they had direcfted him to report to the Houfe, feveral amendments to the Bill, with the amendm ts in place & afterwards deliver'd the Bill

&

he read the report in his

at the Table,
Or(i(?r'd,

Order'd,
tUl

amendm'ts were read & agreed unto with an Amendment, ingroffed. That the Bill with the amendm'ts be , ^ , from the fervice of the Houfe abfent be to That M^ Thacker have leave

&

the

Wednefday next. . n^ . the Bill for eredtng a new County on M' Braxton reported from the Com'ee to whom King William Counties was committed, that the Queen, the heads of Eiiex, King which they had diredled him to report Com'ee had made feveral amendm'ts to the Bill place, & afterwards deliver'd the Bill with to the Houfe, & he read the Report in his were read. the amendm'ts in at the Table, & the amendm'ts
,

&

&

That the Report do lie upon the Table. Then the Houfe adjom'd till to morrow morning
Order'd,

ii.

a clock.

Saturday,

March

2,

1727.

A
Houfe.

BILL

prevent abufes in the importation of bottled Liquors being prefented to order'd to be read a fecond time. the Houfe & received, was read the firft time, leave to be abfent till Wedhave Hollier M' Grymes Order'd, That M'
to

&

&

nefday next.
Order'd,

That a Committee be appointed to proportion the Public Levy, of the

fol-

lowing perfons,

& M' Rob. Boiling M'' Surges. M' Henry Willis And the Com'ee are to prepare & bring in a Bill for raifing a Public Levy. Order'd, That the Treafurers accovmts be refer'd to a Committee, and that they examine the fame, with the Vouchers, and report their opinions thereupon to the do

M' Efcridge M' Kemp

And a Com'ee was appointed accordingly. And then the House adjom'd till Monday morning

11.

a clock.

Monday, March

4,

1727.

A
of

MESSAGE
to

was brought from the Council, that they have made an amendment the Bill intituled an Ad for dividing the County of Henrico, to which they
Concurrence of this Houfe.

defire the

The Houfe proceeded to the confideration of the Book of Claims & part the faid Book was read, & the further confider'on thereof was adjom'd Refolved, That no allowance be hereafter made to any Interpreter for the Pamunkey
Then the Houfe adjom'd
till

or Chickohominy Indians.

to

morrow morning

ii.

a clock.

Tuefday,


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Tuefday,

March

5,

1727.

matter of a Complaint to them refer'd had had under in relation to the Weftmoreland Eledlion, & had examined all the Witneffes which were produced of either fide touching the fame, & heard M"" Tho's Barnes, who profecuted the Complaint, and the fitting Members feverally by their Counfel, & thereupon had agreed upon a Report, which he read in his place, & afterwards Viz't. deliver'd it in at the Table, where the fame was again read, & is as follows
their Confideration the

MR
"The

Kemp

reported from the Com'ee of Eleftions

&

Privileges

That the Com'ee

Petition refer'd to the Com'ee

is

ftiled the petition of the

Freeholders of

Weftniorland County, & doth accufe Auguftin Wafhtngton Gent. Sherif of the faid County of adling partially & unfairly, in determining the Ele(5tion without a Poll & M'' Efcridge, the fitting Members, in injury to the Petitioner's Right, returning M'' Lee againft the Duty of his Office which he was prevailed upon to do, as the Petition charges, by the infmuations of M"" Efcridge, and his promife to keep him indemnified: But the names of the perfons who are fuppofed to be the Subfcribers of the Petition, are wrote upon a feparate paper: And it appears to the Com'ee, that that paper was carried about to the houfes of feveral perfons by Mat. Bean & Jofeph Sandjord, M'' Barnes's Agents, who deceived the People by telling them that the defign of figning the paper was to fatisfie M*" Barnes, what Intereft he fhould have at a new Eledlion, in cafe he could procure one whereby f ome were induced to fet their names, who would upon no account have fign'd a Complaint againft the Eledlion: & fome perfons fign'd the names of others, who were fuppofed to be in the intereft of M'' Barnes, without their knowledge But it does not appear that any of the perfons, whofe names are there written, were acquainted with the ufe that was intended to be made of the Subfcriptions, except Bean & Sandjord, and fome few others of M"' Barnes particular Friends But feveral who were inform'd of the Petition did refufe to fign, altho they would have voted for M"" Barnes,

&

being fatisfied that the Eledlion

was

fair.

It

appears. That M"" Barnes, after the

names

which the Com'ee cannot fuppofe could be done without his knowledge, annexed the paper, upon which the names of the pretended Subfcribers were written, to the Petition, & prefented the fame to this Houfe. As to the matter of the Eledlion: It appears to the Com'ee, That upon the Elec'on day, about 12 a clock, the Writ was read, & M"' Efcridge defired all thofe perfons that were for him & M"' Lee to feparate themfelves from the reft, & accordingly the People were divided into two Companies, one declaring for the fitting Members, & the other
of feveral Freeholders were thus procured,

Members appeared, upon that divifion, no body at that time demanded any Poll. The Sherif ftaid till a little after one, & then ask'd M'' Barnes, what he intended to do, who anfwer'd, that tho he had no hopes of fucceeding in the Eledlion, yet, if the Sherif would ftay till 2 a clock, he would then tell him whether he would have a Poll, & the Sherif agreed to ftay 'till that time, but told Barnes, if he flayed fo long, he muft determine upon the View, for it would be too late then to begin a Poll, & the weather was very bad, to which Barnes made no anfwer But fome little time before Two, as fome declared, tho as others said, about Two, the Sherif found that the Freeholders grew uneafie and defired to be difpatched & told Barnes, he could ftay no longer, the People being fo uneafie, & the Weather growing worfe, upon which Barnes taxed him with not keeping his Word, but faid he was ready to go to a Poll The Sherif faid he would fee whether he had any more Voters than appeared upon the firft Divifion, & defired all the Freeholders who were for the fitting Members to feparate from thofe who were for Barnes, which was done accordingly, and the Majority for the fitting Members appeared much the fame as upon the firft Divifion But M'' Barnes was in the meantime taken up & carried into the Court -houfe,
for M"" Barnes,

&

the Majority for the fitting

to be at leaft four to one,

&

&
a

the Sherif immediately proclaimed the fitting Members duly chofen Burgeffes for the County of Weftmorland About a quarter of an hour after which, M"' Barnes demanded
:

Poll,

&

fome few

of his Friends,

who had been

drinking, declared themfelves not

fatisfied

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fatisfied

of the
falfe,

but feveral of M' Barnes's Friends declared with the proceeding of the Sherif were well fatisfied with the Eleaion, & did not think they before the Com'ee that they Sherif: Neither doth it appear that any of the Freehad any reafon to'complain of the about it, except M^ Barnes & his Agents, nor could a Poll holders are any waies difturb'd tho it would have been very inconvenient to have been of anv adx-antage to Barnes, time of day, & in fuch Weather. the Freeholders to poll at that following Refolutions, And thereupon the Com'ee have come to the Houfe in the name of the Freeholder this to Refolved, That the Petition prefented Eledion for the faid County, is a of Weftmorland, complaining of the
:

County

forged, pretended Complaint.

Refolved,

That Matthew Bean

&

Jcfeph Sandford

in

procuring feveral Freeholders

the names of other Freeholders to be written to fign their names to a Paper; & caufmg to annex the fame to a Petition with which therein without their knowledge, with intent that Thomas Barnes in annexing that and acquainted, the faid Freeholders were not prefenting the fame to this Houfe, paper to the petition, knowing how it was obtained & of an unjuft Vexation highly criminal, and guilty of foul and fcandalous pradlices,
are
to the fitting

Members, and a high Breach of the Privileges of this Houfe. duly eledled & returned Refolved, That M' Thoynas Lee & M"- George Efcridge are Burgeffes to fen-e in this prefent Gen'l Affembly for the County of Weftmorland." And the Queftion was feverally put upon the Several Refolutions af ores'd & there-

upon That this Houfe doth agree with the faid Committee. Refolved, That the Petition prefented to this Houfe in the name of the Freeholders the County of Weftmorland complaining of the Eledlion for the faid County, is a falfe,
Refolved,
Refolved,

of

forged, pretended Complaint.

That Matthew Bean & Jofeph Sandford in procuring feveral Freeholders to names to a paper, and caufmg the names of other Freeholders to be written therein without their knowlege, with intent to annex the fame to a Petition with which the faid Freeholders were not acquainted, And that Thomas Barnes in annexing that paper to the Petition, knowing how it was obtained, & prefenting the fame to this Houfe, are highly criminal, & guilty of foul & fcandalous practices of an imjuft Vexation to the fitting Members, and a high Breach of the Privileges of this Houfe. Refolved, That M'' Thomas Lee & M"' George Efcridge are duly eledled & returned Burgeffes to ferve in this prefent Gen'l Affembly for the County of Weftmorland. Order'd, That the faid Matthew Bean Jofeph Sandford & Thomas Barnes be fent for in
fign their of the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, to anfwer for their faid Offences Bar of this Houfe. M' Harrifon reported from the Com'ee to whom the Claufe offer 'd to be made part of the Bill for the better & more effedual improving the Staple of Tobacco was committed, That the Com'ee had made feveral amendments to the Bill, which they had diredled him to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his place, & afterwards deliver 'd the Claufe with the amendm'ts in at the Table, where the amendments were read & agreed to with an amendment. And the Claufe fo amended was order'd to be made part of the Bill. Order'd, That the Bill with the amendments be ingroffed. A Petition of M^ Grceme, the Attorney of Colonel Spotfwood, was prefented to the Houfe & read, fetting forth, that he is now attending with the accounts required of

Cuftody

at the

him, but that he has not been able, with all his diligence to procure the proper Vouchers that may be required to juftifie the faid account, and praying that either the producing thofe accounts may be defer 'd till the next Seffion of Affembly, or that he may have time till then to procure the Vouchers that may be wanted or required, & may have leave
to

add or

alter the s'd accounts,

if

now produced, according

to fuch Inftrudlions as he

fhall hereafter receive.

Order'd,

That the faid Accounts be now produced.

And

the fame were produced

accord 'ly.
Order'd,


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Order'd,

That the

s'd

Accounts be refer'd to a Com'ee

&

that they do examine the

ame with the Vouchers that can be now produced, & report
Houfe.

their Opinion thereon to the

a Committee was appointed accordingly. Order'd, That M'' Surges have leave to go home upon extraordinary occafions. Then the Houfe adjom'd till to morrow morning ii a Clock.

And

Wednefday, March
Order'd

6,

1727.

THAT A

Mf Aug. Smith &

Bill for laying
first

M''

Sand have leave to go home.

was read the

a duty on Slaves imported and for appointing a Treasurer time & order'd to be read a fecond time.

Bill for the better fecuring the

paiment

of Levies

and Reftraint

of vagrant

& idle People and for the more efftdual Difcovery & Profecution of Perfons having Baftard Children and for prevmting unlawful Cohabitation was read the firft time & order'd to be
read a fecond time.

A
he
is

petition of

Thomas Barnes was prefented to the Houfe

&

tmfeignedly forry for the Offence he has given this Houfe,

read fetting forth that & that he is ready &

willing to fubmit to the Cenfure of this Houfe,

& praying that he may no longer lie imder

lie

the difpleafure of this Houfe

And was order'd to

upon the Table.

Tobacco

A
was

Bin intituled, an

Ad For the better & more effedual improving the Staple of

read the third time.

Refolved,
Order'd,

That the Bill do pafs. That the Com'ee of Propos'ons & Grievances do carry the
to take into confideration the

Bill to the

Council

for their Concurrence.

The Houfe proceeded

cil

to the Bill intituled an

Ad for dividing

the

Cmmty

of Henrico,

amendment made by the Counand the fame was read

&

agreed

to.

That a Meffage be fent to the Coimcil to acquaint them that this Houfe hath agreed to the amendm't by them made to the s'd Bill, And that the Com'ee of Propos'ons & Grievances do go up with the Meffage. A Bill intituled an Ad to enable Thomas Claiborne to fell & convey the Fee fimple Eftate of part of certain intailed Lands and for laying out the piirchafe mony in Negros or other Slaves to be fettled upon the perfons to whom the refidue of the intailed Lands fhall defcend from time to time was read the third time. And after a Debate, the Queftion was put That the Bill do pafs
Order'd,
It

paffed in the Negative.

That the Bill be rejedled Then the Houfe adjom'd till to morrow morning
Refolved,

11

a Clock

Thurfday,

March
of

7,

1727.
firft

BILL

eredinga Town in the County order'd to be read a fecond time.

for

Spotfylvania was read the

time

&

The Houfe proceeded

to take into confideration the report of the Com'ee

to whom the Bill for ereding a neiv County on the heads of Effex,

King

& Queen
&

& King William Counties

Order'd,

was committed, and the amendments were

feverally read

agreed to with fome amendm'ts.

with the amendm'ts be ingroffed. acquainting the Houfe That M'' Thomas Barnes had made Satisfaction to the Sherif of the Coimty of Weftmoreland for the Trouble & charges he had been put to
Bill

That the

A member

in

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pretended Complaint profecuted by him againft the defending him feU" againft the hath alfo made Satisfaction for the faid County And that he fa,d Sherif and the eledion bringing their expences the Vexation he hath given them & to the fitting Members for
in
:

their Witneffes to

^ , ^ u 'a difcharg be At d. to u order the Bar Moved, That he might now be brought to And the Queftion was put , . u j-r v order to be difcharged. the Bar, That M^ Thmnas Barnes be now brought to

Town

m
.

Refolved, In the Afflrmative.

And

humble confeffion of Upon which he received a Reprimand this Houfe. the Gentlemen he had injured & of out of Cuftody, paying his Fees. from M' Speaker & was order'd to be difcharged to examine the accounts of the M' Harrifon reported from the Com'ee appointed public ufes, That they had excertain for Spotfwood Col. money put into the hands of he read in his place & afterwhich Report, amined the faid accounts & agreed upon a wards deliver'd it in at the Table, where the fame was again read Ord^'d, That the faid Report do lie upon the Table. The ingroffed Bill from the Council intituled an Ad for the better fupport of the Clergy, paying the Parifh Levies was read this Dominion and for the more regular colleding &
.

the doors being open, & made an M' Barnes was call'd to the Bar, accordingly, the fame, & asked pardon of his Offence, expreffed his Sorrow for

of

the fecond time. And the Queftion

Refolved,

was
Bill

put.

That the

Bill

be committed.
Refolved, In the Affirmative.

That the

The Houfe proceeded to the further confideration fame was read thr6, & feveral amendm'ts were made
Houfe.

be committed to a Com'ee of the whole Houfe. of the Book of Claims, and the
therein,

&

the

Book paffed the

who
fhall be

M' R.

Boiling, with the leave of the Houfe, prefented

Bill declaring

accounted Midattos, which

was read the

firft

time

&

order'd to be read a fecond time.

Bill for

laying a duty on Slaves imported

& for appointing a

Treafurer

was read the

of the

fecond time
Order'd,
till

&

committed.
M""

That

Simmons have leave

till

to be abfent

from the Service

Houfe

Tuefday next.

Then the Houfe adjom'd

to

morrow morning ii. a Clock.

Friday,

March

8,

1727.

was made, That the Houfe would now confider the Report of the Com'ee made yefterday upon the Accoimts laid before this Houfe by M'' Grame of the Fifteen hundred pounds put into the hands of Colo. Spotfwood for fe\eral public ufes by an A(5l of Affembly made in the feventh year of the Reign of the late King George & the faid report was read & is as follows. "It appears to the Committee That the fum of 534 6'' .Sterling mony hath been expended in Arms & Ammunition which have been difpofed of as follows, Viz't 240 muskets with Bagonets & Cartouch boxes have been diftributed in the County of Spotfllvania, and 60 more are yet
. .
.

AMOTION

in that

Court houfe

And

that 6 barrels of powder

&

the

Ammunition charged) has been

diftributed in Spotfllvania Coty,

2000 pounds of Bullets (being all & 100 muskets

Cartouch boxes hath been diftributed to the Inhabitants of Brunfwick. That the fum of 2 67 3'' being 50 fl Cent on the coft is charged to the Country for difference of Exchange Trouble & Risk into this Country, and ;24 9 3 for charges of Sloop hire & carting & other Expences. It appears. That there is alfo a charge of 689 5 6^'' for public Buildings But
It

with Bagonets

&

appears

alfo.

it

appearing that the s'd Buildings are on Colo. Spotfwoods Land,

&

no Conveyance or
legal


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legal Affurance

'

made

thereof,

We are of opinion that the confideration of thofe accounts

and County
of Spotfilvania

fhould be fufpended until the Lands on which fuch Buildings are ere(5led fhall be legally

conveyed

&

aff ured to the Parifh of Saint George,

'

That the Arms imported by Colonel Spotfwood for the ufe of the Counties & Brunfwick were imported upon the Risk of the Public & that the charge of 50 ^ Cent for Risk Trouble & Exchange be not allowed. Refolved, That the fum of 1 5 ^ Cent be allowed to Colo. Spotfwood for the difference of Exchange, and that he be further allowed all the charges & Expences he has laid out about the faid Arms, more than the fum of the Invoices. Refolved, That Colo. Spotfwood ought to make fome legal conveyance of the Room appointed for the Seffion of the County Court of Spotfilvania, and half an acre of ground thereto adjoining, including the Prifon, Pillory & Stocks, & one Acre of Land for a Church-yard, including the Church, to the end the fame may be fecured & fet apart for the ufe of the Inhabitants of the Parifh & County afores'd And that unlefs fuch conveyance be made fome time before the laft day of May in the year of our Lord MDCCXXIX, no part of the charge in the faid account for the Buildings therein mentioned
Refolved,
of Spotfilvania
:

be allowed.
Refolved,

That the further confideration

M''

of the faid

account be refer'd to the next

Seffion of Affembly.
Order'd,

That

Grame do lay before

Account of fuch charges

&

this Houfe at the next Seffion of Affembly, an Expenfes as are to be further allow 'd in the faid Account pur-

fuant to the Refolution of the Houfe.

it felf into a Com'ee of the whole Houfe to confrom the Council, intituled an Ad for the better fupport of the Clergy of this Dominion and for the more regular colleding & paying the Parifh Levies, and after fome time fpent therein, M"" Speaker refumed the Chair, & M"" Clayton reported from the Com'ee, that they had made fome progrefs in the s'd Bill, & dire<$led him to move for

The Houfe upon a Motion refolved

fider the ingroffed Bill

leave to

lit

again.

Refolved,

That the Houfe

M""

will
Bill.

again refolve

it felf

into a

Com'ee

of the

whole Houfe

to confider further of the faid

Order'd,

Sc My Harrifon have leave to go home. Bacon have leave to be abfent from the fervice Tuefday and M'' Stith till Wednefday next. Then the Houfe adjom'd till to morrow morning 1 1 a Clock.

Order'd,

That That

R. Boiling

M''

of the

Houfe

'til

Saturday,

March

9,

1727.
whom
the Bill for laying a

Duty on Slaves imported and for appointing a Treafurer was committed, That the Com'ee had made feveral amendm'ts to the Bill, which they had diredled him to report to the Houfe, & he read the Report in his place, & afterwards deliver'd the Bill with the amendm'ts in at the Table, where the amendm'ts were again read & agreed unto by the Houfe, and feveral blanks in the Bill were filled up. Order'd, That the Bill with the amendments be ingroffed Order'd, That M"' Ravenfcroft have leave to be abfent from the fervice of the Houfe 'til Wtdnefday next. M'' Attorney General reported from the Com'ee to whom the BUI to enable William Farrar & Thomas Farrar to fell & convey certain intailed Lands and for fettling other Lands & Negros of greater value to the fame ufes was committed. That the Com'ee had examined the Allegations of the s'd Bill & had agreed upon a Report of the matter as it appeared to them, which he read in his place, & afterwards deliver'd it in at the Table, where the fame was again read, & feveral amendments were made to the Bill Order'd, That the Bill with the amendm'ts be ingroffed

MR.

Attorney General reported from the Com'ee to


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Queen County on the heads of Effex, King \ Bill intituled an Ad for ereding a new was read the third calling the fame Caroline County, and King William Counties and jar
time.

&

That the Bill do pafs. Grievances do carry the Ord^'d, That the Com'ee of Propos'ons&
Refolved,
for their concurrence.

Bill to

the Council

have made lome amendm ts to Meffage was brought from the Council That they Veftry for prefent of the parifh of Accomack the Bill intituled an Ad for diffolving the the concurrence defire of this which they appointing a new Eledion of Veftry men, to

&

Houfe.

for making more effedual provifion that they have paffed a Bill intituled an defire the concurrence of this likewife Infurredions to which they againft Invafions Spotfilvania was read the fecond Houfe. A Bill for ereding a Town in the County of Table. the at Bill the to made time & feveral amendm'ts were ingroffed. be amendments Order'd, That the Bill with the Indian Slaves A Bill to explain amend the Ad for declaring the Negro Mulatto

And

Ad

&

&

&

within this Dominion

to

b- r?al Eftate,

was read the fecond time

Bill to eafe the

Importers of

Rum

& other Liquors liable to

committed a Duty in the manner

&

of

paying the duties of fuch Liquors was read the fecond time entering Then the Houfe adjom'd till Monday morning 1 1. a Clock.

&

&

committed-

AN

ingroffed

Monday, March ii, 1727. Bill from the Council intituled an Ad for making more effedual provi-

fion againft Invafions

& Infurredions was

read the

firft

time

&

order'd to be

read a fecond time.

Bill intituled

convey certain intailed

Tho Farrar to fell an Ad to enable William Farrar Negros of greater value to the lands and for fettling other Lands
:

&

&

&

fame ufes was read the third time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. A Bill intituled an Ad for laying a Duty on Slaves imported and for appointing a Trsafurer was read the third time.
Refolved

Nemine

Contradicente

That the

Bill

do pafs. intituled an Ad
Bill

for ereding a

Town

in the County of Spotfilvania

was read the

third time.
Refolved,
Order'd,

That the Bill do pafs. That the Com'ee of Propos'ons

Strother

&

Grievances do carry the faid Bills to the

Council for their Concurrence.

Order'd,

That M'

have leave to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe

'til

to

morrow

fe'nnight.

Bill for the better

fecuring the paiment of Levies

psople and for the more effedual difcovery

and Reftraint of vagrant & idle & Profecution of Perfons having Baftard Chil-

dren and for preventing unlawful Cohabitation

Bill to prevent

And
,
.

abufes in the importation of bottled Liquors the Queftion was put, That the Bill be committed

was read the fecond time & committed was read the fecond time
It

paffed in the Negative.

i?^/o/wd,
Order'd,

That the Bill be Rejedled That the Chaplain of this Houfe do attend

&

read prayers every morning

2'd time

at nine of the clock.

A A

Bill declaring

who

fhall be accounted Mulattos

was read the

& com'ed.

Motion being made & the Queftion being put That the Houfe be now called over.
It

Then the Houfe adjom'd

paffed in the Negative.

till

to

morrow morning

11

a clock.

Tuefday,

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Tuefday,

March

12,

1727.
whom
the Bill
to

MR.

Attorney General reported from the Com'ee to

porters of

ea^e the

Im-

Rum &

other Liquors liable to a

paying

the duties of fuch liquors

Bill,

by the Com'ee to the

manner of entering & was committed, feveral amendments made which they had dire<5ted him to report to the Duty in
the

Houfe, and he read the Report in his place

&

afterwards deliver'd the Bill with the

Amendm'ts in at the Table, where the faid amendm'ts were read to one of them agreed tmto by the Houfe.
Ordered,

&

with an amendm't

That the Bill with the amendm'ts be ingroffed. Motion being made Refolved, That the wages of the Burgeffes attending this Seffion & all the charges of this Seffion of Affembly be paid & difcharged out of the public mony in the hands of the Treafurer, after the rate of ten fhillings for every hundred pounds weight of Tobacco. Ordered, That M'' Meriwether M'' Braxton M"' Kemp & M"' Syme do carry the s'd

Refolve to the Council,

& defire their concurrence.

it felf

The Houfe upon a Motion refolved

fider further of the ingroffed Bill

into a

Com'ee

of the

whole Houfe to con-

from the Council

for the better fupport of the Clergy of

this

more regular colled'g paying the Parifh Levies, and after fome Speaker refumed the Chair, and M"' Attorney General reported from the Com'ee, That they had made fome further progrefs in the s'd Bill, & had diredled

Dominion and

for the
M"^

&

time fpent therein,

to

him

move

for leave to

fit

again.
will refolve
it felf

Refolved,

That

this

Houfe

into a

Com'ee

of the

whole Houfe to

morrow to coniider further of the faid Bill. Then the Houfe adjom'd till to morrow morning

10.

a clock.

ff^ednefday,

March

13, 1727.

MR.

Attorney General reported from the Com'ee to

whom

the Bill for the better

fecuring the paiment of Levies and Reftraint of vagrant idle people and for the more effectual difcovery Profecution of perfons having Baftard Children and

&

&

was committed feveral amendm'ts made which they had diredled him to report to the Houfe, and he read the Report in his place, & afterwards deliver'd the Bill with the amendm'ts in at the Table where the faid amendm'ts were read & agreed unto by the Houfe. Order'd, That the Bill with the amendm'ts be ingroffed The Houfe according to order refolved it felf into a Com'ee of the whole Houfe, to consider further of the ingroffed Bill from the Council For the better Support of the Clergy of this Dominion and for the more regular colleding & paying the Parifh Levies, and after fome time fpent therein M"' Speaker refumed the Chair, & M"' Attorney Gen' I reported from the Com'ee That they had gone thro the Bill & made feveral amendm'ts to the Bill, which they had dire(5led him to report to the Houfe, & he read the Report in his place, & afterwards deliver'd the Bill with the amendm'ts in at the Table, where the faid amendm'ts were read & with fome amendm'ts were agreed tmto by the Houfe. The faid Bill was read the third time Refolved, That the Bill with the amendm'ts do pafs. Order'd, That the Com'ee of Propos'ons & Grievances do carry the Bill to the Coimcil & acquaint them that this Houfe hath agreed to the fame with fome amendments to which they defire their Concurrence. A Meffage was brought from the Council, That they have made fome amendm'ts to the Bill intituled an Ad for laying a Duty on Slaves imported and for appointing a
for preventing unlawful Cohabitation

by the Com'ee

to the

Bill,

Treafurer.

And


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ereding a new County on the heads of Effex \nd alio to the Bill intituled an Ad fcyr and for calling the fame Caroline County, to which King & Queen & King Wm. Counties
this Houfe. they defire the concurrence of the Bill intituled an paffed ha\e they ^nd that

Ad to enable Wm.
for fettling other

Farrar

Farrar

to fell

&

convey certain intailed Lands and

Lands

& Thomas & Negros of

greater value to the

fame ufes, without any amendm't. Then the Houfe adjom'd till to morrow morning

lo. a Clock.

Thurfday,

March

14, 1727-

fl|

MR.

whom the Treafurer's accounts R. Boiling reported from the Com'ee to Articles thereof, with the feveral were refer'd, that they had examined the Vouchers, & found the fame to be juftly charged, & that the ballance due in
his
.. ..

i''. hands amounts to 4,784 6 Houfe The faid accounts were paffed by this do carry the fame to Order'd, That the Com'ee who examined the faid Accounts them. paffed by be to the Council, in order Order'd, That the feveral fums hereafter mentioned be paid to the Officers of the General Affembly, refpedlively, out of the public mony in the hands of Jno. Holloway

Efqf Treafurer, Viz't

To M' John Randolph,

& Service during To 50 Seffion his ufual Salary the Gen'l Affembly William Robertfon, Clerk To Seffion 50 More extraordinary Service, & Trouble 25.. Wm. Robertfon, To the Propos'ons and Griev's, for Clerk of the Com'ee To M' Godfrey Seffion 40 ufual allowance Benj'a Needier, ferving as Clerk to the Com'ee for Courts of To Juftice 25 the Com'ee of public Claims, for his ufual To M' Miles Cary, Clerk allowance Seffion 40 To Philip Finch, Serjeant at Arms attending Houfe, for Service Seffion 40 Francis Fontaine, Chaplain to To Houfe fervice this as ufual 20 To the F. Fontaine, as a further gratuity, regard to Merit & the More length the Seffion Seafon of the year 10 To Nicho. Wager, one the Doorkeepers Houfe, attending the Com'ee Propos'ons & Grievances 10 To the N. Wager attending the Com'ee for Courts of Juftice .... 10.. To the Doorkeeper the Council 10 To John Mundel Wm. Francis & Wm. Johnson the other Doorkeepers confider'on the length each the Seffion Seafon 10
aiy for this Seffion the faid John Randolph, for extraordinary Trouble
this

Clerk of the Houfe of Burgeffes, for his ufual fal-

loo

..

..

..

..

M"'

of

for

for this

..

..

faid

for

..

Pole,

of

his

for this

..

..

M"'

for

..

..

of

for this

..

..

M"'

this

his

this

..

..

M""

this

for his

Seffion,

..

..

s'd

in

his

of

in this

..

..

of

of this

for

of

..

..

s'd

for

2..
..

of

..

in

of

of

in this

..

..

of

of

That the faid allowances be added to the Book of Claims & that the Com'ee Public Claims do carry the s'd Book to the Council for their concurrence. Refolvcd, That the fum of Twenty pounds be paid to John Clayton Efq^ Chairman the Com'ee for Courts of Juftice, for his Service this Seffion. Order'd, That M-" Walk have leave to be abfent from the fervice of the Houfe till
Order'd,
fe'nnight.

Monday

That


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That
M""

Mead have

leave to be abfent

till

Wednefday next.
all

And
M"'

that M'' Randolph have leave to be abfent

the next week.

Attorney Gen' I according to order, prefented to the Houfe a Bill For preventing better fettling the proceedings in the General elays in the Courts of Justice For expediting
lourt
t

and For

the

more fpeedy

& & eafie Recovery of

fmall debts,

and the fame was received

read the firft time and order'd to be read a fecond time. Then the Houfe adjom'd, till to morrow morning ii a Clock.

Friday,

March
of the

15, 1727.

MR
&
amend

Conway with the leave

the

Houfe prefented a

Bill for the better regulating

firft

paiment

time,

&

of Burgeffes Wages and the fame was received, and read the order'd to be read a fecond time.

M''

Attorney Gen'l reported from the Com'ee to

for declaring the

whom

the Bill To explain

Negro Mulatto Indian Slaves within this Dominion real committed, That the had to be Com'ee made feveral amendm'ts to the Eftate was Bill, which they had dire(5led him to report to the Houfe, & he read the Report in his place, & afterwards deliver'd the Bill with the amendm'ts in at the Table. Order'd, That the fum of forty fhillings be paid to John Mundel, for providing Wood
the

Ad

&

for Fires during this Seffion.

Refolved,

That John Holloway &John Clayton

Efq"'^

be impower'd to
as they think
fit,

make fuch
for

alterations in the

Chamber wherein the Burgeffes

ufually

fit,

making

more room

for the Members.

A Motion being made, & the Queftion being put That an humble Addrefs be prepared to be prefented to His Majefty, & alfo a Petition to the parliament of Great Britain to obtain a Repeal of part of the late A<5t of Parliament prohibiting the Importation of Tobacco ftript from the Stalks.
Refolved, In the Affirmative
Order'd,

That

M"'

Attorney General,

M''

Meriwether, M'' Braxton,

M"'

Fran:

Willis,

M' Tayloe & M"' Efcridge do prepare & bring in the s'd Addrefs & Petic'on. The Houfe proceeded to take into confideration the amendm'ts made by the Council to the Bill for ereding a new County on the heads of Effex, King & Queen & King Wm. Counties and for calling the fame Caroline County, and the amendm'ts were feverally read & agreed unto by the Houfe. The Houfe alfo proceeded to take into confideration the amendm'ts made by the Council to the Bill For laying a duty on Slaves imported & for appointing a Treafurer, & the amendm'ts were feverally read & agreed unto by the Houfe. Order'd, That the Com'ee of Propos'ons & Griev'ces do go up to the Council & acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed to the feveral amendm'ts by them feverally made to the faid Bills.

A
vagrant

Bill intituled

an

Ad

For

the better fecuring the

paiment

of Levies

and Reftraint

& idle people and for the more effedual difcovery & Profecution of perfons having
Bill to eafe the

of

Baftard Children and for preventing unlawful Cohabitation, was read the third time Refolved, That the Bill do pafs.

Importers of

Rum &

other Liquors liable to a

of entering

& paying the Duties

of fuch Liquors,

Duty in was read the third time

the

manner

Refolved,
Order'd,

That the Bill do pafs. That the Com'ee of Propos'ons

Hoiife

&

Griev'ces do carry the faid Bills to the

10.

Council, for their Concurrence.

Then the

Adjom'd

till

to

morrow mom.

a clock.

Saturday,


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Saturday,
Order'd,

March

i6, 1727.

M' Laurence Smith have lea\'e to be abfent from the fervice of the Houfe on Monday next. M' Attorney Gen'l according to order prefented to the Houfe a Bill For more effe^ual pitting the penal Laws in Execution, and the fame the better time. was received & read the firft time & order'd to be read a 2d near the Moimtains in the inhabiting A Petition of fundry German Proteftants refer'd from the County of Spoffilvania, whofe names are thereunto fubfcribed, was in fettled a Parifh diftindl be may that they praying read, was GoNcmor & Council, & enabled to procure & may be they end the from the Parifh wherein they now live, to

THAT

&

maintain a Minifter of their

Refolved,
of Affembly.

own Language.

That the

faid Petition be refer'd to the confideration of the next Seffion

M' Attorney Gen'l reported from the Com'ee of Propos'ons & Grievances, That the Com'ee had had under their Confideration the feveral Petitions to them refer'd, in relation to the Bounds of feveral Parifhes in the Counties of Northumberland his place, & after8c Lancafter, and were come to a Refolution thereon, which he read in wards deliver'd it in at the Table, where it was again read & agreed to by the Houfe. Refolved, That the Bounds of the Parifh of Wiccocamico fhall hereafter be the fame as they were reputed to be before the fettlement of the Bounds between the
Counties of Northumberland
Seffion of Affembly.

&

Lancafter

made
M''

in the year 1723,

&

confirmed at the

laft

Grymes, or any two of them, be impower'd to run the dividing Line between the faid Parifh and the Parifhes in the County of Lancafter upon which that Parifh joins, as the bounds were reputed before the year
Refolved That M'' Lee,

M'

Tayloe,

&

1723,

&

that the fame be done at the charge of the parifh of Wiccocomico.

The Houfe proceeded to take into confideration the Report of the Com'ee, to whom & amend the Ad For declaring the Negro Mulatto & Indian Slaves within this Dominion to be Real Eftate was committed, and the amendm'ts were read, & agreed unto by the Houfe. And, after a Debate, the Queftion was put That the Bill with the amendm'ts be ingroffed.
the Bill To explain

Refolved
Order'd,

In

the Afflrm.ative.

explain

That the fame be ingroffed, and that the Title of the Bill be, An Ad To amend the Ad For declaring the Negro Mulatto & Indian Slaves within this Dominion to be Real Eftate And part of one other A61 intituled an Ad For the Diftribution of Inteftates Eftates declaring Widows Rights to their deceafed Hufbands Eftates and for

&

fecuring Orphans Eftates.

Invafions

to

For making more effedual Provifion againft was read the fecond time & order'd to be read a third time. A Meffage was brought from the Coimcil, That they have made feveral amendm'ts the Bill intituled an Ad For the better & more effedual improving the Staple of Tobacco,

An

ingroffed Bill from the Council,

& Infurredions,

to which they defire the concurrence of this Houfe. And that they have agreed to all the amendm'ts
intituled

made by

an

Ad

For

the better

Support

of the

regular colleding

& paying the Parifh Levies.

better regulating the
till

Clergy of this

this Houfe to the Bill Dominion & for the more

time

A Bill For the & committed

paiment of Burgeffes Wages was read the fecond

11

Then the Houfe adjom'd

Monday morning

a clock
Monday,


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Monday, March 18, 1727.

AMOTION
M"'

made The Houfe was

being
Order'd,

call'd over,

appear were called over a fecond time,

& the names of feveral Members who & thereupon

Willis,

did not

Raven fcroft

&

That M-- R. Armiftead, M-- F. M" Rofcow be taken into Cioftody

an

M' H. Armiftead,

M"- Blair,

of the Serjeant at

Arms attending
Mulatto

this

Houfe, for negle(5ting to attend their Service in the General Affembly.

Bill intituled

Ad

To explain

& amend the Ad For declaring the Negro

& Indian Slaves within this Dominion to be Real Eftate And part of one other A6t intituled
an Ad For the diftribution of Inteftates Eftates declaring Widows Rights to their deceafed Hufband's Eftates for fecuring Orphans Eftates, was read the third time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Order'd, That the Com'ee of Propos'ons & Grievances do carry the Bill to the Cotincil

&

for their Concurrence.

The Houfe being inform'd That

the Houfe.

M"-

Ravenfcroft

W F.

Willis,

W H. Armiftead &
&

M*-

Blair attended at the door in Cuftody

Order'd,

&

praied to be admitted to take their places in

of Cuftody, paying Fees. better fettling the Delays in Courts of Juftice For expediting proceedings in the General Court and for the more fpeedy eafie Recovery of fmall Debts, was read the fecond time, & feveral amendments were made thereunto at the Table. Order'd, That the Bill with the amendm'ts be ingroffed & that the Title of the Bill

That they be difcharged out

Bill for preventing

&

For preventing Delays in Courts of Juftice, For expediting & better fettling the and for the more fpeedy & eafie Recovery of fmall Debts And for Repealing an Ad For obliging Attornies profecuting Suits on behalf of perfons Damages And declaring in what out of the Country to give Security for paying all Cofts manner fuch fecurity fhall be hereafter given. Order'd, That M"" Boufh have leave to go into the Coimtry, for Recovery of his Health. Then the Houfe adjom'd till to morrow morning 10 a Clock.
be,

An Ad

proceedings in the General Court

&

Tuefday,

March

19, 1727.

MR.
And

Conway reported from the Com'ee to whom the Bill for the better regulating paiment of Burgeffes Wages was committed, feveral amendm'ts made by the Com'ee to the Bill, which they had directed him to report to the Houfe,
the

&
amendments

he read the Report in his place,

in at the Table,

&

afterwards deliver'd the

Bill

with the

where the amendm'ts were feverally read. was put That the Bill be recommitted Yeas 2 2 Noes 22 M'' Speaker Yea And fo it was Refolved in the Affirmative. A Petition of Jofeph Sutton was prefented to the Houfe & read, praying an Allowance for Carpenters & Joiner's work done about the Capitol & Public Joal. Order'd, That the s'd Petition be refer'd to the confideration of the next Seffion of
after a Debate, the Queftion

Afs'bly.

For preventing Delays in Courts of Juftice For expediting better fettling the proceedings in the General Court and for the more fpeedy & eafie Recovery of fmall debts And for Repealing an Ad For obliging Attornies profecuting Suits on behalf of perfons out of the Country to give Security for paying all Cofts & Damages And declaring in what manner fuch Security fhall be hereafter given, was read the third time, & an amendm't was made to the Bill at the Table.
Bill intituled

an

Ad

&

Refolved,

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Refolved,
Order'd,

That the Bill do pais. the That the Com'ee for Courts of Juftice do carry
a
Bill

Bill to

the Council, for

their Concurrence. M' /IZ/wm-j' Centra/, according to order, prefented

r-,,; r For eredtng a Light-houfe

on Cape Henry, and the fame was received

fecond time. Then the Houfe adjom'd
till

&

read the

firft

time

&

order'd to be read a

to

morrow morning ii. a

clock.

fFednefday,

March

20, 1727.

MR.

Harrifon, according to Order, prefented a Bill For afcertaining the Fees of certain Oncers therein mentioned, and the fame was received & read the firft

Time,

&

order'd to be read a fecond time.

M' Attorney Gen'l reported from the Com'ee to whom the Bill For the recommitted, fome amendm'ts better regulating the paiment of Burgeffes Wages was him to report to the Houfe, dire(5led had they made by the Com'ee, to the Bill, which & he read the Report in his place & afterwards deliv'd the Bill with the amendm'ts
in at the Table,

where the amendments were read And, after a Debate, the Queftion was put That the Bill be ingroffed
Refolved,

&

difagreed to

by the Houfe.

It

paffed in the Negative

Bill Intituled

That the Bill be Rejeded Meffage was brought from the Council, That they have paffed a
the better regulating

an

ad For

&

afcertaining the current Rates of Silver

Coin within

this

Dotninion, to which they defire the concurrence of this Houfe.

amendm'ts to the Bill intittded, an Ad to prevent loffes to Ex'ors & Adm'rs by the Sale of Negros Goods and Chattels taken in Execution For amending the Law in relation to Ex'ors & Adm'rs For maintaining Adions of Account againft Ex'ors & Adm'rs and by one Jointenant & Tenant in Common again ft another Jointenant & Tenant in Common their Ex'ors & Adm'rs For impowering Fathers to difpofe of the Cuftody & Tuition of their Children And for the better managing & feciiring

And

that they have

made

feveral

Orphans

Eftates.

And alfo to the Bill

intituled

an Ad For ereding a Town in the County

of Spotfilvania,

to which they defire the Concurrence of this Houfe.

amendm'ts made by the Counthe Staple of Tobacco, and the amendm'ts were feverally read, & all the faid amendm'ts were agreed imto by the Houfe, except two, made in the 13th & 14th lines in the 5th fide of the Bill, which were difato take into confideration the
cil

The Houfe proceeded

to the Bill For the better

&

more effedual improving

greed to by the Houfe.

Order'd, That the Com'ee of Propos'ons & Griev's do carry the Bill to the Council & acquaint them That this Houfe hath agreed to all the amendm'ts by them made to the faid Bill, except thofe in the 13th & 14th Lines of the 5th fide, to which the Houfe hath

difagreed

Invafions

For making more effedual Provifion againft was read the 3d time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Order'd, That the Com'ee of Propos'ons & Griev's do carry the Bill to the Council & acquaint them that this Houfe hath agreed to the fame without any amendm't. An ingroffed Bill from the Council, For the better regulating and afcertaining the current rates of Silver Coin within this Dominion, was read the firft time, & order'd to be

An

ingroffed Bill from the Council,

& Infurrec'ons,

read a fecond time.

Then the Houfe adjom'd

till

to

morrow morning 10. a

Clock.

Thurfday,


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Thurfday,
Order'd,

March 21, 1727.

Members of this Houfe, in Cxiftody of the Houfe, for negledting to attend their Service in the Affembly, be difcharged out of Cuftody, paying their Fees. The Houfe proceeded to take into confideration the amendm'ts made by Adm'rs by the Sale of Negros Goods the Council to the Bill To prevent Loffes to Ex'ors Chattels taken in Execution For amending the Law in Relation to Ex'ors Adm'rs For

"MIAT

M--

Rofcow

&

M""

R. Armiftead,
this

Serjeant at

Arms attending

&

&

&

maintaining Adions of Account againft Ex'ors Adm'rs and by one Jointenant Tenant Tenant in Common their Ex'ors and Adm'rs For in Common againft another Jointenant impowering Fathers to difpofe of the Cuftody Tuition of their Children And for the better

&

&

&

&

and the amendm'ts were feverally read, The firft amendm't was agreed to, the 2d & 3d amendm'ts were difagreed to, the 4th & 5th amendm'ts were agreed to, the 6th & 7th amendm'ts were difagreed to, the 8th amendm't was agreed to, & the laft amendm't was difagreed to by the Houfe. Order'd, That the Com'ee of Propos'ons & Grievances do carry the Bill to the Council, & acquaint them which of the faid amendm'ts are agreed to, & which are difagreed to by this Houfe. A Meffage was brought from the Council, That they do recede from the amendments by them made to the Bill For the better & more effedual improving the Staple of Tobacco to which this Houfe hath difagreed, & that they have paffed the Bill with the amendm'ts agreed to by this Houfe. That they have paffed the Treafurer's accounts. And that they propofe feveral allowances to be added to the Book of Claims, to
managing
fccuring

&

Orphans

Eftates,

which they
M"'

defire the

Concurrence of this Houfe.

whom the Bill declaring who fhall be was committed, feveral amendm'ts made to the Bill by the Com'ee, which they had diredted him to report to the Houfe, & he read the Report in his place, & afterwards deliver'd the Bill with the amendm'ts in at the Table, where the fame were again read & agreed to by the Houfe. Order'd, That the Bill with the amendm'ts be ingroffed. An ingroffed Bill from the Coimcil, For the better regulating & afcertaining the current rates of Silver Coin within this Dominion, was read the f econd time & committed A Bill For the better & more effedual putting the penal Laws in Exec'on, was read the
Attorney Gen' I reported from the Com'ee to
accounted Mulattos

fecond time

&

committed.
till

Then the Houfe adjomd

to

morrow morning

11.

a clock.

Friday,

March

22, 1727.

For the better regulating afcertaining the current rates of Silver Coin within this Dominion was committed, that the Com'ee had made an amendm't to the Title of the Bill & prepared a Claufe to be added to the bill, which they had diredted him to report to the Houfe, & he read the Report in his place & afterwards deliver'd the Bill with the amendm'ts in at the Table, where the amendm'ts were again read & agreed to by the Houfe.
Council,

MR.
The

Harrifon reported from the Com'ee to

whom

the ingroffed Bill from the

&

was read the third time. Refolved, That the Bill with the amendm'ts do pafs. Order'd, That M"' Harrifon, Tayloe, Braxton & M"' Lee do carry the Bill to the Council & acquaint them that this Houfe hath agreed to the fame with fome amendm'ts,
Bill

to which they defire their Concurrence.

till

this

That M'' Tayloe have leave to be abfent from the service of the Hovife day fe'nnight. That M'' Lee have leave to be abfent from the Service of the houfe till to morrow
Order'd,

fevennight.

That

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&

to take into confideration the amendm'ts made by the Council in County of Spotfilvania, & the amendm'ts were feverally to the Bill Far ereding a Town them agreed unto by the Houfe. read and with an amendment to one of Grievances do carry the Bill to the Council Order'd, That the Com'ee of Propos'ons them that this Houfe hath agreed to all the amendm'ts by them made to

from the Service That M' Harrifon have leave to be abfent Government. certain Affairs relating to the

of the

Houfe upon

The Houfe proceeded

&

acquaint

the faid

Bill,

with an amendm't to one of

them

Order'd,
till

That M' Ravenfcroft have leave to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe

Mondiiy next.

A
time

Bill intituled

an

Ad declaring who
&

fhall be accounted Mulattos,

was read the

third

Refolved,
Order'd,

That the Bill do pafs. That M^ Attorney General

M'

Kemp do

carry the Bill to the Council for

their Concurrence

A
A Ad

Bill

For ereding a Light-houfe on Cape Henry was read the fecond time and

committed
Meffage was brought from the Council, That they have paffed a Bill intituled For prohibiting the Exportation of Grain in time of Scarcity And that they do an recede from fome of the amendm'ts by them made to the Bill, To prevent loffes to Ex'ors Chattels taken in Ex' on For amending the Law Adm'rs by the Sale of Negros Goods

of account againft Ex'ors & another Jointenant & Tenant Common againft & Tenant in Adm'rs and by onejointenant in common their Ex'ors & Adm'rs For impowering Fathers to difpofe of the Cuftody &

&

&

in relation to Ex'ors

&

Adm'rs For maintaining Adions

Tuition of their Children

that they do

infist

And for the better managing and fecuring Orphans Eftates, And upon the other amendments to the faid Bill to which this Houfe
amendm't made by
this

hath difagreed

And

that they do agree to the

this

Houfe

to the Bill
this

better regulating

&

afcertaining the current Rates of Silver

Coin within

For the Dominion.

And
made

alfo to the

amendm't made by

to the Bill for ereding a

Town

in the

Houfe to one of the amendm'ts by them County of Spotfilvania. And that they have
to the Bill for diffolving the prefent

paffed the faid Bills with the amendm'ts.

And

that they have

made fome amendm'ts

Veftry of the

Parifh of Elizabeth City, and for appointing a new Eledion of Veftry-men

for the faid Parifh.

And alfo to the Bill to explain & amend the Ad For declaring the Negro Mulatto & Indian Slaves within this Dominion to be real Eftate And part of one other Adt intituled
an Ad For the Diftribution of Inteftates Eftates declaring Widows Rights to their deceafed Hufbands Eftates & for fecuring Orphans Eftates, to which they defire the Concurrence
of this Houfe.

And the amendm'ts to the by the Houfe. Order'd, That the Com'ee
Council,

laft

mentioned

Bill

were feverally read

&

difagreed to

made Then

of Propos'ons & Grievances do carry the Bill to the acquaint them that this Houfe do not agree to the amendments by them to the faid Bill

&

the Houfe adjom'd

till

to

morrow morning

ii.

a clock.

Saturday,

MR
deliver'd

March

23, 1727.

Attorney Gen'l reported from the Com'ee to

& more effedual ptitting the penal Laws

the Com'ee

whom

the Bill For the

better

in Execution

feverally

amendm'ts to the Bill, he read the Report in his place, & afterwards the Bill with the amendm'ts in at the Table, where the amendm'ts were read & agreed unto by the Houfe.
feveral

had made

was committed, That which they had diredted

him

to report to the Houfe,

&

Order'd,


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That the Bill with the amendm'ts be ingroffed. M"' Attorney Genl alfo reported from the Com'ee to whom the Bill For ereding a Light-houfe on Cape Henry was committed, that the Com'ee had made feveral amendm'ts to the Bill, which they had directed him to report to the Houfe, & he read the Report in his place, & afterwards deliver'd the Bill with the amendm'ts in at the Table, where the amend'ts were feverally read & agreed to by the Houfe. Order'd, That the Bill with the amendm'ts be ingroffed. The Houfe proceeded to take into confideration the feveral allowances propofed by the Council to be added to the Book of Claims, and feveral of the Articles were allowed by the Houfe & added to the Book of Claims. And, after a Debate, the Queftion was put That the account of M"' Leheups' expenfes in obtaining His Majefty's Approbation of the Ad For laying a Duty on Liquors, be paid out of the mony in the hands of the
Order'd,

Treasurer.
It pa ffed in the Negative. Sutton refer'd be to the confideration of the Com'ee Order'd, That the claim of Jofeph of Public Claims & that they do examine the fame & report their opinions thereon to the Houfe.

Meffage was brought from the Council, That they have made fome amendm'ts to the Bill intituled an Ad For the better fecuring the paiment of Levies and Reftraint idle people and for the more effedual difcovery profecution of perfons having of vagrant

&

&

Baftard Children

And

for preventing unlawful Cohabitation, to

which they

defire the

Concurrence of this Houfe. And that they do recede from part of the
intituled

firft

amendm't by them made to the

Bill

To explain & amend the Ad For declaring the Negro Mulatto Indian Slaves within this Dominion to be Real Eftate And part of one other Adl intituled an Ad For an

Ad

&

the diftribuiion of Inteftates Eftates declaring

Widows Rights

to their

deceafed

Hufbands
that part

Eftates
m't,
of

& for fecuring Orphan's Eftates, and do infift on the other part of the s'd amendthat they do recede from the other

&

amendm't

to the s'd

Bill.

And

the

amendm't

to the

faid Bill

which the Council

infift on,

was

read,

&

agreed vmto

of Propos'ons & Grievances do carry the Bill to the acquaint them that this Houfe hath agreed to that part of the amendm't to the faid Bill which they do infift on Then the Houfe adjom'd till Monday morning ii. a clock.

by the Houfe. Order'd That the Com'ee

Council,

&

Monday, March 25, 1728.

MR.
third time,

Conway prefented a
of the

For leffning the Levy by the Poll, by paying the Salary Burgeffes in mony, and the fame was read the firft time, & order'd to
Bill
Bill,

be read a fecond time.

For afcertaining the Fees of certain Officers therein mentioned was read the fecond time and feveral amendments were made to the Bill at the Table. Order'd That the Bill with the amendm'ts be ingroffed A Bill intituled An Ad For ereding a Light Houfe on Cape Henry was read the

&a

blank in the
Cont.

Bill

was

filled

up.
effedual putting the penal

Refolved

Nem:

Bill intituled

an

Ad

That the Bill do pafs. For the better & more

Laws

in

Execution,

was read the third time Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Order'd, That the Com'ee of Propos'ons

&

Grievances do carry the faid Bills to the

Council

&

defire their Concurrence.

The

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of perfons having Baftard & idle people And for the more effedual Difcovery & Profeciition amendm'ts were

the amendm'ts made by the The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration Levies & reftraint of vagrant paiment the of Council to the Bill For the better fecuring

agreed unto by the Houfe read & with an amendm't to one of them Griev'ces do carry the Bill to the Council, Order'd, That the Com'ee of Propos'ons & to the amendments by them made and acquaint them that this Houfe hath agreeed one of them. to the faid Bill, with an amendment to appointed had, according to order, exam'd perfons the M' Boiling reported That
Secretary's Office & public Goal, & the Claim of Jofeph Sutton for work done in the were of opinion that he ought to be allowed nine pounds for the fame. Order'd, That the fum of nine pounds be paid to Jofeph Sutton, and that it be added
to the

Children

And

for preventing unlawful Cohabitation

and the

feverally

Book

of Claims.

That the Com'ee of Claims do carry the Book of Claims to the Council, & acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed to all the Allowances by them propofed to be added to the faid Book, except the allowance to Benj'a Difborow, for the Commitment and Releafmg of Prifoners, and M' Leheup's account. A Bill Forleffningthe Levy by the Poll by paying the Salary of the Burgeffes in mony,
Order'd,

was read the fecond time. Order'd, That the Bill be ingroffed Then the Houfe adjom'd till to morrow morning

ii.

a clock.

Tuefday,

March

26, 1728.

A
covery

BILL
the

M' Kanp,

an Ad For leffning the Levy by the Poll by paying the Salary of Burgeffes in mony, was read the third time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Order'd, That M'' Conway, M"' Meriwether, M'' Braxton, M'' Blair, "W Syme, Andrews, Mufcoe, & M"' Simmons do carry the Bill to the Council for
intituled

their Concurrence.

'

A Meffage was brought from the Council, That they have paffed the Book of Claims. And that they have paffed the Bill now intituled an Ad For the better fecuring the paiment of Levies and Reftraint of vagrants & idle people, And for the more effedual dis-

&

profecution of perfons having Baftard Children

and

for

making

better provifion

for the poor,

with the amendm'ts.

Order'd,

That the Com'ee

defire his Affent.

of Public

Claims do carry the Book of Claims to the

Governor,

&

The Houfe proceeded to take into confideration the amendm'ts to the Bill To & Adm'rs by the Sale of Negros Goods & Chattels taken in Execution For amending the Law in relation to Ex'ors & Adm'rs For maintaining Adions of Account againft Ex'ors & Adm'rs and by one Jointenant & Tenant in Common again ft another
prevent loffes to Ex'ors

Jointenant
of the

Common their Ex'ors Adm'rs For impowering Fathers to difpofe Tuition of their Children And for the better managing fecuring Orphans Eftates, which the Council infift on. And the amendments were feverally read
Ten't in

&

&

Cuftody

&

&

Refolved,
infifted

That this Houfe doth adhere to their difagreement to the amendments on by the Council. Order'd, That the Com'ee of Propos'ons & Grievances do carry the Bill to the Council

&

defire

them

to pafs the Bill, without the

amendments

to which this

Houfe hath
mentioned,

difagreed

Bill, intituled,

an

was read the

Refolved,

third time

Ad For afcertaining the Fees of certain Officers thvein & fome amendm'ts were made thereto at the Table.
do
pafs.

That the

Bill

Order'd,

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Order' d,
:

That the Com'ee of Propos'ons& Grievances do carry the

Concurrence.

Bill to

the Council

defire their

Ordered,
^evy.

That

M''

Randolph be added to the Com'ee

for proportioning the Public

An

ingroffed Bill from the Council, For prohibiting the Exportation of Grain in
Bill,

ime of Scarcity, was read the fecond time. And an amendment was offer'd to the
he
Bill.

by

ftriking out part of the laft Claufe of

And after a Debate the Queftion was put That the amendm't be agreed to by the Houfe.
It

paffed in the Negative.

i.

Another amendm't was offer'd to the Bill, & agreed unto by the Houfe. Order' d, That the Bill be read a third time. The Houfe proceeded to take into confideration the amendm'ts made by the Council ;o the Bill For diffolving the prefent Veftry of the Parifh of Elifa. City and for appointng a new Election of Veftry-men for the faid parifh. The amendm'ts were feverally read & agreed unto by the Houfe. Order'd, That the Com'ee of Propos'ons & Griev's do carry the Bill to the Covmcil, acquaint them. That this Houfe hath agreed to the amendments by them made to the

Bill.

Then the Houfe proceeded to take into confideration the amendments made by the Council to the Bill For diffolving the prefent Veftry of the Parifh of Accomack And for jppointing a new Eledion of Veftry-men, & the amendm'ts were feverally read & difagreed unto by the Houfe. Order'd, That the Com'ee of Propos'ons & Griev'ces do carry the Bill to the Council, & acquaint them That this Houfe hath difagreed to the amendm'ts by them made to the Bill, & defire them to pafs the Bill without any amendment. Then the Houfe adjom'd till to morrow morning 1 1 a clock.

Wednefday, March

27, 1728.

an Ad For prohibiting the Exportation was read the third time. of Refolved, That the Bill with the amendm't do pafs. Order'd, That the Com'ee of Propos'ons & Grievances do carry the Bill to the Council, & acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed to the fame, with fome amendm'ts, to which they defire their Concurrence. A Meffage was brought from the Council, That they have paffed the Bill, intituled, an Ad For ereding a Light-houfe on Cape Henry. And alfo the Bill, intituled. An Ad For the better & more effedual putting the penal Laws in Execution, without any amendment. And that they have made fome amendm'ts to the Bill, intituled, an Ad Declaring who fhall be accounted Mulattos, to which they defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. M'' Blair, a Member of the Houfe, informing the Houfe that he had been at fome trouble & expence in going down to Hampton to view and inquire into the State of the Battery at Point Comfort, purfuant to an Order of this Houfe, & moving to have an allowingroffed Bill from the Council, intituled

AN

Grain in time

of Scarcity,

ance for the fame.

Refolved, That the matter of the faid Motion be refer 'd to the confideration of the next Seffion of Affembly.
j

to the Bill declaring

read.

The Houfe proceeded to take into confideration the amendm'ts made by the Coimcil who fhall be accounted Mulattos, and the amendm'ts were feverally The firft amendm't was agreed to, the 2d amendm't, for fo much as relates to ftriking Bill, was difagreed to. But the Houfe agreed to infert the Claufe propofed

out part of the


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the word [degree]- in the tenth line, and the Claufe pofed to be made part of the Bill, after BUI, was difagreed to by the Houfe. propofed to be added at the end of the R. Boiling, & M' Kemp do carry the Bill to the Order'd That M' Attorney General, Houfe hath agreed to the firft amendm't & that the Council & acquaint them that this amendm't as relates to the ftrikmg out part Houfe hath difagreed to fo much of the 2d the Claufe propofed to be made part of the Bill after the of the Bill But agree to infert Houfe hath difagreed to the Claufe propofed word [agree]' in the tenth line, and that the

to be

added at the end of the Bill. Then the Houfe adjom'd till to morrow morning

11.

a clock.

Thurfday,

March

28, 1728.

A
greed
ments.

MESSAGE
tation of

was brought from the Council, That they have agreed to the amendment made by this Houfe to the Bill intituled an AA For prohibiting the Expor-

And

Grain in time that they do

of Scarcity.
infift

uled an

Ad

Declaring who

fhall be accounted Mulattos, to

on the amendm'ts by them made to the Bill intitwhich this Houfe hath difa-

amendm'ts by them made to the Bill intituled an Ad For diffolving the prefent Veftry of the Parifh of Accomack and for appointing a new Eledion of Veftry-men, and that they defire this Houfe to pafs the Bill with thofe amend-

And

that they do adhere to the

London, Adminiftratrix of her Brother John Page was prefented to the Houfe & read, praying that the mony due to her faid Brother for a parcel of Land upon which part of the City of Williamfburg is built purfuant to an Adl of Affembly made in the nth year of King William the 3d, may be paid to Mann Page Efq' her Attorney, when the true quantity of Land can be afcerEfq' deceafed,
tained.

A petition of M" Elizabeth Page of

That all the mony due to John Pagi Efq' for the Land upon which part of the City of Williamfburg was built, purfuant to an Adl of Affembly made in the nth year of the late King William the 3d be paid to Mann Page Efq"" for the ufe of Elifa. Page adm'x of the Goods Chattels Rights & Credits of the f 'd John Page dec'd, fo foon as the true quantity of the faid Land can be afcertained, out of the mony in the hands of the
Refolved,

Treafurer of Virginia.

M' Attorney General reported from the Com'ee appointed to draw up an Addrefs & a Petition to the Parliament of Great Britain to obtain a Repeal of part of a late Adl of Parliament prohibiting the Importation of Tobacco ftript from the Stalks, That the Com'ee had prepared an Addrefs & Petition accordingly, which he read
to His Majefty,
in his place,

&

deliver 'd in at the Table.

his Majefty

The addrefs to

was read

And, after a Debate, the Queftion was put That the Addrefs be approved by the Houfe.

Then a
of

Petition

To

Refolved In the Affirmative. the Honorable the Knights Citizens and Burgeffes of the Houfe

Commons
Order'd,

Council,

&

affembled in Parliament was read, & agreed unto by the Hotife. That the s'd Addrefs & Petition be fairly tranfcribed & a Blank left for the that the Com'ee who prepared the fame do carry the fame to the Council

&

defire their concurrence.

Petition of David Bray Efq' was prefented to the Houfe & read, fetting forth That a parcel of Land whereof his Father was formerly feized was taken away by an Ad of Affembly made in the nth year of the late King William, for building the City
of
'Brackete are here used in the original instead of quotation marks.


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&

by the s'd Adl remains unpaid, praying that the fame may be now paid to him, when the true quantity of Land fhall be known. Refolved, That the Ballance due to David Bray Efq' for the confideration given by the Adl of Afs'ly made in the i ith year of the Reign of the late King William for the Land taken away by that Adl from the Father of the s'd David, for building the City of Williamfburg, be paid to him out of the money in the hands of the Treasurer of Virginia
of Williamfbtirg,

&

that part of the conlideration given

quantity of Land can be known. A Motion being made That this Houfe would come to a Refolution not to prefent the Bill which hath paffed this Houfe & the Council, For laying a Duty upon Slaves, in regard that the Council had been pleafed to refufe to agree to the paffmg a Bill For leffning the Levy by the Poll, which was the true defign of laying the duties by which the prefent Revenue in the hands of the Treafurer of Virginia hath been raifed. Order'd, That the s'd Motion be taken into confideration to morrow. A Meffage was brought from the Cotmcil That they do agree to join with this Houfe
fo foon as the true in the

Addrefs to His Majefty

&

the Petition to the Houfe of

Commons

of Great Britain

Tobacco ftript from the Stalks. And that they have made fome amendm'ts to the Bill intituled an Ad For preventing delays in Courts of Juftice For expediting & better fettling the Proceedings in the General Court and for the more fpeedy & eafie Recovery of fmall debts and for repealing an
in relation to the Prohibition of

Ad

for obliging Attornies profecuting Suits

on behalf

of perfons out of the

Country

to give

fecurity for

paying

all cofts

& Damages And declaring in xvhat manner fuch Security fhall

which they defu-e the concurrence of this Houfe. Motion being made and the Queftion put That an Agent be appointed to folicit the Addrefs of this Houfe & the Council and their Petition to the Houfe of Commons of Great Britain in relation to the Prohibition of Tobacco ftript from the Stalks, Refolved In the Affirmative Refolved, That M"" John Randolph be appointed the Agent to folicit the s'd Addrefs
he hereafter given, to

&

Petition in behalf of this Country.

Order'd,

That M"^ Burges have leave to go home. The Houfe proceeded to take into confideration the amendm'ts made by the Council to the Bill For preventing delays in Courts of Justice, & the amendm'ts were feverally read & agreed unto by the Houfe. Order'd, That the Com'ee for Courts of Juftice do carry the Bill to the Council & acquaint them that this Houfe hath agreed to the amendm'ts by them made to the
faid Bill.

be an Inftrudlion to the Com'ee appointed to draw up an Addrefs to the Gov'r to prepare a Claufe to be added to the s'd Addrefs to give the Gov'r an acOrder'd,

That

it

coimt of the proceedings of this Houfe, during this Seffion.

Then the Houfe adjom'd

till

to

morrow morning

ii.

a Clock.

Friday,

March
the

29, 1728.
they have

A
the

MESSAGE was brought from the Council That

to the Bill

made fome amendm'ts

Fees of certain which they defire the concurrence of this Houfe.

For afcertaining

Officers therein mentioned, to

The amendm'ts were feverally read. And all the amendm'ts for increaling the Fees fettled in the Bill were Houfe, & the other amendm'ts were agreed to by the Houfe.
Order'd,

difagreed to

by

& acquaint them

That the Com'ee of Propos'ons & Griev'ces do carry the Bill to the Coimcil that this Houfe hath difagreed to all the amendm'ts for increaling the Pees fettled in the Bill & that they do agree to all the other amendm'ts. And the Bill was paffed by the Council with thofe amendm'ts.
Refolved,


15)
be paid to M' John Randolph Clerk of this Refolved That the fe%-eral fums following Journals of this Seffion of Affembly, to be Houfe for the feveral Copies of the Laws

&

made out by him by the duty

of his office, viz't

to be font to the feveral For thirty Copies of the Laws of this Seffion ^SoCounties of this Colony Gov 'r the to ... deliv'd 20 be to For four Copies of the Laws of this Seffion Clerk of the to delivered For one Copy of the Laws of this Seffion to be
.
. .

5 the Secretary's Office Gov'r to the deliv'd be 10 to Seffion this of For four Copies of the Journal to the Speaker 2 For one Copy of the Journal of this Seffion deliv'd fhillings ten be paid to pounds feven Order'd, That the fum of one hundred eighty
. .
.

. . 10
.

W John Randolph Clerk

for the s'd Services.

of this

Houfe out

of the

money

in the

hands

of the Treasurer

Refolved,
for his

That the fum

of

expcnce & Trouble in purfuant to an order of this Houfe.

Order'd,
all

Ten pounds be paid to M-- Blair, a Member of this Houfe going to Hampton to view the Battery at Point Comfort,

That the Com'ee of Propofitions & Grievances do carry the s'd Refolves & other Refolves of this Houfe for paying any fums of mony out of the Treafury, to the

CouncU,

&

defire their concurrence.

M' Harrifon reported from the Com'ee appointed to draw up an Addrefs to be prefented to the Governor, That the Com'ee had drawn up an Addrefs accordingly, which he read in his place & afterwards deliver 'd it in at the Table, where it was read & agreed
to

by the Houfe as follows. May it pleafe Your Honour The Houfe of Burgeffes of Virginia beg leave to lay before you an account

of

our

proceedings during this long Seffion of Affembly, wherein

taken into our confideration the feveral Speech at the Opening of this Affembly.

we have, in the recommended to important matters

firft

place,

us in

Your

concur with you in Opinion that the maintaining a Battery at Point Comfort will greatly contribute to the Safety & Prefervation of the Trade & Navigation of this Colony; But finding upon a ftridl & diligent Inquiry that one of the purpofes for giving the Duties of Two fhillings ^ hogfhead upon Tobacco & Fifteen ^ Ton upon fhipping
was, For maintaining Forts for the Defence of the Country,
heretofore been built
is

We

& maintained out of

we have

that Revenue,
it is

& that this Battery hath & not imderftanding that there
But hope you
out of the

any deficiency
it

therein,

Refolved, That

not neceffary at this Jundlure to

contribute any thing towards defraying the charge of rebuilding the fame.
will think

expedient to defray the expence of fo ufeful

&

neceffary a

Work

proper Fund.

The great ufe & advantages of Light houfes in other parts of the World are fo A-ery obvious to every body, that we have unanimoufly paffed a Bill For ereding a Light houfe on Cape Henry, with a Claufe to fufpend the Execution thereof until the Affembly
fame Duty upon the fhipping of that Prov& maintaining the fame as is impofed upon the Ships trading to this Colony, & until His Majefty's Pleafure fhall be known: Not doubting but by Your good Offices with that Government & the Miniftry in England, this Bill may in a fhort
of
fhall

Maryland

think

fit

to agree to lay the

ince for the building

time have

its Effe(5l.

We ha\-e likewife paffed a Bill, whereby we hope all occafions of Delay in the Courts of Juftice will be in great meafure removed, & many defedls of former Laws are amended.
vifion for

of our Tobacco Trade made it neceffary to make a further proimproving of this Staple, And as the laft Law, which expires with this Sesfion, has been found by experience very beneficial to the Country we have chiefly purfued the Plan of that Law, with fome neceffary Alterations & Amendm'ts.

The prefent State

Befides this Bill

we have drawn up an Addrefs

Houfe

of

Commons

of Great Britain to obtain a

to His Majefty & a Petition to the Repeal of part of a late Adl of Parlia-

ment

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ment prohibiting the Importation of Tobacco ftript from the ftalk, which, we conceive, would be a very confiderable advantage as well to the Cuftoms in England, as to all the People concem'd in that Commodity. And as you have been pleafed to difcover fo good a Difpofition to advance the Trade & Profperity of this Colony, We hope You will afford us all the Affiftance in Your Power to M"' John Randolph, whom we have appointed our Agent to folicit this Bufinefs. We have paffed feveral other Bills which we found very much defired by the People we reprefent And we truft they are formed in fuch a manner as will effectually anfwer the Purpofes for which they have been made. We further beg leave on this occafion to acquaint Your Honour That this Houfe from a due confideration of Your eminent Virtues, and a juft Regard to Your Perfonal Merit, have cheerfully & freely Refolved to give Your Honor the fum of Five hundred pounds And hope you will be pleafed to accept of it as a fpecial Acknowledgement from the people of Virginia of the juft Senfe they have of Your Regard for them, and the
:

Intereft

&

Profperity of this Colony.

him to prefent the

Governor when this Houfe attend which have paffed this Seffion for his affent. M'' Efcridge reported from the Com'ee for proportioning the Public Levy, That the Com'ee had proportioned the fame accordingly & agreed upon a Report which he deliver 'd in at the Table where it was read & agreed to by the Houfe. Order'd, That the s'd Com'ee do carry the fame to the Council & delire their conRefolved,

That the

faid addrefs be prefented to the

Bills

currence.

A
time.

Bill

For raifing a Public Levy was read the

firft

time & order'd to be read a fecond

The

Bill

Order'd,

was read a fecond time & order'd to be ingroffed. That M-- Kemp Thacker M' Stith M' John Robinfon

Ball,

& M^ Syme

do examine the inrolled Bills. Then the Houfe adjom'd till to morrow morning

ii.

a clock.

Saturday,

March

30, 1728.

was brought from the Council That they had agreed to the Book of & alfo to the Refolves for paying feveral fums of mony out of the Treafur}', fent up yefterday, to which the Governor hath affented. And that the Coimcil propofe, That this Houfe would allow their Clerk for four Copies of the Journal of the Council during this Seffion, which he is by the duty of his Office to deliver to the Governor, as the Clerk of this Houfe is allowed for the fame
Proportions,
fervice.

A
A

MESSAGE

of Ten pounds be paid to M"' Wm. Robertfon, Clerk of the Council for four Copies of the Journal of the Council, during this Seffion, to be deliver'd to the Governor.

Refolved,

That the fum

Bill for raifing

a Public Levy was read the third time.

Bill

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Order'd, That the Com'ee who prepared the
for their concurrence.

do carry the fame to the Council

A meffage was brought from the Council That they have paffed the Bill intit'd an Ad. For raifing a Public Levy, without any amendm't. M'' Kemp reported That the perfons appointed had according to order exam'd the inrolled Bills, & foimd the fame truly inroll'd.
Order'd,

That the perfons who examined the

faid inrolled Bills

do carry the fame

Bills

to the Council for their Infpedlion.

A Meffage was brought from the Council, That they were fatisfied the feveral which have been paffed bv them & this Houfe, are truly inroll'd.


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;

deliver'd by M' Robertfon Meffa-e from the Governor was commands the immediate attendance of this Houfe the M' Speaker The Governor bring with you fuch Bills as are ready for his Affent. Council Chamber, and that you Speaker prefented the Addrefs of this And the Houfe went up accordingly, and M^ Addrefs to His Majefty. Houfe to the Governor, together with the to fay, as follows, pleafed the Governor was
\

Whereupon

Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes, endeavours efledlually to introduce your Addrefs to His Majefty I fhall ufe my beft Britain, I am obliged to you for your conand your Petition to the Parliament of Great I recommended to your confideration at points feveral currence & Determination to the that you can't place the Affairs which you, the opening of this Seffion & agree with Randolph' s, who will fhortly Intereft of this Colony, in better hands than M^
A/'

Speaker

&

relate to the

go

for England.

And

afterwards the Governor was pleafed to give his Aifent to the follow 'g Public
Bills, viz't.

&

Private

Far laying, a Duty on Slaves imported and for appointing a Treafurer. For erecting a Light houfe on Cape Henry. For prez'enting delays in Courts of Justice For expediting and better fettling eafie Recovery of fmall debts the proceedings in the General Court and for the more fpeedy and for repealing an Ad For obliging Attornies profecuting fuits on behalf of perfons out Damages And declaring in what paying all Cofts of the Country to give Security for

An Adi An Ad An Ad

&

manner

fuch Security fhall be hereafter given.

&

An Ad For the better & more effediial improving the Staple of Tobacco. An Ad For making more effedual provifions againft Invafions and Infurredions. An Ad For the better fupport of the Clergy of this Dotninion & for the more regular
colleding

&

paying the Parifh Levies.

An Ad
People

For

the better fecuring the

paiment

of Levies

and Reftraint
of

of vagrant

&

idle

dren

And for the tnore effedual difcovery & Profecution And for making better Provifion for the Poor.

Perfons having Baftard Chil-

For preventing of exceffive and deceitful Gaming. For the better regulating afcertaining the current rates of Silver Coin within this Dominion and For preventing the evil pradice of cutting Forrain Gold into pieces. An Ad For prohibiting the Exportation of Grain in time of Scarcity. An Ad To explain & Amend the Ad For declaring the Negro Mulatto Indian Slaves within this Dominion to be Real Eftate And part of one other Ad intituled an Ad For the

An Ad An Ad

'jBk

&

&

diftribution of Inteftates Eftates declaring

Widows Rights to their deceafed Hn fband 's Eftates,

.
j

and

for fecuring

An Ad An Ad An Ad For the better & more effedual putting the penal Laws in Execution. An Ad For raifing a Public Levy. An Ad For ereding a new County on the heads of Effex King & Queen & King Wm.
Counties

Orphan's Eftates. For afcertaining the Fees of certain Officers therein mentioned. For encouraging Adventurers in Iron Works.

& for calling the

Ehdion

fame Caroline County.

Henrico.
Veftry of the Parifh of Elizabeth City and for for the faid Parifh.

An Ad For dividing the County of An Ad For diffolving the prefent

appointing a new
of V?ftry

men

An Ad For Killing Squirrels & Crows in the Counties of Accomack & Northampton. An Ad For ereding a Town in each of the Counties of Spotfilvania and King George. An Ad To prevent Swine running at large within the limits of the Town of Norfolk. & An Ad For enabling William Farrar & Thomas Farrar to fell & convey certain intailed

Lands and

to fettle other

Lands

& Negros of greater value to the fame ufes.

the following Speech,

And

then he was pleafed to

make

Gentlemen

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Gentletnen of the Council,

M'
I

Speaker

& Gent'n of the Haiife of Burgeffes.

my hearty thanks for the great Zeal & DiHgence you have fliewed in the

return you

AfTairs, and in a particular manner for the many Inftances of your Will towards Good me, that extraordinary Proof of yoxor Affecflion for me, & for the

difpatch of the

Pubhc

in repairing the Fort

Confidence your are pleafedto repofe in me, which fhall in due time be faithfully difcharged & building the Light houfe fo much wanted for the fecurity of our

Country

&

Trade.

As I have done nothing hitherto but what is the Refult of my Duty, how pleafant muft the Refledtion needs be, when my Behavior, fo highly approved of by you, & in which my Confcience Honor & Intereft as well as Gratitude are equally concern 'd, is
hat exactly agrees with the Intentions of my Roial Mafter, & will not fail to render my Adminiftration acceptable to that Prince, who confummates his Throne in the hearts
of his People.

The great
ment
tereft

Bufinefs of your Meeting being

let

your refpedlive Cotmties,

of Virtue
let

the Fear of

now finifh'd, and the Seafon calling you to God & the Honor of Our Soverain, the encourage:

&
:

Attention,

thefe regulate

the Abolition of Vice, Motives of themfelves fufficient to excite your all your Adtions This we fhall find to be both for our In-

&

Credit

common
it

Obfervation confirming
is

it,

as well as the Lips of Truth

it felf,

that Righteoufnefs exalts, but Sin

fidently

a Reproach to any People.

And

as

you may con-

depend upon

that thefe precepts fhall alwaies vifibly appear in

my

Pradlice,

yours will be agreeable to them, that if it fhall pleafe God we meet again, we may find our felves in a proper temper unanimoufly to proceed in fixing the WeUfare & Profperity of this Dominion on the beft and fureft Foundations. And now, Gentlemen, nothing remains but for me to acquaint you that I have thought fit to prorogue you to Thurfday the 14th of November next. And this Affembly is accordingly prorogued to Thurfday the 14th day of November
o
I

promife

my felf

next.

THE

JOURNAL
OF THE

House OUSE
Begun and held

of B OF J3URGESSES.
AT A

GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
at

WILLIAMSBURG
in

the

ffirft

Day of

ffebruary

the

ffirft

Year of the

Reign of Our Soverain Lord

GEORGE
of

the

Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain

ffrance
ffaith

and

Ireland King Defender

in

the

^c And

the

Year of Our
ffrom thence

Lord

MDCCXXVIJ
tinued
ffirft

And

Con-

by Several Prorogations to the twenty

Day of May in the Third Year of the Reign of Our Said Lord the King now. And in the Year of Our Lord MDCCXXX
Being
the

Second Seffion of

this

prefent

Gen'l Aflembly.

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

MCMX

THE

JOURNAL
OF THE

House OUSE
THE
A
M''

of OF

B OURGESSES
21, 1730.
for the Counties of Caroline

Thurfday,

May

Members return 'd upon New Writs

and Gooch-

land and for the College of William and

Mary having taken

the Oaths and

Subfcribed the Declaration and took and Subfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, Purfuant to the Laws made for thofe Purpofes took their places in the Houfe.

Meffage from the Governor was deliver'd by M'' Robertfon. Speaker, The Governor Commands the immediate attendance of this Houfe

in the Council

Chamber.

who

Accordingly M"' Speaker with the Houfe went up to attend the Governor And being return 'd M'' Speaker Reported that the Houfe had attended the Governor was pleaf'd to make a fpeech to the Coxincil and this Houfe, which being long to
it,

prevent miftakes he had obtain 'd a Copy of

follows.

and

it

was read

to the

Houfe and

is

as

Gentlemen of the Council M' Speaker and Gentlemen of the Houfe of Bnrgeffes. defign of our meeting being to promote the Welfare and Profperity of this Province, by framing of f uch Laws as your Wifdom fhall f uggef t to you A more f uitable

The

Occafion for the Confideration of the advantages which will arife to this Covmtry from

happen 'd, than at the time when by the good manag'ment of our Sovereign, and the Vigilance of his Minifters a Peace with Spain is happily concluded and all things are making towards a general Pacification. IN fo Inviting and promifmg a Seafon for fuccefs to yotir Endeavours to Juftice to your Country by taking its Commerce into your Care and Prote<5lion And be convinc'd from the miferable Circumftances your Staple is reduc'd to. Of the neceffity and Importance of that Inquiry on which your own Fortunes and Eftates as well as thofe of your Conftituents do principally depend. And that I may not be wanting in the
a prudent Regulation of your Trade, could not have
:

difcharge of
I fhall

capable of Judging will effedlbrought to fucccr; efpecially fmce it may be improv'd by your better obferv-ation, and Practical knowledge to which I chufe to fubmit it. For altho I am convinc'd if we were to look back the mif chiefs in that meloncholly view would be fo many Incentives to a greater Caution in future Legiflation. Yet I fhall neither deplore the wretched Condition your Trade is in at prefent nor Expatiate on the flourifhing State that muft Evidently follow from fuch a Law becaufe by the one I might be Cenfur'd for blaming what Experience can only beft Corredl; And the other
lay before
ually fupport the delign
it is
;

my Duty to a People whom I delight to fen^e. you a Scheme which as far as I am

would

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would look
your Judgements in favour of this Formulary and both together Scheme to Gentlemen o Capable of Judging but a needlefs Subfer%-iency to Introduce a
like limitting

for themfelves.

Continuance if they are fmce whatever Adls you prepare will have no long I can acquaint you, the fatisfadtion great It is with difagreeable to the Brittifh Trade. You may therefore home: Scheme I now recommend has been already approv'd at of a Bill on this Projed fecure with chearfulnefs fupply your thoughts to the framing Concurr with yours. And it Merchants the of from Oppofition where the Interefts Maryland Neighbours appear our that to be attended with the better Succefs in

AND

is like

ftrongly difpofed to
I

me of any Sinifter or private views Trade for it is purely my concern Tobacco your in urging fo zealoufly the Amendment of me herein and will always for the general Prosperity of this Colony which Engages prompt me to be anxious for its true Interefts, and to do every thing in my power to

AM

into the fame Meafures. one of you will acquit every perfwaded
fall

oblige every
differ in the

Member

of the

means to as like purpofes require like difpofitions give me leave to befpeak the fame temper and Unanimity with which you proceeded in the Service of the Publick the laft Seffion For no lefs Addrefs will be requifite in Adjufting an Affair attended with fuch

Community, afting by the fame accomplifh the fame end.

Principle,

however we may

BUT

variety of Circumftances
I

and Pretences.

have two Inftrudlions to lay before you Copies of which fhall be prepared for that purpofe; One concerns the honour of Almighty God not yet by Law fufficiently fecur'd, but am fatisfied will no longer want your defence; the other relates to Bankrupts in England having Eftates in this Country. AND as in the late Repealed Law for limitting Suits on Judg'ments and Obligations there were many beneficial Claufes which may be Re-ena(5ted without giving offence, you will no doubt think it neceffary to prepare a New Bill fuitable to the Circumftances of the Country without medling with thofe parts repugnant to the Statutes of Great Brittain for which the former Law was Repealed. IT will alfo be worthy your Confideration to inflidl adequate punifhments on fuch Offenders as are guilty of the Felonious burning of Tobacco houfes, and on robbers of Stores and Ware-houfes pradlices now become very frequent and I am afraid too much encouraged by allowing the benefit of the Clergy to fuch Criminals; efpecially fince fo many Imported Convidls are come among us who make light of the punifhment the

':

Law

in that cafe

infli<5ls.
*|
|

of the Houfe of Burgeffes have Reafon to Conclude that your Rewards will always be groimded upon a Principle of Juftice It will be fufficient for me to obferve to you that John Randolph Efq' to whofe Abilities and Adlive Application the fuccefs of your Addrefs and Petition is in a great Meafure to be afcribed, has befides his Service a Claim by Perfonal Merit to which his recompence ought to be proportioned.

Gentlemen

AS

of the Council and Houfe of Burgeffes have now the Comfort to find that we promif'd our felves on account of that Excellent Character, with which our common Sovereign afcended the Brittifh Throne and whence we hoped for all the Felicity that could be expedled imder the Government of the moft Amiable Monarch; We did not promife our felves in vain; Our expeftation is made good by our Experience; we could not hope for more than we have, nor wifh for more than we enjoy; Our Religion is not only fafe but fiourifhing while he prefides

Gentlemen

WE

who
live

is the great Example as well as Guardian of it; Our Liberties are fecure while we under a Prince who efteems it his greateft Glor>- to rule over a free People; nor need we fear an Invafion of our Properties while he Commands who by the Wif dom and Juftice of his Adminiftration Protefts them: and by his Vigilance and Courage will always guard them.

BY

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fuch a Charadler and fuch a Conducft it is that oior Sovereign Unites the hearts Subjects at home; and ftrengthens the confidence of his Allies abroad; that he of his foftens and fubdues whatever Envy or Oppofition had conceived againft him.

BY

an Influence fo Extenfive as well as Gracious no wonder if we partake Advantages and Bleffings, that flow from it, But as by Reafon of our diftance fome of thofe muft be Communicated to you, by him in whofe hands his Majefty has been pleafed to lodge the Government of this Colony, it fhall be my great endeavoior To fuch (tho great I fear will be the diftance) to tread in my Royal Mafters fteps. a Condu<5l my Duty to my Sovereign will always bind me; And if a ftronger Obligation than that could be laid upon me It muft and would arife from my Gratitude to you; for furely I can fay it to your Credit and my own comfort that a more Refpedtful and obliging behaviour, than that which you have hitherto expreffed to me I could not have wifhed or hoped for. Let us thus go on in Reciprocal Affection Let us fear God; honour the King: and love one another; for a more agreeable Profpedl I can never pretend to propofe to you than that of a People United among themfelves; depending on the Providence of God; and fure of the Care and favour of their Prince. M' Speaker aKo acquainted the houfe that he had obtained a Copy of the Scheme mention 'd in the Governors fpeech which he laid before the Houfe. Order'd, That the fame do lie upon the Table for the penifal of the Members. Refolved, That an Humble Addrefs be prefented to the Governor to return him the Thanks of this Houfe for his Affedtionate Speech. Refolv'd, That a Committee be appointed to draw up an Addrefs accordingly and it is referred to the Committee for Propofitions and Grievances. Order'd, That all the ftanding Committees of the laft Seffion be revived and they are to meet and Adjourn from day to day and to have power to fend for perfons papers and Records. Refolv'd, That this Houfe will take the Governors fpeech into confideration to morof thofe
;

UNDER

row.

That M'' Richard Hickman be appointed Clerk to the Committee for Propofitions and Grievances in the room of M'' Godfrey Pole Deceafed and that all the other Clerks and Officers of the Houfe be continued in their feveral Offices. Order'd, That the Chaplain of this Houfe to [do] attend to read prayers every Morning at nine of the Clock and that M'' Attorney and M"' Boiling do acquaint the Governor and
Refolv'd,

Council with this Order.

Then the Houfe adjom'd

'till

to

morrow Morning Ten a

Clock.

Fry day,

May

22, 1730.

MR.
follows

Attorney General Reported from the Committee appointed to draw up an Addrefs to be prefented to the Governor that the Committee had prepar'd an Addrefs accordingly which he read in his place and afterwards deliver'd it in at the Table, where the lame was read and agreed to by the Houfe as

To

the

Honorable

WILLIAM GOOCH

Efq' His Majefties Lievtenant Governor and

Commander S'R

in chief of Virginia.

His Majefties moft dutiful and Loyal Subjects, the Burgeffes of Virginia now met in a General Affembly, Humbly return you our fincere thanks for your Affedlionate Speech: And as his Majefties imwearied Endeavours, and the great Abilities of his Minifters have at length fucceeded in the Conclufion of a Peace with Spain, and all
things are

now

tending to a general Pacification;

We

are Affur'd,

We

fhall in a great

degree fhare with the reft of the Brittifh Subjedls, the Advantages of fo

So we cannot be

infenfible of the neceffity of confidering in fuch

happy an Event; a Conjundlure the

miferable

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J

reduc'd to, and of doing all that is in our power miferable Circumftances our Staple is Regulation as may remove from it thofe mifchiefs, which to put our Trade under fuch a The pleafure you to us and thofe we reprefent. are now become a burthen intolerable his Majefties great Goodnefs has placed you, take in ferving the People, over whom knowledge and judgment in the Affairs without any Sinifter or private views and your us to Entertain a good Opinion of every difpofe and Interefts of this Colony, will ever

and propofe to us. weighing and Examining all things in your Adminiftration Your Example muft Engage us to purfue the fame methods in Difinterefsednefs, with Calmnefs and And as we cannot doubt but the fame purpofes and all our Counfels and Confultations; thofe good Effefts which always refult Difpofitions on both fides will in the end produce endeavour to approve our from Unanimity and Concord, So we fhall upon all occafions that regard which in every of And Sovereign, our of felves worthy the care and favour Virginia People of the part of your Condudt you exprefs for us and all whole Houfe. Refolved, That the faid Addrefs be prefented to the Governor by the humbly faid Addrefs do know the the prepared who Committee the Order'd, That Houfe. this by attended be Governors pleafure when he will The Houfe being acquainted that feveral of the Members of this Houfe fince the feveral Coimties and do now laft Seffion have accepted Commiffions to be Sherififs for
thing you fhall concert
in

hold that Olhce

That a Committee be appointed to Infpedt the Journals of the Hoiife of Burgeffes and fearch for Precedents as to this matter and Report how they find the fame to the Houfe and it is Referred to
Order'd,

M' Meriwether

W Conway
Uir

M"^
M.'

Randolph

Attorny Gen'l

Kemp
Buckner

Mj Lee

M^ Surges
M"'

W Braxton

M' Attorney General Reported to the Houfe that the Governor having been waited upon (purfuant to the Order of this day humbly to know when he would pleafe to be attended by this Hovife He had been pleas'd to appoint to morrow between Eleven and Twelve in the Council Chamber The Order of the Day being read for confidering the Governors fpeech The Houfe Refolv'd it felf into a Committee of the whole Houfe to confider the faid fpeech, And after fome time fpent therein M"" Speaker Returned the Chair And M'' Conway Reported from the Committee that they had had under their Confideration feveral parts of the Governors fpeech, and were come to feveral Refolutions thereupon which the Committee had dire<5led him to Report to the Houfe And he read the Report in his place and afterwards delivered it in at the Table where the fame was read and agreed unto by the Houfe as
follows.

That a Bill be prepar'd for amending the Staple of Tobacco That the Scheme mention'd in the Governors Speech and laid before the Hoxxfe be referr'd to a Committee to whom it fhall be referr'd to prepare and bring in the
Refolved, Refolved,
faid Bill.

That a Bill be prepar'd for Re-ena<5ling]fuch parts of the Adl Intituled an how long Judgments, Bonds, Obligations and Accounts fhall be in force for the Affignment of Bonds and Obligations direding what proof fhall be fufficient in fuch cafes and afcertaining the damage upon protefted Bills of Exchange lately repealed by Proclamation, to which there was no objedlion in England. Refolv'd, That a Bill be prepar'd to make it Felony without benefit of Clergy to bum or break open and Rob any ftore houfe Warehoufe or Tobacco houfe and for making all Acceffories to fuch Offences liable to the fame pains and penalties as the
Refolv'd,

Ad

declaring

principle might be, Altho fuch principal be not Convidted or Attainted.

Order'd,

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That a Committee be appointed to prepare and bring amending the Staple of Tobacco, and it is referr'd to
Order'd,
M''

in the faid Bill for

Attorney General
M'' Robt. M.^

M""

Meriwether

Boiling

Mr
M"" M""

Kemp
Efcridge

Blair

Braxton And they are to meet and perfons papers and Records.
Ordered,
faid

My Buckner M^ Lee. Adjom from day to day and

to

have power to fend

for

That the Scheme

laid before this

Houfe by the Governor be

referr'd to the

Committee.
Order'd,

do prepare and bring in Bills upon the Houfe that he was acquainted M"' Conway alfo the other Refolutions aforefaid. diredled by the Committee to move that they may have leave to fit again. Refolv'd, That this Houfe will upon Tuefday morning next, refolve it felf into a Committee of the whole Houfe to confider further of the Governors Speech. Then the Houfe Adjom 'd 'till Eleven a Clock to morrow morning. That the Committee
for Courts of Juftice

Saturday,

May

23, 1730.

Speaker Reported that the Houfe had attended the Governor with their Addrefs to which he was pleafed to give this Anfwer. "M"' Speaker and Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes, "I heartily thank you for this obliging Addrefs: I cannot receive a "greater pleafure than to find my Adminiftration agreeable to you: And your good "Opinion of my endeavours to ferve you will always incite my care and Diligence in the "purfuit of the true Intereft of thofe you Reprefent; I doubt not your future delibera-

MR.

"tions will be fuitable to fo

promifmg a beginning
us than

of

"be no other contention

"the Colony.
M"'

among

who

fhall

your Seffion. And that there will moft promote the Publick benefit of

that the Committee

Attorney General reported from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances had had under their confideration feveral propofitions from the

Counties of York Henrico Hanover Lancafter and Northumberland and had agreed upon a Report which he read in his place and afterwards deliver 'd the fame in at the Table

where

it

was again
faid

read.

the

Report being read a fecond time Order'd, That Leave be gi\'en to bring in a Bill for repealing the Ad for improving Staple of Tobacco and that the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances do prepare

The

and bring

in the faid Bill.

That it be an Inftrudlion to the faid Committee to bring in a Claufe or Claufes to be added to the faid Bill for the better preventing the making of Seconds. Order 'd. That the Propofition from the County of Henrico for Improving the Tobacco Trade be Referr'd to the Committee appointed to prepare and bring in a Bill for amendOrder'd,

ing the Staple of Tobacco.

That the feveral Propofitions from Hanover Lancafter and Northmnberland for a further Stint of the number of Tobacco Plants be rejedled. Order'd, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for the Encouraging the making of
Refolv'd,

Linen Cloath

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for deftroying Crows and Squirrels in the Countys of Northumberland Lancafter Prince George James City and Glofter and Middle fex and that the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances do prepare and bring
Order'd,
in the faid Bills.

Then the Houfe adjom 'd

till

Monday Morning Ele\en a

Clock.

Monday,

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Monday,

May

25, 1730-

MR

PubUck Money before the Houfe. Treafurer laid his Accounts of the for Privileges and Eleftions M' Efcridge reported from the Committee of the Houfe having had Order ftanding to a that the Committee purfuant Writs for Eledling of new feveral under their Confideration the returns of

Affembly, had agreed upon a Report which he Burgeffes to fer\'e in this prefent General the fame in at the Table, where it was again read in his place and afterwards deliver'd
read as follows.

That upon the Adls

of

Affembly

of the laft Seffion of

Affembly for Eredmg two new

were Iffued to the Sheriffs of the faid Counties called Caroline and Goochland, Writs ferve in this prefent General Affembly to Burgeffes Counties refpeAiAcly to Eledl two
for each of the faid Counties.

return 'd Burgeffes to That thereupon John Martin and Richard Buckner Gent are County of Caroline. fer\-e in this General Affembly for the Gentlemen are retum'd Burgeffes to ferve in Diggs That John Fleming and Dudly Goochland. this General Affembly for the County of of William and Mary hath been Tranfferred College the Seffion laft the fmce That and purfuant to the Charter of the faid Mafters, and Prefident by the Truftees to the
College. College a Writ Iffued for Electing one Burgefs for the faid

George Nicholas Gentleman is retum'd a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General Affembly for the College of William and Mary All which Returns are according to Law

And thereupon

And

the faid Report

was approv'd by the Houfe.

M^ Attorney General according to order prefented to the Houfe a Bill for killing Squirrels and Crows in the Cmmties therein mention'd and the fame was read the firft time and Order'd to be read a Second time. Then the Houfe adjom'd 'till to morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.

Tuefday,

May

26, 1730.
Bill for

MR.
M""

of Tobacco and for the better execution of the Laws now in force againft tending Seconds and for the further prevention thereof and the fame was read the firft time and order'd

Harrifon according to Order prefented to the Houfe a the Ad for the better and more effedual improving the Staple

Repealing

to be read a Second time.

the Houfe of Burgeffes and to fearch Precedents as to the Office of Sherifs the matter as
in his place
it

Meriwether Reported from the Committee appointed to infpedl the Journals of Members of this Houfe accepting

and afterwards delivered

appear'd to the Committee and he read the Report it in at the Table where it was again read as follows

That the Committee do find

in the Journals of

a Seffion of Affembly held at James

City the 23 of April 1696 one Refolve

made

in thefe
is

words to

wit.

duly Eledled a Burgefs to ferve in this "Affembly for Warwick County in the room of M'' William Rofcow now Sherif of the "faid County" And one Order in thefe words. "Order'd that M'' Randolph M'' Diggs Storey and M' Chamberlayn at fome convenient time wait upon his Excellency and "pray his Excellency to Iffue out a new Writ for the Eledlion of a Burgefs in Stafford "County in the room of M'' Martin Scarlet who fince the Election made of him in the "Room of Captain Thomas Owfley now Sherif of the faid County of Stafford is Deceaf'd" And that the Committee do not find any other Precedent touching the matter to them

"Refolv'd that Captain Richard Whitaker

"W

Referred.

The

faid

Order'd,

Report being read a Second time That leave be given to bring in a

as a

Bill to difable

any

Sherif or

perfon to

fit

Member

of this

Houfe who

fhall

accept any Office of profit

any other by the

appointment

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appointment of the Governor of this Colony after his Eleftion to ferve as a Burgefs in the General Affembly and exempting all the Members of the Houfe of Burgeffes from being made Sherifs and that the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances do prepare and
bring in the faid Bill. A Petition of the

German Inhabitants

of the

German Town

in the

County

of Stafford

Setting forth that they have for feveral Years maintain'd a Minifter of their

own Nation

and yet have lately been taxed for the paying the Salary of the Parfon of the Parifh in which the faid Town lies, And praying to be Exempted from that Tax during the life Hcsger their faid Minifter, being refer'd from the Governor and Council was read. of Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill according to the Prayer of the faid Petition and that M"" Fitzhugh and M'' Thornton do prepare and bring in the faid Bill.

A
lofs

Petition of William Harrifon fetting forth that he hath lately fviftain'd a great
of a

Tobacco houfe wherein was a great quantity of Tobacco and other by feveral Negroes whom he had punifhed as a Juftice of the with great numbers of other Negroes againft the Laws of the Affembling for Peace, Colony, and praying relief being refer'd from the Governor and Council was read. Order'd, That the faid Petition be refer'd to the confideration of the Committee for Publick Claimes and that they do Examine the matter thereof and Report the fame

by the burning

things which were burnt

with their Opinion thereupon to the Houfe. The Houfe being inform 'd that the perfons concem'd in the burning the faid Houfe were difcover'd and brought to Juftice by the means of Peter a Negro belonging to
Nicholas Hatch.

That the faid Committee do examine into that matter. And Report their Opinion thereupon to the Houfe, in what manner it may be fit for this Houfe to reward the faid Negro. A Bill for killing Squirrels and Crows in the Counties therein mentioned was read the Second time, and feveral Amendments were made to the Bill at the Table. Order'd, That the Bill with the Amendments be Ingroffed. The Order of the day being read. The Houfe Refolv'd it felf into a Committee of the whole Houfe to confider further of the Governors fpeech and after fome time fpent therein M'' Speaker refum'd the Chair and M"" Conway Reported from the Committee that they had gone thro the Governors fpeech and agreed upon a Report which he read in his Place and afterwards deliver'd the fame in at the Table where it was again read. The faid report being read a Second Time Order'd, That Leave be given for bringing in a Bill for the further punifhing Vice and Immorality And that the Committee of propofitions and Grievances do prepare and bring in the faid Bill. Order'd, That the providing proper methods for Erecfting and maintaining Schools in order to the training up of Youths to Reading and to a neceffary knowledge of the Principles of Religion and to encourage the Converfion of Negros and Indians to the
Order' d,

Chriftian Religion

And

the

making a Law

in relation to

Bankrupts be Refer'd to the Confideration

of

the next Seffion of Affembly. Refolv'd Nemine Contradicente That the

Sum

of

One thoufand Pounds be paid

to

John Randolph
thither

Efq"' for
;

defraying his Expenfes in Great Briitain and his late Voyage

and returning And as a Recompence for his faithful and Induftrious Application him Whereby was obtain'd the Repeal of a Claufe of an A<$1 of Parliament made in the Ninth Reign of the late King George the firft, prohibiting the Importation of Tobacco ftript from the Stalk or Stem into Great Brittain. Order'd, That the faid Sum of One Thoufand Povmds be paid to him out of the Pubthere in the fer\nce of this Colony according to the truft repofed in
;

lick

hands of the Treafurer. Order'd, That the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances do carry the faid Refolve and Order to the Governor and Council and defire their Concurrence thereto.
in the

Money

Order'd,

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him know how fenfible the Houfe M' Speaker from the Chair do let him the thanks of this Houfe. Merit and in behalf of the People return is of his perfonal Which M' Speaker did accordingly. r . ^ . m r. . be prepared to be prefented to His Majefty to Refolv'd That an humble Addrefs Arrival of His Royal Highnef s Fr.dmc Prince Congratulate His Majefty upon the fafe Succefs of his Endeavours for the good of his People in the of Wales- And upon the Spain; To acknowledge the Extenfive Influence of happy Conclufion of a Peace with Gracious favour to all his Subjedls And the peculiar his Majefties continual Care and in Enjoying every thing We can defire from his of the People of this Colony
Order'd That

Felicity

Majefties Aufpicious
of the People of this

Negotiatmg the Affairs That M' Randolphs Narrative of his proceedings m to the Order of this Houfe in the laft Seffion of of this Colony in England purfuant Affembly be printed. t^ j t ^ A Petition of Henry Gary praying to be Enabled to fell certain Entailed Lands the fame ufes was prefented to upon his fetling Fee fimple Lands of greater Value to
,
.

Government And to return to Colony for the fame

;

his

Majefty the unfeigned thanks

Ordered,

and read. That the faid Petition be refer'd to the confideration the fame as it that they do Examine the matter thereof and Report
the Houfe
Order'd,

of a
fhall

Committee and appear to them

to the Houfe.

And
M''

it is

refer'd to
M"'

Flemming

Robert Armiftead

Eaton from the Committee of Propofitions & Grievances that the Committee had had under their confideration feveral propofitions from feveral Counties and had agreed upon a Report which he read in his place and afterwards deliver'd it in at the Table, where the fame was again read. Order'd, That the faid Report be taken into confideration to morrow. Then the Houfe adjom'd till to morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.
M--

W Diggs W Randolph W John Boiling M^ I^aw Smith W Harrifon reported

^' Hollier M^ Eggleftone and

\
;

fFednefday,

May Mg

27, 1730.

Meffage from the Governor was deliver'd by M' Robertfon. Speaker and Gentlemen of the Houfe of Bnrgeffes "In the Month of December 1728 the Southern Frontier of this Colony "being greatly Alarm 'd by the Appearance of a body of Indians and the Mur"der of one of the Inhabitants for which the Sapponie Indians then gone out a hunting "were fufpedled. It was thought proper to Detach a party of the Militia in fearch of the "faid Indians, and to fcour the Frontiers of fuch parties either of Tributary or Forrein "Nations as might be lurking there with intent to do further mifchief. Accordingly "one Captain Henry Embry with Thirty Seven Men of the Militia of Surry County (whole "names are contained in a Lift herewith fent) were Detached on that Service, and were "out five days; Whereby they are become Entitled to the pay allow 'd by Law in the "like Cafes: I therefore recommend their Ser\Mce and Claim to the confideration of your "Houfe Not doubting you will make them fuch allowance as may Encourage others "chearfully to ad\-enture themfelves when the Public fafety fhall require.

WRITTEN
M'

May

the 27, 1730

William Gooch.
of the faid

Order'd,

That the Claim

Committee

of

Henry Embry and his Troop be Refer'd to the Public Claims and that they do examine the fame and Report their
Order'd,

Opinion thereupon to the Houfe.

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end of the Chamber of the Houfe of Burgeffes and thofe in the General Court be altered and made into Safh Windows uniform to the reft And that the Councils Concurrence be difired to this Order by the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances. A Petition of John Grimes Efq"' fetting forth that two of his Negros run away and were taken up in Maryland and afterwards deliver 'd to Jacob Rice and Chriftopher Chaffln employ'd by him to bring them home; that they murder'd thofe two perfons and return 'd to Maryland where they were again committed that the Widows and Children of thofe imfortimate men are left in a very diftreffed Condition, and that the Petitioner has been at great Expence in bringing the faid Negros to Juftice, And praying the Confideration of the Houfe thereupon was prefented to the Houfe and read. Order'd, That the faid Petition be Refer'd to the Confideration of the Committee of Publick Claims And that they do Examine the matter thereof and Report the fame
Order'd,
in the
;

That the fmall Windows

with their Opinion to the Houfe.

Flemming Reported from the Committee to whom it was Refer'd to Examine Henry Gary that the Committee had Examined the allegations of the petition accordingly and agreed upon a Report which he read in his place and afterwards delivered it in at the Table And the fame being again read Order'd, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Enable Henry Gary to fell certain Entailed Lands in the County of Warwick and for fetling Three hundred and Six Acres of Land with the Appurtenances in the Coimty of Henrico and the Moiety of Three thoiofand Nine hundred Forty and two Acres of Land with the Appurtenances in the Coimty of Goochland, of greater Value to the fame ufes, and that M' Blair Flemming Randolph M"" John Boiling M"' Diggs Law Smith M' Robert Armiftead M' Hallier M'' Eggleftone and M'' Eaton do prepare and bring in the faid Bill The Houfe according to Order proceeded to take into confideration the Report made Yefterday from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances.
M"'

the Allegations of the Petition of

And

the faid Report being twice read

within the Limits of the

large be rejedled.

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to prevent Swine nming at large Town of Hampton. Refolv'd, That the Propofition from the Covmty of Effex to prevent Hogs nming at
Order'd,

That leave be given to bring in a Bill for eftablifhing Quarterly Courts And Committee for Courts of Juftice do prepare and bring in the fame. Refolv'd, That the Propofition from the County of Garoline that Levies and Debts may be paid by Hemp or any other vendible Commodity be rejedled Refolv'd, That the Propofition from Northampton County for adding to it part of the Coimty of Accomack be reje(5led. Refolv'd, That the Propofition from the faid County for fumifhing the Inhabitants of the faid county with Arms at the publick charge be rejedled. Refolv'd, That the propofition from the County of Accomack that Witneffes Summon 'd before a fingle Juftice of the peace and to attend Jurys on Land fhould have an allowance for their attendance and trouble be rejedled. A Bill to prevent Swine runing at large within the Limits of the Town of Hampton was prefented to the Houfe and read the firft time and Order'd to be read a Second time. A Bill for Repealing the Ad for the better and more effedual Improving the Staple of Tobacco and for the better Execution of the Laws now in force againft tending Seconds and for the further prevention thereof was read the Second time and Order'd to be Engroffed. Order'd, That M' William Harwood have leave to be abfent for three days Order'd, That M'' Buckner be added to the Committee for Courts of Juftice Then the Houfe Adjom'd 'till to Morrow Morning Eleven a Clock
Order'd,

that the

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Thurfday,

May

the

28 th, 1730.

from feveral Counties and agreed upon a Report which he read in his place and afterwards delivered it in at the Table where the fame was again read. And the faid Report being read a Second time Refolv'd, That the Propofition from the County of Stafford to alter the days of holding Courts in that County and the Coimty of Caroline be rejedled Refolv'd, That the propofition from Henrico County for a bridge to be built over Chickahominy Swamp at a place called Pickanocky Meadow between that County and
the County of Hanover be rejedled. Refolv'd, That the propofition from the faid

MR.

Harrifon Reported from the Committee of propofitions and Grievances that the Committee had had under their Confideration feveral propofitions

Covmty

for Eredting a

Chappel on the

deep run of Tiickahoe Creek be rejedled Refolv'd, That the propofition from Caroline County for a Ferry to be appointed over Rappahannock River from Roys Rolling houfe to Gibfons Rolling houfe be rejedled. Refolv'd, That the Propofitions from the Counties of Stafford King George and Spotfilvania for Repealing or Amending the Ad for encouraging Adventurers in Iron
works be rejedled.

That the Propofition from Stafford Cotmty in relation to the Adl paft in the laft Seffion of this Affembly for encouraging Adventurers in Iron works is a fcandalous and Seditious Libel Containing falfe and fcandalous Refledlions upon the Legiflature and the Juftice of the General Court and other Courts of this Colony. Refolv'd, That John Mercer the Author and Writer of that paper and Peter Hedgman one of the Subfcribers who prefented the fame to the Court of Stafford County to be certified to the General Affembly are guilty of a high Mifdemeanour. Order'd, That the faid John Mercer and Peter Hedgman be fent for in Cuftody of the Serjeant at Armes attending this Houfe to anfwer their faid Offence at the Bar of this
Refolv'd,

Houfe.
Order'd, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to prevent loffes to Executors and Adminiftrators by the fale of Negros. Goods and Chattels taken in Execution for amending the Law in Relation to Executors and Adminiftrators for maintaining Adlions

Account againft Executors and Adminiftrators; &c by one Jointenant and Tenant common againft another Joyntenant and Tenant in common their Executors and Adminiftrators; For Impowering Fathers to difpofe of the Cuftody and Tuition of their Children and for the" better managing and Securing Orphans Eftales And that the Committee for Courts of Juftice do prepare and bring in the faid Bill. M' Harrifon according to Order prefented to the Houfe a Bill for encouraging the making of Linen Cloth and the fame was read' the firft time and Order'd to be read a Second time.
of
in

Ingroffed Bill far Repealing the for the better and more effedual Improving the Staple of Tobacco and for the better Execution of the Laws now in force againft tending Seconds and for the further prevention thereof was read the third time Refolv'd, That the Bill do pafs.

An

Ad

\
'

Ingroffed Bill for the Killing Squirrels and Crows in the Counties tion'd was read the third time
Refolved That the Bill do pafs
to the Council
Order'd,

An

therein

Men-

That the Committee of propofitions and Grievances do carry the faid Bills and defire their Concurrence thereto. A Bill to prevent Swine runing at large within the Limits of the Town of Hampton was read the fecond time and ordered to be Ingroff'd. Order'd, That M^ Robert Armiftead and M-" Robinfon have leave to be abfent 'till

Monday

next.

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Reimburfed Eight hundred povinds him in the publick Levy for taking up one Levyed upon of Tobacco which has been Thomas Brnff who in the Year 1724 was convidted of Felony and burnt in the hand and after being detained fome time for the prifon Fees was difcharged from prifon and was four times taken up as the Petitioners Servant but was never dehver'd to him) was prefented to the Houfe and Read Order'd, That the faid Petition be Refer'd to the Confideration of the Committee of publick Claimes and that they do Examine the matter thereof and Report the fame with their Opinion thereupon to the Houfe Then the Houfe Adjom'd till to morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.
Petition of William Walker (praying to be
;

Friday,

May

the

29th, 1730.

Harrifon according to Order prefented to the Houfe a Bill for enforcing the A<51 Intituled an Ad for the Effedual Supprefflon of Vice and Reftraint and punifhment and Blafphemous Wicked and Diffolute perfons, and for preventing Inceftuous Marriages and Copulations, and the fame was read the firft time and order'd to be read a fecond time Order'd, That leave be given to bring in a BiU to exempt the Inhabitants of any Cotmty wherein any Iron works, are or fhall be Eredled from Clearing or Repairing

MR.

Roads leading to and from the fame For making Satisfadlion to the Owners of any Lands lying Contiguous to fuch Roads for the Timber which fhall be taken for making or Repairing Bridges in fuch Roads and for Exempting all perfons employ 'd in Iron Works from Mvifters, And that M' Kemp M'' Strother 'W Thornton 'W Conway and M'' Harrifon do prepare and bring in the faid Bill. A Petition of Sundry perfons whofe names are thereunto Subfcribed Inhabitants of Charls City Coimty praying that a Ferry for the convenience of the Petitioners may be appointed over Jatnes River from M"'" Anderfons landing to Jordans point was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be Referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances and that they do Examine the matter thereof and Report the fame with their Opinion thereupon to the Houfe. A Petition of John Douglas praying that leave may be given to bring in a Bill to confirm the Sale of certain Entailed Lands in the Covmty of King William called Douglas Ferry upon his Setling other Lands of greater Value in the Covmty of Brunfwick to the fame Ufes was prefented to the Houfe and read. Order'd, That the faid Petition be Refer'd to the Confideration of a Committee and that they do Examine the matter thereof and Report the fame as it fhall appear to them to the Houfe
the
;

And
M"'

it is

refer'd to

Braxton M' Whitehead

M"'

M^ Ravenfcroft M"' Carr and

M''

Robert Boiling

Buckner

A Meffage from the Coimcil by M'' Robertfon That they have agreed to the Refolve of this Houfe for the paying the Sum of One Thoufand pounds to John Randolph Efquire out of the Publick Attorney in the hands
of the Treafurer.

of this Seffion of of

That the Wages of the Burgeffes attending this Seffion and all the Charges Affembly be'paid and difcharg'd out of the Public Money in the hands the Treafurer after the rate of Ten Shillings for every hundred pounds Weight of
Refolved,
Order'd,

Tobacco.
folve to the Coimcil

That the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances do carry the and defire their Concurrence thereto
"Attorney"
is,

faid

Re-

Order'd, So
in the copy.

however, evidently an error for "Money."

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Order' J.

That M' Randolph and M' Rofcow have leave to be abfent

Encouraging
the

'till

Tuefday

Bill for

making

of

Linen Cloth was read the Second time and

committed to the Committee

of

of Propofitions

and Grievances.
at large within the

An Ingrofs'd Bill to Hampton was read the

prevent Swine runing

third time.

Limits of the

Town

Refolv'd, That the Bill do pafs. Order'd, That the Committee of Propfitions

and Grievances do carry the

Bill to the

and Grievances do Infpedl the Journals draw up a Staple- of the matters then was made therein and Report the that progrefs the depending and undetermin'd and
fame to the Houfe. Order'd, That the faid Committee do Infpedl what Laws are Expired or near Expiring and Report their Opinion to the Houfe which of them are fit to be revived or
continued.

Council and defire their Concurrence thereto. Order'd, That the Committee of Propofitions of the laft Seffion of Affembly and prepare and

Then the Houfe Adjom'd

till

to

morrow Morning Eleven a

Clock.

Saturday,

May

the

30, 1730.

MR.
And

Harrifon Reported from the Committee to whom the Bill for encouraging the making of Linen Cloth was committed feveral Amendments made to the Bill which he read in his place and afterwards delivered the Bill with the

twice read were agreed unto by the Houfe. l\ That the Bill with the Amendments be Ingrofs'd. Order'd, That M' Harrifon ha\'e leave to be abfent from the Service of this Houfe all next week And that M'' Bnrgefs have leave to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe four days. Then the Houfe Adjomed till Monday Morning Eleven a Clock I
the
Order'd,

Amendments in at the Amendments being

Table.

Monday, June

the 1st,

1730.

A
A
fimple

MESSAGE from the Coimcil that they have agreed to the Bill Intituled An Ad for Repealing the Ad for the better and more effedual Improving the Staple
Tobacco and for the better Execution of the Laws now in force againft tending Seconds and for the further prevention thereof without any Amendment Petition of George Turbervile praying that leave may be given to bring in a Bill
of

to Veft certain Entail'd

Lands in the County of Weftmorland in the Petitioner in Fee and for fetling other Lands in the County of Stafford of greater Value to the fame ufes was prefented to the Houfe and read Order'd, That the faid Petition be Refer'd to the Confideration of a Committee and that they do examine the matter thereof and Report the fame as it fhall appear to them
to the Houfe.

And

it is

Refer'd to

M' Tayloe M' Thornton U' Strother

of

Kemp according to Order prefented to the Inhabitants any County, Wherein any Iron Works are or fhall be Ereded from Clearing or Repairing the Roads leading to and from the fame; For making Satisfadion to the Owners of any Lands lying Contiguous to fuch Roads, for the Timber which making
fhall be taken for

M' Fitzhugh M' Grimes M' Nicholas Smith the Houfe A Bill to Exempt

or

"Staple" should be "State.

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or Repairing Bridges in fuch

Roads and for Exempting all perfons employed in Iron works from Mufters, and the fame was rec'd & read the firft time. Order'd, that the faid Bill be read a Second time on Thurfday next.

making of Linen Cloth was read the third time. That the Bill do pafs. Order'd, That the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances do carry the Bill to the Council and defire their Concurrence thereto Then the Houfe Adjom'd till to Morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.
Ingrofs'd Bill for encouraging the
Refolv'd,

An

Tuefday, June the

2,

1730.

of Benjamin Difhorrow Keeper of the Public Goal in Williamfburgh praying that his Allowance for maintaining his Prifoners may be made equal to What the Sherifs of the Several Counties are allow 'd And that his Salary may be paid half yearly was prefented to the Houfe and read. Order'd, That the faid Petition be Refer'd to the confideration of the Committee for public Claims And that they do Examine the matter thereof and Report the fame with their Opinion thereupon to the Houfe.

A
M"'

PETITION

Order'd,

That

M''

Syme have

leave to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe

till

Monday

next.

Attorney General Reported from the Committee of propofitions and Grievances that they had had imder their Confideration the Petition of Sundry of the Inhabitants

Coimty and others for a Ferry to be appointed from the Oyfter Shell Landing at Mrs. Anderfons to Jordans point, and were come To a Refolution thereupon which he read in his place and afterwards deliver'd the fame in at the Table. Where it was again read and agreed unto by the Houfe as follows.
of Charles City

Refolved,

Petition of

That the faid Petition be Rejedled. Simdry Inhabitants of the County

thereunto Subfcribed

Complaining of
and

Numbers
of the

of Convidls

of Weftmorland whofe names are great Mifchiefs from the Importation of great of great hardfhips and Oppreffions they fuifer with the reft

Inhabitants of the Northern Neck under the rigorous Execution of certain powers in the Grant of that Territory And Praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein And
Ordered,

may be taken for their Relief, was prefented to the Houfe and read That the faid Petition be Refer'd to the Confideration of the Committee of propofitions and Grievances and that they do Examine the matter thereof and Report the fame as it fhall appear to them to the Houfe. M' Tayloe Reported that the Perfons appointed had according to Order Examined the Allegations of the Petition of George Turbevile And had agreed upon a Report which he read in his place and afterwards delivered it in at the Table. And the faid Report being read. Order'd, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for Vefting Four hundred and twenty Acres of Land with the Appurtenances in the County of Weftmorland being Entailed in George Turbervile Gentleman in Fee fimple and for fetling One Thoufand Acres of Land with the Appurtenances in the County of Stafford of greater Value to the fame Ufes, And that M"' Taylor [fie] M"" Fitzhugh M"' Thornton M' Grimes M' Strother and M' Nicholas Smith do prepare and bring in the faid Bill. A Bill for enforcing the Adl Intituled an Ad for the Effediial Supprefflon of Vice and Reftraint and punifhment of Blafphemous Wicked and Diffolute perfons and for preventing Inceftuous Marriages and Copidations was read the fecond time, and Committed to the Committee who prepared the fame. Then the Houfe Adjomed till to morrow Morning Eleven a Clock
that fome Meafures

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fFednefday, June the

t,,

i7 30'

MR.

Attorney General according to Order prefented to the Houfe a Bill for Amending the Staple of Tobacco. And the fame was received and read the
firft

time
Order'd,

That the faid Bill be read a Second time on Tuefday next M' Attorney General Reported from the Committee of propofitions and Grievances feveral Petitions from the Inthat the Committee had had under their Confideration out at Warwick on the South fide laid be to Towns for habitants of Goochland County the North fide And had agreed on River faid of Jawes River, and near the falls of the upon a Report which he read in his place And afterwards delivered the fame in at the
Table where
it

was again read

Report being read a Second time Refolved, That it is not neceffary at this time to lay out a Town at Warwick in the County of Henrico. And that the petition of the Inhabitants of the Coimty of Goochland for that purpofe be rejedled. Order'd, That the propofition from the County of Goochland for laying out a Town on the North fide of James River at or near the Falls between Shackoes and Gtlly's Creek be Referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion of Affembly M' Attorney General alfo Reported that the perfons appointed had according to Order Infpedled the Journal of the laft Seffion of Affembly, and drawn up a State of the

The

faid

matters then depending and undetermin'd and of the progrefs that was made therein which he was ready to Report to the Houfe and he delivered the Report in at the Table

where

it

was

read.

Order'd,
M''

That the

faid

Report do

lie

upon the Table.

order infpedled the

at

had according to Temporary Laws & had agreed upon a Report which he deliver'd in the Table where the fame was read Order'd, That the faid Report do lie upon the Table. Order'd, That M' Robt. Boiling have leave to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe
Attorney General alfo Reported that the perfons appointed

till

Monday

next.
till

Then the Houfe Adjom'd

to

Morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.

Thurfday, June the 4, 1730.

Order'd

THAT Monday
M"'

M' Crawford have leave to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe
next.

'til

Attorney General according to Order prefented to the Houfe a Bill

to

any Sherif or other perfon to fit as a Member of th^ Houfe of Burgeffes who fhall accept any office of profit by the appointment of the Governor of this Colony after his Eledion And Exempting the Members of the Houfe of Burgeffes from being made Sherif And the fame was read the firft time and Order'd to be read a fecond time A Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the Coimty of James City between Powhatan Swamp and Skiffs Creek praying that leave may be given to bring in a Bill to make it
difable

found

Lawfull for the Petitioners within that compafs of ground to kill any hog that fhall be in their own Inclofures was prefented to the Houfe and read Refolv'd, That the faid Petition be rejeded

A Bill to exempt the Inhabitants of any County wherein any Iron Works are or fhall be Ereded from Clearing or Repairing the Roads leading to and from the fatne For making Satisfadion to the Owners of any Lands lying Contiguous to fuch Roads for the Timber which fhall be taken for making or Repairing Bridges in fuch Roads and for exempting all
perfons emploid in Iron

Works from Mufters was according to Order read a fecond time

And

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And
after a

Debate the Queftion was put

be Committed
Refolved in the Affirmative
to M'' Tayloe M""
M"'

That the

Bill

W Attorney, W Blair W Efcridge and

And

it

was Committed

Conway

M"'

Lee

M''

Robinfon M' Henry Willis

Thornton

M' Attorney General Reported from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances that the Committee had had under their Confideration part of a propofition from Richmond County and part of a Petition from Wefintorland County in Relation to Convidls and had agreed upon a Report which he read in his place and afterwards deliver'd it in at the Table where it was again Read. The faid Report being read a fecond time Order'd, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for the better Government of Convidls Imported into this Colony and that the Committee of propofitions and Grievances do prepare and bring in the faid Bill. M"^ Attorney General Reported from the Committee to whom the Bill for Enforcing the Adl Intituled An Ad for the effedual Suppreffion of Vice and Reftraint and punifhment on Blafphemous Wicked and Diffolute Perfons, and for preventing Inceftuous Marriages and Copulations was Committed feveral Amendments made by the Committee to the
the
in his place. And afterwards delivered the Bill with Table where the Amendments were again read Order'd, That the faid Amendments be taken into confideration to Morrow by the Houfe Then the Houfe Adjom'd till to Morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.
Bill.

And he

read the

Amendments

Amendments

in at the

Friday, June the 5th, 1730.

T
1

HE

Houfe met, And Adjom'd

till

to

morrow morning Eleven a

Clock.

f^HE Houfe

met,

Saturday, June the 6, 1730. And Adjom'd till Monday morning Eleven a

Clock.

Monday, June

the 8,

1730.

Inadvertency in figning of giving Offence a Paper as a Grievance from the Covmty to this Houfe expreffmg his forrow for the fame and praying that he may undergo the Cenfure of the Houfe was alfo prefented to the Houfe and read Order'd, That the faid John Mercer and Peter Hedgman be brought to the Barr of
Petition of Peter
his

PETITION

John Mercer fetting forth his forrow for having Incurred the difpleafure of this Houfe and praying that he may be admitted to undergo the Cenfure of the Houfe for his Offence, was prefented to the Houfe and Read
of

Hedgman acknowledging

of Stafford without

any defign

the Houfe

and Reprimanded by M"' Speaker. They were brought to the Bar and Reprimanded accordingly Order'd, That they be dif charged out of Cuftody paying their Fees M' Attorney General according to Order prefented to the Houfe a Bill
Houfes and places
for taking

to

prevent the

malicious burning Tobacco Houfes and other

away Clergy

from certain Offenders, and for punifhing Acceffories to Felonies and Receivers of Stolen Goods. And the fame was read the firft time and Ordered to be read a fecond time.

The

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The Houfe proceeded to take into
their Confideration the

Amendments made

to the

for the effedual Suppreffwn of Vice and ReBiU for Enforcing the A6t Intituled An Wicked and Diffolnte perfons and for preventing ftraint and piinifhment of Blafphemous Inceftttoits Marriages and Copulations.

Ad

And

the

Amendments were
Bill

feverally read

After a Debate the Queftion

That the

was put be Recommitted

Refolved in the Affirmative

Order'd, That the Bill be Recommitted to the Committee to whom it was Committed. A Bill to difable any Sherif or other perfon to fit as a Member of the Houfe of Burgeffes

who

by the appointment of the Governor of this Colony after being made Sherif his Eledion and exempting the Members of the Houfe of Burgeffes from time was read the fecond Order'd, That the Bill be Committed to the Committee who prepar'd the fame M' Tayloe Reported from the Committee to whom the Bill to Exempt the Inhabifhall accept

any

Office of profit

tants of

any County wherein any Iron Works are or fhall be Ereded from, clearing or Repairing the Roads leading to and from the fame, For making Satisfadion to the Owners of any Lands lying Contiguous to fuch Roads for making or repairing Bridges in fuch Roads And for exempting all perfons imploy'd in Iron Works frmn Mufters was Committed
feveral

Amendments made

to the

Bill.

afterwards deliver'd the Bill with the

And he read the Amendments in his place and Amendments in at the Table, where the Amend-

ments were again read. Order'd, That the Bill with the Amendments do lie upon the Table. Then the Houfe Adjom'd 'till to morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.

Tuefday, June the 9, 1730.

PETITION
in

of

Sundry Freeholders

of the

County
if

of

Hanover whofe Names are

thereunto Subfcribed Setting forth that

that County will

the Bill now depending in this Houfe

Relation to the Tobacco Trade fhould pafs into a

lie

Law The

Inhabitants of

under great Inconveniences if a Warehoufe fhould not be eftablifhed at Crutchfields, the upper Landing upon Pamunky River and praying the Confideration of the Houfe thereupon, was prefented to the Houfe and read Order'd, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table A Petition of William Todd Complaining of great Damages he has Suftain'd by an Aft of Affembly paffed at the laft Seffion of Affembly for Erefting a Town upon the Petitioners Land on the North fide of Rappahanock called Falmouth and praying

was prefented to the Houfe and read That the faid Petition be Refer'd to the Confideration of a Committee And that they do Examine the matter thereof and Report the fame as it fhall appear to them to the Houfe
Relief therein
Order'd,

And

it is

referred to

M' Ue M' Robinfon M' Meriwether M' Braxton M' Robert Boiling M' Tayloe and M-" Conway. M' Harrifon Reported from the Committee of propofitions and Grievances that the Committee had had under their Confideration feveral propofitions and Grievances and had agreed upon a Report which he read in his place and afterwards deliver'd the fame in at the Table where it was again read. The faid Report being read a Second time Order'd, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for Eredling a new County on the
heads of the Counties of Stafford and King George and that the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances do prepare and bring in the faid Bill.
Order'd,

;
I

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That it be an Inftrucftion to the faid Committee to make the Divifion from the mouth of Chopawanfwick Creek on Potowmack River to the head of the North Branch Thence by a South Weft Courfe to the head of Deep rim and down of the faid Creek. Rappahanock River that Run to Order'd, That it be alfo an Inftrudlion to the faid Committee to bring in a Claufe to be added to the Bill for paying a proportionable part of the Tobacco now due to the Counties of Stafford and King George for Wolves heads to the Inhabitants of the New
Order'd,

County

That leave be given to bring in a BiU for making a new Parifh upon the head of Overwharion parifh in the County of Stafford And that the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances do prepare and bring in the faid BiU. Order'd, That it be an Inftrudtion to the s'd Com'tee to make the divifion from y* mouth of Chapawanfick Creek on Potowmack River to the head of the North Branch of the s'd Creek & thence by a S. Weft Courfe to the parifh of Hanover. Order'd, That it alfo be an InftrucT;ion to the faid Committee to bring in a Claufe to be added to the Bill for obliging the Inhabitants of the Parifh of Overwharton to contribute towards the purchafing a Glebe for the faid New Parifh Ten thoufand pounds Weight of Tobacco with Cafk and Conveniency Order'd, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for dividing the Parifh of St. George in the County of Spotfilvania and that the Committee of propofitions and Grievances
Order'd,

do prepare and bring in the faid Bill. Order'd, That it be an Inftrudion to the faid Committee to make the Divifion from the mouth of the Rappidanne to the mouth of the Wildernefs Run Thence up the faid Run to the Bridge and thence South Weft to Patmmky River. Order'd, That it be alfo an Inftrudion to the faid Committee to bring in a Claufe to be added to the Bill to oblige the Inhabitants of the Parifh of Saint George to pay a proportionable part of what has been Levied on them, for purchafing a Glebe and building
a Glebe houfe.
Refolv'd,

That the Propofition from Spotfilvania Coimty

for Dividing that

County

be rejedled
Refolv'd,

That the propofition from the

faid

County

for Eredling a

New County on
of

the South fide of Potowmack River and the

Weftem

fide of the great

Ridge

Moimtains

and for Encouraging People to Settle there be rejedled. M"" Harrifon reported from the Committee to whom the Bill to difable any Sherif or other Perfon to fit as a Metnber of the Houfe of Burgeffes who fhall accept any Office of profit by the Appointment of the Governor of this Colony after his Eledion and Exempting the Members of the Houfe of Burgeffes from being made Sherif s, That the Committee had

made an Amendment
the
Bill.

to the Title of the Bill,

and

feveral

Amendments

to the

body

of

And he

read the

Amendments

in his place

and afterwards

deliver'd the Bill

with the Amendments in at the Table, where the Amendments were again twice read and agreed unto by the Houfe Order'd, That the Bill with the Amendments be Ingroffed. A Meffage from the Governor was deliver'd by M"' Robertfon
M''

Speaker,

The Governor Commands the immediate attendance of this Houfe in the Council Chamber, and that you bring with you fuch Bills as are ready for his Affent. M'' Speaker with the Houfe went up to attend the Governor accordingly, and being
return 'd
M"^

Speaker reported.

Bill

Intituled

an

AA

for Repealing the

That the Governor had been pleas'd to give his Affent to the Ad for the better and more effedual improving the

Staple of Tobacco and for the better Execution of the Seconds and for the further prevention thereof

Laws now

in force againft tending

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Bill for

amending

the Staple of

Tobacco was read the Second time

Bill

And

after a

Debate the Queftion was put That the

Order'd,

be Committed.
Refolv'd in the Affirmative

That the Bill be Committed to a Committee of the whole Houfe. Refolve itfelf into a Committee of the Refolve'd, That the Houfe wUl immediately whole Houfe to confider of the faid Bill. The Houfe accordingly Refolved it Self into a Committee of the Whole Houfe the Committee M' Speaker left the Chair. And M-- Attorney General took the Chair of And Chair the Refumed and after fome time fpent therein, M-- Speaker made fome M' Attorney General Reported from the Committee that they had time to go thro' Progrefs in the Bills for Amending the Staple of Tobacco, but not having
the fame they

had directed him to move for leave to fit again Committee Refolv'd, That this Houfe will again Refolve it felf into a Houfe, upon the faid Bill to morrow morning. Then the Houfe Adjom'd till to morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.

of the

whole

ff^ednefday,
Order'd

June

the

o,

173 o.

THAT

the Petition of the Freeholders of the County of Hanover for Eftablifhing a Warehoufe at Crutchfield upon Pamunky River be Refer'd to the Committee of the whole Hotife to whom the Bill for Amending the Staple of Tobacco is

Committed.

The Order

of the

Day

being Read.

The Houfe Refolved

it felf

into a

Committee

of the whole Houfe Upon the Bill for Amending the Staple of Tobacco And after fome time fpent therein M'' Speaker Refumed the Chair And M' Attorney Reported from the Committee that they had made further progrefs in the Bill but had not gone thro the fame And that the Committee had diredled him

to

move

for leave to

fit

again

That the Houfe will again Refolve it felf into a Committee of the whole Houfe to morrow Morning upon the faid Bill. Then the Houfe Adjom'd till to morrow Morning Eleven a Clock
Refolv'd,

Thurfday, June the 11, 1730.

Samuel Harwood the Elder and John Edloe Church Wardens County of Charles City in behalf of themfelves Veftry the faid Parifh was prefented to the Houfe the Minifter and of and and Read Setting forth that by the Union of feveral Parifhes two parcels of Land Remote from one another and of little value to the Minifter of the faid Parifh are Vefted in him as a Glebe, that the Parifhoners will fhortly be oblig'd to build a New Church in a more convenient Scituation than the old Church ftands in and thereby a fmall parcell of Land Contiguous to the Church yard belonging to the Parifh will be of no ufe And that if the faid feveral parcells of Land were fold the Money arifing might be fufficient to purchafe a good Glebe for the faid Parifh And Praying that leave may be given to bring in a Bill to Enable the Minifter Church Wardens and Veftry of the

PETITION

of

of the Parifh of Weftover in the

faid Parifh to

fell

the faid three parcels of

Land And

to lay out the purchafe

Money

in

other lands for a Glebe for the faid Parifh.

Petition.

to

That leave be given to bring in a Bill according to the Prayer of the faid that M'' Samuel Harwood and M' Stith do prepare and bring in the fame M' Blair according to Order prefented to the Houfe a Bill to Enable Henry Cary fell certain Intailed Lands in the County of Warwick and for fetling Three hundred and Six
Order'd,

And

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Six Acres of Land with the Appurtenances in the County of Henrico. And the Moiety Three thoufand Nine hundred and Forty two Acres of Land with the Appurtenances in the County of Goochland of greater Value to the fame Ufes And the fame was read the firft time and Order'd to be read a Second time.
of Burgeffes
to di fable any Sherif or other per fon to fit as a Member of the Houfe who fhall accept any Office of profit in this Colony after his Election and Exempting the Members of the Houfe of Burgeffes from being made Sherifs was read the

of

An

Ingroffed Bill

third time.

That the Bill do pafs. That the Committee of Proportions and Grievances do carry the Bill to the Council and defire their Concurrence thereto. M-^ Harrifon Reported from the Committee to whom the Bill for Enforcing the Ad Intituled an Ad for the Effedual Suppreffion of Vice and Reftraint and punifhment of Blafphemous Wicked and Diffolute perfons and for preventing Inceftuous Marriages and Copulations was Recommitted That the Committee had made feveral other Amendments to the Bill which he read in his place and afterwards deliver'd the Bill with the Amendments in at the Table. The faid Amendments being again Twice read were agreed unto by the Houfe with
Refolv'd,

Order'd,

an Amendment

That the Bill with the Amendments agreed tmto be Ingroffed. Harrifon according to Order prefented to the Houfe a Bill for Ereding a County on the Heads of Stafford and King George Counties
Order'd,
M"'

New

Alfo a Bill for making a

County.

New

Parifh on the head

of

Overwharton Parifh

in Stafford

Alfo a Bill for Dividing the Parifh of Saint George in Spotfilvania County And the faid Bills were feverally read the firft time and Order'd to be read a Second
time.
of the day being read The Houfe Refolv'd it felf into a Committee whole Houfe upon the Bill for Amending the Staple of Tobacco And after fome time Spent therein M'' Speaker Refum'd the Chair And M'' Attorney Reported from the Committee that they had made a further Progrefs in the Bill but had not gone thro' the fame, And that the Committee had directed him
of the

The Order

to

move

for leave to

fit

again.

That the Houfe will again Refolve it felf into a Committee of the whole Houfe to morrow morning Order'd, That M"" Lawrence Smith have leave to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe to morrow Then the Houfe Adjom'd till to Morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.
Refolv'd,

Fryday, June the 12, 1730.

A
in

BILL

to

prevent the Malicious burning Tobacco Houfes

and

other

Houfes and
punifhing

places for taking

away Clergy from

certain Offenders,

And

for

Acceffories

to

Felonies and Receivers of Stolen Goods

was read the Second time

Order'd, That the Bill be Ingroffed The Order of the Day being read the Houfe Refolved it felf into a Committee of the whole Houfe upon the Bill for amending the Staple of Tobacco And after fome time

fpent therein

M^ Speaker Refum'd the Chair And M' Attorney Reported from the Committee that they had made a further progrefs the Bill but had not yet gone thro the fame And therefore they had diredted him to
for leave to
fit

move

again.
Refolv'd,

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Committee of the whole Refoh'd, That the Houfe will again Refolve it felf into a houfe upon the faid Bill to morrow morning Then the Houfe Adjom'd till to Morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.

Saturday, June the 13, 1730.

Order'd

day next. A Meffage from the Council was deliver'd, by M' Robertfon That they have made fome Amendments to the Bill Intituled An Ad for the Encouraging the making of Linen Cloath to which they defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. And that they have agreed to the Bill Intituled an Ad to prevent Swine runing at large within the Limits of the Toum of Hampton without any Amendment Order'd, That M' Mead have leave to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe till

THAT

M' Bacon have leave to be abfent from the Service

of the

Houfe

till

Wednef-

Wednefday M' Fitzhugh according to Order prefented to the Houfe a Bill to Exempt certain German Proteftants in the County of Stafford from the Payment of Parifh Lex'ies and the fame was read the firft time and order'd to be read a Second time. An Ingrofs'd Bill for Enforcing the Ad Intituled an Ad for the effectual Suppreffion of Vice and Reftraint and Punifhment of Blasphemous Wicked and Diffolttte perfons and for preventing Inceftuous Marriages and Copulations was read the third time. Rcfolv'd, That the Bill do pafs An Ingroffed Bill to prevent the Malicious burning Tobacco Hoiifes and other Houfes and places for taking away Clergy from certain Offenders and for punifhing Acceffortes to Felonies and Receivers of Stoleti Goods was read the third time Rcfolv'd, That the Bill do pafs. Order'd, That the Committee of proportions and Grievances do carry the faid Bill to the Council and defire their Concurrence thereto The Order of the Day being read The Houfe Refolv'd it felf into a Committee of the whole Houfe u]ion the Bill for Amending the Staple of Tobacco And after fome time fpent therein M"' Speaker Refum'd the Chair And M"^ Attorney Reported from the Committee that they had made fome further Progrefs in the Bill but had not gone thro' the fame And therefore they had diredled him to

move

for lea\-e to

fit

again

Houfe will again Refolve it felf into a Committee of the whole Houfe upon the faid Bill on Monday Morning Ordered, That M' Hollier have leave to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe till
Refolv'd,

That

this

Thurfday next A Bill to Enable Henry Carey to fell certain Intailed Lands in the County of Warwick and for fetling Three hundred and Six Acres of Land with the Appurtenances in the County of Henrico And the Moiety of Three Thoufand Nine hundred and forty two Acres of Land with the Apurtenances in the County of Goochland of greater Value to the fame Ufes was read the Second time
Order'd, that the Bill be Ingroffed

New parifh on the head of Over-Wharton parifh in Stafford County was read the fecond time, and Several Blanks were filled up at the Table. Order'd, that the Bill be Ingroffed A Bill for Ereding a New County on the heads of Stafford and King George Counties was read the Second time and feveral Blanks in the Bill were fill'd up at the Table
Bill for

Making

Order'd,

That the

Bill

be Ingroff 'd


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Bill for dividing the

the Second time

Order'd,
till

And
M"^

That

Parifh of Saint George in the County of Spotfilvania was read Order'd to be Ingroff'd Simmonds have leave to be abfent from the Service of the Hovife
till

Thurfday next.

Then the Houfe Adjom'd

Monday Morning Eleven a

Clock.

Monday, June
Order'd

the 15,

1730.

THAT And

the Treafurers accounts be Referred to the Confideration of a Committee

that they do

Examine the

faid

Accounts And Report the Ballance

it

fhall

appear to them to the Houfe.

it is

And

Refer'd to

W Randolph
Several Claimes of Mrs.
to the
Order'd,

M' Robert Boiling

M"'

Surges.

Mary

Stith for taking

up

feveral

Runaways were prefented

Houfe And the fame were Receiv'd That the faid Claimes be Refer'd to the Confideration of the Committee of And that they do Examine the matter thereof And Report the fame Claimes. Publick
with their Opinion thereupon to the Houfe. An Ingrofs'd Bill to Enable Henry Cary to fell certain IntaiVd Lands in the County of Warwick and for Selling Three hundred and Six Acres of Land with the Apptirtenances And the Moiety of Three Thoufand Nine hundred and forty in the County of Henrico. two Acres of Land with the Appurtenances in the County of Goochland of greater Value
to the

fame ufes was read the third time. Refolv'd, That the Bill do pafs An Ingrofs'd Bill for Ereding a New County on

the heads of Stafford

and King George

was read the third time. Refolv'd, That the Bill do pafs. An Ingrofs'd Bill for making a New Parifh on Stafford County was read the third time Refolv'd, That the Bill do pafs
Counties

the

head

of

Overwharton Parifh in

was

Ingrofs'd Bill for Dividing the Parifh of Saint George in the County of Spotfilvania read the third time and two Blanks in the Bill were filled up at the Table
Refolv'd,

An

to

That the Bill do pafs That the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances do carry the the Council and defire their Concurrence thereto
Order'd,

faid Bills

A Bill to exempt certain German Proteftants in the County of Stafford from the Payment of Parifh Levies was Read the Second time And a Blank in the Bill was filled up at the Table Order'd, That the Bill be Ingrofs'd. M"' Tayloe according to Order prefented to the Houfe a Bill for Vefting Four hundred Twenty Acres of Land with the Appurtenances in the County of Weftmorland being Entail'd in George Turbervile Gentleman in Fee fimple. And for confirming a Settlement of One Thoufand Acres of Land with the Appurtenances in the County of Stafford of greater Value to the fame Ufes and the fame was Receiv'd, And read the firft time

&

be read a Second time A Petition of William Bird Efquire was prefented to the Houfe and read Setting forth that he had for fome Years Employed a confiderable number of his Slaves upon
Order'd,

That the

Bill

the beft of his Lands in making

hemp

that he hath had a great deal of difficulty in getting the fame Weigh'd by the Sherif according to the Dire(5lions of the A6t for giving a Bounty upon Tarr and Hetnp

And

And

(78)
all Hemp made in this praying that leave may be given to bring in a BiU to allow County in order to receive the Colony to be Weigh'd by any Juftice of the peace of the

And

Bounty.

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill according to the Prayer of the faid bring in the fame Petition, And that M-- Randolph and M-- Kemp do prepare and put Queftion the and made, A Motion being That it be an Inftrucflion to the Committee of the whole Houfe to whom the Bill Receive a Claufe That all publick for Amending the Staple of Tobacco is Committed to
Order'd,

Tobacco fhall pafs the Infpedlion before It be paid to the Colleftors thereof And for making an Allowance to the perfons chargable with the Payment of fuch Tobacco for paying the fame at the publick Warehoufes Yeas 23 M' Speaker Yea Noes 23
1
1

And

fo

it

Order'd,

was Refolv'd in the Affirmative That it be an Inftrudion to the Committee

of the whole

Houfe to receive

the faid Claufe

Debate the Queftion was put, That it be an Inftrudlion to the faid Committee to Receive a Claufe to Oblige the Owners of Tobacco to put it on board the Ships for a Reward to be allowed by the Mafters

And

after a

of Ships.

Yeas 30 Noes 20

And

fo

it

Order'd,

was Refolv'd in the Affirmative That it be an Inftrudlion to the Committee

arofe

of the

whole Houfe to Receive

the faid Claufe.

and the Queftion was put That it be an Inftrudlion to the faid Committee to Receive a Claufe Tobacco liable to an Infpedlion before before it fhall be Transferred Yeas 9 Noes 39

Then a Debate

for

making

all

And

fo

it

paffed in the Negative

The Houfe according to Order Refolv'd it felf into a Committee of the whole Houfe upon the Bill for Amending the Staple of Tobacco, And after fome time fpent therein M'' Speaker Refumed the Chair And M"' Attorney Reported from the Committee that they had made a further Progrefs in the Bill and Dire(5ted him to move for leave to fit again Refolv'd, That the Houfe will again Refolve it felf into a Committee of the whole Houfe upon the faid Bill to morrow morning Then the Houfe Adjom'd till to Morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.

Tuefday, June the 16, 1730.

MR.
The

Braxton Reported from the Committee to

whom

the Petition of John

Dowglafs was Refer'd That the Com'tee had Examined the Matter of the faid Petition and agreed upon a Report which he read in his place and afterwards
delivered the fame in at the Table.

Report being again read That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to confirm the Sale of certain Intailed Lands in the County of King William made by John Douglafs to John Frayfer in Fee Ample and for fetling other Lands in the County of Brunfwick and two Negro Slaves of greater Value to the fame Ufes. And that the Committee to whom the faid Petition was Referred do prepare and bring in the faid Bill
faid Order'd,

(79)
Claim of Thomas Oliver for taking up two Run away Negros belonging to the Eftate of M'' William Gordon late of the County of Middlefex Deceafed was prefented to
the Houfe

&

the fame was Received.

Order'd,

That the

faid

that they do

Examine the matter

Claim be Refer'd to the Committee of Publick Claims And thereof and Report the fame with their Opinion there-

upon to the Houfe.

M'' Robert Boiling Reported from the Committee to whom the Treafurers Accounts were Refer'd that they had Examined the feveral Articles of the faid Accounts and found the fame to agree with the Vouchers and that the Ballance due to the Publick in his hands Amoimts to Seven Thoufand Seven hundred Forty and Six pounds Six pence haHpeny. And the faid Accoimts were pafs'd by the Hoiife Order'd, That the Committee who Examined the faid Accounts do carry the fame to the Cotincil in Order to be paffed by them An Ingrofs'd Bill to Exempt certain German Proteftants in the County of Stafford from from the Payment of Parifh Levies was read the third time. Refolv'd, That the Bill do pafs. Order'd, That M"' Kemp M"' Fitzhugh and M"" Thornton do carry the BUI to the Council and defire their Concurrence thereto. The Order of the Day being Read the Houfe Refolv'd it felf into a Committee of the whole Hoiife upon the Bill for Amending the Staple of Tobacco and after fome time fpent therein M'' Speaker Refum'd the Chair. And M'' Attorney Reported from the Committee that they had gone thro' the Bill and agreed upon feveral Amendments thereunto which they had Diredled him to Report to the Houfe when they would pleafe to Receive the fame. Order'd, That the faid Report be Received to morrow morning Then the Houfe Adjom'd till to Morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.

Wednefday, June

the 17,

1730.
Bill /o confirm the

MR.

Braxton according to Order prefented to to the Houfe a

Sale of certain Entailed Lands in the County of King William made by John Douglafs to John Frayfer in Fee fimple and for Setling other Lands in the County
of

Brunfwick and two Negros Slaves of greater Value to the fame Ufes and the fame was Received and Read the firft time and Ordered to be read a Second time. The Houfe proceeded to take into their Confideration the Amendments made by the Council to the Bill for Encouraging the making of Linen Cloth. And the faid Amendments were twice Read and agreed xanto by the Houfe. Order'd, That the Committee for Propofitions and Grievances do acquaint the Council that this Houfe hath agreed to the faid Amendments. The Houfe proceeded to take into their confideration the Amendments made to the Bill to exempt the Inhabitants of any County wherein any Iron works are or fhall be Ereded from clearing or Repairing the Roads leading to and from the fame for making Satisfadion to the Owners of any Lands lying Contiguous to fuch Roads for the Timber which fhall be taken for making or Repairing Bridges in fuch Roads and for Exempting all perfons Emploied in Iron Works from Mufters

And

the faid

Order'd,. That the faid

Amendments being read and a Debate arifing thereupon Debate be Adjom'd M' Attorney according to Order Reported

from the Committee of the whole Houfe to whom the Bill for Amending the Staple of Tobacco was committed. That the Committee had made feveral Amendments to the
Bill

the

And he read the Amendments in his Place. And afterwards deliver 'd the Amendments in at the Table. Where the Amendments were again read. A Motion was made for calling over the Houfe

Bill

with

And

(8o)
the Houfe was called over accordingly and only One Member being abfent without leave And the Houfe being Inform 'd that he is fick he was excufed Then the Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the faid Report of the Committee

And

whole Houfe upon the Bill for Amending the Staple of Tobacco And a Motion was made for Receiving a Claufe to be Inferted in the begining of the Bill that the fame fhould not be in force till the end of three Months after his Majefties Approbation thereof fhall be publifhed And the Queftion being put That the faid Claufe be Receiv'd
of the
It

paffed in the Negative

And

feveral of the

Amendments were read a Second time and with fome Amendof the faid

ments were agreed vmto by the Houfe Order'd, That the further Confideration

Report be Adjom'd
Clock.

till

to

morrow Then the Houfe Adjom'd

till

to

Morrow Morning Eleven a

Thurfday, June the i8, 1730.

Order'd-

THAT
Order'd,
for a

M''

Fitzhugh and

M''

Thornton have leave to be abfent from the Service of

to be abfent from the Service

the Houfe for eight

Order'd,
of the

Days That M"^ Henry Armiftead have leave

Houfe all next Week That M"' Boufh have leave to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe
Robert Boiling have leave to be abfent
till

Week And that M'

next Thursday.

Meffage from the Coimcil by M'' Robertfon That they have made fome Amendments to the Bill Intituled an Ad for Enforcing the Ad. Intitided an Ad for the Effedual Suppreffion of Vice and Reftraint and punifhment of Blafphemous Wicked and Diffolute per fans and for preventing Inceftuoiis Marriages and Copulations Alfo an Amendment to the Bill Intituled An Ad to prevent the Malicious burning Tobacco Houfes and other Houfes and places for taking away Clergy from certain Offenders and for punifhing Acceffortes to Felonies and Receivers of Stolen Goods, To which they
defire the

Concurrence of this Houfe.

The Houfe according to Order Refumed the further Confideration of the Report of the Committee of the whole Houfe upon the Bill for Amending the Staple of Tobacco And the Refidue of the Amendments made by the Committee to the Bill were read and Were with feveral Amendments agreed unto by the Houfe And other Amendments were made by the Houfe to the Bill Then a Motion was made for Receiving a Claufe to be added to the Bill for difabling the Members of this Houfe to accept of any Office appointed by the Bill.

And the Queftion being put That the Claufe be Receiv'd Yeas 25 Noes 30 And
Ordered,
fo
it

paffed in the Negative

That the Bill with the Amendments be Ingroffed Then the Houfe Adjomed 'till to Morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.

Fryday,

(8i)

Fry day, June

Order'd

the 19,

1730.

M'' Tayloe have leave to be abfent from the Service Houfe the next Week. Order'd, That M'' Braxton have leave to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe 'till next Wednefday. A Meffage from the Council by M"" Robertfon That the Council have made fome Amendments to the Bill Intituled an Ad to difable any Sherif or other perfon to fit as a Member of the Houfe of Burgeffes who fhall accept any Office of profit in this Colony after his Eledion and Exempting the Members of the Houfe of Burgeffes from being made Sherif AKo to the Bill Intituled an Ad for making a New Parifh on the Head of Overwharton Parifh in Stafford County
M"^

THAT

Nicholas Smith and

of the

An Ad for Dividing the Parifh of Saint George in the which they defire the Concurrence of this Houfe County of Spotfylvania To And that they have agreed to the Bill Intituled An Ad for Ereding a New County on the heads of Stafford and King George Counties Alfo to the Bill Intituled An Ad to Enable Henry Cary to fell certain Intailed Lands in the County of Warwick And for felling Three hundred and Six Acres of Land with the Appurtenances in the County of Henrico and the Moiety of Three Thou fand Nine hundred and Forty Two Acres of Land with the Appurtenances in the County of Goochland of greater Value to the fame ufes without any Amendment. And that they have agreed to the Refolve of this Houfe for paying the Burgeffes Wages and other Charges of this Affembly out of the public Money in the hands of the
Alfo to the Bill Intituled
Treafiirer.

And

that they have paffed the Treafurers Accounts

Bill to

A Petition of William Ligon was prefented to the Houfe and Read, Praying that leave
may
Confirm the Title of Richard Randolph Gent, in certain Intail'd Lands by him fold and Conveyed to the faid Richard Randolph in Fee Simple and for fettling other Lands of greater Value to the fame ufes Order'd, That the faid Petition be referr'd to the Confideration of a Committee and that they do examine the matter thereof and Report the fame as it fhall appear to them
be given to bring in a
to the

Houfe
it is

And
M''

referred to
M"'

Conway Mj Blair
M''

Meriwether

M""

Syme and

Burges

A Petition of William Bridger was prefented to the Houfe and Read praying that leave may be given to bring in a Bill to Enable him to fell Five hundred Acres of Entailed
Lands in the Covmty of Nanfemond and for laying out the Purchafe money in Slaves Annexed to other Entailed Lands for the benefit of his Family Order'd, That the faid Petition be refer'd to the Confideration of a Committee and that they do examine the matter thereof and Report the fame as it fhall appear to them to the Houfe
to be

And it is Referr'd to M'' Kemp

M' Harrifon
M''

M"'

Godwin M' Lear and

Ravenfcroft

M^ Harrifon Reported from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances that the Committee had had vmder their Confideration feveral Propofitions from the Counties of Lancafter Northumberland Richmond and Spotfilvania

And


(82)
from the County of Weftniorland to be Relieved from divers And agreed the Northern neck. hardfhips occafioned by the Grant to the Proprietors of the Table where upon a Report which he read in his place and afterwards delivered in at

And

alfo a Petition

was again read That the faid Report be taken into Confideration to Morrow M' Kemp with the leave of the Houfe prefented to the Houfe a Bill for Reftraining Read the firft time And the taking of Exceffive Ufury And the fame was Receiv'd and ordered to be read a Second time A Petition of John Sutton Farrar was prefented to the Houfe and read Seting forth that he did Enfeoff Thomas Randolph Gentlemen Deceaf 'd and his Heirs of ffour hundred thirty two Acres of Entail 'd Land in the County of Henrico in Confideration of Three himdred and twenty Acres of Land in the County of Goochland purchafed by the faid Thomas RandolphaxidConweyed to the Petitioner in Fee fimple, And ten Negro Slaves; and that the Petitioner did agree with the faid Thomas Randolph in his life time to apply to the General Affembly for a Bill to Confirm his Title to the faid Four hundred thirty two Acres of Land and for fetling the other Lands and Negros aforefaid which are of
the fame
Ordered,

Greater Value to the fame Ufes, And praying that leave may be given to bring in a Bill purfuant to the faid Agreement. Order'd, That the faid Petition be Refer'd to the Confideration of a Committee And
that they do

Examine the matter

Refer'd to

thereof

and Report the fame as

it

fhall

appear to them

to the Houfe

And

it is

M"' Ravenfcroft and M' Samuel Harwood M' Lawrence Smith Reported from the Committee of Publick Claimes that the Committee had had under their Confideration All the Public Claimes and other matters to them referred And had agreed upon a Report and he delivered the Report with the

M' Lee M"' John Boiling

M' Harrifon

feveral Vouchers in at the Table

Claim of Edward Doyl and Thomas Hansford for taking up a

Run away Negro

belonging to Nathaniel Buck was prefented to the Houfe, And the fame was Receiv'd and order'd to be confider'd when the Report of the Com 'tee of public Claims fhall be
confider'd

Order

d,

by the Houfe. That M"' Strother have leave to be abfent from the Service
night
of

of the

Houfe

'till

Monday Seven

An Ingroffed Bill for Amending the Staple And after a Debate the Queftion was put
That the
Bill

Tobacco was

Read

the third time

do pafs Yeas 46 Noes 5

Bill

And

fo

it

Order'd,

was Refolv'd in the Affirmative. That the Committee who prepared the faid
That
M"'

do carry the fame to the

Council and defire their Concurrence thereto

Order'd,

Surges have leave to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe for
Stith

three

Days
That M'
have leave to be abfent from the Service
to take into their Confideration the
of the

Order'd,

Houfe

till

Tuefday next

The Houfe proceeded

Amendment made by

the Council to the Bill Intituled

any Sherif or other perfon to fit as A Member of the Houfe of Burgeffes who fhall accept any Office of Profit in this Colony after his Eledion and exempting the Members of the Houfe of Burgeffes from being made Sherif s. And the Amendment was read and agreed unto by the Houfe. Order'd, That the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances do acquaint the Council that this Houfe hath agreed to the Amendment by them made to the faid Bill
to

An Ad

difable

The

(83)
The Houfe proceeded to take into their Confideration the Report of the Committee and Grievances of feveral matters Referred at the laft Seffion of Affembly

of propofitions

to the Confideration of this prefent Seffion of Affembly.

And

the faid Report was

Read

That Colonel Spotfwood do lay before this Houfe upon Tuefday Sevenight an Account of the money placed in his hands by A(5t of Affembly paffed in the Year 1 720 for Eredling the Counties of Spotfilvania and Brunfwick and granting certain Exemptions and benefits to the Inhabitants thereof. Order'd, That the Clerk of this Houfe do forthwith fend notice of the faid Order to Colonel Spotfwood at Germanna The Houfe alfo proceeded to take into their Confideration the Report of the faid Committee in relation to feveral Temporary Laws And the faid Report was read Order'd, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Revive the Ad for Supply of certain defeds found in an Ad prefcribing the method for appointing Sherifs made in the year
Order'd,

MDCCXX
And that
faid Bill
after a Debate the Queftion was put That the Adt made in the Year MDccxxvi for laying a Duty on Liquors which will Expire the tenth day of Jime in the Year MDccxxxi for part of the Duty be further

the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances do prepare and bring in the

And

Continued

Yeas 20
M''

Speaker Yea

Noes 20]

And fo
in

Order'd,

Bill for

was Refolv'd in the Affirmative That the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances do prepare and bring continuing the Said Aft for part of the faid Duty, with fome Alterations and
it
till

Amendments Then the Houfe Adjom'd

to

morrow Morning Eleven a Clock

Saturday, June the 20, 1730.

Houfe according to Order proceeded to take into their Confideration the Report of the Committee of propofitions and Grievances in Relation to the Northern neck Grant. And the faid Report was read. A Cafe ftated upon the faid Grant by the Committee was alfo read Order'd, That leave be given to bring in a Petition to be prefented to his Majefty in Coimcil to relieve his Subjedls Inhabiting the Northern Neck from the hardfhips they undergo from the faid Grant And that the Committee of propofitions and Grievances do
prepare and bring in the fame.

THE

Conway Reported from the Committee to whom the Petition of William Ligon was Refer 'd that the Committee had enquired into the Allegations of the faid Petition and were of Opinion that the Lands propofed to be fetled in lieu of the Entailed Lands with two Negros Juidith and Pompey will be a fufficient Recompence to the Iff ue in tail Order'd, That Leave he given to bring in a Bill to confirm the Title of Richard Randolph Gentleman in certain Entail'd Lands purchafed by him of William Ligon And for fettling other Lands whereof the faid William Ligon is feiz'd in Fee and two
M"'

Value to the fame Ufes. And that the Committee to whom the faid Petition was Refer'd do prepare and bring in the faid Bill A Member informing the Houfe of a Report fpread abroad of a Paper Enter'd by Richard Fitz William Efq'' in the Council Journal on Thurfday laft containing feveral \mjuft and injurious Refledlions and Calumnies upon this Houfe and their proceedings

Negro Slaves

of greater

highly

(84)
highly Derogatory

To

the honour of the houfe

and

in

open Breach and Violation

of their

undoubted Rights and Privileges Order'd, That a Meffage be fent to the Council to defire them to fend to this Hoiife a Copy of the faid paper as it is Enter'd in their Journal and that M"" Kemp M"' Attorney Randolph M"' Lawrence Smith and M'' Harrifon do go up with the MefM' Meriwether

fage.

The Houfe proceeded

Suppreffion
of

to take into their Confideration the

Amendments made by

the

Council to the Bill Intituled

An Ad.

for Enforcing the

Ad Intittded An Ad for the Effcdual

Vice and Reftraint and pimifhment of Blafpheinous wicked and Diffolute

perfons and for preventing Inceftuans Marriages and Cofndations. And the faid Amendment was read and agreed unto by the Houfe.

The Houfe
Houfes and

alfo took into their Confideration the

Amendment made by
and

the Council

to the Bill Intituled

ories to Felonies

An Ad

to

prevent the Malicious burning Tobacco Houfes

certain Offenders

and

other

places for taking

away Clergy from

of Stolen

for punifhing Accef-

and Receivers

Goods
the Council

And the faid Amendments were read and agreed unto by the Houfe The Houfe alfo took into their Confideration the Amendments made by
to the Bill Intituled in Stafford County.

an

Ad for making a New Parifh

on the head

of

Overwharton Parifh

And

the faid

The Houfe
Spotfilvania

alfo

Amendments were read and agreed unto by the Houfe took into their Confideration the Amendments made by

the Coimcil

to the Bill Intituled

An Ad

for Dividing the parifh of Saint

George in

the

County

of

And

the faid

Amendments were read and agreed unto by the Houfe

That the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances do acquaint the Council Amendments by them feverally made to the faid Bills A Bill for Reftraining the taking of Exceffive Ufury was read the fecond time Order'd, That the Bill be Ingroffed A Bill for Vefting Four hundred and Twenty Acres of Land with the Appurtenances in the County of Weftmorland {being Entailed) in George Turbevile Gentleman in Fee fimple and for Confirming a Settlement of One thoufand Acres of Land with the Appurtenances in the County of Stafford of greater Value to the fame Ufes was read the Second
Order'd,

that this Houfe hath agreed to the

time.
Order'd,

That the

Bill

be Ingrofs'd

Sale of certain Lands in the County of King William made by John Douglafs to John Frazer in Fee fimple and for felling other Lands in the County of Brunfwick and two Negro Slaves of greater Value to the fame ufes was read the Second
Bill to confirm the

time
Order'd,

That the Bill be Ingrofs'd Then the Houfe Adjom'd till Monday Morning Eleven a Clock.

Monday, June

the 22,

1730.
Ufury was Read the third

AN

Ingrofs'd Bill for Reftraining the taking of Exceffive

time.
Refolv'd,

That the Bill do pafs. That M'' Kemp M'' Meriwether M'' Whitehead and M^ Dangerfield do carry the faid Bill to the Cotmcil and defire their Concurrence thereto An Ingrofs'd Bill to Confirm the Sale of certain Entailed Lands in the County of King William made by John Douglas to John Frazer in Fee fimple and for fetling otlier Lands in the County of Brunfwick and Two Negro Slaves of greater Value to the fame ufes was
Order'd,

read the Third time.

Refolv'd,

That the

Bill

do

pafs.

Order'd,

(8s)
That M^ Kemp, Meriwether M' Whitehead and M^ Danger-field do carry the faid Bill to the Council and defire their Concurrence thereto M' Samuel Harwood according to Order prefented to the Houfe a Bill jor vefting certain Lands belonging to The Church of Weftover Parifh in Truftees to be fold and for laying mit the Purchafe Money in other Lands for a Glebe for the faid Church and for Improving the fame, And the Bill was receiv'd and Read the firft time and order 'd to be read a Second time A Motion was made that the Houfe would come to a Refolution and after a Debate the Queftion was put That the Members of this Houfe ought not to receive any Wages for this Seffion for the time they have been or fhall be abfent from the Service of the Houfe on their
Ordered,

own

private Occafions
Refolv'd in the Affirmative
Order'd,

Houfe at the end of this Seffion do render an Account of the Number of Days he fhall have been abfent from the Service of the Houfe on his own private Occafions unto John Holloway Efq"' Treafurer of Virginia And that no Wages be allowed for thofe Days Refolv'd, That the Members who ferv-e as Burgeffes for the City of Williamfburgh James Toum and the College of William and Mary are Intituled to the fame Wages that other Members of the Houfe who ferve for Counties are Intituled to Order'd, That M'' Conway M'' Kemp M"' Meriwether and M"' Efcridge do carry the
of this

That every Member

faid Refolve to the Council for their Concurrence

Then upon

A Motion the Queftion was putThat leave be given to bring in a Bill to oblige the Burgeffes

of this

Colony to ferve

without Wages
It paffed in the Negative.

Then the Queftion was put

Shillings

That leave be given to bring and Six pence ^ Diem

in

Bill to

Reduce the Wages

of the Burgeffes to Six

It

paffed in the Negative

Then the

Hotife

Adjom'd till

to

Morrow Morning Eleven a

Clock.

Tuefday, June the 23, 1730.

from the Council by M^ Robertfon That according to the delire of this Houfe they have fent a Copy of their Journal of Thurfday laft. So far as Relates to the paper Enter'd thereon by Richard Fitz William Efquire. And that they have agreed to the Bill Entituled an Ad to Exempt certain German Proteftants in the County of Stafford from the Payment of Parifh Levies without any

MESSAGE

Amendment.
Order'd,
M''

That the Copy of the faid Journal do lie upon the Table. Attorney General according to Order prefented to the Houfe a Bill for Re-enading

certain parts of

an

Ad

Intituled

an

Ad declaring how

long Judgements

Bonds Obligations

Affignment of Bonds and Obligations direding what proof fhall be fuffident in fuch Cafes and afcertaining the Damage upon protefted Bills of Exchange And the fame was Received and read the firft time Order'd, That the Bill be read a Second time. A Letter from M' Burges a Member of this Houfe Diredled to M' Speaker was Read

and Accounts

fhall be in force for the

to the

Houfe acquainting the Houfe that by Reafon

of his Indifpofition

and other

Accidents he fhall not be able to attend the Service of this Houfe till Monday next Order'd, That M-- Burgefs's abfence from the Service of the Houfe 'till Monday

next be Excufed.

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hntncei Greenhitl a Frmc Orvcrt wa prcftTitcd to the Houfe and read her about twelve years aj/fx; without ScttifiK ffTth that hT Ilufhand Jofeph (Jreenhill left any Suhfiftanco that fhf: hath he<-n fiiH)orl<-fl l.y thf Charity ff Hr:r VunxU, And that

Petition

r,f

rh(-

hath the Fee

firniile ICftate

of

Nine hundred Arri-H

<)\

in tlie

C<Minty of I'rinre CJemf',e called

f rf<ni

Ihuhy

Hill;

And

that

Land with the A];j)urtenanceH if the fame were fold the

And i)rayfueh Sale woulfl afTf;rd hw a Comjiete-nt maintenance my the ("</nfifleratif;n of the Moiiff ujifm the (jremifcM And tfiat the faid Landf; may he veft<:d in TrufteeH to he fold And the j)iir( hafi: Money plaf-rl in their handH for the
Mfrfiiry arifinj;

PetilifxnerH fu|>(>ort

without the IntermedlinK Ol Ih

th(;

lliifh.md or IliH

Creditw*

And

after a

Debate

Qtiefti'm

waw

jMit

That the

faid Petition

he Refer 'd to the Onifiderati'm of a Oimmitte.e. Kefiihnl in the

refcr'd to the O/nfideration of a

Order'd, That the they do ICxamine the matter thereof and Kirjort, the fame as
I'ctitifrfi \)c

Committe(r

A fjirntalive And that

them
to

it fh.ill

apiiear to

the lloufe.

And

it id

refcrr'd to

M' l^e
M' Rdvrnftriijt
M'
Order'd,
l'(

M' llnrrifon M' Sttmuid Ihrnnaod

I'riinci.i

;ind

Willis
l'afch(dl Greenhill notice of

That the

faid

Committee do

j/ive

the faid

tition before they proceed therfrupfm

oj

M' ('imwiiy w(t,ri\\ny, to Order jirefcnted to the lloiife a JJiil //; inn/irm lh<: Title Richard Randol|)li (/cnl in untl to lertnin Intdil'd Lands jmnhdfed by him of Williatn lyiKon (tnd for fi'tling other Lands ami Iwo Negro Slaves oj greater Value in lieu thereof

to the

waK Rer eivM anfl rea<l the (irft time. Ordvr'd, That the liill be read a Second time A Member laid brifin-e the Houfe (V)l(mol Spolfwoods Accounts
fame
IJfeH

And

the fame

iiuifu.inl

l,o

the

Ord(Tr of I'ryday laft

And And
Mi.il

the Title of the Ac( ounts wa'i

IIk-

le.-id

Ordrr'd, Th;it
lliey
(ji,

faid Ac( ountH

b(;

Rj-ferrci Id

l.lie

i;iilidei,'il,i()ii

id

;i

Committee

ICxaminc the matter thereof and Rei)ort the fame with their (>i)inion
Iloiifc!

thereu])on to the

And

it

iw

Refer'd to

M' Harrifon M' Hlair

M' Ire
M' llt'nry Willis and M' Aufni/tin Smith

A Motion
That

beinj;

made
ff;r

would come to a Refolutic^n totirliinj; tli(! Payment of abfent MemberH. A Debate arofe thercMijion
tlie Ilotife

exjdaining the Refolve of Yefterday

And

the i)reviouH Queftion

fjueftirni In-

was

])ut

That that

put
//

pdfjal in the Nfpnlive

A Motion beinj; made That leave be given to bring in a Hill to Enable the Sale of Ooods Diftrained for Rent and to feciire fiuh (lood-; to the ])erff,ri Difti.'iiniii)^ the f,'im<> for the better Security of Rentnand to |irevc-nt l'"rauds (otnnntted by Tenant:;
to bring in a Mill accordingly And that the Committee and bring in the fame A Mill for Veiling urtnin Lands helimging to the Chnnh of Weftovr r I'anfh in Irnfties to he fold and for laying out the I'nnhafe Money in other Lands for a (>lrl>,- for the {aid Church and ),>, i,iif>roi<tng the .SV;m<? was read the Second time An-I v. lal Hlaiiks
lor

(hder'd, That leave be

of Juftic
(

giv

CourtH

do

jirejiarr-

l<

in

the

Mill

were

(iHe.l

iiji

,uid ,in Atnendtrienl. wa;;

ma<le

tf)

the

Mill

;il

lii.-

Table

Order'd,

That the

Mill vviMi tlie

Amendment

be Ingroffed

M'

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M' Harrifon according to Order prefented to the Hoafe a Bill for the better GovernConvids Imported into this Colony and for bringing them to a due and Speedy punifhment for their Crimes, And the fame was Receiv'd and Read the firft time. Order'd, That the Bill be read a Second time. The Houfe proceeded to take into their confideration the Report of the Committee
ntent of

of Public Claimes.

And part
ments.
Order'd,

of the

Report was read and agreed unto by the Houfe with fome Amend-

That the further Confideration of the faid Report be Adjom'd. Then the Houfe Adjom'd 'till to Morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.

Wednefday, June

the 24,

1730.

AN
to the

IngTofs'd Bill for Vefting Four hundred and twenty Acres of Land with the Appurtenances in the County of Weftmorland being Intailed in George Turber\-ile Gentleman in Fee fimple and for Confirming a Settlement of One Thoufand Acres of Land with the Apurtenances in the County of Stafford of greater Value fame Ufes, was Read the third time

Refolved,
Order'd,

That the Bill do pais. That the Committee who prepared the

faid Bill

do carry the fame to the

Coimcil and defire their Concurrence thereto

An Ingrofs'd Bill for Vefting certain Lands belonging to the Church of Weftover Parifh in Truftees to be fold and for laying out the purchafe Money in other Lands for a Glebe for the faid Church and for Improving the fame was read the third time Refolved, That the Bill do pafs.
Order'd,

That the Committee who prepared the

faid Bill

do carry the fame to the

Council and defire their Concurrence thereto

A Bill <o Confirm the Title of Richard Randolph Gentleman in and to certain Entail' Lands purchafed by him of William Ligon and for felling other Lands and two Negro Slaves of greater Value in lieu thereof to the fame ufes was read the Second time And an Amendment was made in the Bill at the Table Order'd, That the Bill with the Amendment be Ingroffed

A
them
to

Bill for the better

Government

of

Convids Imported into

this

Colony and for bringing

a due and Speedy punifhment for their Crimes was read the Second time Order'd, That the Bill be Ingrofs'd

The Houfe Refumed the Adjom'd Confideration of the Report of the Committee Claimes and another part of the faid Report was read and agreed unto with fome Amendments by the Houfe Order'd, That the further Confideration of the faid Report be Adjom'd. A Meffage from the Coimcil by M'' Robinfon That they have agreed to the Bill Intituled an Ad for Retraining the taking of
of public

Exceffive Ufury

And

alfo to the Bill Intituled

an

Ad

to

confirm the Sale of certain Intailed Lands

King William m^de by John Douglafs to John Frazer in Fee fimple and Lands in the County of Brunfwick and two Negro Slaves of greater Value to the fame Ufes without any Amendment. And that they have alfo agreed to the Refolve of this Houfe for paying the Burgeffes who fen^e for the^ City of Williatnfburg James Town and the College of William and
in the County of
for felling other

Mary

A Motion being made to proceed to the Confideration of the Paper Enter 'd upon the
Councils Journal by Richard Fitz Williams Eiq': The Copy of the Councils Journal fent to this Houfe Yefterday fo far as relates to

the faid Paper was read

Order'd,

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That the faid Paper be Refer'd to the Confideration of a Committee and Report what they think may be proper that they do Examine the matter thereof and to be done thereupon to the Houfe
Order'd,

And

it is

Referred to

M' Keynp M' Attorney General M' Meriwether

M""

M' Harrifon M' Randolph M' Efcridge and

Laurence Smith
till

Then the Houfe Adjom'd

to

Morrow Morning Eleven a

Clock.

Thurfday, June the 2^, 1730.

AN
for

Randolph Gentleman in and to him by Lands purchafed of William Ligon and for fetling certain Entail'd other Lands and two Negro Slaves of greater Value in lieu thereof to the fame uses was read the third time Refolv'd, That the Bill do pafs. An Ingrofs'd Bill for the better Government of Convids Imported into this Colony and bringing them To a due and Speedy punifhment for their Offences was read the third
Ingrofs'd Bill to Confirm the Title of Richard
Refolved,

time

That the Bill do pafs. Order'd, That the Committee of propofitions and Grievances do carry the faid Bills to the Council and defire their Concurrence thereto M-^ Attorney General according to Order prefented to the Houfe a Bill to prevent Loffes to Executors and Adminiftrators by the Sale of Negros Goods and Chattells taken in Execution for amending the Law in Relation to Executors and Adminiftrators for maintaining Adions of Account againft Executors and Adminiftrators and by one Join tenant and Tenant in Common againft another Jointenant and Tenant in Common their Executors and Adminiftrators for impowering Fathers to difpofe of the Cuftody and Tuition of their Children and for the better managing and Securing Orphans Eftates Alfo a Bill to Enable the Sale of Goods Diftrain'd for Rent to fecure fuch goods to the perfons Diftraining the fame for the better Security of Rents and to prevent frauds committed by Tenants. And the faid Bills were Received and feverally read the firft time and order'd to be read a Second time. Order'd, That M'' John Boiling have leave to be abfent from the Service of the Hoiafe
till

Monday

next.
of the

The Houfe Refumed the Adjom'd Confideration

Report of the Committee

of

And fome Amendments by

Publick Claimes,
Order'd,
M"'

another part of the faid Report was

the Houfe

Read and agreed unto with

That the further Confideration of the faid Report be Adjom'd Harrifon Reported from the Committee to whom the Accounts of Colonel Spotfwood were Refer'd that the Committee had according to Order Examin'd the faid Accounts and agreed upon a Report which he read in his place and afterwards deliver'd
it

in at the

Table where the fame was again Read. That the faid Report do lie upon the Table. Then the Houfe Adjom'd till to morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.
Ordered,

Friday, June the 26, 1730.

R. Harrifon according to Order prefented to the Houfe a Bill for Continuing part of an Ad for laying a Duty on Liquors with fome Alterations and

Amendments, and the fame was Received and read the Order'd, That the Bill be read a Second time

firft

time

(89)
Executors and Adminiftrators by the Sale of Negros Goods Amending the Law in Relation to Executors and Adminmaintaining Adions of Account again ft Executors and Adminiftrators and by iftrators for one Jointenant and Tenant in Comon again ft another Join-Tenant and Tenant in Common
Bill to prevent loffes to

and

Chattells taken in Execution for

and Adminiftrators for Impowring Fathers to difpofe of the Cuftody and Tuition of their Children and for the better managing and Securing Orphans Eftates was Read the Second time
their Executors

be Ingrofs'd. Goods Diftrained for Rent, to Secure fuch Goods to the Perfons Diftraining the fame; for the better Security of Rents and to prevent Frauds Committed by Tenants, was read the Second time. And after a Debate the Queftion was put That the Bill be Ingroffed
Order'd,
Bill

That the

Bill to enable the Sale of

Refolved in the Affirmative

That the Bill be Ingroffed The Houfe Refumed the Adjom'd Confideration of the Report of the Committee of Publick Claimes And the Refidue of the Report was Read and agreed unto with fome Amendments by the Houfe Order'd, That the feveral Sums hereafter mention 'd be paid to the Officers of the General Affembly refpe(5tively out of the Public Money in the hands of John Holloway
Order'd,
Efq""

Treafurer of Virginia Viz.

To John Randolph Clerk of the Houfe To William Robert fon Clerk of the General Affembly To Richard Hickman Clerk of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances

f
..

d
..o
..

loo
50

o o
o o

..

o o
o

40
40
20

..

..

To Benjamin Needier Clerk of the Committee of Courts of Juftice To the faid Needier for officiating as Clerk Affiftant upon the Occafion of the
fickness of the Clerk of the

. .

. .

To Miles Gary Clerk of of Public Claims To Phillip Finch Sergeant at Armes attending this Houfe To Francis Fontaine Chaplin to the Houfe To the Door keeper of the Council To Nicholas Wager John Mundel William Francis and William
Johnfon
Order'd,
;^7
..

Houfe the Committee

..

o o o o o
o

..

o o
o o

40
40
20 10

. .

. .

..

..

..

..

..

..

o
o

10

..

each.

30

..

..

That the faid Allowances be added to the Book of Claimes And that the Committee of Public Claimes do carry the faid book to the Council
for their Concurrence

Then the Houfe adjom'd

till

to

Morrow Morning Eleven a Clock

Saturday, June 27, 1730.

AMOTION being made

this

for allowing to M'' Philip

Finch Serjeant at Armes attending

Houfe

for his extraordinary fervice at the laft Seffion.

And another Motion

faid Phillip

being

made

for a further allowance to be

made

to the

Finch for his Service this Seffion The previous Queftion was put That the Queftion be put upon the faid Motions
paffed in the Negative A Petition of the Juftices of the County of Elizabeth City and the Minifter and Church Wardens of the Parifh of Elizabeth City in the faid County was prefented to the Houfe and read Setting forth that Thomas Eaton did formerly give Eight hundred and ten
It

Acres of Land in the faid parifh to Charitable Ufes, for the maintaining a Free School And that for want of a power in the Juftices of for the Education of poor Children. the

(9o)
Church Wardens of the faid Parifh who are the the faid County and the Minifter and faid Lands the Charity is become of fmall Truftees of the s'd Charity to let Leafes of the in a Bill to Enable the Juftices of the Value And praying that leave may be given to bring Wardens of the faid Parifh for the Church and Minifter Peace of the faid County and the twenty Years or three lives for and time being to let Leafes of the faid Lands for One fame the moft Valuable Rents that can be got for the according to the Prayer of the Petition Bill in a bring to given That leave be
Order'd,

Houfe a Bill to Revive the Ad for an Ad prefcribing the Method for appointing Sherifs And the fame was Received and Read the firft time. Order'd, That the Bill be read a Second time An Ingrofs'd Bill to prevent Loffes to Executors and Adminiftrators by the Sale of Negros Goods & Chattells taken in Execution; for amending the Law in Relation to Executors and Adminiftrators; for maintaining Adions of Account againft Executors and Adminiftrafors and by one Join tenant and Tenant in common againft another Join tenant and Tenant in common their Executors and Adminiftrators; for impowering Fathers to difpofe of the Cuftody and Tuition of their Children; and for the better managing and SecurSupply of certain Defeds found in
ing Orphans Eftates
Order'd

Rofcow M' that M' Robt. Armiftead M-- Hollier do prepare and bring in the fame the M"' Harrifon according to Order prefented to

And

Harwood and

M--

Lawrence Smith

was read the third time

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs.

That the Committee

for Courts of Juftice

do carry the

Bill to

the Council and defire

their Concurrence thereto

continuing part of an Ad for laying a Duty on Liquors with tions and Amendments was Read the Second time

Bill for

fome Altera-

And

after a

Debate the Queftion was put

Refolv'd in the Affirmative

That the Bill be Ingrofs'd

Order'd,

That the

Bill

be Ingroffed

an Ad Declaring how long Judgand be in Accounts fhall force for the Affignment of Bonds and ments Bonds Obligations Obligations direding what proof fhall be fufficient in fuch Cafes and afcertaining the Damage upon Protefted Bills of Exchange was read the Second time And after a Debate the Queftion was put That the Bill be Committed

A Bill for Reenading certain parts of an Ad Intituled

It

paffed in the Negative

That the Bill be Ingroffed A Meffage from the Council by M'' Robertfon That they have made an Amendment to the Bill Intituled an Ad for Vefting certain Lands belonging to the Church of Weftover Parifh in Truftees to be fold and for laying out the Purchafe money in other Lands for a Glebe for the faid Church and for improving the fame, to which they defire the Concurrence of this Hotife And that they have agreed to the Bill Intituled an Ad for Vefting ffour hundred and twenty Acres of Land with the Appurtenances in the County of Weftmoreland being Entailed in George Turbervile Gentleman in Fee Simple, and for Confirming a Setlement of One thou fand f Acres of Land with the Appurtenances in the County of Stafford of greater Value to the fame Ufes without any Amendment. M^ Kemp according to Order prefented to the Houfe a Bill to Impower Juftices of Peace to Weigh Hemp in Order to Entitle the maker to Receive the Bounty and the fame was receiv'd and read the firft time Order'd, That the Bill be read a Second time. The Amendment made by the Council to the Bill Intituled an Ad for Vefting certain Lands belonging to the Church of Weft Over Parifh in Truftees to be fold and for laying out
Order'd,
the

(90
the

Purchafe Money in other Lands for a Glebe for fame, was read and agreed unto by the Houfe
Order'd,

the faid

Church and

for

improving the

that this Houfe hath agreed to the

That the Committee who prepared the faid Bill do acquaint the Cotmcil Amendment by them made to the faid Bill. Then the Houfe Adjom'd till Monday Morning Eleven a Clock

Monday, June 29, 1730.

MR.
table
M''
cil's

R. Armiftead according to Order prefented to the Houfe a Bill to Enable Peace of the County of Elizabeth City and the Minifter and Church Wardens of the Parifh of Elizabeth City in the faid County for the time being to take and hold certain Lands given by Thomas Eaton to Charithe Juftices of

Ufes and
Order'd,

Leafes thereof and the fame was receiv'd and read the That the Bill be read a Second time
to let

firft

time

Kemp Reported from the Committee to whom the Paper

Efq"'

Enter'd upon the Coun-

this Inftant was Refer 'd that the Committee had had the fame imder their Confideration and had agreed upon a Report which he Read in his place and afterwards deliver'd the fame in at the Table

Journal by Richard Fitz William

the Eighteenth

Day of

where

it

is

again read.

Order'd,

That the

faid

Report do

lie

upon the Table.

found in an

A
Method

Bill to revive the

Ad
Bill

for fupply of certain defeds

Ad

prefcribing the

for appointing Sherifs

was read the Second time.

Ordered,

That the

be Ingroffed

impou'er Juftices of Peace to Weigh Hemp in order to Entitle the maker to Bounty was read the Second time. Order'd, That the Bill be committed to the Committee who prepared the fame Order'd, That it be an Inftru(5lion to the faid Committee to bring in a Claufe to be added to the faid Bill for paying vinto William Bird Efq"" the Botmty upon all Hemp which hath been made by him purfuant to the Adl made in the Eighth Year of the Reign of the late King George the firft for Encouraging the making of Tarr and Hemp An Ingrofs'd Bill for Continuing part of an Ad for laying a Duty on Liquors with fame Alterations and Amendments was read the third time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs An Ingrofs'd Bill for Re-enading certain parts of an Ad Intituled An Ad declaring how long Judgments Bonds Obligations and Accounts fhall be in force For the Affignment of Bonds and Obligations direding what proof fhall be fufficient in fuch cafes and afcertaining the Damage upon protefted Bills of Exchange was read the third time and two Amendments were made to the Bill at the Table Refolved, That the Bill do pafs
Bill to

receive the

An
to the

Ingrofs'd Bill

to

Enable

the Sale of

Goods Diftrained

for

perfons Diftraining the fame for the better Security of Committed by Tenants was read the third time Refolv'd, That the Bill do pafs Order'd, That the Committee of Courts of Juftice do carry the faid Bills to the Council and defire their Concurrence thereto. The Houfe Refum'd the Adjom'd Debate upon the Report from the Committee to whom the Bill {to Exempt tlie Inhabitants of any County Wherein any Iron works are or fhall be Ereded from clearing or Repairing the Roads leading to and from the fame; for making Satisfadion to the Owners of any Lands lying Contiguous to fuch Roads for the Timber which fhall be taken for making or Repairing Bridges in fuch Roads; And for exeynpting all perfons emploid in Iron Works from Mufters) was Committed.

Rent to Secure fuch Goods, Rents and to prevent Frauds

And

(92)
Amendments made by the Committee were read, and one of them was w'th amendments to fome of them agreed unto by the difagreed toand the Reft were

And

the

Houfe.

And

other

Amendments were made by

the Hovife to the Title

and

alio to the

body

of the Bill.

That the Bill with the Amendments be Ingrofs'd Then the Houfe Adjom'd 'till to Morrow Morning Eleven a Clock
Order'd,

Tuefday, June 30, 1730.

Ke>np Reported from the Committee to whom the Bill for impowering Juftices of Peace to Weigh Hemp in Order to Entitle the maker to Receive the Bounty was Committed. That the Committee had made feveral Amendments to the Title and body of the Bill And had according to Order prepared a Claufe And he read the to be added to the Bill Which they had diredled him to Report. the Bill with the afterwards deliver'd Amendments and the Claufe in his place, and

MR.

Amendments and Claufe in at the Table. And the Amendments and Claufe were twice read and agreed unto by the Houfe Order'd, That the Bill with the Amendments and Claufe be Engrofs'd
M'' Attorney General Reported from the Committee of propolitions and Grievances that the Committee had according to Order prepar'd A Petition to be prefented to His Majefty in Council for Relieving his Subjedts in the Northern Neck againft feveral Letters

Patents Granted by the late King Charles the Second and James the Second. And he deliver'd the Petition in at the Table Where it was twice read and with fome Amendments agreed tmto by the Houfe as follows.

TO THE KINGS MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL

The Humble Petition
of the

Burgeffes of the Colony of Virginia Moft humbly Sheweth

That King Charles the Second by Letters Patents bearing Date at Saint Germains
en Ley the Eighteenth of September in the firft Year of his Reign for Propagating the Chriftain Faith for the Benefit of the Church and the welfare of his Subjedls by the imdertaking and vigorous Profecution of Plantations of fforeign parts; particularly in America

Granted to the Lord Hopton the Lord Jermin afterwards Earl of Saint Albans Lord Culpepere S'r John Berkly afterwards Lord Berkly of Stratton S'r William Moreton S'r Diidly Wyatt and Thomas Culpepere A Territory in America bounded by and within the heads of Rappahannock and Potomack Rivers, the Courfes of the faid Rivers as commonly
called

and known by the Inhabitants and Defcriptions

Silver

Bay

the Rivers themfelves and the Iflands within their

and Creeks Gold

To

and other Mines referving and Affignes for ever Rendering Yearly to his Majefty Six pounds Thirteen Shillings and four pence Rent And afterwards the faid King Charles the Second by Letters patents Dated the Eighth Day of May One thoufand Six hundred and Sixty Seven Reciting that the Lord Hopton had Convey'd his Intereft to John Trethway Efquire and that the former Letters Patents were Surrendered; in Confideration thereof and the good Services done to the faid King and his Royal Father granted the fame to the faid Earl of Saint Albans Lord Berkly S'r William Moreton and John Trethway Efq'' in like manner with power to Divide the faid Territory into Counties Hundred Parifhes Tithings and Townfhips Hamlets and Burroughs and to Eredl and build Churches Colleges Chappells Free Schools and Alms Houfes and Houfes of Corredlion and endow them of which Churches they fhould be perpetual Patrons and prefent Mafters of Colleges or Schools Founded or Endowed by them or any perfon And that they might Divide the fame into Mannors and hold in every fuch mannor a Court in Nature of a Court Baron before the Steward by them to be
hold to

of thofe parts, and Chefapeak Banks Havens Ports Harbours a Fifth of Gold and a Tenth of Silver

them

their refpeftive Heirs

appointed

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appointed and free Suitors and hold Plea where the Debt or Demand fhould not exceed flforty fhill's Englifh Money and Receive the Fines to fuch Courts belonging and alfo a Court Leet to be holden twice a year before their Steward or his Deputy and a Market in each Mannor and two Fairs Yearly with a Court of Pipowders with Power to give Grant Sell or Alien the premifes and every part or parcell thereof to any Contractor to be held of the Patentees as of any of their Mannors in free and Common Socage by Fealty and Suit of Court or by any Lawfull Tenure Ufed in England; rendering fuch Rent and other Lawftil Refervation as they fhould think fit the Statute Quia Emptores Terrarum or any other notwithftanding And did Covenant to Enlarge and Confirm the faid Grant to Supply Defedls Provided that this Grant fhould not Infringe or make
the Governor and Council of Virginia to any Inhabitant Twenty Ninth of September in the Thirteenth Year of his Reign which are declared to be good and eflfedlual without other Payment than of
in Adlual poffeffion before the

void any other before

made by

the Rent Referved But to Revert or Efcheat to the Patentees With power to difpofe at Will of Efcheat Lands for their beft Benefit And Advantage Provided alfo that for fo

much

thereof as fhould not be poffeffed or Inhabited

by

their

means or Procurement

within One and Twenty Years next after the faid Grant the fame fhould Ceafe and the

King might difpofe thereof That King James the Second by his Letters Patents bearing Date the Seven and Twentyeth day of September in the ffourth Year of his Reign reciting the faid laft mentioned Grant and that therein amongft feveral other things there is contained a Provifo in thefe words "PROVIDED alfo that as to fo Much and fuch part and parts of the "Premifes hereby intended to be granted as within the time and Space of One and "Twenty Years now next coming fhall not be poffeffed inhabited or planted at or by the "means or procurement of the faid Henry Earl of Saint Albans John Lord Berkly S'r "William Moreton and John Trethway their Heirs and Affignes Thefe prefents and the "Grant hereby made fhall ceafe determine and be void." And we our Heirs and Succeffors may difpofe thereof to any other perfon or perfons whatfoever any thing herein
Contain 'd to the contrary notwithftanding And that thefe Patentees had Conveyed their Right to Thomas Lord Culpeper whom he was willing to encourage by Confirming and enlarging that Patent and releafing
the faid Provifo

done by his Father and him felf Grants him that Territory of Land in Virginia Bounded by and within the firft heads or Springs of the Rivers Rappahannock and Potomack the Courfes of the faid Rivers from their
in Confideration of Services

And

Heads or Springs as commonly Call'd, and known by the Inhabitants Defcriptions and Chefapeak Bay &c, as mention 'd in the before Recited Grant with power to fell and difpofe thereof and all and all manner of Deodands Goods of Felons and Fugitives Fines and Forfeitures and Confirms the former Grant Except the faid laft mentioned Provifo which he Releafes with all Arrears of Rent. UPON which feveral Grants the Reprefentatives of Your Majefties moft Dutyful and Loial Subje(fls the People of Virginia humbly beg leave to Reprefent THAT his faid late Majefty King Charles the Second was Induced to grant the faid Territory upon a Suggeftion that the fame was not inhabited by any of His Subjedls wherein he was Deceiv'd for long before the faid Letters Patents Confiderable Quantities of Land were Granted to And poffeffed by the people of Virginia within the bounds of that Grant And the fame from the firft Setlement of this Colony was held by them as part of Virginia. And moreover the late King James the firft and King Charles the firft had Granted by feveral Letters Patents imder the Great Seal of England to the Subjedls of this Colony that they fhould be immediately Dependent on the Crown of England both in refpedl to their perfons and Eftates which were Grounded upon the great hardfhips the firft planters had Endured tmder the Virginia Company. And when feveral perfons did afterwards in the reign of King Charles the firft attempt to procure a Grant of the faid Colony or part thereof The Governor Coimcil and
firft

of thofe parts

Burgeffes

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Burgeffes did pafs an Adl wherein they did declare that they would not fubmit to any fuch Grants And did proteft againft any Alienation of their perfons or Lands which his fign Manual given at his Court at A<51 his Majefty was pleaf 'd by his Letters under

York the Fifth day of July One thovifand Six hundred Forty and two to Ratifie and Confirm Whereof His Majefty King Charles the Second could not be informed when Befides your Petitioners humbly conthe faid Letters Patents were Granted by him. the Limits and bounds of the faid Territory of Uncertainty the that Advifed ceive and are of King Charles the Second Letters Patents feveral as the fame are fet forth in the faid doth Vitiate the Grants in Regard that his Majefty could not be rightly Inform'd of the
heads of thofe two great Rivers (which have fo many different Sources that the fame cannot be Determin'd) nor of the vaft Country which the Patentees by colour of the faid Grants might Claim. AND the Claufe of the faid Letters Patents of King Charles the fecond whereby
granted to be Divided into Mannors and to be held of the Patentees in Free and common Soccage by Fealty and Suit of Court or by any Lawfull Tenure ufed in England Rendering fuch Rent and other Lawfull Refervation as they think fit are not only Repugnant to former Grants of the Crown.
the faid Territory
is

Affembly aforefaid Confirm'd by the late King Charles the firft and contrary to the Terms upon which our Anceftors firft Tranfported themfelves to plant this Colony But the fame and the Difpenfation of the Statute of Quia Emptores Terrarum are conceived to Be void and illegal feeing great Numbers of the People of this Colony who at great Expence are daily making Plantations and Settlements towards the great Mountains are hereby Subjedted to the Will of the Proprietary as to the Tenure and Rents by which they hold their Lands YET the provifo in the faid Letters patents That the Grant for fo much of the faid Territory as fhould not be poffeffed or inhabited by the means or procurement of the Patentees within One and Twenty Years after the Date fhould ceafe and the King might difpofe thereof did in fome meafure Circumfcribe the mifchiefs which might enfue from the Grant BUT the General Affembly of Virginia in the Year One thoufand Six himdred Seventy four being juftly Alarmed by the faid Grant did Remonftrate to His Majefty King Charles the Second the hardfhips which would in Confequence thereof Attend his Subjects here And not only the Lords Arlington and Culpepere then proprietors of the s'd Letters Patents were fo far fatisfyed as to the reafonablenefs of the Complaint that they did agree to relinquifh their right and to take a new Grant for the Quit Rents and Efcheats And to come into a Collateral Agreement with the Colony about the manner of paying the Quit Rents and Compofitions for Efcheats But his faid late Majefty upon a hearing before him in Coimcil was pleafed to order

And

to

the

A($l

of

a Charter to pafs the Great Seal for confirming to the People of Virginia divers rights and priviledges which they apprehended were Violated by the faid Grant. AND purfuant thereimto A Charter paffed imder the Great Seal bearing Date at Weftminfter the Tenth Day October in the Twenty Eighth Year of his Reign Whereby his faid Majefty did declare and Grant. That all his fubjedls from time to time inhabiting Virginia fhould have their immediate dependance upon the Crown of England under fuch Governors as his faid Majefty and his Succeffors fhould from time to time appoint and upon no other perfon or perfons whatfoever. And that All Lands then poffeffed by the Refpedlive Inhabitants of Virginia fhould be Confirmed and
Eftablifhed to
Intereft in

them and their Heirs for ever where the Property of any perticular mans any Land fhould not be alter 'd or prejudiced, And that for the Encouragement of fuch of his Subjedls as from time to time fhould go to dwell there Fifty Acres fhould be Affign'd out of the Lands not then Appropriated to every perfon fo coming to dwell there as had been ufed and allowed fmce the firft Plantation thereof to be held of his Majefty his Heirs and Succeffors as of his Mannor of Eaft Greenwich in the
Coimty

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County of Kent in Free and Common Socage And that all Lands poffeffed by any Subjea Inhabiting Virginia Which Efcheated or fhould Efcheat to His Majefty his Heirs Or Succeffors fhould and might be enjoyed by fuch Inhabitant or poffeffor his Heirs and Affignes for ever paying two pounds of Tobacco Compofition for every Acre And thereby did declare his Royal Will and pleafure to be That the faid Charter and every Clauf'e Article and Sentence therein fhould from time to time as often as any Ambiguity Doubt of Queftion might happen to arife thereupon be Expounded Conftrued Deemed and taken to be by him meant and intended and fhould Enure and take Effedl in the moft beneficial and Available fence for the benefit and Advantage of the Subjecfts of Virginia as well againft his Majefty his Heirs and Succeffors as againft all and ever>' other perfon and perfons whatfoever THE Matter being thus Setled At the humble Suit of the General Affembly and all
Occafions of future uneafinefs
It

among

the People being in great

meafure Removed

late King James the Second fhould in fo few Years afterwards not only Releafe the Provifo in the Letters Patents of King Charles the Second BUT extend the Grant to the head Springs of the two Great Rivers Rappahanock and Potomack and likewife Grant the Goods of Felons and Fugitive Fines and Forfeitures

was matter

of great Surprize to the Subjects of Virginia

That the

within that Territory

the General Mfembly of this Colony in the Year One thoufand Ninety One taking Umbrage at the faid laft mentioned Grant did humbly Reprefent the hardfhip thereof to the late King William the Third And obtained a Reference of their Petition to S'r John Somers then Attorney General who after a hearing in behalf of the Petitioners for want of a true information of the Cafe did make a Report in favour of the Grant which was Confirm'd by his Majefty in Council And afterwards in the Year One thoufand Six himdred Ninety five the faid General Affembly did again Reprefent the Cafe to his faid Majefty but nothing was done thereupon. YOUR Petitioners do further humbly Reprefent imto your Majefty that by the faid Letters Patents of King James the Second ftill greater Incertainty is Introduced as to the Boimds of the faid Territory the head Sjjrings of the two Great Rivers Rappahanock and Potomack not being yet known to any of your Majefties Subjedts And in Confequence of this uncertainty feveral DLfputes have lately arifen between your Majefties Subjedls inhabiting Lands towards the head of the River Rappahanock and the prefent Proprietor of the faid Territory touching the Main Branches of that River and the like Difputes will daily more and more increafe and infinite difficultys muft Occur in the Determination of the fame Whereby the Eftates and Titles of many of your Mafejties Subjects holding Lands imder the Grants of your Majefty and your Royal Predeceffors muft neceffarily be brought frequently into Queftion to the Difquiet and Impoverifhing your Majefties faid Subjects. AND the Grant of Felons Goods Fines and Forfietures doth not only in many Cafes that may deferve Compaffion Subjecft the people of this Territory to the Will and Avarice of the Proprietor But they are likewife as to thefe matters Excluded from your Majefties Mercy and Clemency which Infupportable mifchief muft give occafion to continual Murmurings and Complaints of your people. And we humbly hope that this part of the Grant is illegal as it is DeftrucT;ive of their undoubted Rights and Priviledges NOR can we apprehend that the Releafe of the Provifo Recited in the faid Grant Six himdred

WHEREUPON
&

can be Valid after the Virginia Charter granted by the late King Charles the Second. BUT a greater Calamity than all the reft is the precarious Titles which your Majefties faid Subjedts have in their Lands imder the Grants of the Proprietor For your Petitioners are informed that the prefent Proprietor holds the faid Territory imder a Settlement which difables him to Grant any of the faid Lands in Fee Simple and he himfelf has Difputed the right of his Agent here to grant Lands purfuant to the faid Charters And if thefe Matters fhould be brought into Difpute not only great Numbers
of

(96)
of

your faid Subjedls may be unjiiftly difturbed in their poffeffions But the planting and improving a very Confiderable part of this Colony muft hereafter be totally
Obftrudled

upon the whole matter Wee humbly befeech Your Majefty to take the Premifes into your confideration and to order fuch proceedings to be had againft the faid feveral Grants as may Releive your Subjeds whofe Eftates lie within the faid Territory againft the Exorbitant and Unwarrantable powers contain 'd therein (the Execution whereof muft Introduce the greateft Confufion imaginable among them)

THEREFORE

or to purchafe the Right of the Proprietor as your Majefty in your great Wifdom fhall think meet that your Subjedls may hold their Lands immediately of your Majefty your

Heirs and Succeffors and be reftored to the Grace and Mercy of your Majefty. And that others of your Subjefts who are Inhabitants within fome of the Branches of the River Rippahanock may not be Involved in tedious and Expenfive Controverfie with the
faid Proprietor concerning their Right to their Eftates Ordered,

That

the faid Petition be Ingroffed on

be Addrefs'd to fix the Seal of prefented to His Majefty in Council Ordered, That M' Lee have leave to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe for ten
days.

which they hold under your Majefty. Parchment And that the Governor the Colony thereto And to Tranfmit it to England to be

to revive the Ad for fupply of certain Defeds found in an Ad preMethod for appointing Sheriffs was read the third time Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. An Ingrofs'd Bill to Exempt the Inhabitants of any County Wherein any Iron Works are or fhall he Ereded from clearing or Repairing the Roads leading to and from the fame. For making Satisfadion to the Owners of any Lands lying Contiguous to fuch Roads for the Timber which fhall be taken for making or Repairing Bridges in fuch Roads and for giving further Encouragement to Adventurers in Iron works was read the third time Refolved, That the Bill do pafs Order'd, That the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances do carry the faid Bills to the Council and defire their Concurrence thereto A Bill to enable the Juftices of Peace of the County of Elizabeth City and the Minifter and Church Wardens of the Parifh of Elizabeth City in the faid County for the time being to take and hold certain Lands given by Thomas Eaton to Charitable ufes and to Lett Leafes thereof was read the Second time Order'd, That the Bill be Ingroffed A Motion being made That the Refolve of this Houfe of the Twenty Second of this Inftant that no Member of this Houfe fhall receive his Wages for the time he fhall have been abfent from the Service of the Houfe on his own private Occafions, be fent to the Council for their Con-

An

Ingroffed Bill

fcribing the

currence.

was put That the Queftion be put upon the Said Motion
After a Debate the previous Queftion
Refolved in the affirmative

Then the Queftion was put That the faid Refolve be fent
Order'd,

to the Council for their Concurrence

Refolved in the Affirmative

That M' Tayloe M' Lee M' Hen: Armiftead M'' Grimes M"" Braxton Mj Martin M' Mead M' Randolph M' Fitzhugh M'' Thornton and M'' Strother do carry the faid Refolve to the Council and defire their Concurrence thereto Order'd, That a Bill be brought in to prevent any Member of the Houfe of Burgeffes to receive any Wages for the time he fhall be abfent from the Ser\nce of the Houfe in any future Seffion of Affembly And that M'' Tayloe M"" Braxton M"" Blair and M'' Strother do prepare and bring in the faid Bill Then the Houfe Adjom'd till to morrow Morning Eleven a Clock

ff^ednefday.

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Wednefday, July

i,

1730.
Bill to oblige the

MR.
the

County a proportion of the Wages of the Burgeffes of Effex King and Queen and King William Counties due for the laft Seffion of Affembly and alfo a proportion of And the faid Bill was Received and read the firft time laft Ptiblick Levy. Ordered, That the Bill be read a Second time
the faid

of Caroline

Robin fon mov'd for leave to prefent to the Houfe a Cotmty to Levy on the Tythable perfons of

Court

M' Tayloe mov'd

payment
time
of

for leave to prefent to the

Rewards

for killing

Wolves

And

Houfe a Bill for altering the manner of the faid Bill was Receiv'd and Read the firft

That the Bill be read a Second time The Houfe proceeded to take into their Confideration the Report of the Committee to whom the Paper Enter'd upon the Council Journal by Richard Fitz William Efq"' the Eighteenth Day of June containing Reafons for his Diffent to a Refolve of the Council Concurring with a Refolve of this Houfe for paying the Burgeffes Wages and all the Charges of this Seffion of Affembly in Money was refer'd and part of the faid Report was read & Agreed unto by the Houfe as follows. As to the firft of the faid Reafons "That the faid Refolve is Repugnant to a Law now in force for the Payment of the
Order'd,

Burgeffes."

The Committee have confidered that Law and do not

find

it is

thereby Declared

that the Allowances for Burgeffes attending at the General Affembly Shall be paid no otherwife then in Tobacco. And the Law by which that Publick Money hath been
railed being

made and

declared to be for eafing the People from the

burthen of a Poll

Tax
juft

The Committee are of Opinion that the Applying the Money that way is equal and and is not Repugnant to any Law As to the Second of the faid Reafons "That five thoufand two hundred pounds of the Money in the Treafurers hands is "Appropriated for the Encouragment of thofe that fhall go upon making Naval Stores "which Appropriation muft be Violated by this Refolve there not being money fufficient "to anfwer that & other juft demands & to Comply with this Refolve." This Committee have confider'd the Adl of Affembly made in the Eighth Year of the Reign of the late King George By which it appears the Sum of ffour thoufand pounds was faid to be Appropriated to pay a Reward of ffour Shillings for every Grofs hundred

of

further

Hemp which fhould be made according to the Diredlions of the faid Adt. And the Sum of Twelve hvmdred pounds to fatisfie and pay a Reward of two Shillings

for every Barrel of

Tar made according to the Dire(5lions of the faid Adl and Exported out of this Colony. This Committee have alfo confidered the A(5l of Affembly made in the Ninth year of the Reign of the faid late King By which it is Enadled and declared
that the faid Four thoufand potmds and twelve hvmdred pounds were not Appropriated

for

paying The faid Bounties or any other perticular Ufe. And if any of the faid Bounfhould after making the faid Adl of the Ninth Year of the faid late King become due the fame fhould be paid out of the firft monies which fhould be in the hands of the Treafurer And that the faid Boimties fhould be made good to the perfons Intituled thereto as the fame became due They have alfo Infpedled the Accounts of the Treafurer of thofe Monies from the time of granting thofe Bounties to the prefent time and find only the Simi of Three pounds Sixteen fhillings charged as paid for the Boimty upon Hemp and nothing charged as paid for the Boimty on TanSo that this Committee are of Opinion the Boimties as aforefaid given are Sufficiently Secured to fuch perfons as fhall at any time hereafter be Lawfully Intituled
ties

thereto

As

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As
to the third of the faid Reafons

"That the Money they have voted themfelves in Lieu of Tobacco is in fome Coxinties "twice more than the quantity they are Intituled to would fell for if it may be Computed "at the rate other publick Tobacco (particularly His Majefties Quit Rents) has been "fold Befides by this Refolve fome Members are to be paid who are not by Law Intituled "to any pay and others who by fome private agreement with their Counties have Quitted
"that Claim." This Committee cannot conceive how any perfon can now fay what the Value of Tobacco will be at the time the Burgeffes Wages if they had been to be paid in Tobacco
fhould become payable

And

for as

much

as divers Adls of Affembly both Antient

and

Modem

wherein

Tobacco has been Valued in Money have fetled the fame at ten fhillings for the htindred pounds This Committee are of Opinion that with refpedt to the Colony in General that Value is moft equal and reafonable and agreeable to the Ufage and Cuftom of this Country The Members faid not to be Intitled to any pay by Law are imderf tood by this Committee to be the Reprefentatives of the Corporations in this Colony who fit and Vote in this Houfe and have a fhare in the Legiflative power by Letters patents equally with the
Reprefentatives of Counties

Wherefore this Committee are of Opinion it is very agreeable to Juftice and Equity that the Corporation Members fhould Receive A reward f uitable to their Attendance and Sen^ice in this Houfe. This Committee do not know any private agreement made by any Members of this Houfe with their Counties relating to their Pay. As to the fourth of the faid Reafons "That the faid Richard Fitz William apprehends that fome of the Members before "mention'd and others of mean Circumftances and confequently very defirous of being 'paid at this Rate in Money are liable to be Byaffed in their Voting well knowing that "fuch pay cannot be had without the confent of the Governor and this Board" This Committee are of Opinion the Apprehenfion of the faid Richard Fitz William is Groimdlefs and without colour of Reafon and from fuch an Apprehenfion to infmuate that any Member or Members of this Houfe may be byaffed in their Voting upon the Confideration of being paid their Wages in Money is a moft Scandalous and unjuft refledlion upon the Members of this Houfe and all other Burgeffes who have formerly
'

receiv'd their

Wages

in

Money

And

as to the laft of the faid Reafons

it is

moft unreafonable that a very few people trading to the Weft Indies "fhould be burthen 'd with fo heavy a Duty on their Liquors with a view only to have "the greateft Share of it diftributed among the Burgeffes." This Committee do find that the method of raifmg Money by laying a Duty on Liquors Imported hath been pradlifed in this Colony for many years paft And that It hath been approved by our Sovereign That it eafes the people from the heavy burthen of a poll Tax which muft otherwife be laid upon them And that many publick Buildings have been Eredled and other neceffary works and Expences made and defrayed by the Monies arifmg from fuch Duties And are of Opinion that Duty is not burthenfome to the Importers of fuch Liquors but is paid by the confumers thereof. And for one perfon to Advance an Opinion in fo Indecent a marmer againft the whole Legiflative power of Virginia is Unprecedented and Unwarrantable And for the faid Fitzwilliam to Affirm that Duty was laid with a View only for the Burgeffes to have the greateft Share of the Money Diftributed among themfelves is in the Opinion of this Committee a falfe Scandalous and malicious Reflexion upon the Members of this Houfe.

"That

And

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And it is the further Opinion of this Committee that the faid Paper could be Enter'd the Council Journal by the faid Richard Fitz william with no other defign than to on mifreprefent this Houfe and their proceedings to His Majefty and to bring this Houfe
into Difgrace

and the Difpleafure of his Majefty The Refidue of the Report of the faid Committee

for

making an humble Reprefen-

tation to his Majefty in Coioncil againft the faid Richard Fitz

William Efq'' being Read After a Debate the Queftion was put That that part of the Report of the faid Committee be agreed to by the Houfe Noes 28 1 M'' Speaker Noe Yeas 28 J
1

And

fo

it

paffed in the Negativ-e

M' Attorney General Reported from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances had had under their Confideration a propofition of Northumberland County relating to the bounds between the faid County and the County of Lancafter And had agreed upon a Report which he read in his place and afterwards delivered it in at the Table where the Report was again Read and is as follows That the Committee do find that thofe bounds were laid off by the Order of this Houfe the Ninth day of July One thoufand Seven hundred Twenty three which were approv'd off the Eighteenth Day of May 1726 by this Houfe That at the laft Seffion of Affembly it was Order 'd that M"' Lee M'' Tayloe and M'' Grymes or any two of them fhould nm the Dividing Line between the Parifh of Wickocomico in the faid County of Northumberland and the Parifhes in the County of Lancafter on which that Parifh joyns as the bounds were Reputed before the year 1723
that the Committee
at the Charge of the Parifh of Wickocomico

And
The

that the Committee are of Opinion that the Confideration of that propofition
'till

Return be made of the bounds of the faid Parifhes Report being read a Second time Refolv'd, That the Confideration of the faid Propofition be Refer'd till the bounds of the faid Parifhes be laid out, and retum'd purfuant to the faid Order. Order'd, That M'' Kemp M'' Thacker and M"" Robinfon or any two of them do lay out the Boimds of the faid Parifhes purfuant to the Order of the Houfe of Burgeffes of the 16 of March in the Year 1727. And that they do make a Report of their proceedings therein to the next Seffion of Affembly. An Ingroffed Bill for impowering Juftices of Peace and Conftables to Weigh Hemp in Order to Entitle the maker to receive the Bounty and for paying to William Bird Efq^ Five pounds four Shillings due to him for the Bounty upon hemp was read the third time Refolv'd, That the Bill do pafs. An Ingroffed Bill to Enable the Juftices of Peace of the County of Elizabeth City and the Minifter and Church Wardens of the Parifh of Elizabeth City in the faid County for the time being to take and hold certain Lands given by Thomas Eaton to charitable Ufes
be Refer'd
faid

& to
faid

let

Leafes thereof was read the third time

That the Bill do pafs. That M'' Kemp M' Hollier M'' Robert Armiftead and M' Rofcow do carry the Bills to the Council and defire their Concurrence thereto Then the Houfe Adjom'd till to morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.
Refolved,
Order'd,

Thurfday, July

2,

1730.

MR.
A

Tayloe according to Order prefented to the Houfe a Bill for the better Regulating the payment of the Burgeffes Wages and the fame was receiv'd and read
the
firft

time

Order'd,

That the

Bill

be read a Second time

Bill to of Caroline County to Levy on the Tythable perfons of the faid County a proportion of the Wages of the Burgeffes of Effex King and Queen and King

oblige the Court

William

(loo)

and alfo a proportion of the laft William Counties due for the laft Seffions of Affembly Public Levy was read the Second time. Order'd, That the Bill be Ingroffed. A Meffage from the Council was deliver'd by M' Robertfon this Houfe for That the Council having under Confideration the Bill fent up from the SubjeA matter amending the Staple of Tobacco defire an immediate Conferrence on
of the faid Bill,

and that if it be agreed to, they will appoint three of their Members to manage the fame And then he withdrew defired by the Council Refolv'd, That this Houfe doth agree to the Conference Tobacco upon the Subjed matter of ;the Bill for Amending the Staple of

The Meffenger was called in again And M' Speaker acquainted him that the Houfe had agreed to the Conferrence defir'd bv the Council. Efcridge M-- Tayloe M"- Kemp Order' d. That M-- Attorney General M' Meriwether manage the faid Conferrence and attend and withdraw and M' Randolph do forthwith

they withdrew accordingly. being return 'd M"' Attorney General Reported from the Conferrence that the Managers from the Council, had acquainted the Managers of this Houfe That the Council having under their Confideration the Bill for amending the Staple of Tobacco and finding

And And

no provifion made for the purchafe of Scales and Weights for the feveral Store houfes; To keep up a good Correfpondence with this Houfe and to avoid Difputes concerning the priviledges of this Houfe They defire to know the Sentiments of this Houfe whether they will Concurr in the fame Opinion with them that the charge of thofe Weights and Scales and the Deficiency of the Duty Appropriated by the Bill for Defraying the Expence of the Execution thereof if any fhould happen fhould be defray 'd and made good out of the Publick Money in the hands of the Treafurer Refolv'd, That this Houfe doth agree that the Council may add one Claufe or more to the faid Bill for purchafing Weights and Scales and making good the Deficiency of the Duty Appropriated for defraying the Expence of the Execution of the faid Bill (if any fhould happen) out of the publick Money in the hands of the Treafurer. Order' d. That the managers of this Houfe do acquaint the Managers of the Coimcil that this Houfe hath agreed that one Claufe or more for the purpofes aforefaid may
therein
:

be added by the Council to the laid

Bill.

Bill for altering the

manner

of

Payment

of

Rewards

for killing

Wolves was read the

Second time.

And

after a

Debate the Queftion was put

be Committed
It

That the

Bill

pafs'd in the Negative

be Rejedled Refolved, That the The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the Report of the Committee to whom the Accounts of Colonel Spotfwood of feveral Sums of Money put into his hands by an Adl of Affembly made in the year 1720 for Eredting the Counties of Spotfilvania and Brunfwick and granting certain Exemptions and Benefits to the Inhabitants thereof
Bill

was Refer'd

And the faid Report was read And feveral Articles of the faid Accoimts refer'd to in the faid Report were alfo read And the Queftion was feverally put upon the faid Article and fome of them were
allow 'd with an
of

Abatement and others were allowed without any Abatement and fome them were difallowed by the Houfe. Then part of the faid A61 of Affembly was read Order'd, That the Doors of the Houfe be fhut, and the keys brought in and laid upon the Table.

And

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And And
by

a Motion being
exctifes being

made

for calling over the Hotafe

The Houfe was

the Houfe.
Order'd,

called over accordingly

made

for feveral of the abfent

Members the fame were allow 'd

Serjeant at

That M^ Egglefton M' Diggs and M"- Nicholas be taken into Cuftody of the Armes attending this Houfe for abfenting themfelves from their Duty and
arofe

the Service of the Houfe

Then a Debate

upon the

faid

Adl

of

Affembly

And

the Queftion being put thereupon

That this Houfe is not obliged to make good to Colonell Spotfwood the he has laid out in Eredting and building the Church Court Houfe prifon pillory Money and Stocks in the County of Spotfilvania more than the Five hundred potmds Appropriated for that purpofe by the Adt of Affembly made in the Year 1720 for Eredling the Covmties of Spotfilvania and Brunfwick and granting certain Exemptions and benefits
Refolved,

to the Inhabitants thereof

Refolv'd,
for his

That the

Sum

of

the Armes for the Counties of Spotfilvania and Brunfwick purfuant to the faid A<$1 of Affembly Refolv'd, That it appears to this Houfe that the Sum of Two htmdred and thirty
in carrying

own Trouble

One hundred povmds be allowed to on the faid Buildings and providing

Colonel Spotfwood

Nine pounds Seventeen Shillings remains in the hands of Colonel Spotfwood which ought Armes to be diftributed among the Inhabitants of the County of Brunfwick purfuant to the faid Adt of Affembly. Then an Account of Colonel Spotfwood Expences in going to Albany to make a Treaty with the Northern Indians with feveral Commiflioners at the Requeft of the General Affembly was laid before the Houfe And the Title of the Account was read Order'd, That the faid Account be confidered to morrow morning A Meffage from the Coimcil by M"' Robertfon That they have made feveral Amendments to the Bill Intituled an Ad for amending the Staple of Tobacco to which they defire the Concurrence of this Houfe And that they have fent to this Houfe a Petition of Thomas Carter in Relation to one of thofe Amendments That they had agreed to the Bill Intituled an Ad to Confirm the Title of Richard Randolph Gentleman in and to certain Entailed Lands ptirchafed by him of William Ligon and for fetling other Lands and two Negro Slaves of greater Value in lieu thereof to the fame ufes without any Amendment And that they had alfo agreed to the alteration propof 'd to be made by this Houfe
to be laid out for
in the

Windows in the Houfe of Burgeffes and the General Court. Then the Houfe Adjom'd till to morrow Morning Eleven A Clock.

Fry day, July

3,

1730.
to

AN

Ingroffed Bill

to oblige

the

Court of Caroline County

Levy on

the Tythable

perfons of the faid County a proportion of the Wages of the Burgeffes of Effex King and Queen and King William Counties due for the laft Seffion of Affembly

and alfo a proportion of the laft Publick Levy was read the third time Refolv'd, That the Bill do pafs. Randolph and M' Rofcow do carry the Bill to the Order'd, That M"' Robinfon Council and defu-e their Concurrence thereto A Meffage from the Cotmcil by M"' Robertfon That they have made feveral Amendments and Additions to the Book of Claimes to which they defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. Order'd, That M^ Mead have leave to be abfent from the Ser\'ice of the Houfe till

Monday

next.

The

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The Houfe being inform'd that M*^ Diggs M"- Nicholas and M"- Egglefione attend at the Door in Cuftody and Defire to be admitted to take their places in the Houfe They were
order 'd to be Difcharg'd out of Cuftody paying Fees. A Bill for the better Regulating the Payment of the Burgeffes

Wages was read the Second

time
Refolved,

And
M"'

it

That the Bill be Committed was Committed to

M' Tayloe
Braxton
Blair
M''

M'
M.'

Strother

Randolph

M"'

M^ Flemming and
Burges

John Boiling Reported fromjthe Committee to whom the petition of John Sutton Farrer was Refer'd. That the Committee had examined the Allegations of the faid petition and agreed upon a Report which he read in his place and afterwards deliver'd it in at the Table where the fame was again read. Order'd, That leave be given to bring in a Bill according to the Prayer of the faid Petition. And that M'' John Boiling M^ Ravenfcroft and M'' Samuel Harwood do prepare and bring in the faid Bill. Then the Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration Colonel Spotfwoods Account of Expences of the Treaty at Albany with the Northern Indians in the Year 1722. And part of the Governors Speech to the Affembly in the Year 1722 and feveral Refolves of the Houfe of Burgeffes in relation to the faid Treaty were Read The Governors Speech at the end of the Seffion and the Accotmts were alfo read. The Houfe being inform'd that Colonel Spotfwood defired to be heard at the Bar of the Houfe by his Council upon his faid Accounts A Motion was made that a day may be appointed for hearing him accordingly. And the Queftion was put thereupon
M''

Refolv'd in the Affirmative

That Colonel Spotfwood have leave to be heard by his Council at the Bar Houfe upon the faid Accounts on Monday next The Houfe took into Confideration the Amendments and Additions made by the Council to the Book of Claimes and the fame were read and agreed unto by the Houfe Order'd, That the Committee of Publick Claimes do carry the Book of Claimes to the Council and acquaint them that this Houfe hath agreed unto the Amendments and Additions by them made to the faid Book Order'd, That M"^ Flemming be added to the Committee for proportioning the Publick Levy. And the faid Committee are to meet and adjom from day to day 'till they have fettled the proportions of the faid Levy. Order'd, That the faid Committee do prepare and bring in a Bill for Raifmg a pubOrder'd,
of the
lick

Levy.

The Houfe proceeded to take into confideration the Amendments made by the Council to the Bill for Amending the Staple of Tobacco And the fame were Read Several of the faid Amendments being feverally read a Second time one of them was difagreed unto and others were (with feveral Amendments to fome of them) agreed unto by the Houfe Order'd, That the further Confideration of the faid Amendments be Adjom'd 'till to morrow morning Then the Houfe Adjom'd 'till to morrow Morning Eleven a Clock

Saturday, July 4, 1730.

MR.
to the

Samuel Harwood prefented to the Houfe according to Order a Bill for Vefting William Randolph an Infant which were purchafed by his Father Thomas Randolph Gentleman Deceafed of John Sutton Farrar and for Setting other Lands and Negros given in lieu thereof of greater Vahie fame Ufes and the fame was Receiv'd and read the firft time
certain Entailed Layids in

Order'd,

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That the Bill be read a fecond time. Tayloe Reported from the Committee to whom the Bill for the better Regulating the Payment of the Burgeffes Wages was Committed an Amendment made by the Committee to the Bill which he read in his place and afterwards deliver'd the Bill with the
Order'd,
M''

Amendments in at the with an Amendment.

Order'd,

Table.

Where the Amendment was twice read and agreed

to

That the

Bill

with the

Amendment

be Ingroffed.

The Houfe according to Order Refum'd the Adjomed Confideration of the Amendments made by the Covmcil to the Bill for Amending the Staple of Tobacco And the Refidue of the Amendments were Read And a Petition of Thomas Carter of the County of Lancafter to the Governor and Council praying that the Store hoiife appointed by the BUI as it paffed this Hotife upon his Land may be appointed at fome other place was alfo Read And all the faid Amendments (with feveral amendments to fome of them) were agreed to by the Houfe Order'd, That the Committee who prepared the faid Bill do carry the fame to the Council and acquaint them that this Houfe hath dtfagreed to the Second Amendment & hath agreed to all the other Amendments by them made to the faid Bill, with fome Amendments to fome of them to which they defire their Concurrence. A Meffage from the Coimcil by M' Robertfon That they have made fome Amendments to the Bill Intituled an Ad to prevent
Loffes
to

Executors and Adminiftrators by the Sale of Negros Goods

& Chattells

taken in

Execution for amending the Law in Relation to Executors and Adminiftrators for maintaining Adions of Account againft Executors and Adminiftrators and by one Jointenant and

Common againft another Jointenant and tenant in Common their Executors and Adminiftrators for impowering Fathers to difpofe of the Cuftody and Tuition of their Children and for the better managing and Securing Orphans Eftates.
tenant in

And alfo to the BiU Intituled an Ad for Re enading certain parts of an Ad declaring how long Judgments Bonds Obligations and Accounts fhall be in force for the Affignment of Bonds and Obligations direding what proof fhall be fufficient in fuch Cafes and afcertaining the Damage upon protefted Bills of Exchange to which they delire the Concurrence of this Houfe.

And

that they have agreed to ye Bill Intituled an

to

Ad

to

Enable

the Sale of

Goods

Diftrained for Rent and

better Security of

fecure fuch Goods to the perfons Diftraining the

fame

for the

to prevent Frauds committed by Tenants. BiU Intituled an Ad to Enable the Juftices of peace of the County of Elizabeth City and the Minifter Church Wardens of the parifh of Eliza. City in the faid County for the time being to take and hold certain Lands given by Thomas Eaton to Charitable Ufes and to Lett Leafes thereof. And alfo to the Bill Intituled an Ad for impowering Juftices of Peace and Conftahles to Weigh Hemp in Order to Entitle the maker to Receive the Bounty and for paying to William Bird Efq'. Five pounds four Shill due to him for the Bounty upon Hemp without any

Rents and

And

alfo to the

&

Amendment.

A BiU for Vefting certain Entailed Lands in William Randolph an Infant which were purchafed by his Father Thomas Randolph Deceafed of John Sutton Farrar And for Selling other Lands and Negros given in lieu thereof to the fame ufes was read the Second
time
Order'd, that the

BUI be Engroffed

A Meffage from the Council by M"" Robertfon

That they do Recede from the Amendment by them made to the Bill Intituled An Ad for Amending the Staple of Tobacco to which this Houfe hath difagreed And that they have agreed to all the Amendments made by this Houfe to their Amendments to
the faid BiU.

And

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an Ad for amending the Staple of Tobacco And for preventing Frauds in his Majefties Cuftoms Then the Houfe Adjom'd till Monday Morning Eleven of the Clock

And the title of

the Bill

is

Monday, July

6,

1730.

Reported from the Committee to whom it was Refer 'd to prepare an Addrefs to His Majefty. That the Committee had prepared an Addrefs accordingly which they had Dire<5led him to Report to the Houfe. And he read the Addrefs in his place and afterwards deliver'd it in at the Table where it was again twice read and agreed unto by the Hoiofe Order'd, That the faid Addrefs be fairly Tranfcribed and a Blank left for the Council And that the Committee who prepared the faid Addrefs do carry the fame to them and defire their Concurrence thereto Order'd, That the Committee of Publick Claims do carry the Book of Claimes to the Governor And defire his Affent thereto. The Houfe proceeded to take into confideration the Amendments made by the Council to the Bill Entituled an Ad for Re-enading certain parts of an Ad declaring how long Jiidgements bonds Obligations and Accounts fhall be in force for the Affignment of Bonds and Obligations direding what proof fhall be fufficient in fuch Cafes and afcertaining the Damage upon protefted Bills of Exchange. And the faid Amendments being twice read were agreed unto by the Houfe And the Title of the Bill is an Ad for afcertaining the damage upon protefted Bills of Exchange for the better Recovery of Debt due on promifary Notes And for the Affignment of bonds Obligations and Notes Order'd, That the Committee for Courts of Juftice do carry the Bill to the Council and acquaint them that this Houfe hath agreed to the Amendments by them made to the

MR.

Kemp

faid Bill.

The Houfe then proceeded

the Council to the Bill Intituled

to take into confideration the

Amendments made by

An Ad

to

prevent Loffes

to

Executors and Adminiftrators

by the Sale of Negros Goods and Chattells taken in Execution for amending the Law in Relation to Executors and Adminiftrators for Maintaining Adions of Account againft Executors Adminiftrators; and by one Join tenant and Tenant in common againft

&

another Join Tenant and Tenant in

Executors and Adminiftrators for imto difpofe of the Cuftody and Tuition of their Children and for the better managing and Securing Orphans Eftates.
their

common

powering Fathers

And

the faid

Amendments were
reft

twice read and the

firft

and Second Amendments

were agreed to and the

Order'd,

were

M.'^ Robert Boiling and M"- Robinfon do carry the Bill to the Council and acquaint them that this Houfe hath agreed to the firft and Second Amendment and hath difagreed to all the other Amendments by them

That

M--

Conway

W Burgefs W Blair

difagreed to

by the Houfe.

made

to the faid Bill

An

Ingroff'd Bill for the better Regulating the

Payment

of the Burgeffes

Wages was

read the third time.

Refolved

Nemine

Contradicente

do pafs. A Meffage from the Coimcil by M' Robertfon That the Council hath agreed to the Bill Intituled An Ad for continuing part of an Ad for laying a Dutie on Liquors with fome Alterations and amendments And alfo to the Bill Intituled an Ad to exempt the Inhabitants of any County wherein any Iron works are or fhall be Ereded from Clearing or Repairing the Roads leading to and from the fame for making Satisfadion to the Owners of any Lands lying Contiguous to fuch Reads
Bill

That the

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Roads for the Timber which (hall he taken for making or repairing Bridges in fuch Roads and for giving further Encouragements to Adventurers in Iron works. And alfo to the Bill Intituled an Ad to revive the Ad for Supply of certain Defeds found in an Ad prefcribing the Method for appointing of Sheriffs without any Amendment.
Ingroffed Bill for vefting certain Intailed Lands in William Randolph an Infant which were purchafed by his Father Thomas Randolph Deceas'd of John Sutton Farrar And for fetling other Lands and Negros given in lieu thereof to the fame Ufes was read the
third time.
Refolved,
Order'd,

An

That the Bill do pafs. That the Committee for Courts

of Juftice

do carry the

faid Bill to the Council

Concurrence thereto and Then the Houfe according to Order proceeded to the hearing Colonel Spotfwood by his Cotmcil upon his Account of Expences in carrying on and concluding the Treaty with the Northern Indians at Albany in the Year 1722 And the Council being called in was heard and afterwards withdrew. After a Debate And the Queftion put thereupon Refolv'd, That Colonel Spotfwood having when he was Governor of Virginia in the
defire their

Enable the Government Northern Indians in Aid of the Revenue of two Shillings per hogfhead on Tobacco which he then Reprefented in too low a Condition to Support the Expence thereof And the Houfe of Burgeffes having accordingly given One Thoufand pounds. This Houfe is no ways Engag'd to difcharge the faid Colonel Spotfwoods Account of Expences beyond the faid Sum. M' Attorney General Reporting from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances that the Committee had had under their Confideration a Petition of James Hackley for a Ferry to be Appointed acrofs Rappahanock River from the faid Hackleys houfe to the Land of Thomas Corbin Efq' at a place called Moffes Neck in Caroline County and agreed upon a Report which he read in his place and afterwards deliver'd it in at the Table where it was again Read. Order'd, That the faid Petition be Refer'd to the Confideration of the next Seffion of Affembly. Then the Hotife Adjom'd till to morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.
of
of the of Burgeffes to

Year 1722 asked a

to

Sum

Money

Houfe

make

A Treaty with the

Tuefday, July

7,

1730.

from the Council by M"- Robertfon That they propofe an Addition to be made at the end of the Addrefs to his Majefty to which they defire the Concurrence of this Houfe That they have agreed to the Bill Intituled an Ad to oblige the Court of Caroline County to Levy on the Tythable perfons of the faid County A proportion of the Wages of the Burgeffes of Effex King and Queen and King William Counties due for the la ft Seffion of Affembly and alfo a proportion of the la ft public Levy without any

MESSAGE

Amendment And that they do

infift

on their Amendments to the

Bill Intituled

an

Ad to

prevent

loffes to Executors and Adminiftrators by the Sale of Negros Goods and Chattells taken in Execution for amending the Law in Relation to Executors and Adminiftrators for maintaining Adions of Account againft Executors and Adminiftrators and by one Jointenant

and Tenant in Common againft another Join tenant and Tenant in Common their Executors and Adminiftrators for Impowering Fathers to difpofe of the Cuftody and Tuition of their Children and for the Managing and Securing Orphans Eftates, And that they defire this Houfe to pafs the faid Bill as it is Amended by them.

The

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The Addition propos'd by the Council to the Addrefs to agreed to by the Hoiofe. The s'd Addrefs is as follows

his Majefty

was Read and

TO THE KINGS MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY

The Humble Addrefs of the Council and Burgeffes of Virginia Moft Gracious Sovereign Wee Your Majefties Moft Dutiful and Loyal Subje(5ts the Council and Burgeffes of the Colony of Virginia now met in a General Affembly beg leave to exprefs the Satisfadlion and great joy of all your Subjedls of This Dominion upon the fafe and happy Arrival of His Royal Highnefs Frederic Prince of Wales in Great Brittain And at the fame time to Congratulate your Majefty upon your Succefs in the Conclufion of a peace with Spain Wherein not only the Wifdom of your Majefties Councils Your Conftancy and Steadinefs in purfuing the true Interefts of your People But the weaknefs of thofe whofe Artifices and Intrigues have fo long oppos'd and Obftrudled this good work are fufficiently difplay'd to the World. We are boimd in Gratitude to acknowledge upon this Occafion the Advantages which Refult to us from your Majefties Goodnefs and Refolution in bringing about this happy Event whereby we cannot doubt but our Trade will be Advanced Our Navigation fecur'd and juft Satisfaftion obtain 'd for the Depredations Committed upon us by the Subjedts of Spain in the Weft Indies And as it is our Duty to acknowledge the many Bleffings which flow immediately from your Majefties juft and prudent Adminiftration at home So we muft not Omit mentioning our Felicity under the Rule and Government of your Majefties Lieutenant Governor Whofe Abilities and good Difpofition in the Difcharge of the great truft repofed in him tmder the Extenfive Influence of Your Majefties great Care and tender Regard for all your people Do concurr to fupport your Majefties Honour and to Secure to us
every thing we can wifh for or defire. May the Almighty long preferve your Sacred Majefty your Royal Confort Our moft Gracious Queen and all your Illuftrious Family on whom the prefent and future
Profperity of your people fo greatly depend
Order'd,
M"^

That the

faid Addrefs be fairly Ingrofs'd

and figned by the Speaker.

Efcridge Reported from the Committee appointed to proportion the Publick

Levy that the Committee had fettled the proportions accordingly and Enter'd the fame in a Book which he deliver 'd in at the Table. He alfo prefented to the Houfe a Bill for Raifing a Publick Levy and the fame was
Received.

That the feveral Sums following be paid to M"' John Randolph Clerk of this Houfe out of the Publick Money in the hands of the Treafurer for the feveral Copies of the Laws and Journals of this Seffion of Affembly to be made out by him by the Duty of his Office Viz For Thirty One Copies of the Laws of this Seffion to be fent to the feveral Counties of this Colony in regard to the length of the faid Laws One hundred & Fifty
Order'd,

Five poimds.

For four Copies of the faid Laws to be deliver'd to the Governor Twenty poimds. For one Copy of the faid Laws to be delivered to the Clerk of the Secretaries Office Five pounds. For four Copies of the Journal of this Seffion to be Delivered to the Governor Ten pounds. For one Copy of the Journal deliver'd to the Speaker Fifty Shillings. Order'd, That the Sum of Ten pounds be paid to M"' William Robertfon Clerk of the
Council for four Copies of the Councils Journal during this Seffion to be deliver'd to the Governor.
Order'd,

That the

Sum

for cleaning the

Chamber

Five pounds be paid to Elizabeth Anderfon Als Heidelberg of the Bvirgeffes during this Seffion
of

Order'd, That the Committee of propofitions and Grievances do carry the faid Orders to the Council and defire their Concurrence thereto

The

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The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the Meffage from the Coimcil in Relation to their Amendments to the Bill to prevent loffes to Executors and Adminiftrators by the Sale of Negros Goods and Chattells taken in Execution for amending the Law
in relation

Executors and Adminiftrators for maintaining Adions of Accounts againft Executors and Adminiftrators and by one Join tenant and Tenant in Comtnon againft another Join tenant and Tenant in Common their Executors and Adminiftrators for Imto

powering Fathers to difpofe of the Ctiftody and Tuition of managing and Securing Orphans Eftates After a Debate and the Queftion put thereupon
Refolv'd,

their Children

and

for the better

Houfe doth Recede from their difagreement to the Amendments to the faid Bill infifted upon by the Council and doth now agree to the faid Amendments Order'd, That the Committee for Courts of Juftice do carry the Bill to the Council and acquaint them that this Houfe doth Recede from their difagreements to the Amendments Infifted upon by them and hath agreed to the faid Amendments. M"' Attorney General prefented to the Houfe a Bill prefcribing the Method of proving Accounts of perfons out of the Countrey and pray'd that the fame might be Received and it was Received and read the firft time. After a Debate the Queftion was put That the Bill be Rejefted That
this

Refolv'd in the Affirmative

The Book
Order'd,

was Read and agreed unto by the Houfe. That the Committee for proportioning the publick Levy do carry the Book
of propofitions

to the Council for their Concurrence

The

Bill for

Raifing a publick Levy was read the

firft

time

&

ordered to be read a

Second time.

was read the Second time That the Bill be Engroffed. A Motion being made for Contributing the Sum of One hundred and Fifty pounds Sterling towards Defraying the charge of Soliciting the Petition of this Houfe to the King in Cotincil for Relieving the Subjedls of the Northern Neck againft certain Grants
Bill

The

Order'd,

of that Territory

The Queftion was put thereupon

Refolv'd in the Affirmative

That the Sum of One hundred and Fifty pounds Sterling out of the Publick Money in the hands of the Treafurer be paid to John Grimes Efq'' his Majefties Recei\'er General And that he do apply the fame towards Defraying the Expence of Soliciting the Petition of this Houfe to the King in Council in behalf of the Subjedts of the Northern Neck and that he do lay an Account before the next General Affembly how the faid Sum
Order'd,
fhall

be difpos'd
Order'd,

off

That M"' Tayloe 'W Conway M'' Meriwether M'' Burges and M'' Robert Boiling do carry the faid Order to the Cotmcil for their Concurrence. Order'd, That a Committee be appointed to Examine the Inroll'd Bills of the following perfons

M'
M"'

W Thacker
Burges
till

Kemp

M"' M"'

Robinfon Randolph and

Clock.

Then the Houfe Adjom'd

to

M' Botifh morrow Morning Eleven a

8,

Wednefday, July

1730.

MESSAGE
the

from the Council by M-- Robertfon That they have made fome Amendments to the Bill Intituled an Ad for better Regulating the payment of the Burgeffes Wages to which they defire

the Concurrence of this Houfe.

And

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And

Lands in William

that they have agreed to the Bill Intituled an Ad for Vefting certain Entailed Randolph an Infant which were purchafed by his Father Thomas Ranof

dolph Gent. Deceafed

in lien thereof of greater

John Sutton Farrar and for felling other Lands and Negroes given Value to the fame ufes without any Amendment.

An

Ingrofs'd Bill for Raifing a publick Levy

was Read the

third time.

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Order'd, That the Committee for proportioning the Publick Levy do carry the Bill to the Council and defire their Concurrence thereto Refolved, That an Addrefs be j^refented to the Govemour to give him a General Account of the proceedings of this houfe during this Seffion To defire him to Tranfmit the Addrefs of the Council and this Houfe to the King by the firft opportunity to be pre(ented to his Majefty And to fix the Seal of the Colony to the Petition of this Houfe to his Majefty in Council in behalf of the Subjedls of the Northern Neck and to give Diredlions for prefenting the faid Petition to His Majefty and to return him thanks for his great zeal fhew'd upon all occafions for the Profperity of this Colony. Order'd, That the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances do forthwith prepare

the faid Addrefs.

M' Speaker acquainted the Houfe That the Governors houfe was very Inconvenient for want of a cover'd way from the Offices into the Houfe, And that the Governour had defired him to propofe to the Houfe to Contribute a fmall Sum of Money towards building the fame Refolv'd, Nemine Contradicente, That the Treafurer be impower'd to lay out a Sum not exceeding One hundred pounds in building a cover'd way from the Offices belonging
to the Governors houfe into the faid Houfe. Order'd, That the Committee of propofitions

and Grievances do carry the

faid

Refolve to the Council for their Concurrence. The Houfe proceeded to take into Conlideration the Amendments made by the Council to the Bill Intituled an Ad for the better Regulating the payment of the Burgeffes

Wages

And the faid Amendments were unto And the other Amendment was
Order'd,

feverally twice read

That

M"'

Conway

W Burgefs

difagreed to
M""

and one by the Houfe

this

of

them was agreed

and
M"'

Dangerfield M"' Strother

Robinfon

do carry the
firft

Bill to

the Council

and acquaint them that

Houfe hath agreed to the

difagreed to the other Amendment by them made to the faid Bill That the Treafurer being oblig'd by the Bill for amending the Staple of Refolv'd, Tobacco and for preventing Frauds in his Majefties Cuftoms to provide a Confiderable Number of Weights and Scales which muft be fent for to England he be allow'd Twenty ffive ^ Cent for the difference of Exchange between Sterling and Current Money. M"" Attorney General Reported from the Committee to whom it was refer'd to prepare an Addrefs to the Governor that they had drawn up an Addrefs accordingly which they had diredled him to Report to the Houfe and he deliver'd the Addrefs in At the Table and the fame was twice read by the Clerk and agreed unto by the Houfe as

Amendment and

follows.

To the Honourable WILLIAM GOOCH Efq"^ His Majefties Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia
S'r:

Seffion the Bills they

humbly beg leave to lay before you at the Conclufion of this have paffed in Concurrence with the Council upon the Important Matters recommended in your Speech to this Affembly and feveral others which have been formed upon the Petitions and Grievances of thofe we Reprefent which we hope will Receive your Affent We have Prepared an humble Addrefs to the King in which the Council do Concurr with us, and do defire it may be Tranfmitted to be prefented to his Majefty by the firft Opportunity
The Houfe
of Burgeffes

The

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The Burgeffes have been Induced upon the Complaints and Petitions of the people in the Northern Neck to Petition his Majefty in Council to relieve them from the Hardfhips they have for fome time Endur'd from feveral Grants made by the late King Charles and King James the Second of that Territory and do defire your Honour will be pleas'd to caufe the Seal of the Colony to be fixed to that Petition and give fuch
Diredlions as

you

fhall think

fit

for prefenting

it

to his Majefty

and to employ your you

Intereft for obtaining the Relief therein defired.

And now

Sir give us leave in the

name

of all the People of Virginia to return

our fincere thanks for the zeal you fhow upon all occafions for the profperity of this Colony and more efpecially for the pains you have taken in Concerting a Scheme for the amending our Staple Wherein we hope you will not only Merit the favour of his Majefty But that all the People of Virginia when they fhall have Experience of the Bill we now offer upon that Subje(5l will have a juft Sence of the Obligations they are under to you who have zealoufly promoted fo good a Work. Refolv'd, That the faid Addrefs be prefented by the whole Houfe when they go up
with the Bills

A Meffage from the Council by M' Robertfon That the Covmcil have agreed to the Book of proportions and to the Bill for raifing a public Levy without any Amendment And that they have alfo agreed to the feveral Orders of this Houfe made yefterday for paying feveral Sums to the Clerk of this Houfe the Clerk of the Council and Elizabeth Anderfon And to the Refolve of this day for impowering the Treafurer to lay out a Sum not Exceeding One himdred poimds in building a Covered way from the Offices belonging to the Governors Houfe into the faid Houfe And that they do infift on the Amendment to the Bill for the better Regulating the payment of the Burgeffes Wages to which this Houfe hath difagreed and defire this Houfe
to pafs the Bill with that
Refolv'd,

Amendment.

Houfe doth Recede from their difagreement to the faid Amendment and do now agree to the fame Order'd, That M'' Conway M"" Tayloe M^ Robert Boiling and M'' Meriwether do carry the Bill to the Coimcil and acquaint them that the Houfe hath agreed to the faid

That

this

Amendment
That the Committee for porportioning the publick Levy do carry the Book of proportions and the Orders and Refolve aforefaid fent down from the Coimcil to the Govemour and defire his Affent thereto. Then the Houfe Adjom'd till to morrow morning Eleven a Clock
Order'd,

Thurfday, July 9, 1730.

MR.
for

Kemp Reported that the perfons appointed had according to Order Examin'd
Bills,

and that the fame were truly Inroll'd That as the Matter of the Refolve of this Houfe of the 2 2d of June laft concerning the payment of their abfent Members is now provided by a Bill which hath paffed this Houfe and the Council. The faid Refolve and the
the Inroll'd
Refolv'd,

Order thereupon be not put in Execution A Meffage from the Governor by M'' Robertfon M.^ Speaker The Governor Commands the Immediate attendance of this Houfe in the Covmcil Chamber and that you bring with you fuch Bills as are ready for his Affent. M' Speaker with the Houfe went up accordingly to Attend the Governor. And he

was pleafed to Give

his Affent to the Following Public

and Private

Bills Viz't.

An

(no)

An

At for Enforcing the

Ad
of

Intituled

An Ad

for the Effedual Suppreffion of Vice

and Reftraint and fnmifhment

venting InceftuoJis Marriages

Blafphemous Wicked and

Copulations.

diffolute perfons

and

for pre-

&

An Ad for Amending the Staple of

Cuftoms

Tobacco and for preventing frauds in his Majefty's

An Ad
for taking

to

prevent the Malitious burning of Tobacco houfes

offenders;

and

other

Houfes places;
to

away Clergy from Certain

of Stolen

And

for punifhing Acceffories

Felonies

and Receivers

Goods

An Ad

for afcertaining the

Damage upon

protefted bills of

Exchange; and for

the

better recovery of Debts due on promifory Notes; And for the Affignment of Bonds Obligations and Notes. An Ad for Continuing part of an Ad for laying a Duty on Liquors with Some Altera-

tions

and Amendments

payment of the Burgeffes Wages prevent Loffes to Ex'ors & Adm'rs by the Sale of Negros Goods and ChatFor amending the'Law in Relation to Ex'ors and Adm'rs; For Execution; taken in tels maintaining Adions of Account ag't Ex'ors and Adm'rs and by one Jointenant and Tenant in Common ag't another Jointenant and Tenant in Common their Ex'ors and Adm'rs; For Impowering Fathers to difpofe of the Cuftody and Tuition of their Children; And for the better Managing and Securing Orphans Eftates An Ad to Enable the Sale of Goods diftrain'd for Rent and to Secure Such Goods to the perfons diftraining the Same; for the better Security of Rents and to prevent Frauds

An Ad for An Ad to

the better Regulating the

Committed by Tenants An Ad difabling any Sherif or other perfon to Sit as a Member of the Houfe of Burgeffes who fhall accept any office of Profit in this Colony after his Eledion; And Exempting the Members of the Houfe of Burgeffes from being made Sherif An Ad for Encouraging the Making of Linen Cloath.

Ufury County Wherein any Iron Works, are or fhall be Ereded; from clearing or repairing the Roads leading to and from the Same; for making Satisfadion to the Owners of any Lands lying Contiguous to fuch Roads for the Timber which fhall be taken for making or Repairing Bridges in Such Roads and for giving further Encouragements to Adventurers in Iron Works An Ad to Revive the Ad for Supply of Certain Defeds found in an Ad prefcribing Method the for appointing Sherif An Ad for Raifing a public Levy An Ad to Enable the Juftices of Peace of the County of Eliza. City, And the Minifter and Church wardens of the parifh of Eliza. City in the Said County for the time being to take and hold Certain Lands given by Thomas Eaton to Charitable Ufes and to let Leafes thereof. An Ad for Vefting certain Lands belonging to the Church of Weftover parifh in Truftees to be Sold, and for laying out the purchafe money in other Lands for a Glebe for the Said Church and for Improving the Same. An Ad to Oblige the Court of Caroline County to Levy on the Tithable perfons of the Said County a Proportion of the Wages of the Burgeffes of Effex, King Queen and King William Counties due for the la ft Seffion of Affembly and alfo a Proportion of the laft

An Ad Retraining the taking of Exceffive An Ad to exempt the Inhabitants of any

&

public Levy.

An Ad
Entitle the

for

Impowering Juftices
to

of

Maker

Receive the Bounty,

And

Peace and Conftables to Weigh hemp in order to o for paying to William Byrd Efq^ $ 14
:

due

to

him

An An An
County

upon hemp Ad to prevent Swine running at Large within the Limits of the Town of Hampton Ad for Ereding a New County on the heads of Stafford and King George Counties Ad for making a New parifh on the head of Overwharton parifh in Stafford
for the bounty

An

(ill)

An Ad for dividing the parifh of St. George in An Ad to Exempt certain German Proteftants
paiment of
of parifh Levies.

the

County of Spotfylvania in the County of Stafford from

the

An Ad for Vefting Certain Entail'd Lands in William Randolph an Infant w'ch were purchafed by his father Thomas Randolph gent dec'd of John Sutton Farrar and for Settling other Lands Negros given in lieu thereof of greater Value to the Same Ufes

&

An Ad to An Ad to
and
the

confirm theTitle of Richard Randolph C^m/ tn and

.

to certain

Entail'd

Lands

purchafed by him of William Ligon and for Settling other Lands and two Negro Slaves. of greater Value in lieu thereof to the Same Ufes.
for Settling

greater

Moiety of Value to

Enable Henry Gary to Sell certain Entail'd Lands in the County 0/ Warwick 306 Acres of Land with the Appurtenances in the County of Henrico and 3942 Acres of Land with the Appurtenances in the County of Goochland of
the

Same

Ufes.

An Ad

for Vefting 420 Acres of

Weftmorland
Value
to the

{being Entail'd) in

Settlement of 1000 Acres of

Land with the Appurtenances in the County of of George Turbervile in fee Simple; And for Confirming a Land with the appurtenances in the County of Stafford of Greater

Same
to

Ufes.

Confirm the Sale of Certain Entail'd Lands in the County of King Will'm made by John Douglafs to John Frazer in Fee fimple; and for Settling other Lands in the County of Bninfwick and two Negro Slaves of Greater Vahie to the Same Ufes. The Governor alfo affented to the Refolve for paying the Wages of the Burgeffes
in

An Ad

Money.

then was pleafed to Prorogue the Affembly to Thurfday the 12th day of November Next.

And

Ex'd by

J.

Randolph

THE

JOURNAL
of the

The

Houfe

of

BuRGESSES.

AT A

GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
Begun and held
ary,

at

the Capitol, in the the

Firft

City of
Febru-

WILLIAMSBURG,
in

Day of

the

Firft

Sovereign Lord

GEORGE

Year of the Reign of our II. by the Grace

of God, of Great- Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &'c. and in the

Year of our Lord 1727: And from thence continued, by feveral Prorogations, to the
Eighteenth Day of May, in the Fifth Year of the Reign of our faid Sovereign Lord King

GEORGE
1732:

II.

and

in

the Year of our Lord

this

Being the Third Seflion of Aflembly.

prefent

1F1LLIAMSBURG:
Printed by William Parks,

M,DCC,XXXII.

THE

JOURNAL
OF

The
THREE by

Houfe

of

BuRGESSES
i8, 1732.

Thurfday,

May

Members, returned upon new Writs, having taken the Oaths appointed Act of Parliament to be taken inftead of the Oaths of Allegience and Supremacy, the Abjuration Oath and Teft, and the Oath of a Burgefs, were admitted to their Places in the Houfe. A Meffage was delivered from the Governor, by M"' Robertfon. M' Speaker, The Governor commands the immediate Attendance of this Houfe in the
M''

Council Chamber.

and being returned, he reported Chamber and he was pleafed this Houfe which being long, he had obtained a to make a Speech to the Council and Copy of it, which he read to the Houfe, and is as followeth
Speaker, with the Houfe, went up accordingly;

that the Houfe had attended the Governor in the Council

;

Gentlemen

of the Council,

M'

Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes,

Improving Our Staple and Trade, which by your Wifdom and laft Seffion of Affembly, having met with Favour from His Moft Excellent Majefty, to the equal Satisfaction of its Friends, and Difappointment of its Enemies, by the fame vigorous Endeavours will effectually baffle all prefent Difcontent, and unite Us in Intereft to eftablLfh and enlarge the Hopes we may juftly conceive will be the Refult of a due Execution of it.
for

THE Law

Refolution was framed the

out with, has affiduoufly followed it to every Place through which it was to pafs to the Roial Prefence Nor was the gracious Allowance it found there, fufficient to check the Competition; for it ftill purfues, and your
Oppofition this
at
firft fet
:

THE

Law

Unanimity only can

filence

it.

AND, becaufe the moft plaufible Objedlion was the moft likely to prevail, the common Planters, whofe Intereft it will more efpecially ferve, ha\'e been reprefented as Men
expofed by it to great Oppreffion, and thofe very Hardfhips it will relieve them from, have been difguifed to a quite different Purpofe, before thofe Judges whofe Ears are open to the Complaints of the Poor. BUT fmce, under the moft wholfome Laws, there's no anfwering for the univerfal good Conduct of particular Men, every TranfaCtion imder new Regulations fhould not be looked upon with a fevere Eye, nor be made Matter of Sufpicion and Accufation. HOWEVER, by judging favourably of the Actions of others, and confidering how far Ignorance and Miftake may tempt Men to rebel againft Intereft, we fhall be led to
pity

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pity the deluded Authors of Our late popular Tumults and the rather, fmce we may hope the indulgence fhewn them, will make them cautious for the future, and that every one will be thankful, who, by his own Default, fhuts not himfelf out from Favour. Way being now clear for your Confultations, if, out of your further Care and
:

THE

Concern for the Welfare of this Colony, you refolve upon fuch Amendments to this Law, as will remove the Inconveniences that may be urged againft it, don't let the Difficulties which may occur, difcourage you, nor the Faults which may appear in the Complainers
themfelves, difpleafe you.

THE

timely Affiftance the

Law

this

Year

yields our Trade, gives us manifeft Proof

of the Ufefulnefs of it:

Nor can we now be fo ignorant of it's Utility as not to know, be done to this Country, than by negleding to improve it. Injury can't that a greater SUFFER me, therefore, to put you in Mind, that the allowing Matters of Ships the Ufe of their own Men, in carrying Tobacco on Board from the Warehoufes, will greatly
and prove beneficial to the Freighters and Merchants. GIVING fome Eafe to Tenants who pay their Rent in infpedled Tobacco, and alfo a reafonable Abatement for Tobacco Debts, contracted before the Commencement of this Adt, and paid at the Warehoufes, will be worthy your Confideration, as it tends to the Relief of the poor Debtors, and can be no Injuftice to their Creditors. NOR muft I omit recommending to you the Leffening the Charge of the Execution of this Law; which I am perfwaded, by your Prudence may be eflfeAed, without weakening the juft Care which ought to be had Amending the Quality of our Staple.
Gentlemen
of the Hotife of Burgeffes, laft Seffion,

facilitate their Difpatch,

SINCE your

His Majefty has been pleafed, on the Petition of the

Britifh Merchants, to Repeal the Adl you then made, for continuing the Duty on Liquors As the neceffary Occafions of the Colony will, I doubt not, difpofe you to Revive that

the Board

have the Perufal of a Letter I received from one of the Secretaries of which contains the Reafon for that Repeal. I HAVE alfo received from His Majefty, an additional Inftrudlion, prohibiting the Laying any Duty on Slaves to be paid by the Importer; which fhall be laid before you.
Duty, you
fhall

of Trade,

Gentlemen of the Council, and Gentlemen

of the

Houfe

of Burgeffes,

me to commit to your Care proceed to debate of them, and whatever elfe you fhall judge expedient for the People of Virginia, with that Harmony and good Agreement, that may work their Eftablifhment And as they are the Foundation of your future Profperity, which is all the Intereft I have in them, it will be worth your While to confider, that if the Lords of Trade were fo fcrupuloufly tender of the Circumftances of the poor Planters, as, partly on their Accounts, to recommend this Law to a probationary Trial only, you may reafonably expedl, that in any law made for the Advantage of our Commerce, their Lordfhips will be as watchful of the King's Intereft, and be upon their Guard againft any Step prejudicial to the Merchants trading hither. And therefore, fince no Law will be of long Continuance, imlefs it's founded upon thefe Principles, you will, I truft, purfuing the Rules of Juftice, efteem it the greateft Prudence to cherifh and fupport this Law, wherein they are confirmed. BY this Means, whilft we are endeavouring to put our Trade into a flourifhing Condition, we fhall demonftrate to the World, that we are folicitous to pay our Duty to the King, and equally concerned to provide for the Intereft of others, as we are to recover and preferve our own. IF we thus temper our Proceedings, and thereby prevent Complaints at Home, rendering our felves as beneficial to Great-Britain as Maternal Affedlion may demand AS
thefe are
all

the Particulars, at prefent neceffary for

will

and Management,

hope you

of us,

we

fhall

become as happy a People as any upon Earth, and as

'til

fuch,

fit

Subjects

for our

moft amiable Monarch. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjoum'd

To-morrow Morning Ten a Clock.

Friday,

("7)

Friday,

May

19, 1732.
it

AMOTION was made,

Refolved,

for

Reading the Governor's Speech; and

was read by

the Clerk accordingly.

That an humble Addrefs be prefented to the Governor, to return Thanks of this Houfe, for his kind Speech to the Coimcil and this Houfe; and more efpecially for his great Care and Pains in fupporting the Tobacco Law, againft^all the Oppofition it has met with in Great-Britain; to exprefs the Senfe this Houfe has of the Expediency of that Law at this Juncflure, for the Relief of the wretched and deplorable State of the Tobacco Trade; to declare the Contempt and Abhorrence of this Houfe, of the Tumults raifed by a fmall Number of People, that have dared But at the fame Time to to threaten the Execution of this Law by open Violence acknowledge His Honour's Prudence and Lenity in Regard to thofe Offenders; to affure him of the good Difpofition of this Houfe to take all poffible Meafures for removing all juft Occafions of Complaint againft any Part of the Law; and to beg the Continuance of his Affedlion, Zeal, and Vigilance, for the good of the People of this Colony, fo happily conducted by his wife and unexceptionable Adminiftration. Refolved, That a Committee be appointed to draw up an Addrefs to the Governor upon the faid Refolution. And it is referr'd to
the fincere
:

M-' Lee,
M'' Attorney,

MJ Meriwether, and
M''

M'' Eskridge,
M''

Robert Balling.

Speaker acquainted the Houfe, That he had the Letter from one of the Secretaries of the Board of Trade, mentioned in the Governor's Speech.

That the fame do lie on the Table. Refolved, That this Houfe will take the Governor's Speech into Confideration Tomorrow. Two Members retum'd upon a new Writ, having taken the Oaths appointed by Act of Parliament, and the Teft, and Oath of a Burgefs, were admitted to their Places
Ordered,
in the Houfe.

Ordered,

That the Committee

of Privileges

and

Eledlions be Revived, to confift of

the following Perfons

M'' Eskridge,

W Grimes,
M'' Thacker,

WRobinfon, and
M''
;

Randolph.

they are to meet when they think fit and to take into their Confideration all fuch Matters as fhall or may come into Queftion, touching Returns, Ele(5lions, and Privileges; and to report their Proceedings, with their Opinions therein, to the Houfe, from Time to Time And the faid Committee is to have Power to fend for Witneffes, Perfons, and

And

Records, for their Information.

Ordered,

That the Committee

of Propofitions

and Grievances be Reviv'd, to

confift

of the following Perfons:

M'' Attorney-General,

M' Meriwether,
M"'

M"'

Eskridge,
Prefly,

Conway,

M'
M''

M"' Blair,

M'' Daingerfield,

M^ Braxton, M'' Henry Willis,

M'' Digges.

Francis Willis,

M"" Nicholas,

and

And

they are to meet when they think

into their Confideration all

tified to this
;

and to adjourn from Day to Day; and to take Propofitions and Grievances, which fhall come legally cerfit,

Affembly and to report their Proceedings, with their Opinions thereupon to the Houfe, from Time to Time. And all fuch Propofitions and Grievances are to be
delivered

(ii8)
delivered to the Clerk of the Houfe, and by him to the faid Committee, of Courfe And Records, for their the faid Committee are to have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and
:

Information.

That M"- Kemp be appointed Clerk to the faid Committee. Ordered, That the Committee for Courts of Juftice be Revived, to
Refolved,

confift of the

following Perfons:
M"' Lee,

W Robinfon, M' Randolph, W Fleming, W Martin, W Walke,

M"'

M-"

Grymes,

M^ Boufh,
M-- Ravenfcroft,

M^ Mead,
M'' Stroiher,

and

Thacker.

take into their Confideration all Matters relating to Courts of Juftice, and their Proceedings; and to infpedl the Journals of the laft Seffion, and to prepare and draw up a State of the Matter then depending

And they are to meet and adjourn from Day to Day; and to

and undetermined, and the Progrefs that was made therein; and to report the fame to the Houfe: And they are aLfo to examine what Laws have expired fmce the laft Seffion, and to infpecft fuch Temporar>^ Laws as will expire with the End of this Seffion; and report the fame to the Houfe, with their Opinions which of them are fit to be Revived or Continued And the Committee are to have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records, for their Information. Ordered, That M"^ Needier be continued Clerk to the faid Committee. Ordered, That the Committee for Public Claims be Revived, to confift of the fol:

lowing Perfons:
M''

Robert Boiling,

Mr Lawrence Smith, M"' Samuel Harwood, M"' Simmons,

M"' Ball,

M' Surges,
M''

William Harwood,

'W Gray, M'' John Boiling, and

M''

M' Whitehead, And they are to meet when they

to take into their Confideration

Thornton.

find

all

and adjourn from Day to Day; and Public Claims which fhall be prefented to the Houfe
it

neceffary,

during this Seffion; and to report their Proceedings, with their Opinions therein, to the Houfe, when they have gone thro' the faid Claims And all Perfons that have any Claims,
:

are to deliver
of Courfe
:

to the Clerk, and he is to deliver the fame to the faid Committee, they are to have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records, for their Information. Ordered, That M'' Gary be continued Clerk to the faid Committee. Ordered, That M"' Fountain be continued Chaplain to this Houfe; and that he do

them

And

attend to read Prayers every Morning at Ten a Clock: And that M'' Attorney and M"^ Blair do wait on the Governor and Council, and acquaint them therewith. Ordered, That the feveral Perfons who attended as Door-keepers to this Houfe,
during the
laft Seffion of

Affembly, be continued in their Offices.

Upon a Motion, the Houfe was called over. And the Adt made at the laft Seffion, entituled. An Ad'do difable any Sheriff, or other Perfon, to fit as a Member of the Houfe of Burgeffes, who fhall accept any Office of Profit in this Colony, after his Election; and exernpting the Members of the Houfe of Burgeffes, from being made Sherifs; was read. And the Houfe was acquainted, that feveral of the abfent Members had fer\'ed as Sherifs for feveral Counties, fmce the laft Seffion of Affembly but were now difcharged from their Offices; and waited to know the Pleafure of the Houfe, whether they might
;

take their Places

And

after a Debate, the Queftion

was put,
That

(119)

That any Member of this Houfe, having fince the laft Seffion ferved as a Sherifif, but before the Beginning of this Seffion difcharged from his Office, be by the faid Adt, difabled to lit and vote in this Hovif e ? Refolved, In the Affirmative. Ordered, That a Meffage be fent to the Governor, to defire him to order a new Writ to iffue, for Electing a Burgefs to fer\-e in the prefent General Affembly, for the County
of Elizabeth-City, in the

room

of M"" Robert Armiftead,

who, fmce the

laft Seffion,

hath

ferved as Sheriff for the Covmty of York.

Alfo a
for the

new Writ

County

for Eledling a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General Affembly, of Effex, in the room of M^ Salvator Mufcoe, who hath, fince the laft

Seffion, ferved as Sheriff for the faid

County.

Alfo a
for the
laft Seffion,

new Writ
of

for Eledling a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General Affembly,

in the

County

New-Kent,

room

of

M' Richard Richardfon, who,

lince the

hath ferved as Sheriff for the faid County. Alfo a new Writ for Eledling a Burgefs to fer\'e in this prefent General Affembly, for the Coxmty of Warwick, in the room of M'' William Rofcow, who, fince the laft Seffion, hath ferved as Sheriff for the faid County. Alfo a new Writ for Eledling a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General Affembly,
for the

County

of Middlefex, in the

room

of

hath accepted the Offices of Clerk

of the General Court,

M' Matthew Kemp, who, fince the and Secretary's

laft Seffion,

Office,

and

Clerk of the County of James-City. Alio a new Writ for Eledling a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General Affembly, for the Coimty of Accomac, in the room of M"' William Andrews, who, fince the laft Seffion,

hath accepted the office of an Infpedlor. Alfo a new Writ for Eledling a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General Affembly, for the County of Northampton, in the room of M'' Peter Bodoin, who, fince the laft Seffion, hath accepted the Office of an Infpedlor. Alfo a new Writ for Eledling a Burgefs to ferv'e in this prefent General Affembly, for the County of Hanover, in the room of M"" John Syme, deceafed. Alfo a new Writ for Eledling a Burgefs to ferve in the prefent General Affembly,
for the

Coimty

of James-City, in the

Alfo a

new Writ
Coimty

for Eledling

bly, for the

of the I fie

of M"" Jofeph Eggleftone, deceafed. Burgeffes to ferve in this prefent General Affemof Wight, in the room of M"' William Bridger, deceafed,

room

Two

and

of M''

Jofeph Godwin, who, lince the

laft Seffion,

hath accepted the Office of an

Infpedlor.

Ordered, Ordered,

That M"" Meriwether, M'' Daingerfield, and M'' Mead, do carry the faid Meffage. That the Houfe be adjoum'd 'til To-morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.

Saturday,

May

20, 1732.

That the Perfons apointed, had (according to Order) prepared an Addref s to the Governor, upon the Refolution of the Houfe Yefterday and he read the fame in his Place, and afterwards delivered it in at the Table, where it was again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follows, viz. To the Honourable WUliam Gooch, Efq; His Majefty's Lieutenant-Governor and Commander in Chief, of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia.
L^'^

MR.
SIR,

reported.

His Majefty's moft Loial and Dutiful Subjedls, the Reprefentatives of the People of this Colony, now met in Affembly, do fincerely return You our Thanks, for Your kind Speech to the Coimcil and this Houfe but more efpecially for the great Care and Pains You have taken, in Supporting the Adl paffed at our laft Seffion, for Improving the Staple of Tobacco, againft all the Oppofition it has met with in Great Britain: Wherein we are furprifed to find any There feeming to be
;

WE

affedled

(I20)

Tendemels for the poor Planters, than the whole Legiflature of this Colony, and accufing Our Body of a Defign to opprefs them; when no Hardfhip or Inconvenience can poffibly be laid upon them, which will not be felt by Us, in a greater Degree But it is Matter of great Confolation to us, that this Imputation has made no Impreffion upon His Sacred Majefty, whofe Wifdom and Juftice is very confpicuous, in leaving us to be juftified by Experience: And we perfuade ourfelves, that, as the wretched and deplorable State of the Tobacco Trade, made it neceffary for us to put that it under fome Regulation, no better Expedients can be propofed, than Deftroying Preventing by a careful and World, the Market in any which is not fit to be fold in
affedled with a greater
:

many Frauds that have manifeftly contributed to reduce that Commodity to o low a Price, as caimot defray the Expence of Making it And we flatter ourfelves, that all reafonable Men will be convinced, from the fhort Experience they have had of the Honefty and Impartiality of Thofe who are intrufted with the Execution of this
Infpection, the
:

Law, that thefe Ends will in great Meafure be attain'd, and the Trade reftored to fuch a Condition, as may at leaft enable us to live by it. THE late Tumults, which have been raifed by an inconfiderable Number of ignorant, deluded People, who have dared to threaten the Government with open Violence, is to us a Subjedl of Contempt, as well as Abhorrence, and cannot turn us from our juft Purpofes, nor difcourage us to hope for the Continuance of His Majefty's good Opinion Yet we caimot but acknowledge and approve Your Prudence of our Proceedings. and Lenity, after fuppreffing thofe Diforders by fmgular Diligence and Management, in fuffering the Offenders to attone for their Boldnefs by a peaceable and fubmiffive Deportment, without undergoing any other Punifhment than the Shame and Reproach
of their

are fo well difpofed to give Satisfaftion to every Body, in this important Bufinefs, that nothing fhall be wanting, on our Parts, to amend whatever may appear the leaft Inconvenience, either to the People Here, or the Merchants in Great-Britain, and to remove all juft Occafions of Complaint againft any Part of the Law, which we defire fo fincerely to cherifh and fupport. AND, feeling we have hitherto fucceeded very well in all our Confutations, by Your Affiftance, and the Influence and Credit You have in England, we beg the Continuance of Your Affedtion, Zeal and Vigilance for the Good of this People, fo happily condu<5ted

AND

own Mifdoings. we do affure You, That we

by Your wife and unexceptionable Adminiftration. Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be fairly tranfcribed, and prefented by the whole Houfe And that the Committee who prepared the fame, do wait on the Governor,
:

to

know when he will be attended with

it.

immediately withdrew; and being returned, M' Lee reported, That the Governor was pleafed to fay. He would receive the Addrefs of this Houfe, this Day at Two a Clock, in the Council-Chamber. The Houfe (according to Order) proceeded to take into their Confideration, the Governor's Speech; and the fame was read. Refolved, That a Bill be prepared, for Amending the Adt paffed the laft Seffion,
intituled.

And they

An Ad

for

Amending

the Staple of Tobacco;

and

for preventing

Frauds in His

Majefty's Cuftoms.
Ordered,

That the Committee

for Propofitions

and Grievances, do prepare and bring

in the faid BUI.

Ordered, That the Governor's Speech be referr'd to the faid Committee. Then the Letter from M'' Wheelock, one of the Secretaries of the Board of Trade, mentioned in the Governor's Speech, was read. Refolved, That a Bill be prepared, for Laying a Duty on Liquors imported. Ordered, That the Committee for Coiu-ts of Juftice, do prepare and bring in the
faid Bill.

Ordered,

That the faid

M--

Wheelock's Letter be referr'd to the faid Committee.

Ordered,

(I2l)
Ordered,
'til

That the Further Confideration

next.

of the Governor's Speech, be

adjoum'd

Monday
M''

Speaker reported, That the Houfe had attended the Governor, that he prefented

their Addrefs;

and that the Governor was pleafed

to

make

the following Anfwer

M'

Speaker, and Gentletnen of the Houfe of Burgeffes,

Addrefs, for which I heartily thank
yoti, is

rHIS

very agreeable to the Sentiments

that you encourage me to and good Credit in employ my Offices Great-Britain, for the Service of the People under my Government, I am perfwaded your Conftancy and Unanimity, will fatisfy all thofe who defire to have the fame Abufes eftablifhed, which have heretofore ruined your
at the

I have always had of you;

and

fame Time,

Trade, that their

Hopes are in

vain.
to

THEREFORE,

go on with the fame laudable Refolution,

promote Honefty and fair

Dealing, in this very important Bufinefs of your Staple; and in Time, I don't doubt, you'll obtain thofe Praifes you fo well deferve, even from them who now differ from you in Opinion.
Ordered,
this Hoiife.

That

M''

William Parks have Leave to print the Votes and Proceedings of

'til

Ordered, That M'' Hollier have Leave to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe, Wednefday next. Ordered, That M"' Robinfon have Leave to be abfent 'til Tuefday next, from the

Service of the Houfe.

Motion was made, for the immediate bringing in a Bill, to indemnify the Mafters of Ships from certain Penalties inflidled upon them by the Ad for Amending the Staple of Tobacco; and for preventing Frauds in His Majefty's Cuftoms; for Enabling them, with their Sailors, to carry Tobacco from the Warehoufes on Board their Ships, for the more eafy and fpeedy Loading the fame

And

after a Debate, the Queftion

was

put,

That the
Ordered,

faid Bill be forthwith prepared?

Refolved, in the Affirmative.

M"' Blair,

That M'' Robert Boiling, M' Meriwether, M^ Lee, M'' Francis Willis, and do prepare and bring in the faid Bill. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjoum'd 'til Monday Morning Eleven a Clock.

Monday,

May

22, 1732.
of

ORdered,

That

M"'

Tayloe be

added to the Committee

Propofitions

and

Grievances.

A Petition of
Public Charge.
Refolved,
M''

John Holt, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; praying that

the Bridge over Hog-Ifland Creek, in the Cotmty of Surry,

may

be maintained at the

That the Petition be rejedled. Robert Boiling (according to Order) prefented to the Houfe a
their

Bill,

to enable the

Mafters of Ships to employ and the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. And the fame was read a fecond Time And a Motion being made for an Amendment, to enable the Mafters of Ships to carry Tobacco to the Public Warehoufes as weU as from thence; after a Debate, the Queftion was put. That the faid Amendment be
Sloops, Boats,
Sailors, in
:

own

and

Loading their Ships;

agreed to?
It

paffed in Negative.

Then another Amendment was porpos'd, and agreed to, by the Houfe. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed.
Ordered,

(l22)
Ordered,
etnploy their

That the

Title of the Bill be,

An Ad

to

enable the Mafters of Ships

to

own Ships, Boats, and

Sailors, in carrying Tobacco

from

the Public

Warehoufes

on board their Ships.

Attorney-General reported, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, That the Committee had had imder their Confideration feveral Propofitions and Grievances from feveral Coimties, and drawn up a State of the fame, with their Opinions
M""

upon fome
read:

of

them; and he delivered the Report

in at the Table,

where

it

was twice

And

thereupon,

That the Propofitions from the Coimties of Lancafter, Prince William, Weftmorland, for the Repeal of the Adl made at the laft Seffion of and King George, Affembly, for Amending the Staple of Tobacco; and for Preventing Frauds in His Majefty's
Refolved,

Cuftoms, be rejedled. Refolved, That the Propofitions from the Counties of Lancafter, Prince William, and Weftmorland, for a Law to be made, enjoining a Stint of the Number of Tobacco
Plants to be tended, inftead of the faid A6t, be rejedted. Refolved, That the Propofition from the County of Weftmorland, That the Tobacco

Infpedors be Eled;ed by the Counties wherein they

officiate,

be rejedled.

Ordered, That the feveral Propofitions from the Counties of Weftmorland and York, for making feveral Alterations and Amendments in the faid Acft, be referr'd to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, to be confidered when they fhall prepare

the Bill to

them referr'd for Amending the fame. The Houfe (according to Order) proceeded to take

into their further Confideration

the Governor's Speech.

His Majefty's Additional Inftrudlion, mentioned in the Speech, was read. Then a Motion was made, for bringing in a Bill, to lay a Duty upon Slaves imported, to be paid by fuch Perfons as fhall purchafe the fame here. Refolved, That the Houfe will take the faid Motion into Confideration, on Thurfday

And

next.

employ their Sloops, Boats, and Sailors, in carrying Tobacco from the Public Warehoufes on board their Ships, was read the third Time: And after a Debate, the Queftion was put. That the Bill do pafs?
Bill, intituled.
to

An Ad

enable the Mafters of Ships

to

Refolved, in the Affirmative.

Ordered,

That the Committee who prepared the

'til

Bill,

do carry the fame to the Council;

and

defire their

Concurrence thereto. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned

To-morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.

Tuefday,

May

23, 1732.

PETITION of Simon Miller was prefented to the Houfe, and read; praying that an A6t may be paffed, to dock the Entail of Two Hundred Acres of Land, with
the Appurtenances, in the Parifh of Hanover, in the Coimty of

King

George,

devif ed to him and the Heirs of his Body, by his Father Simon Miller, deceafed and for fettling Two Himdred Acres of Land, with the Appurtenances, in the fame Parifh, and Three Negros, of greater Value, to the fame Ufes. Ordered, That Leave be given, to bring in a Bill according to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that M' Burges, Tayloe, Strother, M' Nicholas Smith, and M' Grymes, do prepare and bring in the fame. A Petition of William Wilfon Homes and Mary his Wife, and Richard Barnes, was prefented to the Houfe, and read praying that an Adl may pafs, for Vefting Two Hundred Acres of Land, with the Appurtenances, in the Parifh of Sittenburn, in the County of Richmond, whereof the faid William and Mary are feifed in Fee-Tail, in the Right of the faid Mary, in the faid Richard in Fee-Simple; and for fettling Two Hun-

dred

(I23)

dred and Fifty Acres of Land, with the Appurtenances, in the County of Spotfylvania, and Two Negro Slaves, of greater Value, whereof the faid Richard Barnes is feifed in Fee Simple, upon the faid William and Mary, with the fame Limitations and

Remainders as the faid Entailed Lands are fettled. Ordered, That Leave be given, to bring in a Bill according to the Prayer of the faid Petition And that M' Tayloe, M' Grymes, Henry Willis, Auguftine Smith, and M'' Strother, do prepare and bring in the fame. M'' Attorney-General reported, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, That the Committee had had under their Confideration, feveral other Propofitions and Grievances from feveral Counties; and had drawn up a State of the fame, with their Opinions there upon and he delivered the report in at the Table, where the fame was
:

twice read:
Refolved,

And

thereupon,

That the Propofitions from the Counties of Accomack, Northampton, Middlefex, Stafford, Richmond, and Surry, for Repealing the A(5t made at the laft Seffion, for Amending the Staple of Tobacco; and preventing Frauds in His Majefty's Cuftoms,

be rejedled.

of Middlefex, for Repealing the Levying Executions, be rejedted. of Refolved, That the Propofition from the County of Surry, for Repealing the Ad making Negros Real Eftate; and the Ad for Explaining and Amending thereof, be rejected. Refolved, That the Propofitions from the Counties of Weftmorland, and Richmond, for a Law to be paffed, to prevent the Meeting and Confpiring of Convi(fls imported into this Colony; to encourage Mafters to difcover the Crimes by them committed, and to bring them to Punifhment; and for Trying Convids for Capital and other Crimes, in the Counties where'the fame fhall be committed, be rejedted.

Refolved,

That the Propofition from the County

Ad

direding the

Manner

of Surry and Richmond, for at the laft Seffion of Affembly, for Ainending the Staple of Tobacco; and for preventing Frauds in His Majefty's Cuftoms, be referr'd to the Committee

Ordered,

That the Propofitions from the Counties

Amending the A6t made

of Propofitions

and Grievances, to be confider'd when they

fhall

have under their Con-

fideration the Bill order'd to be prepar'd for

Amending the

faid A(5l.

Ordered,
in

Bill,

of Propofitions and Grievances, do prepare and bring Killing the of Crows and Squirrels. to encourage

That the Committee

M"^ Robert Boiling, from the Committee for Public Claims, informed the Houfe, That the Committee had had under their Confideration, a Claim of Mofs Armiftead, from the County of Elizabeth-City, for a Negro Man, valued at Forty Pounds, who was purfued by a Party of the Militia order'd to patroll, and was drown 'd in flying from them. Alfo a Claim from the County of King George, for Tobacco which was loft in one of the Public Warehoufes lately burnt in that Coimty; and that the Committee defired the Direction of the Houfe therein And thereupon. Ordered, That it be an Inftruc5tion to the faid Committee, to allow the Claim of the faid Mofs Armiftead. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudtion to the faid Committee, to allow the faid Claim, for Tobacco burnt in one of the Public Warehouses, in the Public Levy. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourn 'd 'til To-morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.
:

fFednefday,

May

24, 1732.

William Brown, of the County of Surrey, Gent, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That he hath for many Years carried on a Trade of Cutting Tobacco, except during the Time that the Importation of ftemm'd Tobacco was prohibited; and that upon the Execution of the Adl, for Amending the Staple of Tobacco, the Infpedlors conceive themfelves not authorifed to pafs fuch Tobacco, how good or Merchantable foever it may be, to his ver>' great Lofs and Prejudice; and praying Relief therein.
of

PETITION

Ordered,

("4)
That the faid Petition be referr'd to the Committee of Propofitions and that they do provide for the Petitioner's Cafe, in the Bill under their and Grievances; Confideration, for Amending the A(5l, for Amending the Staple of Tobacco; and for preventing Frauds in His Majefty's Cuftoms. A Petition of the Veftry of the Parifh of St. Mark, in the Covmty of Spotfylvania, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That between the Time of Paffing the A(ft, for dividing the Parifh of St. George, and the Firft Day of January, 1730, the Veftry of that Parifh did levy upon the Parifhioners of St. Mark, Eleven Thoufand Eight Hvmdred and Ninety Eight Pounds of Tobacco, for Building a Glebe-Houfe, and refufe to repay the fame to the faid Parifh; and praying that a Bill may be paffed, to oblige St. George's Parifh, to refund the faid Tobacco to the Parifh of St. Mark. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the Prayer of the faid Petition; and that the Members for the County of Spotfylvania, do prepare and bring in
Ordered,

the fame.

was prefented to the Houfe, and read; praying that be given, to bring in a Bill, to dock the Entail of Three Hundred Acres of Land, with the Appurtenances, whereof he ftands feifed, in the Parifh of Wafhington, in the Coimty of Weftmoreland, and to veft the fame in John Wafhington, of the County of Glocefter, Gent, in Fee-Simple; and to fettle Two Hundred Acres of Land, with the
Petition of George Weedon,

Leave

may

Appurtenances, in the fame Parifh, of greater Value, and more convenient to the Petitioner, whereof the faid John Wafhington, is feifed in Fee-Simple, upon the Petitioner, to the Ufes mentioned in the laft Will and Teftament of George Weedon, the Petitioner's Grandfather, whereby the faid Three Hvmdred Acres of Land were Entailed purf uant
;

an Agreement made between the Petitioner and the faid John Wafhington. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill according to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that M' Eskridge, M'' Lee, M' Thornton, M' Tayloe, and M"' Grymes, do prepare and bring in the fame. M"" Attorney-General reported, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, That the Committee had had under their Confideration, feveral other Propofitions and Grievances from feveral Counties; and agreed upon a Report, which he delivered in at the Table, where the fame was twice read And thereupon. Ordered, That a Bill be brought in, to reftrain the Number of breeding Mares going at Large and that the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances do prepare and bring
to
: ;

in the fame.

Ordered,

That a

Bill

be brought

in,

for Dividing the

County
that the

of

entire Parifhes, to be divided

by

Totafkey-Cvee^c:

And

Richmond into Two Members for the faid

County, do prepare and bring in the faid Bill. Ordered, That a Bill be brought in. For appointing the Day for holding the County Court of Richmond, upon the firft Monday in every Month and that the Members for the faid County, do prepare and bring in the fame.
;

faid Bill, for Altering the

be an Inftrudlion to the faid Committee, to add a Claufe to the Days for holding Weftmorland County Court, from the laft Wednefday, to the laft Tuefday, in every Month. Refolved, That the Propofition from the Coimty of Spotfylvania, for Regulating the Pradlice of Phific, and to prevent Abufes therein, be rejedled.
Ordered,
it

That

Refolved, That the Propofition from the Coimty of Prince William, for paffing a Law, to prevent the unlawful Killing of Cattle, Hogs, and Sheep, be rejedled.

Ordered, That the Propofitions from the Counties of Prince-William and Spotfylvania, for Dividing the faid Counties, be referr'd to the Confideration of the next Seffion of

Affembly.
Ordered,

Spotfylvania,

That a Bill be brought in, for Removing the Court-Houfe of the Coimty of from Germanna And that the Members for that County, do prepare and
:

bring in the fame.

Ordered,

(125)

be an Inftru(5lion to the faid Committee, to add a Claufe to the Bill, Lower Coimty to reimburfe the Upper Building the New Court-Houfe and Prifon. County their Proportion of the Charge of Ordered, That a Bill be brought in, for Dividing the Parifh of Hamilton, in the Coimty of Prince William, into Two Parifhes; and the Parifh of Hanover, in the County of King George, into Two Parifhes And that the Members for the faid Counties, do preOrdered,

That

it

in Cafe the Cotinty fhall be divided, to oblige the

pare and bring in the faid Bill. A Bill for Laying a Duty upon Liquors, was prefented to the Houfe, and read. Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a fecond Time on Friday next. The Houfe was informed by one of the Members, That the Petition of this Houfe, at the laft Seffion, to the King, in Relation to the Northern-Neck Grant, was by fome

and had not been prefented to His Majefty: And thereupon, That the faid Petition, with a Duplicate thereof, be ingroffed; and that a Meffage be fent to the Governor, to defire him to Order the Seal of the Colony to be fixed thereto; to tranfmit the fame, and to procure one of them to be prefented to His Majefty. Ordered, That M'' Lee, and all the Members for the Northern-Neck, do wait on the Governor with the faid Meffage. Refolved, That this Houfe ftand engaged, to Contribute the Sum of One Htmdred and Fifty Povmds Sterling, towards Defraying the Expence of Soliciting the faid PeAccident
loft,

Ordered,

tition,

purfuant to a Refolution of the laft Seffion. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourn 'd 'til To-morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.

Thurfday,

May

25, 1732.

A
this

MESSAGE

M"' Robertfon, That they have made an AmendAdt ment to the Bill, intituled. An to enable the Mafters of Ships to employ their o-wti Sloops, Boats, and Sailors, in carrying Tobacco from the Public Warehoufes, on board their Ships: To which they defire the Concurrence of

from the Coimcil, by

Amendment was read; and after a Debate, and the Queftion put thereupon, was agreed to by the Houfe, with an Amendment. Lee, Tayloe, and M"" Stith, do carry the Ordered, That M'' Conway, M"' Burges, Bill, with the Amendment, to theCoimcil, and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed

Houfe. And the

to the

Amendment by them made

to the faid

Bill,

with an

Amendment and
;

defire their

Concurrence thereto. The Houfe proceeded (according to Order) to take into Confideration the Motion made laft Monday, for bringing in a Bill, to lay a Duty upon Slaves imported, to be paid

by the Purchafers; And thereupon, Ordered, That a Bill be brought in, for Laying a Duty of Twenty Shillings per Poll upon Slaves imported, to be paid by the Buyers And that the Committee for Courts of Juftice, do prepare and bring in the faid Bill. Ordered, That His Majefty's additional Inftrudion, mentioned in the Governor's
:

Speech, be referred to the faid Committee.

The Houfe being informed, That feveral Infpedlors had complain 'd of the Want of Room, and other Conveniences in the Public Warehoufes, appointed for the Infpeftion
of

Tobacco.
Ordered,

That
to

it

be an Inftrudlion, to the Committee appointed to prepare and

the A6t, for Amending the Staple of Tobacco; and for preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuftoms, to confider and provide for the Matter of the faid

bring in a

Bill,

amend

Complaint.

Meffage from the Council, by M-- Robertfon: That they cannot agree to the Amendment propofed by this Houfe, to the Amendment made by them to the Bill, intituled. An Adl to enable the Mafters of Ships, to employ their

own

: ;

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own

Sloops, Boats,

and

Sailors, in carrying

board their Ships; and any Amendment.

Refolved,

defire the

Tobacco from the Public Warehoufes on Concurrence of this Houfe to their Amendment, without

Houfe doth recede from the Amendment by them propofed to the Amendment made by the Coimcil, to the faid Bill. Ordered, That a Meffage be fent to the Council, to acquaint them. That this Houfe hath agreed to the Amendment by them made to the faid Bill, without any Amendment And that the Committee who prepared the faid Bill, do go up with the faid Meffage. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourn 'd 'til To-morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.
That
this

Friday,

May

26, 1732.

from the Governor, was delivered by M^ Robert fon: M' Speaker, The Governor commands the immediate Attendance of this Houfe in the Council-Chamber; and that you bring with you fuch Bills as are ready for His A ffent. And M' Speaker, with the Houfe, went up accordingly: And being return 'd, he reported. That the Houfe had attended the Governor; and that He was pleafed to give his Affent to the Bill, intituled, An Ad to enable the Mafters of Ships to employ their own Sloops, Boats, and Sailors, in Carrying Tobacco from the Public Warehoufes, on Board
their Ships.

A
A

MESSAGE

was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting Hundred Acres of Land, with the Appurforth. That he tenances, in the Parifh of St. Anne, in the County of Effex, adjoining to certain Lands of John Tayloe, Efq; that the faid John Tayloe is willing to give him other Lands and Negros, of far greater Value, for thefe Lands; that the fame will be of very great Advantage to the Petitioner, who holds other large Tracts of entail'd Lands, and being in low Circumftances, has no Means to improve them, and a great Family to maintain and praying That an Adl may pafs to cut off the faid Entail, and to fettle the other Lands and Negros aforefaid, to the fame Ufes.
Petition of Francis Goiildman,
is feifed in Fee-Tail of Six

That Leave be given, to bring in a Bill according to the Prayer of the McCarty, M"' Braxton, and M'' that M"" Daingerfield, M"' Hedgman, Nicholas Smith, do prepare and bring in the fame. A Motion was made, for Calling over the Houfe, and it was called over accordingly; and the abfent Members were excufed. A Bill for Laying a Duty upon Liquors, was read the fecond Time. A Motion was made for an Amendment to the Bill, to make the Duty Three Pence per Gallon, inftead of Two Pence And after a Debate, The Queftion was put, That the faid Amendment be made?
Ordered,
Petition:

And

Refolved, in the Affirmative.

And

other

Amendments were

propofed.

That the Bill be committed to the Committee who prepared it. Then a Motion was made, for Laying a further Duty, of Two Pence per Gallon, upon Rum made in New-England, which fhall be imported into this Colony And after
Ordered,
:

a Debate, The Queftion was put. That a

It

Bill

be brought in for that Purpofe?

paffed in the Negative.

Ordered,
for

That Leave be given to bring

Term

of their

that M' Tayloe,

bring in the faid
Ordered,
'til

own
Bill.

in a Bill, to prevent fuch as hold any Slaves any other Perfon, from mif ufmg them And Meriwether, M' Attorney General, and M"" Conway, do prepare and

Lives, or the Life of

That

M''

Simmons, have Leave to be abfent from the Service

'till

of the

Houfe

Tuefday next.
Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourn 'd

To-morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.

Saturday,

(I27)

Saturday,

May

27, 1732.

MR.

Cottrts of Juftice reported, That the Committee had (according to Order) infpe(5led the Journals of the lait Seffion, and examined the Tempory Laws, and agreed upon a Report which he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered it in at the Table, where the fame was

Lee,

from the Committee for

again twice read

And

after a Debate,

be prepared, for Eftablifhing Quarterly Courts? It paffed in the Negative. prepared, Bill be for Settling That a Ordered, a Ferry, at James Hockley's, Plantation, in the Coimty of King George, over Rappahanock River, to Mo/i's-Neck, in the County of Caroline; and a Ferry from 5ermMda-Hundred, in the County of Henrico, to the Cityput,
Bill

The Queftion was

That a

and from the City -Point, to 5/if>/^)'-Hundred, in the County and a Ferry from the Land of Stephen Woodfon, in the Coimty of Goochland, over James-River, to the Maa^in-Town. Ordered, That the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, do prepare and bring
Point, in the
of Prince-George; of Charles-City;

County

in the faid Bill.

be prepared, for Continuing the Ad; to prevent Delays in Courts and better fettling Proceedings in the General-Court; and for the more fpeedy and eafy Recovery of fmall Debts; and for Repealing an Adl, for obliging Attorneys profecuting Suits in Behalf of Perfons out of the Coimtry, to give Security for paying all Cofts and Damages; and declaring in what Manner Security fhall thereafter be given.
Ordered,
Bill

That a

of Juftice; for expediting

Ordered,
Bill.

That the Committee

for Courts of Juftice,

do prepare and bring

in the faid

Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the faid Committee, to add one Claufe, or more, to the faid Bill, for Impowering any Judge or Juftice of the General-Court, when the faid Court is not Sitting, to take Bail; and to oblige the Defendants, in any Action, wherein a Plea in Abatement fhall be Pleaded and Over-ruled, to pay the Plaintifs Coft, to the Time of Over-ruling fuch Plea. Ordered, That the Report of the faid Committee, be further confidered on Wednefday

next.

Lee reported, from the Committee, to whom the Bill for laying a Duty on was committed, feveral Amendments made to the Bill; which he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Table. And the Amendments were twice feverally read, and one of them was difagreed to, and the reft were agreed to, with an Amendment to one of them by the Houfe. And another Amendment was made by the Houfe, to the Bill. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjoum'd 'til Monday Morning Eleven a Clock.
M"'

Liquors,

Monday,

May

29, 1732.

ences have arifen between them, touching their refpedive Rights to certain Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, with the Appurtenances, whereof David Bray the Elder, and David Bray the Younger, late of the County of James City, Efqrs. deceafed, feverally died feifed; the faid Thomas claiming under the laft Will of

PETITION
Efqrs.

of Thomas Bray, and John Randolph, of the City of Williamfburg, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That certain Differ-

David Bray the Elder, and the faid John under the laft Will of David Bray the Younger That for fettling and determining thofe Diiferences, they have come to an Agreement; and praying Leave to bring in a Bill, to confirm and eftablifh that Agreement.
Ordered,

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Ordered,

Petition

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the Prayer of the faid Robinfon, and M-- Robert Boiling, do prepare and bring in And that M' Lee,

the fame.

Bill, intituled,

An Ad

for laying a

Duty upon Liquors, was read the third Time

Bill,

And an Amendment was made

Refolved,

to the

at the Table.

That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That the Committee who prepared the

Bill,

do carry the fame to the Council

Concurrence thereto. M'' Baffet be added to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances. to Order) prefented to the Houfe a Bill, for vefting Two (according Burges M-Hundred Acres of Land, with the Appurtenances, in the Parifh of Hanover, in the County of King George, whereof Simon Miller is feifed in Fee-Tail, in Thomas Turner, in Fee-Simple; and for fettling other Lands and Negros of greater Value, to the fame

and

delire their

Ordered,

That

Ufes:

And

the fame was received, and read the

firft

Time.

That the Bill be read a fecond Time. Tayloe (according to Order) prefented to the Houfe a Bill, for vefting Two Hundred Acres of Land, with the Appurtenances, in the Parifh of Sittenburn, in the
Ordered,
M"'

Richmond, whereof William Wilfon Homes, and Mary his Wife, in Right of the faid Mary, are feifed in Fee-Tail, in Richard Barnes, in Fee-Simple; and for fettling other Lands and Negros, of greater Value, to the fame Ufes: And the fame was re-

County

of

ceived,

and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time.

of

M'' Eskridge (according to Order) prefented a Bill, for vefting Three Hundred Acres Land, with the Appurtenances, in the Parifh of Wafhington, in the County of Weftmorland, whereof George Weedon is feifed in Fee-Tail, in John Wafhington, Gent, in Fee-Simple; and for fettling other Lands, of greater Value, to the fame Ufes: And the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. M''

Attorney-General reported, from the Committee of Propofitions

that the Committee

had had under

their Confideration feveral other Propofitions

and Grievances, and

Grievances, from feveral Counties, and

of the fame, with their Report Table. in at the Opinions thereupon; and he delivered the Refolved, That the Propofitions from the Counties of Northumberland, and Hanover,

drawn up a State

to repeal the

Ad for Amending

the Staple of Tobacco;

and

for Reftraining the Plant-

ing of Tobacco, be Rejedled.

Refolved,

Com, Wheat,
of Debts, in

Executions

That the Propofition from the County of Hanover, for fettling a Price upon Peafe, Beans, Pork, Beef, Hemp, Flax, and Cotton, and for the Paiment thofe Commodities; for Repealing the Ad direding the Manner of levying and for Altering the Method of paying for Negros executed for Capital

Offences, be Rejedled. Refolved, That the Propofition from the County of Weftmorland, to allow Tenants a Liberty of paying Tobacco-Rents, in Indian-Corn and Wheat, be Rejedled. Ordered, That the Propofition from the County of Stafford, That the Infpedtors be not obliged to prife Tobacco, and pay the fame in Hogfheads of Eight Hundred Nett and may be allowed Time for Paiment of their Notes; be referred to the Confideration of the Committee appointed to prepare a Bill to amend the Ad for Amending the Staple
of

Tobacco.

Refolved, That the Propofition from the County of Hanover, That Infpedtors may be chofen by the Freeholders, or nominated by the County Courts, be Rejedled. Refolved, That the Tobacco Infpedtors, ought not to convert the Tobacco by them drawn out of the Hogfheads, to their own Ufe.

Ordered,

That the Propofition from the faid County,

for Leffening the Salaries of the

Infpe<aors, be referr'd to the Confideration of the Committee appointed to prepare the faid Bill, to amend the Adl for Amending the Staple of Tobacco.

Ordered,

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Ordered,

That a

Bill

be brought

in,

to prevent frivolous

to regulate Attorneys practicing at the

and vexatious Suits; and County Courts; and that the Committee for

Courts of Juftice, do prepare and bring in the fame. Ordered, That the faid Report of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, be referr'd to the faid Committee. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the Committee to whom it is referr'd to pre-

pare and bring in a Bill, for Settling feveral Ferries over Rappahanock, and James Rivers, to add one or more Claufes to the Bill, for appointing feveral other Ferries over Rappahanock-River, at Thomas Stanton's, at Philemon Cavenaugh's Ford, and Norntent's-Yord.

Ordered,
of Stafford,

That the Propofition from the Veftry of St. Paul's Parifh, in the Coimty for Dividing that County into Two equal Parifhes, be referr'd to the ConThat the Houfe be adjoum'd
'til

fideration of the next Seflion of Affembly.

Ordered,

To-morrow Morning Eleven a

Clock.

Tuefday,

May

30, 1732.

That the Committee had had under their Confideration, feveral other Propofitions and Grievances, from feveral Counties, and drawn up a State of the fame, with their Opinions thereon; and he delivered the Report in at the Table, where the fame was read. A Petition of John Allen, of the County of Surry, Gent, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; praying Leave to bring in a Bill, to dock the Entail of certain Lands, in the County of Surry; and for Settling other Lands of greater Value, to the fame Ufes. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the Prayer of the Petition; and that M'' Gray, M' Simmons, M" Robert Boiling, M' Ravenfcroft, and M' Samuel Harwood, do prepare and bring in the fame. An Account of the Money put into the Hands of Henry Harrifon, Efq; and John Allen, Gent, by Adt of Affembly, for Building a Church, Court-Houfe, Prifon, Stocks, and Pillory, in the County of Brunfwick; was prefented to the Houfe, and read: Ordered, That the faid Accoimt, do lie on the Table. The Houfe being informed, by the Members for the County of Brunfwick, That it appears by a Refolution of the Houfe, at the laft Seffion, That the Sum of Two Himdred and Thirty Nine Potmds Seventeen Shillings, remained in the Hands of Col. Spotfwood, which ought to be laid out for Arms, to be diftributed among the Inhabitants of the faid County, purfuant to an Adt of Affembly, made in the Year 1720, for Ereding the Counties of Spotfylvania and Brunfwick; and that no Arms had been diftributed among the Inhabitants of the faid Coimty, purfuant to that Refolution A Motion was made, to confider that Matter; and after a Debate, and the Queftion put thereupon, Refolved, That Henry Harrifon, Efq; Lieutenant of the County of Brunfwick, be impowered to Demand and Receive of Col. Spotfwood, the faid Sum of Two Himdred and Thirty Nine Potmds Seventeen Shillings, or Arms to the Value thereof. Ordered, That the Speaker of this Houfe do forthwith give Notice to Col. Spotfwood, of the faid Refolution; and defire his Anfwer thereunto. The Houfe proceeded to take into their Confideration, the faid Report of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances; and the fame was read: After a Debate, the Queftion was put. That a Bill be prepared, to Reftrain the Planting of Tobacco to Five Thoufand Plants
ances,
:

MR.

Attorney-General reported, from the Committee of Propofitions and Griev-

for a Tithable?
It paffed in the Negative. and the Queftion was Report; Then a Debate arofe upon another Part of the faid

put, ^

That

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That a Bill be prepared, for Repealing the Act, Explaining and Amending making Negros real Eftales f
It

the

Ad,

paffed in the Negative.

Refolved, That the Propofition from King and Queen County, for allowing Mafters of Ships and other Veffels, the Liberty of Fetching Tobacco from the Freighters or Planters Houfes; for reviewing Tobacco after it has been refufed by the Infpedlors and for allowing the Owners of Tobacco when it is refufed, to carry it Home and pick it over,
;

be Rejefted.
Refolved, That the Propofition from the Cotmty of Charles-City, to oblige thofe Counties only in the Northern-Neck, where the Public Warehoufes were burnt, to make good the Lofs, be Rejected. Refolved, That the Propofition from the County of Jatnes-City, for appointing a

Public WarehOufe for Tobacco, at M"' William Brown's Landing, upon ChickohominyRiver, be Rejedled,
Ordered,

That the Grievance from Effex Coimty,

in Relation to the inconvenient

Situation of

Two

of the Public

Warehoufes, in that County, be referr'd to the ConBill,

fideration of the

Committee appointed to prepare a

Bill

to

Amend

the

A<51, for

Amend-

ing the Staple of Tobacco.

Ordered,

That a

be brought

in,

for fettling the

And

that the Committee for Courts of Juftice do prepare

Ordered,

Method of Proving Book Debts and bring in the fame.

That a Bill be brought in, for pulling down Wooden Chimneys, in the Towns of Southampton and Norfolk; and to prevent the Building of others for the future: And that M'' Blair, M"" Eskridge, and M'' Boufli, do prepare and bring in the faid Bill. Ordered, That the Report of the faid Committee, upon the Propofition from the faid Town of Southampton, be referr'd to the Committee appointed to prepare and
bring in the faid
Ordered,
Bill.

That the Report

of the faid

Committee, upon the Propofition from Charles-

City County, for Settling a new Method of Paying Levies and Officers Fees, be confidered To-morrow. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjoum'd 'til To-morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.

ff^ednefday,

May

31, 1732.

BILL

Two Hundred Acres of Land, with the Appurtenances, in the Parifh of Sittenburn, in the Coimty of Richmond, whereof William Wilfon
for vefting
in

Homes, and Mary his Wife,

Right of the faid Mary, are

feifed in Fee-Tail,

Lands and Negros, fame Ufes; was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be committed to the Committee who prepared the fame; and that they do examine the Allegations therein, and report the Matter as it fhall
for fettling other
of greater Value, to the

in Richard Barnes, in Fee-Simple;

and

appear to them, to the Houfe. A Bill for vefting Three Hundred Acres of Land, with the Appurtenances, in the Parifh of Wafhington, in the County of Weftmorland, whereof George Weedon is feifed,

John Wafhington, Gent, in Fee-Simple; and for fettling other Lands, fame Ufes; was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be committed to the Committee who prepared the fame; and that they do examine the Allegations therein, and report the Matter as it fhall
in Fee-Tail, in

of greater Value, to the

appear to them, to the Houfe. M' Lee prefented to the Houfe (according to Order) a Bill to continue and make perpetual, an A(5l therein mentioned; and for Impowering any Judge of the GeneralCourt, to take Bail when the faid Court is not Sitting; and to oblige Defendants to pay Cofts upon Over-ruling a Plea in Abatement.
Alfo

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Bill, for Laying a Duty upon Slaves, to be paid by the Buyers: And the faid were received, and feveraUy read the firft Time. Ordered, That the faid Bills be read a fecond Time. A Petition of Richard Coleman, William Thornton, and Francis Thornton, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth. That they being feverally feifed in FeeTail, of Three Parcels of Land, had convey'd the fame to each other, in Exchange, and are defirous to have the fame confirm'd, and to fettle their refpedlive Eftates therein, with feveral Negros, to the fame Ufes And praying, that Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for that Purpofe. Ordered, That Leave be given, to bring in a Bill according to the Prayer of the faid And that M'' Robert Boiling, M"' Francis Willis, and M'' Meriwether, do prepare Petition

Alfo a

Bills

and bring

in the fame.

Member of this Houfe, was prefented to read; fetting forth. That being Major of the Militia, in the County of the Houfe, and Spotfylvania, he had the Care and Cuftody of a certain Quantity of Arms and AmmuniPetition of Augiiftine Smith, Gent, a

County; that feveral Barrels of Powder, by Accident took Fire, whereby he loft all his Houfehold Goods, and had a yoimg blew up his Houfe, and Negro Woman vSlave killed; and praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein, and that he may be relieved as the Houfe fhall think fit. Ordered, That the faid Petition, be referr'd to the Confideration of the Committee for Public Claims; and that they do examine the Matter thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinion therein, to the Houfe.
tion belonging to that

That the further Confideration of the Report of the Committee for Courts of Juftice, and of the Report of the Committee of Propofitions, put off 'til To-day, be further put off 'til To-morrow. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjoum'd 'til To-morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.
Ordered,

Thurfday, June

1732.
Executors of the
laft

PETITION
Teftament
read;

of Robert Carter, Efq; of

One

of the

Will and

Mann

Page, Efq;

deceafed,

was prefented

to the Houfe,
is

and

fetting forth.

That the Eftate

of the faid

Mann

Page,

incumber'd
Intereft, at
in

with very great Debts;

the Rate of Four per Cent, per

that the Executors are obliged to

pay

Annum,

for great part of thofe Debts, to

Merchants

Credit of the Eftate, to difcharge fuch Debts:

would be a great Advantage to the Orphans, to raife Money upon the And praying Leave to bring in a Bill, to entitle him to Intereft, after the Rate of Four per Cent, per Annum, for all Sums of Money, which he fhall from Time to Time advance for that Purpofe; and to charge the faid Eftate with the Repaiment of fuch Principal Money and Intereft. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the Prayer of the faid Francis Willis, and M"" Meriwether, do prepare and Petition And that M'' Eskridge,
London; that
it
:

bring in the fame.

M"" Attorney-General reported, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, That the Committee had had under their Confideration, a Propofition from the upper Inhabitants of the Parifh of Briftol, in the County of Prince George, for the Divifion of that Parifh and that they were come to a Refolution thereupon which he delivered in at the Table, and the fame was read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follows: Refolved, That the faid Propofition, be referr'd to the Confideration of the next
; ;

Seffion of Affembly.

W Attorney-General

alfo reported, from the faid

their Confideration, the Petition of William

Difficulties in the Matter,

Committee, That they had had imder Brown, to them referr'd; and finding many

pray'd the Diredlion of the Houfe therein.

Then

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Then a
gines

Petition of William Woodford, of the

;

County

the Houfe, and read alledging, That he has been at and other Things, for Cutting Tobacco; that the Infpedlors of Tobacco, fcruple

was prefented to Engreat Expence,

of Caroline,
in providing

paffing fome that he has already

manufa(5lured
Bill

and praying ReUef therein: And

be brought
in,

after

a Debate, The Queftion was put, That a feparate to be infpe(5led and exported?

for allowing cut

Tobacco

Refolved, in the Affirmative.

Ordered, That the faid Committee do prepare and bring in the Bill and that it be an Inftrudlion to the Committee, to provide a Claufe, to oblige the Cutters of Tobacco
;

to cut none but infpe(5led Tobacco. A Bill to continue and make perpetual,

an Adl therein mentioned; and for impower-

ing any Judge of the General -Court to take Bail when the faid Court is not fitting, and to oblige Defendants to pay Cofts upon Over-ruling a Plea in Abatement, was read

a fecond Time; and an Addition was made to the Title and End of the Bill. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Addition, be ingroffed. A Bill for laying a Duty upon Slaves, to be paid by the Buyers, was read the fecond

Time.
Ordered,

That the Bill be committed to the Committee who prepared it. Motion was made. That it be an Inftrudlion to the Committee, to make the
:

per Cent, ad valorem, inftead of the Duty as it now ftands in the Bill And a Debate arofe thereupon. And the Queftion was put, That it be an Inftrudlion to the Committee, to lay the

Duty Five

Duty ad

valorem.
Refolved, in the Affirmative.

A Bill for vefting Two Himdred Acres of Land, with the Appurtenances, in the Parifh of Hanover, in the County of King George, whereof Simon Miller is feifed in FeeTail, in Thomas Turner, in Fee-Simple; and for fettling other Lands and Negros, of greater Value, to the fame Ufes; was read the fecond Time: And a Petition of Thomas Hoard and Jane his Wife, was prefented to the Houfe, and read alledging. That the Reverfion in Fee-Simple, of the Lands in the faid Bill mentioned, expedlant upon the Eftate-Tail, is vefted in the faid Jane; and that the Lands and Negros propofed to be fettled in Lieu of the entailed Lands, are not an Equivalent; and praying that no Bill maypafs, to dock the Entail, without their Confent. Ordered, That the Bill be committed to the Committee who prepared the faid Bill; and that they do examine the Allegations of the Bill, together with the Matter of the faid Petition and report the fame, as it fhall appear to them, to the Houfe. Ordered, That the Matters put ofE to be confidered To-day, be further put off 'til To-morrow. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourn'd 'til To-morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.
; ;

Friday, June 2, 1732.

ORDERED, That M' Crafford have

Houfe
'til

Leave to be abfent from the Service of the Wednefday next. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the Committee to whom it is referr'd to bring in a Bill for the appointing feveral new Ferries, to add a Claufe to the Bill, for appointing a Ferry from John Roy's Plantation, in the County of Caroline, over Rappahanock River, to the Landing oppofite thereto, in the County of King George. A Bill, intituled, An Ad to continue and make perpetual, an Ad therein mentioned; and for impowering any Judge of the General-Court to take Bail when the faid Court is not fitting; and to oblige Defendants to pay Cofts upon Over -ruling a Plea in Abatement; and for allowing any Perfon to plead feveral Matters, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs.
Ordered,

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Ordered,

That the Committee

for Courts of Juftice,

do carry the

Bill to

the Council

and

defire their
M''

Concurrence thereto.

Eskridge reported, That the Committee to

whom

the Bill for vefting Three

Hundred Acres of Land, with the Appurtenances, in the Parifh of Wafhington, in the Coimty of Weftmoreland, whereof George Weedon is feifed in Fee -Tail, in John Wafhington, Gent, in Fee-Simple; and fettling other Lands of greater Value, to the fame Ufes, was committed; had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and foimd the fame to be
true.

Ordered,

That the

Bill

be ingroffed.

whom the Bill for vefting Three Hundred Acres of Land, with the Appurtenances, in the Parifh of Hanover, in the County of King George, whereof Simon Miller is feifed in Fee-Tail, in Thomas Turner, in FeeSimple; and for fettling other Lands and Negros, of greater Value, to the fame Ufes;
M"" Biirges reported,

That the Committee to

had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and foxmd the fame to be true. That the Committee had alio examined the Matter of the Petition of Thomas Hoard and Jane his Wife, againft the faid Bill to them referr'd; and are of Opinion, that the Allegations of the faid Petition are groundlefs After a Debate the Queftion was put. That the Houfe do agree to the Report of the faid Committee ?
:

Refolved, In the Affirmative.

be ingroffed. M' Lee reported, from the Committee to whom the Bill for Laying a Duty upon Slaves to be paid by the Buyers, was committed, That the Committee had made feveral Amendments to the Bill, which he read in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Table. M'' Tayloe reported. That the Committee to whom the BiU for vefting Two Hundred Acres of Land, with the Appurtenances, in the Parifh of Sitienburn, in the County of Richmond, whereof William Wilfon Homes and Mary his Wife are feifed in Fee-Tail, in Richard Barnes, in Fee -Simple and for Settling other Lands and Negros of greater Value, to the fame Ufes, was committed had made an Amendment to the BiU, and had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and fotmd the fame to be true; and he read the Amendment in his Place, and afterwards delivered the BiU with the Amendment, in at the Table; where the Amendment was twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That the BiU, with the Amendment, be ingroffed. Then the Houfe (according to Order) proceeded to take into Confideration the Report of the Committee for Courts of Juftice, and of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, in Relation to the Fees of certain Officers; and the faid Reports were
Ordered,
Bill
; ;

That the

feverally read.

The Alterations propofed by the Committee for Courts of Juftice, in the Fees by the Act, made in the firft Year of the King's Reign, for afcertaining the Fees certain Officers therein mentioned, were again read; and, with fome Amendments, of were agreed to, by the Houfe. And a Motion was made. That the Houfe would further confider the Fees mentioned
fettled
in the faid Adt.

That the Confideration of the faid Motion, be put off 'tU To-morrow. The Treafurer's Accounts being laid before the Houfe, Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to examine the faid Accoimts, and that they do confider the feveral Blanks therein, and report their Opinions thereupon, to the Houfe and it is referr'd to M-" Robert Boiling, M' Blair, and M' Burges. Ordered, That M-- Tayloe, John Boiling, and M"' Braxton, have Leave to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe aU next Week. A Petition of Thomas Bray, Gent, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That he, by the feveral laft WiUs of his Uncle Thomas Bray, and David Bray, and his Son, by the Will of his Father James Bray, are feifed in Fee-Tail, of Twenty Thoufand
Ordered,
;

Acres

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Acres of Land, with the Appurtenances, in the Counties of James-City, Charles-City, York, New-Kent and King William, refpedively and not having a fufficient Number of Slaves, to work and improve the faid Lands, the fame are rather a Burthen than an Advantage to them; and praying Leave to bring in a Bill, to enable the Petitioner, by Sale of certain Parcels of the Premifes, to raife Two Thoufand Pounds to be laid out in N'egros, to be annexed to the remaining Lands, for the Benefit of the Petitioner,
;

his Son,

and

their Iffue, refpedlively,

and

all

others in Remainder.

Ordered,
Petition:
M''

That Leave be given to bring

that
M'' I^e,

in

And

Stith,

W Car,

Bill,

Attorney-General, M"' Meriwether,

M''

according to the Prayer of the faid Baffet, M'^ Eaton,

M"'

Whitehead, and

Lawrence Smith, do prepare and bring

'til

in

the fame.
Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

To-morrow Morning Eleven a

Clock.

Saturday, June

3,

1732.

ORDERED, That
Ordered,

M'' Fleming have Leave to be abfent 'til Friday next. That M'' Randolph, M"" Rofcow, and M'' Strother, have Leave to

be abfent 'til Tuefday next. M'' Lee prefented to the Houfe (according to Order) a Bill to prevent frivolous and vexatious Suits, and to regulate Attorneys practifmg in the County Courts; and the fame was received, and read the firft Time. be read a fecond Time. A Petition of William Woodford, Gent, fetting forth, That he being in the Year Thoufand Seven Hundred and Twenty Nine, Sheriff of Caroline, a new County,
Ordered,

That the

Bill

One

then lately ereded by Adl of Affembly; before any Prifon could be built, one Fletcher was committed to his Cuftody, at the Suit of one Sutton, for Want of Bail, who efcap'd; for which the Plaintiff recovered againft the Petitioner, Twenty Three Pounds, Eight Shillings, and Six Pence, Sterling, and Eight Hundred and Twenty Five Pounds of Tobacco, Cofts; that the Petitioner brought Suit againft the Juftices of the County Court, in the General Court, where the fame was adjudged againft him; that thofe Suits,

Expenfes, coft him Fifty One Poimds, Seven Shillings, and Eleven for which he is without Remedy, except by the Favour of this Money, Pence, Current Houfe; and praying fuch Relief in the Premifes, as to the Houfe fhall feem juft and
befides his

own

reafonable.

That the faid Petition be referr'd to the Confideration of a Committee; and that they do examine the Matter thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinions thereupon, to the Houfe; and it is referr'd to M'' Lee, M'' Meriwether, M' Conway, and M"' Henry Willis. Eskridge prefented to the Houfe (according to Order) a Bill to enable Robert Carter, Efq; one of the Executors of the laft Will and Teftament of Mann Page, Efq; deceafed, to pay the Debts of the faid Mann Page, and to entitle him to receive Intereft for the Money he hath advanced or fhall advance for that Purpofe; and to charge the Ef tate of the faid Mann Page with the Repaiment of the Principal and Intereft and the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. M' Gray prefented to the Houfe (according to Order) a Bill for vefting certain entail'd Lands in John Allen, Gent, in Fee-Simple, and for fettling other Lands and a Mill, of greater Value, to the fame Ufes; and the fame was received, and read the
Ordered,

firft

Time.
Ordered,

be read a fecond Time. M"' Francis Willis prefented to the Houfe (according to Order) a Bill to confirm an Agreement, between Richard Coleman, William Thornton, and Francis Thornton,
Bill

That the

for

(135)

Exchange of certain entail'd Lands, therein mentioned, and for fettling the fame, with certain Negro Slaves, according to the Will of the Donors; and the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time.
for the

The Order

of the

Day
was

And

the Queftion

put.

being read, a Debate arofe. That Fees due to a County Court Clerk, from any Perfon

not Refident in his County, be

of the

made

dif trainable ?

Refolved, In the Affirmative.

and Grievances, made upon a Then the Report Propofition from Charles-City Coimty, for a Liberty to pay Levies and Officers Fees in Money, after the Rate of Ten Shillings a Hundred for Tobacco, at the Ele(5tion of the
Committee
of Propofitions

Paier:

And a Debate arofe thereupon, And the Queftion was put, That the
That a
Bill

faid Propofition be Rejedled?

Ordered,

of Certain Officers

Refolved, In the Affirmative. be brought in, for continuing the Adl, for afcertaining the Fees therein mentioned; and that the Committee for Courts of Juftice do

prepare and bring in the fame.

in the Fees

That it be an InftrucJtion to the faid Committee, to make fuch Alterations mentioned in the faid Adl, as were agreed unto by the Hoiofe Yefterday; and that they have Power to make fuch other Alterations as they fhall find reafonable. Then a Motion was made, That it fhould be an Inftruftion to the faid Committee,
Ordered,

to

make

Provifion in the faid

Bill,

for the better afcertaining Surveyors Fees.

Motion be referr'd to the faid Committee. A Bill, intituled. An Adl for vefting Three Hundred Acres of Land, with the Appurtenances, in the Parifh of Wafhington, in the County of Weftmorland, whereof George Weedon is feifed in Fee-Tail, in John Wafhington, Gent, in Fee-Simple; and for fettling other Lands, of greater Value, to the fame Ufes; was read the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. A Bin, intituled. An Ad for vefting Two Hundred Acres of Land, with the Appurtenances, in the Parifh of Sittenbum, in the County of Richmond, whereof William Wilfon Homes and Mary his Wife, in Right of the faid Mary, are feifed in Fee-Tail, in Richard Barnes, in Fee-Simple; and for fettling other Lands and Negros, of greater Value, to the fame Ufes; was read the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Henry Willis do carry the faid Bills to the Council; and defire
Ordered,

That the

faid

their Concurrence thereto.

Acres of Land, with the Appurtenances, in the Parifh of Hanover, in the County of King George, whereof Simon Miller is feifed in Fee-Tail, in Thomas Turner, in Fee-Simple; and for fettling other Lands and Negros, of greater Value, to the fame Ufes; was read the third Time: And a Debate
Bill, intituled,

An Ad

for vefting

Two Hundred

arofe thereupon.

And

the Queftion was put, That the Bill do pafs?

It

paffed in the Negative.

Clock.

Ordered, That the Bill be Rejedled. Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

Monday Morning Eleven a

Monday, June

^,

1732.

William Meriwether, Gent, was prefented to the Houfe, and read, complaining of an undue Ele(aion and Return of Matthew Anderfon, Gent. to fer\'e in this prefent General Affembly, for the County of Hanover. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referr'd to the Confideration of the Committee for Eleftions and Privileges; and that they do examine the Matter thereof,

PETITION

of

and report the fame, with

their Opinions thereupon, to the Hoxife.

Ordered,

(136)

That M'' Nicholas Smith, and M'' Stith, be added to the faid Committee. to the Houfe (according to Order) a Bill to confirm and eftablifh prefented I^e M"' mentioned, made between Thomas Bray, Gent, and John Randolph, an Agreement therein Efq; for the Settlement of their refpedlive Rights to certain Lands, whereof David
Ordered,

Bray the
tioned
:

elder, Gent, deceafed, died feifed;

And

the fame

was

received,

and and read the

for other Purpofes therein alfo

firft

men-

Time.

That the Bill be read a fecond Time. Henry Willis prefented to the Houfe (according to Order) a Bill to enable and oblige the Parifh of St. George, in Spotfylvania County, to refund and pay back to the Parifh of St. Mark, in the County aforefaid, the Tobacco therein mentioned And the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. A Bill to prevent frivolous and vexatious Suits, and to regulate Attorneys pradtifmg was read the fecond Time in the County Courts And an Amendment was made to the Bill, at the Table. Ordered, That the Bill be committed to the Committee who prepared it. M' Attorney-General prefented to the Houfe (according to Order) a Bill to amend the A(5t, for amending the Staple of Tobacco; and for preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuftoms: And the fame was received. Ordered, That the faid Bill be read To-morrow Morning. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned 'til To-morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.
Ordered,
M''
: ;

Tuefday, June 6, 1732.

perpetual an Adl therein mentioned; and for impowering any Judge of the General Court to take Bail when the faid Court is not fitting; and to oblige Defendants to pay Cofts upon Over-ruling a Plea in Abatement and for allowing any
;

MESSAGE

from the Council, by M^ Robertfon:

to the Bill, intituled,

That they have agreed

An

Adl to continue and make

Perfon to plead feveral Matters, without any Amendment. A Petition of William Weft, Gent, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That he is feifed of a Tradl of Land adjoining to the Town of Delaware, in the County of King William that the Inhabitants of that Town keep very great Stocks of Cattle, Horfes, Sheep, and Hogs, which range and feed upon his Lands, to his great Damage; and praying Leave to bring in a Bill for his Relief.
;

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the Prayer of the and that M"" Fox, M"' Whitehead, and M"" Car, do prepare and bring in the fame. Mr. Lee prefented to the Houfe (according to Order) a Bill for Altering the Days for holding the Courts of Richmond and Weftmorland Counties: And the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. M'' Henry Willis prefented to the Houfe (according to Order) a Bill for Altering the Place for holding Courts in the County of Spotfylvania And the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. M-- Eskridge reported, from the Committee for Eledions and Privileges, That the Committee had had under their Confideration, the Matter of the Petition of William Meriwether, Gent, to them referr'd; and having examined feveral Witneffes, were come to a Refolution, which he read in his Place; and afterwards delivered the fame in at the Table, where it was twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follows Refolved, That M-" Matthew Anderfon is duly eledled and returned a Burgefs, to ferve in this prefent General Affembly, for the County of Hanover.
Ordered,
faid Petition
;

(i37)

John Savage and Gertrude Harmanfon, was prefented to the Hoiife, and read; praying that Leave may be given to bring in a Bill, to veft Five Hundred Acres of Land, vi^ith the Appurtenances, in the County of Northampton, whereof the faid John is feifed in Fee-Tail, in the faid Gertrude, in Fee-Simple; and for fettling Two Hundred Acres of Land, with the Appurtenances, in the Coimty of Accomack, and Four Negros, of greater Value, in Lieu thereof, to the fame Ufes. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the Prayer of the faid Petition and that M'' Strother, and the Members for the Eaftern Shore, do prepare and
Petition of
;

bring in the fame.

A Petition of William Loury and Mary his Wife, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; praying that Leave may be given to bring in a Bill, to fettle Eight Hundred Acres of entail'd Lands, in the County of Effex, upon their Children, in Tail fucceffively;
Hundred and Forty Two Acres of Land, with the Appurtenances, County of Northumberland, upon the Children of the faid Mary, by a former Hufband, in Lieu thereof, to the fame Ufes. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the Prayer of the Petition and that M'' Eskridge, and the Members for the Counties of Northumberland and Effex, do prepare and bring in the fame. M*" Lee reported, from the Committee to whom the Bill to prevent frivolous and vexatious Suits, and to regulate Attorneys pradtifing in the Coimty Courts, was committed, feveral Amendments made by the Committee, to the Bill; which he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Table; where the Amendments were twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be Ingroffed. A Bill to amend the Adl, for Amending the Staple of Tobacco; and for preventing Fratids in His Majefty's Cuftoms; was, according to Order, read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time on Thurfday. The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the Amendments made to the Bill, for Laying a Duty on Slaves, to be paid by the Buyers, by the Committee to whom the Bill was committed; and the Amendments were twice feverally read: And after a Debate, and the Queftion put upon one of them, were agreed vmto by the Houfe. And a Blank in one of the Amendments, was filled up at the Table. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be Ingroffed. A Bill to confirm and eftablifh an Agreement, between Richard Coleman, William Thornton, and Francis Thornton, for the Exchange of certain entailed Lands therein mentioned; and for fettling the fame, with certain Negro Slaves, according to the Will of the Donors; was read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be committed to the Committee who prepared the fame; and that they do examine the Allegations thereof, and report the Matter as it fhall appear
and
to fettle Seven
in the
;

to them, to the Houfe.

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourn 'd

'til

To-morrow Morning Eleven a

Clock.

Wednefday, June

7,

1732.

John Poindexter, and William Meriwether, was prefented to the Hotife, and read; praying Leave to bring in a BiU, to confirm a Sale of certain entail'd Lands, with the Appurtenances, in the County of Hanover, made by the faid John to the faid William; and for fettling other Lands and Negros, of greater Value, in Lieu thereof, to the fame Ufes. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the Prayer of the faid Petition And that M-" Whitehead, M^ Car, M' Bacon, My Baffet, and M' Anderfon, do
of
:

PETITION

prepare and bring in the fame.

Ordered That no Petition for a private
Bill,

be received after

Monday

next.

M'

(138)

M'

Strother prefented to the

Houfe (according to Order) a

Bill for vefting certain

entail'd Lands, with the Appurtenances, in the County of Northampton, in Gertrude Harmanfon, in Fee-Simple; and for fettling other Lands and Negros, of greater Value, the firft Time. in Lieu thereof, to the fame Ufes: And the fame was received, and read

be read a fecond Time. to the Houfe (according to Order) a Bill, for killing prefented M^ Attorney-General of Squirrels and Crows AHo a Bill, for fettling new Ferries over James and Rappahanock Rivers: And the fame were received, and read the firft Time.
Ordered,

That the

Bill

be read a fecond Time. Barhani was prefented to the Houfe, and read praying that A Petition of Charles Leave may be given to bring in a Bill, to enable him' to fell a Parcel of entail'd Lands therein mentioned and to purchafe other Land therein alfo mentioned, of more Value
Ordered,

That the

Bills

and Convenience to the Petitioner, to be fettled to the fame Ufes. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the Prayer of the faid Petition And that M' William Harwood, M"" Eaton, M' Power, and M^ Rofcow, do prepare and bring in the fame. M^ Eskridge prefented to the Houfe (according to Order) a Bill, to fettle certain entail'd Lands, in the County of Effex, whereof William Loiiry and Mary his Wife, in Right of the faid Mary, are feifed, upon the Iffue of the faid Mary, by her laft Marriage; and for fettling other Lands in Lieu thereof, to the fame Ufes And the fame was re: :

ceived,

and read the firft Time. That the Bill be read a fecond Time. M'' Lee prefented to the Houfe (according to Order) a Bill for prefcribing a Method for proving Book Debts And the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. A Petition of Thomas Turner was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That he is informed, the Bill lately brought in, to veft certain entail'd Lands in him, in Fee-Simple, and for fettling other Lands and Negros, to the fame Ufes, was Rejecfled, becaufe the Lands and Negros propofed to be fettled in Lieu of the entail'd Lands, were not an Equivalent; and propofing to add one Negro Woman more; and praying that Leave may be given to bring in another Bill for that Purpofe. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the Prayer of the faid Petition and that M"^ Burges and M'' Lee, do prepare and bring in the fame. A Meffage from the Council, by M'' Robertfon That they have agreed to the Bill, intituled. An Adl for vefting Three Hundred Acres of Land, with the Appurtenances, in the Parifh of Wafhington, in the Cotmty of Weftmorland, whereof George Weedon is feifed in Fee-Tail, in John Wafhington, Gent, in Fee-Simple; and for fettling other Lands, of greater Value, to the fame Ufes. And alfo to the Bill, intittded, An Adt for vefting Two Hundred Acres of Land, with the Appurtenances, in the Parifh of Sittenburn, in the County of Richmond, whereof William Wilfon Homes, and Mary his Wife, in Right of the faid Mary, are feifed in Fee-Tail, in Richard Barnes, in Fee-Simple; and for fettling other Lands and Negros, of greater Value, to the fame Ufes; without any Amendment. A Petition of William Parks was prefented to the Houfe, and read; praying that the Houfe will eftablifh fuch a Salary for Printing the Laws, Proclamations, and Journals of Affembly, for Public Ufe, as may enable him to continue and carry on his Bufinefs
Ordered,
: ;

of Printing in this Colony.

Ordered, Ordered,

of the faid William Parks; and that they do report the fame, with their Opinions thereupon, to the

That the faid Petition do lie on the Table. That a Committee be appointed to receive the Propofals

Houfe And it is referr'd to M'' Lee, M." Blair, M' Conway, M^ Meriwether, and M"' Burges. Mj Lee reported. That the Perfons appointed, had (according to Order) confidered the Petition of M"' William Woodford; and were of Opinion, that it is very reafonable
:

to

(i39)
to bring in a
Bill,

to oblige the Jtiftices of the

County

of Caroline, to reimburfe

him

the

Damages he has

by the Want And a Record

fuftain'd in Relation to the Efcape of Fletcher, being occafioned of a Prifon, which the faid Juftices ought to have provided.
of the General Court, of a Trial of

faid William Woodford againft the Juftices of the faid County,

an Information brought by the was read And thereupon, a Debate arofe, and the Queftion was put upon it. That the Report of the faid Committee be agreed to ?
It

paffed in the Negative.

to oblige the

Then a Motion was made,

to give Leave to bring in a

Bill,

County

of

Caroline to reimburfe the faid William Woodford the Damages he has fuftain'd by reafon of the Efcape of the faid Fletcher And another Debate arofe, and the Queftion was put
:

thereupon, That fuch a Bill be brought in?

Refolved, In the Affirmative.

Ordered,

That

M'' Lee, M"'

Meriwether, M'- Conway, and

to

M""

Henry

Willis,

do prepare
to regulate

and bring

in the faid Bill.

Bill, intituled.

An Ad
Bill

prevent frivolous

and vexatious Suits; and

third Time.

Attorneys practifing at County Courts;

Refolved,

was read the

That the

do

pafs.
to

Bill, intituled.

An

Ad. for Laying a Duty upon Slaves,

be paid by the Buyers;

was read the third Time. And an Amendment was propofed to the Bill; which, upon the Queftion, was dif agreed to by the Houfe. Refolved, Nemine Contradicente, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That the Committee for Courts of Juftice, do carry the faid Bills to the Council and defire their Concurrence thereto. A Bill to confirm and eftablifh an Agreement therein mentioned, made between Thomas Bray, Gent, and John Randolph, Efq; for the Settlement of their refpeclive Rights to certain Lands, whereof DOTKf 5r ay, the elder, Gent, deceafed, died feifed; and for other Purpofes therein alfo mentioned was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be Ingroffed. A Bill for vefting certain entail'd Lands, in John Allen, Gent, in Fee-Simple; and for fettling other Lands and a Mill, of greater Value, to the fame Ufes; was read the
;

fecond Time.
in Behalf of James Allen, an Infant, whofe Guardian was prefented to the Houfe, and read; letting forth, That after the Death of the faid John Allen, without Iffue, the faid James is next in Remainder, to take the faid entail'd Lands; and fuggefting feveral Reafons againft the Paffing the faid Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Committee; and that they do examine

And a Petition of Arthur Smith,

he

is,

fame, as
M''

the Allegations thereof, together with the Matter of the faid Petition; and report the it fhall appear to them, to the faid Houfe.

a Committee was appointed, of the following Perfons M'' Gray, M' Randolph, Conway, M"' Stith, M"" Simmons, M." Surges, M"' Robert Boiling, M'' Ravenfcroft, M' Samuel Harwood, M'' Eskridge, and the Members for the Counties of I fie of Wight, and Nanfemond. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned 'til To-morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.
:

And

Thurfday, June

8,

1732.

MR.
And

certain entail'd
;

Whitehead ^veiented to the Houfe (according to Order) a Bill for confirming Lands therein mentioned, to William Meriwether, in FeeSimple and for fettling other Lands and Negros in Lieu thereof, to the

fame Ufes.
enable Charles Barham, to

William Harwood prefented to the Houfe (according to Order) a Bill to fell certain entail'd Lands therein mentioned; and to purchafe other Lands therein mention'd, to be fettled in Lieu thereof, to the fame Ufes.
M''

And

(i4o)
the faid Bills were feverally received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the faid Bills be read a fecond Time. A Bill to amend the Adl, for amending the Staple of Tobacco; and for preventing

And

Frauds in His Majefty's Cuftoms; was (according to Order) read a fecond Time. And the Queftion was put, That the Bill be committed to a Committee of the whole

Houfe?
It paffed in

the Negative.

And feveral Amendments were made

Ordered,

at the Table, to Part of the

Bill.

That the further Confideration of the Bill, be adjoum'd 'til To-morrow. Ordered, That M"" Anderfon have Leave to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe
M"'

'til

Tuefday next.

Attorney-General reported, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, That the Committee had had imder their Confideration, a Memorial of Col. Alexander Spotfwood, Sole Deputy-Poft-Mafter-General, of all the Britifh Dominions in America,

from the Governor and Coimcil; praying that Ferries may be fettled over Rappahanock River, juft above the Mouth of Maffaponax Creek, in Spotfylvania, to the Land of M'' James Ball, in King George County and over Pattowmack River, from juft below the Mouth of Quantico-Creek, to Col. Mafon's Landing, in Maryland: And are of Opinion, That it will be proper that Public Ferries be appointed and fettled at
referr'd
;

thofe Places, according to the Prayer of the Memorial.

Ordered,
fettling

new

Ferries over

Ordered,

Report be confidered at the fecond Reading of the Bill, James and Rappahanock Rivers. That the Houfe be adjourned 'til To-morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.

That the

faid

for

Friday, June

(),

1732.

Committee of Public Claims, reported, That the Committee had examin'd and confider'd all the Public Claims which had been laid before them this Seffion; and agreed upon a Report, which they had enter'd in a Book And he delivered the Book in at the Table. Ordered, That the fame do lie on the Table. M"" Blair prefented to the Houfe (according to Order) a Bill for pulling down Wooden Chimnies, in the Towns of Southampton and Norfolk; and to prevent the Building of others for the future; and the fame was received and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. A Bill, intituled, An Ad to confirm and eftablifh an Agreement therein mentioned, made between Thomas Bray, Gent, and John Randolph, Efq; for the Settlement of their refpedive Rights to certain Lands, whereof David Bray, the elder, Gent., deceafed, died feifed; and for other 'Purpofes therein alfo mentioned. Refolved, Nemine Contradicente, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Lee do carry the Bill to the Coimcil; and defire their Concurrence

MR.

Robert Boiling, from the

faid

thereto.

Ordered, That M-- Nicholas Smith have Leave to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe for a Week; and that M-- Applewhaite have Leave to be abfent 'til Monday. M' Lee prefented to the Houfe (according to Order) a Bill for vefting certain en-

Lands, with the Appurtenances, therein mentioned, in Thomas Turner in FeeSimple; and for fettling other Lands and Negros to the fame Ufes: And the fame was
tail'd

received,

Time. Bill be read a fecond Time. M-- Speaker acquainted the Houfe, That he had received a Letter from Col. Spotfwood, in Anfwer to a Letter he wrote; giving him Notice of an Order of this Houfe, impowering Col. Harrifon, to receive of him Two Hundred and Thirty Nine Pounds
firft

and read the Ordered, That the

Seventeen

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Seventeen Shillings, or Arms to the Value thereof, for the County of Brunfwick; and he delivered the Letter in at the Table, where it was read. Ordered, That the faid Letter do lie on the Table, for the Penifal of the Members. A Petition of George Webb, Gent, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That he was emploied to prepare a complete Copy of the Laws of this Colony, for the Prefs, by the Committee appointed for that Purpofe; that he hath finifhed the fame with great Care and Exadlnefs, and has been at very great Expence in that Bufinefs; that he hath likewife compofed a very comprehenfive Table; and praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein; and that he may have a fuitable Allowance for the fame. Ordered, That the faid Committee do report what they think reafonable to be aUow'd the faid George Webb, for his faid Service.
confirming certain entail 'd Lands therein mentioned, to William Meriand for fettling other Lands and Negros in Lieu thereof, to the fame Ufes; was read the fecond Time.
Bill for

wether in Fee-Simple;

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to the Committee who prepared the fame, and to the Members for the Counties of King and Queen, and Caroline; and that they do examine the Allegations thereof and, report the Matter as it fhall appear to them,
;

to the Houfe.

Lands, with the Appurtenances, in the County of and Mary his Wife, in Right of the faid Mary, are feifed, upon the Iffue of the faid Mary, by her laft Marriage and for fettling other Lands in Lieu thereof, to the fame Ufes, was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Committee, to examine the Allegations thereof; and to report the Matter as it fhaU appear to them, to the Houfe: And it is referr'd to M'' Eskridge, M"' Meade, and the Members for the Counties of Northumberland and Effex. The Houfe (according to Order) proceeded to the further Confideration of the Bill to amend the A(ft for amending the Staple of Tobacco; and preventing Frauds in His
Bill to fettle certain entail'd

Effex, whereof William Lotiry

Majefty's Cuftoms.

And

Amendments were
Ordered,

Amendments were made to other Parts of the Bill; and other propofed, and upon the Queftion, were difagreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That the further Confideration of the faid Bill, be adjourn 'd 'til To-morrow.
feveral other

That the Houfe be adjoum'd

'til

To-morrow Morning Eleven a

Clock.

Saturday, June lo, 1732.

ORDERED, That
'til

M''

Baffet have Leave to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe

Thurfday next.
Ordered,

M"' Martin have Leave to be abfent from the Service of Tuefday next. M'' Lee reported. That the Perfons appointed, had (according to the Order of the Houfe) received the Propofals of M"' Parks, for Printing the Laws, and Journals, of ever}' Seffion of Affembly; and agreed upon a Report thereupon; which he read in his Place, and delivered it in at the Table, where the fame was again read, as foUoweth "Your Committee have (according to Order) receiv'd the Propofals of M'' William

That

the Houfe

'til

"Par^5, Printer

Which

are,

One Htindred and Twenty Pounds per Annum, he will Print "the Governor's Speech, and the Addreffes of both Houfes, and the Journal of this "Houfe, every Seffion; and deliver a Copy of each of them, to ever>' Member. "That he will Print the Public Laws of every Seffion, and deliver a Copy of them "ftiched, to every Member, and to every Juftice of the Peace in the Colony; and that
"That for the Simi
of

"he

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a Copy of the Laws of every Seffion, well Bound, to the Secretary's "Office, and to every County Court in the Colony. "Upon Confideration of the faid Propofals, Your Committee are of Opinion, That "they are reafonable: But as the Clerk of this Houfe will loofe, by thefe Propofals, a

"he

will deliver

"confiderable Perquifiteof his Office, arifmg from the Copiesof the Laws for the Secretary's notwithftanding, have confider"Office, and the feveral County Courts; and that he will,

and Care in Corredling the Prefs, and making a Table; Your Committee "are of Opinion, That befides the ufual Allowance as Clerk, and for the Four fair Copies "of the Journals, and the Laws, which muft ftill be written, there be allowed him the "further Sum of Fifty Pounds every Seffion. Refolved, That a Salary of One Hundred and Twenty Povmds per Annum, be paid
"able Trouble
to the faid William Parks, in Confideration of Printing the feveral Matters mentioned in the faid Report, according to his faid Propofals; and that his Salary commence at

the

End

of this Seffion;

to be paid Half -Yearly.

M' Conway, MJ Blair, M' Meriwether, and M' Btirges, do carry and defire their Concurrence thereto. Pounds be allowed the Clerk of this Houfe, for Fifty of the Sum Refolved, That every Seffion of Affembly, in Confideration of his Trouble and Care in Preparing a Copy of the Laws of every Seffion, with a Table, for the Prefs, and Corredling the fame; and for making out Copies of the Proportion of the Public Levy. M' Conway prefented to the Houfe (according to Order) a Bill to confirm certain entail 'd Lands therein mentioned, with the Appurtenances, to John Tayloe, Efq; in FeeSimple and for fettling other Lands and Negros therein alf o mentioned, of greater Value in Lieu thereof, to the fame Ufes And the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. M'' Whithead reported. That the Committee to whom the Bill for confirming certain entail'd Lands therein mentioned, to VFi7/jaz Meriwether in Fee-Simple and for fettling other Lands and Negros, in Lieu thereof, to the fame Ufes; had (according to Order) examined the Allegations thereof, and find the fame to be true. Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. M'' Gray reported. That the Committee to whom the Bill for vefting certain entail'd Lands, in John Allen, Gent, in Fee-Simple; and for fettling other Lands and a Mill, of greater Value, to the fame Ufes, was committed have (according to Order) examined the Allegations thereof, and likewife confidered the Petition of Arthur Smith, in Behalf of James Allen; and were of Opinion, That the Allegations of the Bill are true; and that the Lands propofed to be fettled in Lieu of the entail'd Lands, is an ample Equivalent to the faid James Allen and that the Oppofition made to the Bill, is not for his Advantage. Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. M'' Eskridge reported, That the Committee to whom the Bill to fettle certain entail'd Lands, with the Appurtenances, in the County of Effex, whereof William Loury and Mary his Wife, in Right of the faid Mary, are feifed, upon the Iffue of the faid Mary, by her laft Marriage; and for fettling other Lands, in Lieu thereof, to the fame Ufes, was committed; have (according to Order) examined the Allegations of the Bill, and find the fame to be true; and have made fome Alterations in the Settlement of the Lands therein mentioned and with thofe Alterations, it may be reafonable to pafs the Bill. And the Alterations made in the Bill, were read, and agreed to. Ordered, That the Bill with the Alterations, be ingroffed. M'' Attorney-General reported, That the Committee intrufted with the Printing of the Laws, had (according to Order) confidered what may be reafonable to allow M"" George Wehh, for his Trouble and Pains, in Preparing the Copy for the Prefs, and Compofmg the Table; and were of Opinion, That the Sum of Two Hundred Pounds, will be a very ample and generous Reward for that Service. And the Houfe were informed, That the faid George Wehh, had already received of the Treafurer, by Order of the faid Committee, One Hundred Pounds
Ordered,

That M^

Lee,

the faid Refolve to the Council

Ordered,

(143)
Ordered,

That the

ftirther

Sum

of

One Hundred Pounds, out

of the

Money

in the

Hands of the Treafurer, be paid to the faid George Webb; in full Compenfation for his Care and Pains, in Preparing a Copy of the Laws, and Compofmg a Table, for the Prefs. Ordered, That M'' Attorney carry the faid Refolve to the Council; and defire their
Concurrence thereto.
M''

Robert Boiling reported, That the Perfons appointed, had had under their Con-

lideration the Treaf urer's

Accounts

and that there was a Blank

in the

Accounts, for

the Freight of the Weights and Scales, imported for the Ufe of the Public Tobacco Warehoufes, wherein they prayed the Directions of the Houfe. And M"' Speaker acquainted the Houfe with feveral Tranfadlions, in Relation to the

Weights and Scales. That it be an Inftrudlion to the faid Committee, to allow in the faid Accounts, Two Hundred and Twenty Pounds Sterling, in Current Money, at Twenty Per Cent, for the Difference of Exchange, for the Freight of the Weights and Scales And that the Treafurer do pay the faid Sum, to Thomas Underdown, Mafter of the Ship Phoenix, to be difcounted upon the Charter-Party, made between him and M"' Edward Randolph, late of London, Merchant. A Meffage was fent from the Council, That they have agreed to the Bill, intituled. An Adl to prevent frivolous and vexatious Suits; and to regulate Attorneys pradtifmg at the County Courts; without any Amendment. And a Written Meffage was delivered from the Council, as follows
faid

Ordered,

By
M''

the Council:

Speaker and Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes, The Cotmcil having had under Confideration, the Bill fent up froyn your Houfe, for Laying a Duty upon Slaves, to be paid by the Buyers; and being defirous to remove all reafonable Objedions againft that Bill, as well as all Mifunderftandings with your Houfe, propofe. That the Drawbacks to be allowed for Slaves exported within the Time therein mentioned, be general, without Diftindion of the Perfons exporting, or the Place to which
the faid Slaves fhall be carryed; but if

any

of the faid Slaves be brought back to this Colony,

by Land or Water, a new Entry fhall be made, and the Duty paid, under the Penalty of Forfeiting Five Pounds for each Slave fo imported, for which the Duty fhall not be paid
within the Space of Forty

And By

they defire
to the

Days after fuch Importation. Your Houfe will confent, That the

faid Bill be

amended

accordingly,

conformable

Pradice heretofore eftablifhed in other Money

Bills.

Order of the Council,

June loth, 1732.

Refolved,

William Robertfon,
this

CI. G.

A.

That

Houfe doth not agree to make the Amendment propofed by the

Council, to the faid Ordered,

tion of the

Bill.

That a Meffage be fent to the Cotmcil, to acquaint them with the RefoluHoufe And that M"" Lee do go up with the Meffage. Bill for fettling new Ferries over James and Rappahanock Rivers, was read a
:

fecond Time.
forth,

Petition of M"' Thomas Corbin, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting That the Ferry appointed in the faid Bill, from Hockley's Houfe, to the Petitioner's Plantation, called Mofs's Neck, will be no Public Advantage, and a very great Damage to the Petitioner; and Praying, that the Bill may not pafs for that Ferry. Ordered, That the Bill be committed to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances; and that the faid Petition be referr'd to the faid Committee. A Bill to enable Charles Barham, to fell certain entail 'd Lands therein mentioned; and to purchafe other Lands therein alfo mentioned, to be fettled in Lieu thereof, to the fame Ufes; was read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. A Bill prefcribing a Method for proving Book Debts; was read a fecond Time.

And

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And

feveral

Ordered,

Amendments were made to the Bill, at the Table. That the Bill, with the Amendments, be Lngroffed.
Altering the Place for holding Courts in the

A A

Bill for

County

of Spotfylvania,

was

read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed.

enable and oblige the Parifh of St. George, in Spotfylvania County, to refund and pay back to the Parifh of St. Mark, in the County aforefaid, the Tobacco therein mentioned; was read a fecond Time.
Bill to

Ordered,
M''

That the
for

Bill

be ingroffed.

Lee

moved
of

Leave to prefent a

of Opinion, in relation to the Benefit of

taking
neffes:

away

Reading, and to difable

fome Doubts and Differences Clergy, for allowing the fame to Women, and certain Perfons therein mentioned, to be WitBill, for fettling
firft

And

the fame

was
Bill

received,

and read the

Time.

Ordered,

the Staple of Tobacco;

the Bill, to amend the AA jor amending and for preventing Frauds in His Majefty's Cuftoms, put off 'til to Day, be further put off 'til Monday. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjoiimed 'til Monday Morning Eleven a Clock.
Ordered,
fiorther Confideration of

That the That the

be read a fecond Time.

Monday, June 12, 1732.

Thomas, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; praying Bill, to confirm an Agreement made between him and Charles Hud fon, for the Sale of certain entail 'd Lands, in Exchange for other Lands, of greater Value, therein mentioned. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a BUI, according to the Prayer of the faid Petition And that M"' Meriwether, and the Members for the Counties of Henrico, and King William, do prepare and bring in the fame. A Bill for Killing Squirrels and Crows, was read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. A Bill for pulling down Wooden Chimnies, in the Towns of Southampton and Norfolk] and to prevent the Building of others for the future; was read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. A Bill for Altering the Days for holding the Courts of Richmond and Weftmorland Counties, was read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. A Bill to confirm certain entail'd Lands therein mention'd, with the Appurtenances, to John Tayloe, Efq; in Fee-Simple; and for fettling other Lands and Negros therein alio mentioned, of greater Value, in Lieu thereof, to the fame Ufes was read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be committed to the Committee who prepared it; and to M' Conway, M' Eskridge, and M"^ Henry Willis; and that they do examine the Allegations thereof, and report the Matter as it fhall appear to them, to the Houfe.
of George

PETITION

that Leave be given to bring in a

Bill, intituled.

An Ad
Bill

prefcribing a

Method

for proving

Book

Debts,

was read the

third Time.
Refolved,

That the

do

pafs.
of St. George, in

County,

Spotfylvania Parifh of St. Mark, in the County aforefaid, the Tobacco therein mentioned; was read a third Time.
to

Bill, intituled.

An Ad to enable and oblige the Parifh

to the

refund and pay back

Refolved,

That the

Bill

do

pafs.

Bill, intituled.

An Ad

for Altering the Place for holding Courts in the

County

of

Spotfylvania,
Refolved,

was read a third Time. That the Bill do pafs.

Ordered,

(145)
Ordered,
thereto.

That

M"^

Lee carry the faid

Bills to

the Council

and defire

their Concurrence

to

to Order) proceeded to the further Confideration of the Bill the Adt, for amending the Staple of Tobacco; and preventing Frauds in His Majefty's Cuftoms.

The Houfe (according

amend

other Amendments were made to the Bill, at the Table. That the further Confideration of the faid Bill, be adjourn 'd 'til To-morrow. M'' Lee prefented to the Houfe (according to Order) a Bill to oblige the Coimty of Caroline, to reimburfe William Woodford, the Damages he fuftain'd by Means of the Efcape of Benjamin Fletcher: And the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. A Meffage from the Council That they have agreed to the Bill, intituled. An Adt, for laying a Duty upon Slaves,
Ordered,

And feveral

by the Buyers. Alfo to the Bill, intituled. An Adt to confirm and eftablifh an Agreement therein mentioned, made between Thomas Bray, Gent, and John Randolph, Efq; for the Settlement of their refpedlive Rights to certain Lands, whereof David Bray, the elder, Gent,
to be paid
deceafed, died feifed;

and

for other Purpofes therein alfo mentioned, without

any

Amendment.
Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning Eleven a

Clock.

Tuefday, June 13, 1732.

MR.
A

Lee prefented to the Houfe (according to Order) a Bill to enable Thomas fell certain entail'd Lands therein mentioned; and to lay out the Purchafe-Money in Slaves, to be annex'd to other entail'd Lands therein alfo mentioned: And the fame was received, and read the firft Time.
Bray, Gent, to

Ordered,

That the

Bill

be read a fecond Time.

for confirming certain entail'd

Bill, intituled.

An Ad

thereof, to the

William Meriwether in Fee-Simple; and for fettling other fame Ufes; was read a third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs.

Lands therein mentioned, to Lands and Negros, in Lieu

A
the

Bill,

intituled,

An Ad
to

to

enable Charles

Barham,

to fell certain

entail d

Lands

therein mentioned;

and

pirchafe other Lands therein alfo mentioned, in Lieu

thereof, to

fame Ufes; was read a third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs.

Lands, with the Appurtenances, in the County of Effex, whereof William Loury and Mary his Wife, in Right of the faid Mary, are feifed, upon the Iffue of the faid Mary, by her laft Marriage; and for fettling other Lands, in Lieu thereof, to the fame Ufes; was read a third Time.
Bill, intituled,
to fettle certain entail'd

An Ad

Refolved,

That the

Bill

do

pafs.

A A

Bill, intituled,

An Ad for Altering the Days for holding the Courts of Richmond and

Weftmorland Counties, was read a third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs.
Bill, intituled.

An Ad

for Killing of Squirrels

and Crows, was read a third Time.

Refolved,

Ordered,

That the Bill do pafs. That M-- Tayloe do carry the

faid Bills to the Council;

and

defire their

Concurrence thereto.
Lands, with the Appurtenances, in the County of Northampton, in Gertrude Harmanfon, in Fee-Simple; and for fettling other Lands and Negros, of greater Value, in Lieu thereof, to the fame Ufes; was read a fecond Time.

Bill for vefting certain entail'd

Ordered,

(146)

That the Bill be committed to the Committee who prepared it; and that the Matter, as it fhall appear to they do examine the Allegations thereof; and report
Ordered,

them, to the Houfe.

The Houfe (according to Order) proceeded to the further Confideration of the Bill and preventing Frauds in His to amend the Ad, for amending the Staple of Tobacco; Majefty's Cuftoms And feveral other Amendments, upon the Queftion put, were made
:

to the

Bill,

at the Table.

That the further Confideration of the faid Bill be adjoum'd 'til To-Morrow. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjoum'd 'til To-morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.
Ordered,

ff^ednefday,

June 14, 1732.

John
Allen, Gent,

A
A
'..

BILL,

intituled,

An Ad

for vefting certain entaiVd Lands, in

in Fee-Simple; and for fettling other

Lands and a Mill,

of greater Value, to the

fame Ufes; was read a third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs.
Bill, intituled.

An Ad
to

for pulling

down Wooden Chimnies,

in the

ampton and Norfolk and

Third Time.
Refolved,

prevent the Building of others for the future;

Towns of Southwas read a

Ordered,

That the Bill do pafs. That M"" Tayloe do carry the

Bills to

the Council; and defire their Con-

currence thereto.

ment

One of the Executors of the laft Will and Teftapay the Debts of the faid Mann Page and to entitle him to receive Intereft for the Money he hath advanced or fhall advance for that Purpofe; and to charge the Eftate of the faid Mann Page with the Repaiment of the Principal and Intereft; was read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Committee; and that they do examine the Allegations thereof and report the Matter, as it fhall appear to them, to the Houfe And it is referr'd to M"" Eskridge, Mj Meriwether, M"' Blair, M"" Conway, M' Attorney, M' Tayloe, MJ Lee, M^ Robinfon, and M'' Francis Willis. M^ Speaker acquainted the Houfe, That he had received a Letter concerning fome
Bill,

to enable Robert Carter, Efq;

of

Mann

Page, Efq

deceafed, to

Public Bufmefs, which he laid before the Houfe.

and Pelham Moor, Three was read; acquainting him. That they had been at the Expence of Fifteen Pounds Twelve Shillings, in employing Two Perfons to watch the Warehoufes under their Infpedlion; and defiring him to procure it to be paid. Ordered, That the faid Letter do lie upon the Table. M'' Tayloe prefented to the Houfe (according to Order) a Bill for dividing every of the Counties of Richmond, King George, and Prince William, into Two Diftindl Parifhes: And the fame was received, and read the firft Time.
Infpedlors, to M"' Speaker,

And a

Letter from William Cradock, Walter Clopton,

That the Bill be read a fecond Time. Lee prefented to the Houfe (according to Order) a Bill to Revive and Continue certain Parts of an A(5l for Afcertaining the Fees of certain Officers; and for better fettling the Fees of County Court Clerks, Sheriffs, and of Attorneys, in Caufes depending in the County Courts, to be allowed in the Bill of Cofts And the fame was received, and read the fiirft Time.
Ordered,
M-:

Ordered,
M"-

That the

Bill

be read a fecond Time.

Attorney-General reported, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, to whom the Bill for fettling new Ferries over James and Rappahanock Rivers was committed, feveral

Amendments made by

the Committee, to the Bill;

and he read the

Amendments

(147)

Amendments

in at the Table;

and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, where the Amendments were twice read. And upon the Queftion put upon one of them, were agreed unto by the Houfe, with
in his Place,
Bill,

an Amendment. Ordered, That the

the Bill be,

An Ad for

fettling

with the Amendments, be ingroffed and that the Title of new Ferries over James, Appamatox, Nottoway, Rappaha;

nock, and

from the faid Committee, That they had had under a Propofition from the County of Brunfwick, for an Addition to be made to that County out of the Counties of Surry, and I fie of Wight; and were come to a Refolution thereupon; which he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered it
alfo reported,

W Attorney-General

Pattowmack

Rivers.

their Confideration,

in at the Table.

Ordered,

That the Confideration

of the faid Report, be

put

off

'til

Friday next.

to the further Confideration of the Bill, for the Staple of Tobacco; and for preventing Frauds in His Majefty's Cuftoms.

Then the Houfe proceeded

Amending

And feveral
Ordered,

other Amendments were made to the Bill. That the further Confideration of the faid Bill, be adjourn 'd 'til To-morrow. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourn 'd 'til To-morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.

Thurfday, June 15, 1732.

Conway reported, That the Perfons appointed had (according to Order) examined the Allegations of the Bill, to confirm certain entail'd Lands therein mention 'd, with the Appurtenances, to John Tayloe, Efq; in Fee-Simple and for fettling other Lands and Negros therein alfo mention'd, of greater Value, in Lieu thereof, to the fame Ufes; and found the fame to be true: But that they had made feveral Alterations therein, and with thofe Alterations, it will be reafonable
topafs the
Bill.

MR.

Ordered,

That the

Bill

be ingroffed.
Bill,

M"" Strother reported.

That the Perfons appointed, had (according to Order) examfor vefting certain entail'd Lands, with the Appurte;

ined the Allegations of the

nances, in the
fettling other

Cotmty of Northampton, in Gertrude Harmanfon, in Fee-Simple and for Lands and Negros, of greater Value, in Lieu thereof, to the fame Ufes; and found the fame to be true. Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. A Bill to oblige the County of Caroline, to reimburfe William Woodford the Damages he fuftain'd by the Efcape of Benjamin Fletcher, was read a fecond Time. And a Blank in the Bill was fill'd up, and an Amendment made to it at the Table. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendment, be ingroffed. A Bill to enable Thomas Bray, Gent, to fell certain entail'd Lands therein mention'd; and to lay out the Purchafe-Money in Slaves, to be annexed to other entail'd Lands therein alfo mentioned; was read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be committed to the Committee who prepared it; and that they do examine the Allegations thereof, and report the matter as it fhall appear to them,
to the Houfe.

every of the Counties of Richmond, King George, and Prince was read a fecond Time. And a Petition of the Veftry of Hanover Parifh, in the Cotmty of King George, was pref ented to the Houfe, and read fuggef ting feveral Reaf ons againf t the Paffing of the
Bill for dividing

William, into

Two

diftindl Parifhes,

faid Bill.

Ordered,

ances;

That the Bill be committed to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievand that they do examine the Matter of the faid Petition, and report the fame,

with their Opinions thereupon, to the Houfe.

The

(148)

The Houfe proceeded

Staple of

to the further Confideration of the Bill, for

Amending

the

And

Tobacco; and for preventing Frauds in His Majefty's Cuftoms. feveral other Amendments were made to the Bill, at the Table.

That the further Confideration of the faid Bill, be adjourn 'd 'til To-morrow. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourn 'd 'til To-morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.
Ordered,

Friday, June 16, 1732.

MR.

the Allegations of the Bill to enable

;

Lee reported. That the Perfons appointed, had (according to Order) examined Thomas Bray, Gent, to fell certain entail'd

Lands therein mentioned and to lay out the Purchafe-Money in Slaves, to be annexed to other entail'd Lands therein alfo mentioned; and found the fame to be true And that they had made feveral Amendments to the Bill, which he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Table; where the Amendments were again twice read, and agreed unto by the Houfe. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. M"" Eskridge reported. That the Perfons appointed, had (according to Order) examined the Allegations of the Bill to enable Robert Carter, Efq; one of the Executors of the laft Will and Teftament of Mann Page, Efq; deceafed, to pay the Debts of the faid Mann Page; and to entitle him to receive Intereft for the Money he hath advanced, or fhall advance for that Purpofe; and to charge the Eftate of the faid Mann Page, with the Repaiment of the Principal and Intereft And that they were of Opinion, it was reafonable to pafs the Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. M"' Francis Willis reported. That the Perfons appointed, had (according to Order) examined the Allegations of the Bill, to confirm and eftablifh an Agreement between Richard Coleman, William Thornton, and Francis Thornton, for the Exchange of certain entail'd Lands therein mentioned; and for fettling the fame, with certain Negro Slaves, according to the Will of the Donors, and foimd the fame to be true. Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed.
:

A Bill for vefting certain entail'd Lands, with the Appurtenances, therein mentioned,
in Thomas Turner in Fee-Simple; and for fettling other Lands and Negros, of greater Value, to the fame Ufes was read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. A Bill for fettling fome Doubts and Differences of Opinions, in Relation to the Benefit of Clergy; for allowing the fame to Women, and taking away of Reading; and to difable certain Perfons therein mentioned, to be Witneffes was read a fecond Time and an Amendment was made to the Bill, at the Table. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed.
;
;

A Bill,
ford the
third Time.

intituled,

An Ad. to oblige the County

Means
of the

of Caroline, to of

reimburfe William

Wood-

Damages he

fuftain'd, by

Efcape

Benjamin Fletcher, was read a

Refolved,

That the

Bill

do pafs.
therein mentioned, with
fettling other

Bill, intituled,

the Appurtenances, to

to confirm certain entail'd Lands John Tayloe, Efq; in Fee-Simple; and for

An Ad

Lands and

Negros therein alfo mentioned, read a third Time.

Refolved,

of greater Value, in

Lieu

thereof, to the

fame Ufes; was

Ordered,

That the Bill do pafs. That M-- Conway do carry the

Bills to the Cotmcil;

and

defire their

Con-

currence.
Bill, intituled, An Ad for vefting certain entail'd Lands, with the Appurtenances, in the County of Northampton, in Gertrude Harmanfon, in Fee-Simple; and for fettling

other

(i49)
other

Lands and Negros,

Refolved,

of greater Value, in

Lieu

thereof, to the

fame Ufes; was read

a third Time.

That the

Bill

do

pafs.

fettling new Ferries over James, Appamatox, Nottoway, Rappahanock, and Pattowmack Rivers, was read a third Time. And an Amendment was made to the Bill, at the Table. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M-- Attorney-General, do carry the Bills to the Coimcil; and defire
Bill, intituled,

An Ad for

their Concurrence.

Attorney-General prefented to the Houfe (according to Order) a Bill to reftrain Number of Horfes, and Mares; and for Amending the Breed thereof; and to prevent tmbroke Horfes and Mares, and breeding Mares from going at large in uninclofed Grotmds And the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time.
M"-

the keeping too great a

to

amend

The Houfe (according to Order) proceeded to the further Confideration of the Bill, the Adt, for Amending the Staple of Tobacco; and for preventing Frauds in His

Majefty's Cuftoms.

And

feveral other

Amendments were made

Bill,

to the

Bill,

at the Table.

with the Amendments, be ingroffed: And that the Title the of Bill be. An Ad to Amend and Explain the Ad, for Amending the Staple of Tobacco; and for Preventing Frauds in His Majefty's Cuftoms. A Meffage from the Council: That they have agreed to the Bill, intituled. An Adt to enable and oblige the Parifh
Ordered,

That the

County, to reftmd and pay back to the Parifh of St. Mark, Tobacco therein mentioned. Alfo to the Bill, intituled. An Adl for Altering the Place for holding Courts, in the County of Spotfylvania, without any Amendment. Ordered, That the Confideration of the Report of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, put off 'til to Day, be further put off 'til To-morrow. Ordered, That M-" Boufh have Leave to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe, for a Week; and M"' Walke for a Fortnight. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourn 'd 'til To-morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.
of St. George, in Spotfylvania
in the

County

aforefaid, the

Saturday, June 17, 1732.

Houfe (according to Order) a Bill to reftrain the Inof Delaware, from keeping too great a Number of Cattle, Horfes, and Sheep, or any Hogs running at large And the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. Ordered, That M"' Power have Leave to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe 'til Wednefday next. The Houfe (according to Order) proceeded to take into Confideration, the Report of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances And thereupon, Ordered, That a Bill be brought in, to join fome Parts of the Counties of Surry, and I fie of Wight, to the Covmty of Brunfwick: And that the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, do prepare and bring in the fame. Ordered, That M"' Randolph have Leave to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe
to the

MR.

Fox prefented

habitants of the

Town

'til

Tuefday next.

A
entail'd

Bill, intituled,
;

An Ad
to

to

enable

therein mentioned

and

lay out the

Lands, therein alfo mention'd;

Thomas Bray, Gent, to fell Pur chafe-Money in Slaves, was read a third Time.

certain entail'd
to be

Lands

annex'd

to other

Refolved,

(i5o)
Refolved, Neniine Contradicente,

That the

Bill

do

pafs.
of

Bill,

intituled,

An Ad

for fettling fonte

Doubts and Differences

Opinion, in

Relation

to the

Benefit of Clergy;
to

for allowing the

fame

to

Women, and

Reading; and
third Time.
Refolved,

di fable certain Perfons therein mentioned, to be

away of Witneffes; was read a

taking

Ordered,

That the Bill do pafs. That the Committee for Courts

of Juftice

do carry the
of Horfes

Bills to

the Council;

and defire their Concurrence. A Bill to reftrain the keeping too great a

and Mares; and for Amending the Breed thereof; and to prevent unbroke Horfes and Mares, and breeding Mares from going at large, in vminclofed Groimds; was read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. A Bill to Revive and Continue certain Parts of an Adl, intituled, An Ad for afcertaining the Fees of certain Officers; and for better fettling the Fees of Coimty Court Clerks and Sherifs, and of Attorneys, in Caufes depending in the County Courts, to be allowed and an Amendment was made to the Bill, in the Bill of Cofts; was read a fecond Time

Number

at the Table.

with the Amendment, be ingroffed. the Houfe, That by the Laws now in Force, no acquainted M"" Attorney-General adequate Punifhment is inflidled on Perfons clandeftinely taking away of Slaves; that he had prepared a Bill, to make the Taking of Slaves unlawfully, Felony, without Benefit
Ordered,

That the

Bill,

of Clergy

which he defired the Houfe would receive And the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourn 'd 'til Monday Morning Eleven a Clock.
;

Monday, June 19, 1732.

A
A
Clergy,

Bill to reftrain

the Inhabitants of the

of Cattle, Horfes,
;

great a

Number

Town of Delaware, from keeping too and Sheep, or any Hogs running at large,
of

was read a fecond Time and feveral Amendments were made to the Body the Bill, and an Amendment was made to the Title of the Bill. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed.
Bill to

make the Taking of Slaves vmlawfuUy, Felony, without the Benefit of was read a fecond Time. Ordered, That a Bill be committed to a Committee of the following Perfons: M' Attorney-General, Burges, M'' Toy he, M' Lee, M"" Blair, M"' Robert Boiling, M' Meriwether, M"" Conway, M"" Braxton, M"" Eskridge, and M'' Martin.

Meffage from the Council: That they have agreed to the Bill,

intituled,

An Adl

to confirm certain entail'd

therein mentioned, with the Appurtenances, to

for fettling other

John Tayloe, Efq; in Lands and Negroes therein alfo mentioned, of greater Value, in Lieu thereof, to the fame Ufes. Alfo to the Bill, intituled. An Adt for confirming certain entail'd Lands therein mention'd, to William Meriwether, in Fee-Simple; and for fettling other Lands and Negros, in Lieu thereof, to the fame Ufes. Alfo to the Bill, intituled, An Adt to enable Charles Barham, to fell certain entail'd Lands therein mention'd; and to purchafe other Lands therein alfo mention'd, in Lieu thereof, to the fame Ufes. Alfo to the Bill, intituled. An Adt for vefting certain entail'd Lands, in John Allen, Gent, in Fee-Simple; and for fettling other Lands and a Mill, of greater Value, to the fame Ufes.
Alfo

Lands Fee-Simple; and

Alfo

to the Bill, intituled,

An Adl

to fettle certain entail 'd Lands, with the

Appur-

tenances, in the County of Effex, whereof William Loury and Mary his Wife, in Right of the faid Mary, are feif ed, upon the Iff ue of the faid Mary, by her laft Marriage and
;

for fettling other Lands, in Lieu thereof, to the

fame Ufes.

Adl for pulling down Wooden Chimneys, in the Towns of Southampton and Norfolk; and to prevent the Building of others for the future. Alfo to the Bill, intituled. An Adl for Altering the Days for holding the Courts of Richmond and Weftmorland Counties, without any Amendment. M"" Robert Balling, acquainted the Houfe, That the Perfons appointed, having had under their further Confideration, the Treafurer's Accotmts, and found a Blank therein, for an Allowance to the Printer, for printing feveral Things, for the Ufe of the Tobacco Infpedtors, he defired the Diredtion of the Houfe therein: And the Account of the
Alfo
to the Bill, intituled.

An

was read; and upon the Queftion, That it be an Inftrudlion to the Gentlemen appointed to examine the Treafurer's Accounts, to allow for that Article, Sixty Two Pounds Twelve Shillings and
Printer
Ordered,

Six Pence.

Bill, intituled,

An Ad

to

reftrain the keeping too great a

Number

of Horfes,

and

Mares; and for Amending the Breed thereof; and to prevent unbroke Horfes and Mares, and breeding Mares, from going at large in uninclofed Grounds; was read the third Time. And after a Debate, the Queftion was put. That the Bill do pafs?
Refolved, In the Affirmative.

Bill, intituled,

An Ad

for vefting certain entail'd Lands, with the Appurtenances,

therein mentioned, in

Thomas Turner

in Fee-Simple;

and

for fettling other

Lands and

Negros, of greater Value, to the fame Ufes; was read the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Attorney -General do carry the Bills to the Council;

and

defire their

Concurrence.
M''

Attorney-General, acquainted the Houfe,

That

Col. Spotfwood,

had

defired

him

to

inform them. That he was willing to fend by the firft Opportunity for Arms and Ammunition, for the Coimty of Brunfwick, to the Value of Two Hundred and Thirty Nine Poimds Seventeen Shillings, remaining in his Hands for that Purpofe. Refolved, That this Houfe is fatisfied with the Engagement of the faid Col. Spotfwood.

That the faid Arms and Ammunition, be diredled to be put on board fome Ship coming into James River, and delivered to Henry Harrifon, Efq; Lieutenant of the Cotmty of Brunfwick. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourn 'd 'til To-morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.
Ordered,

Tuefday, June 20, 1732.

MR.

Robert Boiling reported. That the Perfons appointed, had (according to Order) examined the Treafurer's Accounts; and that the Ballance remaining
in his

Hands, was Four Thoufand Six Hundred and Nineteen Pounds Five Shillings and a Half Penny. Refolved, That the faid Accounts do pafs. Ordered, That M"- Robert Boiling do carry the fame to the Council and defire their
;

Concurrence.

M' Ewell moved for Leave to prefent a Bill, for continuing An Ad for Killing Squirrels and Crows, in the Counties of Accomack and Northampton And the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. The Houfe being informed. That the Church of the Parifh of St. Mark, in the County of Spotfylvania, which was built at the Public Charge, was lately burnt; and that there was good Reafon to fufpedt it to have been wilfully and malicioufly done:
:

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Motion was made, and the Queftion put, That a Reward be given to any Perfon, who fhall difcover the Perfon or Perfons who committed that Fad? Refolved, That the Reward of one Hundred Pounds be given out of the Public Money, in the Hands of the Treafurer, to any Perfon who fhall difcover and convidt the

Perfon or Perfons
vania.

who burnt

the Parifh Church of St. Mark, in the County of Spotfylfaid Refolve to the Council;

Ordered,

That M' Lee do carry the

and

defire their

Concurrence.

Him to iffue a Proclawho fhall difcover Perfon mation, offering a Reward of One Hundred Pounds, to any and convidl the Perfon or Perfons who are guilty of Burning the faid Church And to promife His Majefty's Pardon to fuch Difcoverer, except the Principal Offender.
Refolved,

That an Addrefs be made

to the Governor, to defire

Ordered, General,

That

M-" Lee,

W Francis

Willis,

M' Henry

Willis, M"' Blair, M"' Attorney-

do wait on the Governor, with the faid Addrefs. to amend and explain the A6t, for Amending the Staple of in His Majefty's Cuftoms; was read the third Time. preventing Frauds and Tobacco; for And an Amendment was made to the Bill, at the Table. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances do carry the Bill to the Council; and defire their Concurrence. A Bill, intituled, An Ad. to confirm and eftablifh an Agreement, between Richard Coleman, William Thornton, and Francis Thornton, for the Exchange of certain entail'd Lands therein mention'd; and for fettling the fame, with certain Negro Slaves, according to the Will of the Donors; was read the Third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Francis Willis do carry the Bill to the Council; and defire their

and

M'' Tayloe,

Bill, intituled,

An Ad

Concurrence.

Motion being made, That the Houfe would take fome Meafures, to reprefent to the of Great-Britain, the miferable State of the Tobacco Trade; and to induce them to eftablifh fome better Methods of Securing and Colledling the Duties upon Tobacco, for preventing the notorious Frauds which have long fubfifted, and occafion'd the intolerable Hardfhips that Trade at prefent labours under: A Debate arofe; and thereupon, Refolved, That a Petition be made, to the Honourable the Knights, Citizens, and Burgeffes, of the Parliament of Great-Britain, to put Tobacco under an Excife. Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw up the faid Petition And it is referr'd to M' Lee, M"" Conway, Tayloe, My Burges, M^ Robinfon, M'' Randolph, M'' Meriwether, M"" Francis Willis, M"' Henry Willis, M"" Martin, and M'' Fleming. A Bill, intituled. An Ad to enable Robert Carter, Efq; one of the Executors of the laft Will and Teftament of Mann Page, Efq; deceafed, to pay the Debts of the faid Mann Page; and to entitle him to receive Intereft for the Money he hath advanced or fhall advance for that Purpofe; and to charge the Eftate of the faid Mann Page, with the Repaiment of the Principal and Intereft; was read the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M^ Eskridge do carry the Bill to the Council and defire their ConcurParliament
:

rence.

keeping too great a

Inhabitants of the Town of Delaware, from and Horfes; and from keeping any Sheep or Hogs, running at large; the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M-- Fox do carry the Bill to the Council; and defire their Concurrence. M' Attorney-General prefented to the Houfe (according to Order) a Bill for adding Part of the Counties of Surry, and I fie of Wight, unto the County of Brunfwick, and
Bill, intituled,

An Ad

to reftrain the

Number was read

of Cattle,

Part

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Part of the Parifhes of Lawne' s-Cveek Southwark, and Warwickfqueak, in the faid Coxrnand I fie of Wight, unto the Parifh of St. Andrew, in the faid County of Brunfwick And the fame was received, and read the firft Time.
ties of Stirry,
:

That the Bill be read a fecond Time. M' Attorney -General reported, from the Committee to whom the Bill for dividing every of the Coimties of Richmond, King George, and Prince William, into two diftindl Parifhes, feveral Amendments made by the Committee to the Bill, which he read in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Table, where the Amendments were again twice read, and agreed unto by the Houfe. And a further Amendment was made to the Bill, at the Table. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. Ordered, That M' Surges have Leave to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe for a Week. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjoum'd 'till To-morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.
Ordered,

fF'ednefday,

June 21, 1732,

to continue An Ad for Killing Squirrels and Crows, in the Counties of Accomack, and Northampton, was read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. A Bill for adding Part of the Counties of Surry, and I fie of Wight, unto the Coimty of Brunfwick; and Part of the Parifhes of Laifne's-Creek Southwark, and Warwickfqueak, in the faid Counties of Surry, and Ifle of Wight, unto the Parifh of St. Andrew, in the faid County of Brunfwick, was read a fecond Time. And an Amendment was made to the Bill, at the Table. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendment, be ingroffed. A Bill, intituled, An Ad to revive and continue certain Parts of an Ad, intituled, An Ad for afcertaining the Fees of certain Officers; and for better fettling the Fees of County Court Clerks and Sherifs, and of Attorneys, in Caufes depending in the County Courts, to be allowed in the Bill of Cofts; was read the third Time. And a Word was alter'd in the
Bill
Bill,

at the Table.
Refolved,

Ordered,
rence.

That the Bill do pafs. That M"' Tayloe do carry the

Bill to the

Council

and

defire their

Concur-

A Bill, intituled. An Ad for dividing every of the Counties of Richmond, King George, and Prince William, into two diftind Parifhes, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Attorney -General do carry the Bill to the Council; and defire their
Concurrence.
M''

Attorney-General reported, from the Committee to

taking of Slaves tmlawfully, Felony, without Benefit of Clergy,

the Committee to the Bill wards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Table; where the Amendments were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. The Houfe, upon a Motion, proceeded to take into Confideration the Book of Claims, and Part of the Book was read. Ordered, That the further Confideration of the Book of Claims, be adjoum'd 'til To-morrow. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjoum'd 'til To-morrow Moming Eleven a Clock.
;

Amendments made by

the Bill to make the was committed, feveral which he read in his Place, and after-

whom

Thurfday,

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Thurfday, June 22, 1732.

MR.
A

Lee prefented to the Houfe (according to Order) a Bill to explain the Duty of Surveyors, and prevent their unlawful Fees; and for better fecuring the Paiment of Surveyors Fees: And the fame was received, and read the firft

Time.
Ordered,

That the Bill be read a fecond Time. Meffage from the Council

That they have agreed to the Bill, intituled. An Adl for fettling fome Doubts and Differences of Opinion, in Relation to the Benefit of Clergy; for allowing the fame to Women, and taking away of Reading and to difable certain Perfons therein mentioned,
;

to be Witneffes.

Alfo to the Bill, intituled. An Adt to enable Thomas Bray, Gent, to fell certain entail 'd Lands therein mention'd; and to lay out the Purchafe-Money in Slaves, to be armex'd

Appurtenances, in the County of Northampton, in Gertrude Harnianfon in Fee-Simple and for fettling other Lands and Negros, of greater Value, in Lieu thereof, to the fame Ufes; without any Amendment. And that they have made feveral Amendments to the Bill, intituled. An Adl prefcribing the Method for Proving Book Debts. And alfo to the Bill, intituled, An Adl for fettling new Ferries over James, Appamatox, Nottoway, Rappahanock, and Pattowmack Rivers; to which they defire the Concurrence of
;

to other entail'd Lands, therein alfo mention'd. Alfo to the Bill, intituled. An Adl for vefting certain entail'd Lands, with the

this

to the Refolves, for fettling a Yearly Salary on M'' paying George Webb One Himdred Pounds. William Parks, Printer; and for The feveral Petitions following, were prefented to the Houfe, and read, viz. A Petition of Robert Spotfwood, John Chew, and John Lightfoot, Tobacco Infpedlors at the Public Warehoufes at Falmouth, in the County of King George; fetting forth. That one of the faid Warehoufes was lately burnt, and it is fuppofed wilfully and malicioufly that a great Quantity of Tobacco, for which they had paff ed Notes, was birmt in that Houfe And praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein.
;
:

Houfe. That they have likewife agreed

Alfo the feveral Petitions, of Robert Jones, John Paterfon,

Courtney, Robert Sturdy, William Bethell,

had

carried feveral

Hogfheads

of

James Jones, John and Thomas Wood; fetting forth. That they Tobacco to the faid Warehoufe to be infpedled; that
it
:

the fame was burnt in the Houfe, before the Infpedlors could view Relief, as the Houfe fhall think fit.
Ordered,
for Public Claims

And

praying fuch

That the faid Petitions be referr'd to the Confideration of the Committee and that they do examine the Matter thereof, and report the fame,
;

with their Opinions thereupon, to the Houfe. The Houfe proceeded to the further Confideration of the Book of Claims; feveral Miftakes being found therein.

and

That the Book be committed. Then the Houfe proceeded to take into
Ordered,

Confideration, the

Amendments made by

the Council, to the

Bill, intituled.

And

to the

Bill, intituled.

An Ad prefcribing the Method for Proving Book Debts. An Ad for fettling new Ferries over James, Appamatox,

Nottoway, Rappahanock, and Pattowmack Rivers. And the Amendments were feverally read, and agreed to, by the Houfe. Ordered, That M-- Attorney-General do carry the Bills to the Council; and acquaint them. That this Houfe hath agreed to the Amendments by them made, to the fame.
Bill, intituled. An Ad for adding Part of the Counties of Surry, and Ifle of Wight, unto the County of Brunfwick, and Part of the Parifhes of h&wne' s-Creek, Southwark,

and

(^55)

and Warwickfqueak, in the Counties of Surry, and Ifle of Wight, unto Andrew, in the County of Brtinfwick, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs.

the

Parijh of

St.

Coitnties of

An Ad to continue An Ad for Killing Squirrels and Crows, in the Accomack, and Northampton, was read a third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M-- Fox do carr>' do carry [fie] the Bills to the Council; and defire
Bill, intituled.

their Concurrence.

Clergy,

An Ad to make the Stealing of Slaves Felony, without Benefit of was read the third Time. Refolved, Nemine Contradicente, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Attorney-General do carry the Bill to the Coimcil; and defire their
Bill, intituled,

Concurrence.
fevert.1

Speaker acquainted the Houfe, That he was diredled to lay before the Hotife, Papers relating to divers Tranfa(5lions in Great-Britain, concerning this Colony, and the other Plantations in America and the fame were read. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjoum'd 'til To-morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.
M''
;

Friday, June 23, 1732.

MR.
And
M"'

Lee reported. That the Perfons appointed, had (according to Order) waited upon the Governor with an Addrefs, That he would be pleafed to iffue His Proclamation, promifmg a Reward and Pardon, for difcovering the Perfons, who burnt the Parifh Church of St. Mark, in the County of Spotfylvania:

that He was pleafed to fay, He would iffue His Proclamation accordingly. Lee alfo reported. That the Perfons appointed, had (according to Order) alfo waited upon the Governor, to defire Him, to caufe the Seal of the Colony, to be fixed to a copy of the Petition of this Houfe, at the laft Seffion, to the King in Council, in Relation to the Northern-Neck Grant and to a Duplicate thereof and to tranf mit the fame
;

and to procure one of them to be prefented to His Majefty And that he was likewife pleafed to fay. That the Seal fhould be fixed to fuch Copy and Duplicate; and that the fame fhould be tranfmitted, as was defired. A Bin to explain the Duty of Surveyors, and prevent their taking unlawful Fees; and for better fecuring the Paiment of Surveyors Fees was read a fecond Time And a Blank was filled up in the Bill; and feveral Amendments were made to the fame at the Table. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. M^ Robert Boiling reported, from the Committee of Public Claims, That they had examined the feveral Miftakes in the Book of Claims, and redlified the fame And having examined the Matter of the feveral Petitions, to them referr'd Yefterday, had agreed upon a Report, which they had inferted in the faid Book; and he delivered the Book
;
:

in at the Table.

And the Houfe proceeded to take the fame into Confideration and fome Amendments were made therein, by the Hotife. Ordered, That the further Confideration of the Book of Claims be adjoum'd 'til Tomorrow. A Meffage from the Cotmcil That they have agreed to the Bill, intituled. An Adl to enable Robert Carter, Efq; One of the Executors of the laft Will and Teftament of Mann Page, Efq; deceafed, to pay the Debts of the faid Mann Page; and to entitle him to receive Intereft for the Money he hath advanced, or fhall advance for that Purpofe; and to charge the Eftate of the faid Mann Page, with the Repaiment of the Principal and Intereft.
;

And

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And alfo to the Bill,

intituled.

An Adl to confirm and eftablifh an Agreement, between

Richard Coleman, William Thornton, and Francis Thornton, for the Exchange of certain entail'd Lands, therein mentioned; and for fettling the fame, with certain Negro Slaves, according to the Will of the Donors. And alfo to the Bill, intituled. An Adl for vefting certain entail'd Lands, with the

Appurtenances, therein mentioned, in Thomas Turner, in Fee-Simple; and for fettling other Lands and Negros, of greater Value, to the fame Ufes. And alfo to the Bill, intituled, An Adl to ref train the Inhabitants of the Town of Delaware, from keeping too great a Number of Cattle, and Horfes; and from keeping

any Sheep, or Hogs, running at large; without any Amendment. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjoum'd 'til To-morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.

Saturday June 24, 1732.

i

MR.
And

Conway moved for Leave to prefent to the Houfe, a Bill for leffening the Reward for killing of Wolves: And the fame was received, and read the
firft

Time.
Ordered,

That the

Bill

be read a fecond Time.

the fame

was read accordingly.

That the Bill be committed to a Committee of the following Perfons: M'' Conway, M"" Robin fon, M"" Lee, M'' Francis Willis, M' Attorney-General, M'' McCarty, M' Braxton, and M"' Strother. M'' Lee reported, from the Committee for Courts of Juftice, That upon further Enquiry into the Temporary Laws, they find, An Ad, for making more effedual Provifion againft Invafions and Infurredions will fhortly Expire. And that they had prepared a Bill, to continue the fame; which he prefented to the Houfe And the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. And the fame was read accordingly, and ordered to be ingroffed. A Bill, intituled. An Ad to explain the Duty of Surveyors, to prevent their taking unlawful Fees; and for better fecuring the Paiment of Surveyors Fees; was read the third
Ordered,
, :

Time.
Refolved,

Ordered,

That the Bill do pafs. That the Committee for Courts

of Juftice,

do carry the

Bill to the Council;

and
the
the

defire their Concurrence.

M''
ill

Attorney-General prefented to the Houfe (according to Order) a Bill to reftrain

:

firft

Ufage of Slaves, held by Tenants for Life Time.

And

the fame was received, and read

Ordered,

That the
intituled.

Bill

be read a fecond Time.

to

Bill,

An Ad

continue the

Ad

for

more effedual Provifion againft

Invafions and Infurredions,

Refolved,

was read the

third Time.

Ordered,

That the Bill do pafs. That the Committee for Courts

of Juftice,

do carry the

Bill to the Council;

and

defire their Concurrence.

A Motion being made. That a Reward be given to any Perfon, who fhall
Perfon, or Perfons,

difcover the

the Public Warehoufe at Falmouth. The Queftion was put, That fuch a Reward be given?
Refolved, In the Affirmative.

who burnt

Refolved,

That the Reward

of

Money,

in the

Hands
M--

of the Treafurer, to

One Himdred Poimds, be given out of the Public any Perfon who fhall difcover and convidt

the Perfon, or Perfons,

Ordered,

That

who burnt the Public Warehoufe at Falmouth. Lee do carry the faid Refolve to the Council; and defire their
Refolved,

Concurrence.

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Refolved,

That an Addrefs be made to the Governor, to

defire

Him
to

to iffue a Pro-

clamation, promifing the faid

fhall difcover

Reward

of

and convidl the Perfon, or of Burning the faid Warehoufe; together with His Majefty's gracious Pardon, to fuch Difcoverer, except
Ordered,

One Hundred Pounds, Perfons, who are guilty

any Perfon, who

the Principal Offender.

That

M"- Lee, M-"

General,

and

M'' Tayloe,

Francis Willis, M-- Henry Willis, M"- Blair, do wait on the Governor, with the faid Addrefs.

W Attorney-

A Meffage from the Council

That they have made fame Amendments to the Bill, intituled. An Adt to amend and explain the A(5t for Amending the Staple of Tobacco and for preventing Frauds in His Majefty's Cuftoms; to which they defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. The Houfe refumed the further Confideration of the Book of Claims; and another Part thereof was read, and agreed to, by the Houfe.
;

Ordered,

Ordered,

That the further Confideration of the Book, be adjoum'd 'til Monday. That the Houfe be adjoum'd 'til Monday Morning Eleven a Clock.

Monday, June 26, 1732.

Motion being made to the Houfe, to confider the Claims of the TobaccoInfpedtors, for keeping People to watch the Public Warehoufes, Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Houfe, That the faid Infpedlors, ought to apply to the Governor and Council, to be reimburfed their Expences, in watching the Public Warehoufes; out of the Revenue of Two Shillings a Hogfhead upon Tobacco, being a contingent Charge of the Government. The Houfe refumed the further Confideration of the Book of Claims; and another Part of the Book was read, and one Article was difagreed to, and feveral Alterations made
therein.

A
A

Ordered,

That the further Confideration

of the

Book, be adjoum'd

'til

To-morrow.

Meffage from the Coimcil: That they have made feveral Amendments

to the Bill, intituled.

An

Adl to revive and

of Attorneys, in

continue certain Parts of an Adl, for afcertaining the Fees of certain Officers; and for
better fettling the Fees of

County Court

Clerks,

and

Sherifs;

and

Caufes depending in the County Courts, to be allowed in the Bill of Cofts.

Alfo to the Bill, for dividing every of the Coimties of Richmond, King George, and Prince William, into Two diftindt Parifhes; to which they defire the Concurrence of this
Houfe.

And that they have agreed

to the Bill, intituled.

An Adl to make

the Stealing of Slaves,

Felony, without Benefit of Clergy.

Alfo to the Bill, intituled, An Adl to oblige the County of Caroline, to reimburfe William Woodford, the Damages he fuftain'd by Means of the Efcape of Benjamin
Fletcher.

Alfo

to the Bill, intittded,

Provifion againft Invafions

Ordered,

An Adl to continue the Adl, for making more effedlual and Inf urredlions without any Amendment. That the Houfe be adjoum'd 'til To-morrow Moming Eleven a Clock.
;

Tuefday, June 27, 1732.

McCarty have Leave to go Home for Recovery of his Health. The Houfe refumed the Confideration of the Book of Claims, and went thro' it; and feveral Articles were difagreed to; and the reft of the Book was agreed to, by the Houfe. Then a Memorial of M'' Secretary Carter, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; defiring an Allowance to be made for Fire-Wood for his Office

ORDERED, That

M--

And

(158)
after a Debate, the Queftion was put, That an Allowance be made, according of the Memorial. Prayer to the It paffed in the Negative.

And

written Meffage from the Governor,

of the

was delivered by M'

of Burgeffes,

Robertfon, as follows

Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen

Houfe

y
I

'JFON

the repeated Advices, of the

Burning

of divers of the Public

Warehoufes in

^^I

the Northern-Neck, / did, with the Advice of the Council, dired the Infpedors to appoint Perfons they could heft confide in, to keep Watch at the refpedive

Warehoufes throughout

the Colony,

to

prevent

the

like

Mifchiefs

for

the

future:

neceffary, and intended to fave a much greater Charge, And fince this which, without it, might have fallen upon the Public, by the deftroying of more of thofe Houfes, befides preventing the Lofs which thereby might have fallen on the Owners of the Tobacco; I doubt not you will think it reafonable to difcharge the Allowances to thofe Watches, amongft the other incident Charges arifing on the Execution of the Tobacco Law. And when you confider, how eafy it is, for any evil difpofed Per fon, to break and rob any of thofe Houfes, and afterwards to fet them on Fire, on Purpofe to conceal that Felony, I am perfuaded you will be induced to continue the like Guard hereafter, with fuch reafonable Reward, as may enable the Infpedors to provide honeft and diligent Men for that

Precaution was very

Service.

June 27th, 1732.

Ordered, Ordered,

WILLIAM GOOCH.

That the fame do lie upon the Table, for the Perufal of the Members. That the feveral Sums following be paid to the feveral Officers of the
1.

General Affembly, refpedlively

s.

d.

To M' John Randolph, Clerk

Salary,

of the

Houfe

of Burgeffes, for his ufual

100
50

To To To

the faid Clerk, for his further Allowance, the faid Clerk, for Copies of the Laws, and Journals, to be tranf-

mitted to England,
the faid Clerk, for finding Books, Paper, and Parchment, for Six
Seffions, at

25

00 00 00
o

Five Pounds a Seffion,

30
50
10

To M"' William
Seffion,

Robertfon, Clerk of the Council, his ufual Salary for this

To To

the faid Clerk, for Copies of the Journal of Council, to be tranfmitted

to England,
M''

00 00
o o o

Matthew Kemp, Clerk

of the Committee of Propofitions

and Griev40

ances,

To M' Benjamin Needier, Clerk of the Committee for Courts To M"" Miles Cary, Clerk of the Committee of Public Claims, To M' Philip Finch, Serjeant at Arms, To M' Francis Fountain, Chaplain, To the Door-keeper of the Council, To Nicholas Wager, 10

of Juftice,

40
40 50 20
10

o o o o o

o o
o

00
o

John Mundel,
William Francis, William Johnfon,
Ordered,
Ordered,

10 10 10

o Door-keepers,
32
10

7
7

That the faid Allowances be inferted in the Book of Claims. That the Committee for Public Claims carry the Book to the Cotmcil, for

their Concurrence.

M' Lee reported. That the Perfons appointed, had (according to Order) waited on Him to iffue His Proclamation, promifmg a Reward, and Pardon, to any Perfon who fhould difcover and convidl the Perfon, or Perfons, who are guilty of Burning the Public Warehoufe at Falmouth, except the principal Offender.
the Governor, to defire

And

(159)

And

that he was pleafed to fay,

alfo reported,

Mr Lee

He would iffue His Proclamation, as was defired. That the Perfons appointed, had (according to Order) drawn

up a Petition, to be prefented to the Pariiament of Great-Britain; complaining of many Hardfhips and Oppreffions the Tobacco Trade now labours under; and praying Relief therein Which they had diredled him to report to the Houfe, when the Houfe would
:

to pleafe receive

it

the fame was received, and read, and agreed to, by the Houfe. Ordered, That a Meffage be fent to the Council, to acquaint them, That this Houfe delire their Concurrence to the faid Petition; and that the fame fhall be delivered to them at a Conference That this Houfe will appoint Six of their Members, to meet fuch of the Members of the Cotmcil as fhall be appointed, at an immediate Conference, upon the
:

And

Subjedt Matter of the faid Petition.

That M'' Lee go up with the Meffage. a Meffage was delivered from the Coimcil That they do agree to an immediate Conference, upon the Subjed Matter of the Petition to the Parliament; and have appointed Three of their Members, who are now ready to meet the Managers of this Houfe.
Ordered,

And

M"' Tayloe, M" Robinfon, Mr Randolph, and M'' and attend the Conference with the Council And they withdrew accordingly; and being returned, M"" Lee reported. That the Perfons appointed, had (according to Order) met the Conferees of the Council, and delivered the Petition to them; which they received, and faid. They muft confider it: But defired to know, if this Houfe wou'd admit of any Amendments? To which the Managers of this Houfe anfwered. That they had no In-

Ordered,

That

M'' Lee, M"'

Conway,

Meriwether, do forthwith withdraw,

ftrudtions about that Matter.

Committee to whom the Bill for leffenuig the Reward was committed; feveral Amendments made by the Committee, to the Bill; which he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Table: And the Amendments were again twice read; and with fome Amendments, were agreed vmto, by the Houfe. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the Amendments made by the Coimcil, to the Bill, intituled. An Ad to amend and explain the Ad, for Amending the Staple of Tobacco; and for preventing Frauds in His Majefty's Cuftoms; and the fame were feverally twice read; and fome of them were agreed to, with an Amendment to one of them, and the reft difagreed to, by the Houfe. Ordered, That a Meffage be fent to the Council, to acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed to all the Amendments by them made to the faid Bill, with an Amendment to one of them, except thofe marked in the Margin of their Amendments, to be difagreed
M"'

Conway

reported, from the

for Killing of Wolves,

to:

the

that M'^ Attorney-General do go up with the Meffage. Meffage from the Council That they have made fome Amendments to the Book of Claims; Concurrence of this Hotife.

And

to

which they defire

And

the

Amendments were
That
it is

read.

the Opinion of this Houfe, That the Fees of the Attorney-General, and Clerk of the General-Court, arifmg upon the Profecution of Criminals, ought not to be paid out of the Revenue upon Liquors, in the Hands of the Treafurer.
Refolved,

Refolution

That a Meffage be fent to the Coimcil, to acquaint them with the faid and that the Committee for Publick Claims do go up with the Meffage. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourn 'd 'til To-morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.
Ordered,
;

Wednefday,

(i6o)

Wednefday, June 28, 1732.

with the Amendments, be ingroffed. Reward for Killing young Wolves; and for preAn Certificates for Wolves Heads; was read the third Time. venting Fratids in obtaining Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"' Conway do carry the Bill to the Council and defire their ConcurOrdered,

Bill to reftrain

the

ill

fecond
Table.

Time: And

after a Debate, feveral

Ufage of Slaves, held by Tenants for Life, was read a Amendments were made, at the
Bill,

That the

ingroffed

Bill, /or

leffening the

rence.

The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration, the Amendments made by the Council, to the Bill, intituled, An Ad for dividing every of the Counties of Richmond,
King George, and Prince William, into Two diftind Parifhes: And the fame were feverally twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe. The Houfe alfo proceeded to take into Confideration, the Bill, intituled, An Ad to revive and contintie certain Parts of an Ad, for afcertaining the Fees of certain Officers; and for better fettling the Fees of County Court Clerks, and Sherifs; and of Attorneys, in Caufes depending in the County Courts, to be allowed in the Bill of Cofts: And the fame were feverally twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That M"' Blair do acquaint the Council, That the Houfe hath agreed to the Amendments by them made to the faid Bills. A Meffage was delivered from the Council
That they had had under their Confideration, the Report of their Managers, from the Conference Yefterday; and that they defired another Conference upon the fubjed Matter of
that Conference,

and had appointed

Houfe.

the

fame Managers; who are now ready

to

meet the

Managers

of this

That the Managers who were appointed to manage the Conference Yefterday, do forthwith withdraw, and attend the Conference defired by the Council And they withdrew; and being returned, M"' Lee reported, That the Managers of the Council, had acquainted the Managers of this Houfe, That they propofed to make feveral Amendments to the Draught of the Petition delivered to them Yefterday; That they thought it neceffary, that His Majefty fhould be addreffed on the fubjedl Matter of the faid Petition; and that it will be fit, that Application be made to the Right Honourable the Lords Commiflioners of the Treafury, for their Favour and Affiftance And that the Council defired to be informed from this Houfe, of the Manner they propofe to have the Petition prefented, and negoOrdered,
:

tiated

he delivered the Amendments, and the Petition, in at the Table. the faid Amendments were feverally read; and feveral of them were difagreed to, and the reft were agreed to, by the Houfe. Refolved, That John Randolph, Efq be appointed Agent for this Colony, to negotiate the Affairs of the Colony, in Great-Britain: And that the Sum of Two Thoufand Two Hvmdred Pounds, be paid to him, out of the Money in the Hands of the Treafurer, to defray his Expences; and for a Reward for his Trouble, and the taking fo long a
;

And And

Voiage.
Ordered, That the Managers do withdraw, and acquaint the Managers of the Council with what this Houfe have done, upon the Report from the Conference; and defire their Concurrence to the faid Refolve And they withdrew accordingly. A Meffage from the Council: That they do recede from the Amendments by them made to the Bill, intituled. An Adl

to

amend and explain

the Adt, for amending the Staple of Tobacco; and for preventing

Frauds

(i6i)

Frauds

in

His Majefty's Cuftoms; which were difagreed

to

by the Houfe; and have paffed

to the

the Bill, with the

Amendments

agreed

to.

And
Claims.

that they

do likewife recede from the Amendments by them made

Book

of

that they have paffed the Treafurer's Accmmts. Lee reported, from the Conference, That the Managers had dehvered, to the Managers of the Council, what they were inftrudled to acquaint them with And that thereupon they retired to the Council-Chamber, to make Report thereof to the Coimcil. Ordered, That a Committee for Proportioning the Pubhc Levy, be appointed of the
M-:

And

following Perfons:

M"- Eskridge, M"-

Robert Boiling,

W Henry

Willis, M'' Fleming,

M'

Robinfon, and
Ordered,

M'' Price.
'til

That the Houfe be adjoum'd

To-morrow Morning Eleven a

Clock.

Thurfday, June 29, 1732.

AN

Ingroffed

Bill, to reftrain the ill

Ufage

of Slaves, held by Tenants for Life,

was

read the third Time. Refolved, That the

Ordered,

That

M""

do pafs. Tayloe do carry the

Bill

Bill to

the CoimcU

and

defire their

Concurrence.

The Houfe being informed. That the Order of this Houfe made the firft Day of July, 1730, for fettling the Bounds between feveral Parifhes, in the Counties of Northumberland, and Lancafter, was not effedled Ordered, That M"' James Ball, M"' Charles Burges, of the County of Lancafter, M'' Charles Lee, John Steptoe, of the County of Northtonberland, and M"' John Woodbridge, of the County of Richmond, do meet at fome convenient Time as fhall be agreed upon between them, and lay out the Bounds between the Parifh of Wickocomico, in the County of Northumberland, and the Parifhes in the Coimty of Lancafter, adjoining to that Parifh; purfuant to the Order of this Houfe, made the Sixteenth Day of March, 1727; and in Cafe they fhould not all meet, the Majority of them may proceed: And

that they do report their Proceedings therein, to the next Seflion of Affembly.

Motion was made,

for

of the Public

Money

in the

Hands

And

the Adl of the laft

arofe

paying the Burgeffes ferving for feveral Corporations, out of the Treaf urer Seffion of Affembly, for the better Regulating the Paiment of

the Burgeffes

Wages, was read,

;

And a Debate
It

and the Queftion being put thereupon.

paffed in the Negative.

M'' Lee reported. That the Managers of the Cotmcil, had had a further Conference with the Managers appointed by this Houfe, upon the fubjedt Matter of the Petition to the Parliament and that they had direfted him to acquaint the Houfe, that the Council do concur to the faid Petition, with the Amendments agreed upon by this Houfe And that they have alfo agreed to the Refolve, for appointing John Randolph, Efq; Agent for this Colony; and for paying him the fum of Two Thoufand Two Hundred Poimds. And that he was further diredled to inform the Houfe, That the Council wou'd prepare an Addrefs to the King, and a Letter to the Lords of the Treaf ur>'; which they wou'd fend to this Houfe for their Concurrence And he delivered the Petition and
; :

Refolve in at the Table.

Ordered, That the Petition be fairly tranfcribed. The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the written Meffage from the Governor; and the fame was read. And Part of an Adl made in the Year 17 10, for raifing a Public Revenue, was read. A Debate arofe, and the Queftion was put,
Refolved,

(l62)
Refolved,

That the Expence

of

the

Revenue

Two

Shillings

Watching the Warehoufes, ought to be paid out of a Hogfhead, as a contingent Charge of the Government,
of

be fufficient. fame Refolved, That an Addrefs be drawn up, to the Governor, to give Him Reafons, whv the Houfe cannot concur with Him in the Matter propofed in the faid Meffage. Conway, M"" Francis Willis, M"" Robinfon, M.^ Braxton, and Ordered, That M'' Blair, withdraw, and prepare the faid Addrefs. forthwith M' Ravenfcroft, do A written Meffage was delivered from the Council, as follows: M' Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes, The Council having had under their Confideration, a Petition of Major Auguftine Smith, reprefenting the great Lofs he fuftained, by the'accidental Blowing up of the Magazine of Powder, for the County of Spotfylvania, fome years ago, whereby a Negro Woman of his was killed, and his Dwelling Houfe deftroy'd; think it neceffary to inform your Houfe, That as the placing that Magazine under his Charge, was not his own Choice, but impof'd on him as the Chief Officer of the Militia then in that County; and that the Arms and Ammunition therein, was the Gift of the General Affembly, defign'd for the Service of the Inhabitants, no Perfon could be more fit to diftribute them to the People, than he who had the Cotmnand of the County: It is therefore the more juft and reafonable, that he fhould be recompenced for any Lofs he fuftain'd in the Difcharge of his Duty. And though this cannot properly come tinder the Denomination of any of thofe Public Charges direded by Law to be put into the Book of Claims, yet the Council conceive, the Hands of your Houfe are not fo far tied up, as to hinder you from exerting your Generofity to thofe who merit the fame, or yoiir Compaffion to fuch as fuffer in the Public Service: And therefore, they very earneftly recommend M' Smith's Cafe to your Confideration, that he may be reimburfed what he hath really fuffered, in the Lofs of his Houfe and Negro Slave aforefaid. The keeping of Fires in the Secretary's Office, during the cold Seafon of the Year, is for the Prefervation of the Public Records, and fo ufeful to the Judges and neceffary fo the General Court, and Court of Oyer and Terminer, that the Council conceive the Officers of
fo long as the
fhall

fupplying that Office with Fewel, ought

Benefit accrues from
it.

to

be defrayed at the Public Charge, as a Public

And

therefore they cannot but

recommend

to

your Houfe, the

Providing for that Expence hereafter, and the reimburfing

defray' d
it

M'

Secretary,

who hath

hitherto

out of his

own

Pocket.

By

Order of the Council,

reported.

William Robertfon, CI. G. A. That the Perfons appointed, had (according to Order) prepared the Addrefs to the Governor; which he delivered in at the Table, and was agreed to,

M' Blair

as follows

To the Honourable WILLIAM GOOCH, Efq; His Majefty's Lieutenant-Governor, and Commander in Chief, of the Colony of Virginia. SIR.
'*

r-y^] ^HE Houfe of Burgeffes having taken into '

Confideration Your written Meffage, Relation "in to the Charges lately brought upon the Government, for Watch'ing the Public Tobacco Warehoufes, beg Leave to acquaint You, That as

"Thing

we have upon all Occafions fhew'd the greateft Deference that can be, to any You think fit to propofe, fo it is with all imaginable Reludlance, that we find "ourfelves imder a Neceffity of not concurring with You in this Matter; altho' we muft

"acknowledge the Prudence and Expedience of the Meafures which have occafion'd "thefe Charges. We perfuade ourfelves, when You are informed, that the Revenue
"in the

Hands

of the Treafurer

is

now

entirely exhaufted,

and that many great Sums

"muft neceffarily be fupplied out of the Money that may be expedled to be raifed by "the new Duty A(5ls, towards defraying feveral Expences of the Tobacco Law, which "are exprefly appointed to be made good by the General Affembly, You will be fatisfied, "that we have done our Duty, in referring thofe Claimants to be confidered by Your

"Honour,

(i63)

"Honour, and the Coimcil, and to be paid out of the Revenue of Two Shillings per "Hogfhead; which we doubt not, is very able to do it. We hope we have not adled "herein, without a due Regard to the Tobacco Law, which exprefly mentions every "Thing that can poffibly be demanded of the General Affembly, in the Execution thereof; "and if this be not one of thofe, we prefume it is as much a contingent Expence to the "Government, as any other that can be mentioned. The General Affembly has upon "fome Occafions contributed to the Support of the Government, when the other Reve"nue was deficient; but we have never had any Affiftance from thence, when otir "Treafury has been empty: Therefore, we hope Your Honour will be pleafed to con"ftrue what we have done in this Bufinefs, as proceeding from a juft Senfe of our Duty; "and not without the moft fmcere Refpedl and Deference to You, which You fo well
"deferve, in every Part of

Your Adminiftration.

Ordered,

That the faid Addrefs be prefented to the Governor, by the Perfons who

prepared it. A Meffage from the Council

That they have agreed
to the Bill, intituled,

young Wolves

and

for preventing

And

alfo to the Bill, intituled.

An Adl for leffening the Reward for killing Frauds in obtaining Certificates for Wolves Heads. An A61 for adding Part of the Counties of Surry, and

Ifle of Wight,

of the Parifh of Lawne's-Creek, Southwark, and Warwick fqiieak, in the faid Counties of Surry, and Ifle of Wight, unto the Parifh of St. Andrew, in the faid Coimty of Brunfwick; without any Amendment.

unto the Coimty of Brunfwick, and Part

have made feveral Amendments to the Bill, intituled. An A(5t to reftrain the keeping too great a Number of Horfes and Mares and for amending the Breed thereof
that they
;

And

and to prevent imbroke Horfes and Mares from going at

the

large; to which they defire Concurrence of this Houfe. Then the Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the written Meffage from the Council and the fame being again read,
;

Refolved,

That the

Sum

of

Forty Pounds, out of the Public Money

to his Care,

in the

Hands

of

the Treafurer, be paid to M'' Auguftine Smith, towards repairing the Lofs he fuftain'd,

by the Blowing up
ernment.
Ordered,
currence.
Refolved,

of the

Gunpowder committed

by the Order

of the

Gov-

That

M''

Francis Willis do carry the Refolve to the Council, for their Confor defraying the

That no Allowance be made

Expence

of

Fewel in the

Secretary's Office.

Then the Houfe proceeded

the Council to the

to take into Confideration the

Bill, intituled.

An Ad

to reftrain the

Amendments made by Keeping too great a Number of

to

Horfes and Mares; and for Amending the Breed thereof; and and breeding Mares from going at large.

prevent unbroke Horfes

And

the fame being read, were difagreed

to,

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourn 'd

'til

by the Houfe. To-morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.

Friday, June 30, 1732.

ORDERED,

That a Committee be appointed to examine the inrolled Bills, of Mufcoe, My Stith, Mr the following Perfons: M"" Robinfon, M' Thacker, Randolph, M" Fleming, My Eaton, and M"" Lee. My Eskridge reported, That the Perfons appointed, had (according to Order) fettled the Proportions of the Public Levy, and ftated the fame in a Book, which he delivered in at the Table and the fame was read, and agreed to. Ordered, That M"' Eskridge do carry the Book to the Council, for their Concurrence. M'' Eskridge prefented to the Houfe a Bill for Raifing a Public Levy; which was receiv'd, and read the firft Time.

Ordered,

(i64)

That the Bill be read a fecond Time. And the fame was read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed.
Ordered,

An ingroffed Bill for raifing a Public

Levy, was read the Third Time

and an Amend-

ment was made to the Bill. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Order'd, That M"^ Eskridge do carry the Bill to the Council, for their Concurrence. M' Randolph reported, That the Managers of the Council had delivered to him an Addrefs, agreed upon by them, to His Majefty, and a Letter to the Right Honourable the Lords of the Treafury; to which they defire the Concurrence of this Houfe: And he delivered the fame in at the Table. The Addrefs was read, and agreed to. The Letter was likewife read, and agreed to. Order'd, That the faid Addrefs, and Letter, be fairly tranfcrib'd, and fign'd by the Speaker, in Behalf of this Houfe and be fent back to the Council, for their figning. A Meffage from the Council: That they have agreed to the Book of Proportions: And
;

to the Bill, intituled.

for Raifing a Public Levy: And alfo to the Refolves, for Pounds, for the Difcovery of thofe who burnt the Hundred One Paying the of Public Warehoufe at Falmouth: And for Paying Forty Pounds to M'Auguftine Smith. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourn 'd 'til To-morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.

An Adt

Reward

Saturday, July

i,

1732.

Robert Boiling reported. That he had waited on the Governor, and obtain'd His Affent to the Book of Claims, and Proportions. M'' Attorney-General reported. That he had prepared an Addrefs to the Governor, giving a fummary Accoimt of the Proceedings of this Seffion; which he defired might be received And the fame was received, and read, and agreed to,

MR.

as follows:

To the Honourable WILLIAM GOOCH, Efq; His Majefty's Lieutenant-Governor, and Commander in Chief, of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia.

**

"^ "^ 7'E His Majefty's moft Dutiful and Loial Subjedls, the Burgeffes of this Gen"eral Affembly, having gone through the feveral Matters You was pleafed "to propofe to our Confideration, at the Opening of the Seffion, and pre"pared feveral Bills thereupon, as well as upon other Subjedls, which in "the Courfe of our Proceedings we foimd neceffary for the People; do now attend "You, to prefent them for Your Affent. "And at the fame Time muft acquaint You, That we have prepared, in Concurrence "with the Council, an humble Addrefs to His Majefty, a Petition to the Parliament, "and a Letter to the Right Honourable the Lords Commiffioners for Executing the "Office of Lord High Treafurer of Great-Britain, in Relation to certain arduous and im"portant Affairs, very much concerning the Intereft of the Crown, and the Trade and "Commerce of this Colony And in Order to render them more effedlual, we have appoint"ed an Agent, in whom we place great Confidence, who will forthwith repair to Great" Britain, to negotiate the fame with all Diligence: And as we do not doubt your Ap"probation of the Perfon we have chofen for that Purpofe, we hope You will be pleafed "to tranfmit thefe Things to Great-Britain by him, and to caufe the Seal of the Colony "to be fixed to our Petition; that it may not want Teftimony of it's being an authentic
:

W
SIR,

"Reprefentation of the Grievances therein fet forth. "As You have, upon fo many Occafions, contributed Your good Offices with Sucefs, "for the Service and Advantage of the People imder your Government, we perfwade our"felves,

(x65)
"felves, You will now employ Your Interceffion with the King, and His Minifters, to "promote the good Work we have been obliged, from a Senfe of our Duty, to offer to
"their Confideration.

"And we can only add our fmcere Acknowledgments and Sentiments of Gratitude, many good Things you have done for us, and thofe we reprefent, thro' the whole "Courfe of Your Adminiftration hoping You will receive from our Gracious Sovereign, "all the Marks of His Favour, which He ufually beftows on Thofe who faithfully execute "the power He Puts into their Hands, and without doubt will think You deferve, for
"for the
;

"Your

the

and Merit, in His Service. That the faid Addrefs be prefented by the whole Houfe. A Meffage from the Governor, was delivered by M"' Robertfon: M' Speaker, The Governor commands the immediate Attendance of this Houfe, in Council-Chamber ; and that you bring with you fuch Bills as are ready for His Affent And M"" Speaker, and the Houfe, went up accordingly. And the Governor was pleafed to give his Affent to the following Public and Private
Integrity
Ordered,

Bills:

An ACT for laying a Duty on Liquors. A n ACT for laying a Duty upon Slaves, to be paid by the Buyers. An ACT to continue the Ad, for making more effedual Provifion
Infurredions

againft Invafions

and

An ACT
the

An

to prevent frivolous and vexatious Suits: And to regulate Attorneys pradifing in County Courts. ACT to continue and make perpetual an Ad therein mentioned: And for impowering any Judge of the General Court to take Bail when the faid Court is not fitting; and to oblige Defendants to pay Cofts upon Overruling a Plea in Abatement; and for allowing any Perfon to plead feveral Matters. to

An ACT An ACT

make

the Stealing of Slaves, Felony, without Benefit of Clergy.

for fettling

fame Doubts and Differences

of Opinion, in Relation to the Benefit of

Clergy; for allowing the fame to

Women, and

taking

away of Reading; and

to difable

certain Perfons therein mentioned, to be Witneffes.

An ACT prefcribing the Method for Proving Book-Debts. An ACT to amend and explain the Ad for Amending
preventing Frauds in

the Staple of Tobacco; and for His Majefty's Cuftoms. An ACT to revive and continue certain Parts of an Ad, for afcertaining the Fees of certain Officers; and for better fettling the Fees of County Court Clerks, and Sherifs; and of Attorneys, in Caufes depending in the County Courts, to be allowed in the Bill of Cofts; and for fettling the Fee for Summoning Witneffes, in Controverfies depending before the Governor and Council; and afcertaining the Allowances to fuch Witneffes. An ACT for leffening the Reward for Killing young Wolves; and for preventing Frauds

in obtaining Certificates for Wolves Heads.

An ACT

adding Part of the Counties of Surry, and Ifle of Wight, unto the County of Brunfwick and Part of the Parifh of Lawne'5-Creek, Southwark, and Warwickfqueak, in the faid Counties of Surry, and Ifle of Wight, unto tlte Parifh of St.
for
;

Andrew, in

the faid

County

of

Brunfwick.
over James,

An ACT
An ACT

for fettling

new Ferries

Appamatox, Nottoway, Rappahanock,

Richmond, and Weftmoreland

and Potowmack Rivers.

for Altering the

Days

for holding Courts of

Counties.

An ACT for raifing a Public Levy. An ACT for dividing every of the Counties of Richmond, King George,
into

and Prince William,

Two
to

diftind Parifhes.

An ACT
and

enable and oblige the Parifh of St. George, in Spotfylvania County, to refund pay back to the Parifh of St. Mark, in the County aforefaid, the Tobacco therein

mentioned.

An

(i66)

An ACT for Altering the Place for holding Courts, in the County of Spotfylvania. An ACT for pilling down Wooden Chimneys, in the Towns of Southampton, and
and
to

Norfolk

An ACT
large.

to reftrain the

prevent the Building Inhabitants of the

of Cattle,

of others for the future.

Number

and Horfes;

Delaware, from keeping too great a and from keeping any Sheep or Hogs, running at
of

Town

An ACT to enable Robert Carter, Efq; one of the Executors of the laft Will and Teftament to pay the Debts of the faid Mann Page and to entitle him of Mann Page, Efq; deceafed, he hath advanced, or fhall advance, for that Purpofe; Money the to receive Intereft for the faid Mann Page, with the Repayment of the Principal and to charge the Eftate of
;

and

Intereft.
to

An ACT

confirm and eftablifh an Agreement therein mentioned, made between Thomas Bray, Gent, and John Randolph, Efq; for the Settlement of their refpedive Rights to certain Lands, whereof David Bray, the elder, Gent, deceafed, died feifed; and for
for vefting certain entaiVd

other Purpofes therein alfo mentioned.

An ACT
in

Lands, with the Appurtenances, therein mentioned,

Thomas

Turner, in Fee-Simple;

and

for fettling other

Lands and Negros,

the

of

An

fame Ufes. ACT to oblige the County of Caroline, to reimburfe William Woodford he fuftain'd by Means of the Efcape of Benjamin Fletcher.
greater Value, to the

Damages
and
for

An ACT

for vefting certain entaiVd Lands, in

John

Allen, Gent, in Fee-Simple;

An

Lands, and a Mill, of greater Value, to the fame Ufes. Charles Barham, to fell certain entaiVd Lands, therein mention'd; enable to ACT and to purchafe other Lands, therein alfo mention'd, to be fettled in Lieu thereof, to
fettling other

the

fame Ufes.

An ACT
An ACT

for vefting certain entailed Lands, with the Appurtenances, in the County of Northampton, in Gertrude Harmanfon, in Fee-Simple; and for fettling other Lands

and Negros,

of greater Value, in

Lieu

thereof, to the

fame Ufes.

Three Hundred Acres of Land, with the Appurtenances, in the Parifh in the County of Weftmorland, whereof George Weedon is feifed Wafhington, of in Fee-Tail, in John Wafhington, Gent, in Fee-Simple; and for fettling other Lands,
for vefting
of greater Value, to the

fame Ufes.

An ACT
ton,

to

confirm and eftablifh an Agreement between Richard Coleman, William Thorn-

and Francis Thornton, for the Exchange of certain entaiVd Lands, therein mentioned; and for fettling the fame, with certain Negro Slaves, according to the Will
for vefting

of the Donors.

An ACT
of

Two Hundred Acres

the

of

Land, with

the

Appurtenances, in the Parifh

Sittenbum, in

Cotmty

of

Richmond, whereof William WiKon Homes, and

Mary, are feifed in Fee-Tail, in Richard Barnes, Lands and Negros, of greater Value, to the fame
to

Mary
Ufes.

his Wife, in Right of the faid

in Fee-Simple;

and

for fettling other

An ACT

for confirming certain entaiVd

Lands, therein mentioned,

in Fee-Simple; and for fettling other Lands and Negros, in Lieu thereof,
Ufes.

William Meriwether, to the fame

An ACT
and

to to

enable

Thomas Bray,

Gent, to

fell

certain entaiVd Lands, therein mention'd;

to

lay out the

Purchafe-Money in Slaves,

be annex'd to other entaiVd Lands,

therein alfo mentioned.

An ACT An

confirm certain entailed Lands, with the Appurtenances, therein mentioned, to Tayloe, John Efq; in Fee-Simple; and for fettling other Lands and Negros, therein alfo mentioned, of greater Value, in Lieu thereof, to the fame Ufes. ACT to fettle certain entaiVd Lands, with the Appurtenances, in the County of Effex, whereof William Loury and Mary his Wife in Right of the faid Mary, are feifed upon
to

the Iffue of the faid

thereof, to the

Mary, by her fame Ufes.

laft

Marriage; and for

fettling other

Lands, in Lieu

He

(i67)

He alfo gave His Affent to the feveral Refolves of the Houfe of Burgeffes, which were agreed to by the Council, viz. For paying the Salary of One Hundred and Twenty Pounds per Annum, HalfYearly, to William Parks, Printer, in Confideration of Printing the feveral Matters mentioned in his Propofals to the General Affembly and that his Salar>^ commence at
;

the

End

of this Seffion.

For paying the further

of the Treafurer, to George

Sum of One Hundred Poimds,

Webb, in
full

out of the

Money

in the

Hands

Compenfation for his Care and Pains, in Preparing a Copy of the Laws, and Compofmg a Table for the Prefs. For paying the Reward of One Hundred Pounds, out of the Public Money in the Hands of the Treafurer, to any Perfon who fhall difcover and convidl the Perfon or Perfons, who burnt the Public Warehoufe at Falmouth. For appointing John Randolph, Efq; Agent for this Colony, to negotiate the Affairs of the Colony, in Great-Britain: And for paying the Sum of Two Thoufand Two Hundred Pounds, to him, out of the Money in the Hands of the Treafurer, to defray his Expences; and for a Reward for his Trouble, and the taking fo long a Voiage. For paying the Sum of Forty Pounds, out of the Public Money in the Hands of the Treafurer, to M'' Auguftine Smith, towards repairing the Lofs he fuftained by the Blowing up of the Gunpowder committed to his Care, by the Order of Government. For paying a Reward of One Hundred Pounds, out of the Public Money in the Hands of the Treafurer, to any Perfon who fhall difcover and convidl the Perfon or Perfons, who burnt the Parifh Church of St. Mark, in the County of Spotfylvania. And then made the following Speech

Gentlemen
71

of the Council, M'' Speaker,

and Gentlemen

of the

Houfe

of Burgeffes.

^Y A

ffent to the feveral Bills, which,

during the Courfe

of this Seffion,

I \/m
-^
'

by your Unanimity, proves our

Harmony

compleat:

were framed The A61 to explain the

-*-

on

the

Adt for Improving our Staple, in Order to reftore a decaied Trade, already mending Hand, will, at this Jundure, bring great Credit to our Proceedings, and, I

hope, conciliate the Affedions of every

Man that wifhes well to Virginia.

Concern for the Good of our Trade, and notwithftanding our Agreement here, little will be our Satisfadion, unlefs in your feveral Stations and Capacities, you preferve Quiet in your refpedive Counties: For, to what Purpofe are Protedion

But amidft

all

this

and Government, if we ungratefully throw off their happy Influence, by our own groundlefs Difcontents and Uneafinefsf Or what Advantage will the mo ft extenfive and fuccefsful Commerce afford us, if, for want of Peace and good Order, we can't enjoy with Safety, what
is the

Produce

of our Induftry?
to

Government, and a Difparagement to diffipate all Mifacceptations and Jealoufies; that the People committed to our Charge, being made fenfible of their Duty, and doing their Beft to promote mutual Happinefs, may pay a due Regard to the Authority which proteds them in their legal Rights, and live in Obedience to Laws, which really Aim

To avoid fuch Things as are a Difgrace

Endeavours
to

Legiflation, continue your

corred

and

at

than rendering them as profperous in their Dealings, and as eafy in their Circumftances, as they them felves are willing to be: And whatever has fuch a Tendency, or will

no

lefs

be for the

Honour

of this Colony, if confiftent with

my Duty

to

my

Roial Mafter, and Con-

fonant

to the
it;

Relation

we ftand
to

advance

you, for what you have done, with wifhing all of you Health and Succefs in your Retirement from the Public to your own private Affairs, nothing retnains, but to acquaint you. That I have thought fit to prorogue this Affembly, to Thurfday the i6th

After

my

and you may hearty Thanks

Great-Britain, / fhall, with the greateft Pleafure, always depend upon a fincere Performance of it, on my Part.
in, to

of

November

next;

and accordingly

this

Affembly

is

prorogued

to thai

Time.

THE

JOURNAL
OF THE

HOUSE OF BURGESSES.
1734.

THE

JOURNAL
OF

The House Burgesses.

Thurfday, Auguft 22, 1734.
having Commiffion Houfe BurSIR John Randolph and Benjamin Needier having taken Oaths appointed be taken
refigned his
of Clerk of the
of
geffes,

the

to

by Adl of Parliament, inftead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, the Oath of Abjuration, and the Teft, was, by Virtue of a Commiffion from the Honourable the Lieutenant Governor, fwom Clerk in his Stead, and admitted to his Place in the Houfe accordingly. A Meffage from the Governor was delivered by M' Robertfon. M' Speaker, The Governor commands the immediate Attendance of this Houfe in
Chamber. M"' Speaker, with the Houfe, went up accordingly; and being returned, he reported. That the Houfe had attended the Governor in the Council Chamber; and he was pleafed to make a Speech to the Cotmcil and this Houfe; of which, to prevent Miftakes, he had obtained a Copy, which was read by the Clerk, and is as follows:
the Council

Gentlemen

of the Council,

M'

Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes,

IF what we owe
Advice,
are

a conftant and a tender Regard for the true Intereft of Virginia, as limited by to our Mother Country, could procure for you thofe wholfome Laws which from Time to Time are wanting to advance it, I fhould have had no Occafion to call you together But fmce they muft be concerted by mutual
;

and are only to be obtained by legal Methods of Deliberation, the repeated Proofs you have given of the fame upright and laudable Difpofition,
fo many unqueftionable Atteftations, that whatever the prudent Meafures already entered into for promoting our Trade, have made neceffary, in order to fecure to it a more lafting EftablLfhment, will meet with the ufual Concurrence of an Affembly, whofe Zeal for the Profperity of the Colony has hitherto been fo confpicuous.

AS the Law enadling the Regulation our Staple is at prefent under, by which it has acquired a very valuable Reputation, is now near expiring, that I may not be found fwerv'ing from my Profeffion, I mxift eameftly recommend to you the framing of a Bill to the fame Ufes and Purpofes, therein carefully reducing and adjufting the Number of Warehoufes, and the Rents to fuch a Yearly Charge, as the Annual Income may be
f ufficient

to fupport

and defray

all its

Expences, including an encouraging Recompence

to every Infpector.

AND,

(172)
are tempted to engage in a Trade, as well by the Certainty of the Commodity they deal in, and the only Motive of its Duration, as by the Goodnefs is the Profpe<5t of an encouraging Market, that animates our own People to Induftry, felves from Meafures fo well grounded, the Advantages we may fairly promife our ftinted a Portion of Time For, as a perpetual too by Hazard in to be put

AND, whereas Mankind

ought not Law, or a Law for a long Term of Years, will infallibly keep our Trade fteady; fo, a Law' that quickly ends, tho' frequently renewed, will render the Price of our Staple And you muft excufe me. Gentlemen, for anticipating your Judgvery precarious. ment upon a Subject of fuch Confequence, the Truth whereof may be controverted,
:

tho'

it

can't be confuted.

to our Militia Law will be the next beft Pledge of your Love never more feafonably be expreffed. could which to your Country, THE Marriage of the PRINCESS ROIAL to His Serene Highnefs the PRINCE of ORANGE, which has lately been the happy Occafion of an univerfal Rejoicing thro' the Kingdom of Great-Britain, will, no queftion, be a Matter of equal Joy to you; fmce we have the fame Reafon to contemplate His Majefty's confummate Wifdom, and to acknowledge the Regard he has fhewn for his People, in fecuring to them, by this intimate Alliance, the Friendfhip of that illuftrious Houfe. AS I have not propofed any Thing to you, but what dire(5lly and immediately tends to the Intereft and Credit of the Colony, and to the Happinefs of all the Inhabitants, Rich and Poor, whom we are, every one of us, bound to protedt and maintain in their legal and juft Rights, I fhall depend upon your Suffrage for their Accomplifhment: And, I make no Doubt, our Endeavours will be crowned with Succefs, whilft we provide, by thefe righteous Means, fuch a Reward for the Planters Labour, and fuch

SOME Amendments

Security for their Properties, as will moft conduce to the Good of the Public. Refolved, That an Humble Addrefs be prefented to the Governor, to return the

fmcere Thanks of this Houfe for his kind Speech to the Council and this Houfe; and for his conftant and affiduous Care for the Welfare and Profperity of this Colony. Refolved, That a Committee be appointed to draw up an Addrefs to the Governor

upon the
M""

faid Refolution.

And

it is

referr'd to

Robinfon,
Eskridge,
M"'

M' Robert
M'' Baffet, M''

Boiling,

M"" Attorney,
M"'

Francis Willis, and

Refolved,

That

this

Houfe

will

Armiftead. take the Governor's Speech into Confideration

To-morrow.
Ordered,

That the Committee

of Privileges

and Eledlions be Revived, to

confift

of the following Perfons:

M''
M"'

Eskridge.
M""

Grymes,
are to meet

M^ Thacker,

W Randolph.

Robinfon, and

And they

when they think fit, and to take into their Confideration all fuch Matters as fhall or may come into Queftion, touching Returns, Eledlions, and Privileges; and to report their Proceedings, with their Opinions therein, to the Houfe, from Time to Time: And the faid Committee is to have Power to fend for Witneffes, Perfons,
and Records,
Ordered,
fift

for their Information.

That the Committee

Perfons

of Propofitions

and Grievances be Revived,

to con-

of the following

W Merriwether, W Conway,
'W Braxton, M' Henry Willis,
M--

M*^

Attorney General,

M'
M"-

Prefly,

y\y Dangerfield,

W Armiftead, and
M' Baffet.

Francis Willis,

Eskridge,

And

(i73)

they are to meet when they think fit, and to adjourn from Day to Day; and to take into their Confideration all Propofitions and Grievances that fhall come legally certified to this Affembly; and to report their Proceedings, with their Opinions thereupon, to the Hoiofe, from Time to Time: And all fuch Propofitions and Grievances are to be delivered to the Clerk of the Houfe, and by him to the faid Committee, of Courfe: And the faid Committee are to have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and
Records, for their Information.
Ordered, Ordered,
ing Perfons:

And

That M'' Kemp be continued Clerk to the faid Committee. That the Committee of Public Claims be Revived, to confift
M^ Robert
Boiling,

of the follow-

M' Lawrence Smith, M' Samuel Harwood, M' Simmons,

Mj Whitehead, M' William Harwood,

M"^

Grey,

Ball,

M""

John

Boiling,

and

M'

Thornton.

they are to meet when they find it neceffary, and to adjourn from Day to Day; and to take into their Confideration all Public Claims which fhall be prefer'd to the Houfe during this Seffion; and to report their Proceedings, with their Opinions therein, to the Houfe, when they have gone through the faid Claims: And all Perfons that have any Claims, are to deliver them to the Clerk, and he is to deliver the fame to the faid Committee, of Courfe: And they are to have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers,

And

and Records,
Ordered,

for their Information.

M""

Gary be continued Clerk to the faid Committee. Fountain be continued Chaplain to the Houfe; and that he do Prayers every Morning at Ten a Clock: And That M"^ Attorney, attend to read Francis Willis, and M'' Eskridge, do wait on the Governor and Cotmcil, and acquaint

That Ordered, That

M''

them

therewith.

That Nicholas Wager, John Mundell, and William Francis, who attended as Door-keepers to this Houfe laft Seffion, be continued in their Offices; and that John Johnfon be appointed Door-keeper, in the Room of William Johnfon, deceafed. Ordered, That a Meffage be fent to the Governor, to defire him to order a new
Ordered,

Eledling a Burgefs to fer\'e in this prefent General Affembly, for the College of William and Mary, in the Room of M' George Nicholas, deceafed. Alfo a new Writ for Eledling a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General Affembly,

Writ to

iffue, for

for

James-Town,
Alfo a

in the

Room

of M"" Archibald Blair, deceafed.

new Writ new Writ

Cotmty
of

for Eledting a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General

Affembly
AffemWilliam

for the

Coimty

of Lancafter, in the

Room

of M'' Charles Burgefs, deceafed.

Alfo a
bly, for the

for Eledling of Burgeffes to ferve in this prefent General

King

George, in the

Room

of M--

Nicholas Smith, and

M--

Str other, deceafed.

Alfo a
bly, for the

new Writ

for Eledling a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General

Affem-

County of Caroline, in the Room of M"- Richard Buckner, deceafed. Alfo a new Writ for Eledling a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General Affembly, for the Cotmty of Stafford, in the Room of M-- John Fitzhugh, deceafed. Alfo a new Writ for Eleding a Burgefs to fer\^e in this prefent General Affembly, for the County of Richmond, in the Room of John Tayloe, Efq; who fince his Eledlion, hath been appointed and fwom of His Majefty's Council. Alfo a new Writ for Eledling a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General Affemwho fince his bly, for the County of Weftmoreland, in the Room of Thomas Lee, Efq
:

His Majefty's Council. Eledlion, hath been appointed and fwom Alfo a new Writ for Eledling a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General Affembly, for the County of Norfolk, in the Room of M-- William Crafford, who fince the laft Seffion, hath accepted and executed the Office of Sheriff of the faid County.
of

Alfo

(1

74)

bly,
laft'

a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General Affemthe Room of M' Thomas Marfhall, who frnce for the County of Northampton, in Infpecaor. Seffion, hath accepted the Office of an 'til To-morrow Morning Eleven a Clock. adjourned be Houfe the Ordered, That
Alfo a

new Writ

for Eledling

Friday, Auguft 23, 1734.

APropofition

from the Cotmty of Hanover, complaining of the infolent Behaviour of Mulattos, propofmg that a Law be made to diftinguifh who fhall be faid to be Mulattos, and praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein, was prefented to the Houfe, and read. Ordered, That the faid Propofition be refer'd to the Confideration of the Committee
Refolved,

of Propofitions

and Grievances. That the Committee

for Courts of Juftice be Revived, to confift of the

following Perfons:

M' Robertfon, M' Ra^idolph, M' Martin,

M"'

M^ Grymes, M' Ravenfcrofi, M'' Mead, and

Thacker.
to

And

Day; and to take into their Confideration all Matters relating to Courts of Juftice, and their Proceedings; and to infpedl the Journals of the laft Seffion; and to prepare and draw up a State of the Matters then depending and undetermined, and the Progrefs that was made therein; and to report the fame to the Houfe And they are alfo to examine what Laws have expired fmce the laft Seffion and to infpedl fuch temporary Laws as will expire with the End of this Seffion, and to report to the fame to the Houfe, with their Opinions which of them are fit to be revived or continued And the Committee are to have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records, for their Information. Ordered, That M'' Webb be appointed Clerk to the faid Committee. A Member returned upon a new Writ, having taken the Oaths appointed to be taken by Adl of Parliament, inftead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, the Oath of Abjuration, and the Teft, and alfo the Oath of a Burgefs, w-as admitted to his
they are to meet,
:

and adjourn from Day

Place in the Houfe.

The Order
Ordered,

of the

Day

being read, Refolved, That the Houfe will refolve

itfelf

into

a Committee of the whole Houfe, on Wednefday next, to confider the Governor's Speech.

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning Eleven a

Clock.

Saturday, Auguft 24,

1734.
:

T
Sir,

HE

Members being met between Eleven and Twelve a Clock, M'' Serjeant brought the Mace, and laid it imder the Table And the Clerk informed the Houfe, That he had received a Letter diredled to him as Clerk of the Houfe, from M"' Speaker which was read as f olloweth
;

Auguft
Desire you
to

24, 1734.

prefent the

Inch fed

to the

Houfe, and in that you will

Sir,

oblige.

/
The
Inclofed

Your Humble Servant,

Speaker.

JOHN HOLLOWAY,
was another
Letter,

which was

alfo read, as followeth, viz.

Gentlemen,

(175)

Gentlemen,

rHE
Occafion

State of
to

able

and
to

Health has for fome Time paft been fuch, That I find I am not Duty of my Office, xvithout great Inconveniency to my felf, perhaps fome Detriment to the Public Bufinefs: Therefore I take this
attend the

my

return you

my

fincere

Thanks
to

and

to

acquaint you, that I choofe

to retire frorn the

in the fervice of this Seffion, and

many Favours I have received from you, Fatigue which I muft neceffarily undergo defire you to fupply my Place of Speaker by a new
for the

Eledion.
I

am, with all Duty, Gentlemen, Your moft obedient, and ever obliged humble Servant,

JOHN HOLLOWAY,

Speaker.

After reading whereof, M"' Attorney General ftood up, and fpake as foUoweth:

/Am

the Governor, to acquaint this Houfe, that he has received a from M' Holloway, That he cannot further attend the Service of this Houfe, as Speaker; and that it is His Pleafure, that this Houfe do immediately proceed to the Choice of a new Speaker. And he recommended Sir John Randolph, as a Perfon equal to, and eminently

commanded by

Letter

qualified for, that Truft.

Sir

Whereupon, Randolph was unanimoufly chofen, and accordingly condudled to the John Chair, by Two Members and being there placed, made a Speech to the Hotife, as follows
;

GENTLEMEN, COME now to experience

all

know, after Gentlemen have emploied all be into this Office, they ufuaUy reprefent themBut if this be done without felves abfolutely incapable of difcharging the Duties of it. a Confcioufnefs of the Truth of what they fay, or any Defign to depart from the Right of their Eledlion, it muft either be a faKe Appearance of Modefty, or a blind Compliance with a Cuftom, that perhaps, in the beginning, was fotmded upon Truth and Reafon, but by Time, like many others, becomes only an Abufe of Words; which I cannot follow And I the rather avoid it, becaufe I intend, upon no Occafion, to give you any Inftance of the leaft Infmcerity, which I think not only very ufelefs, but the moft Therefore, I mtift own, I do with a particular Pleafure vicious Thing in the World. embrace the Opportunity you have given me, of employing my fmall Talents, which appear to you in a much better Light than they deferve, ftill in your ferv'ice; and I thank you for this additional Inftance of your Confidence in me, in beftowing your greateft Truft upon me. But as to my fitnefs to ferve you, Time and yotir own Experience will beft determine it fo it may be needlefs to raife your Expedations about it Only thus much I will affure you, that all the Advantages I may have received from a long Experience of the Methods of this Houfe, fhall be improved for the Advancement of your Reputation, and the Public Good and I will not imagine, that the Pageantry and Formalities of this Office, are any Part of the Honors of it, which I know muft proceed from a Labor and Diligence to prevent any Imputation upon your Proceedings and Refolutions. To this I am boimd, not only by the Duty I owe to you, but by my own Intereft; fince nothing can happen amifs here, that will not be refledted on me, perhaps in more than my due Proportion, while the Weight of my own failings will For as, on the lie wholly on my felf, and perhaps of fome that may be only imaginary one Hand, it is not the eafieft Thing in public Debates, fo to hold in one's own Temper, as to avoid all juft Occafions of Reproach; fo on the other, it is one of the hardeft, to place what is done juftlyand laudably in fuch a View as will be acceptable to every Body.
think
of:
I

it

will

not become

me

to pretend

the Degrees of your Favor and Kindnefs to me; and any Unwillingnefs to accept what you

me worthy

Tho'

their Intereft to

eledled

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The Prejudices with which we imbibe all of our own Opinions, which are generoften the Occafion of great Injuftice in this Parally impreffed upon us too haftily, are fuch, that they cannot cordially approve what ticular: And the Partiality of Mankind is with all their Sentiments; but are apt to charge the is done by thofe who do not concur Yet tho' this be very Corruption. contrary Side with Ignorance, Obftinacy, or perhaps Weakneffes great of Human the of as one it condemn common, every Body is ready to
Body.
in every Oppofition, Nature; which is moft evidently true from this, that both Sides, entertain the fame Rancour and Aniof which one muft certainly be in the wrong, of their own Modes of ThinkExcellence imaginary from an other, mofity againft each Experience of the Candor and my from hope, But I have abimdant Reafon to ing. Good-will of this Houfe towards me, that I fhall be exempted from any tmkind Cen-

feeing we have the Happinefs, which feems almoft none of the Perturbations which we fee every under peculiar to our felves, of being where elfe arifing from the different Views and Defigns of Fadlions and Parties, and have yet no Footfteps of Corruption among us, inftead of raifmg any Heat or Intemperance in our Debates, which are always unneceffary, we fhould look upon all Differences among us to proceed from the Doubtfulnefs of Expedients that fhall be propofed for the Common Good: And upon that Account, the Minority fhould fubmit calmly and chearfully to what the Majority determines, 'til Time and Experience fhall either
fures of this Sort;

and indeed,

them with more forcible Arguments againft it. Then we fhall hear one another patiently, put the Weight of every Man's Reafon in the Ballance againft our own, and at laft form a Judgment upon the whole matter; which, if not the wifeft, yet, refulting from the Integrity of our own Principles, will be honeft and commendable. But if we come, by our Refentments and Impatience of being out voted, or bv our Affedtions, to confider Men more than the Matter, we fhall be fure to be always in the wrong, becaufe what we do from Confiderations without us, can have no good FoundaAnd, however tion; and we muft lofe aU the Advantages of Reafoning and Argument. Mankind may be provoked, by being thwarted with the Sentiments of other Men, a
convince, or fumifh

Variety of Opinions

is not only abfolutely neceffary to our Natures, but is likewife of Things the moft all ufef ul fmce if all Men were of one Mind, there would be no Need of Councils no Subjedl for Learning and Eloquence the Mind would want its proper Exercife, and without it, like the Body, would lofe its natural Strength, from a Habit
;
;

of Sloth

and Idlenefs. Truth itfelf will receive an Addition of Strength by being oppofed, and can never be in Danger of fuffering by the Teft of Argument. THESE being Notions by which we fhould be diredled, in difcharging the Truft the People have repofed in us, if we would eftablifh them in our Pradlice, we fhould then attain the true Dignity of our Reprefentation and I flatter myfeH, from your accuftomed Prudence and Moderation, every Gentleman here will confider what it is to reprefent the People of any Country. BUT indeed, I know I muft make the worft Figure myfelf, if I fhall be found unable to perform what it will be my Duty to dictate to others; if I fhall endeavour to make the eftablifhed Rules of your Proceedings fubfervient to my own Fancies and Humours, or Interefts; or fhall bring into this Chair a Reftlefnefs and Impatience about Points that may be carried againft my Sentiments or fhall pretend to any Authority of fwaying any Member in his Opinion; I fay, then I fhall deferve to have no Influence upon your Proceedings; but do not doubt, nay I hopet you will mortify me with the utmoft of your Contempt for the Inconfiftence of my Theory and Practice. And if I fhall happen to fucceed better, I will pretend to no other Praife, but that of not having deceived the Expedlations of fo many worthy Gentlemen, who have continued to heap upon me fuch a Series of Favors, which fo long as I retain the Memory of any Thing, I muft look upon as the chief Foundation of the Credit and Reputation of my Life. Ordered, That a Meffage be fent to the Governor, to acquaint Him, That this Houfe had made Choice of a Speaker; and to know his Pleafure, when this Hotife fhall attend
; ;

to prefent him.

Ordered,

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Ordered, That M"" Attorney, M' Conway, M' Merriwether, M' Francis Willis, and M-^ Robert Boiling, do carry the faid Mefage: And they immediately withdrew; and being returned, M-" Attorney acquainted the Houfe, That the Govemorwas pleafed to declare his Pleafure, that this Houfe fhould attend him immediately in the Council Chamber, with their Speaker.

Accordingly
in the Coimcil Sir,

M"-

Speaker Eled, with the Houfe, went up to attend the Governor

Chamber, and fpake as followeth

Houfe of Burgeffes being deprived of the Ser\nce of their late Speaker, by the Weaknefs and Infirmities of Age, have, in Obedience to your ComI -mands, proceeded to a new Choice; and having thought me worthy of the Office, do now prefent me for your Approbation. I do not intend to entertain You with any Difcourfe of my Unfitnefs for this Truf t becaufe I would a\-oid an Indecency, which an Adt of Infmcerity might bring me into, if I fhould pretend any Unwillingnefs to take that upon me, which I really have no Averfion to notwithftanding Cuftom has made Difabling Speeches almoft a neceffary

nr

HE

Part of the Ceremonial.

But my Opinion is. That Cuftoms which are founded in Truth, fo long as the Reafon of them remains, ought to be obfer\^ed But when they become, by Time, which works great Changes in the Tempers and Inclinations of Mankind, the Support of falfe
:

and vicious Therefore I offer mvfelf on the one Hand without a tedious Enumeration of my Imperfedlions, which perhaps may be too vifible; fo, on the other, without boafting of any extraordinan,^ Talents.
it is
:

Appearances,

beft to negle(?t them, as ufelefs

to your Judgment, as

Then the Governor fpake thus:

r
I
Office

Gentlemen,

HOUGH
Choice;

am

ferry for the Occasion, yet I

am

glad you have

to

I do affure yon, you could not have voted

to

made fo good a your Chair a Perfon

to his

more agreeable

me, nor one that will do greater Honour and Service

Country.

After the Governor's Speech,

Sir,

M' Speaker reply'd

Am ver>'

fenfible,

that

Credit to me; but, as in this Place and

mvift efteem
it

Your good Opinion would at any Time be an Addition of upon this Occafion, it is much more fo, I

accordingly.

Yet I cannot flatter my felf, That becaufe I am now to appear in a Public fome Credit, that I am already in Poffeffion of all the Honours of it; I know they muft arife, a pofteriori, from the Services I fhall be able to do in it And tho' the Opportunities I may have of doing any Thing confiderable, will be but few, if I make a good Ufe of thofe which may offer, and fhall have Conftancy enough not to mingle my own Paffions and Interefts, with what regards only the Public Good, I may hereafter have Reafon to be proud of the Favor I have received from Your Honor, and o many worthy Gentlemen. And being returned to the Houfe, and the Mace being laid on the Table, A Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the County of Gloiicefter, reprefenting, That the Law for Cutting up Tobacco-Suckers, as it now ftands, is a Grievance, was prefented to the Houfe, and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be refer'd to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances; and that they do examine the Matter thereof and reof
: ;

port the fame, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe.

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for taking up a Runaway Claim of William Cox, of the County of Lancafter, to the Houfe, and prefented was County, faid the Slave, belonging to Jofeph Hale, of

read.

That the faid Claim be refer 'd to the Committee for Public Claims; and and report the fame, with their Opinion that they do examine the Matter thereof,
Ordered,

thereupon, to the Houfe. A Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the Counties of Caroline, and King-George, Roy's Warehoufe, in the faid praying, That a Public Ferry may be appointed from of King-George, was prefented County faid the in Landing, County of Caroline, to Gibfon's
to the Houfe,

and read. the faid Petition be refer'd to the Confideration of the Committee of That Ordered, thereof; and report Propofitions and Grievances; and that they do examine the Matter
the fame, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. A Member informing the Houfe, That by Reafon of bad Weather, no Court for Proof of Public Claims had been held for the County of Middlefex, before this Seffion of Affembly; but that feveral Claimants had proved their refpective Claims before a Juf-

Peace of the faid County; after a Debate, the Queftion was put. That the faid Claims be received.
tice of the

Refolved in the Affirmative.

Ordered, That the faid Claims be refer'd to the Confideration of the Committee for Public Claims; and that they do examine the Matter thereof; and report the fame,

with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. A Petition of John Delafhumate, fetting forth, That a Hogfhead of the faid Petitioner's Tobacco was burnt in the Public Warehoxife, at Falmouth, was prefented to the
Houfe, and read.

That the faid Petition be refer'd to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances; and that they do examine the Matter thereof; and report the fame with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned 'til Monday Morning Eleven a Clock.
Ordered,

Monday, Auguft 26, 1734.

Ordered,

THAT
Addrefs.

an Addref s be made to the Governor, to order all the Infpectors Accounts, fmce their paffing the fame with the Treafurer, to this Time, to be laid
before the Houfe, as foon as poffible;

M' Braxton, and

M"'

and that M'' Merriwether, M' Martin, Francis Willis, do wait on the Governor with the faid

Accordingly they withdrew: And being returned, M"" Merriwether Reported, That the Perfons appointed had, according to Order, waited on the Governor; and, that He was pleafed to fay, That the Infpectors Accounts fhall be immediately fent for.

Robinfon Reported, That the Perfons appointed had, according to Order, prepared an Addrefs to the Governor; and he read the fame in his Place; and afterwards
M"^

deliver'd

in at the Table, where it was again read. a Motion being made to put off the Confideration of the faid Addrefs, after a Debate, the Queftion was put. That the faid Addrefs be immediately confidered.
it

And

Refolved in the Affirmative. Part of the Addrefs was again read; and a Motion was made, That the fame fhould be recommitted And, after a Debate, the Queftion was put thereupon.

And

It

paffed in the Negative.

Then

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Then the Addrefs was read through, and agreed Amendment, as followeth, viz.

to

by the Houfe, without any

His Majefty's moft dutiful and loial Subjects, the BURGESSES of the Colony of Virginia, now met in General Affembly.do in Behalf of our felves, and thofe we reprefent, return you Thanks, as well for your great Care of their Intereft, and your prudent Adminiftration of the Government, as for the Readinefs You exprefs in Your SPEECH, to concur with us in fuch further Meafures as may beft conduce to the Accomplifhment of a Work in which we have already made confiderable Progrefs, and may boaft of fome Succefs. IT is no Wonder, that in a Matter of fuch a Nature as the Regulation of our Trade, where every Individual is concerned to fuch a Degree, in all Rules that can be eftablifhed againft Fraud and Deceit, which we have found infuperable by any other Way than that of a Public Infpection, if fome Interefts ftill remain to be fatisfied, and new Obje(5lions do arife which are worthy to be confidered; fmce it is hardly poffible, from the fhort Views of human Prudence, fo to confider Things at once, as may be exadlly
anfwerable to the Doubtfulnefs of future Events, efpecially in this precarious Trade We have abundant Reafon to obferve the Difficulties which attend all of Tobacco. Attempts to reduce it to that Standard of Goodnefs as is neceffary, not only for the
Security of all honeft Traders, but to prevent an Overloading of the Markets abroad, with a bafe and ufelefs Commodity, which might be fufficiently difcouraged of itfelf, if it did not reduce the better Sort almoft to the fame Level. BUT now that we are fumifhed by Experience, which is the beft Preceptor, with

WE

SIR,

a more perfedl Knowledge of all the Advantages and Defedls of what has been already done, We will apply our felves, and endeavour, with that Difintereftednefs and Moderation, which become the Reprefentatives of a Country, to add fuch new Sandtions as may enforce and reform the firft Scheme. BUT above all, it will be incumbent upon us, to confider of the beft Means to fupport fo honeft and profitable a Law, without Loading our felves with a Debt, which we know would give Occafion to new Clamours, feeing it would always be felt as a prefent Inconvenience, and therefore, with the Multitude efpecially, muft have more than its due Weight in the Ballance againft all paft Advantages, fhould they be ever fo
confiderable.
Refolved,

That the

faid Addrefs be fairly tranfcrib'd,

and prefented by the whole

Houfe.
Ordered,

know

his Pleafure,

That the Committee, who prepared the fame, do wait on the Governor, to when the Houfe fhall prefent it.

And they immediately withdrew: And being returned, M"' Robin fon Reported, That the Perfons appointed had, according to Order, waited upon the Governor, to know his Pleafure, when he will be attended with the Addrefs of this Houfe; and He was pleafed to appoint To-morrow, at Twelve a Clock, in the Council Chamber. Ordered, That the Houfe be called over To-morrow, at the firft Sitting. Ordered, That this Houfe be adjourned 'til To-morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.
Tuefday, Auguft 27, 1734.

THE
felves

Houfe be put

Order of the Day being read, a Motion was made, That the Call of the off 'til Friday next And the Queftion being put thereupon.
:

It
:

paffed in the Negative.

Then the Houfe was called over And the Names of the abfent Members were again called over; and Excufes made for fome of them, which were allow 'd. Ordered, That M'' John Fleming, and M"^ Matthew Anderfon, for abfenting themfrom the Service
of this

Houfe, be taken into Cuftody of the Serjeant

at

Arms.

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having taken the Oaths appointed to be taken of Allegiance and Supremacy, and taken Oaths by A<5t of Parliament, inftead of the the Teft, and taken the Oath and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, and fubfcribed his Place in the Houfe. of a Burgefs, was introduc'd, and admitted to with the Houfe, attended the Governor; and had, he That M' Speaker Reported, prefented the Addrefs of this Houfe to Him To which He was pleafed to return the

A Member return 'd upon a new Writ,

following Anfwer:

Gentlemen

of the
for

Houfe

of Burgeffes,

your kind Addrefs: It is a great Pleafure to me, to find you what may yet be wanting in the Regulation of the fo well difpofed to fupply concur with me in Opinion, that a public Infpedion that you and Tobacco Trade; Fraud, and to prevent the Markets abroad being is the only Expedient to difcourage burden'd with Trafh; which, from the Experience vje have already had, feems to be paft

Thank you

Doubt.

THEREFORE,
finifh a

I hope you will go on, with your ufual

Temper and Prudence,

to the

to

Work

fo fuccefsfully begun,

and

of fo great

Importance

People

of Virginia;

by no other Zeal bjU that of Raifing this precarious Commodity to all public Debts may be difcharged in good Tobacco, which as to that as fuch a Standard, them is fubftituted in the Place of Money; that the Eftates in the Colony, may be brought from a nominal to a real Value; and that the poor Planters, who are entirely exempted from all the Expence of executing this Law, may live comfortably by their Labour and Inin which I

am aded

duftry.

That after the paffmg the Adl, For he did at his own Charge, build the Public Warehoufe at Falmouth, which was afterwards malicioufly burnt, praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein, and fuch Relief in the Premifes as to the Houfe fhall feem juft; was prefented to the Houfe, and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be refer'd to the Confideration of the Committee for Public Claims; that they do examine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. M' Attorney General Reported from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances,

Petition of William Todd, fetting forth.

the Staple of Tobacco,

Amending

That the Committee had had under their Confideration, feveral Propofitions and Grievances, from feveral Counties and had come to divers Refolutions thereupon And he delivered the Report in at the Table, where the fame was read. Ordered, That the Report of the faid Committee be taken into Confideration on
;
:

Thurfday next.
Ordered, That it be a further Inftrudlion to the Committee for Courts of Juftice, That they do enquire into fuch Temporary Laws as may be near expiring after the End of this Seffion of Affembly; and report their Opinion to the Houfe, which of them are
fit

to be continued.
Ordered, Ordered,

That M'' Anthony Walke be added to the Committee for Courts of Juftice. That the Houfe be adjourned 'til To-morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.

ff^ednefday,

Auguft 28, 1734.

THE

Order of the Day being read, the Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider the Governor's Speech; and M"' Attorney General took the Chair of the Committee And after fome time fpent therein,
:

Speaker refum'd the Chair; and M-" Attorney General Reported, That the Committee had fome Part of the Governor's Speech under Confideration; and were come to feveral Refolutions thereupon, which they had diredted him to Report to the
M--

Houfe

(i8i)

Houfe
Place;

And moved from

confider further of the Governor's Speech

the Committee, That they might have Leave to fit again, to Then he read the faid Refolutions in his
:

and afterwards deHvered them in at the Table; where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follows Refolved, That the Adl made in the Third and Fourth Years of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, For Amending the Staple of Tobacco, and for preventing Frauds in His Majefty's Ciifto^ms; and the A(5t made in the Fifth and Sixth Years of His faid Majefty 's Reign, have in fome meafure anfwered the good Ends and Purpofes thereof; and if continued, with fome further Alterations and Amendments, will ftill be a greater Encouragement, as well to
Refolved,
all

Traders in Tobacco, as to the Planters.

That the prefent Expence of executing the faid Adts, is like to prove too burthenfome to the Country and that it will be neceffary to leffen the fame, as
;

much

as poffible.

Refolved,

That many

of the Infpedlors

have not done their Duty,

in

Matters which

are plainly provided for in the faid Adls; but have entertain 'd needlefs

and groundlefs
Rules be

Scruples in the Execution of their Office

eftablifhed, for their Direction.

And that fome more ftridl and fpecial

it felf

of the whole Houfe, to confider further of the Governor's Speech, on Monday next. Ordered, That a Bill be brought in, further to continue and amend the A(5t made in the Third and Fourth Years of His Majefty's Reign, For Amending the Staple of

Refolved,

That the Houfe

will

again refolve

into a

Committee

Tobacco; and Preventing Fraiids in His Majefty's Cuftoms.

That this Houfe will refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, Heads of the faid Bill. A Motion being made, after a Debate, the Queftion was put. That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, to amend the Adt made in the Third and Fourth Years of His Majefty's Reign, For the better Regulating the Payment of the Burgeffes Wages.
Refolved,

to confider of the

It

paffed in the Negative.

Clock.

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning Eleven a

Thurfday, Auguft 29, 1734.

THE
It is the

Order
the

of

the

Day

being read, the Houfe proceeded to the Confideration

of Propofitions

Report from the Committee the fame was read, and is as follows
of

and Grievances; and

Upon Confideration of a Propofition from the County of Spotfylvania, Opinion of the Committee, That the Sherif s of the refpe<5live Counties in this Colony, in Conjundtion with the Juftices, do agree with and imploy a fit Perfon to guard the Goal of each County, in order to prevent Efcapes And that the Juftices be impower'd to levy fuch a reafonable Allowance in Tobacco, upon the Inhabitants of the County, as fhall be agreed upon between the Sheriff and them, and the Perfon
:

imploied.

Upon

Confideration of a Propofition from the faid County of Spotfylvania, That

it is

the Ferry, at the Place where

River, to the

now kept,

at the

Town of Fredericksburg, be put down

in the faid

and that a Ferry be appointed, from the Warehoufe Landing,

Town, over the

Land
is

of

William Thornton, Gent.

It is

the Opinion of the Committee,

that the fame

reafonable.

Confideration of a Propofition from the feveral Counties of Lancafter, Northumberland, Accomack and Northampton, That a Law be made, for deftroying Squirrels

Upon

and Crows,

It is

the Opinion of the Committee, that the fame

is

reafonable.

Confideration of a Propofition from the County of Lancafter, That Sheep be kept within Inclofures, from the 15"^ Day of May, 'til the 15"* Day of September,

Upon

Yearly,

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eating Tobacco, It is the Opinion of the Yearly, to prevent the Damage they do, by reafonable. Committee, that the fame is Upon Confideration of a Propofition from the Counties of Caroline and SpotfylThat the Days for holding Courts for the faid County of Caroline, and the County

vania,

that for the future, the Days for holding Courts for the Days for holding Courts for the faid County of Caroline, be the Second Friday; and the Month; It is the Opinion of the faid County of Stafford, the Second Tuefday, in every Committee, that the fame is reafonable. Upon Confideration of a Propofition, from the Counties of Hanover and Northampof Stafford, be alter'd:

And

ton,

For retraining the Infults of free Mulattoes; and that a Law be made, declaring in what Manner the Orphans and poor Children of free Negroes and Mulattoes, fhall be provided for; It is the Opinion of the Committee, that fome Provifion be made

for thofe Purpofes.

Upon

Law

diredling the

Confideration of a Propofition, from the Coimty of Nanfemond, That the Method of Recovering fmall Debts, be repeal'd.

And

of another Propofition,

from the faid County, That a Law be made,

for dif-

abling Infpedtors from being eledled Burgeffes.

refealing the

Alfo of a Propofition, from the County of Glocefter, That a Law be made, for Laws now in Being, for the Cutting up Tobacco-Suckers.
Alfo of a Propofition, from the

County of Henrico, That a Law be made, to reftrain the Attorney-General of this Colony, from taking a Fee of Five Pounds Current, which he claims by Cuftom, for drawing Pardons for Slaves condemn'd to die. It is the Opinion of the Committee, That the faid feveral Propofitions be reje<5led. Then the faid Report was read a fecond Time and Part thereof was agreed to, and Part difagreed to, by the Houfe. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, to amend the Law in relation to the Efcapes of Prif oners committed for Debt. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in one or more Bills, for appointing feveral Ferries, and altering feveral Court-Days, according to the faid Report: And that it be an Inftrudlion to the Committee who fhall prepare the faid Bill, to bring in a Claufe,
;

for changing the Court

Day

of Hanover.

Ordered,

That the Committee

of Propofitions

and Grievances do prepare and bring

in the faid Bills.

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in, for the better Government of free Mulattos; and making better Provifion for the poor Children of free Negros and Mulattos. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, for Incouraging the Killing of Squirrels and Crows; and that the Committee for Courts of Juftice, do prepare and bring
in the faid Bills.

Refolved,

That the

faid feveral Propofitions,

from the Covmty

of

of Lancafier, for keep-

ing Sheep within Inclofures,

from the

i$^^

Day

May,

'til

the 15"^

Day

of September,

Yearly

From
From

the County of Nanfemond, for Repealing the Law, directing the

Method

of

recovering fmall Debts, to be

ting

by

Petition

and Summons

the County of Glocefter, for Repealing the Laws now in Being, for the Cutup Tobacco-Suckers: From the County of Henrico, for Reftraining the Attorney-General of this Colony, from taking a Fee of Five Pounds Current, which he claims by Cuftom, for Drawing Pardons for Slaves condemned to die; be rejedled. Refolved, That the Laws now in Force, are fufficient to prevent Infpedors from being eledted Burgeffes; and. That the Propofition from the County of Lancafter, for making a Law for that Purpofe, be Rejedled. Ordered, That M"- Armiftead have Leave to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe,
'til

Monday

next.

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to bring in a Bill to

Motion being made, after a Debate, the Queftion was put. That Leave be given amend the Laws now in Force, for the more fpeedy and eafy RecovRefolved in the Affirmative.

ery of fmall Debts.

Ordered,
in the Bill.
M.' Boufh, and '-M-- Blair, be added to the Committee for Courts of Juftice. M' Matthew Anderfon, a Member of this Houfe, having fent His Excufe to the Houfe, for not attending his Duty in the Serv'ice of the Houfe

That the Committee That

M--

of Propofitions

and Grievances, do prepare and bring

Ordered,

Mead,

Ordered,

That the Serjeant

at

Arms be

difcharged from executing the Order for

in a

taking him into Cuftody.

A
Bill,

Motion being made, the Queftion was put, That Leave be given to bring

for better Regulating Ordinary-keepers, to prevent their giving Credit,

and to
Ac-

difable

them

to maintain

any Adlion,

or recover

any Money or Tobacco on

their

coimts.

Refolved in the Affirmative.

Ordered, BUI.
Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the faid Committee, to bring in one Claiofe more, or to prevent Retailers of Rum and Brandy, from maintaining any Adlion, or

That the Committee

for Courts of Juftice,

do prepare and bring

in the

recovering any Debt contradled, for

Ordered,

Rum

or other diftilled Spirits, fold

'til

That the Houfe be adjourned

upon Credit. To-morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.

the

Words

*:^*Note, In the Proceedings of Saturday laft, within 3 Lines of the End, inftead of of Propofitions and Grievances, read, for Public Claims.
of the

to

In Yefterday's Proceedings, within 7 Lines add thefe Words, To-morrow Sevennight.

End,

after the

Word

Bill,

pleafe

Friday, Auguft 30,

1734.
the

THE
cles

Treafurer's Accoxmts being laid before

Houfe,

the

Titles

thereof

were feverally read.

Ordered, That the faid Accounts be refer'd to the Coniideration of the Committee for Covirts of Juftice; and that they examine the feveral Artithereof, and report the fame, with the Ballance, as it fhall appear to them, to the

Houfe.
Ordered, That the faid Committee do examine the Expence of executing the Adt, For Amending the Staple of Tobacco, and Preventing Frauds in His Majefty's Cuftoms, as they fhall find the fame in the faid Accounts; and report how much every diftinft Head of fuch Expence, amounts to, to the Houfe. The Houfe being inform'd, That M"' John Fleming, a Member of this Houfe, attended at the Door, in Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms; and that he had been prevented from attending the Service of the Houfe, by Sicknefs. Ordered, That he be difcharged out of Cuftody, without paying Fees. Ordered, That M"" Rofcow have Leave to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe, 'til Tuefday next. M' Robinfon, from the Committee for Courts of Juftice, reported, That the Committee having examined what Laws have expired lince the laft Seffion, and infpedled

fuch Temporary Laws as will expire with, or foon after, the End of this Seffion of Affembly, were come to feveral Refolutions thereupon; which he read in his Place, and
delivered in at the Table.

Ordered,

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That the faid Report be taken into Confideration on Tiiefday next. alfo reported, That the M' Rob'infon, from the Committee for Courts of Jioftice, the laft Seffion of Affemof the Journal infpedled Committee had, according to Order, depending and undetermined; Matters then bly; and agreed upon a Report of the in his Place, and afterwards and the Progrefs that was made therein; which he read read. again was fame the where deliver'd in at the Table, the Committee Ordered, That the faid Report be refer'd to the Confideration of examine the fame, and report their of Propofitions and Grievances; that they do therein, to the Houfe. further done be to proper is think Opinion what they himfelf and the Frederick fville Behalf of in Chifwell, A Petition of M' Charles letting forth, That in the Year One Company, was prefented to the Houfe, and read, Thoufand Seven Hundred and Thirty Two, he fent to the Affembly, Certificates of Perfons emploied in Iron-Works, in the Counties of Hanover and Spotfylvania, in the Years One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Thirty One, and One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Thirty Two, and of the Parifh, and Coimty Levies, paid for the faid Perfons, which amounted to Nineteen Thoufand Two Hundred and Forty Four Pounds and Three Quarters of a Pound of Tobacco; but by fome Omiffion, no more than Seven Thoufand and Eighty One Pounds and Three Quarters of a Poimd of Tobacco was levied, to be repaid to the Petitioner; and praying to be reimburfed the Deficiency, being Twelve Thoufand One Hundred and Sixty Three Poimds of Tobacco, and to be repaid the County, Parifh, and Public Levies, paid for the Perfons fo emploied in the Years One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Thirty One, and One Thoufand Seven Himdred and Thirty Two. Ordered, That the faid Petition be refer'd to the Confideration of the Committee for Public Claims; that they do examine the Matter thereof, and report the fame, as it fhall appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. A Motion being made, the Queftion was put. That Leave be given to bring in a
Ordered,
Bill to

amend

the

Law

in relation to the Office of Sheriff.

It

paffed in the Negative.

for

A Motion being made, the Queftion was put. That Leave be given to bring in a Bill more effedtual obliging Perfons to buy and fell by Weights and Meafures, according
Refolved in the Affirmative.
Ordered,

to the Englifh Standard.

That the Committee for Courts of

of

Juftice,

do prepare and bring

in the

faid Bill.

Claim

James Fontaine,

for a Public Service therein mentioned,

was prefented

to the Houfe, and received.

That the fame be refer'd to the Confideration of the Committee for Public Claims; that they do examine the Matter thereof, and report the fame, as it fhall appear
Ordered,

to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe.

M' Attorney General, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, reported, That the Committee had had under their Confideration feveral other Propofitions and Grievances, from feveral Coimties, and had agreed upon a Report thereupon; which he read in his Place, and afterwards deliver'd in at the Table, where it was again read, and is as follows: On Confideration of a Propofition, from Goochland County, That a Law be made, for the Difallowance of Lawyers Fees, for the future, in Bills of Cofts, on Petition for fmall Debts, It is the Opinion of the Committee, that the fame is reafonable. On Confideration of a Propofition from Spotfylvania County, that the faid Coimty be divided, It is the Opinion of the Committee, that the faid County ought to be divided, and made Two diftindl Counties.

On Confideration of a Propofition, from Henrico Parifh, in the County of Henrico, That the faid Parifh be divided by James River; and that all that Part of the fame on the North Side of the faid River, be eredled into one diftin(5l Parifh; and all that
other Part thereof, on the Sotith Side the faid River, together with that Part of Briftol Parifh, on the North Side of Appomattox River, be eredled into one other diftin<5l Parifh; It is the Opinion of the Committee, that the faid Parifh ought to be fo divided.

On

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Confideration of a Propofition from Hanover County, That a Law be made, to lengthen the Seafon for Killing of Deer; to leffen the Penalty for Killing them at unfeaionable Times of the Year, and to make it recoverable before a fmgle Juftice of
It is the Opinion of the Committee, That that Part of the faid Propofition for Lengthening the Seafon, be rejedled; and as to the other Part of the faid Propofition, That the Penalty be reduced to Twenty Shillings for each Offence; to be recovered,

On

the Peace;

by the Informer, before a fingle Juftice of the Peace, one Moiety to the Ufe of the Informer, and the other to the Ufe of the Poor of the Parifh wherein the Offence
fhall

be committed.

On Confideration of a Propofition, from Northampton, That Witneffes examined upon a Dedimus Poteftatem, be paid for Attendance; It is the Opinion of the Committee, That the faid Propofition be Rejected. Then the faid Report was again read, and agreed unto, by the Houfe. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudtion to the Committee appointed to prepare and bring in the Bill for appointing feveral Ferries, and altering feveral Court Days, to prepare and bring in one or more Claufes, for Dividing the County of Spotfylvania, and the
Parifh of Henrico, according to the faid Report.
Ordered,
in the Bill to

That

it

amend

be an Inftrudtion to the Committee appointed to prepare and bring the Laws now in Force, for the more fpeedy and eafy Recovery of

fmall Debts, to prepare and bring in a Claufe, for not allowing Lawyers Fees in Suits brought by Petition. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, for Leffening the Penalties for Killing Deer at Unfeaionable Times; and for the better Recovery thereof: And that the

Committee

for Courts of Juftice,

do prepare and bring

in the faid Bill.

Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the Parifh of Newport, in the

County

of I fie

when the Dividing Line was run, between the faid County, and the County of Nanfemond, a fmall parcel of Land, on the Head of the Weftern Branch of Nanfemond River, which before belong 'd
of Wight, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth. That

to

N anfetnond County, was taken into the faid Parifh of Newport;

pay and praying, that an
A(5t

that the Inhabitants

of that Part of the faid Parifh, refufe to

their Levies, pretending to

fome Exemp-

tion;

may

pafs, to

compel them to pay

their Levies in the

faid Parifh of Newport.

Ordered, That the faid Petition be refer'd to the Confideration of a Committee; that they do examine the Matter thereof, and report the fame, as it fhall appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. And a Committee was appointed of the following Perfons
M"'

Attorney General,
M''

'W Simmons,
M''

Robert Boiling,

Applewhaite,

M'' Lear,

and

M' Gray,

M'' Ravenfcroft.

And

they are to have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers and Records, for their

Information.
Ordered,

That That

M""

Fox have Leave

to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe,

'til

Monday

next.
this

Ordered,

Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning Eleven a

Clock.

Saturday, Auguft 31, 1734.

ORdered,
of

it be an Inftrudlion to the Committee to whom it is refer'd and bring in a BiU for Encouraging the Killing of Squirrels and Crows, that they have Power to receive a Clatife, to exempt the Inhabitants any Town from being obliged to kill Squirrels and Crows. Ordered, That M'' Randolph have Leave to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe,

That

to prepare

'til

Tuefday next.
Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

Monday Morning Eleven

a Clock.

Monday,

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Monday, September

2,

1734.

Anderfon moved for Leave to prefent a Bill, to explain and amend an Adt, and the fame entitled, An A& for reftraining the Taking of exceffive Ufury; was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill to amend M"" Attorney General prefented to committed for Debt and the fame was the Law in relation to the Efcape of Prifoners receiv'd, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. Ordered, That M^ John Boiling have Leave to be abfent from the Service of the

MR.

Houfe,

Wednefday next. A Member returned upon a new Writ, having taken the Oaths appointed to be taken, by Act of Parliament, inftead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, and taken and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, and fubfcribed the Teft, and taken the
'til

was admitted to his Place in the Houfe. A Petition of Edwin Conway, and James Ball, Gent. Executors of the laft Will and Teftament of Charles Burgefs, Gent, deceas'd, was prefented to the Houfe, and read, fetting forth, That the faid Charles Burgefs died feifed in Fee, of Thirty Six Thoufand Seven Himdred and Twenty Six Acres of Land, in the Counties of Prince William and Spotfylvania, befides Negros, and perfonal Eftate; that his Debts exceed the Value of his perfonal Eftate and Negros, befides Legacies; and praying. That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill to enable them to fell Seventeen Thoufand Seven himdred and Seventy Seven Acres of the faid Land, Part of the faid Thirty Six Thoufand Seven Himdred and Twenty Six Acres, for the Payment of the Debts and Legacies of the
Oath
of a Burgefs,

faid Charles Burgefs.

Ordered,

Petition

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill according to the Prayer of the faid And that M'' Merriwether M"' Hedgman, and M'' Pre fly, do prepare and bring
,

in the fame.

Committee of the whole Houfe, further to confider the Governor's Speech; and after fome time fpent therein, M'' Speaker refumed the Chair: And, M"' Attorney General reported from the Committee, That they had had another Part of the Governor's Speech under Confideration, and were come to feveral Refolutions thereupon, which they had directed him to report to the Houfe and he delivered the Report in at the Table, where the fame was

The Order

of the

Day

being read, the Houfe refolved

itfelf

into a

read.

Ordered,
M''

That the Confideration

that they
this

of the faid

Report be put
again.

off

'till

To-Morrow.

Attorney General alfo acquainted the Houfe, That he

was

directed

by the Comitfelf

mittee, to

move

may have Leave

will,

to

fit

Refolved,

That
of the

Houfe

upon

this

Day

Sevennight, again refolve

into

a Committee

whole Houfe, to confider further of the Governor's Speech. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned 'til To-morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.

Tuefday, September

3,

1734.

ORdered,

Fleming be added to the Committee for Courts of Juftice. A Petition of M'' Matthew Kemp, Clerk of the Secretaries Office of this Colony, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; praying. That his ufual Allowance of Five Thoufand Pounds of Tobacco a Year, from the Beginning of the laft Seffion, to the Beginning of this prefent Seffion of Affembly, may be levied for him And that, in Regard of the very great Increafe of the Bufinefs of that Ofifice, fince the firft Settlement of the faid Allowance, and in Confideration of his Trouble and Pains about
M""

That

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about the Arraignment and Trial of Criminals in the General Court, fuch an additional Allowance be made him, as to the Houfe fhall feem meet Refolved, That an additional Allowance be made to the Clerk of the Secretary's
extraordinary Services in that Office. That the faid additional Allowance, be Pounds of Tobacco, per Annum.
Office, for

Ordered,

Two Thoufand

Five Hundred

Ordered,

That

it

the ufual Allowance to M"" Matthew

the Prayer of his faid Petition.
Ordered,

be an Inftrudion to the Committee for Public Claims, to make Kemp, Clerk of the Secretary's Office, according to

That

it

be alfo an Inftrudlion to the faid Committee, to allow him the faid

additional Salary.

Bill to

explain and

amend an

Adl, intituled,

An Ad

for reftraining the taking of

exceffive Ufury,

Ordered,

was read a fecond Time. That the Bill be committed

to a Committee;
M''

pointed accordingly, of the following Perfons: General, W' Martin, and M"' Fleming.

Anderfon,

M"'

and a Committee was apMerriwether, M' Attorney

A Bill to amend the Law in relation to the Efcape of Prifoners committed for Debt, was read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be committed to the Committee who prepared it. The Houfe, according to Order, proceeded to the Confideration of the Report from the Committee of the whole Houfe; and the fame was twice read, and, with an Amendment, agreed unto by the Houfe, as follows, viz. Refolved, That the poorer fort of People, who are not able to purchafe Arms, be exempted from Muftering. Refolved, That the Court Martial fhall judge of the Abilities of Perfons to be obliged
to mufter in the Militia.
Refolved,
Militia,

That the People commonly

call'd Quakers, of Ability to ferve in the

be excufed from perfonally appearing in

Arms

at Mufters,

by fending a Man

to mufter in their Stead. at

Refolved, That a Penalty be laid on the Captain, or Commanding Officer, attending any Mufter, who fhall omit to return the Names of all fuch Perfons who fhall fail to appear at fuch Mufter, not being prevented by Sicknefs. Refolved, That a Penalty be laid on the Officers who fhall fail to give their Attendance at any Court Martial, fo that fuch Court can't be then held; recoverable by the

Informer.
Refolved,
refident in
ble

That a Penalty be laid on the Lieutenant, or Chief Commanding Officer, any Covmty, who fhall fail to appoint a General Mufter once a Year; recovera-

by the Informer. Refolved, That if any Sheriff negledls his duty, in relation to the Colled;ing, Levying, and Paying the Fines affeffed by a Court Martial; upon a Motion in the General Court, or County Court, a Judgment, fhall be given againft him for what he has levied and ref ufes to pay and for ref ufmg to levy the Fines, he fhall be fined at the Difcretion
;

of fuch Court.

That the Fines be paid to the County Lieutenant, or other Chief Comwithin the County and fhall be by him accotmted for to the Court Martial And if he fhall fail to account, the Court Martial fhall have Power to order Procefs to recover the fame out of his Hands. Refolved, That after every Court Martial, the Clerk of fuch Court fhall deliver to
Refolved,

manding

Officer, refiding
:

the Sheriff,

the Orders of that Court for fining Delinquents: And that the Sheriff be impower'd, upon Non-Paiment to levy the fame by Diftrefs and Sale of the Goods of
all

the Party, without further Warrant.

Refolved,

der

Arms

at Church, or to patrole,

That when the Commanding Officer fhall order any Perfon to appear unany Perfon failing, fhall be fined, as for failing to
Refolved,

appear at a Mufter.

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except in Times of Danger, ought to be exempted from an Officer and a fmaU Number of attending the Batteries: But that there ought to be Service; the Expence whereof to Men, conftantly kept in Pay, and difciplin'd for that Shillings a Hogfhead. Two and Tonnage be defray 'd by the Revenues of and Horfes, ought to be Servant his Refolved, That the Adjutant General, and
Refolved,

That the

Militia,

in a Bill, for better fettling the Militia, purfuant Martin, M' Francis Willis, M-- Armiftead, M' to the faid Refolutions: And that M-Robert Boiling, and M-" Ravenfcroft, do prepare and bring in the fame. Robinfon, A Petition of John Aylett, refer'd by the Coimcil, to the Confideration of this Houfe,

exempted from paying Ferriages. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring

was read; fetting forth. That the Inhabitants of the Upper Parts of the Counties of King William and Caroline, who bring down their Tobacco to Ayletfs Warehoufe, undergo great Hardfhips, for want of fome Public Hoiofe of Entertainment for themfelves, and the Reception of their Horfes; That the Petitioner is willing to keep an Ordinary' there; but by the Laws now in Force cannot obtain a Licenfe, an Ordinary and Ferr>' being kept not far from the faid Warehoufe, tho' very inconvenient that a Public Ferrv' at the Place aforefaid, will be of great life and Conveniency to the Inhabitants of the faid Counties; and praying, that an Adl may pafs, to enable him to keep
;

a Public Ferry and Ordinary, at the faid Warehoufe. Refolved, That the faid Petition be rejected. The Order of the Day being read, the Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the

Report from the Committee for Courts of Jtiftice; and the fame was read. And the Report being read a fecond Time, Part thereof was agreed
Houfe, as follows:
Refolved,

to,

by the

Reign of his prefent Majefty, entituled. An Ad to Revive and Continue certain Parts of an Ad, for afcertaining the Fees of certain Officers; and for better fettling the Fees of County Court Clerks, and Sherifs, and of Attorneys, in Caufes depending in the County Courts, to be allowed in the Bill of Cofts; and for fettling the Fee for fumnioning Witneffes in Controverfies depending before the Governor and Council, and afcertaining the Allowances to fuch Witneffes; which will expire at the End of this Seffion of Affembly, be further continued. Refolved, That one other Adl, made in the fame Years, intituled. An Ad to continue which the Ad for making more effectual Provifion again ft Invafions and Infurredions
in the 5th of the
;

That the Adl made

and 6th Years

will expire

March

30, 1736,

be further continued.

Then a Debate arofe, upon the Third Refolution of the faid Committee, That an Adl made in the 5th and 6th Years of His Majefty's Reign, intituled. An Ad for laying a Duty upon Slaves, to be paid by the Buyers; which wiU expire July i, 1736, is fit to
be further continued:

And the
The Houfe

Queftion was put thereupon, that the Hotife do agree to the faid Refolution.

divided,

Yeas

28.

Noes

23.

And

fo

it

was
Refolved in the Affirmative.

Then a Debate
another Adl,

arofe,

made

in

upon the Fotirth Refolution of the faid Committee, That the fame Years, intituled. An Ad for laying a Duty upon Liquors;

which

Jidy 31, 1736, is fit to be further continued: the Queftion was put, That the Houfe do agree to the faid Refolution. Houfe divided. Yeas 25. Noes 25. M^ Speaker Yea. And fo it was

will expire

And

The

Refolved in the Affirmative.

That Leave be given to bring in one or more Bills, for further Continuing the feveral Adls mentioned in the faid Report And that the Committee for Courts of Juftice, do prepare and bring in the fame. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned, 'til To-morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.
Ordered,
:

Word

*** Note, In the Proceedings of Thurfday laft. Lancafter, pleafe to read the Word Nanfemond.

Page

14,

Line

25, inftead of

the

Wednefday,

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IVednefday, September 4, 1734.

and Charles Tomkies, Gent, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill, to dock the Intail of Two Hundred and Fifty Acres of Land, whereof the faid Robert Bernard is feifed in Tail Male, in the Parifh of Petfworth, in the Cotinty of Glocefter, and Vefting the fame in Charles Tomkies; and to fettle Four Himdred Acres of Land, in the Parifh of Kingftone, in the County aforefaid, whereof the faid
Petition of Robert Bernard,

upon the faid Robert Bernard, to the an Agreement fame made between them. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the prayer of the Francis Willis, faid Petition: And that Armiftead, M.^ Martin, and M"" Henry Willis, do prepare and bring in the fame. A Petition of Miles Wills, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; praying, that he may be admitted to keep a Public Ferry over James River, from his own Landing, in Mulberry Ifland, in Warwick County, to Kee's Plantation, in the County of I fie of
is

Charles Tomkies

feifed in Fee, of greater Value,

Ufes, according to

Wight.
Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the Committee to whom it is refer'd to pre pare and bring in a Bill for appointing feveral Ferries, and altering feveral Court-Days, That they have Power to receive a Claufe, for eredling a Ferry, according to the Prayer of the faid Petition. Two Members returned upon new Writs, having taken the Oaths appointed to

be taken, by Adl of Parliament, inftead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, and taken and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, and fubfcribed the Teft, and taken
the Oath of a Burgefs, were admitted to their Places in the Houfe.
plaining of an
in
M'' William Aylett, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; comundue Eledlion and Return of M'' Daniel McCarty, to ferve as a Burgefs this Prefent General Affembly, for the County of Weftmorland. Ordered, That the faid Petition be refer'd to the Confideration of the Committee Privileges and Eledtions; that they do examine the Matter thereof, and report the

Petition of

of

appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. Fantler oy, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; complaining of an undue Eledlion of M'' Daniel Hornby, to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly, for the County of Richmond. Ordered, That the faid Petition be refer'd to the Confideration of the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions; that they do examine the Matter thereof, and report the fame, as it fhall appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. Ordered, That it be an Inftru(5lion to the faid Committee, That they examine all Witneffes touching the Matter of the faid Petitions, in the moft folemn Manner.
fame, as
it

fhall

Petition of M'' William

M"' Attorney General reported, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, That the Committee had had tmder their Confideration, a Grievance of divers Perfons inhabiting near York Town, in the County of York; who complain. That the Inhabitants of that Town keep great Numbers of Horfes, Sheep, and Hogs, which run on the adjacent Lands, to the great Damage of the Owners of thofe Lands And were come to a Refolution to rejed; the faid Grievance; and he read the faid Refolution in his Place, and afterwards deliver'd it in at the Table, where the fame was again read. Whereupon a Debate arofe, and the Queftion was put. That the Houfe do agree
:

to the faid Refolution.

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, of York, aforefaid, from keeping too great a Number of Cattle, Horfes, Robert Boiling, M' Martin, M Francis Willis, Sheep, or Hogs: And that M" Smith, and M'' Armiftead, do prepare and bring in the fame.
Ordered,
of the

paffed in the Negative. to reftain [restrain] the Inhabitants

It

Town

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Claim, from Pritue George County, for Tobacco remaining unpaid of what was of Affembly, by the County of levied to be paid to the faid County, the laft Seffion

Surry:
a Claim, from the faid County of Prince George, for Tobacco remaining unpaid of what was levied to be paid to the faid County, the fame Seffion, by the County of I fie of Wight, were prefented to the Houfe, and read.

And

Ordered,

That the

faid Claims be refer'd to the Confideration of the

fhall

that they do examine appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. M' Robinfon reported, from the Committee for Courts of Juftice, That the Committee have (according to Order) examined the Expence of Executing the A<5t for Amending the Staple of Tobacco, and Preventing Frauds in His Majefty's Cuftoms, as they

Public Claims;

the Matter thereof,

Committee for and report the fame, as it

find the

fame charged

in the

Treaf urer's Accounts

taining the State of the Public Warehoufes, in the Years 1732,

and prepared Two Accounts, conand 1733, and how much

every diftinA
Ordered,
of the Houfe.

Head

of fuch

That the

faid

Expence amounts to; which he prefented to the Houfe. Accounts do lie on the Table, to be perufed by the Members

M' Attorney General reported, from the Committee to whom the Bill to amend the Law in relation to the Efcape of Prifoners committed for Debt, was committed. That the Committee had made an Amendment to the Bill, which they had diredled him to report to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place, and afterwards deliver'd the Bill, with the Amendment, in at the Table, where the faid Amendment was read: And, upon the Queftion put, was difagreed to, by the Houfe. Then a Motion was made, and the Queftion put, That the Bill be re-committed to a Committee of the whole Houfe.
It

paffed in the Negative.

That the Bill be rejedled. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the Committee to whom it is refer'd to prepare and bring in a Bill, further to continue an Adl, made in the 5th and 6th Years of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, intituled. An Ad to Revive and Continue certain Parts of an Ad, for afcertaining the Fees of certain Officers; and for better fettling the Fees of County Court Clerks, and Sheriffs, and of Attornies in Caufes depending in the County Courts, to be allowed in the Bill of Cofts; and for fettling the Fee for fummoning Witneffes in Controverfies depending before the Governor and Council; and afcertaining the AllowRefolved,

ance

to fuch Witneffes, to make fuch Amendments as they fhall find neceffary, for better Regulating and Colledling thofe Fees.

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.

Thurfday, Septemper[ber\

5,

1734.

A
in

fundry Inhabitants of the Upper Part of New-Kent County, and Parts adjacent, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; reprefenting, the great Advantage and Conveniency of the Public Warehoufe, at Chamberlayne's, heretofore called and known by the Name of Peafly's Landing, the County aforefaid and praying, that the fame may be continued fo long as the
;

Petition of

be in Force, for the Infpection of Tobacco. Ordered, That the faid Petition be refer'd to the Confideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe; to whom it is refer'd, to confider of the Heads of a Bill, further to continue and amend the Ad; made in the 3d and 4th Years of His Majefty's Reign, for Amending the Staple of Tobacco, and Preventing Frauds in His Majefty's Cuftoms. A Petition of Anne Freeman, Widow, and Robert Freeman, Son and Heir apparent
fhall

Law

of the faid

apparent

of the faid Elizabeth,

Anne, Elizabeth Shackleford, Widow, and James Shackleford, Son and Heir and Henry Willis, was prefented to the Houfe, and read;
praying.

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be given to bring in a Bill, to dock the Intail of Nine Hundred Acres of Land, with the Appurtenances, in the Parifh of Ware, and County of Gloceper; and of Two Hundred and Fifty Acres of Land, in the Parifh of Hampton, in the County of Elizabeth City; whereof the faid Anne Freeman, and Elizabeth Shackleford, were lately feif'd in Fee-Tail, as Coparceners; and to Veft the fame in the faid Henry Willis, to whom they have convey 'd their Eftate and Intereft therein; and to fettle Two Plantations, a Water Grift-Mill, and Two Thoufand Acres of Land, in the Fork of Rappahanock, in the County of Spotfylvania, and Eight Slaves of greater Value, which the faid Henry Willis is willing to fettle, to the Ufes of the laid [faid] Intail 'd Lands. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that M' Francis Willis, M"' Armiftead, M"^ Auguftine Smith, Mj Hedgman, Sweny, and M"" oilier, do prepare and bring in the fame. A Member return 'd upon a new Writ, having taken the Oaths appointed to be taken by A(5l of Parliament, inftead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, and taken

praying, That Leave

may

and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, and fubfcribed the Teft, and taken the Oath a Burgefs, was admitted to his Place in the Houfe. M"' Eskridge, from the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions, reported. That the Committee had had under their Confideration, the Petition of M'' William Aylett, complaining of an undue Ele(5lion, and Return, of M'' Daniel McCarty, to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly, for the County of Weftmorland. And a Petition of M'' William Fantleroy, complaining of an undue Ele<5lion of M"" Daniel Hornby, to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly, for the County
of of

Richmond.

That the Parties propofe to take the Depofitions of Witneffes in the Country, touching the Right of the faid Eledlions; and that the Committee defire the Direction of
the Houfe therein.
Ordered,

That

it

be an Inftrudlion to the faid Committee, to examine Witneffes

upon the Matter

M.'

of the faid Petitions, refpeAively, viva voce.

Eskridge alfo reported, from the faid Committee, that the Petitioners refpedtive-

ly complain.

That

feveral Perfons

who voted

for the faid M"" Daniel McCarty,

and

M''

Daniel Hornby, refpe(5lively, and were

faid Election,

fwom

to their Freeholds, at the

Time

of the

were not Freeholders: And that the Committee defire the Dire<5tion of the Houfe, whether they fhall hear any Evidence to that Matter. A Debate arofe thereupon, and Part of an Adt made in 4th Year of the Reign of the late Queen Anne, for Regulating the Eledion of Burgeffes, for fettling their Privileges, and for afcertaining their Allowances, was read; and thereupon. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the faid Committee, That they receive no Evidence touching the Freeholds of Perfons who made Oath to their Freeholds before

Time of the faid Eledlions, refpedlively. Then a Motion was made, and the Queftion put, That it be a further Inftrudlion to the faid Committee, that they receive no Evidence touching any Perfon's Freehold, whether fuch Perfon hath made fuch Oath of his being a Freeholder, or not.
the Sheriff, at the
It

paffed in the Negative.

be an Inftrudlion to the faid Committee, That they do diredl the Sherifs of the faid Coimties, refpedlively, to examine fuch Perfons who gave their Vote at either of the faid Eledlions, and were not fwom to their Freeholds, as either Party fhall require, upon Oath; and return their Examinations to the faid Committee. M"' Attorney General prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill for Dividing the Parifh of Henrico; and the fame was receiv'd, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the Accoimts of the Expence of Executing the Adl for Amending the Staple of Tobacco, which were laid before the Houfe Yefterday, be refer'd to the Confideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe; to whom it is refer'd to confider
Ordered,

That

it

of

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of the

Heads

of a Bill, further to

Continue and

Amend

the A<ft

the Staple of Years of His Majefty's Reign, For Amending in His Majefty's Cuftoms. into the faid Committee; and after The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf the Chair; and M-" Attorney General fome Time fpent therein, M^ Speaker refum'd

and 4th Tobacco, and Preventing Frauds

in the 3rd

made

That the Committee had had under their Confideration fome Progrefs therein; but not having Time to the Matter to them refer'd, and made to move, that they may have Leave go thro' the fame, the Committee had diredled him
reported, from the Committee,
to
fit

again.

Houfe will again refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole To-morrow. Houfe, to confider of the Heads of the faid Bill, Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned 'til To-morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.
Refolved,

That

this

Friday, September 6,

1734.

ORdered,

That

M''

Robert Boiling

have

Leave to be abfent from the Service

Houfe, 'til Wednefday next. M'' Attorney General, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievunder their Confideration, a ances reported, That the Committee had had Propofition from the faid Coimty; alfo a Grievance from Nanfemond County, and and were come to feveral Refolutions thereupon which he read in his Place, and afterof the
;

wards deliver'd the Report in at the Table. Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Report be put off 'til To-morrow. The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider of the Heads of a Bill, further to Continue and Amend the AcSt, made in the 3d and 4th Years of His Majefty's Reign, For Amending the Staple of Tobacco, and Preventing Frauds in His Majefty's Cuftoms; and after fome Time fpent therein, M' Speaker refum'd the Chair; and M'' Attorney General, reported from the Committee, That the Committee had had imder their further Confideration the Matter to them refer'd, and made a further Progrefs therein; but not having Time to go thro' the fame, the Committee had diredled him to move that they may have Leave to fit again. Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow, again refolve itfelf into a Committee
of the

whole Houfe, further to confider of the Heads of the faid Bill. Ordered, That M' Simmons have Leave to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe,

Wednefday next. Ordered, That the Accounts of the feveral Infpedlors, which have been already brought in, purfuant to the Addrefs of this Houfe to the Governor, be refer'd to the Confideration of the Committee for Courts of Juftice: That they examine the feveral Articles thereof; and draw up a State of the fame, diftinguifhing how much every and report the fame to the Houfe And, That diftindl Head of Expence amounts to fuch of the faid Accounts as fhall hereafter be brought in, be likewife refer'd to the faid Committee. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned 'til To-morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.
'til
; :

Saturday, September 7,

1734.

retum'd upon a new Writ, having taken the Oaths appointed to be taken by Adl of Parliament, inftead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, and taken and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, and fubfcribed the Teft, and taken the Oath of a Burgefs, was admitted to his Place in the Houfe. A Motion was made. That the Order of the Day, for refolving into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of the Heads of the Tobacco Bill, be put off And thereupon the Queftion was put, and
:

MEMBER

Refolved,

Refolved,
of the

That

this

Houfe

will,

on Monday next, refolve

itfelf

into a

Committee

whole Houfe, further to confider of the Heads of the faid Bill. Petition of George Broach, of King and Queen County, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That being out of the faid County upon urgent Bufmefs when the Court for Proof of Public Claims was appointed to be held, and at the Time of holding the faid Court, he had no Notice thereof; and praying to be allow'd a Claim of Two Hundred Pounds of Tobacco, for taking up a Runaway Servant Man, belonging to Captain Henry Fitzhugh, of Stafford County, which he had proved before a Juftice

of the Peace.

Ordered,

for Public Claims

fhall

That the faid Petition be refer'd to the Confideration of the Committee That they do examine the Matter thereof, and report the fame, as it
:

appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. A Petition of William Ford was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth. That he having been Conftable for the County of James-City, and alfo for the City of Williamsburg, three Years, hath been at great Expence and Lofs of Time, in taking up Runaway Servants and Slaves, and conveying them over the Rivers between which the faid City is fituate, occafioned by bad Weather, and the Diftance which the Conftables live from the other Side of the faid Rivers and praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein, and fuch Allowance for his Lofs of Time, and Charges, as may incourage him for the future to undergo the like Trouble. Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie on the Table, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. M'' Attorney General reported from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, That the Committee had had under their Confideration a Propofition from the Coimties of Henrico and Goochland, and were come to a Ref olution thereupon which he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered the Report in at the Table. Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Report be defer 'd 'til this Day fevennight. M.'' Anderfon reported, from the Committee to whom the Bill to explain and amend an Adt, For reftraining the taking of exceffive Ufury, was committed. That the Committee had made feveral Amendments to the Bill, which they had directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place, and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Table, where the faid Amendments were read, and agreed to, by the Houfe. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. M'' Robinfon prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, for further continuing the Adl, For making more effedual Provifion againft Invafions and Infurredions And the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. M"' Robinfon alfo, according to Order, prefented to the Houfe a Bill, For deftroying
;

Squirrels a}id Crows.

And

the fame

was

received,

and read the

Ordered,

That the

faid Bill be read

firft Time. a fecond Time.

A
and

Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the

That by Reafon of Danger of having their Houfes and Efifedts deftroied That great Numbers of Hogs, Goats, and Sheep, are raifed, and fuffered to go at large, in the faid Town, which are very prejudicial to the faid Inhabitants; and praying. That an Adt may pafs, to prevent the Building any fuch Chimneys for the future; and. That fuch as are
read, reprefenting.
in continual
:

Town of York, was prefented to the Houfe, Wooden Chimneys in the faid Town, they are

already built

may

be pulled

down

in

a reafonable Time after the Paffing thereof; and,

That no Hogs, Goats, or Sheep, be fuffered to go at large in the faid Town. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill according to the Prayer of the faid Petition and that M"' Robinfon do prepare and bring in the fame.
;

M' Attorney General prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill Spotfylvania County; and the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time.

for Dividing

The

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of the Report from The Houfe, according to Order, proceeded to the Confideration made Yefterday; and the fame was the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, viz. follows, read, and agreed unto by the Houfe, as

Nanfeniond County, of the inconvenient have lately fuftained by a Fire Situation of the Clerk's Office, and of a great Lofs they the Records of that County of Part greateft the deftroied in the Clerk's Houfe, which proper Meafures to redrefs taken hath Refolved, That the Secretary of this Colony

Upon a Complaint

of fundr>' Inhabitants of

the faid Grievance, as to the inconvenient Situation of the Clerk's Office. Refolved, That all poffible Relief ought to be given to the Perfons concerned in the Writings, of which the faid Misfortune; and that the Copies of all Deeds, Wills, and other

by the Clerk of the faid County, be again recorded; and that the Clerk of the faid County do take no more for recording the fame, or for the recording any Original Deed, which hath been, or fhall be made, by Occafion of the faid Accident, for fettling the Right or Title of any Perfon or Perfons, than in other Cafes is or fhall be allowed by Law, for a Copy of any fuch Deed, Will, or Writing. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill upon the faid Refolution and that the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances do prepare and bring in the fame. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned 'til Monday Morning Eleven a Clock.
Originals are
loft,

attefted

Monday, September

9,

1734.

MR.

Merriwether prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill for the bet-

Executors of the laft Will and Teftament of Charles Burgefs, Gent, deceafed, to pay his Debts and Legacies; and the fame was received, and read the firft Time.
ter enabling the

That the Bill be read a fecond Time. Three Members, retum'd upon new Writs, having taken the Oaths appointed to be taken by A61 of Parliament, inftead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, and taken and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, and fubfcribed the Teft, and taken the Oath of a Burgefs, were admitted to their Places in the Hoiife. Ordered, That M"' Fitzhugh, and M"' William Robinfon, be added to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances. M' Attorney General reported from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, That the Committee had had under their Confideration a Complaint from Spotfylvania County, That the Ferry at Germana is not well kept by Col. Spotfwood, who agrees, that the Court of the faid County may, for the future, appoint fuch Perfon as they think fit to keep the faid Ferry, or a Ferry over the Rappidan, a.t any other Place on his Land, for a moderate Rent, and under reafonable Reftridions, and were come to a Refolution thereupon; which he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered the Report in at the Table where the fame was again read, and agreed imto by the Houfe, as follows Refolved, That the faid Grievance be refer'd to the Confideration of the next Seffion
Ordered,
;

of Affembly.

Bill, intituled,

for the further

Intereft;

An Ad to make void certain Contrads for the paying excel five Ufury; Difcouragement of the unrighteous Practice of taking more than the lawful and reducing the Rate of Intereft, was read the third Time.
That the Bill do pafs. That M^ Anderfon, and

Refolved,

and

M"- Merriwether, do carry the Bill to the Council, Concurrence. The Queftion being put. That the Order of the Day, for refolving into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of the Governor's Speech, be put off:

Ordered,

defire their

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day fevennight, refolve itfelf into a mittee of the whole Houfe, further to confider the Governor's Speech.

ComThe

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The Houfe, according to Order, refolv'd itfelf into a Committee of the whole Hoiife, to confider further of the Heads of the Tobacco Bill and after fome Time fpent therein, M'' Speaker refum'd the Chair, and M'' Attorney General reported from the Committee, That the Committee had had tmder their further Confideration the Matter to them refer'd, and made a further Progrefs therein; but not having Time to go thro' the fame, the Committee had direcfted him to move that they may have Leave to fit again. Refolved, That this Houfe will To-morrow again refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, further to confider of the Heads of the faid Bill. A Petition of M'' Charles Carter was prefented to the Houfe, and read. Complaining of an undue Eledlion and Return of M'' John Champ, to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly for the County of King George. Ordered, That the faid Petition be refer'd to the Confideration of the Committee of Privileges and Elections; that they do examine the Matter thereof, and report the
;

fame, as

it

fhall

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. 'til To-morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.

Tuefday, September lo, 1734.

to the Houfe, and read; be given to bring in a Bill, to dock the Intail of Two Himdred Acres of Land, whereof the faid Francis Gouldman is feifed in Fee Tail, in the Parifh of St. Anne, in the County of Effex, nigh the Mouth of Occupation Creek, and to veft the fame in James Garnett, in Fee Simple and to fettle Four Hundred Acres of Land, in the Parifh of St. George, in the County of Spoifylvania, whereof the faid James Garnett is feifed in Fee, and a Young Negro Woman,

PETITION

of Francis

Gouldman was prefented

praying. That Leave

may

of greater Value,

which the

faid

James Garnett

is

willing to fettle to the Ufes of the faid

intailed Land.

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill according to the Prayer of the faid and that M'' Mofcoe, Mr Dangerfield, M"' Thacker, Mf Price, M'' Henry Willis, and M' Auguftine Smith, do prepare and bring in the fame. A Petition of fundry Inhabitants, and Owners of Houfes, in Gloucefter, in the Coimty of Gloucefter, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That they are apprehenfive, that great Damage may happen to their Buildings, and Eflfedts, by Reafon of the many Wooden Chimneys in the faid Town and praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein, and fuch Relief as the Houfe thinks fit. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the Committee, to whom it is refer'd to prepare and bring in a Bill to prevent the Building Wooden Chimneys in the Town of York, and for pulling down fuch as are already built. That they have Power to receive a Claufe, to prohibit the Building Wooden Chimneys in the Town of Gloucefter; and for pulling down fuch as are already built in the faid Town. A Bill for Dividing Spotfylvania Coimty, was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be Ingroffed. The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, further to confider of the Heads of the Tobacco Bill and after fome Time fpent therein, M"' Speaker refum'd the Chair, and M'' Attorney General reported from the Committee, That the Committee had had under their further Confideration the Matter to them refer'd; and made a further Progrefs therein; but not having Time to go thro' the fame, the Committee had diredled him to move for Leave to fit again. Refolved, That this Houfe will To-morrow again refohe itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, further to confider of the Heads of the faid Bill. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the Committee for Courts of Juftice, That they do difpatch their Report upon the Infpedlors Accounts to them refer'd, as foon as poffiOrdered,
Petition;
; ;

ble.

M'

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indired and unwarrantable M' Attorney General inform'd the Houfe, That feveral had been made upon one Methods had been made ufe of, and fome unjuft Refledtions New-Kent, in order to procure Subfcriptions of the Reprefentatives of the County of upper Part of the faid County of New-Kent, the of to the Petition of fundry Inhabitants and Parts adjacent, in Relation to the Public Warehoufe at Chamberlayne's, refer'd to laft, as the faid the Confideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, on Thurfday

Committee had been informed. Ordered, That a Committee be appointed, to enquire, by what Methods the faid Subfcriptions were procured to the faid Petition; and that they report the Matter as
it

fhall

appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. And a Committee was appointed accordingly, of the following Perfons:
M""

Attorney General,
M-M--

W Merriwether,
M' Anderfon, M' Baffet,

Bacon, Randolph, and

M' John Robinfon. And they are to have Power to fend for Perfons, and Papers, for their Information. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned 'til To-morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.

fFednefday, September ii,

1734

taken by Adl of Parliament, infteadof the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, and taken and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, and fubfcribed the Teft, and taken the Oath of a Burgefs, was admitted to his Place in the Houfe. A Petition of the Veftry of Elizabeth-River Parifh, in the County of Norfolk, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That they have purchafed a very convenient Tra6t of Land, containing One Hundred and Seventy Two Acres, whereon all Conveniences are already eredled; and praying. That an A(5l may pafs, to declare the fame to be a f ufficient Glebe for the faid Parifh and to impower the Veftry of the faid Parifh to difpof e of the old Glebe and that the Money arifmg from the Sale thereof, may be applied by the faid Veftry to the Ufe of the faid Parifh. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill according to the Prayer of the faid Petition; and that M"' Bonfh, M'' Wilfon, M"' Walke, M'' Land, M"" Mead, M"" Braxton, and M' Whitehead, do prepare and bring in the fame. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the Perfons appointed to prepare and bring in the faid Bill, That they have Power to receive a Claufe, to impower the Veftry of the Parifh of St. Stephen, in the County of King and Queen, to fell their old Glebe, and to apply the Money arifmg by the Sale thereof, to fuch Parochial Ufes as the faid Veftry
;
;

Member

return 'd upon a

new

Writ, having taken the Oaths appointed to be

fhall think

fit.

impower the Veftry of the Parifh of St. John, in the County of King-William, to difpofe of Part of their old Glebe, and to apply the Money arifmg by the Sale thereof, towards the purchafmg a better and more convenient Glebe. A Motion was made, That an Allowance be made to the Reprefentatives of the County of Acconiack, for croffmg the Bay, in order to attend the General Affembly, at the laft Prorogation, having had no Notice thereof; and, after a Debate, the Queftion was put thereupon.
Alfo a Claufe, to

Refolved in the Affirmative.

be an Inftruftion to the Committee for Public Claims, to make the fame Allowance to the faid Reprefentatives, as is allowed by Law for Sloop-hire, and for coming to, and returning from, the General Affembly.
Ordered,
it

That

M-- Attorney General reported, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, That the Committee had had under their Confideration, a Propofition from the Coimties of Caroline, and King-George, for appointing a Public Ferry, from Roy's Warehoufe,

a-crofs

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a-crofs Rappahannock, to Gib fan's, and were of Opinion that the fame was reafonable and he read the Report in his Place, and afterwards deUvered it in at the Table, where the fame was again read, and agreed unto by the Houfe. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudtion to the Committee, to whom it is refer'd, to prepare and bring in a Bill, for Appointing feveral Ferries, and Altering feveral Court Days, that they have Power to receive a Claufe, for fettling a Ferry, according to the

faid Report.

A Petition of Patrick Fergufon, Affignee of Richard Stace, Affignee of Malichi Comeing, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth. That the faid Comeing had Three Hogfheads of Tobacco burnt in the Public Warehoufe at Falmouth; and prayHoufe therein. That the faid Petition be refer'd to the Confideration of the Committee for Public Claims that they do examine the Matter thereof, and report the fame, as it fhall appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. M'' Attorney General inform'd the Houfe, That Col. Spotfwood had been charged with the Paiment of 400 lb. Tobacco, in the laft Public Levy, for taking up two Rtmaway Slaves, which belonged to Mrs. Mary Harrifon, deceafed, the Widow of the late Col. Nathaniel Harrifon, as appears by an Affidavit, which he delivered in at the Table. Ordered, That the faid Claim be refer'd to the Confideration of the Committee for Public Claims; and that they give Credit to Col. Spotfwood, for the faid 400 lb. of Tobacco, and charge the fame to the Executors of the faid Mrs. Harrifon, if to them it feems
ing the Confideration of the
Ordered,
;

reafonable.

Bill, intituled,

An Ad for Dividing Spotfylvania

County, was read the third Time.

That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"" Henry Willis do carry the
Refolved,

Bill to the Council,

and

defire their

Concurrence.

The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, further to confider of the Heads of the Tobacco Bill; and after fome Time fpent therein, M' Speaker refum'd the Chair, and M'' Attorney General reported from the Committee, That the Committee had had under their further Confideration the Matter to them refer'd; and made a further Progrefs therein; but not having Time to go thro' the fame, the Committee had diredled him to move for Leave to lit again. Refolved, That this Houfe will To-morrow again refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, further to confider of the Heads of the faid Bill. Ordered, That M"' Daniel McCarty, and M"' Hornby, have Leave to be abfent from
the Service of the Houfe
Ordered,
'til Wednefday next. That the Houfe be adjourned 'til To-morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.

Thurfday, September 12, 1734.

For Deftroying Squirrels and Crows, was read the fecond Time, and Amendments were made to the Bill, at the Table. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. A Bill, For the better enabling the Executors of the Laft Will and Teftament of Charles Burgefs, Gent, deceafed, to pay his Debts and Legacies, was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. A Bill, For further continuing the Ad, For making more effedual Provifion again ft Invafions and Infurredions, was read the fecond Time; and an Amendment was made

Bill,

feveral

to the

Bill,

at the Table.

the

with the Amendment, be ingroffed. M'' Francis Willis prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, For Docking Entail of certain Lands in the Counties of Gloucefter, and Elizabeth-City, and vefting
Ordered,

That the

Bill,

the

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the

fame in Henry

Willis, in

Fee Simple; and

for fettling other

fcveral Slaves, to the

the

fame Ufes; and the fame was Bill be read a fecond Time. the That Ordered, M' Attorney General prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, To amend Laws now in Force, for the more fpeedy and eafy Recovery of fmall Debts. And the
received,
received,

Lands and Tenements, and and read the firft Time.

and read the firft Time. Bill be read a fecond Time. the That Ordered, M' John Robinfon, from the Committee for Courts of Juftice, reported. That the Committee have, according to Order, examined the feveral Infpedlors Accounts, that have hitherto been brought in, and drawn up a State thereof; and he delivered the Report
fame was
in at the Table.

That the faid Report be refer'd to the Confideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe to whom it is refer'd, to confider of the Heads of a Bill, Further to continue and amend the Ad made in the Third and Fourth Years of His Majefty's Reign, For Amending the Staple of Tobacco, and Preventmg Frauds in His Majefty's Cuftoms. A Petition of Thomas Dick fon, Serjeant of the Court of Huftings, for the City of Williamsburg, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth. That the faid City is fituate in the Counties of York, and James-City; and the faid Court of Huftings, and the Magiftrates of the City, are impowered to imprifon Offenders within the City, as the Juftices of Peace of the faid County ufed to do; whereby the Serjeant is oblig'd to maintain fuch Prifoners, and ought to receive his Fees, to be paid by the Counties; but the faid Coimty Courts have ref ufed to allow the Petitioner any Thing and prayOrdered,
;

ing Relief therein.

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the Prayer of the faid and that M'' Attorney General, and M"' Blair, do prepare and bring in the fame. The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of the Heads of the Tobacco Bill; and after fome Time fpent therein, M' Speaker refum'd the Chair, and M"' Attorney General reported, from the Committee, That the Committee had had under their further Confideration the Matter to them refer'd, and made a further Progrefs therein; but not having Time to go through the fame, the Committee had diredled him to move for Leave fto fit again. Refolved, That this Houfe will. To-morrow, again refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of the Heads of the Tobacco Bill. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned 'til To-morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.
Ordered,
;

Petition

Friday, September 13,

1734.
Ad, For making more was read the third Time.
Bill to

A
A
Time.

Bill, intituled,

An Ad

for further continuing the

effedual

Provifion againft Invafions and Infurredions,

Refolved,

Ordered,
their Concurrence.

That the Bill do pafs. That M-- John Robinfon do carry the

the Council,

and

defu-e

BUI, intituled.

An Ad

for Deftroying Squirrels

and Crows, was read the third

Refolved,

Ordered,
currence.

That the Bill do pafs. That M' Conway do carr>' the

Bills to the Council,

and

defire their

Con-

Elizabeth-City,

For Docking the Entail of certain Lands, in the Counties of Gloucefter, and and vefting the fame in Henry Willis, in Fee Simple; and for fettling other Lands and Tenements, and feveral Slaves, to the fame Ufes, was read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be committed to the Committee who prepared it; that they do examine the Allegations thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall appear to them, to
Bill,

the Houfe.

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To Amend the Laws now in Force, for the more fpeedy and eafy Recovery of was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be committed to the Committee who prepared it. The Houfe, according to Order, refolv'd itfelf into a Committee of the whole Hotife, further to confider of the Heads of the Tobacco Bill; and after fome Time fpent therein, M^ Speaker refum'd the Chair and M"- Attorney General reported, from the Committee, That the Committee had had under their further Confideration the Matter to them refer'd, and made a further Progrefs therein; but not having Time to go through the fame, the Committee had diredled him to move for Leave to lit again. Refolved, That this Houfe will again, To-morrow, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider ftirther of the Heads of the Tobacco Bill. A Meffage from the Council, by M'' Robertfon: That they have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Adl for the more eafy Trial of Criminals before Juftices of Oyer and Terminer; to which they delire the Concurrence of this
Bill,

fntall Debts,

Houfe.
Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning Eleven a

Clock.

Saturday, September 14, 1734.

MR.

Francis Willis prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, To veft certain entailed Lands, with the Appurtenances therein mentioned, in Charles Tomkies, Gent, in Fee Simple; and for fettling other Lands, of greater Value,
to the

fame Ufes. And the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. An Ingroffed Bill, from the Council, intituled, An Ad for the more eafy Trial of Criminals before Juftices of Oyer and Terminer, was read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. M"^ Attorney General inform'd the Houfe, from the Committee to whom it was refer'd, to enquire into the Method that was taken to procure Subfcriptions to the Petition prefented to the Houfe, for keeping up Chamberlayne's Warehoufe, That one Thomas Underwood was a material Witnefs to the Matter, and had Notice left at his Houfe to attend the Committee; but that he keeps himfelf conceal'd, fo that the Order of the Committee cannot be ferv'd perfonally upon him. Ordered, That the faid Thomas Underwood be fent for, in Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms, to be examined before the faid Committee, upon the Matter to them refer'd. M' Francis Willis reported, from the Committee, to whom the Bill, For Docking Entail the of certain Lands in the Counties of Gloucefter, and Elizabeth-City, and vefting the fame in Henry Willis, in Fee Simple; and for fettling other Lands and Tenements, and feveral Slaves, to the fame Ufes, was committed, That the Committee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the Committee had gone thro' the Bill and had dire(fted him to report the fame to the Houfe, without any Amendment; and he delivered the Bill in at the Table. Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. A Motion was made, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, For the better DireAion
;

of Officers

in the Sale of Goods, or other Things, taken in Execution, or Diftrained for Rent.

Ordered,

That Leave be given to bring

in a Bill according to the faid Motion;

and

that M"' Conway, M'' Hedgman, M'' Fitzhugh,

and

M''

Braxton, do prepare and bring in the

fame.

A Claim of William Ford, in Behalf of himfelf, and others, by him impreffed to guard the Country Goal, by Order of the General Court, was prefented to the Houfe,
and read.
Ordered,

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Claim be refer'd to the Confideration of the Committee for Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it Public Claims; that they do examine the to the Houfe. thereupon, Opinion fhall appear to them, with their
Ordered,

That the

faid

Petition of

John

Carter,

and Charles

Carter, Efqrs.

and

Prifcilla Carter,

Widow,

read; fetting

was prefented to the Houfe, and Relia of Robert Carter the Younger, Efq; deceafed, Efq; deceafed, did, by his forth. That Robert Carter, late of Corotoman,
Laft'will

and Teftament, devife to his Son, the faid Robert Carter, Jun. divers great and great Number of Slaves; but valuable Trads of Land, with the Appurtenances, and a his Father, the Right of all the the faid Robert Carter, Jun. dying in the Life Time of
Lands devifed to him by the Limitations of the faid Teftator's Will, are vefted in the faid John Carter, eldeft Son and Heir faid Charles Carter, and the Slaves defcend to the whereby the faid Widow, and her of of the faid Teftator, as a real Eftate undifpofed after the Death of his faid Son, Teftator, faid the Yet, for unprovided Children, remain
;
:

having declared what he intended to do for the faid Widow and Children, the Petitioners are willing, that the faid Teftators' Declaration of his Will, fhould be fulfilled, which cannot be done without the Affiftance of the Legiflature; and praying, That Leave
be given to bring in a Bill, to provide for the faid Widow, and her Children, according to the Defign and Intention of the faid Teftator. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill according to the Prayer of the faid Petition; and that M' Conway do prepare and bring in the fame.

may

The Houfe, according

to Order, proceeded to the Confideration of the Report

from

the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, made on Saturday laft, upon a Propofition from the Coimties of Henrico and Goochland, for fettling a Town at Warwick, on the Land of Thmnas Howlett, on the South Side of yam^5-River, in the faid County of Henrico; and the fame was read: And thereupon, Refolved, That the faid Propofition be refer'd to the Confideration of the next Seffion
of Affembly.

The Houfe, according to Order, refolv'd itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, further to confider of the Heads of the Tobacco Bill and after fome Time fpent therein, M"" Speaker refum'd the Chair, and M'' Attorney General reported, from the Committee, That the Committee had had under their further Confideration the Matter to them refer'd, and made a further Progrefs therein; but not having Time to go through the fame, the Committee had diredled him to move for Leave to fit again. Refolved, That this Houfe will again, on Monday next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of the Heads of the Tobacco Bill. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned 'til Monday Morning Eleven a Clock.
;

Monday, September i6, 1734.

A
wick,

Petition of the late Veftry of

Hanover Parifh,

in the

was prefented
laft

to

the Houfe,

and read

fetting forth,

County of King George, That by an Adl of the

who

for altering the Parifhes in the faid County, the Glebe of the faid Parifh was to be fold by the Veftry of the Parifh of Brunfwere to keep in their Hands their Proportion of what it fhould be fold for,

Seffion of Affembly,

Number of Tithables in that Parifh, before the Parifh of Hanover was and the Refidue was to be paid to the prefent Parifhes of Hanover, and Hamilton. That about Three Hundred and Sixty Tithables are taken into the Parifh of Hanover, from the diffolved Parifh of Sittenburn, who never paid any Thing towards Buying the faid Glebe, or Building thereon; and that there were hardly Twenty Tithables in that Part of Hanover Parifh which is now taken into the Parifh of Hambleton; and the greateft Part of them, at the Time of purchafmg the faid Glebe, and making the Improvements upon the fame, had not fufficient to pay their Levies; but are now increafed to near Two Hundred and Fifty That the faid Glebe, and Improvements, have been fold for Two Hundred and Fifty Five Pounds current Money, of which the Inhabitants
according to the
divided;
:

of

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of thofe Parts of the faid Parifhes claim their Proportion;

tion of the

in

and praying the ConfideraHoufe therein, and fuch Relief as the Houfe fhall think fit. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the Perfons, appointed to prepare and bring Bill, For Selling feveral Glebes, That they have Power to receive a Claufe, or Claufes, a

for Relief of the Petitioners, according to the prayer of the faid Petition.

Bill, intituled.

An Ad for the better enabling

to

the Executors of the Laft

tament of Charles Burgefs, Gent, deceafed,

third Time.
Refolved,

pay

his Debts,

Will and Tefand Legacies, was read the

That the Bill do pafs. That M'' Martin do carry the Bill to the Council, and defire their Concurrence. A Bill, intituled. An Ad for Docking the Entail of certain Lands in the Counties of Gloucefter, and Elizabeth-City, and vefting the fame in Henry Willis, in Fee Simple; and for fettling other Lands and Tenements, and feveral Slaves, to the fame Ufes, was read
Ordered,

the third Time.

Refolved,

Ordered,

That the Bill do pafs. That M"" Francis Willis do carry the

Bill to the Council,

and

defire their

Concurrence.
put, That the Order of the Day, for refolving into a Committee whole Hoxife, further to coniider the Governor's Speech, be put off Refolved, That this Hoiofe will, upon this Day fevennight, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, further to confider the Governor's Speech.
of the
M''

The Queftion being

Attorney General prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a

Bill,

For appointreceived,

ing feveral

new

Ferries,

and

altering feveral Court Days.

And

the fame

was

and read the

Ordered, Ordered,

firft

Time.

That the Bill be read a fecond Time. That the State of the Accounts of the Expence of Executing the Tobacco Law, for the Three Years the fame has fubfifted, be printed. A Bill, To veft certain Entailed Lands, with the Appurtenances therein mentioned, in Charles Tomkies, Gent, in Fee Simple; and for fettling other Lands, of greater Value, to the fame Ufes, was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Committee; that they do examine the Allegations thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall appear to them, to the Houfe. And a Committee was appointed accordingly, of the following Perfons M"' Francis Willis, Thacker, and M'' Price. Armiftead, The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, further to confider of the Heads of the Tobacco Bill; and after fome Time fpent therein, M'' Speaker refum'd the Chair, and M"" Attorney General reported from the Committee, That the Committee had had under their further Confideration, and gone through, the Matter to them refer'd; and were come to feveral Refolutions thereupon, which they had directed him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned 'til To-morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.

Tuefday, September 17,

1734.
Heads
of a Bill,

MR.
read.

Attorney General, according to Order, reported, from the Committee of

the whole Houfe, to
Fiirther to continue

whom

it

was

refer'd to confider of the

and amend the Ad made in the Third and Fourth Years of His Majefty's Reign, For Amending the Staple of Tobacco, and preventing Frauds in His Majefty's Cuftoms, the Refolutions they had diredled him to report to the Houfe; and he delivered the Refolutions in at the Table, where the fame were

And
of the

the

firft

of the faid Refolutions

Inhabitants of the County of

was read a fecond Time And Two Petitions Prince-George, for keeping up Powers-Creek Ware:

houfe, were alfo read.

Then

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with fome Amendments, agreed Then the faid Refolutions were read through, and, unto by the Houfe, as follows
Refolved,

THat
New-Kent.

the following Public Warehoufes be repeal 'd, To-wit, Brandon, MumWarwick fqueak, Powel's Creek, and Chamberlayne's; and that in ford'?,, the Room of PoweVs Creek Warehoufe, a new Warehoufe be eredled at M--

Raven fcroft's, in the County of Prince-George; and in the Room of ChamRichard Littlepage's, in the County of berlayne's, another Warehoufe to be eredted at

That the Public Warehoufes, at Shockoe's, in the County of Henrico, at Marlborough, in the County of Stafford, and Pohick, in the County of Prince-William, be repealed, after the loth Day of November, in the Year 1735, and that other Warehoufes be built In the Room of Shoccoe's, upon the Land of Wiltfhire Marrin, in the County of Henrico, now in the Occupation of one Wilkin fon; and inftead of Marlborough, at the moft convenient Place at or near the Head of Acquia, in the County of Stafford; and inftead of Pohick, at fome more convenient Place, to be appointed; and that the Rents for the faid Warehoufes to be repealed, be paid for the enfuing Year, as follows, To wit, Shockoe's at Thirty Five Pounds, Marlborough at Six Poimds, Pohick
Refolved,
:

at Five Pounds.

That the following Public Warehoufes, before eftablifhed under different Infpedions, be now united imder one Infpedlion; To wit, Princefs-Anne and Norfolk, Naffawaddox and Pungoteague, Hunger's and Cherry ftone's, Pitts's and Guilford's, Hogg-Neck and Taskanask and that the Warehoufe at Roy's, in the County of Caroline, and the Warehoiifes at Gibfon's, in the County of King-George, heretofore imder one Infpedlion, be hereafter under two Infpedlions. Refolved, That the Rents of the Public Warehoufes heretofore fettled by Commiffioners, and the Rents of the Warehoufes hereafter to be built, be reduced to, and fettled at,
Refolved,
;

the following Rates, per

Annum,
1.

viz.
1. 1.

Warwick,
Col. Boiling's at

20

Turky-Ifland,
M.'^

10

Soans's,

10

Appo-

20

mattox,

Ravenfcroft's, 10 Bermuda Hundred, ... 10

Cabbin-Point,
Swiniard's,

Grey's-Creek,

6
15 15

Wainwright's,
Lawrence's,
Sleepy-Hole,

John

Boiling's, over
it,

20
10

againft

10
25
15
15

Conftance's,

10
7

Mantapike,
Quarles's,
Aylett's,

10
6

Frederick fburg,

Norfolk
Princefs-Anne,

Falmouth,
Wiccocomico,

Hampton,
Roe's,

4 6
10
8

20 20
15
7 7 5

Todd's,

Coan,
Yeocomico,

10
15 15

Kemp's
Corotoman,
Davis's,

Denbigh,
York,
Gloucefter Town,

Nominy,
Mattox,
Boyd's-Hole,

10
15 15
7

10

Urbanna,
Deep-Creek,
Indian-Creek,
Glafcock's
Bowler's,

18
15

Deacon' s-Neck,
Poropotank,
Capitol Landing
College Landing,

10 10 10
5

Acquia,
Quantico,

10
in-

10
10
7 5

The new Warehoufe

ftead of Pohick,

....

10
5

Taskanask,

Hobb's-Hole,
Totaskey,
Nailor's,

10
10
10 10
15
12 15

Hunting-Creek,
Pungoteague,

Hog-Neck,
Williams's,
Littlepage's,

10
5 5 5 5 5

10
15

Naffwaddox,
Hunger's,
Pitts's,

Bray's,
Layton's,

Merriwether's,
Page's,

10

50
25
12

Conway's,
Roy's,
Gibfon's,

Cherryftones,
Guilford's,

Wilkin fan's
Shepherd's

10
Refolved,

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Refolved,

That where any

Room for

the Receiving of Tobacco, or Prizes, or Wharfs,

County Courts, refpeclively, fhall order the fame to be built and ere(5led by the Owners of fuch Warehoufes; and if they refufe to do it, it fhall be done at the Charge of the County; and the Juftices of fuch County fhall receive a proportionable Part of the Rent and if any Difference fhall arife between them, the fame fhall be determined by Appeal to the Governor and Coimcil: And if there fhall be an immediate Occafion to hire Houfes, before the fame can be built, the Charge of hiring Houfes fhall be bom by the County wherein fuch Warehoufes lie. Refolved, That in all Places, where the Public Warehoufes have been built at the Charge of any County, upon the Lands of private People, and where Lands have been taken away, and built upon by other private Perfons, the Proprietor fhall be reftored to his former Right, and receive the Rents hereafter; after he fhall reimburfe the County, or other private Builder, fo much as remains unfatisfied of the Expenfe of fuch
or Repairs, fhall hereafter be wanting, the
;

Buildings.

Refolved,

Annum, be not
herein after

That the Infpedlors Salaries, which do not exceed Thirty Pounds per leffened and that the Salaries of Infpedlors, at the feveral Warehoufes mentioned, be fettled at the Rates following, per Annum, viz.
;

1.

1.

At Shockoe's, while that

Warehoiafe continues and afterwards at
Wilkinfon's, to each
Infpedlor,

Bermuda,
Turky-Ifland,
Cabhin-Point,
Swiniard's,

40

Soans's,

Warwick, Appmnatox, Taskanask,

Williams's,
Litilepage's,

40 40

Wainwright's,
Lawrence's,
Sleepy-Hole,
Layton's,

& Hog-Neck,

35 30 35 35

Conway's,
Roy's,
Gibfon's,

Shepherd's,

Mantapike,
Aylett's,

Todd's,

35 40 40
35

Frederickfburg,

Falmouth,
Wiccocomico,

Kemp's, Corotoman, and Davis's,

Hobbs's-Hole,
Nailor's,

35 35 35
35

Yeocomoco,
Mattox,
Boyd's-Hole,

Bray's,

Marlborough, and
built in the

the

New Warehoufe to be Room of

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Warehoufe, in Prince-George; Mattox's Notes, in Stafford; Cabbin-Point in Northumberland; Falmouth Notes, in Notes, in Prince-George; Yeocomico Notes, Merriwether's, in King-William; Princefs-Anne, and Stafford; Notes of Page's, and in Prince-William County 'Notes, in either County: Except alfo, That Notes
Boiling's
AVr/o//b
fliall

not pay Levies in the

new County

of Orange.

And if old Infpedors Notes fhall be tender'd, next Year, in Paiment of Levies, the old Transfer Notes fhall ColleAor fhall dedudl 4 per Cent, but after the enfuing Year, no Levying Conveniency, in the about Difputes And for fettling pafs in any Paiments.
County
Levies,
Refolved,

That no County

with Conveniency, fhall for Conveniency. Refolved, That the owners of

by Law or Contrad; are to be paid the Allowance fettled by Law with People, the on be levied
Credits, but fuch as
all

and the Infpedors Tobacco, over and above the Five Shillings for Infpecftion. Refolved, For preventing of Frauds in fhipping off, or carrying by Land into another Province, Tobacco that has not paffed an Infpe(5tion, That the following Provifions be

fhall receive Six

Crop Tobacco fhall find Nails for their own Tobacco; Pence a Hogfhead of the Owners of all Transfer

made, viz. That no Tobacco fhall be bought or fold, but by Infpedtors Notes, under a Penalty both upon the Buyer and Seller. That a Penalty be laid on Perfons carrying Tobacco by Land into North-Carolina, and the Penalty, for carrying Tobacco over the River Potowmack to Maryland, be leffened, and laid upon the Owner, as well as the Perfon carrying the fame. That no Tobacco fhall be carried by Water, to be infpedled, out of the Diftrid; where the fame was made, imder a Penalty. That any Juftice of Peace, who fhall know, or be inform'd of, any Package of ToWeight, made up for Shipping off, fhall have bacco, of lefs than Power to enter any fufpedted Houfe, by Night or by Day; and to fearch for, and finding any fuch Package, to feife and deftroy the fame And moreover, the Perfon, in whofe Poffeffion the fame fhall be found, fhall be liable to a Penalty. Refolved, For the Eafe of Shipping and Navigation, That that Part of the Law, which obliges Mafters of Ships to pay Four Shillings per Hogfhead, for Tobacco put on board their Ships and the Prohibition upon Mafters of Ships to fetch Tobacco from the
:
;

Planters Houfes, be repealed.

Refolved,

For the better Diredtion

of the feveral Infpedlors in the

Execution of

their Office, the following Rules be eftablifhed, viz.

That the faid Infpedlors fhall deliver out any light Hogf heads, or Parcels of Tobacco, not being ftamp'd, to the owner of any of their Notes, which he may carry away, for the better forting or ftemming the fame, paying for the Infpedlion, after the Rate of Five Shillings for ever}' 800 Weight, and fo in Proportion for a greater or lefs Quantity; but fuch Tobacco fhall not be fhipped before it be again infpedted, under the Penalties in the former Laws; and the Shipper fhall pay the Fee for the fecond Infpedtion.

That the Owner of any Transfer Notes may, at any Time, receive Hogfheads of Tobacco, in Satisfadion of fuch Notes; and the Infpedlors fhall take in the faid Transfer Notes, and deliver new Crop Notes for fuch Hogfheads, the Owner paying Two Shillings down per Hogfhead, befides Six Pence for the Nails; and the Infpedlors fhall afterwards be anfwerable for the fafe keeping of fuch Tobacco, as they are for Crops. That the Infpedlors fhall fell all Transfer Tobacco, which fhall not be fo receiv'd, and mark'd, before the County Court, which fhall be held Yearly, in the Month of
September, in the

Court; and fhall

County where fuch Tobacco lies, by public Audlion, at fuch County pay the Money, arifing from fuch Sale, to the Proprietors of fuch To-

bacco refpedlively.

That all Infpedlors, when required, fhall be obliged to prize any Hogfhead under 800 lb. Nett, fo as to make it up that Weight; and fhall receive for the fame as for Transfer Tobacco, making likewife the ufual Dedudlions for what fhall be priz'd in.

That

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That where the Owner

allowed one

of

Month

for doing

it

any Tobacco fhall be willing to pick the fame, he fhall be and after that Time, the Infpedlors fhall be at Liberty
;

except Tobacco in a Sweat; having Regard, neverthelefs, to the Circumto ftances and Accidents of Weather: But if any Perfon fhall refufe to pick his Tobacco, it fhall be immediately burnt: And when any Tobacco fhaU be pick'd, the Trafh taken
it,

bum

out fhall be burnt by the Infpedlors, the fame Day, under a Penalty.

Crop Tobacco fhaU be view'd, when receiv'd out of any Warehoufe, if the Owner thereof fhaU require it. And, That one Infpedlor fhall attend conftantly, from the laft of June, 'til the County Court to be held Yearly, in September, in the Coimty where the refpedtive Warehoufes lie, to deliver out Tobacco; and where Two Houfes are under one Infpe(5lion, One of them fhall attend thofe Houfes alternately. And for the Redreffing of Complaints againft Infpe(5lors, Refolved, That any Three Juftices of the Peace, not being Infpedlors, at any Warehoufe, whereof Two fhall be of the Quorum, fhaU have Power to hear any Complaints againft any Infpedlor within their County to viQt the Warehoufes under their Infpedlion

That

all

and to take the Depofitions of Witneffes upon the Matter of Complaint on both Sides for which Purpofe, the Clerk of the County, or fome fufficient Perfon appointed by him, fhall attend them, to be paid for fuch Service by the County; and fuch Depofitions fhall be tranfmitted, with the Matter of Complaint, to the Governor and Council. Refolved, That where any Houfes fhall be built hereafter by any Landlords, whereby they may be Sufferers, at the Rents now fettled, their Cafe fhall be referved to the Conrefpedlively, for their better Information;
;

fideration of the next Seffion of Affembly.

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, purfuant to the faid Refolutions; and that the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances do prepare and bring in the

fame.
Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjoum'd

'til

To-morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.

fFednejday, September i8, 1734.

For Dividing the Parifh of Henrico, was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Committee. And a Committee was appointed accordingly, of the following Perfons M'' Randolph, My Fleming, M"" Simmons, and M"" Grey. A Petition of the Veftrymen of the Parifhes of Newport, and Warwick fqueak, in the County of I fie of Wight, refer 'd from the Coimcil to the Confideration of the Houfe, was read; fetting forth. That the faid Parifhes are, in Length, upwards of Sixty Miles; and the Glebes, where the Minifters refide, are fituate in the lower Parts of the fame, whereby the upper Inhabitants are deprived of the Benefit of Public Worfhip; and praying. That thofe Parts of the faid Parifhes of Newport, and Warwick fqueak, which lie on the South Side of Blackwater Swamp, may be eredled into one Parifh; and thofe other Parts of the faid Parifhes, which lie on the North Side of the faid Swamp, may be likewife eredled into one other diftindl Parifh. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the Committee, to whom the Bill, For Dividing the Parifh of Henrico, is committed. That they have Power to receive a Claufe, or Claufes, for fettling the Bounds of the faid Parifhes of Newport, and Warwick fqueak, according to the Prayer of the faid Petition. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the Committee, to whom it is refer'd to prepare and bring in a Bill, Further to continue and amend an Ad made in the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, intituled, An Ad to revive and continue certain Parts of an Ad, for afcertaining the Fees of certain Officers; and for the better
Bill,

fettling

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Attornies, in Caufes dependFees of County Court Clerks, and Sheriffs; and of in the Bill of Cofts; and for fettling the Fee for ing in the County Courts, to be allowed the Governor and Council; and Summoning Witneffes in Controverfks depending before Power to receive a Claufe, have they That the Allowance to fuch Witneffes,
fettling the

afcertaining

and fettling Surveyors Fees. Bill, To veft certain Francis Willis reported, That the Committee, to whom the in Charles Tomkies, Gent, mentioned, therein Appurtenances Entailed Lands, with the to the Value, fame greater Ufes; was comLands, of in Fee Simple; and for fettling other fame found the to be true; and and mitted, had examined the Allegations of the Bill,
or Claufes,

For

the better regulating

had gone thro' the Bill, and had directed him to report the fame delivered the Bill in at the Table. to the Houfe, without any Amendment and he Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. M' Attorney General reported, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, That the Committee had had under their Confideration, a Propofition of fundry Inhabitants of the County of Prince-George, for a Divifion of the faid County; and alfo two Petitions of divers others of the faid Inhabitants, againft fuch Divifion And a Propthe faid Parifh, and were ofition of the Inhabitants of Briftol Parifh, for a Divifion of his place, and afterwards delivered read in he which come to a Refolution thereupon; Amendment, agreed unto in at the Table where the fame was again read, and, with an
that the Committee
; :
;

and that Part of the faid Parifh which lies in the fame, be divided, from the Mouth of Namozine Creek, up the fame to the Main (or John Hamlin's) Fork of the faid Creek thence up the South, or loweft Branch, to White-Oak Hunting Path; and thence, by a South Courfe, to ftrike Nottoway River:
;

by the Houfe, as followeth, viz. Refolved, That the faid County,

And
tin(5l

that

all

that Part of the faid County, below thofe Courfes, be hereafter one dif-

County, and Parifh: And all that Territory of Land, above the faid Courfes, bounded Southerly by Great-Nottoway River, (which will include Part of the County of Brunfwick, and Parifh of St. Andrew,) fo far as to take the Ridges between Roanoak and Appamatox Rivers; and thence, up that Ridge, to the Great Mountains; and Wefterly, by the faid Mountains; and Northerly, by the Southern Bounderies of Henrico and Goochland Counties, be erected into one other diftinft County, and Parifh. Ordered, That a Bill be brought in, purfuant to the faid Refolution; and that the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances do prepare and bring in the fame. M"" Lawrence Smith prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, To reftrain the Inhabitants of the Town of York, from keeping too large a Number of Cattle, and Horfes. And the fame was received, and read the firft Time.

And
and
the fame

a Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the faid

Town was prefented

Bill
;

to the Houfe,

read, fuggefting feveral

Reafons againft paffmg the faid

and praying. That

may

not pafs.

That the faid Bill be read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Petition be taken into Confideration, at the fecond Reading
Ordered,
of the faid Bill.

An Ingroffed Bill from the Council, intituled, An Ad for the more eafy Trial of Criminals before Juftices of Oyer and Terminer, was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be committed to a Committee of the whole Houfe.
That this Houfe do immediately refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the faid Bill, and the Houfe accordingly refolv'd itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe; and after fome Time fpent therein, Speaker reium'd the Chair; and M' Conway reported, from the Committee, That they had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto; which he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Table. Ordered, That the faid Report be taken into Confideration To-morrow. M-- Conway prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, To veft Part of the Eftate of Robert Carter, Efq; deceafed, devifed to Robert Carter, the Younger, who died
Refolved,

in

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in his Life Time, in Robert Carter, the Son and Heir of the faid Robert Carter, the Younger; and to make Provifion for Prifcilla Carter, the Widow of the faid Robert Carter, the Younger, and Elizabeth Carter, his Daughter. And the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned 'til To-morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.

Thurfday, September 19, 1734.

A
A

Petition of M'' Armiftead Churchil

fetting forth,

That the Warehoufes

to receive all

and
vail 'd

infufficient

was prefented to the Houfe, and read; at Kemp's being inconveniently placed, the Tobacco brought thither, he was pre-

upon by the Commiffioners for diredling the building the Public Warehoufes, in the Year 1733, to build a new Warehoufe.at the Place aforefaid, f or the Yearly Rent of 15 /. per Annum, which he has compleated to the Satisfaction of the Commiffioners, and the Infpedlors; and that he has only one Year's Rent now due to him; and, if the Rents of the Public Warehoufes fhall be reduced by this Affembly, as he is apprehenlive they will be, he cannot expecft to be reimburfed what he hath expended on the faid Building; and praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein. Refolved, That the faid Petition be rejecfted.
Bill,

intituled,

therein mentioned, in Charles

of greater Value, to the

to veft certain Entail'd Lands, with the Appurtenances Tomkies, Gent, in Fee Simple; and for fettling other Lands, fame Ufes, was read the third Time.

An Ad

Refolved,

Ordered,

That the Bill do pafs. That M"" Francis Willis do carry the
veft

Bill to

the Council, and delire their

Concurrence.

Bill,

To

Part

of the Eftate of

Carter, the Younger,

the faid

who died in

his Life Time, in

Robert Carter, Efq; deceafed, devifed to Robert Robert Carter, the Son and Heir of

Robert Carter, the Younger; and to make Provifion for Prifcilla Carter, the Widow Robert Carter, the Younger, and Elizabeth Carter, his Daughter, was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Committee; that they do examine the Allegations thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall appear to them, to the Houfe. And a Committee was appointed accordingly, of the following Perfons M'' Armiftead, 'W Baffet, M' Francis Willis, M'' Fleming, and M^ Martin. A Bill, For appointing feveral new Ferries, and altering feveral Cotiri Days, was read the fecond Time. And a Petition of Lewis Burwell, Gent, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fuggefting feveral Reafons againft the paffmg the faid Bill; and praying, the fame
of the faid
:

may

not pafs.
Ordered,

That the

faid Bill be

that they do examine the Matter of the faid Petition

committed to the Committee who prepared it and and report the fame, as it fhall
;
;

appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. Ordered, That the Confideration of the Report from the 'Committee of the whole Houfe, put off 'til To-da3^ be further put off, 'til To-morrow. M"' Attorney General prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, For the further amending and continuing an Ad, intitided, An Ad for Amending the Staple of Tobacco, and Preventing Frauds in His Majefty's Cuftoms. And the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned 'til To-morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.

Friday,

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Friday, September 20, 1734.

be given to bring in a Bill, for vefting the fole Property of making, vending, and uttering the faid Machine, in the Petitioner, and his Affigns, for fuch a Term of Years as the Houfe fhall think reafonable. Ordered, That the faid Petition be refer'd to the Confideration of a Committee; that they examine the Matter thereof, and report their Opinion to the Houfe And
:

Petition of William Dennis

forth,

ufeful

was prefented to the Houfe, and read fetting That he has, with much Application, contriv'd and invented a very Machine for the TilHng of Groimd; and praying, That Leave may
;

M' Merriwether, M"' Robert Boiling, M' Randolph, M"^ Ravenfcroft, M'' Francis Willis, M^ Henry Willis, M-" Walke, and M"- Fleming. M' Armiftead reported. That the Committee, to whom the Bill, To veft Part of the Eftate of Robert Carter, Efq; deceafed, devifed to Robert Carter, the Younger, who died in his Life Time, in Robert Carter, the Son and Heir of the faid Robert Carter, the Younger; and to make Provifion for Prifcilla Carter, the Widow of the faid Robert Carter, the Younger, and Elizabeth Carter, his Daughter, was committed, have examined the Allegations of the Bill, and having gone thro' the Bill, have made feveral Alterations therein, in the Prefence, and by the Confent, of all Parties concem'd; who do confent
is

refer'd

to

to the Bill as

it

now

ftands.
bill

Ordered,

That the

be ingroffed.

A
he

Petition of Robert Lovell

may

was prefented to the Houfe, aJid read; praying. That Ferry from the Place where he now lives, over Potowbe admitted to keep a
That it be an Inftrudlion to the Committee, to whom the Bill, For appointnew Ferries, and altering feveral Court Days, was committed. That they have

mack River.
Ordered,

ing feveral

Power
M''

to receive a Claufe, for appointing a Ferry, according to the Prayer of the faid

Petition.

Eskridge reported, from the Committee of Privileges and Ele(5lions, That the

Committee had had under their Confideration, a Petition of M"" Charles Carter, to them complaining of an undue Eledlion and Return of M' John Champ, to ferve as a Biu-gefs in this prefent General Affembly, for the County of King-George; and had examined divers Witneffes, produced by both Parties; and heard Counfel, as well on Behalf of the Petitioner, as the fitting Member; and had agreed upon a Report of the Matter thereof, as it appeared to them; which he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Table where the fame was again read, as follows That it appears to this Committee, That M'' Strother, Sheriff of the faid Coimty of King-George, received the Writ for Eledlion of Burgeffes for the faid County, on Sunday, Auguft 25: That the faid Sheriff, by his Letter to M"' Fitzhugh, dated Auguft 27, did purpofe to appoint the Day of Eledlion on Wednefday, September 4; on which Day, as it was commonly reported in the faid County of King-George, the Eledlion was expelled to be: But, on Friday Auguft 30, the faid Sheriff concluded and appointed Monday, September 2, (which was the Day of Election for the County of Stafford,) fhould be the Day of Election for his County of King-George, and accordingly gave public Notice thereof and it does not appear to this Committee, that there was any Combination or Concert, between the faid Sheriff and the fitting Member, for altering the Day of Eledlion at firft propofed. It further appears to this Committee, That on the Friday before the Eledlion, M^ Champ, and M^ Skinker, went to the Court -houfe, where they found a Company of 4 Men, who were Freeholders, and about 20 Women, amongft whom they gave 4 Bottles of Wine but it does not appear, that the faid Wine was by them given, with Intent to procure any Votes thereby. Whereupon the Committee came to a Refolution, which was agreed to by the Houfe, as follows Refolved, That M^ John Champ is duly eledled and returned a Burgefs to fer\^e in this prefent General Affembly, for the Coimty of King-George.
refer'd,
;
; ;

Then

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put, That the Sheriff of the faid Coimty King-George has been guilty of a Breach of his Duty, in not giving earlier Notice of the Time appointed for the faid Eledlion,
of
It

Then a Motion was made, and the Queftion

paffed in the Negative.

Then a Motion was made, and the Queftion put, That the Petition of M'' Charles Carter, complaining of an undue Eledion and Return of M'' John Champ, to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly, is a frivolous and fcandalous Complaint.
It paffed in the Negative. prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, For the Relief of ftich Perfons as have fiiffered, or may fuffer, by the Lofs of the Records of Nanfemond County, lately confuni'd by Fire. And the fame was receiv'd, and read the firft Time.

W Attorney General
That the

Ordered,
M''

Bill

be read a fecond Time.

Robert Boiling reported, from the Committee for Public Claims, That the Committee had had imder their Confideration, a Claim of the Keeper of the Public Goal, for 1800 lb. Tobacco, for the Imprifonment of M'' William Major, who has paid a confiderable

Sum

of

Money

to the faid Gaoler,

on that Amotmt

in

which they

defire the

Diredlion of the Houfe.

Ordered, That it be an M' Robert Boiling alio

Inftrudlion to the faid Committee, to difallow the faid Claim. reported, from the faid Committee, That the Committee had

under their Confideration, the Allowances to be made to the Venire-Men, and Witneffes, for attending the Trial of the faid William Major, who, before his Convidlion, was poffeffed of a confiderable Eftate, as the faid Committee have been informed; in which they alfo defire the Diredlion of the Houfe. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the faid Committee, to make the faid Allowances, in the Public Levy. Ordered, That it be alfo an Inftrudlion to the faid Committee, to dedudl out of the refpedlive Claims to them refer'd, what is allow'd by Law for Conveniency, in the refpedlive Counties on which the fame are chargeable and to allow, on each refpedlive Claim, after the Rate of 4 lb. Tobacco per Cent, for colledling.
;

County of Weftmorland, upon the Petition of M'' William Aylett, complaining of an undue Eledlion and Return of M' Daniel McCarty, to ferve as a Burgefs for the faid County, be heard at the Bar of the Houfe, To-morrow; and that the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions be difcharged from proceeding further on the faid Petition. M' Attorney General prefented to the Hotife, according to Order, a Bill, To oblige the Juftices of James-City and York, to levy Tobacco for certain Officers of the City of WilHamfburg. Ordered, That the Bill do lie on the Table. A Bill, For the further amending and continuing an Ad, intituled. An Ad for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and preventing Frauds in His Majefty's Cuftoms, was read the fecond Time; and feveral Amendments were made to the Bill, and feveral Blanks therein filled up at the Table. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. A Meffage from the Council, by M' Robertfon That they have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Ad for further continuing the Ad, For making more effednal Provifion a gain ft Invafions, and Infurredions.
Ordered,
of the Eledlion for the

That the Merits

Alio, to the Bill, intituled.

Alfo, to the Bill, Lands in the Counties of Gloucefter, and Elizabeth-City, and vefting the fame in Henry Willis, in Fee Simple; and for fettling other Lands and Tenements, and feveral Slaves, to the fame Ufes.
Alio, to the Bill, intituled.

An Ad for Dividing Spotfylvania County. intituled. An Ad for Docking the Entail of certain

An Ad

for the better enabling the Executors of the Laft

to

Will and Teftament of Charles Burgefs, Gent, deceafed, without any Amendment.

pay

his Debts,

and Legacies,

And

(2IO

Ad to make void certain And, That they have alfo agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Dtfcouragement the further of the unrighteous Contr'ads for the paying exceffing Ufury; for the Rate reducing and of Intereft, with Pradice of taking more than the lawful Intereft; fome Amendments; to which they defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. Ordered, That the Confideration of the Report, from the Committee of the whole Houfe, made on Wedncfday laft, put off 'til To-day, be further put off, 'til To-morrow. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourn 'd 'til To-morrow Morning Nine a Clock.

Saturday, September 21, 1734.

Indian Tributaries, refer'd from the Council to the Confideration of this Houfe, was read; fetting forth, That they are poffeffed of a Tradl of Land, on the South Side of Nottoway River, in the Parifh of Warwick fqueak, and Coimty of I fie of Wight; and another Trad, on the North Side of the faid River, of three Miles in Circumference round the Indian Fort That by Wars, Sicknefs, and other Cafualties, the faid Nation is much diminifhed

A
:

Petition

of

the

Nottoway

and impoverifhed and that the firft mentioned Tra(5l of Land will be fufficient hereafter to maintain and fupport the Remains of the faid Nation, and their Pofterity; and praying, That, for Relief of themf elves, and their Families, for better enabling them to pay their Debts, and for the Mainin its

Number

of People, as well as reduced,

tenance of their ancient Men, Leave may be given to bring in a Bill, to enable the faid Nation of Nottoway Indians to fell and convey the laft mentioned Tradl of Land, intire,
or in Parcels, in Fee Simple;

refervang out of the faid Tradt,

Two Hundred

Acres of

and appropriated to the Ufe of the Parifh of Warwick fqueak, a Glebe; and that fome Perfons may be appointed, and authorized, by the faid Bill, to affift them in the Sale of the faid Lands. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the Prayer of the and that the Committee of Proportions and Grievances do prepare and faid Petition
Land, to be vefted
in,

and

their Succeffors, for

bring in the fame.

Ordered,

That
To

it

be an Inftrudlion to the faid Committee, That they have Power to

receive a Claufe, for Difcharging the Interpreters to the Tributary Indians.

Bill,

oblige the Juftices of James-City,

Officers of the City of

Williamfburg, was read the

firft

and York, Time.

to levy

Tobacco for certain

That the Bill be read a fecond Time. M' Robinfon prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, To prevent the building Wooden Chiynneys in the Towns of York, and Gloucefter; and for pulling down fuch as are already built therein; and to reftrain Hogs, Goats, and Sheep, from going at large in the faid Town of York; and the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. The Houfe proceeded to the Hearing of the Merits of the Eleftion for the Coimty of Weftmorland, upon the Petition of William Aylett, Gent, and the Petitioner, and his Covmfel, were called in; and an Objedlion was made to one of the fitting Member's Voters, John Jervis, who had refufed to take the Oath prefcribed by Law, to his Freehold, but had produced a Leafe for Life, not recorded, under which he claim'd his Freehold; which was fubmitted to the Confideration of the Houfe. Then they were order'd to withdraw; and after a Debate, and the Queftion put, Refolved, That this Houfe will not examine into the Defeds of any Perfon's Title; but the faid John Jervis, being in Poffeffion of Lands imder fuch a Leafe, tho' not recorded, is a good Voter. Then the Petitioner, and his Counfel, were again called in, and acquainted with the faid Refolution; and the Counfel for the Petitioner went on, and objeded to 3 of the fitting Member's Voters, as being Inhabitants of Maryland, and not entitled to vote
Ordered,

by

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by the King's Patent to the Governor of Virginia; and to 3 others, being Mulattos, by Law. Then His Majefty's Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, at Weftminfter, the 9th Day of November, in the firft Year of His Reign, appointing the Right Hon. George Earl of Orkney, Governor of Virginia, was produced, and Part of the Patent in Then one Witnefs being examined, relation to the Calling General Affemblies, was read. being called in, and infpedled by the Houfe, and three Perfons, faid to be Mulattos, the Counfel went thro' the Petitioner's Evidence; and the fitting Member was heard in his Place; and both Parties being withdrawn, a Debate arofe; and the Queftion being
difabled

put thereupon, Refolved, That any Inhabitant of the Province of Maryland, who is a Freeholder in any Coimty of this Colony, has a Right to vote at the Eledlion of Burgeffes for fuch
County.
duly eledled and returned a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General Affembly, for the County of Weftmorland. Ordered, That LeaA-e be given to bring in a Bill, For Deftroying Squirrels and Crows, in the Northern-Neck, and on the Eaftem Shore; and that M'' Conway do prepare and bring in the fame. Ordered, That the Houfe be called over on Monday Morning, at the firft Sitting.
Refolved,

That

M"'

Daniel McCarty

is

The Houfe, according

to Order, proceeded to the Confideration of the

,

Amendments,

reported from the Committee of the whole Houfe, on Wednefday laft to the Ingroffed Bill from the Council, intituled. An Ad for the more eafy Trial of Criminals before Juftices
of

Oyer and Terminer.

And

the fame were read; and, after a Debate, agreed unto by

the Houfe.
Ordered, That a Meffage be fent to the Council, to acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed to the Ingroffed Bill, intituled, An Ad. for the more eafy Trial of Criminals before Juftices of Oyer and Terminer, with fome Amendments; to which they defire
their Concurrence.

Ordered, That M"" Conway do carry the faid Meffage. Then the Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendments propofed by the Council, to the Bill, intituled. An Ad to make void certain Contrads for the paying

Ufury for the further Difcouragement of the unrighteous Pradice of taking more than the lawful Intereft; and reducing the Rate of Intereft. And the Amendments were read; and upon the Queftion feverally put, agreed unto by the Houfe. Ordered, That a Meffage be fent to the Council, to acquaint them. That this Houfe
exceffive
;

have agreed to the Amendments by them propofed to the Bill, intituled. An Ad to make void certain Contrads for the paying exceffive Ufury; for the further Difcouragement of the unrighteous Pradice of taking more than the lawful Intereft; and reducing the Rate
of Intereft.

That M"" Martin do carry the faid Meffage. Ordered, That M"' Walke have Leave to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe, after Monday, all the next Week. A Bill, For the Relief of fuch Perfons as have fuffered, or may fuffer, by the Lofs of Records the of Nanfemond County, lately confum'd by Fire, was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Committee And a Committee was appointed accordingly, of the following Perfons: M'' Blair, MJ Randolph, M"' Fitzhugh, and M"" Thacker. A Petition of the Prefident, and Mafters, of the College of William and Mary, was prefented to the Houfe, and read fetting forth. That by the fraudulent Exportation of Tobacco to the Plantations, without being infpe(5led, or enter'd with the Colleftors and Naval Officers, the Duty of a Penny per Pound, has been for feveral Years declining; and is now fo funk, that it brings in nothing at all That the like fraudulent Pracftices are ufed by the Traders in Skins, and Furs, efpecially thofe near the River Potowmack; who by a quick Tranfportation of thofe Commodities over that River, efcape without
Ordered,
:

paying

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College, and are liable to no Penalty after paying the Duties appropriated to the faid Side the faid River: That the Salaries for the the faid Goods are landed on the other and Mafters, and the Fund for Support of themfelves, and the fucceeding Prefidents, out of the faid Duties, the faid chiefly raifed be to being keeping the Fabrick in Repair, much in Arrear; and praying now are Frauds, Salaries, and Fund, by Reafon of the faid they fhall think mete. Con'fideration of the Houfe, and fuch Relief therein as

the

Ordered,

That the

faid Petition be refer'd to the Confideration of a

Committee

of

the whole Houfe.

That this Houfe will, on Tuefday next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the faid Petition. Ordered, That the faid Prefident, and Mafters, be then heard at the Bar of the Houfe, by themfelves, or their Counfel, if they think fit, upon the Matter of the faid
Refolved,
Petition.

A
and

Motion was made. That Leave be given to bring

in

Bill,

For

the better

Diredion

of Surveyors in the Execution of their Office.

Ordered,

That Leave be given to bring

in

Bill,

according to the faid Motion;

that the Committee for Courts of Juftice do prepare

Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned
'til

and bring

in the fame.

Monday Morning Eleven a

Clock.

Monday, September 23, 1734.

Crows and Squirrels, in the Northern-Neck, and on the Eaftem Shore. And the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. M"^ Meriwether reported. That the Committee, to whom the Petition of William Dennis was refer'd, have enquired into the Matter of the faid Petition; and are of Opinion, That the Ufe of the Machine therein mentioned, will be advantageous to the Inhabitants of this Colony Whereupon, the Queftion was put. That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, For vefting the fole Property of vending, making, and uttering the faid Machine, in the faid William Dennis, and his Affigns, according to the Prayer of the faid Petition. It pa ffed in the Negative. Refolved, That the faid Petition be rejefted. M' Attorney General laid before the Houfe, an Account of Money receiv'd for the Sale of Lots, in the City of Williamfburg, and of feveral Raiments made out of that Money; and the Title of the faid Account was read. Ordered, That the faid Accoimt be refer'd to the Confideration of the Committee Public Claims; that they do examine the feveral Articles thereof; and report the for Ballance, as it fhall appear to them, to the Houfe. The Houfe was inform'd. That the Serjeant at Arms had fent his Meffenger, to take Thomas Underwood into Cuftody, purfuant to the Order of this Hoiife; who had withdrawn himfelf from his ufual Habitation, to wait the Conclufion of this prefent Seffion of Affembly, and to avoid his Examination before the Committee. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the Committee for Public Claims, to enquire
into the Matter;

MR.

Conway prefented

to the Houfe, according to Order, a

Bill,

For Deftroying

to allow to the Serjeant at

Arms what they think

reafonable for his

Expence, and Trouble, in fending for the faid Thomas Underwood, to be charged upon

him

in the Book of Claims. The Houfe, according Members were again called

to Order,
over,

was

called over;

and the Names

of the abfent

and Excufes made

for them,

which were allow'd by

the Houfe.

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A
An Ad
toms,

Bill, intituled,

An Ad

for the further

for

amending

the Staple of Tobacco,

amending and continuing an Ad, intituled, and preventing Frauds in His Majefty's Cuf-

was read the third Time; and an Amendment was made to the Bill, at the Table. Then a Debate arofe, about filling up the Blank in the End of the Bill; and the Queftion was put. That the Word Six be therein inferted. The Hovife divided, Yeas 26, Noes 34; and 0,
It

Refolved,

That the Word Four be inferted

in the Blank.

And

pa ffed in the Negative. the Blank was filled

up accordingly. Ordered, That the Title of the Bill be. An Ad for continuing, and further amending, an Ad, intituled. An Ad for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and preventing Frauds in His Majefty's Cuftoms. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances do carry the Bill to the Council, and defire their Concurrence. M"' Robinfon prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, For the more effedually obliging Perfons to buy and fell by Englifh Weights, and Meafures. And the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. A Bill, For Deftroying Crows and Squirrels, in the Northern-Neck, and on the EaftemShore, was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. M'' Robinfon alfo prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, For leffening the Penalties for Killing Deer at unfeafonable Times; and for the better Recovery thereof. And the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. The Houfe, according to Order, refolv'd itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, further to confider the Governor's Speech; and after fome Time fpent therein, M' Speaker refum'd the Chair, and M'' Attorney General reported, from the Committee, That the Committee had had under their further Confideration, the Governor's Speech, and gone thro' the fame; and were come to a Refolution thereupon; which he read in his Place, and afterwards deliver 'd the Report in at the Table; where the faid Refolution was again read, and agreed unto by the Houfe, as follows Refolved, That an Humble Addrefs be made to His Majefty, to acknowledge His great Wifdom, in many^ing the PRINCESS ROIAL of England, to a PRINCE of the illuftrious Houfe of ORANGE; and to return His Majefty Thanks for His Gracious Acceptance of the Addrefs of the Council, and the Houfe of Burgeffes, at the laft Seffion and for the Countenance and Incouragement He was pleaf ed to give to the Complaint of certain Grievances which this Colony labours under. Ordered, That the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances do prepare and bring
;

in the faid Address.

Meffage from the Council, by M' Robert! on That they cannot agree to the Amendments made by this Houfe, to the Bill, intituled. An Ad for the more eafy Trial of Criminals before Juftices of Oyer and Terminer; and defire this Houfe will pafs the faid Bill, without thofe Amendments. And, That they have agreed to the Bill, intituled. An Ad to veft certain EntaiVd Lands, with the Appurtenances therein mentioned, in Charles Tomkies, Gent, in Fee Simple and for fettling other Lands, of greater Value, to the fame Ufes, without any Amend;

ment.

A Petition of John Taylor, John Griffin, and the Executors of John Roy, deceafed, was prefented to the Houfe, and read, fetting forth, That they, and the faid deceafed John Roy, were Infpedlors of the Public Warehoxofes, at Ray's, Conway's, and Gib fan's; and that foon after the Burning the Warehoufe at Gibfon's, three Hogfheads of Tobacco were ftolen, for want of a Houfe to fecure it, for which they have been fued, and put to
great

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great Expence;

and praying the Confideration

of the

Houfe

therein,

and fuch

Relief

as the Houfe fhall think mete. Ordered, That the faid Petition do He on the Table. M' Attorney General reported, from the Committee, to

the Bill, For appointfeveral Amendcommitted, Days, was ing feveral new Ferries, and altering feveral Court ments made to the Bill; and he delivered the Report in at the Table. Ordered, That the faid Report be taken into Confideration To-morrow.

whom

Motion was made, and thereupon, Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the Perfons appointed to prepare and bring Claufe, to impower in a Bill, For felling feveral Glebes, that they have Power to receive a
the Veftry of the Parifh of Elizabeth-City, in the County of Elizabeth-City, to fell fmall feparate Parcels of Land, formerly given to the Parifh, for a Glebe, which are
of

two

now

no life, they having purchafed other Glebe-Lands; and to apply the Money, arifing from the Sale thereof, to Parochial Ufes. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned 'til To-morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.

Tuefday, September 24, 1734.

A
ter,

Bill,

Part of the Eftate of Robert Carter, Efq; deceafed, devifed to Robert Carter, the Younger, who died in his Life Time, in Robert Carter, the Son and Heir of the faid Robert Carter, the Younger;
intituled.
to veft

An Ad

anr[d] to

make Provifion

for Prifcilla Carter,

Widow

of the faid

Robert Car-

the Younger, and Elizabeth Carter, his Daughter, was read the third Time.

Refolved,

Ordered,
rence.

That the Bill do pafs. That M'' Conway do carry the

Bill to

the Covmcil, and defire their Concur-

lifting of

Martin prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, For the more equal Perfons to ferve in the Militia; and enforcing the Laws for regulating the Militia; and the fame was received, and read the ftrft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. M'' Randolph reported, from the Committee, to whom the Bill, For Dividing the Parifh of Henrico, was committed, feveral Amendments made to the Bill; and he read the Amendments in his Place and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Table where the faid Amendments were read and upon the Quef tion feverally put, agreed unto by the Houfe; and feveral Blanks in the Bill were filled up, at the Table. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed.
M''
;
;

ing the County of Prince-George,

Bill, For Dividand Parifh of Briftol; and adding Part of the County of Brunfwick to the new ereded County; and the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond. M'' Robinfon prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, For the better regidating and afcertaining certain Officers Fees, therein mentioned; and the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. Then the Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Meffage from the Council, Yefterday, in Relation to the Amendments made by this Hoiofe, to the Bill, intituled. An Ad for the more eafy Trial of Criminals before Juftices of Oyer and Terminer. And

M''

Attorney General prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a

after a Debate,

That this Houfe doth adhere to the faid Amendments. That a Meffage be fent to the Cotmcil, to acquaint them, That this Houfe doth adhere to the Amendments by them made to the faid Bill and that they cannot pafs the Bill, without the Amendments. Ordered, That M'' Conway do go up with the faid Meffage.
Refolved,

Ordered,

The

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The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the Petition of the Prefident, and Mafters, of the College of William and Mary; and after fome Time fpent therein, M"" Speaker refumed the Chair, and M'' Conway reported, from the Committee, That the Prefident, and Mafters, had been heard at the Bar, upon the Matter of the faid Petition and that the Committee had come to feveral Refolutions thereupon; but not having Time to go thro' the fame, they had dire<5led him to move for Leave to fit again. Refolved, That this Houfe will. To-morrow, again refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the faid Petition. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned 'til To-morrow Morning Eleven a Clock.
;

ff^ednefday, September 25,

1734.

Robert Boiling reported, from the Committee for Public Claims, That the Committee had had tmder their Confideration, the Account of the Money received for the Sale of Lotts, in the City of Williamfburg; and of the feveral Paiments made out of that Money, to them refer'd; and having examined the feveral Articles thereof, do find the fame to be juft and that the Ballance thereof, in the Hands of M'' Attorney General, is Twenty Pounds Twelve Shillings and
;

MR.

one Penny.
M'' Robert Boiling alfo reported, from the faid Committee, That the Committee had examined and confidered all the Public Claims which had been laid before them this Seffion; and agreed upon a Report, which they had entered in a Book; and he delivered the Book in at the Table. Ordered, That the fame do lie on the Table. M"' Robinfon reported, from the Committee for Courts of Juftice, That the Committee had had under their Confideration the Treafurer's Accounts, and examined the feveral Articles thereof, and corredled feveral Miftakes therein, to which they had annex'd a State of the faid Accounts, and agreed upon a Report; which he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered the Report, and Accounts, in at the Table. Ordered, That the faid Report, and Accotmts, do lie on the Table, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. Ordered, That an Addrefs be made to the Governor, to order the feveral Colle<5tors to lay before the Houfe, their Accounts of the Duties on Liquors, and Slaves, irnce the

paffing their laft Accounts with the Treafurer.

Ordered, That M'' Attorney General, M"" Martin, and M"" Robinfon, do wait on the Governor with the faid Addrefs. Accordingly they withdrew And being returned, M'' Attorney General reported. That the Perfons appointed had, according to Order, waited on the Governor and that he was pleafed to fay, He would order the faid Accounts, to be laid before the Houfe. M'' Conway prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, For the better Diredion
: ;

of Officers in the

Sale of Goods, or other Things, taken in Execution, or diftrained

fen'

Rent.

And

the fame
Ordered,
M''

was received, and read the firft Time. That the Bill be read a fecond Time.

Attorney General reported from the Committee, to

in Force,

whom

the

Bill,

To amend

more fpeedy and eafy Recovery of fmall Debts, was committed, feveral Amendments made to the Bill; which he read in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Table; where the Amendments were read; and upon the Queftion feverally put, were agreed \mto by the Houfe; and another Amendment was made to the Bill, at the Table.
the

Laws now

For

the

Then

(2l6)

for
fon,

Then a Motion was made, and the Queftion put, That all Summonfes, on Petitions and not by any private Perfmall Debts, fhall be ferved by the Sheriff, or Coroner,
It

pa ffed in

the Negative.

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. A Petition of the Inhabitants and Freeholders of James-Town, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That of late Years, there have been fuch great Breaches

now fo dangerous to pafs, that great Way, on both Sides the faid Bay, it is become neceffary to fecure the Banks for a againft the Violence of the River; and that the Charge of thefe Works will be fo great,
between the River and Creek, at Sandy Bay, that
it is

that the fame cannot be fupported, without the Affiftance of the Public and praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein, and fuch Relief as to the Houfe fhall feem
;

mete.

That the faid Petition be rejedled. A Bill, For the more equal Lifting of Perfons to ferve in the Militia; and for better regulating the Militia, was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Committee. And a Committee was appointed accordingly, of the following Perfons: M'' Randolph, M-- Blair, M"" Francis Willis, U' Henry Willis, and M-- Eskridge. A Member mov'd for Leave to prefent a Petition, For diffolving the prefent Veftry of the Parifh of North Farnham, in the Coimty of Richmond. And the Queftion being put. That the faid Petition be receiv 'd,
Refolved,
It

paffed in the Negative.

and afcertaining certain Officers Fees therein menTime; feveral Amendments were made, and feveral the fecond and tioned, was read Blanks in the Bill filled up at the Table. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. A Bill, intituled, An Ad for Deftroying Crows and Squirrels, in the Northern-Neck, and on the Eaftem Shore, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M' Conway do carry the Bill to the Council, and defire their ConBill,

For

the better regulating

currence.
put. That the Order of the Day for refolving into a Committee on the Petition of the Prefident, and Mafters, of the College of William and Mary, be put off: Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the faid Petition. Ordered, That the Chaplain of the Houfe attend, and read Prayers every Morning at Nine a Clock. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourn 'd 'til To-morrow Morning Ten a Clock.

The Queftion being

of the whole Houfe,

Thurfday, September 26^ i734'

A
;

Bill,

County of Prince -George, and Parifh of Briftol; and County of of Brimfwick, to the new ereded County, was read the fecond Time; and the feveral Blanks in the Bill were filled up; and a
the

For Dividing

adding Part

the

Word

altered in the

Bill,

at the Table.

That the Bill be ingroffed. A Bill, To oblige the Juftices of James-City, and York, to levy Tobacco for certain Officers of the City of Williamsburg, was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. A Bill, To prevent the Building Wooden Chimneys in the Towns of York, and Gloucefter aytd for pulling down fuch as are already built therein; and for reftraining Hogs,
Ordered,

Goats,

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Goats,

and

feveral

and Sheep, from going at large in the faid Town of York, was read the fecond Time; Amendments were made in the Body, and an Alteration was made in the
the
Bill,

Title, of

at the Table.

That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingrolfed. For leffening the Penalties for killing Deer at unfeafonable Times, and for the better Recovery thereof, was read the fecond Time; and feveral Blanks in the Bill were filled up at the Table. Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. A Meffage from the Council, by M' Robertfon: That they have agreed to the Bill, entituled. An Ad to veft Part of the Eftate of Robert Carter, Efq; deceafed, devifed to Robert Carter, the Younger, who died in his Life Time, in Robert Carter, the Son and Heir of the faid Robert Carter, the Younger; and to make Provifion for Prifcilla Carter, the Widow of the faid Robert Carter, the Younger, and Elizabeth, his Daughter, without any Amendment. And, That they have paffed a Bill, intituled. An Ad for amending the Ad, intituled An Ad for fettling the Titles and Bounds of Land; and preventing unlawful Shooting and ranging thereupon; to which they defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. And the faid Bill was read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. A Bill, For more effedually obliging Perfons to buy and fell by Weights and Meafures according to the Englifh Standard, was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Committee and a Committee was apOrdered,
Bill,

pointed accordingly, of the following Perfons: M'' Attorney General, M"' William Robinfon, M' Braxton, M'' Eskridge, M" Fitzhugh, M"" Francis Willis, M'' Randolph, M^ John
Robinfon,
M'' M"'

Fleming,

M''

Ravenfcroft, M'' Dangerfield,

and

M""

Samuel Harwood.

to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, Declaring the Glebe of Elizabeth-River Parifh, lately purchafed, to be a fufficient Glebe; direding the Sale of

Boufh prefented

and for other Purpofes therein mentioned; and the fame was received, Time. And a Petition of Handcock Dunbar, Clerk, Parfon of the Parifh of St. Stephen, in the County of King and Queen, was prefented to the Houfe, and read, fuggefting feveral Reafons againft feveral Claufes of the Bill; and praying. That if an Adl fhall pais for the Sale of the old Glebe, the Veftry may be thereby obliged to repay him his Expenfes in building thereon and to apply the Money, arifmg by fuch Sale, to the Ufes therein
feveral Glebes;

and read the

firft

mentioned.
Ordered,
Ordered,

That the Bill be read a fecond Time. That the faid Petition be taken into Confideration, at the fecond Reading

of the faid Bill.

Motion being made, and the Queftion put. That Leave be given to bring in a For appointing a new Treafurer: Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the faid Motion and that the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances do prepare and bring in the
Bill,
;

fame.

Then a Motion was made. That an Allowance be made the

his Trouble in Auditing the

prefent Treafurer, for

Accovmts

of the feveral Infpeclors:

And

after

a Debate,

the Queftion being put thereupon,

M' Attorney General moved

read the
firft

for

Leave to prefent a

Bill,

paffed in the Negative. For allowing Indians to be

It

Witneffes in Criminal Offences committed by Indians.

And

the fame

was

received,

and

Time.

That the Bill be read a fecond Time. Randolph M"" reported, from the Committee, to whom the Bill, For the more equal Lifting of Perfons to ferve in the Militia; and for better regulating the Militia, was commitOrdered,

ted

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Amendments made to the Bill which he read in his Place, and afterwards dehvered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Table; where the Amendments were
ted, feveral
;

upon the Queftion feverally put, were agreed unto by the Houfe and another Amendment was made to the Bill, at the Table. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. M' Blair reported, from the Committee, to whom the Bill, For Relief of fuch Perfons
read; and
;

by the Lofs of the Records of Nanfemond County, lately confum'd by Fire, was committed, an Amendment made to the Bill; which he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendment, in at the Table;
as have fuffered, or

may

fuffer,

where the Amendment was read, and upon the Queftion put, agreed unto by the Houfe. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendment, be ingroffed. The Houfe, according to Order, refolved it felf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the Petition of the Prefident, and Mafters, of the College of William and Mary; and after fome Time fpent therein, M"" Speaker refum'd the Chair; and M'' Conway reported, from the Committee, That the Committee had had under their further Confideration the Matter of the faid Petition, and gone thro' the fame and were come to feveral Refolutions thereupon which he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered the Report in at the Table; where the Refolutions were again read, and agreed unto
;

by the Houfe, as follows, viz. Refolved, That no Perfons fhall fhip any Goods to the Weft Indies, or other Plantations, without making Oath to the Goods fhipp'd, before a Juftice of the Peace; and that he has not conceal'd, or fhipp'd in any Package, any Tobacco, or what Tobacco he has fhipp'd; and the Mafter of the Veffel fhall produce fuch Affidavit to the Naval
fuch Perfon fhall be convidled of Perjury, in fuch Affidavit, he fhall fuffer as for Perjury in a Court of Record. Refolved, That every Mafter of a Veffel, bound to the Plantations, fhall, before he
Officer, before

he

fhall

be clear'd out:

And

if

be clear'd out, make Oath, That he has not, nor will not take, any Tobacco on board, that has not paid the Duty and the Naval Officer here fhall tranf mit fuch Oath to the Naval Officer of the Port to which the Veffel is bound.
;

Tobacco carried to North Carolina, fhall pay a Duty of One upon Pain of forfeiting, by the Exporter, the Value for which the Tobacco the Duty fhall not be paid. of Refolved, That every Perfon, by whom any Skins or Furs fhall be fhipp'd, fhall, before the fame be fhipp'd, make Oath to the Number of them, before fome Juftice of the Peace; and that there is nothing elfe contained in the Package, and fhall pay the Duty for the fame; accounting One Third, Buck-Skins; and Two Thirds, Doe-Skins. Refolved, That where any Perfon fhall be found travelling with Skins, or Furs, they fhall be liable to be feifed, unlefs the Perfon, fo travelling, fhall produce a Certificate from fome Juftice of the Peace of this Colony, that he is an Inhabitant of Virginia; and fhall make Oath, that he is travelling home, and will not export fuch Skins and Furs, without paying the Duty: And where any Skins, and Furs, fhall be exported, either by Land or Water, without paying the Duty, the Value thereof fhall be forfeited. Refolved, That the whole Duty of one Penny per Gallon, upon Liquors, be appropriated to the life of the College, after the 25th of Odober, 1735, under the Diredlion of the Governors, and Vifitors; and that fome Part of the Money be appropriated to the buyRefolved,
all

That

Penny

per Poimd, to the College,

ing a Library for the College, at the Difcretion of the Governors,

Refolved,

and Vifitors. That the Prefident, Mafters, Scholars, Students, and Houfehold Servants, belonging to the College, be exempted from being lifted, and paying Public, County, and
Parifh Levies.

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, purfuant to the faid Refolutions; and that the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances do prepare and bring in the
Ordered,

fame.
M-- Robinfon prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, For better regulating Ordinary-Keepers, and Retailers of Rum, Brandy, or other diftilled Spirits; and to prevent

their

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their giving Credit;

and

to

difable them to maintain

any Adion, or

recover

any Money,
Clock.

or Tobacco, on their Accounts.

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourn 'd

'til

To-morrow Morning Ten a

Friday, September 27, 1734.

A
M''

Bill,

intituled,

An Ad

therein mentioned,

for the better regulating and colleding certain Officers Fees was read the third Time; and an Amendment was made,

and the Blank

Ordered,

in the

End

of the Bill filled up, at the Table.

That the

Title of the Bill be.

An Ad

for the better Regulating

and Colleding
Refolved,

certain Officers Fees,

and

other

Purpofes therein mentioned.

Bill to

That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"' John Robinfon, do carry the

the Council, and defire their

Concurrence.

an Ad,

John Robinfon, prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, For continuing intituled, An Ad for laying a Duty on Liquors. And the fame was received, and
firft

read the
M"'

Time.
Bill

Ordered,

That the

be read a fecond Time.

John Robinfon, alio prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, For continuing an Ad, intituled, An Ad for laying a Duty upon Slaves, to be paid by the Buyers. And the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. A Bill, intituled, An Ad for amending the Laws now in Force for the more fpeady and eafy Recovery of fmall Debts, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the BiU do pafs. Ordered, That M'' John Robinfon do carry the Bill to the Council, and defire their
Concurrence.

Bill, intituled,

An Ad for dividing the Parifh of Henrico,

and

for uniting

and divid-

ing the Parifhes of Newport and arwickfqueak in the County of Ifle of Wight, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read the third Time.
,

Refolved,

Ordered,
rence.

That the Bill do pafs. That M'' Randolph do carry the

Bill to the Council,

and

defire their

Concur-

A Motion was made, That M'' Bray do lay before the Houfe, an Account of what Lands have been fold, purfuant to an Adl of the laft Seffion of Affembly, enabling him to fell certain entail'd Lands therein mentioned, and to layout the purchafe Monevin Slaves, to be annexed to other entail'd Lands therein alfo mentioned; and how the Money, arifing from the Sale of thofe Lands, has been applied And thereupon, Ordered, That a Committee be appointed, to enquire what Lands have been fold, by Virtue of the faid Adl; and how the Money, arifing from fuch Sale, has been applyed or difpofed of; and to report the Matter, as it fhall appear to them, to the Houfe. And a Committee was appointed accordingly, of the following Perfons: M'' Attorney General, M'' Power, M'' Eskridge, M"' Simmons, Eaton, and M'' Blair. And they have Power to Examine M"' Bray, in the moft folemn Manner; and to fend for Perfons, Papers^ and Records, for their Information. A Bill, intituled. An Ad, for the more equal Lifting of Perfons to ferve in the Militia; and enforcing the Laws for better regulating the Militia, was read the third Time; and the Blanks in the Bill were filled up at the Table.. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M''iVforim do carry the Bill to the Council, and defire their Concurrence.
:

Bill, intituled,

An Ad for the Relief of

fuch Perfons as have fuffered, or

lately

may

ftiffer,

by the Lofs of the Records of

third Time.
Refolved,

Nanfemond County,
do
pafs.

confum 'd by Fire, was read the

That the

Bill

Ordered

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Ordered,
rence.

That

M--

Mead do

carry the Bill to the Council,

and

defire their

ConcurTobacco

A Bill,

intituled,

An Ad to oblige the Jnftices of James-City,

Williamfburg, was read the
Bill to

and York,

to levy

for certain Officers of the City of Refolved, That the Bill do pafs.

third Time.

Ordered,
rence.

That M^ Blair do carry the

the Council, and defire their Concur-

The Houfe was acquainted, That Col. Spotfwood had not provided Arms for the County of Brunfwick, according to the Order of the Houfe, at the laft Seffion, and his own Engagement And a Motion was made to confider that Matter; and a Letter, from Subjedl, was read. Col. Spotfwood to M-- Attorney General, upon that
:

Ordered,
of Affembly.

That the Confideration

the better

of the faid

Motion be defer'd

'til

the next Seffion

A
A

Bill,

For

Diredion

of Officers in the

Sale of Goods, or other Things, taken

in Execution, or diftrained for Rent, was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed.
Bill,

For Declaring

the Glebe of

Elizabeth-River Parifh,

lately purchafed,

to be

Glebes; fnfficient Glebe; direding the Sale of feveral

tioned,

and

for other

Purpofes therein men-

was read the fecond Time. And the Petition of Hancock Dunbar, was
read.
alfo,

Clerk, objedling to feveral Claufes in the

Bill,

And
County
read.

of

King and Queen,

a Petition of the Veftry, and Inhabitants, of St. Stephen's Parifh, in the for felling their old Glebe, was prefented to the Houfe, and

And

feveral

Amendments were propofed

which, upon the Queftion feverally put,

were difagreed to by the Houfe; and feveral Claufes in the Bill were ftruck out. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. Ordered, That the Petition of the faid Hancock Dunbar, be torn, and thrown under
the Table.

For allowing Indians to be Witneffes in Criminal Offences, committed by Indians, was read the fecond Time; and feveral Amendments were made to the Bill,
Bill,

at the Table.

That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. For the better regulating Ordinary-Keepers, and Retailers of Rum, Brandy, or other Diftilled Spirits; and to prevent their giving Credit; and to difable them to maintain any Adion, or recover any Money, or Tobacco, upon their Accounts, was read the fecond Time and feveral Amendments were made in the Body, and an Alteration was
Ordered,
Bill,

made

in the Title of the

Bill,

at the Table.

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendments to the Bill, For appointing feveral new Ferries, and altering feveral Court Days: And the Amendments were read; and upon the Queftion feverally put, agreed unto by the Houfe. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned 'til To-morrow Morning Ten a Clock.

Saturday, September 28, 1734.

Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Book of Claims; and Part Book was read. A Petition of John Grymes, John Tayloe and Thomas Lee, Efqrs. was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth. That in the Year 1732, they became bound with John Holloway, Efq; Treafurer of the Duties upon Liquors, and Slaves; who upon the Settlement of his Accoimts, before a Committee of the Houfe, is found in Arrear upwards of 1850 /. That he has in his Hands, feveral Securities for
of the

THE

Money

(22l)

Money

lent out,

which he has
for Five

affign'd, together

with his whole Eftate, to certain Truf-

and hath, befides, Thoufand Pounds, as a further Security to the Petitioners That Differences are likely to arife between them and the former Securities, touching the refpedlive Ballances with which they are chargeable which may be prevented, by enabling the new Treafurer to take into his Hands the faid Securities, and to receive the Money due upon them, and alfo to receive what fhall be wanting to difcharge the faid Ballance, out of the Money that may be raifed by the Sale of the faid Treafurer's other Eftate; and praying the Confideration of the Hotife therein, and fuch Relief as the Houfe fhall think fit and reafonable. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the Committee, to whom it is refer'd to prepare and bring in a Bill, For appointing a new Treafurer, that they have Power to receive a Claufe, or Claufes, for Relief of the Petitioner, and for fettling any Differences that may arife between them and the former Securities, according to the Prayer of the
tees, for

the Indemnity of the Petitioners,

and

his other Securities;

confeffed a
:

Judgment

faid Petition.

be an Inftru(5lion to the faid Committee, That they have Power him to take into his Hands fuch Securities as fhall be affign'd to him by the Petitioners; and to recover the Money, due from the
Ordered,
it

That

to receive a Claufe, or Claufes, to enable

late Treafurer, againft his Eftate.

put, That the new Treafurer be enabled Money, for Difcharging the Public Debt in the Year 1732, and the Money Paiments which will become due at the Conclvifion of this prefent Seflion of Affembly And thereupon. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the faid Committee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe, or Claufes, to enable the new Treafurer to borrow fo much Money as to borrow a competent

Then a Motion was made, and the Queftion

Sum

of

will

be

fufiicient for thofe Purpofes.

Bill,

A
to

For continuing an Ad,

intituled.

An Ad

for laying a

Duty upon

Slaves,

be paid by the Buyers, was read the fecond Time.

Bill,

And a Motion was made, and the Queftion put. For an Amendment to the draw back the Duty upon Slaves fold, or exported, to North-Carolina.
It

to

paffed in the Negative.

That the Bill be ingroffed. A Bill, For continuing an Ad, intituled. An Ad for laying a Duty upon Liquors, was read the fecond Time; and an Amendment was made to the Bill, at the Table. And an Amendment was propofed, for reducing the Duty to Two Pence; which, upon the Queftion put, was difagreed to, by the Houfe. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendment, be ingroffed.
Ordered,

Meffage, from the Council, by

M'

Robertfon

That they have had under

Juftices of

their further Confideration, the

Amendments made by

An Ad for the more eafy Trial of Criminals before Oyer and Terminer; and have agreed to thofe Amendments. That they have made fome Amendments to the Bill, intituled, An Ad for continuing, and further amending, an Act for amending the Staple of Tobacco; and preventing Frauds in His Majefty's Cuftoms; to which they defrre the Concurrence of this Houfe. And, That they have agreed to the Bill, intituled. An Ad for Deftroying Crows and Squirrels, in the Northern-Neck, and on the Eaftem Shore, without any Amendment. M"' Attorney General prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, To enable the Nottoway Indians to fell certain Lands therein mentioned; and for difcharging the Indian Interpreters. And the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. A Bill, intituled. An Ad for better regulating Ordinary-Keepers, and Retailers of ftrong Liquors; and to prevent their giving Credit; and to difable them to maintain any Adion, or recover any Money, Tobacco, or other Commodity, for fuch Liquors fold upon Credit, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs.
this Houfe, to the Bill, intituled.

Ordered,

(222)
Ordered,

That M' Randolph do carry the

Bill to

the Council, and defire their Con-

currence.

Meffage, from the Council, by M' Robertfon the Laws now in Force, That they have agreed to the Bill, intituled. An Ad to amend Debts. Recovery of fmall for the more fpeedy and eafy An Ad for the better regulating and colleding certain intituled. Bill, the to Alfo therein mentioned. Officers Fees; and other Purpofes An Ad for dividing the Parifh of Henrico; and for uniting Alfo to the Bill, intituled.

and dividing the Parifhes of Newport, and Warwickfqueak, in the County of Ifle of Wight; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, without any Amendment. A Bill, intituled, An Ad for allowing Indians to be Witneffes, in Criminal Offences
committed by Indians, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. A Bill, intituled. An Ad for dividing the County of Prince-George, and Parifh of and adding Part of the County of Brunfwick to the new ereded County, was read Briftol
;

the third Time.

Refolved,

That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M^ Attorney General do carry the
Bill, intituled.

Bill to

the Council, and defire

their Concurrence.

A A

An Ad
Bill

for leffening the Penalties for Killing

thereof,

Deer

at unfeafonable

Times; and for the

Refolved,

better

Recovery

was read the

Diredion

third Time.

That the

do

pafs.
for the better
of Officers, in the Sale of Goods, or

Bill, intituled,

An Ad
were

other Things, taken in Execution, or diftrained for Rent,

was read the Third Time

and

the Blanks

in the Bill

filled

up at the Table.

Refolved,

That the

Bill

do

pafs.

new Ferries; and leffening the former Rates fettled for the Ferriage of Wheel Carriages; and altering feveral Court Days, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. An Ad to prevent the building Wooden Chimneys in the Towns of York, and Gloucefter, and for pulling down fuch as are already built therein; and to reftrain Hogs, and Goats, from going at large in the faid Town of York, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"^ Blair do carry the Bills to the Council, and defire their ConcurBill,

intituled,

An Ad

for appointing feveral

rence.

Attorney General prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, For the Support and Encouragement of the College of William and Mary, in Virginia. And the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time.
M'' better

from the Council, intituled, An Ad for amending the Ad, intituled. and Bounds of Land; and preventing unlawful Shooting and Ranging thereupon, was read the fecond Time; and feveral Amendments were made; and feveral Claufes were propofed to be added to the Bill, which, upon the Queftion put, were difagreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That a Meffage be fent to the Council, to acquaint them. That this Houfe hath agreed to the faid Bill, with fome Amendments; to which they defire their Concurrence; and that M"" Attorney General do carry the faid Meffage. An Ingroffed Bill, from the Council, intituled. An Ad for better regulating the Trial of Criminals for Capital Offences, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That a Meffage be fent to the Council, to acquaint them. That this Houfe have paffed the faid Bill, with the Amendments by them agreed to; and that M' Conway do carry the faid Meffage.

An

Ingroffed

Bill,

An Ad

for fettling the Titles

(223)
the Nottoway Indians to fell certain Lands therein mentioned; Indian Interpreters, was read the fecond Time; and an Amendment was made to the Bill, at the Table. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendment, be ingroffed. A Bill, For the better Support and Encouragement of the College of William and Mary,
Bill,

To enable

and

for discharging the

in Virginia,

was read the fecond Time; and an Amendment was made

to the

Bill,

at

the Table.

That the Bill, with the Amendment, be ingroffed. That the further Confideration of the Book of Claims be adjourned. Ordered, That M"' Dennis McCarty have Leave to go home, for Recovery of
Ordered, Ordered,

his

Health.
Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

Monday Morning Nine a

Clock.

Monday September
f

30, 1734.

Houfe refum'd the adjoum'd Confideration of the Book of Claims; and another Part of the Book was read. Ordered, That M' Baffet have Leave to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe 'til Friday next. The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendments propofed by the Council, to the Bill, intituled, An Ad for continuing, and further amending, an Ad for
amending
the
to,

THE

the Staple of Tobacco,

;

Amendments were read by the Houfe.

Ordered,

and preventing Frauds in His Majefty's Cuftoms; and and fome of them were agreed to, and the reft difagreed

That a Meffage be fent to the Coimcil, to acquaint them, That this Houfe have agreed to fome, and difagreed to other, of the Amendments, by them made to the faid Bill; and to defire they will pafs the Bill, with the Amendments, agreed to by this Houfe: And that the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances go up with the
Meffage.
Ordered,

That

M''

John Boiling have Leave to be abfent from the Service

of the

Houfe

all

the reft of the Week.

A
Bill

Bill, intituled,

An Ad

for continuing

an Ad,

intituled,

An Ad

for laying a

Duty

upon Slaves, to be paid by the Buyers, was read the third Time; and the Blank in the was filled up, at the Table. And an Account of the feveral Sums in the Hands of the Naval-Officers, and Colledlors of the Duties upon Liquors and Slaves, from the 25th of April laft, was laid
before the Houfe.
Refolved,

That the

Bill

do

pafs.

an Ad, intituled. An Ad for laying a Duty upon Liquors, was read the third Time, and the Blank in the Bill filled up at the Table. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"' John Robinfon do carry the Bills to the Coimcil, and defire their

Bill, intituled,

An Ad

for continuing

Concurrence.

A
and

Bill,

To enable

for difcharging the

the Nottoway Indians to fell certain Lands therein mentioned; Indian Interpreters, was read the third Time.

Refolved,

That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"' Simmons do carry the

Bill to

the Coimcil, and defire their Concur-

rence.

An Ad for the better Support and Encouragement of the College of and in Virginia, was read the third Time. William Mary, Refolved, Nemine contradicente. That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M' Attorney General, Mr Francis Willis, M'' Armiftead, and M' Robert Boiling, do carry the Bill to the Council, and defire their Concurrence.

Bill, intituled.

(234)
Meffage, from the Council, by M' Robertfon That they have agreed to the Amend [ments] propofed

by

this Houfe, to the Bill,

intituled,
of

An Ad for amending the Ad,

for preventing
Bill.

intituled,

An Ad for

fettling the Titles

and Bounds

Land; and

unlawful Shooting and Ranging thereupon; and inferted the

fame in the

upon the Amendments by them made, to the Bill, intituled, An Ad for further amending and continuing the Ad for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and preventing Frauds in His Majefty's Cuftoms; but have paffed the Bill, with the Amendments agreed to by this Houfe.

And

that they do not

infift

And

that they have agreed to the

Bill, intituled.

An Ad

for allowing Indians to be

Witneffes, in Criminal Offences commiteed [mitted] by Indians. for the Relief of ftich Perfons as have fuffered, or Alfo to the Bill, intituled, An

Ad

may

fuffer, by the Lofs of the Records of

Nanfemond County,

lately

confumed by Fire.
of Prince-George,

Parifh
to

and new ereded County. Alfo to the Bill, intituled. An Ad to oblige the Juftices of James-City, and York, levy Tobacco for certain Officers of the City of Williamfburg; without any Amendment.
Alfo
to the
Bill, intituled,

An Ad

of Briftol;

and adding Part

of the

for dividing the County County of Brunfwick to

the

Bill, intituled.

An Ad

declaring the Glebe of Elizabeth-River Parifh, lately pur-

chafed, to be a fufficient Glebe; direding the Sale of feveral Glebes;

therein mentioned,

and

for other

Purpofes

was read the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"" Braxton do carry the Bill
M"'

to the Coimcil,

and

defire their

Concur-

rence.

Robinfon prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, To explain the Land; and to prevent unjuft Exadions by them. And the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. M"' Attorney General reported. That the Committee, to whom the Bill, For the more effedually obliging Perfons to buy and fell by Weights and Meafures according to the Englifh Standard, was committed, have made feveral Amendments to the Bill; and he delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Table; where the Amendments were

Duty

of Surveyors of

read.

Debate
the

arofe,

and the Queftion was put, That the Amendments be

read;

confidered.

Refolved in the Affirmative.

And

others difagreed to,

Amendments were again by the Houfe.

and fome

of

them were agreed

to,

and

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. M' Attorney General prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, For appointing a Treafurer; and for other purpofes therein mentioned, and the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. The Ingroffed Bill, from the Council, intituled, An Ad for amending an Ad, intituled. An Ad for fettling the Titles and Bounds of Lands; and for preventing unlawful Shooting and Ranging thereupon, with the Amendments, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That a Meffage be fent to the Council, to acquaint them. That this Houfe have paffed the faid Bill, with the Amendments agreed to by them, and this Houfe; and that M'' Attorney General do carry the faid Meffage. Then the Book of Claims was read thro', and feveral Additions and Amendments were made to the Book, by the Houfe. Ordered, That the uf ual Allowances to the Officers of the General Af fembly, be added to the Book of Claims. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjoum'd 'til To-morrow Morning Ten a Clock.

Tuefday,

(225)

Tuefday, October

i,

1734.

Allowances to the Officers of the General Affembly being added to the Book of Claims, purfuant to the Order of the Hotife Yefterday, the fame were read, and agreed to, by the Houfe. Then a Motion was made, and the Queftion put. That an additional Allowance be made to the Clerk of the Committee for Courts of Juftice, for his extraordinary Ser\'ices this Seffion.
It

THE
A

paffed in the Negative.

Motion was made, That an Allowance be made to the Perfons, intrufted by the General Affembly, with the Care of preparing a complete Body of the Laws of this
Colony, for the Prefs
Refolved,
:

And

thereupon,

That fuch Allowance be made. Ordered, That Sir John Randolph, Knt. John Clayton, and John Holloway, Efqrs.

and M"' William Robcrtfon, be allowed,

and that the fame be inferted
in the

for their Trouble in Collating a

Copy

of the

Laws
1.

lately publifhed, for perfedling the Table,

and corredting the

of Claims.

Prefs, refpedlively, 50

Book

A Petition of M'' Driiry Stith, Surveyor of the County of Brnnfwick, refer'd from the Council to the Confideration of this Houfe, was read; fetting forth. That, by Order of the Governor and Coimcil, he did, at his own Expence, run and mark the feveral Dividing
between the faid County, and the Counties of Prince-George, Surry, and Ifle of Wight: for which he charged each of thofe Coimties 2000 lb. Tobocco [Tobacco]; which Charge has been levied, for the Petitioner, by the faid County of Briinfwick; but the faid other Counties have refufed to levy any Tobacco for the Petitioner: That, purfuant to an Adl of the laft Seffion of Affembly, For adding Part of the Coimties of Surry and Ifle [of] Wight to the faid County of Brunfwick, he run and mark'd a Line, from the Mouth of Chetane, on Nottoway, to the Line of Ifle [of] Wight, on Maherin River, for which he charged the faid County of Brunfwick 8000 lb. Tobacco; but they that refufe to make him any Allowance for it; and prajnng the Confideration of the Houfe therein, and fuch Relief as to the Houfe fhall feem mete. Refolved, That the Charge of the firft mentioned Sur\''ey ought to be bom by the County of Brunfwick; and that the Charge of the other Survey ought to be bom by the Counties of Surry and Brunfwick, in equal Proportion. Refolved, That the faid Petition be rejecSted. A Meffage, from the Council, by M' Robertfon That they have agreed to the Bill, intituled. An Ad for continuing an Ad, intituled. An Ad for laying a Duty on Liquors.
Lines,

Alfo to the
a

Bill, intituled.

An Ad

for continuing

an Ad,

intituled.

An Ad for laying
the Sale of Goods,

Duty upon

Slaves, to be paid by the Buyers.

Bill, intituled.

Alfo to the

An Ad for the better Diredion of Officers in

or other Things, taken in Execution, or diftrained for Rent.

Alfo to the

Bill, intituled.

An Ad An Ad

to

prevent the building

Wooden Chimneys

in the

Towns
and
to

York, and Gloucefter; and for pulling down fuch as are already built therein; reftrain Hogs, and Goats, from going at large in the faid Town of York.
of
Bill,

Alfo to the

intituled,

to

enable the
the

Nottoway Indians,

to fell certain

Lands

therein mentioned;

and

for difcharging

Indian Interpreters, without an}-

Amendment. Then the

deceafed, in
read.

John Taylor, John Griffin, and the Executors Relation to the Tobacco loft at the Public Warehoufe, at
Petition of

John Roy, Gibfon's, was

of

Refolved,

Ordered,
defire their

That the faid Petition be rejedled. That M' Robert Boiling do carry the Book of Claims to Concurrence; and that he alfo attend the Governor, and

the^^Council,

and

defire his Affent.

Ordered

(226)

That a Committee, for proportioning the Public Levy, be appointed, of the Mead, and M-- Price. Grey, M-- Eaton, Blair, following Perfons M"' Conway, a Public Levy; and that For Bill, in raifing a to bring given Ordered, That Leave be fame. the in bring the Committee of Propofitions, do prepare and Ordered, That it be an Inftrudion to the faid Committee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe, to diredl how the Books of the Laws, that have been, or fhall be, deOrdered,
:

livered to the Juftices of the refpedlive Counties, at the Public Charge, fhall be difpofed of after their Deceafe, or when they fhall be no longer Juftices.

be additional Inftrudion to the faid Committee, That they do dedudl the Allowance for Conveniency out of all Public Debts, where they do not find it to have been already dedu<5led, in the Book of Claims. The Houfe was informed. That by an Order of the Houfe, at a Seffion in the Year
Ordered,

That

it

Bounds of Wiccocomoco Parifh, in the County of Northumberland, were to be but that nothing had been done thereupon laid off, by certain Perfons therein named and fome of the Perfons laft appointed are fmce dead And a Motion was made. That
1727, the
;
:

be appointed to perform the faid Order: And thereupon. Ordered, That M'' Jofeph Ball, and M"" James Ball, of the County of Lancafter, M"" John Steptoe, and M"" Richard Lee, of the County of Northumberland, and M"' John Woodother Perfons

may

County of Richmond, be impowered to run the Dividing Lines between the and the Parifhes in the County of Lancafter, upon which that Parifh joins, as the Bounds were reputed before the Year 1723, at the Charge of the faid Parifh of Wiccocomoco; and that the Boimds of the faid Parifh fhall hereafter be the fame as they were reputed to be before the Settlement of the Boimds between the Counties of Northumberland and Lancafter, in the Year aforefaid And that they meet at fome convenient Time and Place, by them to be appointed for that Purpofe and in Cafe they fhould not all meet, the Majority of them may proceed; and that they do report their Proceedings
bridge, of the

faid Parifh,

therein, to the next Seffion of Affembly.

A
were

Bill,

For more effedually obliging Perfons

to

buy and

fell
;

according

to the

Englifh Standard, was read the third

Time

by Weights and Meafures and the Blanks in the Bill

up at the Table. That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Randolph do carry the
filled

Refolved,

Bill to

the Coimcil,

and

defire their

Con-

currence.

A Bill, For appointing a new Treafurer; and for other Purpofes, therein mentioned^ was read the fecond Time: And a Motion was made for an Amendment to the Bill; and feveral Claufes were propofed to be added; which, upon the Queftion feverally put, were difagreed to by the Houfe: and feveral other Amendments were made to the Bill,
at the Table.

Ordered,

That the

Bill,

Meffage, from the Council, by That they have agreed to the

Ferries,

with the Amendments, be ingroffed. M' Robertfon:

Bill,

intituled.

An Ad

for appointing feveral

new

and leffening
Bill,

the former Rates fettled for the Ferriage of

Wheel Carriages; and

at

altering feveral Court

Days.

Alfo to the

For leffening

the Penalties for Killing

Deer

unfeafonable Times;

and
the

for the better Recovery thereof,

without any Amendment.

And

that they have

of

made

feveral
to ferve

Amendments
in the Militia

to the
;

Bill, intituled.

An Ad

for

more equal Lifting

Alfo to the
Bill,

Perfons

and enforcing

the

Laws

for better

Regulating the Militia.

intituled,
to

An Ad

for better regulating Ordinary-Keepers,

tailers of ftrong

Liquors; and

prevent their giving Credit;

any Action, or recover any Money, Tobacco, or other upon Credit: to which they defire the Concurrence of

and Reand to difable them to maintain Commodity, for fuch Liquors fold
this Houfe.

And

that they have pafs'd the

Book

of Claims,

without any Alteration.

(227)
prevent unjuft Exadions To explain the Duty of Surveyors of Land; and to an Amendment was made, and feveral Blanks by them, was read the fecond Time; and

Bin

in the Bill

were

fill'd

up, at the Table.

of

be Ingrofs'd. Ordered That the Bill, with the Amendments, To explain the Duty Ad, An be, Bill the Ordered, That the Title of

Surveyors;
Council,

and

to

prevent

all

The Houfe

unjufl Exadions in receiving their Fees. proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendments

made by the
to

to the Bill Intituled,

An Ad

for the

more equal Lifting

of

Perfons

ferve in the Mtlttia;

and enforcing the Laws by the Houfe. and fome were agreed to, and the reft difagreed to, to acquamt them. That this Houle Ordered That a Meffage be fent to the Council, faid Amendments; and to defire they have agreed'to fome, and difagreed to other, of the agreed to by this Houfe; and that M^ Marttn will pafs the Bill, with the Amendments
go up with the faid Meffage. The Houfe alfo proceeded to the Confideration
the Council to the
Bill,

for better regulating the Militia-

and the Amendments were read,

of the

Amendments propofed by
and

Intituled,

An Ad

for better regulating Ordinary-Keepers,

their giving Credit; Retailers of ftrong Liquors; and to prevent Tobacco, or other maintain any Adion, or recover any Money,

and to dtfable them to Commodity, upon their were difagreed to by the Houfe. Accounts; and the faid Amendments being read, to acquaint them, that this Houfe Ordered That a Meffage be fent to the Council, to the faid Bill; and to defire, they cannot agree to the Amendments by them propofed and that M^ Randolph go up with the faid will pafs the Bill, without thofe Amendments,
Meffage.
Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

a. />i To-morrow Morning Ten a Clock.

i

,,

fFednefday, October

2,

1734-

A
A
A

BILL,

intituled,

An Ad

for

appointing a Treafurer; and for other Purpofes

therein mentioned,

was read the third Time, Refolvcd, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M-- Attorney General do carry the

Bill to

the Council, and

.

defire their Concurrence.

Bill, intituled.

explain the Duty of Surveyors, and to prevent all unjuft Exadions in receiving their Fees, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. to the Council, and defire their ConOrdered, That M^ Randolph do carry the Bill

An Ad

to

currcncc.

inrolled Bills, be appointed, of the Ordered That a Committee, for examining the Randolph, John Robin fon, Robert Boiling, following Perfons: M^ Fitzhugh,

W Thacker, and

M-"

Boufh.

Meffage, from the Council, by M' Robertfon the more effedually obligThat they have agreed to the Bill, intituled. An Ad for Mcafnres according to the Englifh Standard. ing Perfons to buy and fell by Weights and Elizabeth-River Parifh, Alfo to the Bill, intituled. An Ad Declaring the Glebe of
lately

pirchafed,

to

Glebes; be a fufficient Glebe; direding the Sale of feveral

and

for oth;r

Purpofes therein mentioned. And that they have made fome better Support and Encouragement of

Amendments

for the to the Bill, intituled, An to Virgmia: in Mary, and the College of William

Ad

which they

defire the

Concurrence of this Houfe.

And

An Ad
the

made, to the Bill, intituled, that they do infift on the Amendments by them Militia; and for enforcing the in to ferve for the more equal Lifting of Perfons
for better regulating the Militia.

Laws

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Ordinary Keepers, and and to difable them to Retailers of ftrong Liquors; and upon their Commodity, other maintain any Adion, or recover any Money, Tobacco, or with the Amendments by them Accounts: and defire this Houfe will pafs the faid Bill,

And

alfo to the Bill, intituled,

An Ad

for better regulating

to prevent their giving Credit;

made to the fame. The Houfe proceeded

to the Bill, intituled.

to the Confideration of the

for the better

Amendments made by
read;

the Council,

An Ad

Support and Encouragement

of the College of

William and
Ordered,

Mary, in Virginia.

And

the

Amendments were

and upon the Quef-

unto by the Houfe. That a Meffage be fent to the Council, to acquaint them. That this Houfe have agreed to the Amendments by them made to the faid Bill and that M^ Francis [Villis go up with the Meffage. Refolved, That this Houfe doth adhere to the Bill, intituled. An Ad for the more equal Liping of Perfons to ferve in the Militia; attd for enforcing the Laws for better regulating the Militia, without the Amendments made by the Council, to it, which this
tion feverally put, agreed
;

Houfe hath difagreed to. Then the Houfe proceeded to the Confideration
in Relation to their

of

the Meffage from the Council,

Amendments

to the

Bill,

intituled.

An Ad

for better regulating

Ordinary-Keepers, and Retailers of ftrong Liquors;

maintain any Adion, or And thereupon. Conference be defired with the Council, upon the fubimmediate That Ordered, an John jedl Matter of thefe Amendments: and that M-" Randolph, M"- Fitzhngh, Robinfon, and M"' Francis Willis, go up to the Council, and defire a Conference accordingly; and acquaint them. That they are appointed Managers, to meet fuch of their

and

to difable

them

to

and to prevent their giving Credit; recover any Money, Tobacco, or other Com-

modity, on their Accounts:

manage the faid Conference on their Behalf. And the faid Managers withdrew; and after fome Time, retum'd: M"' Randolph reported. That they had met the Managers of the Council, at a Conference; and the Managers for the Council did infif t upon their Amendments but were willing to agree to a further Amendment thereto; which further Amendment was deli^ered in at the Table, and agreed to by the Houfe. " Ordered, That a Meffage be fent to the Council, to acquaint them. That this Houfe have agreed to their Amendments to the Bill, with a further Amendment; to which they defire their Concurrence; and that M'' Randolph go up with the Meffage. M'' Attorney General reported. That the Perfons appointed had, according to Order, enquired, what Lands have been fold by M'' Thomas Bray, by Virtue of an A&, of the laft Seffion of Affembly; and how the Money, arifing from the Sale thereof, has been applied, or difpofed of; and had agreed upon a Report of the Matter, as it appeared to them; which he read in his place, and afterwards delivered the Report in at the Table; where the fame was again read, and is as follows, viz. The Committee having called M"" Bray before them, he exhibited an Account of the Lands fold by him, amounting to Nine Hundred Twenty Two Pounds Eighteen Shillings and Four Pence, which he has actually received; and alfo an Account of divers Xegros, by him purchafed, amounting, according to the Prices therein charged, to Six Hundred Fifty Three Pounds Ten Shillings, Sterling, out of the Monies arifing from the Sale of the faid Lands; and made Oath, That he had fold no other Lands, nor received any more Money for Lands fold b}- Virtue of the faid Acl; and that the Prices
Members
as they fhall appoint, to
;

of the Negros,

charged in his faid Account, were juft And did alfo acknowledge. That he had not fettled one Negro to the Ufes of the other Entailed Lands, in the faid Adl
:

infifted. That Seventy Pounds, by him charged in his faid Account, and paffmg the faid Adl. ought to be deducted from the Value of the Slaves, by him to be fettled to the Ufes of the faid other Entail'd Lands. /^e/b/wd. That M''.4 /tornn'Cwera/ be impowered to exhibit a Bill, in his own Name, and the Names of the furviving Truftees, in the Aa of the laft Seffion, intituled. An

mentioned; and

for procuring

Ad

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Act

to oblige [enable]
to

and

lay out the Piirchafe

Thomas Bray, Gent, to fell Money in Slaves,

certain Entail'd Lands, therein mentioned;

to

be annexed to

other

Entail'd

Lands,

which has fmce receiv'd His Majefty's Affent, to compel the faid Thomas Bray to execute the faid Adl, according to the true Intent and Meaning thereof. Ordered, That M"' Attorney General do carry the faid Refolve to the Covmcil, and defire their Concurrence; and that he alfo attend the Governor, for his Affent thereto. XP Attorney General reported, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, That the Committee had, according to Order, prepared an Addrefs to His Majefty; and he delivered the Addrefs in at the Table where it was twice read, and agreed unto by the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be fairly tranfcribed, and a Blank left for the Council; and that M"" Attorney General go up to the Council with the faid Addrefs, and defire
therein alfo mentioned,
;

their Concurrence.

Ordered,

That an Addrefs be made to the Governor, to

ing a Burgefs to fer\-e in this prefent General Affembly, for the

in the

Room of M"" Samuel Ewell, deceafed; and that M"' Governor with the faid Addrefs. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjoum'd 'til To-morrow Morning Ten a Clock.

a new Writ, for EledlCounty of Accomack, Sacker Parker do attend the

iffue

Thurfday, October

3,

1734.
Bill, intituled,

explain the Duty of Surveyors of Land; ajid to prevent all unjiift Exadions in receiving their Fees; to which they defire the Concurrence of this Houfe.

--

Meffage, from the Council, by M' Robertfon That they have made fome Amendments to the

An Ad

to

And
And And
M''

that they have agreed to the Refolve of this Houfe, in Relation to

Affent.

M''

Bray;

and obtained the Governor's

that they have alfo agreed to the

Book

of Claims.

he delivered a written Meffage, from the Council, as follows:

Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes,

rHE
given

Council having -under their Confideration, the Bill fent up from your Houfe,
calling
to

For appointing a Treafurer, and

late

Mind
fettling

the the

Tremble and Fatigue

your

Treafurer has undergone

in

the

Infpedors

Accounts,

for thefe two Years paft, which, they are fatisfied, has been the principal Occafion of that Diforder of Body and Miftd under which he now labours, think it therefore juft and reafonable, that there be allowed to M' Holloway, the like Stim, at lea ft, as you have
to the

prefent Treafurer, for the like Service;

and propofe, That you

will con fent

to a Claufe to be added to the aforefaid Bill, to that Purpofe: And this they are the rather indue' d to hope from your Houfe, in Regard to the unhappy Circumftances to which that Gentleman is now reduc'd, who has long Time ferved the Country, and for many Years
fill'd

the

Chair in your Houfe, with good Reputation.

By
The Houfe proceeded

Order of the Council,

Will. Robertfon.

to the Confideration of the faid Meffage:

And

thereupon.

Ordered, That a Meffage be fent to the Coimcil, to acquaint them. That this Houfe, in Concurrence with the faid Meffage, do agree. That in the 8th Line of the 3d Sheet of the Bill, intituled. An Ad for appointing a new Treafurer, and other Purpofes therein mentioned, after the Word Accounts, thefe Words be inferted, Allowing him One Hundred Pounds for his Trouble in fettling tlte Infpedors Accounts, for the Years One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Thirty Two, and One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Thirty Three; and that M"^ Martin go up with the Meffage.

Then

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Then the Houfe proceeded

Council, to the
Bill, intituled.

to the Confideration of the

Amendments made by

the

An Ad to explain the Duty of Surveyors of Land; and to receiving their Fees: And the Amendments were road; in Exadions prevent all itnjuft and the two firft Amendments were agreed to, and the reft difagreed to, by the Houfe. Ordered, That a Meffage be fent to the Council, to acquaint them, That this Houfe have agreed to the two firft Amendments by them made to the faid Bill, and difagreed to the reft of thofe Amendments: and to defire they will pafs the Bill, with the Amendments agreed to by this Houfe; and that M-- Randolph go up with the Meffage.
Petition of Chriftopher Jackfon was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting That on the 29th of April laft, his Dwelling-houfe was firft robb'd, and then fet forth. on Fire by which, four other Houfes, and all his Com, Houfehold Furniture, and Papers, were confumed By Reafon whereof he is much impoverifhed, and himfelf and Family reduc'd to almoft infupportable Hardfhips; and praying fuch Relief as to the Houfe

fhall

fccm reafonable. That the faid Petition be rejedted. A Meffage, from the Council, by M' Robertfon
Refolved,

intituled. An Ad for appointing a Treafurer, with the Amendment agreed to by this Houfe. and for other Pnrpofes therein mentioned, That they have had under their Confideration, the Amendments by them made to the Bill, intituled. An Ad to explain the Duty of Surveyors of Land; and to prevent all iinjuft Exadions in receiving their Fees; and that they recede from one of their Amend-

That they have agreed to the

Bill,

ments, difagreed to by this Houfe, and adhere to the reft of thofe Amendments.

And
To

that they agree to the Addrefs to His Majefty, and are ready to join therein;
is

which Addrefs
the

in the following

Words:

King's Moft Excellent Majefty,

The Humble
Affembly.

ADDRESS

of the Council

and Burgeffes

of Virginia,

met

in

General

XX
'

TJE Your Majefty's

of

nioft dniifitl

and

loial

Suhjeds, the Council and Burgeffes

firft

I/I /
'

your moft ancient Colony in America, take the

Opportunity

to

congratulate

Your Majefty upon the happy Marriage of the Princef s Roial, to His Serene HighPrince of Orange,' whereby Your Majefty's confummate Wifdom, and tender the n?fs Regard to Your People, is manifefted to all the World; Your Dominions, atid the Proteftant Religion receiving an additional Strength from this intimate Alliance with a Prince of that illuftrious Houfe, no lefs eminent for his Perfonal Vertues and good Qualities, than for
the Lufire of his Lineage,
of

which in feveral Defcents has been adorned with fame of the be ft Men, and us great Heroes as any Age can boaft of. To One of them We owe not only all that we now enjoy, but a Security for every Thing

can hope for in Times to come, in the Settlement of the Crown in Your Majefty's Family; whofe Enemies muft now be confounded and afhamed, when they contemplate that good Providence, which placed Your Roial Father, of bleffed Memory, and hath preferved Your
ive

Majefty, upon the Throne of Your Anceftors; and the hopeful Profpeds Your numerous Iffile affords to all Your good Subjeds.

At the fame Time, give us Leave, with all Humility and Gratitude, to acknowledge Your Majefty's exceeding Grace to the People of this Colony, in your favourable Acceptance of our Addrefs at our laft Seffion; and to return Your Majefty our fincere Thanks for the Countenance You were plcafed to give to our Complaint of the Hardfhips the Planters of Tobacco labour under; and tho' it was unfortunate for tis, that our Interefts, atid the
Interefts
of thofe whofe Oppofition prevailed, were irreconcileable We have abundant Reafon to admire Your Majefty's impartial Juftice, and Conftancy, upon that Occafion; when no Clamour, how univerfal foever, could change Your good Purpofes, or divert Your
,

DeteftationofOppreffionand Fraud, however difguifed or fupported,by Names and Sounds: Yet our Confolation is, that the Confciences of many who glory in the Succefs of their
Mifreprefentations. will continually bear Teftimony againft them;

and

that

We

have been
thought

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thought worthy to be confidered by

continue

to

reign over

its,

for

Your Majefty, who, if our Wifhes prevail, will long Your own Glory, and the Happinefs of all Your People.

The Houfe proceeded

to the Confideration of the faid Meffage, in Relation to the

Amendments
and
to

to the
all

prevent

explain the Duty of Surveyors of Land; unjuft Exadions in receiving their Fees: And thereujion.
Bill, intituled,
to

An Ad

That an immediate Conference be defired with the Council, upon the Subject Matter of thofe Amendments: And that M'' Randolph, Mj John Robin fon, My Merriwether, and M' Martin, go up to the Council, and defire their Concurrence accordingly; and acquaint them that they are appointed Managers, to meet fuch
Ordered,
of their

Members as they

fhall

And

the faid Managers withdrew;

appoint to manage the faid Conference in their Behalf. and being retum'd, M"' Randolph reported.

That they had met Two of the Members of the Council in the Conference Room, by whom they were told, "That it was contrary to the Rules of the Affembly, to agree to a Con"ference, after they have adhered to their Amendments; and that therefore they can "not agree to the Conference defired by this Houfe. Ordered, That it be an Inftru6lion to the Perfons appointed to prepare and bring in a Bill for Raifing a Publick Levy, That they have Power to receive a Claiife, to oblige the Collectors thereof, to receive the Quantity of Tobacco affeffed upon each Tithable, without any Deduction. M'' Conway reported, That the Perfons appointed, had, according to Order, fettled the Proportions of the Public Levy, and ftated the fame in a Book, which he delivered in at the Table; and the fame was read, and agreed to. Ordered, That M"^ Blair do carry the Book to the Council and defire their Concur;

rence.
M"' Conway prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill For Raifing a Public Levy; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned; and the fame was received, and read the firft Time.

Ordered,

That the

Bill

be read a fecond Time.

A Meffage from the Council,

read the fecond Time.
Ordered,

by M"' Robertfon: That they have agreed to the Book of Proportions. A Bill, For Raifing a Public Levy; and for other Purpofes
That the
Bill

therein mentioned,

was

be ingroffed.
for Raifing a Public Levy;

Bill, intituled,

An Ad

and

for other

Purpofes therein

mentioned,

was read the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Conway do carry the
Ordered,

Bill to the

Council

and

defire their

Concur-

rence.

That the Houfe be adjoum'd

'til

To-morrow Morning Ten a Clock.

Friday, October 4, 1734..

Speaker acquainted the Houfe, "That he had met the Prefident of the and the reft of that Body, by their Defire, in the Conference "Chamber; and that they had had fome Difcourfe concerning the Oflfenfe "the Houfe had taken, to an Anfwer, reported by one of the Members of the "Houfe, to a Meffage fent up to them to defire a Conference upon the Subject Matter "of the Amendments made to the Bill, To explain the Duty of Surveyors of Lattd; and "to prevent all unjuft Exactions in receiving their Fees: And that the Council had defired "him to inform the Houfe, That there was fome Mifunderftanding between the Two "Members of the Council, and the Members of this Houfe, about the Council's Anfwer; "for that they did not intend abfolutely to deny a Conference, but told them a Con"Council,

MR.

"ference

: :

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to the Amendments: Yet, "ference would be unneceffary, fince they had adhered agree to it. to ready be will they Conference, a "the Houfe infift upon that Matter. in Satisfadlion received Refolved, That this Houfe has
Ordered,
if

That the Refolutions of the Houfe Yefterday, upon the Report of the Members who went up to defire a Conference, be erafed out of the Journal. A Meffage from the Council That they have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Adt for Raifmg a Public Levy; and for other Puqiofes therein mentioned, without any Amendment.

W John Robinfon reported. That the Perfons appointed, had, according to Order,

examin'd the inroll'd Bills; and recflified fuch Miftakes as had been found therein. M' Robert Boiling reported. That he had, according to Order, waited on the Governor; and obtain'd his Affent to the Book of Claims and Proportions. Ordered, That all the Bills of this Seffion, both Public and Private, be printed.

Meffage from the Go\emor, was delivered by

Speaker,

M''

Kemp:

M'

The Governor commands the immediate Attendance of this Houfe, in the Council Chamber; and that yon bring iviih ymi fuch Bills as are ready for his Affent. And M' Speaker, with the Houfe, went up accordingly: And addreffmg himfelf
to the Governor, fpake as follows

SIR,

TT
'

'TE now

attend you, in Obedience to your

1/1/
'

Affent,
Seffion.
fir ft

which have pa ffed

is.

the

Commands, to prefent the Bills for your Council, arid Houfe of Burgeffes, during this

For Continuing and further Amending the Adt, for Amending the Staple of Tobacco; and Preventing Frauds in His Majefty's Cuftoms; 'ivhich you were pleafed to recommend to us, in your SPEECH, at the Opening of the Seffion: Atid upon this Occafion, it is fit we fhould acknowledge your Prudence and Juftice, in permitting us, who began this Work, to finifh it; notwithftanding the long Continuance

Our

Bill

of this

General Affembly, ivhich has fubfifted longer than any, fince the
hope. This Bill will effedually fupply all that

fir ft

Inftitution of

.\ffemblies in this Colony.

Now we may

was wanting in

the

fir ft

Law, and that of the laft Seffion, for Explaining and Amending it; and if Infpedors can be chofen, of that Probity and Integrity which is neceffary to execute the great Truft committed to them, we are perfuaded, it will not only produce all the good Effeds, which can be

and Difputes about it, muft needs Then this Affembly may have Reafon to value themfelves upon their Succefs, ceafe. in Perfeding a Work of fo much Difficulty, which has been the chief Emploiment of Three Seffions: Tho' we cannot fay it has been carried on, and brought to a Conclufion, without
expeded from
fo jnft a Regulation;

but all Clamors

fame Differences of Opinion; yet it has occafioned no Animofities among us, nor hinder'd our Concurrence in oilier Matters that have been propof'd for the common Good; which may be accounted a fingular Mark of the Prudence and Difintereftednefs of our Counfels, that in fo nice a Bufinefs as the Regulation of this Trade, wherein every Man's Intereft is fo nearly concerned, we have gone though [through] it with that Calmnefs and Moderation, which every Body may obferve in our Proceedings. But indeed, we muft own a great deal is owing to Your Condud, in the Adminiftration the Government: We know how natural it is, for Mankind to be over fond and zealous of to prmnote what they think expedient for Reforming public Abufes; and that you have had this Matter very much at heart: Yet thofe who have differ'd from you in Opinion, far from
being revil'd or defpis'd for their Integrity, have been treated with that Regard

and

Civility,

which are due

This

to the

Reprefentatives of a People.

many good Things that have been done, during Your Government, and the true Caufe that has banifh'd all Fadions and Parties out of this Colony; and in this. Your Example may inftrud thofe who fhall come after you, in the beft Methods
is the

Source of

of

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King's Subjeds here: They may fee how little Need there will be to exercife when Matters are managed in the Legiflatiire by the Ways of Perfuafion and Gentlenefs; and, that what can't be accomplifh' d on a fudden, at one Time, may be brought about with good Snccefs at another. Is it not then a lamentable Thing, that a tyrannical, overbearing Spirit fhou'd ever prevail in Government; efpecially when no Inftance can be given of its ivorking any Good,
of

Governing

tlie

the Negative Voice,

who poffefs it? Yet fitch is the Perverfenefs and Depravity of Human Nature, that many Men, in eminent Stations, are apt to miftake the true Dignity of their Office; tlicy imagine it confifts in the Magnificence of a Title, and the bare Poffeffion of Power, which have no intrinsic Worth. But the Contrary, is the true Characteriftic of your AdYon will be remember'd, by eminent Inftances of doing Good, and a faithminiftration: ful Difcharge of your Duty; which is an Honour that can never fade, and exalts your Dignity above that of your Office, by the Applaufe of wife and vertuous Men. Then the Governor was pleas'd to give his Affent to the following Bills An Ad for continuing and further amending an Ad, intittded, an Ad for amending the Staple of Tobacco; and- for preventing Frauds in His Majefty's Cuftoms. An Ad for continuing an Ad, intituled, an Ad for laying a Duty on Liquors. An Ad for continuing an Ad, intituled, an Ad for laying a Duty on Slaves, to be
even
to

thofe

paid by the Buyers,

An Ad An Ad

for further continuing the

Ad for

making more

effedual

Provifion

againft

Invafions and Infurredions.

to

make

void certain Contrads for the paying exceffive Ufury; for the further

Difcouragement
ducing the Rate

of the unrighteous Practice of taking

of Intereft.

more than lawful

Intereft;

and

re-

An Ad

for

amending

the

Ad,

intituled,

an

Ad

for fettling the Titles attd

Bounds

of

Lands; and for preventing unlawful Shooting and Ranging thereupon. After prefenting That Bill, M"" Speaker acquainted the Governor, "That he was "commanded by the Houfe of Burgeffes, to make it their humble Requeft to Him,
"to employ his Intereft to obtain His Majefty's Affent to it; for, that it contained many "good Things; and People might be indue 'd to purchafe Lands under it; whofe Titles "would be precarious, until it was confirm 'd by His Majefty. To which the Governor anfwer'd. That he would do all that was in his Power, to obtain a Confirmation of that Ad. And afterwards. He gave his Affent to the following Public and Private Bills.

An Ad for better Regulating the Trial of Criminals for Capital Offences. An Ad for allowing Indians to be Witneffes, in Criminal Offences committed by Indians. An Ad for more effectually obliging Perfons to buy and fell by Weights and Meafures
according
to the

Englifh Standard.

An Ad

for the better Regulating

and Colleding

certain Officers Fees;

and

other

Pur-

pofes therein mentioned.

An Ad
An Ad

for the better

Diredion

of Officers, in the Sale of Goods, or othei' Things, taken

in Execution, or diftrained for Rent.

for Leffening the Penalties for Killing

Deer

at unfeafonable

Times;

and

for the better Recovery thereof.

An Ad to amend
Debts.

the

Laws now

in force, for the more fpeedy and eafy Recovery of fmall

An Ad for better Regulating Ordinary -keepers, and Retailers of ftrong Liquors; and to prex^ent their giving Credit; and to difable them to maintain any Adion, or recover any Money, Tobacco, or other Commodity, for fuch Liquors fold tipon Credit. An Ad for the better Support and Encouragement of the College of William atid Mary,
in Virginia.

An Ad for appointing a Treafurer; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. An Ad for Raiflng a Public Levy; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned.

An

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An Ad An Ad

for appointing feveral

new

Ferries;

and leffening

the former Rates fettled for

the Ferriage of Wheel-Carriages:

And

altering feveral Court

Days.

declaring the Glebe of Elizabeth-River Parifh, lately purchafed, to be a fuffiother Purpofes therein mentioned. cient Glebe: Direding the Sale of feveral Glebes: And for

An Ad for Dividing the Parifh of Henrico And for uniting and Dividing the Parifhes
:

in the County of Ifle [of] Wight. of Ne^vport and Warwickfqueak, An Ad for deftroying Crows and Squirrels, in the Northern Neck,
Shore.

and on

the

Eaftern

An Ad
An Ad

to oblige the Juftices of

James-City, and York,

to levy

Tobacco for certain

Officers for the City of

WilHamfburg.

for the Relief of fuch Perfons as have fuffered, or

may

fuffer,

by the Lofs of

the Records of

Nanfemond,

lately

confumed by Fire.
laft

An Ad An Ad

for Dividing Spotfylvania County. for the better Enabling the Executors of the
to

Will and Teftament of Charles

Surges, Gent, deceafed,

to veft

pay

his Debts

and Legacies.

Part of the Eftate of Robert Carter, Efq; deceafed, devifed to Robert An Ad Carter the Younger, who died in his Life-time, in Robert Carter, the Son and Heir of the faid Robert Carter the Younger: And to make Provifion for Prif cilia Carter, the Widow of the faid Robert Carter the Younger, and Elizabeth Carter, his Daughter. An Ad to veft certain entail'd Lands, with the Appurtenances, therein mentioned,
in Charles Tomkies, Gent, in Fee-Simple;
to the

and

for fettling other Lands, of greater Value,

fame Ufes.
to

An Ad
and

enable the

Nottoway Indians

to

fell

certain

Lands

therein mentioned;

for difcharging the Indian Interpreters.

An Ad
other

for

Docking

the Entail of certain

Lands in

the Counties

of

Glocefter and
fettling

Elizabeth -City; and vefting the fame in

Henry

Willis, in

Fee-Simple; and. for

Lands and Tenements, and

for pulling

feveral Slaves, to the

fame Ufes.
in the

An Ad to prevent the building Wooden Chimneys,

and

Towns
to

of

York and

Glocefter;

down

fuch as are already built therein:

And

reftrain

Hogs and Goats

;

from going Part

of the

at large in the faid

Town

of

York.

Dividing the County of Prince George, and Parifh of Briftol and adding County of Brunfwick to the new ereded County. Then M"" Speaker acquainted the Governor, "That the Houfe of Burgeffes, in Con"currence with the Council, had, in all humble Duty, prepared an Addrefs to the KING'S "moft Excellent Majefty:" Which he read, and delivered to the Governor; and, in Behalf of the Houfe, requefted him to tranfmit the fame, to be prefented to His
Majeft3^

An Ad for

To which the Governor anfwer'd, That he would And then made the following Speech:
Gentlemen
of the Council,
I

take Care to do

it.

M' Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes,

have now had, of your Conftancy, in Supporting and Improving, with a becoming Zeal, that Method for Regulating our Staple and Trade, which, above all others, fumifh'd you at firft with Arguments weighty enough to enforce it, gives me the greateft Satisfacflion and will be no lefs to your Honour than to the Benefit of thofe you reprefent. AND, as it has been your principal Care, to reconcile the feveral Parts of this Law to ever\^ concurrent Propofition, that they mutually contribute to illuftrate the Reafonablenefs and Neceffity of it, and by an equitable Difpofition, have render'd them favourable to every Interef t that has an honef t Demand I think I need not introduce other Inftances to manifeft the Uprightnefs of your Intentions, nor to prove the Obligations I am under, of being truly thankful, were I as able to exprefs it in Words, as I am
Experience
;

THE

willing to difcharge

it

by

my Actions.
THIS

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THIS
And. as

feveral Prorogations, for near

being the Fourth Seffion of an Affembly, which has been continued, under Seven Years, I purpofe, in fome Time, to diffolve it.

I fhall be only follicitous to fhorten the Inconveniences which neceffarily attend the Forecaft of pubHc Eledlions, I freely fubmit the concurring Sentiments of
:

our Condudl, to the impartial Judgment of the Freeholders not doubting but a fenfible People will gratefully remember the many eminent Sen-ices you haAe done vour Country, and Vouch their Approbation, by ingenuoufly confeffmg, that their prefent and future Happinefs, fo apparently in View, is entirely owing to your Obferx'ation, Steadinefs

and

Integrity.

AFTER an eameft Exhortation to you, in your feveral Counties, and Stations, promote the Honour of Almighty GOD, by the Belief and Practice of the antient Principles of the Church of CHRIST, and wifhing all of you Health and Succefs in your private Affairs; it remains for me to acquaint you, I have thought fit to prorogue this Affembly, to the Second Thurfday in May next: And this Affembly is accordinglyto

prorogued to that Time.

THE

JOURNAL
OF THE

Houfe
A

of

Burgesses.
AT
fummoned
to be held at the

General AfTembly

Capitol, in the City of ff^illiamfburgy on the

Firft

Day of

Auguft, in the Ninth Year of the

Reign of our Sovereign Lord

GEORGE

the

Second, by the Grace of God, of Great- Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the
Faith,
feveral

^c.

And

from

thence continued, by
to

Prorogations,

the

Fifth

Day of
Lord,

Augufty in the Tenth Year of His faid Maj city's

Reign,

and

in

the

Year

of our

M,DCC,XXXVI.

Printed

ff^lLLIAMSBURG: by WILLIAM PARKS.

1736.

THE

JOURNAL
OF

The Houfe
of

of

BuRGESSES
5,

Thurfday, Auguft

1736.

Members took the Oaths appointed to be taken by Ad; of Parliament, SIXTY inftead the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy; and took and fubfcribed
of Abjuration, and fubfcribed the Teft; and alfo took the Burgeffes Oath: And the Houfe having attended the Governor, and being return 'd. M"" Conway put them in Mind of the Governor's Commands to make Choice of a Speaker and did nominate and recommend Sir John Randolph, as a Gentleman of fuch known Ability and Integrity; fo worthy and fo eminent, that he expected he was already chofen in the Minds of all there prefent and therefore he thought it needlefs to defcend to his particular Qualifications and Excellencies; And mov'd.that he might becondudled

the

Oath

to the Chair.

Then M'' Harrifon propos'd M'' Robinfon for Speaker, and with him, M"' Carter, and But M'' Robinfon ftanding up in his Place, declared, That he did not M'' Berkeley agreed expedl to be made a Competitor with the Gentleman that had been named; that he was no ways qualified; and pray'd, that Sir John Randolph might be chofen, without any Oppofition and He was accordingly chofen by all the reft of the Members, and conduced to the Chair by Two Members: And being there plac'd, made a Speech to the
;

Houfe, as follows;
Gentlemen,

THE

Teftimony you give, to the Probity and Integrity of the Perfon, whom you think fit to chufe for your Speaker, muft be a confiderable Addition to any Man's Character; and to make Excufes for refufing it, which we hope may not be accepted, were only to make a falfe Shew of Modefty, that can be of no

more Worth than Oftentation. IN me it would be an abfurd Hyj^ocrify, fince my Willingnefs to continue in the Sen,'ice of this Houfe has been well known among you, tho' I ha\-e not endeavoured to Therefore I fhall not hefitate anticipate any Man's Judgment, by foliciting his Vote in owning the Satisfadlion with which I accept the Honour you now beftow upon me and I do it with the greater Pleafure, feeing many worthy Gentlemen, experienced Members of the Houfe of Burgeffes, who have been long Witneffes of my Behaviour, ftill retain a I am very fenfible of your Favour, and that the Obligations you good Opinion of it. lay me under, are too great to be fatisfied with the ordinary Returns of Thanks and Compliments; which would be paying a vaft Debt with a fmall Matter: But it will require a great Degree of Circumfpedlion and Prudence, Labour and Diligence, SteadiAnd when fo many Qualities muft concur in nefs and Impartiality, to acquit me. the right Execution of an Office, the Difficulties which muft attend it, cannot but be
; ;

not be fufficient with the utmoft Rigour and Severity; no allowances

\ery obvious.
if

And

all this fhall

if

every Adlion
for

fhall

be conftrued

made

common

Miftakes; and

That

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to be juft, fhall be equally cenfured. That which upon due Examination may appear fo great Difcouragements. with what is apparently not fo; who can withfand but your Animadverfions upon me doubting not BUT I rely upon your Candour, fome Indulgence. with interpreted will always be juft, and my Condudl
Gcntlatien,

fent hither to reprefent them. to bind them by Laws which and Concerns to give their Content in the weightieft of their with all that they have, place may advance their Common Good. Herein they truft you and teftify the higheft Opinion the greateft Confidence in your Wifdoms and Difcretions, the Fear of offending others; and fome, pleafmg Defire of And furely, a of your Virtue.

WE muft confider ourfelves chofen by all the People;

;

Views to

little

Advantages and

Interefts; adhering too fondly to ill-grounded Conceits;

the Prejudices of Opinions too haftily taken up; and Affedlation to Popularity; Private Animofities or Perfonal Refentments which have often too much to do in Popular Affemblies, and fometimes put a Bias upon Mens Judgments, can upon no Occafion,
;

turn us afide in the Profecution of this important Duty, from what fhall appear to be the true Intereft of the People: Tho' it may be often impoffible to conform to their
vSentiments, fmce,

when we come

to confider

and compare them, we

fhall find

them

various and irreconcileable. THE Honour of the Houfe of Burgeffes hath of late been raifed higher than can be obferved in former Times; and I am perfuaded you will not fuffer it to be leffened under

your Management. IN every Thing that depends upon me, I fhall never fail to be zealous for what may redoimd moft to your Honour. And tho' I muft not pretend to fway your Debates, I will endeaA-our to prefer\'e Rule and Order in them. I WILL be watchful of your Privileges, without which we fhould be no more than a

dead Body; and advertife you of every Incident that may ha\'e the leaft Tendency And laftly, I will labour to give all proper Difpatch to to deftroy or diminifh them. your Proceedings, and to bring them to a good Iff ue which are the only Means, whereby I may be able to pay the Duty I owe you, to deferve the great Favour you have fhewn me, or any Applaufe from the Public.
;

Order'd,

That a Meffage be fent to the Governor, to acquaint him. That the Houfe, in Obedience to his Commands, have made Choice of a Speaker; and to know his Pleafure, when the Houfe fhall attend, to prefent him: And that M'' Conway, M'' Corbin, Robinfon, M'' Acrill, M"" Randolph, and M"' Digges, go with the Meffage. Accordingly they withdrew; and being returned, M"' Conway reported. That the Governor was pleafed to fay, he would prefently fignify his Pleafure to the Houfe in that

Matter.

Meffage from the Governor was delivered by

M"^ Robertfon.

Gentlemen,

Governor's Pleafure, That the Houfe attend him To-morrow at Eleven of the Clock in the Fore-noon, in the Council Chamber, to prefent their Speaker.
It is the

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning, Eleven a Clock.

Friday, Auguft 6, 1736.

MEMBER, who was

to be taken

abfent Yefterday, having taken

the

Oaths

appointed

by A<$t of Parliament, inftead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy; and taken and fubfcribed the Teft; and taken the Oath of a Burgefs, was admitted to his Place in the Houfe. M'

(24l)
M"'
;

speaker

ele(5t,

with the Houfe.went to attend the Governor in the Council-Cham-

ber and fpake as

f olloweth

SIR,
Obedience to your Commands, proceeded to elected me, do now prefent me, for your Approbation. And as I have never yet tried my Strength, in per\^erting the Ufe of Speech, which was given us for the true Difcovering, and not to difguife our Minds, I dare not make my firft Effay in this Place, and before this Affembly but without arraigning the fmaU Abilities I haA-e, I humbly fubmit m}^ felf to your Judgment. Then the Governor fpake thus Gentlemen, The Choice you have made of a Speaker, is greatly to my Satisfadion. After the Governor's Speech, M'' Speaker reply'd, I humbly thank you for this your favourable Opinion; which I don't pretend to defer\^e, but will ufe it as a proper Admonition, whereby I ought to regulate my Conduct in the Exercife of the Office you are now pleas'd to confirm me in; which I do not intend to magnify to the Degree fome have done, feeling we are no more than the Reprefentative Body of a Colony, naturally and juftly dependent upon the Mother Kingdom, whofe Power is circumfcribed by very narrow Boimds and whofe Influence is of fmall Extent. All we pretend to, is to be of fome Importance to Thofe who fend us hither and to have fome Share in their Protedlion, and the Security of their Lives, Liberties,

THE

Houfe

of

BurgeHes have,

in

the Choice of a Speaker;

and having

and

Properties.

Heat and Burthen of the firft Settlement of this by the Government, in the Form it was then eftablifhed, which had an unnatural Power of Ruling by Martial Law, and Conftitutions paffed by a Council in England, without the Confent of the People, which were no better:
Planters,
fuftain'd the

The

who

Plantation, were miferably harraffed

This

made

the

Name of

Virginia fo infamous, that

hardly yet worn out in other Countries, efpeciaUy

in all Ages,
of

we fee the Impreffions of thofe Times, among the Vulgar And fuch have been
:

and for ever muft continue to be, the Effe(5ts of an Arbitrary Defpotic Power; which the Company in London, in whom all Dominion and Property was then lodged, were fo fenfible, that they refolved to eftablifh another Form of Government more agreeable and fuitable to the Temper and Genius of the Englifh Nation. And accordingly, in July, 1 62 1, pafs'd a Charter imder their Common Seal, which was founded upon Powers before granted by Charters under the Great Seal of England; whereby they ordered and declared. That for preventing Injuftice and Oppreffion for the Future; and for advancing the Strength and Profperity of the Colony, there fhould be Two Supreme Councils; One to be called, The Council of State, confifting of the Governor, and certain Goimcillors, particularly named, to ferve as a Coimcil of Advice to the Governor; the
other to be called by the Governor, Yearly, confifting of the Council of State, and Two Burgeffes to be chofen by the Inhabitants of every Town, Hundred, or other Plantation;
to be called. The General Affembly:
clude, of all
of

And to have free Power to treat, confult, and conThings concerning the Public Weal; and to enadl fuch Laws for the Behoof the Colony, and the good Go\'emment thereof, as from Time to Time fhould appear
:

neceffary or requifite

Commanding them

to imitate

and follow the

Policy,

Form

of

Government, Laws, Cuftoms, Manner of Trial, and other Adminiftration of Juftice ufed in England; and providing that no Orders of their General Court fhould bind the Colony,
is the Original of our Conftitution, confirmed by King James the Firft, by King Charles the Firft, upon his Acceffion to the Throne, and by aU the Crown 'd Heads of England, and Great-Britain, fucceffively, upon

unlefs ratified in the General Affemblies, This

the Appointment of every new Governor, with very little Alteration. Under it, we are grown to whatever we now have to boaft of. And from hence, the Houfe of Burgeffes do derive diverfe Privileges, which they have long enjoy 'd, and claim as their vmdoubted

Right

, ;:

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the very Effence of their Being, becaufe, without it, look'd upon as a Council an Exempnothing could be thoroly debated, nor could they be their Counfels and Debates otherwife Arrefts, confirm'd by a Pofitive Law,
Right.

Freedom

of

Speech

is

from the Lofs of its Members; might be frequently interrupted, and their Body diminifhed by withdraw them from the to Occafions all prevent to Eftates, a Protedlion for their Members, that they may their own over Power neceffary Duty of their Attendance; a Houfe; in the and a fole be anfwerable to no other Jurifdidlion for any Thing done
tion

Right of determining all Queftions concerning their own Eledlions, left contrary Judgments, in the Courts of Law, might thwart or deftroy Theirs. All thefe, I fay, befides others which fpring out of them, are incident to the Nature and Conftitution of our Body; and I am commanded by the Houfe, to offer a Petition Attempts that may be in their Behalf, that You will be pleas'd to difcountenance all
ofifer'd

againft them,
all

and

affift

us with
:

Your Authority
Laftly, I

them
that

againft

Inf ults whatfoever

And

and maintaining muft beg Your Favour to my felf

in fupporting

You

will not conftrue

my

Adtions with too

much

Severity, nor impute

my

particu-

and Failings to the Houfe. To which the Governor anfwer'd The Houfe of Burgeffes may always depend upon my Care to fupport them in their antient Rights and Privileges. And then M"' Speaker went on We have long experienced Your Love and Good Will to the People of this Country and obferve with what Readinefs you exert it upon all Occafions. The Art of Governing Well, is thought to be the moft abftrufe, as well as the ufeand when It is learnt to fome Degree of Perfeftion, it is fuleft Science in the World very difficult to put it in Pradlice, being often oppofed by the Pride and Intereft of the Perfon that governs. But You have fhew'd how eafy it is to give univerfal Satisfadlion to the People imder Your Government You have met them, and heard their Grievances in frequent Affemblies, and have had the Pleafure of feeing none of them proceed from Your Adminiftration You have not been intoxicated with the Power committed to You by His Majefty; but have ufed it, like a faithful Truftee, for the Public Good, and with proper Cautions: Raifed no Debates about what it might be able to do of itfelf; but, on all important Occafions, have fuffer'd it to unite with that of the other Parts of
lar Errors
; :
:

never propofe Matters, without fuppofing Your Opinion fubjedl to the Examination of Others nor ftrove to make other Mens Reafon blindly and implicitly obedient to Yours but have always calmly acquiefced in the Contrary Opinion And Laftly, You have extirpated all Fadlions from among us, by difcountenancing Public Animofities; and plainly prov'd, that none can arife, or be lafting, but from the Countenance and Encouragement of a Governor. Hinc illce Artes.
the Legiflature:
;

You

tery,

of the

at all, I have none of the Arts nor the Addrefs that is necceffary for the other. And I hope, I fhall never be one of thofe, who beftow their Commendations upon all Men alike; upon thofe who
:

do not mention thefe Things, for the Sake nor for conciliating Favour For if I know
firft,

of enlarging

my

Periods, nor for Flat-

my

felf

deferve

it,

as well as thofe

who do

not.

the Character

me then, Sir, to befeech You to go on in the fame fteady Courfe: Finifh You have been almoft Nine Years eftablifhing Let it remain unblemifhed, and a Pattern to thofe who fhall come after You Make us the Envy of the King's other Plantations; and put thofe Governors out of Countenance, who make Tyranny their Glory; and tho'they know their Matter's Will, fancy it a Difhonour to perform it. And being returned, and the Mace laid on the Table, M"' Speaker reported, That
Permit
; ;

the Houfe had attended the Governor, in Obedience to his

Commands,

in the Coimcil-

Chamber, and had ])refented their Speaker: And that he was pleas'd to make a Speech to the Council and this Houfe; which being long, he had obtained a Copy of it, which he read to the Houfe and is as follows
;

Gentlemen

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Gentlemen of

the Council,

M'

Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes,

and you, that after the Diffolution of an Affembly, which had expreffed fo much Duty to the King, and fo much Love to their Country; fuch Unanimity among themfelves, and fuch Deference and Regard to me; I can behold with Pleafure, in this new Affembly, a Revival of the old one And that tho' I do not meet the very fame Perfons, yet I meet the very fame good Difpofitions and Affedlions. WITH this View, I promife my felf, that whatever was left unfinifhed by them, will be perfedted by you And that whatever fhall at any Time be recommended by me, or propofed among your felves, for the further Good of this Colony, will be fpeedily and
but congratulate
felf

CANNOT

my

effedlually

promoted.
I

muft mention the better Regulation of the Militia, fo as to render it more powerful for Preventing Infurrecftions of Slaves; and alfo, the making of fome Provifion for the Eafe of poor Houfe-keepers, who are unable to purchafe Arms for themfelves. Such a Bill deferves your Attention, when fo many Negros are brought into the Country; and I eameftly offer it to your Conlideration. THERE is a Pradlice lately introduced, of Importing Rum and other Liquors, by Land Carriage, from the neighbouring Provinces to our Frontier Inhabitants, for which no Duty can be demanded, as the Law now ftands: It will therefore be juft, as well as neceffary, to extend the Duty on Liquors to this Land-Importation; that all Traders being in like Circumftances, may be equaly profited by it. IT is with great Satisfaction I can acquaint you, That His Majefty has been gracioufly
pleas'd to confirm

TO this Purpofe,

Two

Adls paffed the

laft Seffion of

Adl For

Virginia;

Support and Encouragement of the and the other is, An Ad for amending the ASt, intituled. An Ad for fettling the Titles and Bounds of Lands: Of both which, not only the prefent Generation, but your Pofterity, will reap the Advantages And it is no fmall Pleafure to me, that my Solicitations herein, have met with Succefs anfwerable to my Wifhes. WHAT I have propofed to you, is all I have to offer to your legiflative Power: But at this Conjundlure, and as this is Our firft Meeting, you muft give me Leave to
the better
:

Affembly; one of them is, the College of William and Mary, in

fay,

it is

not

all

that concerns us.

Gentlemen,

and excellent PRINCE, who will always reach out His Roial Hand for the Benefit and Advantage of His moft diftant Subjedls And while his Thoughts have been turned toward Compofing the Difference, and Settling the Tranquility of Europe, never fails to have moft at Heart the Welfare of His own People. By the Providence of GOD, and His Majefty's Condud;, both thefe Points feem happily fecured; the moft jarring Nations have liftened to the Voice of Peace, and the Subjects of Great-Britain are owning their Obligations to the King, and His Minifters, and are carrying on their Commerce with Safety and Succefs. Let us, therefore, engage His Majefty farther to us, by all poffible Returns of Gratitude and
are under the Protedlion of a gracious
:

YOU

Loyalty.

His Majefty has been gracioufly pleafed to entruft with the Adminif tration of the Government here, I am very fenfible that this truf t was for no other End committed to me, but in Subfer\'iency to the Honour and Intereft of my Sovereign, and the Good of the Public. As I always have, fo I always fhall continue to make Thefe my Aim And if your former Experience can ftrengthen your Affurance of me, and can create that proper Confidence we ought to have in each other, I queftion not, but my Heart's Defire will be accomplifhed, in feeing thisColony in a flourifhing Profperfelf,
:

FOR my

whom

ity.

Refolved, Nemine Contradicente, That an Humble Addrefs be made to the Governor, to return him the Thanks of the Houfe, for his affedlionate Speech; and for the Pains and Trouble he has taken,

to

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mentioned; to acknowledge to obtain His Majefty's Affent to the Two Adls therein upright Adminif tration and prudent his Senfe of their the Regard they have to him; fhall be found neceffary or that and their Readinefs to concur with him in all Matters
requifite for the Public

Good.

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed, to draw up an Addrefs to the Governor, upon the faid Refolution and it is referred to
;

M' Conway, M' Roberifon,

Refolved,

M-- Willis,
M--

and

Fiizhugh.

That the Houfe

will

take the Governor's Speech into Confideration on

Tiiefday next.

who were abfent Yefterday, having taken the Oaths appointed inftead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy; Parliament, A6t of to be taken by and taken and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, and fubfcribed the Teft; and taken the Oath of a Burgefs; were admitted to their Places in the Houfe. Ordered, That Nicholas Wager, John Johnfon, William Francis, and James Levie, be appointed Door-keepers to this Houfe and that they give their Attendance accord-

Two

other Members,

ingly.

Ordered,
ing Perfons:

That a Committee

of Privileges

and

Eledlions, be appointed, of the follow-

M' Conway,
M"'

M"" M"' M"'

M"-

Fitzhugh,

Robinfon,

M' Harrifon, M' Corbin, M' Randolph, M' Acrill,

in the firft Place, all

Waring^ McCarty, Walke,

Burwell.
;

M' Boufh, and

M''

And they are to meet on Monday next, and to adjourn from Day to Day and to examine,
Writs for eledling Burgeffes to ferve in this prefent General Affembly, and compare the fame with the Form prefcribed by Law; and to take into their Confideration, all fuch Matters as fhall or may come in Queftion, touching
of

Returns

Returns, Eledlions, and Privileges; and to report their Proceedings, with their Opinions therein,

to fend for Witneffes, Perfons, Papers,

fons:

from Time to Time, to the Houfe And the faid Committee is to have Power and Records, for their Information. Ordered, That a Committee for Public Claims, be appointed, of the following Per:

M'

Blair,
Price,

W James W
M""

Ball,

Beverley,

M'' M''

Bowdoin,

M'' Biickner,

W Sweny,
M""

Harmanfon,
Turner,
M"'

W Eaton, W
Scarburg.

Haynes,
Claiborne,

and

And

they are to meet on Tuefday next, and to adjourn from

Day

to

Day; and

to take

into their Confideration, all Public Claims

this Seffion
;

which

fhall

be prefented to the Houfe, during

and to report

their Proceedings, with their Opinions therein, to the Houfe,

:

when they have gone through the faid Claims And all Perfons that have any Claims, are to deliver them to the Clerk, and he is to deliver the fame to the faid Committee, of Courfe And they are to have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records, for
:

their Information.

Order'd,

Ordered,

That M-" Miles Cary, be appointed Clerk to both the faid Committees. That a Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, be appointed, of the

following Perfons:

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M' Robinfon, M' Corbin, Mj Conway,

M"' Prefley,

M'

Carter,

M'' Acrill,

M' Harrifon, M' Burwell,

M"" Digges,

M' Willis, M^ Randolph,

M"'

M'
M.'

Beverley,

W Rafcow,
M' Fitzhugh,

Walke,

Kennon,

M"' Berkeley,
liiy

and

Woodbridge.

And

they are to meet on

Monday

next,

into their Confideration, all Propofitions

fied to this TVffembly;

and to adjourn from Day to Day; and to take and Grievances, that fhall come legally certi-

and to report their Proceedings, with their Opinions thereupon, from Time to Time And all fuch Propofitions and Grievances are to be delivered to the Clerk of the Houfe, and by him to the faid Committee, of Courfe And the faid Committee are to have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records, for their
to the Houfe,
:
:

Information.
Ordered, Ordered,

That M' Kemp be appointed Clerk to the faid Committee. That a Committee for Courts of Juftice, be appointed, of the following

Perfons
M"M"'

Corbin,

W
M"' M"'

Aylett,

M"'
M"' M''

Boufh, Sweny,
Booker,
Fantleroy,

Smith,

M"" Beverley,

W Eppes,

Munford,

M'' M"'

McCarty, Macon,
M""

M^ Mofcoe,

M' Pugh, Mj Weftwood, M'' Grey, and

Johnfon.

they are to meet on Thurfday next, and to adjourn from Day to Day; and to take into their Confideration all Matters relating to Courts of Juftice, and their Proceedings; and fuch other Matters, as fhall, from Time to Time, be referred to them. And the Committee are to have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records, for their
Information.
Refolved,

And

Ordered,

That M"^ H olden be appointed Clerk to the faid Committee. That M"' Fox be appointed Chaplain to the Hotife And that he do attend
:

to read Prayers every Morning, at

Ten o 'Clock.

That an Addrefs be made to the Governor, to order a new Writ to iffue, for Eledling a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General Affembly, for the County of New-Kent, in the room of M'' William Chamberlayne, deceafed.
Ordered,
Alfo, a

new Writ, new

for Electing a Burgefs, to ferve in this prefent General Affembly,

for the

County County
that

of Surry, in the

room

of M"'

William Grey, deceafed.

of M''

Alfo, a

Writ, for Eledting a Burgefs, to ferve in this prefent General Affembly,

for the

of Ifle of Wight, in the

M''

room

And

Conway,

M.^

Harrifon. M' Randolph, and

Matthew Kenchin, deceaf'd. Macon, attend the M"'

Governor with the faid Addrefs.

A
of

Petition of M'' Richard Booker, complaining of an

undue

Ele<5lion of M"'

Richard

Jones, to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly, for the

Alfo, a Petition of M"" John Martin, complaining of M' Jonathan Gibfon, to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly, County of Caroline; were feverally prefented to the Houfe.

County of Amelia. an undue Ele<ftion and Return

for the

Ordered,
Ordered,

That the faid Petitions be read on Monday next. That the Houfe be adjourned 'til To-morrow Morning, Eleven o'Clock.

Saturday,

(246)

Saturday, Auguft 7, 1736.

Ordered,

THAT

the Committee for Courts of Juftice, do infpedl the Journal of the laft Seffion; and prepare and draw up a State of the Matters then depending and undetermined, and the Progrefs that was made therein and report the fame to the Houfe: That they do alfo examine what Laws have expired
;

fince the laft Seffion,

and

infpedl fuch

Temporary Laws as

will expire

with the

End

with their of this Seffion, or are near expiring; and report the fame to the Houfe, continued. Opinion, which of them are fit to be revived, or M' Conway acquainted the Houfe, that, purfuant to an Order of the laft Seffion,
the Perfons appointed, had

nm the Dividing Lines between the Parifhes of

Wiccocomoco,

in the County of Northumberland, and the Parifhes in the County of Lancafter, upon which that Parifh joins, as the Bounds were reputed before the Year 1723; and drawn up a Report of their Proceedings; and he delivered the Report in at the Table. Ordered, That the faid Report do lie on the Table, to be perufed by the Members

of the Houfe.

M'

Petition of M"' Richard Bland, complaining of an undue Eledtion, and Return, of Robert Munford, to ferv^e as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly, for the County

of Prince George;

was prefented

to the Houfe.

That the faid Petition be read on Monday next. Conway reported. That the Perfons appointed, had, according to Order, prepared an Addref s to the Governor which he read in his Place and afterwards delivered the Addrefs in at the Table, where the fame was again read. And the faid Addrefs being read a fecond Time, was agreed to by the Houfe, Nemine
Ordered,
M"'
;

Contradicente:

And

is

as follows:

His Majefty's Lieutenant-Governor, and Cotnmander in Chief, of the Colony and Dominion of VIRGINIA, The Humble ADDRESS of the Houfe of BURGESSES.

To

the

Honourable

WILLIAM GOOCH,

Efq;

Colony and Dominion of Virginia, met in a General Affembly, humbly beg Leave to exprefs the Satisfadtion we received from the affectionate and obliging SPEECH You were pleafed to deliver to the Council, and this Houfe and the Thanks of all the People whom we reprefent, for the Pains and Trouble return You to You have taken, in foliciting and obtaining the Affent of Our moft gracious Sovereign, to the Two A<5ls, For the better Support and Encouragement of the College of William and Mary; and for Amending an Ad for fettling the Titles and Bounds 0/ Lands, pafs'd at the laft Seffion of the laft Affembly The Firft afforded a feafonable Relief to the declining State of the only Seminary of Learning we have whereby found Literature hath made confiderable Advances among us; and of which all future Generations are like to reap great Benefit The Other has fupplied the Defe(5ts, and reformed the Errors, of a former Law, which had great Influence over the Titles to our Eftates But this, in fome Degree, imitates the Wifdom and Policy of the Laws of England fettling an eafy Method, with little Expence, to bar Eftates Tail of fmall Value, which before were Perpetuities, always inconvenient; and in this Country, ferv'ing only to impoverifh the prefent Poffeffor: And no doubt, when thefe Things fhaU be rememb[e]red hereafter, it will be the Honour of Your Adminiftration, that they were paffed by You, and received a Lafting Duration, from Your good Offices. WE are very fenfible how much this Colony owes to Your good Condudl in the Government; and that all Your Adtions are diredted to a faithful Difcharge of Your Duty to His Majefty, and to promote our Common Good; and fhould we diftruft 0
;
:

WE

SIR,

His Majefty's moft dutiful and

loial

Subjedls, the

BURGESSES

of the

juft

-Vr

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juft

and upright a Magiftrate, it would be difcountenancing a virtuous Adminiftration, and making no Difference between That and the greateft Enormities, Tyranny and Oppreffion or fhould we withhold our Confidence from a Perfon, who for fo many Years has never once abufed it, we might juftly be reckoned an unworthy Reprefentative of a
;

grateful People.

PERMIT us, therefore, to give You the ftrongeft Affurances, that You can propofe no Meafures to us, that will not have all poffible Weight relying upon You as our Common Friend, always difpofed to hear and redrefs every Thing that may happen amifs among us, and worthy of the Applaufe of all wife Men. Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be prefented by the whole Houfe. Ordered, That the Perfons who prepar'd the fame, do wait on the Governor, to know when the Houfe fhall prefent it. Pleafure his Complaint being made to the Houfe, by M"' Reddick, That the Proportions, Grievances, and Claims, from the County of Nanfemond, are not certified by the Clerk of the faid County Court: Refolved, That Chriftopher Jackfon, Clerk of the Cotmty Court of Nanfemond, having fent up diverfe Propofitions and Grievances, which were at a Court lately held for receiving Propofitions, Grievances, and Public Claims, prefented by the People, and ordered to be certified, according to Law, without fuch Certificate, is guilty of a Negledl, and Breach of his Duty. Ordered, That the faid Chriftopher Jackfon be fent for, in Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms, to anfwer the faid Negledl, at the Bar of the Houfe. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned 'til Monday Morning Eleven o'Clock.
;

Monday, Auguft

9,

1736.

Conway reported. That the Perfons appointed, had, according to Order, waited on the Governor, to know his Pleafure, when the Houfe fhould attend him with their Addrefs And that he was pleas'd to appoint this Day, in the Council -Chamber and to fay, he would fend a Meffage, to acquaint the Houfe when he was ready to receive it. An abfent Member having taken the Oaths appointed to be taken by Adt of Parliament, inftead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy and taken and f ubfcribed the

MR.

Oath

of Abjuration,

and fubfcribed the

Teft;

and taken the Oath

of a Burgefs,

was ad-

mitted to his Place in the Hovife. A Meffage from the Governor, was delivered by M' Robertfon.

M' Speaker,
I

am commanded by

the Governor, to acquaint this Houfe, That his

Honour

is

now ready

to receive your Addrefs in the Cotmcil Chamber.

;

M' Speaker, with the Houfe, went up and being returned, reported. That he had, with the Houfe, attended the Governor, in the Council-Chamber, and prefented the Addrefs of this Houfe to him To which he was pleas'd to return the following Anfwer
:

Gentlemen,

^#
m

HIS

is

a very kind Addrefs:

I

And
it

as I perfwade
gives

my

felf,

it

expreffes

the

real the

-^

Sentiments of the whole Houfe,

me

great Satisfadion,

and confirms

under the Confideration Reprefentative of the good People of Virginia, will be happily concluded, of this with the fame Difintereftednefs, Moderation, and good Temper, I have hitherto experienced in former Seffions. And therefore, with -my hearty Thanks, I give you this faithful Affiirance, that in all Things proper for me to do, you fhall not want my Concurrence and Affiftance.

Hopes

had

entertained, that all Matters which fhall fall

The

(248)

The

Petition of

M' Richard Booker, complaining

of

an undue Eledlion

of

M' Richard

of M' County

General Affembly, for the County of Amelia: Jones, to ferv-e as a Burgefs in this prefent of an undue Eledlion and Return Alfo, the Petition of M' John Martin, complaining Jonathan Gibfon, to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly, for the
of Caroline: undue Election and ReAlfo, the Petition of M"" Richard Bland, complaining of an prefent General Affembly, for of M^ Robert Munford, to fer\^e as a Burgefs in this

turn

the County of Prince George; were feverally read. And a Petition of M'' Daniel Hornby, complaining of an undue Eledlion and Return General Affembly, for the of M' William Fantleroy, to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent

County
Return

of

Richmond.

Alfo, a Petition of
of

M^ William Harwood, complaining

of

an undue Eledlion and

General Affembly, M' Thomas Haynes, to fer\'e as a were feverally prefented to the Houfe, and read. for the County of Warwick Petitions be referred to the Confideration of the feveral faid the Ordered, That Committee of Privileges and Eledlions That they examine the Matter of the faid PetiBurgefs in this prefent
; :

tions;

and report the fame, with their Opinions thereupon, to the Houfe. M' Corbin mov'd for Leave, to bring in a Bill, to regulate the Fees of Phyficians,
Pradlicers of Phylic.
Ordered,
M"'

and other
that

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the faid Motion; and Waring, Mj Robinfon, Mr Fitzhugh, and M'' Mr Harrifon, M'' Carter, fame. bring Ln the and prepare Turner, do A Petition of George Blackmore, in Behalf of himfelf, and feveral others, therein named, was prefented to the Houfe, and read praying, that their Ferriages, in Coming to the General Court, and the Venire, for the Trial of Robert Brooks, a Criminal from Weftmoreland, and Returning; which were omitted in the laft Public Levy, may be
Corbin,

allowed them.

That the faid Petition be referred to the Committee for Public Claims: examine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, with their Opinion they do That thereupon, to the Houfe. M"' Conway, from the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions, reported. That the Committee had had under their Confideration, the Returns of feveral Writs for Eledling
Ordered,
of Burgeffes, to fer\'e in this prefent General
:

which he read in his Place was again read; and is as follows: That it appears to the Committee, that the Returns

and had agreed upon a Report And afterwards delivered the fame in at the Table, where it
Affembly
;

Writs for Eledling of Burgeffes for the Coimties of Elizabeth-City, Amelia, Brunfwick, Effex, Henrico, James-City, Lancafter, Norfolk, Prince William, Surry, Stafford, Spotfylvania, Warwick, and York; the Return of the Writ for the Eledling of a Burgefs for James Town; the Return of the Writ for the Eledling of a Burgefs for the College of William and Mary and the Return of the Writ for the Eledling of a Citizen for the City of Williamsof the feveral
;

burg; are

made

in the

form prefcribed by Law.

of the feveral

That the Returns

Writs for Eledling of Burgeffes for the Counties of

Accomack, Caroline, Charles-City, Goochland, Gloucefter, I fie of Wight, King George, King and Queen, King William, Middle fex, Northumberland, Northampton, Orange, New-Kent, Nanfemond, Prince fs- Anne, Prince George, Richmond, and Weftmoreland, are not made, in the Form prefcribed by Law. Ordered, That the faid Returns of the refpedlive vSheriffs of Accomack, Caroline, Charles-City, Goochland, Gloucefter, Ifle of Wight, King George, King and Queen, King William, Middlefex, Northumberland, Northampton, Orange, New-Kent, Nanfemond, Prince fs- Anne, Prince-George, Richmond, and Weftmoreland, be amended bv the Clerk,
at the Table.

And

Ordered,

they were amended accordingly. That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning, Eleven

o'Clock.

Tuefday,

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Tuefday, Auguft lo, 1736.

A
M''

Motion being made,

;

Leave to bring in a Bill, for Laying a Duty upon Molaffes and to give a Premium for Exporting of Wheat and Com After a Debate, the Queftion was put. That Leave be given, to bring in
for
Bill,

according to the faid Motion.

It

paffed in the Negative.

Robinfon mov'd for Leave to bring in a Bill, to repeal an Adl, paffed in the Third and Fourth Years of His Majefty's Reign, for Repealing the Adl for the better and more effedual Improving the Staple of Tobacco, and for the better executing the Laws now in Force, againft tending Seconds, and for the further Prevention thereof; for fo much thereof, as

up of Succours. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the faid Motion: And that M'' Acrill, M'' Robinfon, M"' Willis, M' Blair, and M'' Fitzhugh, do prepare, and
relates the Cutting

bring in the fame.

Martha Taylor, Widow, was prefented to the Houfe, and read fetting forth, that by an Ad; made in the Seventh Year of His late Majefty's Reign, for EreAing the Counties of Spotfylvania, and Brunfwick, a Line was to be nm from the Northanna, or North Branch of Pamunkey River, Weftward, to include a Pafs, called the Northern Pafs, within the Cotmty of Spotfylvania; which was accordingly done hy James Taylor, her late Hiifband, who was then Surveior of that Part of Spotfylvania County; but that no Satisfadlion has been made to him, for that Sendee, nor for his Expences therein, which were very confiderable and praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein. Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie on the Table, to be perufed by the Members
Petition of
;
;

of the

Houfe.
Hoiofe

That a lai^e Quantity of Tobacco, brought to Grey'sCreek Warehoufe, in the County of Surry, before March laft, as well what had been infpecfted, as what remained uninfpeded, had been burnt in that Warehoufe and that no Notice had been taken of the Loffes of the refpedlive Sufferers, by the Court for Proof
inform'd,
;

The

was

of Public Claims, lately held in that

County.

That the Infpedors at the faid Warehoufe, lay their Books before the Committee for Public Claims; and that the County Court do, at their next Seffion, receive the Affidavits, or other Proof of the Owners of fuch Tobacco as was not infpected, and certify the fame to the faid Committee And that it be an Inftrudlion to the faid Committee, to make Allowances to the Owners of all the Tobacco that was burnt, according to the Proofs which fhall be laid before them. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the faid Committee, to allow the Claims of fuch Perfons, as have not proved the fame at the Court for Proof of Public Claims, in their refpedlive Counties, for want of Notice of the Time of holding fuch Courts; or have been prevented from doing it by other Accidents; but have proved the fame before
Ordered,
:

Juftices of the Peace.

M'' McCarty mov'd for Leave to bring in a Bill, for the further Amendment of the Adl to amend the Laws now in Force, for the more fpeedy and eafy Recovery of fniall Debts. Ordered, That Leave be given, to bring in a Bill, according to the faid Motion; and that M"' McCarty, M"" Blair, M"' Corbin, M'^ Robinfon, and M"^ Fitzhugh, do prepare, and

bring in the fame.

M"'

McCarty

alfo

mov'd, for Leave to bring

better Direction of Officers

in

a BiU, to repeal the Adl paffed at

the laft Seffion, For the

in the Sale of Goods, or other Things,

in a Bill,

taken in Execution, or diftrained for Rent:

And

after a Debate, the Queftion being put.

That Leave be given to bring

It

according to the faid Motion.

Ordered,

That an Addrefs be made

paffed in the Negative. to the Governor, to order the Naval Officers of

all

the feveral Diftridls, to lay before the Houfe forthwith, the Accoimts of Sales of

the

Slaves

(250)

the Commencement of the Duty; namely, Slaves imported into this Colony, fince James River, South Potomack, York, and the Naval Officers of the lower Diftri<5l of except fuch Rappahannock; from that Time to the Twenty Fifth Day of April, 1736; And if they have not yet got them, as have been already delivered to the Treafurer: immediately. Factors that they procure Copies from the and draw up a State of that Ordered, That a Committee be appointed, to prepare the Amount thereof. Duty, and the feveral Paiments that have been made, with Perfons: following the of accordingly, appointed And a Committee was

M^

Carter,

M-- Acrill,

M^ Fitzhugh, M^ Harrifon, and

M''

Waring.

Ordered, That M-- Wehb be appointed Clerk to the faid Committee. Ordered, That the faid Committee do wait on the Governor with the faid Addrefs. Eledlions, reported. That the M"" Conway, from the Committee of Privileges and Petition of M-- John Martin, to them the Confideration, their Committee had had under Jonathan Gibfon, to ferve Return, of M'' referred, complaining of an undue Eledtion and as a Burgefs in this prefent General Aifembly, for the County of Caroline; and had

partly heard as well the Petitioner, as the Sitting Member, and had come to diverfe Refolutions thereupon; which he read in his Place: And afterwards delivered the Re-

port in at the Table, where the fame was again read. And the Refolutions being read a fecond Time, were,
put, agreed to
Refolved,
;

upon the Queftion

feverally

by the Houfe That the Perfons who voted at the faid Election, whofe Freeholds are queftioned, either by the Petitioner, or the Sitting Member, be examined, on Oath, before the Sheriff of Caroline, Whether they be freeholders, or not? Except fuch of them
as follows
as did fwear to their Freeholds at the Eledlion.
Refolved, That the Petitioner, and the Sitting Member, be at Liberty to examine Witneffes before the Sheriff of Caroline, as to the Freeholds of any Perfons who voted at the Eledlion; altho' fuch Perfons fwore to their Freeholds at the Election, or fhall

fwear to the fame, before the Sheriff. Refolved, That the Petitioner, and Sitting Member, be at Liberty to examine Witneffes before the Sheriff of Caroline, as to any Freeholders having voted at the

and whofe Names are not inferted in the Poll. That the Witneffes not already examined before the Committee, as to the Tumult and Diforder faid to be at the Eledtion, be examined before the Committee,
Ele<fbion,

Refolved,

Viva Voce.
Refolved,

That Walter

Chiles, late Sheriff of Caroline,

:

attend the Committee, with

are to be examappear before the Committee: And that the Sheriff of Caroline, do then likewife return the Examinations of the other Witneffes, and of the Freeholders who fhall fwear, or refufe to fwear to their Freeholds before him. M"' Conway alfo reported from the faid Committee, That the Committee had had under their Confideration, the Petition of M"' Richard Bland, to them likewife referred, complaining of an undue Eledlion and Return, of M'' Robert Munford, to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly, for the County of Prince George; and agreed upon a Report; which he read in his Place: And afterwards delivered it in at the Table, where it was again read And agreed to by the Houfe as follows

the original Poll, on Wednefday

ined. Viva Voce,

come Fortnight That the Witneffes who

do then

alfo

Refolved,

That the

Petitioner,

and the

Sitting

Member, be at Liberty to examine

their Witneffes before the Sheriff of Prince George

the Petition

And

that the

Sheriff

County, as to the fubjedl Matter of return the Examinations to the Committee, on

Monday come
M--

Fortnight.

alfo reported, from the faid Committee, That the Committee had had imder their Confideration, the Petition of M' Daniel Hornby, to them likewife referred,

Conway

complaining

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complaining of an undue Eledlion and Return of M'' William Fantleroy, to fer\'e as a B urgefs in this prefent General Affembly for the County of Richmond and agreed upon a Report; which he read in His Place And afterwards delivered it in at the Table, where And agreed to by the Houfe as follows it was again read Refolved, That the Petitioner, and the Sitting Member, be at Liberty to examine their Witneffes before the Sheriff of Richmond, as to the fubjedl Matter of the Petition: And that the Sheriff return the Examinations to the Committee, on Wednefday come
,

Fortnight.
Ordered,

That

M''

Gibfon, M'' Munford,

from the Servnce

of the

Houfe, in

have Leave to be abfent Examination order to attend the of the Witneffes,

M"' Fantleroy,

and

in Relation to their refpedlive Eledlions.

plaining of an

and read; comand M"" Thomas Turner, to ferv'e as Burgeffes in this prefent General Affembly, for the County of King George; For, that fe^eral Perfons who voted at the faid Eledlion, have no other Freehold than an Acre or Half an Acre of Land conveyed to them for Life, by M'' Carter, or John Mercer, either on, or fome few Days before the Day of the faid Eledlion, in Confideration of their Voting for the faid Charles Carter, and fuch other Perfons as would join in Intereft with him and that other Perfons were admitted to Poll that were not
Petition of M"" William Robinfon,

was prefented

to the Hotife,

imdue

Eledlion,

and Return

of M'' Charles Carter,

Freeholders.
Ordered,
of Privileges

That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee and Eledlions That they do examine the Matter thereof and report the
:

fame, as
Speech.

appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. The Houfe, according to Order, proceeded to the Confideration of the Governor's
it

fhall

Refolved, That this Houfe do now refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider the faid Speech. Ordered, That the Speech be referred to the faid Committee. M"' Speaker left the Chair, and after fome Time, refum'd it and M'' Corbin reported,
;

from the Committee, That they had had fome Part of the Governor's Speech imder Confideration, but had not Time to go thro' it; and therefore, he was diredled to move for Leave to fit again. Refolved, That the Houfe will, to Morrow, again refolve itfelf into a Committee
of the

whole Houfe, to confider further of the Governor's Speech. Ordered, That M"' Aylett have Leave to be abfent from the
next.

Service of the Houfe

'til

Monday

A
in the

Petition of the Minifter

and

feveral of the Veftry-men of the Parifh of Warwick,

County

of

Warwick, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That

that Parifh hath Three Glebes, diftant from one another.

Two

of

which are

of fmall

Value; praying, to be enabled to

fell

them, to purchafe other Land adjoining to that

lie

whereon the Minifter now lives. Ordered, That the faid Petition do
of the

on the Table, to be perufed by the Members

'til

Houfe.

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

To-morrow Morning, Eleven

o'Clock.

ff^ednefday,

Auguft

ii,

1736.
and read;
fetting forth.

they have Two feparate Parcels of Glebe Land in the faid Parifh, which are inconvenient, and infufficient for a Glebe, according to the Diredlions of the Adl, For the better Support and Maintenance of the Clergy; and praying, to be impowered to fell the faid Two Pieces of Glebe Land, to enable them to purchafe a better and more

Petition of feveral of the Veftr\'-men of the Parifh of St. John, in the

of

King William, was prefented

to the Houfe,

County That

convenient

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convenient Glebe; which otherwife cannot be done, without laying a very great Burthen on the Inhabitants of the faid Parifh. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee thereof, and report the fame, for Courts of Juftice: That they do examine the Matter the Houfe. to thereupon, as it fhall appear to them, with their Opinion

That the Petition of the Minifters and Veftry-men of the Parifh of Warwick, m. the County of Warwick; praying, to be enabled to fell Two Glebes, for the purchafing of other Land, adjoining to that whereon the Minifter lives, be likewife referred to the Confideration of the faid Committee That they do examine the Matter thereof, and report the fame, as it fhall appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the
Ordered,
:

Houfe.
Ordered,
of the Houfe,

That
'til

M"^

Lyde,

and

M"'

Macon, haAe Leave to be abfent from the Service

Monday

next.

That the Perfons appointed to addrefs the Governor, to order the Naval Officers of the feveral Diftridls, to lay before the Houfe forthwith, the Accounts of Sales of all the Slaves imported into this Colony, fmce the Commencement of the Duty; namely, the Naval Officers of the lower Diftrict of James 'River, South Potomack, York, and Rappahannock, from that Time to the Twenty Fifth Day of April, 1736; except fuch as have been already delivered to the Treafurer; and if they have not yet got them, that they procure Copies from the Factors immediately; had attended him accordingly And that he was pleas'd to fay, they fhould be forthwith fent for, and laid before the Houfe. The Petition of Martha Taylor, which was prefented to the Houfe Yefterday, being
M'' Carter reported.
:

read:

for

That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee Public Claims: That they do examine the Matter thereof; and report the fame,
Ordered,
it

appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. to Order, refolv'd it felf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider the Governor's Speech; and after fome Time fpent therein, M' Speaker refum'd the Chair; and M'' Corbin reported from the Committee, that they had had the Governor's Speech under their further Confideration, and made a further Progrefs therein but not having Time to go thro' the fame, the Committee had diredled him to move for Leave to fit again.
as
fhall

The Houfe, according

Refolv'd, That this Houfe will again refolve it felf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of the Governor's Speech, on Friday next. Order'd, That M'' Richard Booker have Leave to withdraw his Petition, complaining of an undue Eledlion, of M"' Richard Jones, to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent

General Affembly for the County of Amelia. Order'd, That the Committee of Privileges and Elections be difcharged from proceeding further on the faid Petition.

A Petition of William Foard, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; praying to be allowed for his Attendance as a Witnefs, on an Indidlment depending in the General Court, in the Year 1731, which, by fome Accident or Miftake, was not allowed him in the laft Public Levy.
Order'd,
for Public Claims:

That the faid Petition be referr'd to the Confideration of the Committee That they do examine the Matter thereof; and report the fame

as

it

fhall

Ordered,

appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. That the Houfe be adjourned 'til To-morrow Morning, Eleven o'Clock.

Thurfday,

(253)

Thurfday, Auguft 12, 1736.

and Samuel Eskridge, Infpedlors, at Yeocomico Warehotife, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That in the Year 1735, the faid Warehoufe was broke open, and Three Hogfheads of Crop, and 8000 Weight of Transfer Tobacco, ftolen from thence, for which they have been obUged to pay the Owners of the faid Tobacco; and praying, the Confideration of the Houfe therein, and fuch ReHef as the Houfe fhall think reaionable. Order'd, That the faid Petition be referr'd to the Confideration of the Committee for PubHc Claims: That they do examine the Matter thereof, and report the fame as
Petition of Willoughby Newton,

A
fhall
M"'

appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. That it be an Inftrudtion to the faid Committee, that they do examine Witneffes, touching the Matter of the faid^;Petition, in the moft folemn Manner.
it

Order'd,

all

Robinfon, from the Committee of Propofitions

and Grievances,

reported. That

the Committee had had under their Confideration, feveral Propofitions from feveral
Counties, for repealing the Adl for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and preventing Frauds in His Majefty's Cnftoms: And alfo, feveral other Propofitions from feveral other Coimties, for
in his Place:

amending the

faid Adl;

And

afterwards delivered

and had agreed upon a Report; which he read it in at the Table, where it was again read.

a Motion being made to put off the Confideration of the faid Report; after a Debate, the Oueftion was put, that the faid Report be immediately confidered. Refolv'd in the Affirmative.

And

Motion being made, the Houfe was called over, and the Names of the abfent called over; and Excufes made for fuch of them as were abfent, without the Leave of the Houfe which were allowed. Then the firf t Refolution of the faid Committee was again read as follows Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, That the feveral Propofitions, from the Counties of King George, Stafford, Richmond, Weftmoreland, Northumberland, Effex, Acconiack, Northampton, Surry, and I fie of Wight, for repealing the Adt, intituled. An Ad for Amending the Staple of Tobacco, and preventing Frajuis in His Majefty's

Members were again

Cuftoms, be rejedted.

And

after a Debate, the Queftion

was

put.

That the Houfe do agree with the

Committee in the faid Refolutions? The Houfe divided. The Noes go ( M"" Conway, for the Yeas,
Tellers
J

forth.
(

Yeas Noes

21.

J
for the Noes,
(

Mj Robinfon,

And

For Amending the Staple of Tobacco, and for preventing Frauds in His Majefty's Cuftmns And that M' Conway, M^ Harrifon, M"' McCarty, and M'' Mofcoe, do prepare, and bring in the fame. Ordered, That the Confideration of the other Refolution of the faid Committee be put off, until it fhall be called for by the Houfe. M'' Blair, from the Committee for Public Claims, reported. That the Committee had had under their Confideration, the Petition of Martha Taylor, to them referred; and had agreed upon a Report which he read in his Place And afterwards delivered it
Bill,

paffed in the Negative. Leave be given to bring in a That Ordered,

fo, it

for Repealing the Adl,

in at the Table.

Ordered,

That the

faid

Report do

lie

on the Table, to be perufed by the Members County Court of the Serjeant at Arms, he was called in;
of the

of the Houfe.

The Houfe being informed. That Chriftopher Jackfon, Clerk

Nanfemond, attended at the Door, in Cuftody of and flanding at the Bar of the Houfe, M"' Speaker acquainted him, That he had fent up to this General Affembly, feveral Propofitions and Grievances, which, at a Court lately held for receiving Propofitions,
Grievances,

(254)

County, were ordered to be certified, according had given ome Grounds of Sufpicion to the to Law, without fuch Certificates: Which Houfe, That he had done it with fome finifter Defign; and therefore, the Houfe had Duty. fent for him, to anfwer at the Bar, for that Breach of his and Grievances had Propofitions faid the thought To which he anfwer'd, That he
Grievances,

and Public Claims,

in the faid

them, was occafioned by Forgetfulnefs in a Hurry of Bvifinefs, at the Time he delivered them to the Member who brought them up, which was Six Months ago, at the County Court: That it could not proceed from any ill Defign whatfoever, becaufe he loft his Fees for thofe Certificates That he was forry he had incurred the Difpleafure of the Houfe, and hop'd they would judge
been duly
certified;

and that

his omitting to certify

favourably of him and pray'd Leave to make the proper Certificates now And was ordered to withdraw. And the Houfe being fatisfied with his Excufe, and being mov'd with his low Circumftances and Poverty, Ordered, That the faid Chriftopher Jackfon, have Leave to certify the faid Propofitions and Grievances: And that he be then difcharged out of Cuftody, without paying
;

Fees.
M""

tion of

Fitzhugh mov'd for Leave to bring in a Bill, to amend the Adl for the better DirecOfficers in the Sale of Goods, or other Things, taken in Exe[cH]tion, or diftrained for

Rent.
Ordered,

that

M"'

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the faid Motion and Conway, M^ Robinfon, M' Randolph, and M' Acrill, do prepare, Fitzhugh,
;

and bring

in the

fame.

A
That

petition of William Cox,

was prefented

to the Houfe,

and read;

fetting forth,

his

Negro

Woman

defperately

woimded

Slave had broke open his Houfe, ftolen feveral of his Goods, his Son, burnt his Tobacco-houfe, murdered Three other of his

Slaves, her Children,

and drowned

herfelf

whereby, he

is

reduced to Poverty

And

praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein, and fuch Relief as to the Houfe fhall

feem mete:
Ordered,
for Public Claims

That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee That they do examine the Matter thereof and report the fame, as it
:

fhall appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe.

Ordered, That feveral Records, which relate to the Fa(5ls fet forth in the faid Petition, be likewife referred to the faid Committee. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned 'til To-morrow Morning, Eleven o'Clock.

Friday, Auguft 13,

Ordered,

1736.
'til

THAT

M"'

Kennon have Leave

to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe,

Thurfday next.

M"' Fitzhugh mov'd for Leave to bring in a Bill, for Settling, Confirming, and Securing Titles to Land, lying in the Territory called. The Northern Neck, which are held under the Right Honourable Thomas, Lord Fairfax, Baron of

Cameron, in that Part of Great-Britain, called Scotland. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill according to the faid Motion; and that M'' Fitzhugh, M'' Robinfon, M"' Carter, and all the Members of the Northern Neck, do prepare, and bring in the fame.
M"' Blair, from the Committee for Public Claims, reported. That the Committee had had under their Confideration, the Petition of William Cox, to them referred; and had examined the Matter thereof, fo far as relates to the Lofs of the Four Slaves therein mentioned, which they fotmd to be true; and were of Opinion, that the Sum of Sixty

Pounds,

be a reafonable Allowance for the Loffes he has fuftained. That it be an Inftrudtion to the faid Committee, to make the faid Allowance to the faid William Cox, in the Book of Claims.
will

Ordered,

; ;

(255)

Petition of feveral of the Inhabitants of the

Town

of Norfolk, in the

County

of

Norfolk, praying, that the Limits of the faid Town, may be enlarged; and the Freeholders, Inhabitants within the Bounds thereof, incorporated.
Alfo,

a Petition of diverfe Inhabitants of the faid County, reprefenting the Advan-

tages that might accrue to the faid County in general,

by incorporating the

faid

Town;

were prefented to the Hoiife, and read. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the Prayer of the faid Craford, M.^ Walke, Mr Blair, and M'' Elligood, do Petitions; and that M"' Boufh,

prepare,
M"'

and bring in the fame. Conway prefented to the Houfe, according

to Order, a

Bill,

for Repealing the

amending the Staple of Tobacco, and for preventing Frauds in His Majefty's Ctiftoms; and Two other Adls, to amend and explain, and for continuing, and further amending that Ad: And the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. M'' Blair, from the Committee for Public Claims, reported, That the Committee having had under their Confideration, feveral Public Claims that ha\-e been laid before them this Seffion And feveral Difficulties arifing thereupon, the Committee delired the Diredlion of the Houfe therein; That it to fay; Whether the Claims of feveral Sherifs, for removing Criminals to the Public Goal and for Commitment, Releafement, and Maintenance of Slaves, in Prifon And the Claims for the Ferriages of Indians, and their Maintenance in WilliamsAdl, intituled,
for
:

An Ad

burg, fhould be allowed as a Public Charge.

Ordered,

That

it

faid Claims, in the

Book

be an Inftrudlion to the faid Committee, that they do allow the of Claims, to whom they fhall appear due, upon Proof made

before them.

Committee for Courts of Juftice, reported, That the Committee had, according to Order, examined what Laws have expired fmce the laft Seffion; and infpedted f uch Temporary Laws, as will expire with, or f oon after, the End of this Seffion and agreed upon a Report which he read in his Place And afterwards delivered it in
M''
;
:

Corbin, from the

at the Table.

That the faid Report be taken into Confideration, on Wednefday next. M' Corbin alfo reported, from the faid Committee, That the Committee had, according to Order, infpedled the Journal of the laft Seffion and agreed upon a Report of the Matters then depending, and undetermined, and the Progrefs that was made therein;
Ordered,
;

which he read in his Place And afterwards delivered it in at the Table. Ordered, That the faid Report do lie oh the Table, to be perufed by the Members
:

of the

Houfe.

to Order, refolved itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, further to confider the Governor's Speech; and after fome Time fpent therein, M'' Speaker refum'd the Chair: And M"" Corbin reported, from the Committee, That they

The Houfe, according

had had the Governor's Speech under their further Confideration, and made a further Progrefs therein: but not having Time to go through the fame, the Committee had diredted him to move for Leave to fit again. Refolved, That this Houfe will again refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of the Governor's Speech, on Monday next. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned 'til To-morrow Morning, Eleven o'Clock.

Saturday, Auguft 14, 1736.

abfent

Member having taken

the Oaths appointed to be taken by A(5t of Par-

liament, inftead of the Oaths of Allegiance

fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, and fubfcribed the Teft;

and Supremacy; and taken and and taken the

Oath

of a Burgefs;

was admitted

to his Place in the Houfe.

M'

(256)

M' Conway, from the Committee of Privileges and Eledtions, reported, That the Commitee had had under their Confideration, the Return of the Writ for Eledling of Burgeffes to ferve in this prefent General Affembly, for the County of Hanover; which
is

in thefe

words:
fc.

'Hanover

J'^h

23. i73S-

Obedience to this Writ to me dire<$led, I fummoned all the Freeholders of the indifferently to eledl 'faid County, to meet on this Day, then and there freely and County, to ferve as Burgeffes faid the 'Two of the moft able and difcreet Perf ons of "for the faid County, as by the faid Writ is required; and having then and there with the faid Writ; but the People "met, I ufed all the Means in my Power, to comply the Poll; for which Reafon, no finifh not could "were fo tumultuous and riotous, that I "Burgeffes could be returned for the'faid County. This I return, as the Truth of the

'*TN

"Cafe.

Peter Garland, Sheriff."

And had come

it

[to]

a Refolution

which he read in his Place

to

And

aftenvards delivered
as follows:

in at the Table,

where

it

was again read; and agreed

;

by the Houfe,

Refolved, That Peter Garland, Sheriff of Hanover, do appear at the Bar of the Houfe, to be examined upon the Matter of the faid Return and to give an Account of the chief Movers in the Tumult and Riot, which prevented him from caufmg an Eledlion to be

made.
Ordered,
ingly,

That the

faid Peter Garland

:

do attend the Houfe, to be examined accord-

upon Monday Seven-night

And

that the Serjeant at

Arms give him

notice of this

Order.

from the faid Committee, That the Committee had had under their Confideration, the Petition of M"^ William Robinfon, to them referred, complaining of an undue Eleftion and Return of M' Charles Carter, and M"" Thomas Turner, to fen^e as Burgeffes in this prefent General Affembly, for the County of King George; and had partly heard, as well the Petitioner, as the Sitting Member and had come to diverfe Refolutions thereupon; which he read in his Place: And afterwards delivered the fame in at the Table, where they were again read. And the Refolutions being read a fecond Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put, agreed to by the Houfe, as follows Refolved, That previous to the Trial of the Merits of the faid Eledlion, John Mercer, and the Perfons who are faid to have accepted Leafes for Life from the faid Mercer and from M' Carter, the Sitting Member, in order to entitle them to vote at the EleAion for the faid Carter, or fuch of them as the Petitioner, and the faid Carter, refpedlively fhall require, perfonally appear before the Committee, on Tuefday come Fortnight, to be examined upon that Matter. Refolved, That the Perfons who voted at the Eledlion, whofe Freeholds are queftioned, either by the Petitioner, or the Sitting Members, be examined, upon Oath, before Jofeph Strother, Gent, a Juftice for the County of King George, Whether they be FreeExcept fuch of them as did fwear to their Freeholds, at the Eledlion, holders, or not? and thofe that are faid to have taken Leafes, as aforefaid. Refolved, That the Petitioner, and the Sitting Members, be at Liberty to examine Witneffes before the faid Strother, as to the Freeholds of any Perfons who voted at the Eledlion; except thofe who are faid to have taken Leafes, as aforefaid, altho' fuch
M''

Conway

alfo reported,

Perfons fwore to their Freeholds at the Eledlion, or fhall fwear to the fame, before the
faid Strother.

That the Bill for Repealing the Adl, intituled. An Ad for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and for preventing Frauds in His Majefty's Cuftoms; and Two other Adls to amend and explain, and for continuing, and further amending that Ad, be read a fecond Time, on Tuefday next. Ordered, That M^ Haynes have Leave to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe,
Ordered,
all

the next week.

Ordered,

(257)

That M"^ Reddick have Leave to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe, 'til Wednefday next. The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Report from the Committee for Pubhc Claims, upon the Petition of Martha Taylor; and the fame was read. And a Claufe in an A(5l of the General Affembly, pafs'd in the 7 th Year of the Reign of the late King George the Firft,/or EreAing the Counties of Spotfylvania.ami Bnmfwick; and granting certain Exemptions and Benefits to the Inhabitants thereof, was read; and an Amendment made to the Report And the Report being read a fecond Time, Part was agreed to, and Part difagreed
Ordered,
to, bj^

the Houfe.

That 16000 Pounds of Tobacco be paid to the faid Martha Taylor. Refolved, That the fame be paid by the Counties of Spotfylvania, Hanover, and
Refolved,

Orange, in Proportion to the

Ordered,

Number

of Tithables in

each County.

That a Claufe be prepared to be inferted in the Bill, for Raifing a Public Levy, to charge thofe Counties with the Paiment thereof. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned 'til Monday Morning, Eleven o'Clock.

Monday, Auguft i6, 1736.

Claim of My Edmund Scarburg, for a Negro Slave, who had dangeroiiflywoimded another Slave, and fled for it and being difcovered, and like to be apprehended by his Overfeer, affaulted him, whereby the faid Overfeer was obliged to difcharge his Gun at him; which gave him a mortal Wound, of which he died; was prefented to the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Claim be referred to the Confideration of the Committee for Public Claims: That they do examine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, further to confider the Governor's Speech; and after fome Time fpent therein, M' Speaker refum'd the Chair: And M'' Corbin reported, from the Committee, That they had proceeded further in the Confideration of the Governor's Speech, and made a further Progrefs therein; but not having Time to go through the fame, the Committee had diredled him to move for Leave to fit again. Refolved, That this Houfe will again refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of the Governor's Speech, To-morrow. A Member returned upon a new Writ, having taken the Oaths appointed to be taken by Act of Parliament, inftead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy; and taken and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, and fubfcribed the Teft; and taken the Oath of a Burgefs; was admitted to his Place in the Houfe. M'' Carter mov'd for Leave to bring in a Bill, to amend the Adl for leffening the Penalties for Killing Deer at unfeafonable Times; and for the better Recovery thereof. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the faid Motion; and that M'' Carter, M'' Fitzhugh, M"" Beverley, and M"' Green, do prepare, and bring in the
;

fame.
M"'

Robinfon, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, reported. That

the Committee had had under their Confideration, feveral other Propofitions from feveral
Coimties,

which he read in his Place And aften\-ards delivered the fame in at the Table, w[h]ere they were again twice read. And upon the Queftion feverally put, agreed to by the Houfe, as follows Refolved, That the Propofition from Spotfylvania County, for making Attomies

and had come to

diverfe Refolutions thereupon

Fees diftrainable, be rejedled.

Refolved,

(258)
Refolved,

That the feveral Propofition from the Counties

of Surry, I fie of Wight,

kill

a Counties, to and Nanfem'ond, for obliging every Tithable in thofe rejedted. be Annually, of Squirrels and Crows, County, for Repealing the Laws, Refolved, That the Propofitions from Prince George Debts, be rejedled. for the more fpeedy and eafy Recovery of fmall Counties of Caroline, King George, Refolved, That the feveral Propofitions from the more the fpeedy and eafy Recovery of fmall Laws the for and Spotfylvania, for amending to whom it is referred, to preCommittee, Debts, be referred to the Confideration of the
certain
pare,

Number

and bring in a Bill for that Purpofe. Refolved, That the People called Quakers, be excuf 'd from Perfonal Appearance in Mufters of the Militia; provided each Man equip, and fend a fit Perfon in his Room. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, to give certain Encouragements to the Inhabitants of the new Settlements at Sherendo: And that the Committee of Propoand
Grie\'ances,

fitions

do prepare, and bring

in the fame.

A
forth,

Petition of Lewis Biirwell, Gent,

was prefented to the Houfe, and read;

fetting

That he is feifed in Fee Tail, of 1400 Acres of Land, in the Counties of James-City, and York, where his Manfion-houfe is; and of 4800 Acres of Land, in the Coimty of King William: And that he is alfo feifed in Fee Simple, of 650 Acres of Land, in the Counties of York, and James-City, (contiguous and adjoining to the faid 1400 Acres;) and of 1800 Acres, in the County of I fie of Wight, of greater Value than the faid 4800 Acres And praying, that Leave may be given to bring in a Bill, to dock the Entail of the faid 4800 Acres; and for fettling the faid Fee Simple Lands, in Lieu thereof, to the fame Ufes Which will be for the Advantage of his eldeft Son and enable him better to provide for his younger Children. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the Prayer of the faid Petition; and that M"" Robin fon prepare, and bring in the fame. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned 'til To-morrow Morning, Eleven o'Clock.
: :

Tuefday, Auguft 17, 1736.

MR.
And

Randolph mov'd for Leave to prefent a Petition of the People called Quakers, complaining of the Hardfhips they labour tmder, by being obliged to pay Parifh Levies; and praying to be excus'd from paying thofe Levies for the
future.

the Queftion being put. That the faid Petition be brought up to the Table.
It

paffd in

the Negative.

A Petition of M"' Peter Hedgman, complaining of an imdue Eledtion and Return of M''
Thomas Of borne,
to fer\'e as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly, for the

Coimty

of Prince William: For that the faid Osborne had been guilty of diverfe

illegal Pradlices,

gave away great Quantities of Liquor, after the Writ iffued, to engage Perfons Votes That he being an Infpedlor at the Time of iffuing the faid Writ, and for fome Time before, did endeavour to influence People who brought their Tobacco to be infpedled, by demanding of them, who they would vote for; and feveral weak Perfons promis'd to vote for him, for Fear he fhould refiife their Tobacco That he promis'd feveral Perfons to procure them to be made Infpedlors, in Cafe they would vote for him: And by thofe, and other illegal Pracftices,
to induce People to vote for him;

and

he, or others for him,

:

procur'd a Majority of Votes.

Ordered,
of Privileges

That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee and Eledtions: That they do examine the Matter thereof; and report the

fame, as

appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. to Order, refolved itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, further to confider the Governor's Speech; and after fome Time fpent therein, M'' Speaker refum'd the Chair And M"- Corbin reported, from the Committee, That they had
it

fhall

The Houfe, according

proceeded

(259)

proceeded further in the Confideration of the Governor's Speech, and made a fiirther Progrefs therein; but not having Time to go through the fame, the Committee had
diredled

him

to

move

for

itfelf into a Committee of the whole Speech, To-morrow. Governor's Hotife, to confider further of the A Petition of M' John Wilfon, was prefented to the Houfe, praying to be allowed Part of a Claim therein mentioned, that was omitted in laying the laft Public Levy.

Refolved,

That

this

Leave to fit again. Houfe will again refolve

Ordered,

That the

faid Petition

do

lie

on the Table, to be perufed by the Members

of the Hovtfe.

An Ad for amending the Staple of Tobacco, Frauds in His Majefty's Cuftoms; and Two other Adls, to amend and explain, and for continuing, and further amending that Ad; was, according to Order, read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be Ingroffed. Ordered, That M'' Harrifon have Leave to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe,

Bill for

Repealing the Adt, intituled.

and

for preventing

'till

To-morrow Seven-night. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning, Eleven

o'Clock.

ff^ednefday,

Auguft i8, 1736.

That the Committee, to whom it is referred to prepare and of the Duty upon Slaves, and the feveral Raiments that have been made, with the Amount thereof, had had imder their Confideration, fuch Accounts of that Duty for the Years 1732, 1733, and 1734, as have hitherto been returned into the Treafury; and having difcovered diverfe fraudulent Concealments of that Duty, had agreed upon a Report; which he read in his Place: And afterwards delivered the fame in at the Table, where it was again read, as follows: That it appears to the Committee, That confiderable Numbers of Slaves have been imported into this Colony, from the Weft-Indies, and other His Majefty's Plantations in

MR.

Carter reported,

draw up a State

America, configned to the Mafters of Veffels importing the fame;

Strangers, or Paffengers, on board fuch Veffels,
;

or to Merchants,

who have fold the Slaves to them and then departed this Colony, without rendering any Accounts of the Sales, or paying any Duty for fuch Slaves. That others have been configned to, and imported by, diverfe Inhabitants of this Colony and in their Accounts delivered to the Naval Officers, are faid to be kept by the Importers, for their own Ufe but neverthelefs, have been adlually fold, and no Accounts of the Sales rendered, nor Duty paid. That the Method of accoimting for the faid Duty, as hitherto pradliced, is irregular and defe(5live, and has occafioned Concealments to a confiderable Value, by Perfons who have bought Slaves, but never paid the Duty which will more fuUy appear, when your Committee fhall be enabled to perfedt their Inquiries by the Accounts of the Sales
refpedlively configned
;
;

not yet delivered

in,

or laid before the Hoiife.

by fuch Practices for the be neceffary to prepare, and bring in a Bill, for the better and more effedual Colleding the Duty upon Slaves, to be paid by the Buyers; and for preventing Frauds. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, for the better and more effedual Colleding the Duty upon Slaves, to be paid by the Buyers and that the faid Committee do prepare, and bring in the fame.
that to prevent the leffening the Public Revenue,
future,
it

And

will

M'' Corbin, from the Committee for Courts of Juftice, reported. That the Committee had had under their Confideration, the Petition of feveral of the Veftry-men of the Parifh of St. John, in the Coimty of King William, to them referred; and had agreed upon a Report which he read in his Place And afterwards delivered it in at the Table, where it was again read, and agreed to by the Houfe.
;
:

Ordered,

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Ordered,

Parifh of

Land, in
Glebe, in

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, to impower the Veftry-men of the to fell Two feparate Pieces of Glebe St.' John, in the County of King William, purchafe a better and more convenient the faid Parifh, to enable them to Lieu thereof And that the Committee for Courts of Juftice, do prepare, and
:

bring in the fame.

Petition of Walter Lutwidge, of Whitehaven, in the Kingdom of Great Britain, Merchant, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth. That one William Jack-

Mafter of the Ship Brothers, of Whitehaven aforefaid, on the Fifth Day of July, South Potoniack, Fifty Hogfheads 1732, did import into this Colony, and enter in Port Petitioner's Account, for which he Fourteen Tierces and One Barrel of Rum, upon the
fon,

paid the Duty to Thomas Lee, Efq; then Naval Officer there: And afterwards, before the End of Three Months from the Time of the faid Importation, did export Two Thoufand Gallons of the fame Rum into the Province of Maryland; but negledling to make his Report thereof within the faid Three Months, the Naval Officer refufed to pay back to the
faid Jackfon, the

Duty

for the faid

Two Thoufand

Gallons of

Rum And praying,

:

that

he may now be allowed to draw back the Duty for the faid Two Thoufand Gallons of Rum. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee to whom it is referred, to prepare and draw up a State of the Duty upon Slaves, and the feveral Paiments that have been made, with the Amount thereof: That they do examine the Matter of the faid Petition; and report the fame, as it fhall appear to them,

with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe.

Conway, from the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions, reported. That the Committee had had imder their Confideration, the Petition of M"' Peter Hedgman, to them referred, complaining of an undue Eledlion and Return of M'' Thomas Ofborne, to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly, for the County of Prince William; and had agreed upon a Report which he read in his Place And afterwards deli\ered
M"'
;
:

it

in at the Table.

That the faid Report be taken into Confideration, on Friday next. an A(5l, for Repealing the Adl, intituled. An Ad for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and for preventing Frauds in His Majefty's Cuftoms; and Two other Adts to amend and explain, and for continuing, and further amending that Ad; was read the
Ordered,

Bill, intituled,

third Time.

And

after a Debate, the Queftion

was
(

put,

The Houfe
M"'

divided.

That the Bill do pafs. The Yeas go forth.

33.

Robin fon,

for the Yeas,

Yeas
Noes

Tellers

}
( for

Mj Conway,

the Noes,

24.

And 0, it was refolved in the Affirmative. McCarty, Ordered, That M'' Conway, Mofcoe, Price, Ttirner, and M' Berkeley, do carry the Bill to the Council, and defire their Concurrence. Ordered, That M'' Edmunds have Leave to be abfent from the Ser\dce of the Houfe,

'til

Monday
Ordered,

next.

That

M"'

Grey have Leave to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe,

to Order, refolved
;

'til

this

Day Seven -night.

The Houfe, according
:

further to confider the Governor's Speech

itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, and after fome Time fpent therein, M'' Speaker refum'd the Chair And M"' Corbin reported, from the Committee, That they had had the Governor's Speech under their further Confideration, and gone through the fame; but not having Time to draw up a Report, the Committee had diredled him to move for

Leave to

fit

again.

That this Houfe will again refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider of the faid Report, To-morrow.
Refolved,

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning, Eleven o 'Clock.

Thurfday,

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Thurfday, Auguft 19,

Ordered,

1736.

THAT
Speech.
Ordered,
'til

the Confideration of the Report from the Committee for Courts of Juftice,
off
'til

put

Yefterday, be further put

Refolved,
of the

That

this

Houfe

will,

whole Houfe, to confider

M''

of

off 'til To-morrow. To-morrow, refolve itfelf into a Committee the Report to be made upon the Governor's

That
next.

Waring have Leave to be abfent from the Service

'til

of the Houfe,

Monday
Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

To-morrow Morning, Eleven

o'Clock.

Friday, Auguft 20, 1736.

That the Committee appointed to prepare, and draw up a State of the Duty upon Slaves, and the feveral Paiments that have been made, with the Amotmt thereof, had had under their Confideration, the Petition of Walter Lutwidge, to them referred; and had agreed upon a Report; which he read in his Place And afterwards delivered it in at the Table, where it was again
Carter reported.
:

MR.
That

read, as follows:
it

appears to the Committee, That William Jackfon imported and entered in

the Diftridl of South Potomack, June 26, 1732, Six Thoufand Seven Hundred Sixty Eight Gallons and an Half of Rum, and paid the Duty of One Penny per Gallon, to the

Colledor of that

Diftricft.

Two Thoufand Gallons thereof, to Port Potomack, in Maryland, and paid the Duty there, July 5, 1732, as appears by a Certificate from the Naval Officer of that Port, imder the Seal of his Office.
That the
faid William Jackfon exported

And

thereupon,

it

is

the Opinion of the Committee, That the Nett Duties paid

here for the Quantity exported, ought to be

Ordered,

drawn back

and the Sum

of

Five Pounds

Thirteen Shillings and Four Pence, allowed to the Petitioner, Walter Lutwidge.

That

it

be an Inftrudlion to the Committee for Public Claims, that they

make

the faid Allowance to the faid Walter Lutwidge, in the

Book

of Claims.

M"^

Robinfon, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, reported, That

the Committee had had under their Confideration, feveral other Propofitions from
feveral Counties
;

and had come to

of

diverfe Refolutions thereupon

which he read

in his

Place:

And

afterwards delivered the fame in at the Table, where they were again read;

and with an Amendment to one

the Houfe, as follows:
Refolved,

them, upon the Queftion feverally put, agreed to by

That the Propofition from the County of Nanfemond, from the People in that County, called Quakers, to be exempted from the Paiment of Parifh Levies except for the Maintenance of the Poor, be rejedled. Refolved, That the Propofition from the County of Spotfylvania, for amending
,

the

Law

concerning Strays, be rejedted.

Refolved,

That the Propofition from the County

of Slaves,

of

King William,

for the better

Government
Refolved,

be

rejecfted.

Orange, for

That the Propofition of certain German Inhabitants, in the County of fettling their Titles to fome Lands in that County, in order to quiet their That the Propofition from Spotfylvania County,
County, be rejedted.
for for eredling a Court-

Minds, be

reje<5led.

Refolved,

Houfe
of the

in the Center of the

Refolved,

That the Propofition from Spotfylvania County,

of Orange, be reje<fted.

adding thereto Part

Refolved,

County

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That the Propofition from Orange County, to prevent Rogues coming into that County, from the Northern Colonies, be rejeded. Refolved, That the Propofition from the Inhabitants of the Town of Tappahannock, in the County of Effex, to prevent Swine nmning at large in that Town, be rejedled. Refolved, That the Propofition from Caroline Covmty, for repealing the Law for fufpending the levying Executions, or making Diftreffes for Tobacco, between the laft
Refolved,
of Atiguft,

and the laft of December, Yearly, be rejedled. Refolved, That the Propofition from the Covmty of Caroline, of the Upper Inhabitants of the Parifh of Dryfdale, and the Veftry of the Parifh of Saint Mary, for adding Part of the faid Parifh of Dryfdale, to the faid Parifh of St. Mary, be rejedled. Refolved, That the Confideration of the Propofition from the County of Caroline, of diverfe of the Freeholders, and other Inhabitants of the Parifh of St. Margaret, for the Divifion of that Parifh, and the Parifh of Dryfdale; and for eredling the Upper Parts of
the fame, into one diftindt Parifh, be deferred 'til the next Seffion of Affembly. Ordered, That Lea^-e be given to bring in a Bill, for allowing Fairs to be kept at the

Town

of Fredericksburg.

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, for altering the Method of Paiment of the Rewards for killing Wolves. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, for appointing Public Ferries to be kept from the Land of William Lowry, in Effex, acrofs Rappa[han]nock River, to the Land of Benjamin Ruft, in Richmond; and from thence acrofs, to the faid Lowry's. And that the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, do prepare, and bring in the
Ordered,
Bills.

The

feveral Petitions following,

were prefented to the Houfe, and read,

viz.

and Inhabitants of the Upper Part of the Parifh County of Middle fex, whofe Names are thereunto f ubfcribed fetting forth. That the faid County is but one Parifh, in which there are Three Churches; and that Divine Ser\ace is not alternately performed at each of thofe Churches, to the great Grievance of the Upper Inhabitants of the faid Parifh And praying, that the faid Parifh may be divided, and made Two diftindl Parifhes, there being a fufficient Number
Petition of fundry Freeholders
of Chrift Church, in the
; :

of Tithables within the

fame:
,

M"' Matthew Kemp, in Behalf of himfelf and the Majority of the and other Freeholders and Houfe-keepers of the faid Parifh, againft fuch Divifion; and praying to be heard, before the Houfe fhall come to a Refolution there-

Alfo a Petition of

Principal

upon.
Ordered,

That the Petition

of the Freeholders

and Inhabitants

of the

Upper Part

of

the faid Parifh of Chrift Church, be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of

and report the appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. Ordered, That M"' Matthew Ketnp be heard before the faid Committee, upon the Matter of the faid Petition, by himfelf, or his CouncU, if he thinks fit. A Motion being made to put off the Confideration of the Report from the Committee
Propofitions
:

and Grievances

That they do examine the Matter thereof

fame, as

it

fhall

and Eledtions, upon the Petition of M"' Peter Hedgman, complaining of an undue Eleftion and Return of M"" Thomas Ofborne, to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly, for the County of Prince William: Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Report, be put off 'til To-morrow; and that the faid M"^ Osborne be then heard, by his Counfel, at the Bar of the Houfe. The feveral Petitions following, were prefented to the Houfe, and read, viz. A Petition of William Morris, of the Coimty of New-Kent; fetting forth. That his Negro Man Slave having murdered another of his Slaves, afterwards murdered himfelf and praying the Confideration of the Houfe And alfo, a Petition of Jofeph Peace, of the County of Hanover; fetting forth. That one of his Slaves who had murdered another of them, afterwards hang'd himfelf; and praying the Confideration of the Houfe
of Privileges

And

(263)

And alfo, a Petition of M'' John Aylett; fetting forth, That fmce the lait Seffion of Attembly, he has, at his own Charge, built another Houfe for the Reception of Tobacco at Aylett' s Warehoufe; and praying to be repaid the Expence thereof. Ordered, That the faid feveral Petitions be referred to the Confideration of the ComThat they do examine the Matter of the faid Petitions and appear to them, with their Opinions thereupon, to the Hoiife. M'' Eaton mov'd for Leave to prefent a Petition of Benjamin Morris, of James-City County, praying to be paid for a Slave, that hang'd himfelf in the Public Levy. And the Queftion being put. That the faid Petition be brought up to the Table.
mittee for Public Claims
it
:

report the fame, as

fhall

Complaint being made to the Hoiofe, by

M"^

paffed in the Negative. Peter Bowdoin, a Member of the Houfe,

It

that one Thomas Carfon had lately wrote and publifhed a Paper, containing feveral unjuft and fcandalous Refliedlions upon the faid M'' Bowdoin, in Breach of the Privilege
of this

of

Houfe That the Confideration of the faid Complaint, be referred to the Committee Privileges and Eledtions That they do examine the Matter thereof and report the
Ordered,
:

appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. The Houfe, according to Order, proceeded to the Confideration of the Report from the Committee for Courts of Juftice And thereupon, Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, for continuing the Adt, intituled, An Ad for better Regulating and Colleding certain Oncers Fees, and other Piirpofes therein mentioned; with fome Explanations. Refolved, That this Houfe will, on Tuefday next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider of the Heads of the faid Bill. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, for further continuing the Ad for deftroying Crows and Squirrels, in the Northern Neck, and on the Eaftern Shore. And that the Committee for Courts of Juftice, do prepare, and bring in the fame. Then a Motion was made, and the Queftion put. That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, for Deftroying Crows and Squirrels, in all the other Parts of the Colony.
fame, as
it

fhall

Refolved in the Affirmative.

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, for deftroying Crows and Squirrels, throughout the Colony, on the South Side Rappahannock River: And that M'' Fitzhugh, M'' Carter, and M'' Corbin, prepare, and bring in the fame. Ordered, That M'' James Ball have Leave to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe, for the Recovery of his Health. The Houfe, according to Order, refolv'd itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider of the Report to be made upon the Governor's Speech; and after fome Time fpent therein, M'' Speaker refum'd the Chair And M"" Corbin reported, from the Committee, That they had gone through the Governor's Speech; and were come to feveral Refolutions thereupon Which he read in his Place, and delivered in at the Table. Ordered, That the faid Report be taken into Confideration, on Monday next. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned 'til To-morrow Morning, Eleven o'Clock.
Ordered,
: :

Saturday, Auguft 21, 1736.

Ordered,

THAT

M'' Crafford

have Leave to be abfent from the Ser\Mce

of the Houfe,

'til

Thurfday next.

M' Conway prefented a Petition of M"' John Champ, complaining of an undue Eledlion and Return of M'' Charles Carter, and M'' Thomas Turner, to ferve as Burgeffes in this prefent General Affembly, for the County of King George; and pray'd the fame might be received.

And

(264)

And
Table.

after a Debate, the Queftion

was put, That the

faid Petition be brought to the

paffed in the Negative. The feveral Petitions following, were prefented to the Houfe, and read, viz. fetting forth. That one John Jeffs, lately in the Prifon A Petition of William
It

Morm

New-Kent, for want of Security for his Appearance, to anfwer the Suit Cafe, broke the faid Prifon, and of William Chamherlayne Gent, in an AAion on the the faid County, a Conditional Judgof Sheriff then being efcaped. And the Petitioner afterwards confirmed, for Eleven was which ment pafs'd againft him, and the faid Jeffs; Pounds Three Shillings and Four Pence Current Money, and Cofts of Suit, amounting to 126 lb. of Tobacco, with a Lawyer's Fee: All which the Petitioner has been forced to pay; and praying fuch Relief, as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. Alfo, a Petition of Jonathan Gibfon, to the Coimty Court of King George; fetting forth. That there not being fufficient Room for the Reception of Tobacco in the Public Warehoufes, which were built by him, according to his Agreement with the Commiffioners for that Purpofe appointed, he was encouraged by the County Court, to hire another Houfe of M"" Thomas Turner, adjoining to the faid Public Warehoufe; for which the Petitioner is engaged to pay the faid Turner, one Third of the Rent, as the fame was fettled at the laft Seffion of Affembly And that the Expence he has been at in keeping the Houfes in Repair, and fixing and repairing the Prizes, amounts to very near as much as his whole Rent And certified to the General Affembly, at a Court lately held for Proof
of the

County

of

of Public Claims, in the faid County.

That the faid feveral Petitions be referred to the Confideration of the ComThat they do examine the Matter of the faid Petitions and report the fame, as it fhall appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. The Houfe, according to Order, proceeded to the Confideration of the Report from the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions, upon the Petition of M'' Peter Hedgman, complaining of an undue Eledlion and Return of M"' Thomas Osborne, to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly, for the County of Prince William Wherein the faid Committee report, that they heard as well the Petitioner, as the Sitting Member, by
Ordered,

mittee for Public Claims

their Counfel

as alfo the Depofitions of diverfe Witneffes, legally taken,

upon a Com-

plaint againft the faid Osborne, for diverfe Mifdemeanors in the Office of Infpedlor. Whereupon, it appears to the Committee,

That the faid Osborne, whilft he was an Infpedlor, was guilty of very enormous Mifdemeanors in that Office, in Breach of his Oath, and the Duty of his faid Office Therefore, the Committee, without examining into the feveral Allegations of the Petition, which they referve to be done hereafter, if there fhall be Occafion, had come to feveral Refolu:

tions.

And M'

Osborne being called upon to

he could not procure Counfel to appear for the Bar of the Houfe.
Refolved,

make his Defence, informed the Houfe, that him and therefore declined being heard at
;

That M' Osborne, be heard

in his Place, againft the faid

Report; and then

withdraw.

Then he defired, that feveral of the Depofitions mentioned in the Report, and a Paper, giving him a Charadler, fubfcribed by feveral Perfons, and a Depofition of one
Lucas, might be read.
before the Committee,
;

Speaker acquainted him, That if the Evidence, which had been given in, was not fully ftated, he might move for a Commitment of the Report but that the Houfe would proceed upon the Matter, as it was ftated by the Committee, unlefs he could give Reafons for committing it. Then M'' Osborne mov'd. That the faid Report might be committed, for a fuller State of the Evidence; and that the feveral Depofitions of John Coles, Simon Lutterel, Bur Harrifon, and William Bland, might be read, and they were read accordingly;
M''

And

and

(265)

and he made
of the Proof,

his Obfervations

upon them and endeavoiired

;

to
:

fhew the Infufficiency

and a

Contradi(?tion of one Depofition to another

And

after being fully

heard, withdreaw.

Then the Queftion was put, That the

the Evidence.

faid

Report be committed, for a

It

fuller State of

pa ffed in

the Negative.

Then
Nemine

the Refolutions of the faid Committee, were feveraUy read.

And upon
Refolved,

the Queftion feverally put upon them, were agreed to by the Houfe,
M''

Contradicente, as follows:

That the faid

Mifdemeanors, in the Office of

faid Office,
is

Thomas Osborne having been guilty of very enormous an Infpedtor, in Breach of his Oath, and the Duty of his
this

Refolved,

unworthy to fit as a Member in this Houfe. That the faid M'' Osborne, for his faid Mifdemeanors, be expelled

Houfe.
Refolved, That the faid M"' Osborne be difabled to fit and vote as a Member of this Houfe, during this prefent General Affembly. Ordered, That an Addrefs be made to the Governor, to remove the faid M'' Osborne from the Commiffion of the Peace, and aU other Offices in this Government

And, to order a new Writ to iffue, for Eledling another Burgefs to fer\-e in this prefAffembly, for the County of Prince William, in the room of the faid Thomas General ent Osborne, expelled this Houfe: And that M'' Carter, M'' Randolph, M'' Conway, and M'' Acrill, do attend the Go\emor with the faid Addrefs.

John Wilfon, praying to be allowed Part of a Claim therein mentioned, that was omitted in Laying the laft Public Levy, was read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee for Public Claims: That they do examine the Matter thereof; and report the fame,
Petition of M'' as
it

The

appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned 'til Monday Morning, Eleven o'Clock.
fhall

Monday, Auguft 23, 1736.

Ordered,

THAT
Ordered,
Ferries
:

M'' Reddick have Leave to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe, to attend a fick Family. A Motion being made, after a Debate, the Queftion was put, That Leave given to bring in a Bill, to make all county Ferries, Public Ferries. be

It

paffed in the Negative.

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, for fettling the Rates of Coimty And that the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances prepare and bring in

the fame.

M' Fitzhugh prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, A Bill to deftroy Crows and Squirrels throughout the Colony of Virginia, on the South Side the River Rappahannock. Ordered, That the faid Bill do Ue on the Table, to be perufed by the Members of the
Hoiife.

The Houfe being informed, that the Sheriff of Hanover attended at the Door, he was and ftanding at the Bar, M"' Speaker recited the Writ for Eledling of Burgeffes to ferve in this prefent General Affembly, for the faid County, and the Return thereof and demanded of him, the Reafon of his making fuch Return; and who were the Perfons that occafioned the Tumult, which prevented him from proceeding in the Eleftion,
called in;

according to the Writ.

To which he anfwered. That he

believed the Candidates

ftrong Liquor amongft the People, which

made them

fo diforderh-, that he

had diftributed too much was twice

obliged

(266)
obliged to give over taking the Poll, but intended, neverthelefs, to have proceeded, if they had not ftill grown more tumultuous than before: Therefore he confulted with

M' Attorney-General, who happened to be there prefent, who advifed him to defift from proceeding any further, and to make a Return, according to the Truth of the Cafe; as he had done: And that Thomas Proffer, Matthew Anderfon, and Pouncey Anderfon, were, as far as he could obferve, the principal Promoters and Encouragers of thofe
ordered to withdraw. Then the Queftion was put. Whether the Return of the Writ for Eledling of Burgeffes, to ferve in this prefent General Affembly, for the faid County of Hanover, be a
Diforders:

And was

good Return ?
Refolved in the Affirmative.

And

a Motion being made,

That Thomas Proffer, Matthew Anderfon, and Pouncey Anderfon, be fent Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms, to anfwer their Mifdemeanors, in raifmg a for, in Tumult in the County of Hanover, on the Day appointed for Eledling of Burgeffes, to ferve in this prefent General Affembly, for that County, to the Hindrance of the ExecuOrdered, tion of the Writ.

The Houfe, according to Order, proceeded to the Confideration of the Report from the Committee of the whole Houfe and the fame was twice read and with an Amendment, agreed to, by the Houfe, as follows
;

of

That a Bill be prepar'd, for the better Regulation of the Militia. Refolved, That a Tax of Six Pence for each Tithable Slave, be laid on the Owners Slaves (except thofe that have but one) towards Arming the poor People, to ferve in
Refolved, Refolved,

the Militia, in the feveral Counties.

ties,

That the Duty be colledted by the refpedlive Sherifs, in their feveral Counby them to f uch Perf on as fhall be appointed by the Court-Martial the Receiver thereof, who fhall give Bond with Security, to the King, before the County Court, to accoxmt for it; and fhall once a Year prefent his Account to the County Court, to be recorded And that fuch Accounts fhall be tranf mitted by the refpedlive Clerks to
to be paid
;
:

the General Affembly.

Refolved,
Militia,

Perfons above the age of except Apprentices and Servants.

all

That

6 Years, fhall be lifted to ferve in the

Refolved,
cafions.

That Provifion be made, for obliging Patrollers to go out on certain Oc-

Refolved,
lifted,

That free Mulattos and free Negros, above the Age of i6 Years, fhall be and appear in Arms at Mufters, and be exercis'd and difciplin'd in a feparate

Body.

That the Court-Martial fhall have Power to excufe fuch Perfons, as thro' Age and Infirmities, fhall feem to them incapable to mufter. Refolved, That a Court-Martial fhall be held once a Year, at fuch Time as the CoimtyRefolved,

Lieutenant, or chief
fined
5
/.

Commanding

Officer in the

County,

fhall appoint;

who

fhall

be

if

he

fails

to appoint.

Refolved, That every Colonel, Lieutenant -Colonel, or Major, failing to appear at fuch Court, fhall be fined 50 s. Refolved, That the Lieutenant of any County, or other chief Commanding Officer, refident in the County, failing to appoint a General Mufter, fhall forfeit 5 /. Refolved,
Officer, in his

That the Captain

5.

of every Troop or Company, or the next Commanding Abfence, fhall return a Lift of the Perfons failing to appear at Mufters;

or fhall be fined 50
Refolved,
;

That every Perfon lifted to fer\'e in the Horfe, fhall be fined 5 5. or 50 lb. and every Perfon lifted in the Foot, 2s.6d.or 2^ lb. Tobacco, for not appearing at Mufters, compleatly armed and accoutred; fo that no Perfon be fined above Five Times a Year and that it fhall be in the Eledlion of the Party fined, to pay either Money,
Tobacco
;

or Tobacco.
Refolved,

(267)
Refolved,

That Notice

fhall

be given at every Church and Chappel in each County, of

Sheriff, all
is

the

Time

of holding a Court Martial.

Refolved,

That the Clerk deliver to the

the Orders of the Court Martial,

for fining Delinquents:

Which

Fines, the Sheriff

to colledt

and

receive;

and upon

Non-paiment, to levy by Diftrefs and Sale of the Goods of the Delinquent, within a Number of Days, after public Notice, without further Warrant; and pay the fame to fuch Perfon, as the Court-Martial fhall appoint to receive them; who fhall accertain

count for them to fuch Court.

accotmt

That if the Sheriff refufe to colled and levy fuch Fines, or fhall fail to and pay, fuch as he fhall have received, to fuch Perfon or Perfons, as the Court-Martial fhall appoint; on Motion to the County Court, or General Court, Judgment fhall be given againft him, for fuch Fines as he fhall have received, and for refufmg
Refolved,
for,
collecft

or negle(5ling to

fuch Fines, he fhall be fined, at the Difcretion of the Court.

Refolved, That every Captain of a Troop or Company, who fhall fail to mufter, and exercife his Troop or Company Four Times a Year, fhall be fined Twelve Shillings for every Omiffion; and every Lieutenant, who fails to appear at a Mufter, Ten Shillings; and every Comet, or Enfign, Seven Shillings and Six Pence. Refolved, That the Lieutenant-Colonel, or chief Commanding Officer, refident in any Cotmty, be impowered to appoint PatroUers, to vifit the Negro Quarters, at fuch Times as he fhall think fit and in Recompence for that Ser\ace, they fhall be exempted from paying Public, County, and Parifh Levies, and from attending at private Mufters; and if they fail in their Duty, they fhall be liable to a Penalty. Refolved, That if any Perfon fails to do his Duty, or is difobedient, at a private Mufter, he fhall be punifhed by a Court-Martial, to be called by his Commanding Officer, and to confift of the Commiffion-Officers then prefent Or, if any Perfon fails to do his Duty, or is difobedient, at a General Mufter, by a Court-Martial, to confift of the FieldOfficers, and Captains, according to the Law now in Force, in both Cafes. Refolved, That the Perfons exempted from perfonally appearing at Mufters by the Law now in Force, except free Negros and Mulattos, be ftill exempted. Refolved, That if any exempted Overfeer appear at a Mufter, he fhall pay lo 5.
;

or loo

lb.

Tobacco.

That Negros be not allowed to beat a Drum at their Quarters; and if any Drum at any fuch Quarter, they fhall deftroy it. Refolved, That the Militia fhall be Armed as is directed by the Law now in Force. Refolved, That the Arms to be provided at the Public Charge, fhall be diftributed, by the Court-Martial, and no Property fhall be vefted in any Perfon to whom fuch Arms fhall be delivered; nor fhall the fame be liable to be feis'd or taken in Execution for Debt, or any other Caufe whatfoever: But it fhall be in the Power of any Officer of the Militia, to feife fuch Arms, if he thinks them in Danger of being loft or made away with, in the Hands of any Perfon whatfoever; and thofe Arms fhall only be made Ufe of for Exercifmg at Mufters, or when the Militia fhall be drawn out into adtual Serv^ice. Refolved, That the Fines and Penalties which fhall be incurred, be applied to the fame Ufes as dire(5ted by the Law now in Force; but that the Fines incurred in every particular Troop or Company, be applied in the firft Place, to the Ufe of the fame Troop or Company, until they fhall be fupplied with all Neceffaries, and afterwards to thofe Ufes, by the Difcretion of the Court-Martial. Refolved, That the Court-Martial fhall have Power to appoint a Clerk, and pay him according to their Difcretion out of the Fines. Refolved, That every Captain of a Troop or Company, fhall have Power to chufe a fit Perfon out of his Troop or Company, to officiate as Clerk to the fame And that fuch Clerk may be permitted to appear at Mufter without Arms. Refolved, That any Soldier, who fhall refufe to ferve as a Serjeant, Corporal, Drummer, or Trumpeter, being thereto appointed by his Captain, be fined 50 5. or 500 lb. of Tobacco pro^nded that fuch Perfon fhall be fined but once.
Refolved,

the PatroUers find

Refolved,

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Refolved,

Oath

of

That the Officers fhall take the Oaths to the Government, and the Office and the Clerk of the Court-Martial fhall be fwom to the due Execution
;

of his Office.

Refolved,

That the Adjutant-General, and one Servant, and their Horfes, be ex-

empted from paying Ferriages. Refolved, That a Bill be prepared for laying a Duty upon Wine, Rum, or other Spirits, imported bv Land, to be colle(5ted, paid, and accounted for, in the fame Maimer
as the other Duties.

That an humble Addrefs be prepared, to his Majefty, to acknowledge extended to the moft remote of his Subjedls, the great Influence of his Wifdom difplaid throughout his whole Adminiftration, very fenfibly felt by all his Subjedls, efpecially by thofe of this Colony; to congratulate the good Effe<5t of the Meafures he has fo happily contrived, towards fettling a general and lafting Peace in Europe, upon which all our Profperity depends; and the happy Marriage
Refolved,

the great Felicity of his Reign,

of his Roial

Highnefs the Prince of Wales, with fo virtuous and accomplifhed a Princefs,

who

brings with her, a great Addition of Strength to the Proteftant Intereft. Ordered, That Leave be gi^'en to bring in a Bill, For the better Regulation of the Militia, according to the Refolutions before mentioned; and that the Committee of
Propofitions

and Grievances, do prepare and bring in the fame. That it be an Inftru(5lion to the faid Committee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe, to exempt the People, called Quakers, from perfonal Appearance at Mufter, by fending a Man in their ftead. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, For laying a Duty upon Wine, Rum, or other Spirits, imported by Land: And that the Committee, to whom it is refer'd, to prepare and draw up a State of the Duty upon Slaves, and the feveral Paiments that have been made, with the Amount thereof, do prepare, and bring in the faid Bill. Ordered, That an Humble Addrefs be prepared, to his Majefty, according to the Refolution of the Houfe; and that the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, prepare, and bring in the fame. Ordered, That it be an Inftrucftion to the faid Committee, to infert a Claufe, Petitioning His Majefty to order fuch a Number of Arms, as he fhall think proper, towards Arming the Militia. The report of Jofeph Ball, John Steptoe, and James Ball, concerning the Bounds of Wiccocomico Parifh, was read. Refolved, That this Houfe doth approve the faid Report. Ordered, That the faid Report be enter 'd amongft the Records of the General
Ordered,

Affembly.

M'

Acrill

Intituled,

An

prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, to repeal the A(ft, Ad for Repealing the Ad for the better and more effediial Improving the

and for the better Executions of the Law now in Force againft tending Seconds; and for the further Prevention thereof; and the fame was received, and read the
Staple of Tobacco,
firft

Time.
Ordered,
Ordered,

That the Bill be read a fecond Time. That the Houfe be adjourned 'till To-morrow Morning, Eleven o'Clock.

Tuefday, Auguft 24,

1736.

R. Fitzhugh prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, for amending the Adl, intituled. An Ad for the better Diredion of Officers in the Sale of
Goods, or other Things taken in Execution, or diftrained for Rent; fame was received, and read the firft Time.

and the

Ordered,

That the

Bill

be read a fecond Time.

M'

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M"'

Ad

for deftroying

Corhin prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, for continuing the Crows and Squirrels in the Northern Neck, and on the Eaftern Shore;

and the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. M'' McCariy prefented to the Hovife, according to Order, a Bill for the further amending the Laws now in Force, for the more fpeedy and eafy Recovery of fmall Debts; and the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. A Bill to repeal the Adl, intituled. An Ad, for repealing the Ad for the better and mare effedual improving the Staple of Tobacco; and for the better Execution of the Laws now in Force againft tending Seconds; and for the further Prevention thereof, was read the
fecond Time.
be committed to a Committee; and a Committee was appointed accordingly, of the following Perfons
Ordered,

That a

Bill

M' Randolph,
M''

M-" Willis,
M.^

Conway,

Corbin,
Blair.

and

M"- Acrill,

M'

Ordered, That a Meffage be fent to the Council, to defire them to inform this Houfe, what they have done upon the Bill, intituled, an Adt for repealing the Adl, intituled, An Ad for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and for preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuftoms; and Two other Adts, to amend and explain, and for continuing, and further amending that Ad: And that M'' Willis, M"' Fitzhugh, and M'' Acrill, go up with the

Meffage.

Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the

Town

of

beth-City, was prefented to the Houfe; fetting forth. vagrant People come to the faid Town; and others refide therein, who are fufpedled to fubfift chiefly by dealing with Servants and Slaves: And praying that a Law be made, to impower the Juftices of the Peace of the faid County, to eredl a Work-houfe in the faid County, for the Reception and Emploiment of fuch Perfons. Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie on the Table, to be perufed by the Members the Houfe. of
M''

Hampton, and County of ElizaThat great Numbers of idle and

Robinfon, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, reported. That

the Committee had had under their Confideration, the Propofitions from the Counties of Hanover, and Goochland, for the Divifion of the faid County of Hanover, and eredling

the Upper Part of the fame, together with Part of the faid County of Goochland, into a new County and were come to a Refolution thereupon which he read in his Place
; ;

And

afterwards delivered

it

in at the Table,

where

it

was again

read.

And

after a Debate, and the Queftion being put thereupon, was agreed to by the

Houfe, as follows:
Refolved,

That the further Confideration

of the faid Propofitions, be deferred

'til

the next Seffion of Affembly.

M"' Conway, from the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions, reported. That the Committee had had under their Confideration, the Complaint of M'^ Peter Bowdoin, to them referred, and agreed upon the following Report; which he read in his Place; and afterwards delivered in at the Table, viz. That it appears to the Committee, That the Papers faid to be wrote and publifhed by Thofnas Carfon, doth contain fcandalous Refiedlions upon the faid M'' Bowdoin: That the faid Carfon, Nine or Ten Days next before the Beginning of this Seffion of Affembly, being in Company with divers others in the County of Northampton, did fay, That there was a Commiffion iffued for a Gentleman of that County, and did repeat the Subftance of what is contained in the faid Paper, without mentioning M'' Bowdoin' s Name, or faying, the Commiffion was to him; but fome of the Company underftood it to be M"" Bowdoin; But that it doth not appear, That the faid Carfon was

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thereof, in any other Manner, than was the Author of the faid Writing, or the Publifher come to a Refolution thereupon. were And by talking of the Contents of it, as aforefaid: be perufed by the Members Ordered, That the faid Report do lie on the Table, to
of the Houfe.

That by an Acft of Affembly made in the Fourth Year of the Reign of the late Queen Anne, 220 Acres of Land, are appropriated for building the faid City which Land is wholly laid out into Lots and faid City the Want whereStreets, and no Land was or is fet apart for a Common to the
;
;

Petition of the Maior, Recorder, Aldermen, and Williamsburg, was prefented to the Houfe; fetting Forth,

Commonalty

of

the City of

a great Hardfhip upon the poorer Sort of Inhabitants, having occafioned many others from coming to fettle there: That to' remove out of the faid City, and hindering bearing Date the Twenty Eighth Patent, Letters the faid City was incorporated by day of July in the Eighth Year of his late Majefty King George the Firft; and by
of, is

the faid Charter, the Maior, Recorder, and Aldermen, of the faid City, have Power to hold a Court of Huftings, and hold Plea of all Perfonal Adlions arifmg within the faid City, where the Demand does not exceed Twenty Pounds, or Four Thouf-

and Pounds
his

of

Tobacco:
Majefty,

And by an Ad;

of

faid

late

the Jurifdiftion

of

the

Affembly made faid Court

in
is

the Ninth Year of

enlarged;
extenfive

ftanding
for

the

which, the faid Court Eafe and Security of the Inhabitants of the faid City, and preferring

have not yet a Jurifdidtion

notwithenough,

thereof. That the Profperity and Improvement Ufe and Benefit to the Coimtry and the appropriating a convenient Parcel of Land adjacent to the faid City, for a Common to the fame, which the Inhabitants are not able to purchafe of themfelves, will tend greatly And praying, that Leave may be given to the Advantage and Improvement thereof to bring in a Bill, for enlarging the Jurifdiftion of the faid Court of Huftings; to oblige Apprentices and Servants in the faid City to ferve out the Time for which they fhall be bound, or contradl for; and that a fmall Sum of Money may be given them out of the Treafury, to purchafe a Trad of Land, for a Common to the faid City. Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie on the Table, to be perufed by the Members

the Peace and good

Government

of the faid City will be of general

of the

Houfe.
Petition of the Inhabitants of James-City, whofe

A
fcribed,

Names

are thereunto fub-

was prefented

to the Hoiife

and read;

fetting forth,

at the laft Seffion of Affembly, for the better Support of the College of William

That by the Adt made and

Mary, in Virginia, the Prefident, Mafters, Scholars, and Students of the faid College, and all the domeftic Servants belonging to the fame, are exempted from being lifted as Tithables, and from paying Public, County, and Parifh Levies, for ever: That by Pretext of fuch Exemption, the faid Prefident and Mafters claim, and the Court and Veftry allow them to be exempted from the Paiment of thofe Levies, not only for themfelves and the domeftic Servants aforefaid, but for their other Servants in the faid Coimty, not being Domeftics, belonging to the College; which the Petitioners conceive, was never intended by the faid Adt: That the faid County is but fmall, with refpedl to the Number of Tithables; and by reafon of the faid Exemption, and the Manner in which it has been allowed, it has been leffened between Thirty and Forty Tithables; and praying, that for the future, the faid County and Parifh, be reimburfed by the Public, fo much Tobacco as the faid Levies fhall amount to And that to difcover the fame, the Prefident, Mafters, Scholars, and Students of the faid College, and the Domeftic Servants, belonging to the fame, that by Law would be Tithables, if the faid Exemption had not been granted, be annually lifted with the Tithables. And the Queftion being put, that the faid Petition be referred to a Committee? It pa ffed in the Negative. Refolved, That the faid Petition be rejedled. Refolved, That this Houfe will. To-morrow, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider of Heads of a Bill, jor better Regulating and Colleding Officers Fees
:

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Crows and Squirrels, throughout the Colony of Virginia, on the South fide of the River Rappahannock, was read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. A Bill for continuing the Ad, for deftroying Crows and Squirrels, in the Northern Neck, and on the Eaftern Shore, was read the fecond Time, and a Blank in the Bill fill'd up at the Table. Ordered, That the Bill be Ingroffed. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned 'til To-morrow Morning, Eleven o'Clock.
Bill to deftroy

Wednefday, Auguft 25, 1736.

Ordered,

THAT Monday
M""
'till

Fleming have Leave to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe

next.
M""

Ordered,

That

Mofcoe, have Leave to go

Home upon an

extraordinary

Occafion.

A Member
Oath

returned upon a

new

Writ, having taken the Oaths appointed to be

taken, by Adl of Parliament, inftead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy; and taken and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, and fubfcribed the Teft; and taken the
of a Burgefs,

was admitted

to his Place in the Houfe.

A
Hotafe

Petition of the Ordinary-Keepers, in the

Town

of York,

was prefented

to the

and

read, reprefenting the great Diminution of their Profits, occafioned

Retailing of
of the

Rum, and
and
fell

ftrong Liquors, in that

by the Town, by Perfons who mix Water with

:

thofe Liquors,

them

to Servants

and Slaves

And

praying the Confideration

Houfe

therein.

That the faid Petition, be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, That they do examine the Matter thereof; and report the fame as it fhall appear [to] them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. A Meffage from the Council, by M"" Robertfon, That they ha\'e had under their Confideration a Bill fent up to them from this Houfe, intituled. An Ad for Repealing the Ad, Intituled, an Ad for amending the Staple of Tobacco; and for preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuftotns; and Two other Adls, to amend and explain, and for continuing, and further amending that Ad And having read the fame twice, upon the Qu[e]ftion put,
Ordered,
:

for a

Third Reading,
It

pa ffed in the Negative. The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider of Heads of Bills, For better Regulating and Colleding certain Officers Fees; and after fome Time fpent therein, M'' Speaker refum'd the Chair, and M'' Corbin reported from the Committee, That they had come to feveral Refolutions thereupon, which he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Table, where they were
again twice read, and agreed to, by the Houfe, as follows Refolved, That the Fees, as they now ftand, fhall be reduc'd to more General Heads, to include the fame Services, to prevent Miftakes in Overcharging, in a Multitude of
Articles.

Refolved, Refolved,
Article.

That the Fees paiable in a Petition Caufe, be fettled at 50 lb. of Tobacco. That the Penalty for overcharging Fees, be annex 'd to every particular That

for the fame Services for which a Fee is allowed in the General Court, allowed to the County Court Clerks, in Proportion. a Fee fhall be Ordered, That a Bill be prepared, for better Regulating and Colleding certain Officers And that Fees, according to the Adl now in Force, and the Refolutions of the Houfe

Refolved,

the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, do prepare, and bring in the fame.

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M' Conway, from the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions, inform'd the Houfe, complaining of an undue Eledlion and that upon the Petition of M^ Daniel Hornby,
William Fantleroy, to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General AffemCommittee came to a Refolution, which was bly, for the County of Richmond: The agreed to by the Houfe, That the Petitioner, and the fitting Member, fhould be at Liberty

Return

of

M"'

their Witneffes before the Sheriff of the faid County, as to the fubjedl Matfaid Sheriff to attend at the Courtter of the faid Petition; and did accordingly order the not done, in Contempt of the faid houfe, to take the faid Examinations; which he had

to

examine

Return thereon, indorfed in thefe Words: 'In Obedience to have fummoned the Evidences; but no Petition the within Order to me 'being produced, which I was referred to, I could not proceed to examine the Evidence.
Order, as appears

by

his

diredled, I

'Augiift 20, 1736.

Witnefs Thomas Barber, Sher. Richmond County.' Refolved, That the faid Thomas Barber, in refufmg to take the faid Examinations, faid Order, and a Breach of the is guilty of a Difobedience to, and a Contempt of, the Houfe. this of Privileges Ordered, That the faid Thomas Barber be fent for in Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms, to anfwer for his faid Difobedience and Contempt, at the Bar of the Houfe. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned 'til To-morrow Morning Eleven o'Clock.

Thurfday, Auguft 26, 1736.

was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fettii^ That fome Time ago, one Francis Griffin was Committed to the Prifon of the County of Stafford, for Felony, and being there, was charged in Execution, at the Suit of Hugh French, for 1702 lb. of Tobacco, John Lee, Gent, being then Sheriff, and the Petitioner Under-Sheriff of the faid County That the Prifon, at the Time of the Commitment of the faid Francis Griffin, was very ftrong, and fufticient to hold any Prifoner, unlefs affifted from without Neverthelefs, the faid Francis Griffin, by the Affiftance of Perfons unknown, broke the Door of the faid Prifon, which was well fecured with Locks and Iron Bars, and efcaped whereupon the faid Hugh French brought an Adtion againft the faid John Lee, and recovered the faid 1702 lb. of Tobacco; and the faid Lee, in one other Adlion, recovered the fame of the Petitioner: That the faid Prifon being ftrong and fufficient, the Petitioner can have no Remedy againft the and by Paiment of the faid Tobacco, and other Misfortunes, Jvif tices of the faid County the Petitioner and his Family were reduced to great Want and Neceffity and praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein, and fuch Relief as the Houfe fhall think reafonPetition of Jofhua Davis,
forth.
: :

able.

Ordered,

for Public Claims:

That the faid Petition be refeired to the Confideration of the Committee That they do examine the Matter thereof: and report the fame,

as

it

fhall

Ordered,

appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. That M"' Allen be added to the Committee of Privileges and Eledtions,

and to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances. M'' Robinfon, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, reported. That they had had under their Confideration, the Petition of M"' Edwin Thacker, and other Freeholders, and Inhabitants of the Upper Part of Chrift-Church Parifh, in the County of Middlefex, to them referred praying a Divifion of the faid Parifh, into Two Parif hes and had heard as well the Petitioners, by their Counfel, upon the Matter of the faid Petition, as M-" Matthew Kemp, who appeared in Oppofition to the fame, in Behalf of himfelf, and others, Freeholders, and other Houfe-keepers of the faid Parifh; and had come to a Refolution thereupon; which he read in his Place; and afterwards delivered in at the Table, where it was again read.
;

And

; :

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was put, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follows: That the faid Petition be rejedled. A Meffage from the Council, by M'' Robert (on: That they have ]Daffed a Bill, intituled. An Ad for the greater Eafe and Encouragement of Sherifs; to which they defir'd the Concurrence of this Houfe. M'' Corhin, from the Committee for Courts of Juftice, reported, That they had had under their Confideration, the Petition of the Minifter and Veftrymen of the Parifh of Warwick, in the County of Warwick, to them referred; and had examined the Allegations thereof and were come to a Refolution thereupon which he read in his Place and afterwards delivered in at the Table, where it was again read, and agreed to by the
after a Debate, the Queftion

And

Refolved,

Houfe,

That it be an Inftrudlion to the faid Committee, to whom it is referred, and bring in a Bill, to impower the Veftry-men of the Parifh of St. John, in the County of King William, to fell Two feparate Pieces of Glebe Land in the faid Parifh, to enable them to purchafe a better and more convenient Glebe, in Lieu thereof And that they have Power to receive a Claufe to impower the Veftry-men of the faid Parifh of Warwick, to fell Two fuch Pieces of Land, for the fame Purpofe. A Petition of M'' John Tarply, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; praying, that the Days for holding Courts in the Counties of Northumberland and Lancafter,
Ordered,
to prepare

may

be altered.
Ordered,

That the

faid Petition

do

lie

on the Table, to be perufed by the Members

of the

Houfe.
ingroffed Bill
of Sherifs,

agement

intituled. An Ad for the greater Eafe and EncourTime. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. Ordered, That M"" Macon have Leave to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe,

An

from the Council,

firft

was read the

'til

Monday
Ordered,
Ordered,

next.

That M"^ Holman have Leave to go Home upon an extraordinary Occafion. That M"' Aylett have Leave to be abfent from the Sendee of the Houfe,
next.
of Weftmoreland,

'til

Monday

Warehoufe at Nominy, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, that he has built Two new Houfes there, by Order of the County Court, for the Reception and Weighing of Tobacco, and keeping the Weights and Scales; and praying, that an additional Rent maj^ be allowed him. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee for Public Claims: That they do examine the Matter thereof; and report the fame,
Petition of Patrick Spence, the Proprietor of the Public
in the

County

appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. A Petition of the Juftices of Surry County, was prefented to the Houfe, and read fetting forth, That Three Warehoufes were built at Grey's Creek, at the Expence of the faid County, which were accidentally burnt, whereby they have been obliged to build others in the Room of them which has been a great Charge to the Inhabitants of that County, and praying an Allowance to be made them in the Public Levy. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee for Public Claims: That they do examine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhaU appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. Ordered, That M'' Berkeley have Leave to be abfent from the Ser\'ice of the Houfe,
as
it

fhall

'til

Monday

next.

Ordered,

the Allowances fettled by

be an Inftrudlion to the Committee for Public Claims, to dedudl Law for Conveniency. Motion was made, that the fecond Refolution of the Committee of Propofitions
it

That

and Grievances, upon the feveral Propofitions relating to the Tobacco Law, might be confidered and the fame was read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follows
;

Refolved,

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That the A6t intituled, An Ad for amending the Staple of Tobacco; and amended. preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuftonis, be farther Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow refolve itfelf into a Committee of the
Refolved,

whole Houfe, to confider of Amendments to the faid Ad. M' Conway, from the Committee of Privileges and Elections reported, That they had had under their Confideration, the Petition of M-- William Harwood, to them reThomas Haynes, to ferve ferred, comj)laining of an undue Ele(5lion and Return of M"'
as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly, for the Coimty of Warwick; heard, as well the Petitioner, as the fitting Member, by their Counfel, and divers Witneffes
;

and had examined

on both Sides, upon the Matter of the Complaint and had come to a which he read in his Place and afterwards delivered in at the thereupon Refolution Table, where it was again read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follows Refolved, That M'' Thomas Haynes is duly ele(5ted and returned a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General Affembly, for the County of Warwick.
; ;

Committee, That they had likewife had under their Confideration, the Petition of M'' John Martin, to them alfo referred, complaining of an undue Ele(5lion and Return of M'' Jonathan Gibfon, to ferve as a Burgefs in
alfo reported,

W Conway

from the

faid

this prefent General Affembly, for the

Petitioner,

County, did vote at the Eledtion, Martin, than for M"' the Petitioner That the Manner for M"' Gibfon, the fitting Member, of the Eledlion was very diforderly, the People having drank too much ftrong Liquor on the Day of Eledtion, before, and during the Time of taking the Poll. But that it doth not appear, that M'' Gibfon was the Occafion of it, or any Ways mifbehaved himThat one Thomas Roy, an Infpecftor in that County, folicited the felf, as a Candidate. People who brought Tobacco to his Infpedlion, to vote for the faid Gibfon, and againft the Petitioner; and threatened them, who were in the Petitioner's Intereft, that he would bum their Tobacco, if they voted againft the faid Gibfon, and for the Petitioner And that the faid Roy, did force back one Thomas Harrifon, who was in the Court houfe, going to vote for the Petitioner, and M"" Fleming, and treated him with ftrong Liquor; and having by much Importunity prevailed with him to promife not to give his Vote for the Petitioner as he intended, he fwore him to vote for the faid Gibfon, and againft the Petitioner. That one William Burdet, then, and for fome Time before, Under-Sheriff of that County, ufed his Endeavour to influence the People to vote againft the Petitioner: That upon the Day of Elec5lion, before the Eledlion came on, he demanded Quit-Rents of one John Davis, telling him he was a Martin's Man, and that he would diftrain, if he did not pay his Quit-Rents immediately but that the faid Davis voted for the Petitioner, notwithftanding the faid Biirdet's Threatening: Therefore, upon the whole Matter, the Committee had come to feveral Refolutions; which he read in his Place; and afterwards delivered in at the Table, where it was again read. Refolved, That M"" Gibfon be heard in his Place, againft the faid Report, and then withdraw.
of Freeholders of the faid
:

both Sides, That a greater

and had heard, as well the as the fitting Member, by their Counfel, and examined divers Witneffes on upon the Matter of the Complaint Whereupon, it appears to the Committee,
County
:

of Caroline;

Number

And M"' Gibfon was heard in his Place accordingly, and then withdrew And after a Debate, the faid Refolutions, upon the Queftion feverally put, were agreed to by the Houfe, as follows
:

Refolved, That that Freedom which ought to be maintained in all Eledlions, hath been greatly invaded, by Thomas Roy, an Infpedlor, and William Burdet, late UnderSherifif of the faid County.

Refolved, That M"' Jonathan Gibfon is not duly eledled and returned a Burgefs, to ferve in this prefent General Affembly, for the County of Caroline. Refolved, That the faid Thomas Roy, by foliciting the Freeholders of the County of
Caroline, to vote againft

M' John Martin, and

for M- Gibfon;

and threatening them

to

bum

(275)

they did not vote accordingly, forcing back one Thomas Harrifon, who was in the Court-houfe, going to vote for the faid Martin, and M'' Fleming, treating him with ftrong Liquors, diffuading him from voting for the faid Martin, as he intended; and then fwearing him to vote for the faid Gibfon, and againft the faid Martin, is guilty

bum

their Tobacco,

if

a great Mifdemeanor, and Breach of the Privilege of this Houfe. Refolved, That William Burdet, by threatening one John Davis, a Freeholder of the faid County, on the Day of the faid Eledion, before the Eledlion came on, and telling him, he was a Martin's Man, and that he would diftrain, if he did not pay his Quit-Rents immediateh-, is alfo guilty of a great Mifdemeanor, and Breach of the Privilege of this
of

Houfe.

John Roy be fent for, in Ciaftody of the Serjeant at Arms, to anfwer for his Mifdemeanor, and Breach of Privilege, at the Bar of the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid William Burdet be alfo fent for, in Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms, to anfwer for his faid Mifdemeanor, and Breach of Privilege, at the Bar of the
Ordered,

That the

faid

Houfe.

That an Addrefs be made to the Governor, to order a new Writ to iffue, new Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General Aifembly, for the County of Caroline, in the Room of M'' Jonathan Gibfon, who is not duly elecfted to ferve for the Willis, and M"' Acrill, do attend the Governor And that M"" Randolph, faid County
Ordered,
for Elecfbing a
:

with the faid Addrefs.

Ordered,

That

M"'

Turner have Leave to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe,

of Privileges

'til

Monday
of

next.

The Report from the Committee M"' Petei' Boii'doin, was read.
Ordered,

and

Eledlions,

upon the Complaint

That the Matter

of the faid

Complaint be re-committed to the faid CommitBill,

tee.

Motion being made, the Queftion was put, That Leave be given to bring in a For laying a Duty upon Convids; to be paid by the Buyers?
Ordered,

Refolved in the Affirmative.

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the faid Motion; and Curtis, M'' Lyde, and M"' Fitzhugh, do prepare, and bring in the fame. that M'' Corbin, Ordered, That M'' McCarty have Leave to be abfent from the Ser\'ice of the Houfe,

'til

Monday
Ordered,

next.

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning, Eleven

o'Clock.

Friday, Auguft 27, 1736.

Randolph reported from the Committee, to whom the Bill, to repeal the Adl, intituled, An Ad for repealing the Ad, for the better and more effedual improving the Staple of Tobacco; and for the better Execution of the Laws now in Force, againft tending Seconds; and for the further Prevention thereof; was committed: That they had made an Amendment to the Title, and feveral Amendments to the Body of the Bill; which he read in his Place: And afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Table, where the faid Amendments were read; and with Amendments to fome of them, upon the Queftion feverally put, agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. A Petition of Drury Stith, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That he was lately Sheriff of the County of Charles-City, and during his Sherifalty, one Samuel Mead was committed to his Cuftody, upon mefne Procefs, in an Adlion commenc'd by Benjamin Harrifon, Gent, who made his Efcape, thro' the Infufficiency of the County Goal: Whereupon, for want of the defendant's Appearance, a Judgment was confirm'd againft him and the Petitioner, for upwards of 20 /. and Cofts; which your Petitioner afterwards procured to be reverfed in the General Court That then the

MR.

faid

(276)

Benjamin Harrifon profecuted an Adlion upon the Cafe, againft the Petitioner, and recovered his full Debt and Cofts; and afterwards the Petitioner brought his Information againft the Juftices of the faid County, to oblige them, according to Law, as he was advifed, to contribute their Proportion of the Charges and Expence he had been likewife mifcarried: So that at, in defending himfelf againft the faid Suits; in which he Pounds, and is much impoverifhed Seventy of the Petitioner has fuffered upwards the Premifes, and fuch Relief thereby; and praying the Confideration of the Houfe, in
faid

feem meet. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee for Public Claims That they do examine the Matter thereof and report the fame, as it fhall appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. Ordered, That M*^ Lyde have Leave to be abfent from the Service of the Hotife, 'til
as to

them

fhall

Monday

next.

Petition of William Andrews,

was prefented to the Houfe, and read

praying,

that the Annual Rent of Guilford Warehoufe may be augmented And the Queftion being put, That the laid Petition be referred to the Confideration
of

a Committee,
//

pa ffed in

the Negative.

Refolved,

That the

faid Petition be rejedted.

James-Town, in the County of Jamesfetting forth, That the Road leading into City, was prefented to the Houfe, and read the faid Ifland, and to the Public Ferrj^ over James River, to Swan's Point, is fo bad, at a Place called Sandy Bay, occafioned by the frequent Tides that Flow over the faid Road, And the Petitioners that People cannot pafs without Difficulty, and fome Danger. being but few in Number, are not able to make the faid Road paffable, with Eafe and
Petition of the Freeholders of the Ifland of
;

Security, without the Affiftance of the Public:

And
fit.

praying the Confideration of the

g^

Houfe
of a

therein,

and fuch Relief as they

fhall

think

And

the Queftion being put, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration

Committee?
It

pa ffed in the Negative.

That the faid Petition be rejedled. Ordered, That M'' Daniel Hornby have Leave to withdraw his Petition, complaining of an undue Eledtion and Return of M"" William Fantleroy, to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly, for the Coimty of Richmond. Ordered, That the Committee of Privileges and Elections be difcharged from proceeding further upon the faid Petition. M'' Speaker informed the Houfe, That he being a Candidate at the late Eledlion of Burgeffes for the County of York, had been informed, that Francis Heyward, then Sheriff of the faid County, fome little Time before the Eledlion, had made feveral Leafes of fmall Parcels of Land, of little or no Value, on Purpofe to qualify Perfons to vote at
Refolved,

Heyward with it, before the Poll began; telling him, was to judge, between the Candidates, who were legal Voters, if he had made fuch Leafes, he could not be indifferent, and imprejudic'd, as he ought to be in that Matter: That the faid Heyward acknowledged, that he had made feveral fuch Leafes; and faid the Leffees fhould vote, and accordingly admitted them to vote at the faid Eledlion, in Prejudice to the Rights of the lawful Freeholders, and to the evil Example of all others, in the like Cafes. Ordered, That the faid Complaint be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions: That they do examine the Matter thereof; and report the
the faid Eledlion; taxed the faid that as he

fame, as

it

fhall

appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe.

That the faid Francis Heyward be fent for, in Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms, to be examined before the faid Committee, touching the Matter of the faid ComOrdered,
plaint.

Ordered,

(277)
Ordered, That Matthew Hubard, Clerk of York County Court, do attend the faid Committee, on fuch Day as they fhall appoint, to be examined before the faid Committee; and that he bring with him Extradts from the Records of the faid Court, of all the Leafes made by the faid Francis Heyward, and his Fee Book. M"" Corbin prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, to impower the
Veftries of the Parifh of St. John, in the

Coimty

of

King William, and

of the Parifh of

Warwick, to fell feveral Parcels of Glebe Land therein mentioned, and to purchafe better and more convenient Glebes, in Lieu thereof. And alfo, a Bill, For regulating the Fees and Accounts of Pradifers in Phyfic; and the fame were received, and read the firft firft Time. Ordered, That the faid Bills be read a fecond Time. A Petition of M"' Francis Willis, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That in Right of his Wife, he is the Proprietor of the Warehoufe at Cabbin-Point;
that fhe, fome

Time before their Inter-marriage, built a new Sixty Foot Houfe, by Order of the County Court, for the Reception and Infpecftion of Tobacco, at her own Expence; which has been ufed by the Infpe(ftors about Two Years, without any Rent, but what was fettled for the former built Houfes; and the faid new built Houfe will be
of

no Ufe, when the Tobacco Law expires: And praying, that the Houfe will take his Cafe into Confideration, and re-imburfe him the Charge of building the faid Warehoufe. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee for Public Claims That they do examine the Matter thereof and report the fame, as it
:

fhall appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. A Petition of John Simmons, and William Rookings, Infpedlors at Grey's Creek Warehoufe, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; praying to be allowed, in the Public Levy, for 45 Tobacco Hogfheads, 270 lb. of Tobacco, and 7000 Nails, which were lately burnt in the faid Warehoufe.

Ordered,

for Public Claims:

That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee That they do examine the Matter thereof; and report the fame,

appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. it be an Inf trudlion to the Committee, to whom it is referred, to prepare and bring in a Bill, For fettling the Rates of County Ferries; that they have Power to receive a Claufe, for eftablifhing a Ferry from the Town of Falmouth, to the Land of
as
it

fhall

Ordered, That

M''

Francis Thornton, in the County of Spotfylvania.

to confider of

The Houfe, according to Order, refolv'd itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, Amendments to the Tobacco Law; and after fome Time fpent therein,
:

M' Speaker refum'd his Chair And M'' Corbin reported, from the Committee, That they had had under their Confideration, the Matter to them referred; but not having Time to go thro' the fame, the Committee had dire(5ted him to move for Leave to fit again. Refolved, That this Houfe will. To-morrow, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of Amendments to the Tobacco Law. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned 'til To-morrow Morning, Eleven o'Clock.

Saturday, Auguft 28, 1736.

THE

Houfe, according to Order, refolv'd itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider of Amendments to the Tobacco Law; and after fome Time

M"" Speaker refum'd the Chair: And M' Corbin reported, from the Committee, That they had had under their further Confideration, and gone thro', the Matter to them referred; and were come to feveral Refolutions thereupon;

fpent therein,

which they had diredled him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. Ordered, That the Report be received on Monday next.

(278)

having taken the Oaths appointed to be taken, and Supremacy; and taken and fubfcribed the inftead of the Oaths of Abjuration and taken the Oath of a Burgefs, was Oath of Abjuration, and fubfcribed the Teft; admitted to his Place in the Houfe. ^ r u tt r the Houfe, That M' Rafcow have Leave to be abfent from the Service of

A Member returned upon a new Writ,

Ordered,

til

Thurfday next.
Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

Monday Mommg, Eleven

o Clock.

Monday, Au^uft 30, 1736.

THE

Houfe was informed. That Thomas Proffer, and Poimcey Anderfon, attended
Cuftody:

in

a letter from Matthew Anderfon, diredted to M-- Speaker, was read, acquainting him. That he the faid Anderfon is confined within the Bounds of Hanover Prifon, upon Procefs iffued againft him, at the Suit of feveral Perfons. Then the faid Thomas Proffer, and Pouncey Anderfon, were brought to the Bar,

And

and M"- Speaker acquainted them with the Caufe of their being fent for, and that the Houfe expedled Satisfaction therein And they humbly made their Submiffion to the Houfe, and pray'd to be excufed; affuring the Houfe, that tho' they had juftly incurred their Difpleafure, they would endeavour to defer\^e any Favour they fhould think fit to fhew them, by a better Behaviour; and were ordered to withdraw. Then feveral Members fpoke to the Chara<5ter of the faid Pouncey Anderfon, as a very orderly, fober Man. And after a Debate, and the Queftion put. Ordered, That the faid Thomas Proffer be difcharged out of Cuftody, paying Fees.
:

Ordered,

That the

faid

Poimcey Anderfon be difcharged out

of Cuftody, without

paying Fees. A Motion being made, after a Debate, the Queftion was put. That an Addrefs be made to the Governor, to order a new Writ to iffue, for Ele(5ling of Burgeffes to ferv^e in this prefent General Affembly, for the County of Hanover.
Ordered,

That

M""

Conway,

Refolved in the Affirmative.

Willis,

and

M"'

Waring, do attend the Governor with

the faid Addrefs.

M' Conway, from the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions, reported, That they had had under their Confideration, the Returns of the feveral Writs, for Eledling a Burgefs for the County of New-Kent, in the Room of M"" William Chamberlayne, deceafed for Ele(5ling a Burgefs for the County of Surry, in the Room of M"" William Grey, deceafed; and for Eledling a Burgefs for the County of I fie of Wight, in the Room of M"" Matthew Kinchin, deceafed And that the faid Returns are made in the Form prefcribed by Law. The Treafurer laid his Accounts before the Houfe. A Motion being made. That Part of the Report from the Committee for Courts of Juftice, which relates to the providing^Arms for the County of Brunfwick, was read;
:

as follows
for the

That the Houfe being acquainted, That Colonel Spotfwood had not provided Arms County of Brunfwick, according to the Order of the Houfe at the laft Seffion, and his own Engagement. And a Motion being made, to confider that Matter and a Letter from Colonel Spotfwood to M"' Attorney -General, upon that Subjedb, being read: It was Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Motion fhould be deferred 'til the next
;

[Seffion] of

Affembly.

a Letter from Colonel Spotfwood to M"- Speaker, was alfo read. Refolved, That an Adlion be commenced and profecuted againft the faid Colonel Spotfwood, to recover the Money in his Hands, appropriated for the buying of Arms for
the County of Brunfwick
of
;

And

unlets thofe

Arms

be fent in and delivered, before the

firft

June

next.

Ordered,

(279)

Attorney -General do commence and carry on the faid Profecution. Committee of the whole Hotife, to whom it was referred, to confider of Heads of a Bill, for further amending the Tobacco Law, the Refolutions they had directed him to report to the Houfe which he read in his Place and afterwards delivered the Refolutions in at the Table, where they were again read and with an Amendment to one of them, agreed to by the Houfe, as follows Refolved, That the Claufe in the late A6t, prohibiting the buying of Tobacco, before it be infpedled, be repealed. Refolved, That Infpedlors for not attending, to receive and infpedt, or deliver out Tobacco; or negledling to take Care of it, after it is brought to the Warehoxife, fhall be liable to an Adlion for Damages, by the Party grieved. Refolved, That the Infpecftors fhall, at the Court-Day in September, give an Account, to the Court, of all the Tobacco remaining in their Hands, upon Oath, before the fame fhall be fold. Refolved, That no Perfon, that after the loth Day of November next, fhall be an Infpe(5tor, fhall have Capacity to fit as a Member of the Hovife of Burgeffes in the General Affembly, during the Continuance of the Tobacco Law; and no Infpedlor, during the Time of holding his Office, fhall intermeddle in any Manner with any Election, or ask anv Freeholder who he votes for, or be prefent at any Eledlion, under the Penalty of
Ordered,
M"'

That

M"'

Corbin, according to Order, reported from the

lo'/.

That Provifion be made, to allow the Inhabitants of Fleet's Bay, and on the South Side of Indian Creek, to carry their Tobacco by Water to Indian Creek Infped;ion; and the Inhabitants of Warwick fqueak, to pafs their Tobacco at any Warehoufe in the Upper Diftridl of James River. Refolved, That the Warehoufe eftablifhed by the A<51 of the laft Seffion of Affembly, inftead of Shoccoe's, be repealed, and Shoccoe's Warehoufe revived; and that the Rent of the faid Warehoufe be repaid, fince the loth of November, 1735, at the Rate of 40 /.
Refolved,

per

Annum.

Refolved, That the Warehoufe of Warwick fqueak, in the County of I fie of Wight, be revived: and the Rent fettled, at 10 /. per Annum. Refolved, That a Warehoufe be eredled on Capt. Barber's, Land, oppofite to Totaskey Warehotife, to be under the fame Infpedlion, at 5 /. per Annum Rent. Refolved, That a Warehoufe be erecfted on Pifcataway Creek, at Smith's Quarter, to be imder the fame Infpe(5lion as Bowler's, at 5 /. per Annum Rent. Refolved, That if the Juftices negledl to order the Building of Warehoufes where they fhall be wanting, upon proper Application to them, they fhall be liable to a Penalty. Refolved, That a Warehoufe be built on the lower Side of Occoquan, on the Land of

and to be under the fame Infpe(5lion as the Warehoufe already eftablifhed, at 5 /. per Annum. Rent. Refolved, That a Warehoufe be built on the North Side of Wiccocomico, upon the Land of William Harcom, and to be under the fame Infpeftion, as the Warehoufe alValentine Peyton,

ready eftablifhed, at 5 /. per Annum Rent. Then a Motion was made, and the Queftion put, That upon Building another Houfe Sixty Foot long, and Twenty Eight Foot Wide, the Rent of Falmouth Warehoufe fhall be raifed 10 /. per Annum.
Refolved in the Affirmative.

fhall pafs in

Motion was made, and the Queftion put, That Notes of Lawrence's Warehoufe Raiment of Levies and Fees in the County of Brunfwick.
Refolved in the Affirmative.

be prepared, according to the faid Refolution; and that M' and M'' Allen, prepare and bring in the fame. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the Perfons appointed to prepare, and bring in the faid Bill; that they have Power to receive a Claufe for fettling the Allowance for Conveniency, in the County of Amelia, at 30 per Cent.
Ordered,
Bill

That a

Robinfon,

M"'

Fitzhugh,

(28o)

Bill

intituled.

An Ad An

for continuing the

in the Northern

Neck' and on the Eaftern Shore, Refolved, That the BiU do pafs.

Ad, for deftroying Crows and was read the Third Time.

Squirrels

A
Time.

Bill, intituled,

Ad,

to

prevent cutting

up Tobacco

Suckers,

^ .u n^u- ^ the Third was read

Refolved,

That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M' Conway do carry the

Bills to

the Council;

and

defire their

Con-

cuiTcncc

Bill for

amending the Adl,

intituled.

An

Ad,

for the better

Diredion

of Officers

in Execution, or diftrained for Rent, in the Sale of Goods, or other Things taken

was read

the fecond Time.

That the Bill be ingroffed. Virginia, on the South To deftroy Crows and Squirrels throughout the Colony of A Bill, Side of Rappahannock, was read the fecond Time. and a Committee was apOrdered, That the Bill be committed to a Committee; Fitzhtigh, and M- Price. M^ Conway, pointed accordingly of the following Perfons M^
Ordered,
:

Bill to

impower the Veftries

of the Parifh of St. John, in the

County

of

King

William, and of the Parifh of Warwick, in the County of Warwick, to fell feveral Parcels more convenient Glebes, in of Glebe Land therein mentioned, and to purchafe better and Lieu thereof, was read the fecond Time. That they do examine the Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Committee to them, to the Houfe. appear fhall as it fame, the report Allegations thereof; and Perfons following the of And a Committee was appointed accordingly,
:

M' Robinfon,

W
A

Corbin,
regulating the Fees

M' Eaton, M' Digges, and

M"-

M^ Macon,
Bill, for

Buckner.
Pradifers in Phific, was read the

and Accounts

of the

fecond Time.
Ordered,

That the Bill be ingroffed. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning, Eleven

o'Clock.

Tuefday, Auguft 31, 1736.

MR.

Carter prefented to the Hoiofe, accordingto Or6.er,a.'B\\\,ForthbetterPrefervation of the

Breed

of

Deer in
Bill

this

Colony; and the fame was received, and read

the

firft

Time.

Ordered,

That the

be read a fecond Time.

The Houfe being informed, That the Sheriff of Richmond attended in Cuftody, he was brought to the Bar and M"' Speaker reciting the Refolve of the Houfe and the Order of the Committee of Privileges and Elections made, upon the Petition of M'' Daniel Hornby, complaining of an tmdue Eledlion and Return of M"' William Fantleroy, to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly, for the Cotmty of Richmond, to take the Examinations of Witneffes, and Return of the faid Sheriff; for which the Houfe had judged him guilty of Contempt, and a Breach of the Privilege of this Houfe, demanded of him what he had to fay in Excufe of himfelf ? To which he anfwered, that he was govem'd by the Opinion of feveral Gentlemen, whom he believed to be better acquainted with f uch Matters then himfelf that his Error proceeded from wrong Advice, and not from any wilful Difobedience or Contempt that he was heartily forry for the Trouble he had given the Houfe in fending for him, and hop'd to receive a favourable Cenfure:
; ;

and was ordered to withdraw. And after a Debate, and the Queftion put, Ordered, That Thomas Barber, Sheriff of the County
out of Cuftody, paying Fees.

of

Richmond, be difcharged

M^

(28l)
M''

Robtnfon, prefented to the Houfe, accordine to Order, a

ingrofs'd Bill,

Bill,

For

the better

Regu-

lation of the Militia.

from the Council, intituled, An Ad for the greater Eafe and Encouragement of Sherifs, was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Committee of the whole Houfe. Refolved, That this Houfe do immediately refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the faid Bill. The Houfe accordingly refolved itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe and after fome Time fpent therein, M-' Speaker refum'd the Chair: And M' Corbin reported, from the Committee, That they had had under their Confideration, an ingrofs'd Bill, from the Covmcil, For the greater Eafe and Encouragement of Sherifs; but not having Time to go thro' it, the Committee had diredted him to move for Leave to fit again. Refolved, That this Houfe will. To-morrow, again refolve itfelf into a Committee

An

whole Houfe, to confider further of the faid Bill. M'' Conway, from the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions, reported. That the Committee had had under their further Confideration, the Petition of M"' Richard Bland, to them referred, complaining of an undue Eledlion and Return of M"" Robert Munford, to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly, for the County of Prince George And that an Examination of the Witneffes on both Sides, having been diredled by the Committee to be taken before the Sheriff of the faid County, at the Court-houfe of that County, on the 23d Inftant; it appeared to the Committee, that the faid M''
of the
:

Munford, by his Mifbehaviour, had obftrudled the fair and regular taking thereof; whereby the Committee had not been able hitherto to come to any Refolution upon the
Merits of the faid Ele<5tion
Ordered,

But had come to feveral other Refolutions. That the faid Report be taken into Confideration To-morrow. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned 'til To-morrow Morning Eleven o'Clock.
:

fFednefday, September

i,

1736.
and
read, viz.
for building a

THE

feveral Petitions following, were prefented to the Houfe,

Petition of William Todd, praying

an Allowance

new

Warehoufe, at
Alfo, a Petition of

Falmouth: And

Landon Carter, praying an Allowance for buUding a new Warehoufe at Indian Creek. Ordered, That the faid feveral Petitions be referred to the Confideration of the Committee for Public Claims: That they do examine the Matter of the faid Petitions; and
report the fame, as

appear to them, with their Opinions thereupon, to the Houfe. was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, that he went in purfuit of feveral Slaves, who were out, in Rebellion, as far as the utmoft Bovmds of South-Carolina and was at great Expence, and fuftained confiderable Loffes in that Expedition and that he has recovered but a very inconfiderable Reward from the Owners of thofe Slaves, for that Service: And praying the Confideration of
it

fhall

Petition of Caleb Wilfon,

the Houfe therein, and fuch an Allowance as to the Houfe fhall think reafonable. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee for Public Claims: That they do examine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it
fhall

appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. The Houfe, according to Order, proceeded to the Confideration

of the

Report from

upon the Petition of M'' Richard Bland, complaining of an tmdueEledlion and Return of M'' Robert Munford, to ferve as a Burgefs And the fame was in this prefent General Affembly, for the County of Prince George read, and the Refolutions of the Committee were twice read And after a Debate, upon the Queftion feverally put, agreed to by the Houfe, as follows
the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions,
: :

Refolved,

, ,

(282)
defences the Cenfure of this Houfe. That M^ Munjord, for his Mifbehaviour, Bobbit, Jofhiia Pritchett, Junior, Lewis wit, to Refolv'd' That M^ Bland's Witneffes, appear, to be examined before to fail'd and Theophilus Field, who were fummoned, and Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms, attending the Sheriff of the faid County, be fent for, in the Bar of the Houfe. thisHoufe, to anfvver for their Contempt therein, at as were not fummoned to appear Witneffes, Refolved, That fuch of the faid Bland's to appear to be examined, before before the faid Sheriff, to be examined, be fummoned being made, the faid Committee, viva Voce. Then a Motion in his Place, from M"- Speaker, Reprimand, a receive Refolved, That M' Munford
Refolved,
for his faid Mifbehaviour.

Then (M^ Munford ftanding in his Place) M' Speaker fpoke as follows: "M' Munford, Your endeavouring to obftrudt the Examination of Witneffes, "direaed by the Authority of this Houfe, upon a Complaint made againft your own unworthy Opinion "Eledlion, was an inexcufable Indifcretion and an Evidence of an "you muft have entertained of the Juftice of this Houfe But now you muft be con"vinced, that no little Arts and Tergiverfations, no inordinate Paffion, Violence, or Out"rage, can avail or profit any Thing to hinder or dif courage the Inquiries of this Repre"fentative Body of the People: And you and others, will hereafter be fatisfied, That "no Member of this Houfe can vife his Privilege for infulting or maltreating Mankind; "fmce the Difgrace, which you have now brought upon yourfelf, muft be the ConfeI am forr>' it happens to be my Duty to fay fo much to you, upon this Oc"quence. "cafion; but being commanded by the Hotife to reprimand you, I do reprimand you
;
:

"accordingly."

Conway, hom the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions. reported. That they had had under their further Confiderat ion the Petition of M'' William Robin fon, to them referred complaining of an undue Eledlion and Return of U^ Charles Carter, andM' Thomas Turner
M''
,

to fer\-e as Burgeffes in this prefent General Affembly, for the

and had heard as

to the Committee,

well the Petitioner, as the fitting

County of King George; it appeared Whereupon, Member:

That the Petitioner had not purfued the Refolutions of the Houfe, not having made any Overture to bring down John Mercer, or any Perfons, who are faid to have accepted Leafes for Life from the faid Mercer, the of or from M' Charles Carter, the fitting Member, to entitle them to vote at the Eledlion for the faid Carter, in order to their being examined, before the Committee, upon that
of the 14th Inftant,

Matter;

except only, that the Petitioner took out a

Summons

for the faid Mercer,

:

and Three other Perfons, but did not ufe any Means to get them fummoned That it likewife appeared to the Committee, That the Petitioner had proceeded to examine divers of the Perfons who are faid to have accepted Leafes, as aforefaid, before M' Strother, exprefsly contrary to the faid Refolutions, which referved the examination of thofe Perfons to the Committee only; by which, it feem'd to the Committee, as tho' the Petitioner only intended to trifle with them, and the Sitting Members, he not having given the Committee any fatisfadlory Reafons, why he proceeded in fuch an extraordinary Manner; and having failed to give the fitting Members a Lift of the Voters he objedled againft on their Polls, as he was direc5ted by the Committee, and had agreed to do, when the faid Refolutions were made, the Committee did not think it reaf enable
to indvdge the Petitioner with further Time, to
altho' he

make out

the Allegations of his Petition,

mov'd for it: And that, upon the whole Cafe, the Committee had come to a Refolution; which he read in his Place: And afterwards delivered in at the Table, where it was again read. And after a Debate, upon the Queftion put, agreed to by the
Houfe, as follows:

That the faid Petition be rejected. M' Conway alfo reported, from the faid Committee, That they had had under their Confideration, M' Speaker's Information and Complaint againft M-- Francis Heyward,
Refolved,
late Sheriff of York, to

them referred, by an Order of the Houfe

of the

27th of

laft

Month; and

(283)

and had examined the faid Heyward, upon the Matter thereof, who confeffed to the Committee, That fome fmall Time before the laft York Eledtion, he (being then, as well as at the Time of the Election, Sheriff of York Coimty) did execute Nineteen Leafes for
Life to fo

many

feveral Perfons, to
;

make them

Freeholders, in order to entitle

them

to

vote at that Ele(5tion but faid, that he did not engage them to vote for any particular Perfon or Perfons: That the Confideration of each Leafe was Two Shillings only, and
refer\-ed; that fome of thofe Leafes were wrote by himfelf, and the reft he caufed his Brother to write; and that at the Time of executing them, he expedted the Leffees would vote for thofe Perfons whom he fhould like, at the faid Election,

no Rent

made the Leafes But that the Committee had not come any Refolution upon the Premifes; chufmg rather to leave the whole Matter, as it appeared to them, to the Houfe, to do therein as they fhaU judge proper. M"^ Conway alfo acquainted the Houfe, That the Committee had appointed this Day to take the Examination of Matthew Hitbard, Clerk of York Coimty Court and had given him Notice thereof, and of the Order of the Houfe But that the Committee being informed he was fick, and unable to attend, had proceeded to the Examination of M"" Heyward, who had been fome Days in Cuftody: That M'' Heyward faid, he thought he might la'\\^ully make thofe Leafes; but if he had been miftaken, he hoped he fhould
otherwife he fhould not have
:

to

be pardoned.

Then a Motion was made, that the Houfe would come

Report
:

to a Refolution

upon the
in

faid

And

the Queftion being put,

Refolved,

That making Leafes

Pra<ftice,

of fmall

and inconfiderable Parcels

of

Land,

order

to create a Right of voting at Elections, for Burgeffes to ferve in the General Affembly,
is

a fraudulent
Refolved,

contrary to Law, and tending to deftroy the Rights of the

true Freeholders.

That the faid Francis Heyward, in making the faid Leafes, has adled corruptly, againft Law, and the Duty of his Office. Ordered, That the faid Francis Heyward be brought to the Bar, and acquainted with the Refolutions of the Houfe: that he receive a Reprimand from the Chair; and that
he be then difcharged out of Cuftody, paying Fees. Accordingly he was brought to the Bar, and M'' Speaker fpoke as follows "M"' Francis Heyward, The Committee of Privileges and Eledlions having made "their Report, upon the Complaint made againft you, for male Adminiftration in your "Office of Sheriff of York, in the Execution of the writ for Election of Burgeffes to ferve "in this General Affembly, for that County; this Houfe have come to a Refolution,
of Land, in order to create a fraudulent Pradtice, contrary to Law, and tending "to deftroy the Rights of the true Freeholders; and that you, in making fuch Leafes, "have a(5led corruptly, againft Law, and the Duty of your Office: You muft confider, "that when any Perfons have been judged guilty of Corruption, in the Difcharge of any "Office, by the Houfe of Burgeffes, they have been ufually difabled from holding any "Office of Truft for the future, which would have been a lafting Difgrace upon you: "But this Houfe taking into Confideration, your Confeffion and Submiffion, before "the Committee, have been fo favourable to you, as to command me only to reprimand "you; and I do reprimand you accordingly. And I do acquaint you, that it is their
of fmall

"That making Leafes

"a Right
of

and inconfiderable Parcels

is

voting at Eledlions,

"Pleafure, that you be difcharged out of Cuftody, paying Fees."

That a Bill he prepared, declaring who fhall have a Right to vote at Elecand to prevent making fraudulent Freeholds and that the Committee of Privileges and Elections, prepare and bring in the fame. Ordered, That the Clerk of the Secretary's Office do lay before the Houfe, the Returns of the Commiffioners that have been made, purfuant to an A(5t paffed at the laft Seffion of Affembly, for the Relief of fuch Perfons as have fuffered, or might fuffer, by the Lofs of the Records of Nanfemond Coimty, lately confumed by Fire. The
Ordered,
tions,
;

(284)

from the Council, intituled. An Ad, for the greater after fome Time fpent therein, M' Speaker Eafe and Encouragement of Sheriffs; and the Committee, That they had gone refum'd the Chair: And M' Corbin reported, from he delivered the Bill, with the Bill, and made feveral Amendments to it; and
further to confi'der the ingroffd
Bill,

The Houfe, according to Order,

refolv'd itfelf into a

Committee

of the

whole Hoiife,

through

the

Amendments,
Ordered,

in at the Table,

where they were read:

And upon

the Oueftion

by the Houfe. That a Meffage be fent to the Council, to acquaint them, That this Hovife Ad, for the greater Eafe and have made feveral Amendments to the Bill, intituled. An And that Corbin Concurrence their defire they which Enconraganenl of Sherifs; to
feverallv put, agreed to
:

go up with the Meffage.

A
A

Regulation of the Militia, was read the Bill be read a fecond Time. the Ordered, That
Bill, for the better Bill, intituled.

firft

Time.
for the better Direc-

An Ad,

for

amending

the

Ad,

intituled.

An Ad,

tion of Officers in the Sale of Goods, or other Things, taken in Execution, or distrained for Rent, was read the third Time.

That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"' Fitzhugh do carry the
Refolved,
rence.

Bill to

the Council,

and

defire their

Concur-

Bill, for the better

Prefervation of the Breed of Deer, in this Colony,

was read the

fecond Time.
Ordered,

That the

Bill

be committed to a Committee and a Committee was appointed

;

accordingly, of the following Perfons

W Fitzhugh, W
Beverley,

M'

Carter,

M"^ M"" M""

Green,

Booker,

Valentine Peyton, and

M^ Wall. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning, Eleven

o'Clock.

Thurfday, September

2,

1736.
and Grievances, reported,

MR.
it

Robinfon, from the Committee of Propofitions

That the Committee had had under their Confideration, feveral other Propofitions from feveral Counties, and had agreed upon a Report thereupon; which he read in his Place and afterwards delivered in at the Table, where
;

was again

read, as follows

Upon
as to the

Confideration of the feveral Propofitions from the Counties of Effex,

King

William, Caroline, Surry, Orange,

Number

of

and I fie of Wight, for a Law to be made for a Stint, Tobacco Plants to be tended: Refolved, It is the Opinion of the

Committee, That the faid Propofitions are reafonable. Upon Confideration of a Proportion from Prince William County, for a Divifion of the faid County into Two Counties: Refolved, It is the Opinion of the Committee, That the faid County be divided, and made Two diftindl Counties.

And
arofe,

the firft Refolution of the faid Committee, being read a fecond Time, a Debate and the Queftion being put. That the Houfe do agree to the faid Refolution?

Refolved,

That the

faid feveral
I fie

William, Surry, Orange, and

It paffed in the Negative. Propofitions from the Coimties of Effex, King of Wight, for a Law to be made for a Stint, as to the

Number
to

of

Tobacco Plants, be

rejedled.
;

Then the other of the faid Refolutions was read and upon the Queftion put, agreed by the Houfe, as follows Refolved, That the County of Prince Williaiti be divided, and made Two diftinA
Ordered,

Counties.

(28s)
Ordered,

and that
in the

M''

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the faid Refolution; Fitzhugh, My John Peyton, and M"' Valentine Peyton, prepare and bring

fame.

That the Treafurer's Accounts be referred to the Confideration of the whom it is referred, to prepare and draw up a State of the Duty upon Slaves, and the feveral Paiments that have been made, with the Amount thereof; that they do examine the feveral Articles of the faid Accounts; and report the Ballance
Ordered,

Committee, to

appear to them, to the Houfe. reported, from the Committee, to whom the Bill, to deftroy Crows and Squirrels throughout the Colony of Virginia, on the South Side the River Rappahaimock, was committed; That they had made feveral Amendments to the Bill; which he read in his Place And afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Table, Ordered, That the Report do lie on the Table, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. A Petition of John Allen, Gent, a Member of this Houfe, and Hannah Allen, Widow, and Relidt of Jofeph Allen, Gent, deceafed, was prefented to the Houfe, and read;
as
it

fhall

M"'

Conway

fetting forth.

That the

faid Jofeph Allen died confiderably indebted,

and

left Iffue

only

one Son, named William, an Infant of very tender Years; that the faid John Allen is Heir Apparent to the faid William, and the faid Hannah is Adminiftratrix of the
Eftate of the faid Jofeph Allen; and that they conceive, it will be for the Advantage of the faid Infant, to fell certain Lands and Negros, which were of the faid Jofeph Allen,

and praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein. That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the Prayer of the faid Petition And that M'' Acrill, M.' Simmons, and M"" Eaton, prepare and bring in the fame. A Petition of John Quarles, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth. That at the laft Seffion of Affembly, the Rent of his Warehoiifes was reduced to 61. per Annum, and one Half thereof, is paid to the County, for Two Houfes fmce built at the County's Charge, and the remaining Moiety is not fufiicient to keep the Two Houfes firft built in Repair; and praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein, and fuch Relief as the Houfe fhall think reafonable. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudtion to the Committee, to whom it is referred, to prepare and bring in a Bill, for further amending the Ad for improving theStaple of Tobacco; and for preventing Frauds in His Majefty's Cuftoms; That they have Power to receive a Claufe to raife the Rent of Quarles's Warehoufe, 3 /. per Annum; to be paid from the
for
of his Debts;

Paiment

Ordered,
:

loth of November, 1734.

A Petition of Thomas Gafcoigne, Francis Stockley, and Anne Read, Adminiftratrix Henry Read, deceafed, was prefented to the Houfe; fetting forth. That they the the faid Thomas Gafcoigne, Francis Stockley, and the faid Henry Read, were fummoned, and attended as Wittneffes, upon an Indidtment againft one Thomas Hargrefs, for an Affault, Battery, and Maim, whereof he was convi(5led; that they fued out Procefs upon their Orders for Attendance, againft the faid Hargrefs, who was returned not to be found; fo that they never could obtain any Satisfadtion for it; and praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein. And the Queftion being put. That the faid Petition be brought to the Table?
of
It pa ffed in the Negative. Motion being made, Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, to prevent Wafte and Dilapidations upon Glebe-Lands: And that M'' Macon, M"' Robinfon, and M"' Fitzhugh, prepare and

bring in the fame.

Petition of

Emanuel

Wills, praying to be allowed to keep a Public Ferry over

James River, from Old Point

to Cocket's.

And

keep a Public Ferry over the faid River, from Cocket's to Old Point, were prefented to the Houfe, and read.

Alfo, a Petition of Richard Hordy, praying to be allowed to

And

after a Debate, the Queftion being put,

Refolved,

That the faid Petitions be

rejected.

(286)

was prefented to the Houfe fetting forth, That Public Warehoufe at Cluimherlayne's, was repealed, at the laft Seffion of Affembly, the Land; where, it was faid, all necefand a Public Warehoufe appointed on the Petitioner's at 15 /. per Annum: Whereas, in fettled Rent fary Houfes were ready built, and the receive and fecure Tobacco that he has Truth, there were no Houfes then built, f^t to and praying the Confideration of the fmce built Three Houfes, and fet up feveral Prizes;

Petition of Richard Littlepage,

Houfe

therein.

And

after a Debate, the Queftion being put.

That the

faid Petition be brought to

the Table?
It

paffed in the Negative.

Ordered, That no Petition for raifmg the Rents

after

of

any Public Warehoufe, be received

Monday

next.

a Member of this Houfe, was prefented to the fufficient Room in the Public Houfe, and read; fetting forth. Warehoufe at Falmouth, for the Reception of Tobacco, he has allowed the Infpedlors

Petition of

M' Charles

Carter,

That there not being

;

the Ufe of his Houfes for Four Years laft paft for which he has received no Satisfaftion and praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein. Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition, fo far as relates to the finding

Warehoufe Room, before the Ad; of the laft Seffion of Affembly, For continuing, and further amending the Ad, for amending the Staple of Tobacco; and for preventing Frauds in His Majefty's Cuftoms, be referred to the Confideration of the Committee for Public Claims; That they do examine the Allegations of the faid Petition; and report the fame, as it fhall appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. A Bill, for the better Regulation of the Militia, was read the fecond Time, and feveral Amendments were propofed; which, upon the Queftion feverally put, were difagreed to by the Houfe, and other Amendments were made, and the Blanks in the Bill filled
up at the Table. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. A Meffage from the Council, by M' Robertfon. That they have made feveral Amendments to the Bill, intituled. An Ad, to prevent cutting up Tobacco Suckers, to which they defire the Concurrence of this Houfe; and that they have difagreed to fome of the Amendments propofed by this Houfe, to the Bill, intituled, An Ad, for the greater Eafe and Encouragement of Sherifs; and agreed to other of thofe Amendments, with an Amendment to one of them and defire that this Houfe will pafs the Bill, with the Amendments, to which they have agreed. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned 'til To-morrow Morning, Eleven o'Clock.
;

Friday, September 3,

1736.
to

MR.
firft

Conway prefented
fhall

to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill,

to vote

declare

who

have a Right

in the Eledion of Burgeffes

to ferve

in the General

Affembly, for Counties; and for preventing fraudulent Conveiances, in order to multiply Votes at fuch Eledions and the fame was received, and read the
;

Time.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendments propofed by the Council, to the Bill, intituled. An Ad, to prei'ent cutting up Tobacco Suckers; and the Amendments were read, and the firft of them was difagreed to, and the reft agreed to, by the Houfe. Ordered, That a Meffage be fent to the Council, to acquaint them. That this Houfe have agreed to the Amendments by them propofed to the faid Bill, except the Amendment to the Title, to which the Houfe have difagreed; and that M' Conway go up with

the Meffage.

The

(287)

proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendments propofed by this Houfe, to the Bill, intituled, An Ad for the greater Eafe and Encouragement of Sherifs and the Amendments were read, and agreed to, by the Houfe.

The Houfe

alfo

the Council, to the

Amendments made by

That a Meffage be fent to the Covmcil, to acquaint them. That this Houfe Amendments by them propofed, to the Amendments made by this Houfe, to the faid Bill; and that M'' Conway go up with the Meffage. Ordered, That M'' Boufh have Leave to be abfent from the Service of this Houfe, 'til this Day Seven -night. M'' Robinfon, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, reported. That the Committee had had under their Confideration, feveral other Propofitions and Grievances from feveral Counties And a Petition of the Ordinary-keepers in York Town, and had come to divers Refolutions thereupon; which he read in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Report in at the Table, where the Refolutions were again twice read: And upon the Queftion feverally put, agreed to by the Houfe, as follows Refolved, That the Propofition from divers of the Upper Inhabitants of King and Queen County, for annexing that Part of the faid County, to the County of Caroline,
Ordered,
ha\'e agreed to the
:

be rejedled.

Upon

a Propofition from the County of Prince William, for altering the

Days

for

holding Courts in that Coimty, and the County of Orange,

Refolved,

That the

faid Propofition

is

reafonable.

a Grievance from Amelia County, complaining of divers Hardfhips and Oppreffions exercifed on the People, by Land Surveiors
:

Upon

Refolved, That a Bill be prepared for the better Regulation of the Office of Surveiors Land, directing them in their Duty, and fettling their Fees. Upon a Grie-v-ance from divers of the Inhabitants of Raleigh Parifh, in the County of Amelia, complaining, that the Veftry of Briftol Parifh, after the paffing the Aft, whereby the faid Parifh of Raleigh, was taken from that Parifh, and before the Comof

mencement of the faid Adl, did levy upon the Inhabitants of the faid Parifh of Raleigh, Twelve Pounds of Tobacco per Poll, towards building a new Church in the faid Parifh of
Briftol:

Refolved,

very unreafonable againft the fame.

That the Proceedings of the Veftry of Briftol Parifh, in that Matter, were and that the Inhabitants of Raleigh Parifh, ought to be reliev'd
;

Upon a

Propofition from the County of Accomack, about the

Method

of

paying for

the Paffage of their Burgeffes, to and from the General Affembly,

That the Law be altered, as to that Matter, and that each Burgefs from the faid County, and from the County of Northampton, inftead of the Sherifs of thofe Counties finding them a Veffel and Hands, at the Charge of the faid Counties refpedtively, be allowed Five Hundred Pounds of Tobacco, to be levied by their County, when the
Refolved,

Burgeffes receive their Allowances in Tobacco, or Fifty Shillings,

when they

receive

them
to

and from the Affembly. Upon a Petition from the Ordinary-keepers in York Town, in the County of York, prevent the other Inhabitants of the faid Town, Merchants only excepted, from
in

Money, for

their Paffage to

Retailing ftrong Liquors in fmall Quantities, without Licence

Refolved,

Ordered,

Refolutions
in

That a Bill be prepared for that Purpofe. That Leave be given to bring in one or more Bills, according to the faid And that the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, prepare and bring

fuch

Bill or Bills.

Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the faid Committee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe or Claufes, to provide for the Relief of the Inhabitants of that Part of the Parifh of Briftol, which is now taken into the Parifh of Dale, in the County of Henrico,
in the

fame Manner, as the Inhabitants

of the Parifh of Raleigh are to be relieved.

Ordered,

(288)
Ordered That
it

to receive a Claufe,

Committee, That they have Power be alfo an Inftrudlion to the faid without Rights. to oblige Surveiors to receive Entries

M'

Acrill mo^''d for

Leave to bring

in

Bill, to

amend

the

Law

Relation

to the

Crimes. Trial of Slaves, committed for Capital in a Bill, according to the aid Motion; bring to given be Ordered, That Leave
that M' Acrill prepare

and

and bring in the fame. Committee, to whom it is referred, to preOrdered, That it be an Inftrudion to the County Ferries; that they have Power pare and bring in a Bill, For fettling the Rates of Norman's Foard, and the great a Claufe or Claufes, for appointing a Ferry at
to receive Fork of Sherendo, on both Sides thereof.

A
Time.

Bill, intituled,

An Ad,

for the better Regulation of the Militia,

was read the Third

That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M-- Robinfon do carry the
Refolved,

Bill to

the Council, and defire their Con-

currence.

Bill, intituled,

An

Ad,

for regulating the

Fees and Accounts of the Pradifers in

Phi fie, was read the Third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M^ Corbin do carry the
currence.

Bill to

the Council, and defire their Con-

Bill, to declare, That Convids are entitled are entitled to, by the Ad made in the Servants imported other as Dues, fame by Law, An Ad, concerning Servants intituled. Anne, late Queen Fourth Year of the Reign of the and Slaves; and that M"" Fitzhugh, and M^ Aylett, prepare and bring in the fame.

Ordered,

Motion being made, That Leave be given to bring in a

to the

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning, Eleven

o'Clock.

Saturday, September 4,
Ordered,

1736.
all

THAT

M'' Scott

have Leave to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe,

of the

the

next Week.
Ordered,

Commiffioners made, purfuant to the Adl of the laft Seffion of Affembly, For the Relief of fuch Perfons as had fuffered, or might fuffer, by the Lofs of the Records of Nanfemond County, lately confumed by fire, be referred to the Confideration of a Committee and a Committee was appointed accord-

That the Report

ingly, of the following Perfons:

M' Reddick,

M'

Elligood,

Grey,

M"" Crafford,

and
and

M' Simmons.
Ordered,

that the faid Committee prepare

That Leave be given to bring and bring

to be

in a Bill, for the Relief of thofe Sufferers;

in the

fame.

M' Fitzhugh prefented

upon Convids,

to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill,

For laying a Duty

paid by the Buyers.

Recovery of fmall Debts,

amending the Laws now in Force, for the more fpeedy and eafy was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Committee of the whole Houfe. Refolved, That this Houfe will, on Tuefday next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of
Bill, for the further

the whole Houfe, to confider the faid

Ordered,

Bill.

That M' Allen have Leave to be abfent from the Service

of the Houfe,

'til

Wednefday next.

A Petition of William Banks, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That at the Laft Seffion of Affembly, the Rent of his Warehoufe was reduced to 10 1,
per

(289)
that another Houfe has been fince built at the Charge of the County, for which thev receive Part of the faid Rent; and the Remainder is hardly fufficient to keep the other Houfes in Repair; and praying the Confideration of the Houfe in the
per
;

Annum

Premifes,

for

and fuch Relief, as they fhall think reafonable. That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee Public Claims That they do examine the Matter thereof and report the fame, as it
Ordered,
: :

fhall

appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. M"' Robinfon prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, For Dividing Prince William County; and the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Refolved, That the Bill be rejedted. Ordered, That M"' Green have Leave to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe, for
the Recovery of his Health.
Ordered,
'til

That

M''

Randolph have Leave to be abfent from the Service

of the Houfe,

Tuefday next.

M'' Robinfon, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, reported, That the Committee had had under their Confideration, the Petition of the Freeholders and

Inhabitants of the Parifh of Warwick, in the County of Warwick, to them referred; praying, that the prefent Veftry ma}^ be diffolved, and that they may be enabled to

chufe a

new Veftry, according

;

to

Law And had come to a Refolution

:

he read in his Place and and agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, for dtffolving the prefent Veftry of the Parifh of Warwick, in the County of Warwick; and that the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, -[jrepare and bring in the fame. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned 'til Monday Morning, Eleven o'Clock.
afterwards delivered in at the Table,

where

thereupon which it was again read,

;

Monday, September

6,

1736.

from the Council, intituled. An Ad, for the greater Eafe and of Sherifs, with the Amendments, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That a Meffage be fent to the Council, to acquaint them, That this Houfe have paffed the faid Bill, with the Amendments agreed to by them, and this Houfe; and that M'' Robinfon go up with the Meffage. A Motion was made, for Leave to bring in a Bill, to repeal the Adl, for altering the Place for holding Courts in the County of Spotf ylvania and a Debate arofe thereupon. Refolved, That the faid Debate be adjourned, 'til Thurfday next. A Bill, for laying a Duty upon Convids, to be paid by the Buyers, was read the firft Time. Ordered, That the BiU be read a fecond Time. A Meffage from the Council, by M"" Robertfon. That they have agreed to the Bill, intituled. An Ad to prevent the cutting up Tobacco Suckers, with the Amendments; in which this Houfe have concurred. The Petition of the Inhabitants of the Town of Hampton, and County of Elizabethingroffed
Bill,

AN

Encouragement

City,

was

read.

Ordered,
Petition;

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the Prayer of the faid and that M"' Weftwood, M.^ Rafcow, and M'' Haynes, prepare and bring in

the fame.

The

Petition of M''

John Tarpley, was

read.

Ordered,

That

it

be an Inftru(5lion to the Committee, to

whom

it is

referred, to pre-

pare and bring in a Bill, for altering the Days for holding Courts in the Counties of Prince William, and Orange That they have Power to receive a Claufe, to alter the Days for holding Courts in the Counties of Northumberland, and Lancafter.
:

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Bill

to declare

who

fhall have a right to vote in the

Eledion

of

Burgeffes

to ferve

and was read the fecond Time. Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom Ordered That the Bill be committed to the Laws now in Force, for the more fpeedy and eafy the Bill, for' the further amending the
Counties; in the Gen'eral Affembly, for order to multiply Votes at ftich Eledions,

tn for preventing fratidulent Conveiances,

Recovery of fmall Debts, is committed. A Bill, for laying a Duty upon Convids,

to

be paid by the Buyers,

was read the fecond

,

Time.
Ordered, That the Bill be

committed to a Committee and a Committee was appomted

;

accordingly, of the following Perfons:

M' Fitzhugh, M' Mxifcoe,

Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned

M' Curtis, M^ McCarty, and

M'' Rafcou'.
'til

To-morrow Morning, Eleven

o'Clock.

Tuefday, September jy 1736.

Ordered,

Friday next. Speaker informed the Houfe, that he had received a Letter from Theophilus Field, acquainting him, That he is in fuch an ill State of Health, that he cannot poffibly travel and alfo, a Certificate from a Juitice of the Peace, confirming the Truth thereof. A Bill, for laying a Duty upon Liquors imported by Land; and better fecuring the Duty upon Slaves; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned; was read the firft Time.
'til

THAT

M^ Berkeley have Leave to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe,

M--

Ordered,

That the

Bill

be read a fecond Time.

The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, amending the Laws now in Force, for the more fpeedy and eafy Recovery of fmall Debts: And alfo, the Bill, to declare who fhall have a Right to vote in the Eledion of Burgeffes to ferve in the General Affembly, for Counties: and for preventing fraudulent Conveiances, in order to multiply Votes at fuch Eledions; and after fome Time fpent therein, M"^ Speaker refum'd the Chair: And M'' Corbin reported, from the Committee, That they had had under their Confideration, and gone thro' the faid Bills; but had not drawn up their Report, and therefore the Committee had diredled him to move for Leave to fit again. Refolved, That this Houfe will. To-morrow, again refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider of the Report to be made upon the faid Bills. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned 'til To-morrow Morning, Ele%-en o'Clock.
to confider the Bill, for th: further

JVednefday^ September

8,

1736.

A
Houfe.
the

Member returned upon a new

taken by
A(5t of

macy;

Writ, having taken the Oaths appointed to be Parliament, inftead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supreand taken and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, and fubfcribed
;

the Teft

and taken the Oath

of a Burgefs,

was admitted to

his Place in the

A Meffage from the Cotmcil, by M' Robertfon. That they have made an Amendment to the Bill, intituled. An Ad, for regidating Fees and Accounts of the Pradifers in Phi fie; to which, they defire the Concurrence of
The

this Houfe.

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The Houfe being inform'd, That Lewis Bobbit, and Jofhua Pritchett, attended in Cuftody, they were brought to the Bar; and M' Speaker declared to them, the Caufe of their being fent for; and that the Houfe expecfted fatisfaftion therein: To which
they anfwered.That they were ignorant in Cafes of this Nature, but beheving themfelves to be lawful Freeholders, they thought, that Matter might have been as well examined
into, as

And
in,

and

they had perfonally attended. the Houfe not being fatisfied with their excufe, they were again twice called examined, whether or no, they had been advifed not to attend to be examined
if

any Promife had been made, to indemnify them for not appearing, or to defray the Expence of their being taken into Cuftody But they denied, that they were fo advifed, or that any fuch Promife had been made them; and were ordered to withdraw.
before the Sheriff, touching their Freeholds; or
if

a Motion being made. That the faid Lewis Bobbit, and Jofhua Pritchett, receive a Reprimand that they remain in Cuftody, 'til they fhall be examined before the Speaker from M' Committee of Privileges and Eledtions, touching their Right to v^ote, and be then difOrdered,
;

And

charged out of Cuftody, paying Fees. Accordingly, they were brought to the Bar, and
Pritchett,

M''

Speaker fpoke as follows:

"Lewis Bobbit, and Jofhua "which they look upon to be very frivolous, fince your pretended Ignorance could pro"ceed from nothing, but a Contempt of the Power and Authority of this Houfe; but "confidering your Poverty, they have commanded me to reprimand you for your Offence, "which is very great; and I do reprimand you accordingly: And I am to acquaint you, "that it is the Pleafure of the Houfe, that you remain in Cuftody, imtil you fhall be ex"amined before the Committee of Privileges and Elections; and that you be then "difcharged out of Cuftody, paying Fees." The Houfe was informed, That M'' Matthew Hubard, Clerk of the Coimty Court of York, attended to be examined before the Committee of Privileges and Eledtions, purfuant to an Order of the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Matthew Hubard be difcharged from further Attendance. A Bill, for laying a Duty upon Liquors imported by Land; and better fecuring the Duty upon Slaves; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned was read the fecond Time and feveral Amendments were made to the Bill, at the Table. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the Bill, for the further amending the Laws now in Force, for the more fpeedy and eafy Recovery of fmall Debts And the Bill, to declare who fhall have a Right to vote in the Eledion of Burgeffes to ferve in the General Affembly, for Counties; and for preventing fraudulent Conveiances, in order to multiply Votes at fuch Eledions; and after fome Time fpent therein, M'' Speaker refum'd the Chair And M'' Corbin reported, from the Committee, That they had gone thro' the faid Bills, and had made feveral Amendments to the fame: which he read in his Place; and afterwards delivered the BiUs, with the Amendments, in at the Table, where the Amendments were again feverally twice read; and upon the Queftion feverally put, agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That the Bills, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. Ordered, That the Title of the Bill, for the further amending the Laws now in Force, the more fpeedy and eafy Recovery of fmall Debts, be An Ad for preventing Perfons for contrading fmall Debts, to remove their Effeds out of the County where they refide; and for allowing a Lawyer's Fee, in fome Cafes, upon Recoveries had upon Petitions. Aylett prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, declaring Convid Servants to be entitled to Freedom Dues; and the fame was received, and read the firft
;

the Houfe have confidered your Excufes,

Time.
Ordered,

That the

Bill

be read a fecond Time.

The

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to the Confideration of the Amendments propofed by the regulating the Fees and Accounts of the PracCouncil, to the Bill intituled, An Ad, for was read, and with an Amendment, agreed to by the Houfe. tifers in Phi fie; and the fame Council, to acquaint them. That this Houfe Ordered, That a Meffage be fent to the them to the faid Bill, with an Amendment, by propofed have agreed'to the Amendment

The Houfe proceeded

go up with the Meffage. which they defire their Concurrence; and that M^ Corbin A Motion being made, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, to oblige the County Brunfwick, in building a Bridge over Nottoway; of Surry, to join with the county oi County of Brunfwick, in buildand the County of I fie of Wight, to join with the faid
to

ing a Bridge over

Maherring River. the Confideration of the faid Motion be put of? 'til To-morrow. That Ordered, Morning, Eleven o'Clock. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned 'til To-morrow

Thurfday, September 9, 1736.

Ordered,

THAT
Ferries;

M""

Simmons, and
Robinfon

M''

Lyde, be added to the

Committee

of Propofitions

and Grievances.
prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, for Ferries; fettling the Rates of feveral County appointing certain
M''

new Public

and

altering feveral Court

Days:

And

alfo,

A
A

Bill for

ereding the Counties of

to the

and

and granting

certain

Encouragements
Bill, for

Inhabitants thereof:

And

alfo,

diffolving the prefent Veftry of the Parifh of

Warwick, and for a new EleAion of Veftry-men for the and fe\-erally read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bills be read a fecond Time. M' Robinfon alfo prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, for altering the Method of Paiment of the Rewards for killing Wolves; and the fame was likewife received, and read the firft Time. And after a Debate, the Queftion was put, That the Bill be read a fecond Time.
received,
It

Warwick, in the County of faid Parifh; and the fame were

pa ffed in
in

the Negative.

the

That the Bill be rejedled. Then a Motion was made, That Leave be given to bring Laws now in Force, for giving Rewards for killing Wolves:
Refolved,
It

Bill, for

repealing

And

the Queftion put

thereupon.
Ordered,

That

it

paffed in the Negative. be an Inftrudlion to the Committee, to whom it is referred, to pre-

pare and bring in a

County

of

Bill, for the Relief of the Inhabitants of the Parifh of Raleigh, in the Amelia; that they have Power to receive a Claufe to oblige the County of

Spotfylvania, to

levied for the faid

pay to the County of Orange, their Proportion of 14341 lbs. of Tobacco, County of Spotfylvania, before that County was divided, for Wolves Heads; which has been apply 'd to the Ufe of the faid County of Spotfylvania only, and the Parifhes within the fame. M' Conway mov'd for Leave, to prefent a Bill, to prevent the taking away of Lands, againft the Will of the Proprietors, for building Water-Mills, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned; and the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time.

A Petition of M-^ Robert Fleming, a Member of this Houfe, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioner being Sheriff of the County of Caroline, one Jofhua Rycroft was arrefted, at the Suit of one John Holden; and for want
of Security for his

Appearance, imprifoned in the Goal of the faid County; that the

faid

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fome Perfons without, as the Petitioner apprehends, burnt the Prifon Door, and efcaped; and that Judgment has fince been given againft the faid Rycroft, and the Petitioner, by Reafon thereof, for Twenty One Pounds Eighteen
faid Rycroft, with the Affiftance of
Shillings

and a Farthing,
Relief, as to

befides Cofts,

Petitioner has been obliged to

pay

amounting to 504 lbs. Tobacco; which the and praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein

and fuch
for

them fhall feem meet. That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee Public Claims: That they do examine the Matter thereof; and report the fame,
Ordered,

appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. The Petition of the Maior, Recorder, Aldermen, and Commonalty, of the City of William fburg, was read. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the Committee, to whom it is referred, to prepare and bring in a Bill, for incorporating the Town of Norfolk, That they have Power to receive a Claufe, to enlarge the Jurifdidlion of the Court of Huftings in the City of Wilas
it fhall

liamfbiirg; and to give them the fame Jurifdidlion within the faid City, as the County Courts have in their refpedtive Counties. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, for obliging Perfons to ferve the Time they fhall be bound for by their Indentures, tho' fuch Perfons be under the Age of Twenty One Years, at the time of fuch binding: And that M"" Acrill, and M"^ Blair, prepare and bring in the fame. Then a Debate arofe, and the Queftion was put. That the Treafurer

be enabled to lay out a Sum, not exceeding

chafe a

One Hundred and Twenty Pounds,

It

to pur-

Common

for the City of Williamfburg?

The
Bill,

paffed in the Negative. Houfe refum'd the adjourned Debate, upon the Motion for Leave to bring in a

to repeal the Adl, for altering the Place for holding Courts in the County of Spotfyl-

vania.

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the faid Motion; and that M"' Conway, and M'' Johnfon, prepare and bring in the fame. A Bill, intituled, An Ad, for laying a Duty upon Liquors imported by Land; and better fecuring the Duty upon Slaves; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned was read
Ordered,
;

the third Time.

Refolved,

Ordered,
rence.

That the Bill do pafs. That M'' Acrill do carry the

Bill to

the Council; and defire their Concur-

their Effeds out of the

An Ad for preventing Perfons contrading fmall Debts, to remove County where they refide: And for allowing a Lawyer's Fee, in fome Cafes, upon Recoveries had upon Petitions; was read the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Randolph do carry the Bill to the Coimcil; and defire their Con-

Bill, intituled.

currence.

Bill, intituled.

An

Ad, declaring Convid Servants

to be entitled to

Freedom Dues,

was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning, Eleven

o'Clock.

Friday, September lo, 1736.

R. Conway prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, to repeal the Aft intituled. An Ad, for altering the Place for holding Courts in the County of
Spotfylvania
;

Refolved,

and the fame was received, and read the That the Bill be read a fecond Time.

firft

Time.

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Bill, intituled,

An Ad,

declaring

who

fhall

have a Right

to vote

in the Eledion of

Counties; and for preventing fraudulent Burgeffes to ferve in the General Affentbly, for was read the third Time. Conveiances, in order to multiply Votes at fuch Eledions, Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Council; and defire their ConOrdered, That M' Conway do carry the Bill to the
currence.
M-- Blair,

from the Committee for Public Claims, reported, That the Committee
;

had had under their Confideration, feveral Petitions of the Proprietors of feveral Public Warehoufes, who have built new Houfes fmce the laf t Seffion of Affembly and a PetiWarehoufe Room for the Intion of M' Charles Carter, for an Allowance for providing fpedors at Falmouth, to them referred, and had agreed upon a Report which he read it was again read. in his Place; and afterw^ards delivered in at the Table, where faid Committee. the to Ordered, That the Report ^be committed A Bill, intituled. An Ad, declaring Convid Servants to he entitled to Freedom Dues,
;

was read the

Refolved,

third Time.

That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"' Willis do carry the Bill to theCouncil; and defire their Concurrence. M' Blair, from the Committee for Public Claims, reported. That the Committee had, according to Order, examined the Accounts of the Infpedtors at Gray's Creek; and the Certificates from the County Court of Surry; and had fwom the Infpedlors, to their faid Accounts; by which, it appeared to the Committee, that 67050 lbs. of Crop Tobacco, and 21254 lbs. of infpedted Transfer Tobacco, for which they had given Notes, and 5569 lbs. of uninfpedled Tobacco, was burnt in the faid Warehoufe And that the Committee defired the Diredlion of the Houfe, whether the faid Tobacco fhould be levied in
:

the Public Levy, or be paid for in

Refolved,

Money next Year, and

at

what Rates.

Crop Tobacco, be paid for the fame out of the Public Money in the Hands of the Treafurer, at the Rate of Two Pence per Pound; and the Owners of the faid Transfer Tobacco, as well infpe(5led as tminfpedled, at the Rate of 15 s. per Cent. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the faid Refolutions; and that the Committee for Public Claims, do prepare and bring in the fame. A Meffage from the Council, by M'' Robertfon. That they have agreed to the Amendment propofed by this Houfe, to their Amendment to the Bill, intituled, An Ad, for regulating the Fees and Accounts of the Pradifers in Phific: And that they have made feveral Amendments to the Bill, intituled. An Ad, for the better Regulation of the Militia; to which they defire the Concurrence of this

That the owners

of the faid

Houfe.
to oblige the
to the Confideration of the Motion for Leave to bring in a Bill, County of Surry, to join with the County of Brunfwick, in building a Bridge over Nottoway; and the County of I fie of Wight, to join with the faid County of Brunfwick, in building a Bridge over Maherring River. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the faid Motion; and that M"- Harrifon, M' Wall, M' Embry, and M' Randolph, prepare and bring in the fame. A Bill, to prevent the taking away Lands, againft the Will of the Proprietors, for building Water-Mills; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be committed to the Committee for Courts of Juftice.
;

The Houfe proceeded

A Bill, for diffolving the prefent Veftry of the Parifh of Warwick, in the County of Warwick, and for a new Eledlion of Veftry-men for the faid Parifh; was read the fecond Time; and feveral Amendments were made, and a Blank in the Bill filled up at the
Table.
Ordered,

That the
to the

Bill,

with the Amendments, be ingroffed.

Bill,

for ereding the Counties of

Encouragements

Inhabitants thereof,

and and granting was read the fecond Time.

certain

And

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And feveral Amendments were propofed to be made to the

the Oueftion
divided.

Bill

And after a

Debate,

was put, That the The Noes go forth.

Noes, 22.

Bill

be committed for thofe Amendments.

Yeas, 22.

The Houfe

M^ Speaker, No.

And
Ordered,

fo, It

paffed in the Negative.

That the Bill be ingroffed: And that the Title of the Bill, be, An Ad, for ereding Two new Counties; and granting certain Encouragements to the Inhabitants thereof. A Bill, for appointing certain new Ferries; fettling the Rates of feveral County Ferries; and altering feveral Court Days, was read the fecond Time; and feveral Amendments
were made to the
Ordered,
Ordered,
Bill,

at the Table.

That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. That the Houfe be adjourned 'til To-morrow Morning, Eleven o'Clock.

Saturday, September 11, 1736.

MR.
Relation
to

Harrifon prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, for building a Bridge over Nottoway River; and the fame was received, and read the firft

Time.
Ordered,
M"^ Acrill

That the

Bill

be read a fecond Time.

prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, to amend the Law, in the Trial of Slaves committed for Capital Crimes; and the fame was received,
firft

and read the

Ordered,

Time.

That the Bill be read a fecond Time. M"' McCarty moved for Leave to bring in a Bill, for laying out a Piece of Ground, at a Place called Bray's Church, in the County of King George, for a Town. Ordered, That the faid Motion be referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion
of

Affembly.
the Houfe
called

Upon a Motion, Members were again

Refolved,

was called over, and the Names of fome of the abfent over, and Excufes made for fuch of them as were abfent

without the Leave of the Houfe, which were allowed.

That all the reft of the abfent Members be excufed. The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendments propofed by the Council, to the Bill, intituled, j4 yl(S, /or <fee better Regulation of the Militia; and the Amendments were twice read; and the Houfe agreed to fome of them, with feveral Amendments; and to others, without Amendment; and difagreed to one, and made an Amendment inftead of it; and the reft were difagreed to, by the Houfe. Ordered, That a Meffage be fent to the Council, to acquaint them, That this Houfe have agreed to fome of the Amendments by them propofed to the faid Bill, with feveral Amendments; and to others, without Amendment; and difagreed to one, and made an Amendment inftead of it and to all the reft of their Amendments the Houfe have difagreed; and defire they will pafs the Bill, with the Amendments agreed to, by this Hoiofe And that M'' Carter go up with the Meffage. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned 'til Monday Morning, Eleven o'Clock.
;
:

Monday, September 13, 1736.

MR.
firft

Conway prefented
and
better

to the Houfe, according to Order, a

to

Securing the Titles

Bill, For Confirming Lands, in the Northern Neck, held tinder the

Right Honourable

Thomas Lord

Fairfax,

Baron

of

Great-Britain, called Scotland:

And

the fame

was

Cameron, in that Part of received, and read the

Time.
Ordered,

That the

Bill

be read a fecond Time.

Two

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Two Members,

returned upon a

new

Writ, having taken the Oaths appointed to be

taken by Ad; of Parliament, inftead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy; and taken and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, and fubfcribed the Teft; and taken the

Oath of a Burgefs, were admitted to their Places in the Houfe. M' Robinfon prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill to dock the Entail is feized; and for fettling other Lands, of of certain Lands, whereof Lewis Burwell, Efq; greater Value, to the fame Ufes: And the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time.

W Simmons prefented to the Houfe. according to Order, a

Paiment
Lands, with a Water Mill, and of his Debts: And the fame was received,
Ordered,

Bill, for felling certain

Slaves, of the Eftate of Jofeph Allen, Gent, deceas'd; for the

and read the

firft

Time.

be read a fecond Time. A Bill, intituled. An Ad for appointing certain new Public Ferries; fettling tlie Rates of feveral County Ferries; and altering fever al Court Days; was read the third Time: And feveral Amendments were made to the Bill at the Table.

That the

Bill

Refolved,

That the

Bill

do

pafs.

A
and

Bill, intituled,

An Ad
fill'd

for Diffolving the prefcnt Veftry of the

for a

new Eledion

of Veftrymen, for the faid

Warwick; Parifh, was read the third Time and

Parifh
of
;

the Blank in the Bill

up at the Table. That the Bill do pafs. Refolved. Ordered, That M'' Robinfon do carry the
Bill, to

Bills to

the Council; and defire their Con-

currence.

repeal the

Ad,

intituled.

An Ad

for altering the Place for holding Courts,

in the County of Spotfylvania; Ordered,

was read the fecond Time.

That the BiU be ingroffed.

building a Bridge over Nottoway River; was read the fecond Time. That the Bill be ingroffed. M'' Blair, from the Committee for Public Claims, reported. That the Committee had had under their Confideration, the feveral Petitions of John Aylett, Jonathan Gibfon, Patrick Spence, Francis Willis, William Todd, Landon Carter, and William Banks, praying Allowances for Warehoufes, not provided for at the laf t Sef fion of Affembly and a Petition of M' Charles Carter, to them refer'd; and had come to feveral Refolutions thereupon; which he read in his Place; and afterwards delivered in at the Table,
Bill, for

Ordered,

w[h]ere they were again twice read; and, with to by the Houfe, as follows
Refolved,

Amendments

to

Two

of

them, agreed

of 6 1. per Annum, be made to the Rent of Aylett's another Houfe built by him; and that he be allowed by the Public for one Year's Arrear, to November, 1735. Refolved, That an Addition of 5 1. per Annum, be made to the Rent at Gibfon's, in Confideration of another Houfe hired of Doctor Turner, with the Approbation of the Court and that there be allowed to the Proprietor, 5 1. by the Public, for one Year's

That an addition

Warehoufe,

in Confideration of

Arrear, to November, 1735. Refolved, That an .Addition of 6 /. per Annum be made to the Rent at Nominy, in Confideration of a Houfe built by Patrick Spence, fmce the laft Seflion of Affembly.
Refolved, That an Addition of 7 /. per Annum, be made to the Rent at Cabbin Point, Confideration of a Houfe built there by the Proprietor; and that the Petitioner, Francis Willis, be allowed 7 /. by the Public, for one Year's Arrear, to November, 1735.
in

Refolved, That an Addition of 4 /. per Annum, be made to the Rent at Falmouth, Confideration of another Houfe built there by William Todd, the Proprietor; and that he be aUowed 4 i by the Public, for one Year's Arrear, to November, 1735. Refolved, That an Addition of 3 /. 10 5. per Annum, be made to the Rent at Indian Creek, in Confideration of a Houfe built there by Landen Carter, the Proprietor; and that he be allowed 3 /. 10 5. by the Public, for one Year's Arrear, to Novetnber, 1735.
in

Refolved,

(297)
Refolved,

That

/.

10

s.

per

Annum, be added
by the

to the

Rent at Mantapike,

in

Con-

fideration of another

Houfe

built there

Juftices,

who

therefore take that Stun

former built Houfes, out of the 10 /. per Annum fettled forthem at the laft Seffion of Affembly; and that one Year's Rent, to the Tenth of November, 1735, be allowed him by the Public. Refolved, That Thirty Pounds be paid to the faid Charles Carter, for the Ufe of his Hovife at Falmouth, viz. 15 /. for the firft Year, ending Novetnber, 1734; and 15 /. for the next Year; and that the fame be paid him by the Public.

from the Proprietor

of the

be an Inftrucftion to the faid Committee to make the faid feverai Allowances, according to the faid Refolutions, in the Book of Claims. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the Perfons appointed to prepare and bring in a Bill, upon the Refolutions of the Houfe, for the further Amendment of the Tobacco Law; that they ha\'e Power to receive a Claufe or Claufes for railing the Rents of the faid Public Warehoufes, according to the faid Refolutions. M"' Blair alfo reported, from the faid Committee, That the Committee had alfo had rmder their Confideration, the Petition of the Juftices of Surry County, in Relation
Ordered,

That

it

to the Public

Warehoufes at Gray's Creek, which were

a Refolution thereupon; which he read in his Place;

:

the Table, where it was again read and agreed to by the Houfe, as follows: Refolved, That the faid County be paid Thirty Seven Pounds Ten Shillings, out of the Public Money, in Confideration of that Lofs. Ordered, That it be an Inftru<5lion to the faid Committee, to make the faid Allowance in the Book of Claims. M' Blair alfo reported, from the faid Committee, That the Committee had had under their Confideration, the feverai Petitions of Caleb Wilfon, of Willoughby Newton, and Samuel Eskridge, Infpedlors at Yeocomoco Warehoufe; and agreed upon a Report; which he read in his Place; and afterwards delivered in at the Table, where the fame was again read, as follows The Committee have examined the Allegations of the Petition of the faid Caleb Wilfon, which they find to be true and thereupon have come to the following Refolu;

and had come to and afterwards delivered in at And after a Debate, the Queftion was put thereupon,
lately burnt;

tion.

Refolved, It

is

the Opinion of the Committee, that the faid Caleb Wilfon be allowed
for his Trouble

Twenty Five Pounds,

Public.

and

Loffes;

and that the fame be paid by the

The Committee have alfo enquired into the Allegations of the Petition of the faid Willoughby Newton, and Samuel Eskridge, which they do not find fufficiently proved to them; and if fo much was loft, it was thro' the Negligence of the Infpedlors; whereupon,
the Committee had come to a Refolution to
reje<5l

the faid Petition.

read a fecond Time, a Debate arofe thereupon: And the Queftion was put. That the Houfe do agree with the Committee in the faid Refolution? It paffed in the Negative. Refolved, That the faid Petition be rejedled. Then the other of the faid Refolutions was alfo read; and a Motion was made,
the
firft

And

of the faid Refolutions being

and the Queftion put, That the Matter and Samuel Eskridge, be recommitted?

of the Petition of the faid Willoughby

Newton,

It

paffed in the Negative.

in

Then the Queftion was

put,

That the Houfe do agree with the faid Committee

the faid laft mentioned Refolution?

Refolved in the Affirmative.
Refolved,

That the Petition

of the faid Willoughby Newton,

and Samuel Eskridge,

o'Clock.

be rejedled.
Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning, Eleven

Tuefday,

,;

(298)

Tuefday, September 14, 1736.

MR.
M'

Rcddick prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, jor the Relief in the Lofs of the Records of the County of certain Perfons who were Sufferers was received, and read the firft Time. of Kanfemond; and the fame Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. Corhin, from the Committee, to whom the Bill, to prevent the taking away of

Lands againft the Will of the Proprietors, for building Water-Mills, was committed, Bill; which he read in his reported. That they had made feveral Amendments to the in at the Table, where Amendments, the with Bill, the delivered Place; and afterwards being read a fecond Time Amendment firft the Amendments were again read and the
;

an Amendment was propofed

the faid
firft

to

it

And

the Queftion put. That the Houfe do agree to

It

Amendment, with the Amendment propofed?

paffed in the Negative.
M"-

Then a Debate

arofe

upon the other Parts

of the Bill,

and

McCarty, ftanding

God forbid he fhould entertain an Opinion, up with a View to his own Intereft; but Houfe this in vote That any Gentleman fhould by any thing that he could obferve, he could not forbear thinking, that fome who had voted for the Bill, muft have had fome fuch View: Whereupon, he was interrupted by M*^ Speaker, who told him, that no fuch Expreffions ought to be ufed: To which he anfwered. That he did not know when he fhould learn to fpeak as became him in the
in his Place, to fpeak againft the Bill, faid,

Houfe.

Then a Motion was made, and the Queftion put, That

explain himfelf?

M''

McCarty

do, in his Place,

Refolved in the Affirmative.

Then he ftood up in his Place, and faid. He had no Defign to refledl upon the Houfe, any Member in it but that he did not know how to acknowledge that he was f orry for any Thing that he had faid, becavife he was not fenfible that he had been guilty of any Offence but if the Houfe thought him in the wrong, he was forry for it. Upon which fome Members mov'd, that he might be taken into Cuftody and Others for exculing him And the Queftion was put, That M"' McCarty has made a fufficient Acknowledgment of his Offence?
or
;
;

Refolved in the Affirmative.

Then the Debate proceeded, and the Queftion was put. That the
grofs'd?
It

faid Bill be in-

paffed in the Negative.

Refolved,

That the

Bill

be rejedled.

A Member returned upon a new Writ, having taken the Oaths appointed to be taken by Adl of Parliament, inftead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy; and taken and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, and fubfcribed the Teft; and taken the Oath of a Burgefs, was admitted to his Place in the Houfe. M-- Conway inform'd the Houfe, That the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions, had appointed Yefterday for the Examination of Witneffes, upon the Petition of M'
Richard Bland, complaining of an imdue Election and Return of
to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly, for the
M"-

Robert Munford,
of Prince George
:

County

That M' Bland's Counfel attended the faid Committee, and mov'd for further Time, 'til Thurfday or Friday next, to bring down the Witneffes; and a Letter from M'
Bland, was produc'd, fuggefting feveral Reafons for allowing further Time for the faid Examination: That the Majority of the Committee were of Opinion, to put off the faid Examination to a further Day but that they had not come to any Refolution thereupon and defired the Diredlion of the Houfe in that Matter.
;

And

(299)

And
for a

after a Debate, the Queftion

Hearing before the faid

was put, That M'' Bland be allow'd further Time Committee, upon the fubjedt Matter of his faid Petition?
It pafs'd in the Negative.

Then a Motion was made, and

withdraw
his faid Petition?

the Queftion put. That M"' Bland have Leave to

Refolved in the Affirmative.

Ordered, That the

Committee of Privileges and Eledlions be difcharged from proceed-

ing further thereupon.

Ereding Two new Counties; and granting certain Encouragements to the Inhabitants thereof; was read the Third Time: And after a Debate, the Queftion was put. That the Bill do pafs?
Bill, intituled.

An Ad

for

It

paffed in the Negative.

Refolved,

That

the Bill be rejedled.

Meffage from the Council, by M"' Robert fon: That they have agreed to all the Amendments propos'd by this Houfe, to their Amendments to the Bill, For the better Regulation of the Militia, except one, to which they have difagreed; and that they infift on fome of the Amendments to the faid Bill, and recede from others and defire the Houfe will pafs the Bill, with the Amendments
;

which they infift on. M"' Robinfon prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, For the better Regulation of the Office of Surveiors of Land; and direding them in their Duty: And alfo, A Bill, For better Regulating and Colleding certain Officers Fees; and other Purpofes therein mentioned; and the fame were received, and feverally read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bills be read the fecond Time.

Bill, intituled,

An Ad

for Building a Bridge over

Nottoway River; was read the

third Time.
Refolved,

Ordered,
rence.

That the Bill do pafs. That M"" Acrill do carry the

Bill to

the Coimcil;and defire their Concur-

Bill, intituled.

An Ad,

to

repeal the

Ad,

intituled.

An Ad

for altering the Place

for holding Courts in the

County

of Spotfylvania,

was read the

third Time.

a Claufe in the Adt, thereby to be repealed, was read: the Queftion was put. That the Bill do pafs?

And

And

after a Debate,

The Houfe

divided.

The Yeas go

forth.

Yeas, 26.

Noes, 26.

The Speaker, No.

And
Refolved,

fo, It

pafs'd in the Negative.

Bill be rejedled. dock the Entail of certain Lands, whereof Lewis 'Q\irNe\\,Efq; is feifed; and for fettling other Lands, of greater Value, to the fame Ufes; was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Committee: That they do examine the

That the

Bill, to

and report the fame, as it fhall appear to them, to the Houfe: and the Members for the Counties of King WilWight. and Ifle of liam, York, James-City, A Bill, For Selling certain Lands, with a Water-Mill, and Slaves, of the Eftate of Jofeph Allen, Gent, deceafed, for the Paiment of his Debts, was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be committed to the Committee who prepared it and to M'' Macon, M'' Dor an, and M"" Marrable: That they do examine the Allegations thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall appear to them, to the Houfe. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned 'til To-morrow Morning, Ten o'Clock.
Allegations thereof;

And

it is

referred to M'' Robinfon,

ff^ednefday,

Wednefday, September
Ordered,

15, 1736.

Tucfday next. Upon a Motion, the Houfe was called over, and the Names of the abfent Members were again called over, and Exciifes made for fome of them, who were abfent without the Leave of the Houfe; which were allowed. Ordered, That M^ Daniel Pugh, M"' William Rafcow, and M"' Edward Digges, be taken into Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms, for not attending their Duty in the Service of the Houfe.
M''

THAT

M""

Crafford have Leave to be abfent from the Service of the

Houfe

'til

Robinfon prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a

Bill, for

further

amend-

ing the

Ad for amending the Staple of

And
the fame

Tobacco; and for preventing Frauds in His Majefty's

Cnftoms:

was

received,

and read the

firft

Time.

Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. A Bill, to amend the Law in Relation to the Trial of Slaves committed for Capital

was read the fecond Time. That the Bill be ingrofs'd. A Bill, for Confirming and better Securing the Titles to Lands in the Northern Neck, held under the Right Honourable Thomas, Lord Fairfax, Baron of Cameron, in that Part of Great-Britain, called Scotland; was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be ingrofs'd. A Bill, For the Relief of certain Perfons, who were Sufferers in the Lofs of the Records of the County of Nanfemond; was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. A Bill, for the better regulating and colleding certain Officers Fees; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read the fecond Time and an Amendment was propos'd which, upon the Queftion put, was difagreed to, and feveral other Amendments were
Crimes,
Ordered,
;

made

to the

Bill,

at the Table.

That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. from the Committee, to whom the Treafurer's Accounts were referred, reported. That they had had the faid Accounts under their Confideration and had agreed upon a Report; which he read in his Place; and afterwards delivered in at the
Ordered,
M'' Carter,
;

Table.

Motion was made, that it be an Inftrudlion to the Committee for Public Claims, the Charge of Infpedion of the Tobacco burnt in the Public Warehoufe at Gray's Creek, out of the Money, to be paid to the Owners thereof And the Queftion put thereupon?
to

dedud

It

pa (fed in the Negative.

Regulation of the Office of Surveiors of Land, and direding them in their Duty, was read the fecond Time.
Bill, for the better

That the Bill be ingroffed. M' Blair, from the Committee for Public Claims, reported. That the Committee had examined and confidered all the Public Claims which had been laid before them this Seffion; and agreed upon a Report; which they had entered in a Book; and he
Ordered,

delivered the

Book

in at the Table.
Bill, for the Relief of

M' Robinfon prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a divers of the Inhabitants of the Parifhes of Raleigh, and Dale; and
County
of

the Inhabitants of the

Orange:

And

alfo,

A
ttttes;

Bill, to

prevent the Retailing of ftrong Liquors in the

Town
firft

and the fame were received, and feverallv read the Ordered, That the Bills be read a fecond Time.

York, in fmall QiianTime.

of

(30i)

A Meffage from the Council, by M'' Robertfon. That they have made feveral Amendments to the
who
fhall have a Right to vote in the

Bill, intituled,

An

Ad,

to

declare

for Counties;

of Burgeffes to ferve in the General Affembly, and for preventing fraudulent Conveiances, in order to multiply Votes at

Eledion

fuch Eledions.

^}
Bill, intituled,

Alio to the

An Ad,

for laying a

Duty upon Liquors imported by Land;

Duty upon Slaves; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. And that they have alfo made an Amendment to the Bill, intituled, An Ad, for preventing Perfons contrading fmall Debts, to remove their Effeds out of the County where they refide; and for allowing a Lawyer's Fee, in fonie Cafes, upon Recoveries had upon Petitions: To which they defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. Ordered, That it be an Inftrucftion to the Committee, to whom it is referred, to prepare and bring in a Bill, for altering the Method of providing for the Paffage of the Eaftem Shore Burgeffes over the Bay that they have Power to receive a Claufe or Claufes, for leffening the Paiments to Witneffes attending at County Courts; and to make Provifion for the Paiment of Witneffes fummoned to attend the Governor and Council. The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Meffage from the Council, in Reation to their Amendments to the Bill, intituled. An Ad, for the better Regulation of the Militia; and agreed to feveral Amendments, which they before had difagreed to, and infift on their Difagreements to Five only. Refolved, That a Conference be defired with the Coimcil, upon the fubjedt Matter of the faid Amendments. Ordered, That the following Members be appointed to manage the faid Conference.
better feairing the
;

and

M'' M''

Robinfon,
Corbin,

M'' Acrtll
M''

W Conway,
M' Randolph,
:

Waring,
Allen,

M'
M''

and

Burwell.

And that a Meffage be fent to the Council, to defire a Conference; and to acquaint them, that the Houfe have appointed Eight of their Members to meet fuch of their Members as they fhall appoint And that M"" Robinfon go up with the Meffage.
Ordered,

That the

faid

Managers do draw up Heads of the Reafons

why

the Houfe

cannot agree to the faid Amendments to be delivered at the Conference; and report the fame to the Houfe, To-morrow. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned 'til To-morrow Morning, Ten o'Clock.

Thurfday, September i6, 1736.

THE

Houfe being informed, that

in

M''

Edward

Digges,

and

M''

Daniel Pugh.

attended

Cuftody,

That they be difcharged out of Cuftody, paying Fees. M'' Robinfon reported. That the Perfons appointed, had, according to Order, drawn up the Heads of the Reafons, why the Houfe cannot agree to the Amendments infifted on, by the Council, to the Bill, for the better Regulation of the Militia, to which this Houfe infift on their Difagreement which he read in his Place; and afterwards delivered in at the Table, where they were again read, and with an Amendment, agreed to by the Houfe, as follows, viz. A better Regulation of the Militia, being one of the principal occafions mentioned in the Governor's Speech, for calling this General Affembly, the Houfe of Burgeffes prepared and paffed a Bill, which, in their Opinion, was better adapted to the Circumftances of the People of this Colony, than any Laws heretofore made upon the fame Subjedl, particularly in the Provifion that is now made for arming the poorer Sort; which never could be effedted by any of the Methods before enadled for that Purpofe. The
Ordered,
;

(302)

former Laws has been, to lay high Fines upon all Perfons lifted, failing accoutred, in the Manner therein diredled; yet, after to appear at Mufters armed and the Country, remain in the Thirty Years Experience, the Militia generally throughout levied in fome Counties, for been fame defencelefs State: For tho' many Fines have to any good Purpofe, and only not appearing with Arms, they have not been applied But fmce the paffmg of the himfelf fumifh to more the difabled the poor Delinquent

The Policy

of

Year 1723, moft of the Officers have totally lat A(ft, for regulating the Militia, in the negledled the the training their Men by Mufters, and to hold Court-Martials, meerly out unarmed, and to avoid impofmg the high of Compaffion to the Poor, who remain ftill upon them. levied Fines which muft otherwife have been
Therefore, this Houfe of Burgeffes have, in the Bill now depending, raifed a Tax of Six Pence per Poll upon Negros, for Two Years, to be applied to the providing of Arms; which they conceive to be the moft equal Way, and the firft Step, that has ever been taken, towards removing the principal Mifchief that has hindered and difcouraged

In the other Parts of the the improving the Militia of this Country for fo many Years. former Laws; and only avoided of the Plan followed Meafure, great have, in Bill, they unequal, and to have been found have Experience to fuch Claufes, as they know by
given great Occafion to Complaints, as to the Manner of their Execution; making a new Provifion for fending out Patrollers to vifit Negro Quarters, and obliging People to go armed to Church at certain Seafons; the want of which, has been long complained of.

When

the Bill

came under the Confideration

of the Council,

they made Amend-

ments, which were

many and

various; to feveral of which, the Burgeffes agreed with

fome Amendments, and difagreed to others; and the Council have receded from fome of them, which were of little or no Moment, but infift on the reft. And the Burgeffes have fmce agreed to fome of them, not becaufe they have changed their Opinions, or thought them more expedient, or likely to make the Bill better; but to draw the Matter in Difpute, to a narrow Compafs. And now the points in Difference, are reduced to the following Particulars: Firft, The Bill provides, that the Arms to be fumifhed by the Tax, fhall be ditributed bythe Courts-Martial. The Council's Amendment, lodges that Power folely in
the County-Lieutenants, or Chief

Commanding

Officers of the Militia:

To which,

the

Burgeffes cannot agree, becaufe

it

may

be a Matter of Difficulty, to be well informed of

the propereft Perfons to

whom

thofe

tenants, not refiding in the Counties under their

Arms ought to be diftributed; and many LieuCommand, muft be ftrangers to the

leaft,

Circumftances of moft of the People, or at

as the Field Officers
their Lifts.

cannot be fo well acquainted with them,

in

and Captains met together, who muft needs know every Body

Secondly, the Bill provides, that Patrollers fhall be exempted, for their
fons,

own

Per-

But the Burgeffes confider that Service, as a Matter of fo great Trouble, Fatigue, and Danger to their Healths, that they debated for fome Time, how they might pay them fuitably to the Merit of their Ser\'ice: But fearing it might prove too great a Burthen, they thought they could do no lefs, than give them this fmall Encouragement, which, perhaps, may amount to about Sixty Pounds of Tobacco per Annum, to each Perfon And this in deed, is no great Matter, but the Burgeffes will not recede from it. Thirdly, The Bill impowers the Court-Martial to chufe their own Clerk, and to pay him at their Difcretion. The Council would have him appointed by the Lieutenant of the County, and fettle his Salary at 500 lbs. of Tobacco per Annum But the Burgeffes having obfer\-ed, that thefe Clerks have, by all former Laws, been appointed by the Court, can fee no Reafon to change the Method, but ftill think the Power properly lodged with them; and they decline eftablifhing the Salary propos'd, becaufe
all Levies.

from

And

the Council's

Amendment, would

ftrike that out:

they conceive, it may often prove unequal, feeing 500 lbs. of Tobacco times be more, and fometimes lefs, than the Service is worth.

will,

fome-

Fourthly,

(303)

a Power in the Court-Martial, to put fuch Orders as are made for Fines in Execution, by delivering them into the Sherif 's Hands, to be received or levied by Diftrefs, in Cafe of Non-paiment. The Coimcil would give a Power to the
Fourthly,
Bill leaves

The

Coimty -Lieutenants, to control all their Adls, and would have no Fines levied, without the Warrant of the Lieutenant, or other chief Officer: But the Burgeffes confider, that this Power, in the Lieutenants of Counties, has heretofore been much abufed, and,

and for that Reafon, they cannot agree to any Reafon, why any Fines ordered by the Court, upon due Deliberation and Confideration of the Excufes made by the Parties, fhould be remittted by the fecret Will and Pleafure of one Member only, efpecially now, fince the
in
partially,

fome Inftances, exercifed very

the

Amendment; nor can they

fee

Fines are fo
Fifthly,

much moderated.
The
Bill obliges

limits the

Number

the Captains to mufter, at leaft Four Times a Year, and of Fines to Five Times. The Council would have Mufters Twelve

Times, and Delinquents fined, not exceeding Thirteen Times a Year. And the Burgeffes are very fenfible. That frequent ExerciQng will train Men, and make them more fit for Service, in lefs Time than probably can be expedled from the Bill, as it now ftands: Yet, fince the People have never before been obliged to mufter oftner than is now diredled, and all Miofters have, in great Meafure, ceafed for near Fifteen Years paft, the Burgeffes cannot agree on a fudden, to increafe the Burthen

Number but defire fome Trial may be made of the Method prefcribed and former Laws. For tho' No-body can be fined oftner than Five Times a Year, for being abfent from Mufters, yet the Captains have Power to call them together oftner, if they pleafe; and the Burgeffes doubt not, but they will be generally obey'd; and the training and exercifing of the greater Part, will be as ufeful, as if the whole Troop had met together.
to Three Times the
;

by

this,

Thefe are the Reafons, which have induced the Burgeffes to difagree to the Amendments in Debate between them, and the Council; and whether they will have any great Weight or not, the Burgeffes perfuade themfelves, if the Bill fhould mifcarr>', thro' the Difi'erence of Opinions upon thefe Heads, they fhall have acquitted thembeft, to let a Law, than pafs this Bill; which, as to moft of the Points in Difpute, is agreeable to that Law, as it now ftands. A Petition of Thomas Roy, in Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms, was prefented to the Houfe, and read praying, that he may be heard, and Witneffes may be examined, touching his Behaviour, in relation to the late Controverted Eledlion of Burgeffes to ferv'e in this prefent General Affembly, for the County of Caroline. Ordered, That the faid Petition be refer 'd to the Confideration of the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions: That they do examine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall appear to them, with there [their] Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. A Bill, intituled. An Ad to amend the Law, in Relation to the Trial of Slaves, committed for Capital Crimes, was read the third Time and the Blanks in the Bill, filled up at the
it

felves;

and leave

to the Council to confider, whether they think

it

confeft to be ufelefs in

many

Particulars,

remain

in Force, rather

Table.

That the Bill do pafs. That M"" Acrill do carry the Bill to the Council, and defire their Concurrence. The Hoiife being informed. That M'' William Rafcoiu attended in Cuftody, Ordered, That he be difcharged out of Cuftody, paying Fees. A Meffage from the Council, by M'' Robert fon: That they have made feveral Amendments to the Bill, intituled. An Ad, for the
Refolved,

Ordered,

better

Diredion
alfo,

of Officers, in the

Sale of Goods, or other Things, taken in Execution, or

diftrained for Rent.

And

to the

Bill, intituled,

An

Ad,

for appointing certain

new Public

Ferries;

Rates of feveral County Ferries; and altering feveral Court Days: defire the Concurrence of this Houfe.
fettling the

To which they

And

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An Ad for amending the Ad, intithat they have agreed to the Bill, intituled, without any Amendment. River, Nottoway over tuled, An Ad, for building a Bridge Regulation of the Office of Surveiors of Lands; Bill, intituled, An Ad, for the better
And

Time. and direding them in their Duty, was read the third pafs. Refolved, That the Bill do Ordered, That M-- Robinfon do carry the Bill to the Council
currence.

and

defire their

Con-

Bill, intituled,

An

Ad,

for confirming

and

better fecuring the Titles to

Lands in

Thomas, Lord Fairfax, Baron of the Northern-Neck, held under the Right Honourable Cameron, in that Part of Great-Britain, called Scotland; was read the third Time.
Refolved,

That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M^ Fitzhugh do carry the

M^ Robinfon from the Committee, to

Bill to

the Council

and

defire their

Con-

currence.

whom

the

Bill, to

dock the Entail of certain

Lands, whereof Lewis Burwell, Efq; is feifed; and for fettling other Lands of greater Value to the fame Ufes, was committed, reported. That they had made an Amendment to the Title, and feveral Amendments to the Body of the Bill and gone thro' the fame, and examined the Allegations thereof, which with thofe Amendments, they fovmd to be true; and he read the Amendments in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Table, where the Amendments were again read: And,
;

upon the Queftion feverally put, agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. A Meffage from the Council, by M"' Robertfon: That they agree to the Conference defired by this Houfe, upon the fubjedl Matter of the Amendments by them propofed, to the Bill, intituled. An Ad, for the better Regulation of the Militia: to which this Houfe have difagreed; and have appointed Four of their Members, Managers, who are now ready to meet the Conferees of this Houfe, in the Conference Chamber. And the Managers appointed by the Houfe, went up to attend the Conference
accordingly.

A Bill, intituled. An Ad, for

of the

Relief of certain Perfons

who were

Sufferers in the Lofs

Records of the County of Nanfemond, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs.
Ordered,

That

M''

Reddick do carry the

Bill to

the Coimcil; and defire their Concur-

rence.

A
and

Bill, for the Relief of divers of the

Inhabitants of the Parifhes of Raleigh, and Dale;

County of Orange; was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be committed to the Committee, who prepared it: That they do examine the Allegations thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall appear to them, to the Houfe. A Bill, for further amending the Ad, for amending the Staple of Tobacco; and for preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuftoms, was read the fecond Time; and feveral Amendments were propofed; which, upon the Queftion put, were difagreed to, and other Amendments were made to the Bill at the Table. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. A Meffage from the Council, by M'' Robertfon: That they defire an immediate Conference upon the fubjedt Matter of the laft Conference and that their Managers are now ready in the Conference Chamber. Accordingly the Managers of the Houfe went up and being returned, M-- Robinfon reported, That they had met Four of the Members of the Council in the Conference Chamber, and laid before them the Reafons why this Houfe cannot agree to all the
the Inhabitants of the
;
;

Amendments
Militia;

infifted on,

and that they

by the Council, to the Bill, for the better Regulation of the faid, They would lay thofe Reafons before the Council: And
at

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by the Managers of the Council, That tho' the Council had good Reafons to oppofe to the Reafons offer'd by this Houfe, for their
at the fecond Meeting, they were told

Difagreement to their Amendments; yet, in Regard to the Public Good, they did recede from thofe Amendments, except the laft, which they ftill infift on. Refolved, That this Houfe doth adhere to their laft Reafon for their Difagreement
to thofe fent to the Council, to acquaint them, That this Houfe doth adhere to their laft Reafon for their Difagreement to the faid Amendments; and have fent back the Bill, for them to do upon it what they think fit And that M'' Robinfon go up with the Meffage. The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendments propofed by the
;

Amendments. Ordered, That a Meffage be

new Public Ferries; fettling Days and the Amendments were read, and the Two firft were agreed to, and the reft difagreed to, by the Houfe. Ordered, That a Meffage be fent to the Council, to acquaint them, That this Houfe have agreed to Two, and difagreed to the reft of the faid Amendments, and defire they will pafs the Bill, with the Amendments agreed to, by this Houfe And that M'' Corbin go up with the Meffage. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned 'til To-morrow Morning, Ten o'Clock.
Council, to the Bill, intituled.
for appointing certain
altering feveral Court
the Rates of fever al Ccninty Ferries;

An Ad,

and

Friday, September 17, 1736.

MR.

Boiifh prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, to confirm the Charter of the Borough of Norfolk; and for enlarging the Jiirifdidion of the Court of Huftings in the City of Williamsburg and the fame was received,
;

and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. M'' Conway, from the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions, reported. That the Committee had had imder their Confideration, the Petition of Thomas Roy, in Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms, with the Certificate thereto annex'd, containing a Charadler of the faid Roy, to them referred and had heard the faid Roy, and his Witneffes, upon the Matter of the faid Petition; and were come to a Refolution thereupon; which he read in his Place; and afterwards delivered in at the Table, where it was again read
;

as foUows.
Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, That the faid Thomas Roy be difcharged out of Cuftody, paying Fees. And the Refolution being read a fecond Time, a Debate arofe thereupon; and the Queftion was put, That the faid Report be committed for a fuller State of the Evidence?

Then the Queftion was

the faid Refolution?

put, that the

It pa ffed in the Negative. Houfe do agree with the faid Committee in

Refolved in the Affirmative.

Ordered,

That the faid Thomas Roy be difcharged out of Cioftody, paying Fees. M' Conway, alio reported from the faid Committee, That the Committee had had

under their Confideration, the Returns of the feveral Writs, for Eledling a Burc^efs for the County of Caroline, in the room of M'' Jonathan Gibfon, whofe former Eledion was declared void; for Eledling a Burgefs for the County of Prince William, in the room
lately expelled, and difabled to fit in this Houfe and for EledlBurgeffes for the County of Hanover, to fer^^e in this prefent General Affembly; and that the firft mentioned Return is made in the Form prefcribed by Law; and the Two other Returns are not made in the Form prefcribed by Law.
of
;

M' Thomas Osborne,

ing

Two

Eledling a Burgefs for the Comity of Prince William; and for Eledling of Burgeffes for the County of Hanover, be amended by the Clerk at the Table. And they were amended accordingly.

Ordered,

That the Returns

of the faid feveral Writs, for

M'

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the Bill, to impower the Veftries of M' Robinfon, from the Committee, to whom and the Parifh of Warwick, William, County of King the Parifhes of St. John, in the Parcels of Glebe Laml therein mentioned, and to in the County of Warwick, to fell feveral in Lieu thereof, was committed, reported, Glebes, convenient purchafe better and more found the fame to be true; That they had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and Title, and feveral Amendments and had gone thro' it, and made an Amendment to the report; and he read the Amendthe Body of the Bill; which they diredled him to
to

ments

in his Place:

and afterwards delivered the

Bill,

with the Amendments,

in at the

Table, where the

Amendments were

twice read:

And, upon the Queftion feverally

put, agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. Bill, for felling certain Lands, with a M"^ Acrill, from the Committee, to whom the Water-Mill, and Slaves, of the Eftate of Jofeph Allen, Gent, deceafed, for the Paiment reported. That they had examined the Allegations of the of his Debts, was committed, Committee had gone thro' the Bill; Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the and had direded him to report the fame to the Houfe, without any Amendment and
;

he delivered the Bill in at the Table.

That the Bill be ingroffed. M"" Fitzhugh mov'd for Leave to prefent a Bill, for the further Regulating the Paiment and the fame was received, and read the firft Time. of the Burgeffes Wages Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. A Meffage from the Council, by M"' Robertfon That they have made feveral Amendments to the Bill, intituled. An Ad, for the better Regulation of the Office of Surveiors of Land; and direding thetn in their Duty: And that they have made an Amendment to the Bill, intituled, An Ad, for confirming and better fecuring the Titles to Lands in the Northern-Neck, held under the Right Honmirable Thomas, Lord Fairfax, Baron of Cameron, in that Part of Great-Britain, called Scotland To which they defire the Concurrence of this Houfe And that they have paffed the Bill, intituled. An Ad, for appointing certain new Public Ferries; fettling the Rates of feveral County Ferries; and altering feveral Court Days, with the Amendments agreed to b}"^ this Houfe And alfo, the Bill, intituled. An Ad, for Relief of certain Perfons who were Sufferers in the Lofs of the Records of the County of Nanfemond, without any Amendment. A Bill, intituled. An Ad, for better regulating and colleding certain Officers Fees; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Robinfon do carry the Bill to the Council; and defire their ConOrdered,
;

currence.

M^ Dennis McCarty, was prefented to the Houfe, and read, comundue Eledlion and Return of M-- Peter Hedgman, to fer\'e as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly, for the County of Prince William; fetting forth. That the faid Hedgman, and M'' John Mercer, whilft the Poll was taking, ufed many undue Pradtices, to prevent the Petitioner from being returned; and the faid Mercer forced many Freeholders to vote for the faid Hedgman, who would have voted for the Petitioner; that the faid Hedgman called for his Sword, and threatened to run the Sheriff through, for reproving the faid Mercer for his Mifbehaviour That the Petitioner has a greater Number of legal Votes upon the Poll, than the fitting Member, and many more Freeholders were coming to poll for the Petitioner, who were depriv'd of their Votes, the faid Hedgman obliging the Sheriff to clofe the Poll, and return him duly Eledled, and promifmg to indemnify him for fo doing; and praying, that the Merits of the faid Eledion may be heard before the Houfe; and if determined in his Favour,
Petition of

plaining of an

that he

may

be declared duly eledled.

Ordered,
of Affembly.

That the

faid Petition, be referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion

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Bill, intituled,

An

A3,

for the further

amending

the

Ad,

for

amending

the Staple

of Tobacco; and for preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuftoms, Refolved, That the Bill do pafs.

was read the

and

third Time.

Ordered,
rence,

That

M"'

Blair do carry the Bill to the Council

r

defire their

Concur;><

^-.HM,

A
Efq;

Bill, intituled,

An

Ad,

to

dock the Entail of certain Lands, whereof Lewis Burwell,

is feifed; and for fettling other Lands and Slaves, of greater Value, to the fame Ufes, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M' Acrill do carry the Bill to the Council; and defire their Concur-

rence.
M'' Acrill
to ferve the

prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a

they fhall be

Bill, for

Time

bound

for by their Indentures,

tho' fiich

obliging Perfons Perfons be under

Age of Twenty One Years, at the Time of fuch binding; and the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. The Houfe proceeded to the Conlideration of the Amendments propos'd by the Council, to the Bill, intituled. An Ad, for laying a Duty upon Liquors iynported by La'nd; and better fecuring the Duty upon Slaves; and far other Purpofes therein mentioned; and the Amendments, were read, and with Amendments to fome of them, agreed to by the
the

Houfe.
Ordered, That a Meffage be fent to the Council, to acquaint them. That this Houfe have agreed to the Amendments by them propofed to the faid Bill, with Amendments to fome of them: To which they defire their Concurrence. M'' Edmunds prefented a Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the Parifh of Lawn's Creek, in the County of Surry, praying, to be enabled to fell their Glebe, and to purchafe another more convenient; and pray'd, that the fame might be received: And the Queftion was put thereupon. The Houfe divided. The Noes go forth.

Yeas, 22.

Noes, 22.

The Speaker, Yea. And fo, it was refolved in the Affirmative. Then the Petition was read. Refolved, That the faid Petition be rejedted. The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendments propofed by the Council, to the Bill, intituled, An Ad, to declare who fhall have a Right to vote in the Eledion of Burgeffes, to ferve in the General Affembly, for Counties; and the Amendments were read, and the fecond and laft Amendments were agreed to, and the reft difagreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That a Meffage be fent to the Council, to acquaint them, That this Houfe have agreed to the fecond Amendment by them propofed, and to the laft Amendment, for ftriking out the laft Claufe of the faid Bill and to all the reft of their Amendments the Houfe have difagreed; and defire they will pafs the Bill, with the Amendments agreed to by this Houfe And that M"' Conway go up with the Meffage. The Houfe alfo proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendments propofed by the Council, to the Bill, intituled. An Ad, for preventing Perfons contrading fmall Debts,
;
:

refide, and for allowing a Lawyer's Fee upon Recoveries had upon Petitions; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That a Meffage be fent to the Council, to acquaint them, That this Houfe have agreed to the Amendments by them propos'd to the faid Bill And that M"' McCarty go up with the Meffage. The Houfe alfo proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendments propofed by the Council, to the Bill, intituled, An Ad, for amending the Ad, intituled, An Ad, for the
to

remove their effeds out of the County where they

in fome Cafes,

better

Diredion

of Officers, in the Sale of Goods, or other

Things,Haken in Execution, or
diftraiiwd

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and the Amendments were read; and fome of them were agreed to. and the reft were difagreed to, without Amendments; and others, with Amendments; bv the Houfe. acquaint them, That this Houfe Ordered, That a Meffage be fent to the Council, to to the faid Bill, without propos'd them by Amendments have agreed' to fome of the reft of their Amendments, the to and Amendment; and to others, with Amendments; with the Amendments, Bill, the Houfe have difagreed; and defire they will pafs the agreed to by this Houfe And that M-" Fitzhugh go up with the Meffage. A Meffage from the Covmcil, by M' Robert fon: That they have agreed to the Bill, intituled. An Ad, to declare who fhall have a
diftrained for Rent;
:

in the Eledion of Burgeffes to ferve in the General Affembly, for Counties; and for preventing fraudulent Conveiances, in order to multiply Votes at fuch Eledions,

Right

to vote

with the Amendments, in which this Houfe have concurred. Alfo, to the Bill, intituled, An Ad, for laying a Duty upon Liquors imported by

Land; and better feciiring the Duty tipon Slaves; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, with the Amendments made by this Houfe to their Amendments. And to the Bill, intituled. An Ad, for better regulating and colleding certain Officers Fees; and other Purpofes therein mentioned, without any Amendment. Ordered, That M"' Beverley have Leave to go Home. Ordered, That M"" Acrill ha\'e I>eave to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe, 'til

Monday

next.

prevent the Retailing of ftrong Liquors in the Town of York, in fmall Quanthe fecond Time; and feveral Amendments were made, and the Blanks was read tities, in the Bill filled up at the Table. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned 'til To-morrow Morning, Ten o'Clock.

Bill, to

Saturday, September i8, 1736.

MR.

Robinfon, from the Committee, to

of the Inhabitants of the of the

whom

the

Bill, for the Relief of

divers

County

of

Parifhes of Raleigh, and Dale, and the Inhabitants Orange, was committed, reported. That they have examined
Bill,

which they find to be true; fo far as concerns the Parifhes of Raleigh, and Dale, and the parifh of Briftol But as to what relates to the Counties of Orange, and Spotfylvania, it doth not fufficiently appear to them, that thofe Allegations are true; and that they had gone thro' the Bill, and made an Amendment to the Title, and in the Body of the Bill which they had diredled him to report and he read the Amendments in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Table, where the Amendments were read and upon the Queftion feverally put, agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. M' Robinfon prefented to the Hoiife, according to Order, a Bill, for fettling an
the Allegations of the
:

Allowance

to

Witneffes attending the Council Board; leffening the Allowances

to

Witneffes

Method of providing for the Paffage of the Eaftem Shore Burgeffes, to and from the General Affembly and the fame was received, and
;

in the County Cmirts; and- altering the

read the

firft

Time.

Ordered,

That the

Bill

be read a fecond Time.

confirm the Charter of the Borough of Norfolk; didton of the Court of Huftings in the City of Williamsburg, Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed.
Bill, to

and

for enlarging the Jurif-

was read the fecond Time.

Blair prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, for making Reparation Tobacco lately burnt in Gray's Creek Warehoufe: and the fame was received, and read the firft Time.
M--

for the

Ordered,

That the BiU be read a fecond Time.

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An Ad to impower the Veftries of the Parifh of St. John, in the King William, and Parifh of Warwick, in the County of Warwick, to fell feveral of Parcels of Glebe Land therein mentioned, and to purchafe better and tnore convenient Glebes, in Lieu thereof, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"' Lyde do carry the Bill to the Council, and defire their Concurrence. A Bill, intituled, An Ad, to prevent the Retailing ftrong Liquors in the Town of York, in fmall Quantities, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M.''Digges do carrythe Bill to the Council, and defire their Concurrence. A Bill, intituled. An Ad, for felling certain Lands, with a Water-Mill, and Slaves, of the Eftate of Jofeph Allen, Gent, deceafed, for the Paiment of his Debts, was read the
Bill, intittded,

County

third Time.
Refolved,

the Covmcil, and defire their Concurrence. Time they fhall be bound for by Indentures, tho' fuch Perfons be under the Age of Twenty One Years, at the Time of fuch binding, was read the fecond Time and an Amendment was made to the Title, and in the Body of
Ordered,
Bill to

That the Bill do pafs. That M'' Allen do carry the

Bill, for

obliging Perfons to ferve the

the

Bill,

at the Table.

That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. Ordered, That the Title of the Bill, be. An Ad, for obliging Apprentices to ferve the Time they fhall be bound for by Indentures, notwithftanding their Infancy. The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendment propofed by the Council, to the Bill, intituled. An Ad, for confirming and better fecuring the Titles to Lands in the Northern Neck, held under the Right Honourable Thomas, Lord Fairfax, 5aro of Cameron, in that Part of Great-Britain, called Scotland; and the Amendment was read, and with Amendments, agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That a Meffage be fent to the Covmcil, to acquaint them. That this Houfe have agreed to the Amendment by them propofed, to the faid Bill, with fome Amendments to which they defire their Concurrence And that M'' Fitzhugh go up with the
Ordered,
;
:

Meffage.

The Houfe
Council, to the
of

alfo

proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendments propofed by the

Bill, intituled.

An

Ad,

for the better Regulation of the Office of Surveiors

Land; and direding them in

firft

Duty; and the Amendments were read; and the Amendment was difagreed to; and the reft were agreed to, by the Houfe. Ordered, That a Meffage be fent to the Council, to acquaint them. That this Houfe
their

have difagreed to the firft, and agreed to the reft of their Amendments to the faid Bill; and defire they will pafs the Bill, with the Amendments agreed to by this Houfe And that M'' Randolph go up with the Meffage. A Meffage from the Council, by M'' Robertfon: That they have agreed to the Amendments propofed by this Houfe, to their Amendments to the Bill, intituled, An Ad, for amending the Ad, intituled. An Ad, for the better
:

Diredion
for Rent;

of Officers in the

and that they do recede from

Sale of Goods, or other Things, taken in Execution, or diftrained their Amendments, to which this Houfe have
Bill, intituled.

difagreed.

That they have paffed the

fmall Debts,
to

An

Ad,

for preventing Perfons contrading

Effeds out of the County wJiere they refide; and for allowing a Lawyer's Fee, in fome Cafes, upon Recoveries had upon Petitions.

remove

their

That they have agreed to the Amendments propofed by this Houfe, to their to the Bill, intituled. An Ad, for confirming and better fecuring the Titles to Lands in the Northern Neck, held under the Right Honourable Thomas, Lord Fairfax, Baron of Cameron, in that Part of Great-Britain, called Scotland. And to the Bill, intituled, An Ad, to dock the Entail of certain Lands, whereof Lewis Burwell, Efq; is feifed, and for fettling other Lands and Slaves, of greater Value, to the fame IJfes, without any Amendment.

Amendments

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A
Time.

Bill, for

jurther regulating the

Paiment

of the Burgeffes

Wages, was read the fecond

That the Bill be committed. Committee of the whole Houfe. Ordered. That it be committed to a into the faid Committee; and after fome itfelf refolved The Houfe accordingly And M^ Corbin reported, from the Time fpent therein, M' Speaker refum'd the Chair: their Confideration, and gone thro' Committee. That they had had the faid Bill under whole Body of the Bill, and had prepared the fame; and had alter 'd the Title, and the and he delivered the Bill in at the Table, report a new Bill which they defired him to
Refolved,
; ;

i
)

where the fame

was read. And a Motion was made to infert a Claufe, for paying the Burgeffes Wages from the to the other Burgeffes: And the Eaftern Shore, the fame Wages, as are allowed by Law,
It

Queftion put thereupon?

Ordered,

paffed tn the Negative.

^^

That the Bill be ingroffed. A Meffage from the Council, by M-- Robertfon: That they have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Ad, to impower the Veftries of the Parifh of St. John, in the County of King William, and the Parifh of Warwick, in the County of Warwick, to fell feveral parcels of Glebe Land therein mentioned, and to purchafe better

and more convenient

Glebes, in

Lieu

thereof.

Alfo, to the Bill, intituled.

An

Ad,

to

prevent the Retailing of ftrong Liquors, in the

Town

York, in fmall Quantities. And alfo, to the Bill, intituled.

of

An

Ad,

for felling certain

Lands, with a Water Grift-

Mill and Slaves, of the Eftate of Jofeph Allen, Gent, deceafed, for the Paiment of his Debts,

without any Amendment.

That they have made fome Amendments to the Bill, intituled. An Ad, for the further amending the Ad, for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and for preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuftoms; to which they defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. M' Robinfon, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, reported. That the Committee had had under their Confideration, a Propofition of diverfe of the Inhabitants of that Part of Wiccocomo Parifh, which lies in the County of Lanca/ier, praying, in Regard of fundr\' Inconveniences they labour under, to be annexed to the County of Northumberland; and had come to a Refolution thereupon; which he read in his Place; and afterwards delivered in at the Table, where it was again read, and agreed to by the
Houfe, as follows:
Refolved,

That the

faid Propofition

is

not legally certified, and that therefore the

fame be rejedled. M' Robinfon alfo reported, from the faid Committee, That they had alfo had under their Confideration, a Propofition from the County of Richmond, for fettling the Bounds between that County, and the Counties of Weftmoreland, and King George; and had come to a Refolution thereupon which he read in his Place and afterwards delivered in at the Table, where it was again read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follows Refolved, That the faid Propofition be referred to the Confideration of the next
;

Seffion of Affembly.

Ordered,

Ordered.

That M' Fitzhugh have Lea\-e to go Home upon an extraordinary Occafion. That the Houfe be adjourned 'til Monday Morning, Ten o 'Clock.

Monday,

Sept.

20, 1736.

Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendments propofed by the An Ad, for further amending the Ad, for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and for preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cufto^ns; and the Amendments were read, and the firft Amendment was difagreed to; and the other Amendments agreed to by the Houfe.
Council, to the Bill, intituled.

THE

Ordered,

(3")
Ordered.

That a Meffage be fent to the

firft
;

Cotincil, to

acquaint them, That this Houfe

cannot agree to their

to by this Hoiofe.

Amendment but do

agree to the other

Bill,

propos'd, to the faid Bill; and defire they will pafs the

with the

Amendment by them Amendment agreed

Meffage from the Council, by M'' Robertfon: That they do not infift on the Amendment by them propos'd to the Bill, intituled. An Ad, for further amending the Ad, for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and for preventing Fratids in his Majefty's Cuftoms; to which this Houfe have difagreed; but have paffed the Bill, with the Amendments agreed to, by this Houfe. And that they do infift on their Amendments to the Bill, intitviled. An Ad, for thebetter Regulation of the Office of Surveiors of Land, and direding them in their Duty; to which this Houfe have difagreed; and defire they will pafs the Bill, with that Amendment. Ordered, That a Meffage be fent to the Council, to acquaint them, That this Houfe cannot agree to their Amendments to the faid Bill, which they infift on but do agree to ftrike out the whole Clauf e, in which that Amendment is propofed to be made And that M' Randolph go up with the Meffage. The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Book of Claims; and the fame read thro', and feveral Amendments were made to the Book, by the Houfe. was A Meffage from the Council, by M'' Robertfon: That they have agreed to the Amendments propofed by this Houfe, inftead of their Amendments to the Bill, intituled. An Ad, for the better Regulation of the Office of Surveiors of Land; and direding them in their Duty; and have pafs'd the Bill, with the Amendments; to which this Hovife have agreed. A Bill, intituled, An Ad, for obliging Apprentices to ferve the Time they fhall be hound for by Indentures, noiwithftanding their Infancy, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"' Acrill do carry the Bill to the Council; and defire their Concur; ;

rence.

A Bill,

intituled.

An

Ad,

to

confirm the Charter of the Borough of Norfolk; and for

enlarging the Jurifdidion of the Court of Huftings, in the City of Williamsburg,

was read

the third Time.

Refolved,

Ordered,
rence.

That the Bill do pafs. That M'' Blair do carry the BiU to the Council; and

defire their

Concur-

of Raleigh,

An Ad, for the Relief of divers of the Inhabitants of the Parifhes and Dale, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"" Booker do carry the Bill to the Council and defire their ConcurBill, intituled,
;

rence.

an Allowance to Witneffes attending the Council Board; leffenWitneffes in the County Courts; and altering the Method of Allowances to ing the providing for the paffage of the Eaftern Shore Burgeffes,to and from the General Affembly, was read the fecond Time and an Amendment made to the Title, and in the Bodv
Bill for fettling
;

of the Bill.

That the Bill be ingroffed. That the Title of the Bill, be An Ad, for leffening the Allowances to Witneffes in the County Courts; and altering the Method of providing for the Paffage of the Eaftern Shore Burgeffes, to and from the General Affembly. A Bill, for making Reparation for the Tobacco lately burnt at Gray's Creek Warehoufe, was read the fecond Time, and an Amendment was propofed which, upon the Queftion put, was difagreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to examine the inrolled Bills; and it is referred to M"" Robinfon, M." Allen, M"' Turner, M^ Aylett, M"" Acrill, and M'' Buckner.
Ordered,

Ordered,

Ordered,

(3")
Ordered,

That a Committee be appointed

for proportioning thie Public Levy, of the

following Perfons:

M' Conway, M' Price, M' Blair, Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned

M' Eaton, ^' Waring, and M"' Edmunds. 'till To-morrow Morning, Ten

o'Clock.

Tuefday,

Sept.

21, 1736.

THE

Allowances to the feveral Officers of the General Affembly, were fettled by the Houfe, and inferted in the Book of Claims. Ordered, That M"- Blair do carry the Book of Claims to the Council, and defire their Concurrence; and that he alfo attend the Governor, and

defire his Affent.

That the Perfons appointed, had, according to Order, prepared and drawn up a State of the Duty upon Slaves, and the feveral Paiments that had been made, with the Amount thereof; and alfo of the Deficiencies of that Duty; and had agreed upon a Report which he read in his Place and afterwards delivered in at the Table, where it was again read. Ordered, That fuch Parts of the faid Accounts, as M' Speaker fhall think neceffary,
M-^ Acrill reported.
;
;

be printed.

Ad, for paying the Wages of the Burgeffes in Money, for this prefent Seffion of Affembly, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Corbin do carry the Bill to the Coimcil; and defire their Concur-

Bill, intituled.

An

rence.

An Ad, for leffening the Allowances to Witneffes in the County the Method of providing for the Paffage of the Eaftem Shore Burand altering Courts; geffes, to and from the General Affembly, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M' Conway do carry the Bill to the Council; and defire their ConcurBill, intituled.

rence.

Bill,

intituled,

An Ad,

for

making Reparation

for the

Tobacco

lately

burnt in

Gray's Creek Warehoufe, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs.
Ordered, That M"" Blair do carry the Bill to the Covincil and defire their Concurrence. The Houfe was informed. That M' Alexander Ker has made feveral Encroachments upon the Capitol Square, particularly in fetting a Brick-Kiln upon the Capitol
;

Bounds.

Care to remove the preparing to be burnt near the Capitol. Refolved, That the Salary to the keeper of the Capitol, be paid Yearly by the Treafurer, upon the Governor's Warrant. The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Report, upon the Treafurer's Accounts, and the fame was read; by which it appears, that the Ballance remaining
Ordered,
of the City of Williamsburg, take

That the Directors

Nufance

of the faid Brick-Kiln that is

in his

lings

is Two Thoufand One Hundred and Twenty Six Pounds Eighteen Shilthe Treafurer's Accounts, with a Duplicate, were paffed by the Houfe. Ordered, That M' Acrill do carry the faid Accoimts and Duplicate to the Council,

Hands,

And

in order to their being paffed

by them. Meffage from the Council, by M'' Robertfon: That they have agreed to the Book of Claims, without any Alteration. M' Blair reported. That he had according to Order, attended the Governor; and that he was pleas'd to give his Affent to the Book of Claims.

(313)

Meffage from the Council by That they have agreed to the

M'^

Robertfon:

Bill, intituled,

An

Ad,

for

paying
to

the

Wages

of the

Burgeffes in Money, for this prefent Seffion of Affembly. Alfo, to the Bill, intituled, An At, for obliging Apprentices
fhall be bo-und for by Indentures, notwithfianding their Infancy.

ferve the

Time

they

Alfo, to the Bill, intituled.

An An

AA,

for the Relief of divers of the Inhabitants of the

Parifhes of Raleigh, and Dale. AKo, to the Bill, intituled,

Alfo, to the Bill, intituled,
a}td for enlarging the

Ad,

for

making Reparation

for the

Tobacco

lately

burnt in Gray's Creek Warehoufe.

Alfo, to the Bill,

the

An Ad, to confirm the Charter of the Borough of Norfolk; Jurifdidion of the Court of Huftings, in the City of Williamsburg. intituled, An Ad, for leffening the Allowances to Witneffes in

County Courts; and altering the Method of providing for the Paffage of the Eaftem Shore Burgeffes, to and from the General A ffembly, without any Amendments. And that they have paffed the Treafurer's Accounts. Ordered, That a Bill be prepared for raifmg a Public Levy And that the Committee appointed to proportion the Public Levy, prepare and bring in the fame.
:

A Motion was made, That it be an Inftru(5lion to the faid Committee, that they have Power to receive a Claufe to be inferted in the faid Bill, to provide for the Paiment of PatroUers, and the Queftion put thereupon?
It

paffed in the Negative.

o'Clock.

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning, Ten

PFednefday, Sept. 22, 1736.

MR.
A

Conway prefented

to the Houfe, according to Order,

Bill, for raifing

Public Levy;

received,

and and read the

Ordered,

for other
firft

Purpofes therein mentioned;

and the fame was

Time.

Bill, for raifing

That the Bill be read a fecond Time. a Public Levy; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read
Bill

the fecond Time.

Ordered,

That the

be ingroffed.

Jonathan Gibfon, to know the Pleafure of the Houfe, whether he fhall be paid for the Time he was abfent to attend the Examination of Witneffes, in Relation to the late Controverted Eledlion for the County of Caroline? Refolved, That the faid M"' Gibfon be paid for his Attendance to the Time he was voted imduly eledled. Upon a Motion, in Behalf of M'' James Ball, Refolved, That he be paid for the Time of this whole Seffion, notwithftanding his Abfence for fome Time, occalioned by Sicknefs. M'' Robinfon, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances reported. That the Committee had, according to Order, prepared an Addrefs to His Majefty; which he read in his Place and afterwards delivered in at the Table, where it was again read,

Upon a Motion

in Behalf of M"'

and agreed
cil
;

by the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be fairly tranfcribed, and a Blank left for the Counand that M'' Robinfon go up to the Council with the faid Addrefs, and defire their
to,

Concurrence.

Bill, intituled,

An

Ad,

for raifing a Public Levy;

and

for other

Purpofes therein

mentioned,

was read the third Time. That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That the Bill be carried up to the Council, with the Book
Refolved,

of Proportions,

for their Concurrence.

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning, Ten

o'Clock.

Thurfday,

(314)

Thurfday, September 23, 1736.

MR.
;

Conway
fettled

That the Perfons appointed, had, according to Order, the Proportions of the PubHc Levy, and ftated the fame in a Book
reported,

which he deHvered in at the Table. M^ Robinfon reported, That the Perfons appointed, had, according to Mif takes as had been found Order, examined the inroll'd Bills, and reftified fuch therein and that the fame are truly inrolled. for their InfpecOrdered, That M' Robinfon carry the inroll'd Bills to the Council,
tion.

That all the Private Bills of this Seffion, be printed. The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Book of Proportions; and the fame was read, and agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That the feveral Sums of Tobacco that are left in Depofit, in the Book that can be got, of Proportions, be fold by the ColleAors refpedively, for the beft Price the Money antthey that pay and in Courts July County by Way of Audion at their
Ordered,
,

ing from fuch Sale, to the Treafurer, for the Public

:

life.

A Meffage from the Council, by M"" Robertfon That they agree to join with this Houfe in the Addrefs to the King, and have cauf 'd the fame to be figned by the Prefident; and that they have pertifed the inroll'd Bills, and are fatisfied they are truly inrolled: Which faid Addrefs is in thefe Words; To the King's moft Excellent Majefty.
The Humble Addrefs
of the Council,

and Houfe

of Burgeffes, of Virginia.

Your Majefty's moft dutiful and loial Subjedls, the Reprefentatives of Your Ancient Colony of Virginia, now met in a General Affembly, humbly approach Your Throne, to acknowledge the fingular Felicities of Your anfpicious Reign, which we fee flowing from the Wifdom and good Policy of Your Adminiftration to all Your Subje<fbs, even to us the most remote of them The happy Profpedl You have lately given of a lafting and univerfal Peace, between the contending Powers of Europe, proves the Sufficiency and Delicacy of Your Meafures, in bringing about fo Difficult a Work, as that of reconciling the Various and Oppofite Interefts of fo many formidable Powers, fhews how evenly You hold the Ballance of Power, and makes the Britifh Glory fhine forth in its full
the People of
;

WE,

Luftre

In the Contemplation of which great Events,

We

cannot but behold, with

Your Majefty's Steadinefs and Conftancy; diredling every a<5lion to thefe good Ends, amidft the Noife and Clamour of a bufy Fa<5lion, alw^ays complaining of they know not what, and placing Your Coimcils, which are far above their Capacity and Forefight, in a falfe Light. PERMIT us further, to join in the common Joy of all Your Subfedls, upon the
the utmoft Pleafure,

Happy Marriage of his Roial Highnefs the Prince of Wales, with one of the moft Accomplifhed Princeffes in Europe; whofe Alliance brings Strength and a good Omen to the Proteftant Caufe being not only Educated and Confirmed in the Principles of that Religion, but hath the honour to be defcended from one of the moft Illuftrious of the Primitive Reformers.
Occafion of the late
;

find our

lay before You, a Neceffity we Supply of Arms for the poorer Sort of our Militia without which, a great Part of them muft continue, as they now are, ufelefs and ineff e<5live But this we humbly fubmit to Your great Wifdom, Prudence, and Goodnefs; praying for a long Continuance of Your happy Reign over all Your Kingdoms and Dominions. Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be figned by the Speaker, in Behalf of this Houfe.
Sir,
if

AND after this Congratulation, i)ardon us.

f elves

we

under, of petitioning
;

Your Majefty

for a

Ordered,

(315)
Ordered,

of the Burgeffes,

That the Speaker of this Houfe employ Workmen to enlarge the Chamber and to make the fame more commodious, before the next Seffion of

Affembly. A Meffage from the Council, by M"' Robertfon. That they have agreed to the Book of Proportions, and obtained the Governor's
Affent; and that they have alfo agreed to the
Bill, intituled.

An Ad,

for raifing a Public

Levy; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, without any Amendment. A Meffage from the Governor, was delivered by M"^ Robertfon:
M"'

Speaker,
of this

The Governor commands the immediate Attendance

Chamber.
M"'

Houfe

in the Council-

Speaker, with the Houfe, went up accordingly

And

the Governor was pleafed

to give his affent to the following Public

and Private

Bills

An Ad, for laying a Duty upon Liquors imported by Land; and better fecuring the Duty upon Slaves; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. An Ad, to declare who fhall have a Right to vote in the Eledion of Burgeffes to ferve in the General Affembly, for Counties; and for preventing fraudulent Conveiances, in
order
to

multiply Votes at fuch Eledions.

the Staple of Tobacco;

Ad, for further amending the Ad, for amending preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuftoms. An Ad, for obliging Apprentices to ferve the Time they
notwithftanding their Infancy.

An

and

for

fhall be

bound

for by Indentures,

An Ad,

for altering the

Laws now

in force, for the Sale of Goods taken in Execution,

or diftrained for Rent;

and

for the better preventing the fraudulent Pradices of Tenants.

An
the

Ad,

for preventing Perfons contrading fmall Debts, to

remove their Effeds out of

County where they refide; and coveries had upon Petitions.

for allowing a Lawyer's Fee, in fome Cafes, Jtpon Re-

An Ad, for the greater Eafe and Encouragement of Sherifs. An Ad, for the better regulating and colleding certain Officers Fees;
therein mentioned.

and

other Purpofes

An Ad, An Ad, An Ad,

to

prevent cutting

up Tobacco

Suckers.
of the Pradifers in Phyfic.

for regulating Fees

and Accounts

for the better Regulation of the Office of Surveiors of

Land; and direding them

in their Duty.

An Ad, for raifing a Public Levy; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. An Ad, for confirming and better fecuring the Titles to Lands in the Northern Neck,
held under the Right Honourable

Thomas, Lord Fairfax, Baron

of

Cameron, in

that

Part of

Great-Britain, called Scotland.

An Ad, for leffening the Allowance to

Method
of providing for the Paffage of the

Witneffes in the County Courts; and altering the

Burgeffes, to

Eaftem Shore

and from

the General

Affembly.

An An An

Ad,

for

Paying

the

Wages

of the Burgeffes, in

Money,

for this prefent Seffion of

Affembly.

Ad, for the Relief of divers of the Inhabitants of the Parifhes of Raleigh, and Dale. Ad, for Relief of certain Perfons who were Sufferers in the Lofs of the Records of the County of Nanfemond. An Ad, for building a Bridge over Nottoway River. An Ad, for appointing certain new Public Ferries; fettling the Rates of feveral County Ferries; and altering feveral Court Days. An Ad, for making Reparation for the Tobacco lately burnt in Gray's Creek Warehoufe.

An
and

Ad,

to

for fettling other

dock the Entail of certain Lands, whereof Lewis Bunvell, Efq; Lands and Slaves, of greater Value, to the fame Ufes.

is feifed;

An

(3^6)

AnAa,to impawer the

Veftries of the Parifh of St. John, in the

of

County

of

King William

and the Parifh of Warwick, in the County Land therein mentioned; and to purchafe
thereof.

better

Warwick, and more convenient

to fell feveral Parcels of Glebe

Glebes, in Lieu
'w!^

An

Ad,

for felling certain

Lands, with a Water-Mill, and Slaves, of the Eftate of

his Debts. Jofeph Allen, Gent, deceafed, for the Paiment of Borough the of Norfolk; and for enlarging the JurifCharter of An Ad, to confirm the Williamsburg. didion of the Court of Huftings, in the City of Ad, to prevent the retailing of ftrong Liquors, in the Town of York, in fmall

An

Quantities.

Then M' Speaker prefented the Addrefs to CHis Majefty) defiring the Governor, tranfmit the fame to Great-Britain, and proin Behalf of the Burgeffes, that he would pleafed to lay before cure it to be prefented to His Majefty; and that he would alfo be Plantations, Trade and the laft for Commiffioners Lords the Right Honourable the
Article of the Addrefs,
therein.

and pray

their Lordfhips Interceffion for obtaining their Petition

ter.

To which the Governor anfwered. That he would take particular Care And then his Honour was pleas'd to make the following SPEECH.
Gentlemen of the Council,

of the

Mat-

M'

Speaker, and Gentlemen of the

firft

Houfe
I

of Burgeffes,

THE
of

propos'd to you for the Service of the Colony; Your Readinefs and Chearfulnefs in going through with whatever has been mov'd for, among your felves; and your Concern in general for the Welfare of Thofe you reprefent are fuch Inftances

Regard you have fhewed, to what at your

Meeting

your Prudence and Moderation, that I fhould think my felf inexcufable if I did not own, that the Throng of Bufmefs you have been engaged in, during the Courfe of this Seffion, have been managed with very great Application and Addrefs.

AND
now

tho'

fome Difference

in

further Defence of the Country, yet

at Heart the Public Safety, will,
is

Opinion has retarded the Meafures proje(5ted for the I perf uade my felf, that Gentlemen who have equally on another like Occafion, readily unite, to perfecft what

left unfinifhed.

Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes,

me, to entreat Perfons fo well difpofed, by being watchful of the due Execution of the Tobacco-Law; the Want of which, is the only Argument, I think, can be brought againft it: But fince fo much depends upon it, and that Objedlion, with proper Heed, may fo eafily be removed, I miaft recommend it to you, as defervedly the Principal Objed; of your Care. And becaufe, by the fame Adt, fuch and fo many Justices in every County, are authorized and impowered to hear and report all Complaints,
in

IT may, perhaps, be thought needlefs

to go on in the Purfuit of the real Intereft of their Covmtry,

may not be tranffrom them. WITH my hearty Thanks to you. Gentlemen of the Council, to M-- Speaker, and you Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes, and wifhing all of you an uninterrupted Enjoyment of Health and Happinefs, I have only to add, That I have thought fit to prorogue this Affembly to the Second Thurfday in January next, and accordinglv this Affembly ftands prorogued to that Time.
vifit
I

and to

the Warehoufes, that the Rules thereby eftablifhed

it

greffed,

muft and do expedl

THE

JOURNAL
OF THE

Houfe
A

of

Burgesses
AT
fummoned
to be held at the

General Aflembly

Capitol, in the City of fFilliamsburgy on the

Firft

Day of

Augufty in the Ninth Year of the

Reign of our Sovereign Lord

GEORGE

the

Second, by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the
Faith, &'c.
feveral

And

from

thence continued, by
to

Prorogations,

the

Firft

Day of
His
faid

November, in the Twelfth Year of

Majefty's Reign, and in the Year

of our Lord,

M,DCC,XXXVIII.

Printed

fFILLIAMSBURG: by fFILLIAM PARKS.

1738.

THE

JOURNAL
OF

The Houle
THE
for the

of

BuRGESSES.
i,

Wednefday, November

1738.

Houfe being met, a Member retum'd upon a Writ for eledling a Burgefs Borough of Norfolk, having taken the Oaths appointed to be taken by A(5t of Parliament, inftead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, and taken and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, and alfo the Teft; and taken the Oath of a Burgefs; was admitted to his Place in the Houfe. A Meffage from the Governor was delivered by M"" Robertfon.
Gentlemen
of the

Houfe

of Burgeffes,

The Governor commands yovir immediate Attendance Accordingly the Houfe went up, and the Governor was
Gentlemen
I

in the Coimcil

Chamber.

pleas'd to fay,

of the

Houfe

of Burgeffes,
;

to

am forry for the Occafion but you muft return again to yotir Houfe, and proceed the Choice of a Speaker; whom you are to prefent to me To-morrow, at Twelve
And
being retum'd,
M''

o'clock.

Corbin put the Hotife in Mind of the Governor's

Command,

and recommended Henry Fitzhugh, Efq; as a Gentleman properly qualified for that important Truft; which Motion was fupported by M' Carter, M"" Willis, and M'' Hedgman. My Harrifon mov'd, That M' Robinfon (of whofe Abilities the Houfe had had fuflficient Experience) fhould take the Chair; in which Motion, M'' Mofcoe, M'' McCarty, and M"' Blair, concurred. M'' Curtis mov'd for Eledling M'' Conway; and was feconded in his Motion by M'
to proceed to the Choice of a Speaker; Enibry.

And after fome Time fpent, M"" Robinfon was chofen Speaker; accordingly he was conducted to the Chair by Two Members And being there placed, made a Speech to the Houfe, expreffmg "The juft Senfe he had of the Honour the Houfe had conferred "upon him; acknowledging his particular Satisfaction in their Approbation; and de"claring his Dependance upon the Houfe, for their Advice and Affiftance."
:

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning, Eleven

o'Clock.

Thurfday, November

2,

1738,

THE
they

Houfe, in Obedience to the Governor's Commands, went up to the Council Chamber, and prefented their Speaker: And the Governor was pleas'd to declare his Approbation of their Choice.

may

Then M'' Speaker, in Behalf of the Houfe, petition'd the Governor, that enjoy their antient Rights and Privileges: Such as.
Freedom

(32o)

Freedom of Speech and Debate. Exemption from Arrefts, and Proteftion for their Eftates. Members, and the That they may have the Power over their own
determining their

fole

Right of

own IHedlions. And laftly, For himfelf, That his Miftakes may not be imputed To which the Governor anfwer'd,
That he fhould take Care to
prefer\'e the antient

to the Houfe.

Rights and Privileges of the

Houfe.
being retum'd; and the Mace laid upon the Table, M' Speaker reported, That the Houfe had attended the Governor in the Council Chamber: and that he had been pleas'd to make a Speech to the Council, and this

And

Houfe

Which being

long, he
:

delivered in at the Table

had obtained a Copy of it. Which he read, and afterwards Where it was again read and is as follows
;

Gentlemen of the Council,

M'

Speaker, and Gentlemen of the

Houfe

of Burgeffes,

AS
fpeaking

the Hajipinefs the People of this Country enjoy, is principally derived to them from the Wifdom of their Affemblies; and you are now met to take fuitable
Refolutions, not only as the Judges,
is

but e\'en your to pronoimce, than in better placed, the Perfons not be I am the Truft they have repofed, could
Sovereign Himfelf,
interefted in your Debates;
I

how

far each Inhabitant,

may venture

to.

THAT
new

in Societies well conftituted, there

fhould be fo frequent Occafion of making

upon altogether as an Inftance of the Weaknefs and Fallibility of Human Judgements; but by us, rather as an Evidence of the Prudence of thofe temporary Eftablifhments, to which the Changes we have hitherto undergone were limited: For, by adapting our Laws, at fuch different Seafons, to Circumftances that could not well be forefeen, we have gradually advanced towards the common Utility, and been led on to an Improvement, in which, with your ufual Care and Caution, you may with Safety proceed. IF this Argument is confirmed by Facts, and juftiiied by Experience, and it be withal confidered, that in a Difpute concerning the Ufefulnefs of any Law, the Prefumption is always in Favour of the Law already in Being I am perfwaded, nothing can
Laws, or altering old Ones, muft not be looked
;

be thrown into the other Scale, that

lance.

will

weigh with you, or Thofe

who

hold the Bal-

PLAINER Application I would willingly forbear But when we have a Law that has given almoft general Satisfadlion both at Home and Abroad; if in fuch a Law, the Rich only excepted, all Orders and Degrees of Men among us have found their Accovmt; if e\-ery Innovation induces alfo a Stagnation of Trade, or gives a Check to its Vigour; if, with the prefent State we are in, our Duty to His Majefty, and the Advantage of our
:

Country, are apparently confenting; in a Word, if, with it we muft profper, and without it fubjedl our felves to great Inconveniencies, not to fay, inevitable Ruin Surely, thefe
:

Confiderations, as they merit, will

you to vote for and your lateft

I

meet with your Regard, and convincingly encourage the Continuance of a Law, teeming with fuch Requitals for your felves,
Pofterity.

could not fupprefs

my Thoughts, and therefore

:

with fo good an Intention

SoUicitations, a

Nor could

anfwer

fhould fuffer the leaft Credit, and contributes fo much to the Wealth, of Virginia.

Law

you muft excufe what I anticipate felf if, for want of my eameft Intermiffion, which tends fo much to the
it

to

my

Gentlemen

of the

Houfe

of Burgeffes,

The late Incurfions of the Indians, and the Murders they have perpetrated on the Inhabitants beyond the great Ridge of Mountains, without Queftion, will difpofe you to take proper Methods for their future Security.
I

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have endeavoured to negotiate a Peace between the Northern Indians, under the Government of New- York, and the Cattabaws and Cherikees; being fenfible, whilft they are at War, That Part of the Colony would be expofed to the Ravages of both Parties But the frefh Hoftilities committed by the former, leaving no Hopes of Succefs, the Safety of That Frontier muft depend on your Councils and Affiftance. AND I have the Satisfadlion to inform you, that the Adl you paffed the laft Seffion, for Confirming and better Securing the Titles to Lands in the Northern Neck, hath received a favourable Report from the Lords Commiflioners of Trade, and the Committee of His Majefty's moft honourable Privy Council; and that by the firft Conveyance we may exped; His Majefty's Royal Approbation. AND now, Gentlemen, If I have any Influence, let me entreat you to be very wary and confiderate in your Refolves; left, by purfuing wrong, though well meant Meafures, inftead of promoting, you undermine, what we have, all of us, fo much at Heart. FOR, with recommending my fentiments to your ferious Deliberations, I declare my felf faithfully devoted to your Sen-ice, and ready on all Occafions, to do everv thing in my Power to make you eafy and happy and zealous for the Honour and Intereft of my Royal Mafter, I will always prefer the Good of the Public, to every other ConlideraI
;

tion.

That an humble Addrefs be made to the Governor, to return him the and for his Trouble in obtaining a favourable Reception of the Adt, For Confirming and better Securing the Titles of Lands in the Northern Neck: To affure him that we fhall always pay the greateft Deference to his Advice, which we have, from long Experience, found conftantly directed to the
Refolved,

Thanks

of this Houfe, for his afTe(5lionate Speech,

Public Good To declare our Readinefs to concur with him in all fuch Meafures as fhall be found neceffary to preferve the Peace, and promote the Welfare of this Colony, and the Honour and Intereft of our Sovereign To exprefs the Regard we have for him, and the Confidence we have in his Promife to do everything in his Power, to make us eafy and happy.
:
:

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw up an Addrefs to the Governor, upon the faid Refolution; and it is referred to M"' Fitzhugh, M' Randolph, M"' Carter, My Harrifon, and M'' Willis, to prepare and bring in the faid Addrefs. Refolved, That this Houfe will take the Governor's Speech into Confideration on

Monday

next.

Ordered,

That the Committee

of Privileges

and Eleftions be revived; and

Fitzhugh,

confift of

the following Perfons:

Conway, M^ Harrifon,
M'' M'' M"'

M''

M''
M"'

Corbin,

Randolph,
M"'

W
Burwell,

Waring, McCarty, Walke,

Allen.

and M'

and adjourn from Day to Day and to take into their Confideration, all fuch Matters as fhall or may come in Queftion, touching Returns, Eledtions, and Privileges; and to report their Proceedings, with their Opinions therein, from Time to Time, to the Houfe And the faid Committee is to have Power to fend for Witneffes, Perfons, Papers, and Records, for their Information. Ordered, That the Committee for Public Claims be revived and confift of the folare to meet
:

And they

lowing Perfons:
M'' Blair, M"' Price, M"' M'' M''

Turner,

M'' Beverley,
M"'

Bowdoin,

Buckner,

Harmanfon,

M" Sweney, M'

Claiborne,

M' Haynes, M' Eaton, and M'' Hedgman.

And

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the Houfe, during this Seffion; and to Public Claims which fhall be prefented to Opinions therein, to the Houfe, when they have gone report their Proceedings, with their have any Claims, are to deliver them to through the faid Claims. And all Perfons that And they are the faid Committee of Courfe. the Clerk, and he is to deliver the fame to and Records, for their lufr.rmation. to have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Grievances be re\'i\ed and conPropofitions of Ordered, That the Committee
all
;

and to take into their Confideration, And they are to meet and adjourn from Day to Day,

fif t

of the following

Perfons

Mr Corbin, Conway,
Willis,

W W W Randolph, W Walke, W Rofcow,

M'
Carter,

Henry Fitzhugh, Efq M^ Harrifon. M^ Bnrwell, M' Digges,

M-- Beverley,

M' Kennon, M' Berkley,

M-^
M'' Allen,

Woodbridge,

Simmons. and to take into their Confideration, Day, to from Day adjourn And they are to meet and legally certified, to this Affembly; all Propofitions and Grievances that fhall come, and report their Proceedings, with their Opinions thereupon, to the Houfe, from Time to Time. And all fuch Propofitions and Grievances are to be delivered to the Clerk of the Houfe, and by him to the faid Committee of Courfe. And the faid Committee are to have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records, for their Information. Ordered, That the Committee for Courts of Juftice be revived; and confift of the

and

M""

following Perfons:

M' Corbin, M' Sweney,

M"'

Smith,

W Booker, M' McCarty, W Macon,

lHy

W Munford, W
Ptigh,

M' Beverley, M' Eppes,

Mofcoe,

M' Grey, and

M"'

M'' Aylett,

Johnfon.

And they are to meet and adjourn from Day to Day, and to take into their Confideration,
all

as

fhall,

Matters relating to Courts of Juftice, and their Proceedings, and fuch other Matters, from Time to Time, be referred to them. And the Committee are to have Power
Ordered,

and Records, for their Information. That the Committee appointed to prepare and draw up a State of the Duty upon Slaves, and the feveral Paiments that have been made, with the Amoimt thereof, be revived and confift of the following Perfons M' Carter, Ms Harrifon, U' Fitzhugh, Waring, and
to fend for Perfons, Papers,
;

M'' Beverley.

Ordered,

That the feveral Clerks

of the faid

Committees be continued

in their

refpeftive Offices.

That an Addrefs be made to the Governor, to order a new Writ to iffue for Eleaing a Burgefs to fene in this prefent General Affembly, for the Colledge of William and Mary, in the Room of Sir John Randolph, Knt. deceafed.
Ordered,

Alfo a
for the

for Eledling a Burgefs to fer\'e in this prefent General Affembly, Accomack, in the Room of M' Sacker Parker, deceafed. Alfo a new Writ for Eledling a Burgefs to fer\e in this prefent General Affembly,

new Writ
of

County

for the

Alfo a
for the

of King William, in the Room of M-- Cornelius Lyde, deceafed. new Writ for Eledling a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General Affembly, County of Caroline, in the Room of M' Robert Fleming, deceafed.

County

Alfo

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Alfo a
for the

new Writ new Writ

for Eledling a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General Affembly,

County

of Goochland, in the

Room of M' Edward Scott,

deceafed.

Alfo a
Alfo a

for Elefting a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General Affembly,

Room of M"^ Thomas Edmonds, deceafed. Elecfting Writ for a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General Affembly, new for the County of Charles City, in the Room of M' William Acrill, deceafed. Alfo a new Writ for Elecfting a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General Affembly, for the County of Nanfemond, in the Room of M'' Lemuel Reddick, who, fince the laft Seffion, hath accepted the Office of Sheriff. Ordered, That the Reverend M.'^IWilliam Daw fon be appointed Chaplain to the Houfe; and that he attend to read Prayers every Morning, at Ten of the Clock. Ordered, That John Collett be appointed one of the Door-keepers to this Houfe
for the Covinty of Surry, in the
in the

Room

of

John Johnfon, deceafed.

'til

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjoum'd

To-morrow Morning, Eleven

o'clock.

Friday,
Ordered,

November

3,

1738.

THAT

the Naval

an addrefs be made to the Governor, That he will be pleas'd to order Ofificers of York, Rappahanock, and Potowmack, forthwith to lay
all

before the Houfe, Lifts of

fpedlive Diftricts,

Veffels importing Slaves, entered in their re-

of April, OneThoufand Seven Hundred and Thirty Six, to the Twenty Fifth Day of October, One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Thirty Eight, and of the Number of Slaves brought in, in each Veffel, and by whom imported; together with fuch Accounts of the Sales of the faid Slaves, as have been tranfmitted to them by the Importers (except thofe which have been already given in to the Treaf urer ;) and if any fuch Accounts have not yet been returned

from the Twenty Fifth Day

to them, that they procure Copies from the Factors immediately.

Ordered, That M' Carter, Mj Fitzhiigh, M"" Harrifon, M'' Waring, and M"" Beverley, do wait on the Governor with the faid Addrefs. Ordered, That the Committee for Courts of Juftice, do infpecft the Journal of the laft Seffion; and prepare and draw up a State of the Matters then depending and undetermined, and the Progref s that was made therein and report the fame to the Houfe That they do alfo examine what Laws have expired, fmce the laft Seffion, and infpedt fuch temporary Laws as will expire with the End of this Seffion, or are near expiring; and report the fame to the Houfe, with their Opinion, which of them are fit to be Revived,
;

or Continued.

having taken the Oaths appointed to be taken by Act of Parliament, inftead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy and taken and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, and alfo the Teft and taken the Oath of a Burgefs; was admitted to his Place in the Houfe. A Petition of M'' Benjamin Harrifon, a Member of this Houfe, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth. That his late Father being Treafurer of the Duties upon Liquors and Slaves, there was due to the Country, for the Ballance of his Account, at the Time of his Death, One Thoufand Eight Hundred and Seventy Pounds Ten Shillings; which, by fome Refolve, or Order, of Affembly, Elizabeth Harrifon was ordered to pay in Sterling except fo much as fhe fhould make Oath, before the Lieutenant-Governor, fhe found in Specie, at the Time of her Hufband's Deceafe, or had come to her Hands fmce, which fhe believ'd to have grown due upon Account of the Impofition upon Liquors and Slaves which was to be paid at the Rate of Sixteen Penny Weight and an Half for Five Shillings But the faid Ballance was almoft all paid, at the Rate of Eighteen Penny Weight, tho' the faid Duties were paid into the Treafury, in Foreign Coin, at

A Member who

was abfent the

laft Seffion,

the

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as

by the Difference between the Value of the money the then Current Rates. That which the faid Ballance was paid, he is a Sufferer, paid into the Treafury, and the Rate at Pounds: And praying the Confideration Seventy and to the Value of Three Hundred Relief as to them fhall feem meet. of the Houfe therein, and fuch to the Confideration of the Committee Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred the Matter thereof; and report the fame, for Public Claims: That they do examine thereupon, to the Houfe. Opinion appear to them, with their
it

fhall

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning, Eleven

o'Clock.

Saturday, November 4, 1738.

Ordered,

i
M' Harrifon be heard by upon the fubjedl Matter
if

THAT

his Counfel, before the of his Petition,

Committee

for Public

Claims,

Yefterday preferred to the

Houfe,
M"^

he thinks

fit.

Turner moved for leave to prefent a Petition of fundry Inhabitants the of the County of King George, for eredling a Ferry from James Hackly's Landing, in faid County, to the Land of Col. Gawin Corbin, in the County of Caroline; which had not been preferred to the Court held, for receiving and certifying Propofitions and
Grievances, and Public Claims, in the faid County of King George. And the Queftion being put, That the faid Petition be brought
Ordered,

up to the Table?

Refolved in the Affirmative.

That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances That they do examine the Matter thereof and report the fame, as it fhall appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. M' Carter mo\'d for Leave to bring in a Bill, for Removing the Seat of Government, to a more convenient Place; and a Debate arofe thereupon, Refolved, That this Houfe will take the faid Motion into Confideration, on Wednef:

day Se'nnight. M' Fitzhugh re]Jorted, That the Perfons appointed, had, according to Order, prepared an Addrefs to the Governor; which he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Table; where the fame was again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe,
without any Amendment, as followeth

SIR,

'\^\ TE, His Majefty's moft dutiful and loial Subje<5ls, the Burgeffes of the Colony %/%, and Dominion of Virginia, met in a General Affembly, full of grateful SentiOpinion You are pleas'd to entertain of the People of this Colony, expreffed in Your kind and affectionate Speech to the Council, and this Houfe, humbly defire to return our imfeigned Thanks for the fame, as well as for the Pains and Trouble You have taken, in obtaining a favourable Reception to the Adl paffed the laft Seffion, For Confirming and better Securing the Titles to Lands in the Northern Neck A law, tho' not of univerfal Concern, yet affedling a very large and confiderable Part of the Inhabitants of

" *

ments

for the favourable

Reprefentative

Body

of the

of thofe Lands, before under Doubts and Apprehenfions concerning their Titles, will have their Eftates fecured to them, and their

Virginia;

and by which, the Proprietors

Thofe who more immediately reap the Benefit of this equitable Law, muft however well difpofed their Country' was to relieve them, it is to the Interpofition of Your good Offices, they will be indebted for the Sanction of His Majefty's Royal Approbation; which alone can effedtually fecure them in the quiet Enjoyment of their Rights. And as this Reflec^tion muft raife in them fuitable Sentiments of Gratitude and Acknowledgment, fo it fer\-es, at the fame Time, to convince us, that amidft Your unwearied Endeavours for the General Good, You do not think the Intereft of Particulars unworthy Your Care and Concern.
Pofterity.
confefs, that

THE

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we have had, of Your juft and upright Adminiftration; the conftant Courfe of Your Condudt; and the Readinefs You have fhewn upon all Occafions, to promote the Good and Welfare of this Colony, lay us under the ftrongeft Obligations, to pay the utmoft Deference and Regard to Your Advice; which, it would be the higheft Ingratitude not to own, we have always found dire<5ted to the
long and happy Experience

THE

Public Good.

beg Leave to affure You, That we will moft heartily and zealoufly concur with You, in all fuch Meafures, as may conduce to the Honour and Intereft of Our moft Gracious Sovereign; to the Prefervation of this Colony; and to the Security, Happinefs, and Profperity of the People w^e reprefent. Thefe great and good Ends, we may hope, in fome Meafure, to effedl, by propofing You as our Pattern and Example; and by purfuing Your wife and wholefome Counfel, to be wary and confiderate in all ourRefolves. PERMIT us. Sir, in the Name of the whole People of this Colony, to give You the ftrongeft .Affurances of our Duty and Regard, and of the Confidence we place in Your Promifes, to do every thing in Your Power to make us eafy and happy It would be
:

AND, we

indeed unpardonable to doubt of

it,

after the

many and

repeated Inftances

You have

given of Your Kindnefs and Aft'edlion, through the whole Courfe of Your Adminiftration. May You long continue to govern a happy and contented People.
Ordered,

That the

faid Addrefs be fairly tranfcribed,

and prefented by the whole

Houfe.

That the Committee, who prepared the fame, do wait on the Governor, to know his Pleafure when the Houfe fhall prefent it. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourned 'tU Monday Morning, Eleven o'Clock.
Ordered,

Monday, November

6,

1738.

A
Houfe.

Member returned upon a new

Writ, having taken the Oaths appointed to be taken by Adl of Parliament, inftead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy; and taken and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, and fubfcribed the Teft; and taken the Oath of a Burgefs; was admitted to his Place in the

M'' Fitzhugh reported. That the Perfons appointed, had, according to Order, waited on the Governor, to know his Pleafure when the Houfe fhould attend him with their Addrefs And that he was pleafed to appoint this Day and to fay, he would fend a Meffage to the Houfe, when he was ready to receive it. A Petition of John Carter, Efq; was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth. That a Negro Woman Slave of the Petitioner's, being run away, was endeavouring to make her Efcape by Water, in a Canoe; and being clofely purfued, threw herfelf That a Negro Man Slave of into the Water, to avoid being taken, and was drowned. was killed another Slave belonging to John Steptoe; for which faid Petitioner's, by the And praying the ConfiderFa(5l, the faid Steptoe's Slave was condemn'd and executed ation of the Houfe in the Premifes; and that fuch Reparation may be made, for his faid feveral Loffes, as to the Houfe fhall feem reafonable. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee for Public Claims and that they do examine the Matter thereof and report the fame, as it fliall appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. Ordered, That M'' Attorney-General, and M'' Pre fly, be added to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances. Ordered, That M"' Attorney-General be added to the Committee of Privileges and
:
;

Elections.

Ordered,
Aylett,

That M'' George Ball, M'' James Ball, M' Scarburgh, be added to the Committee for Public Claims.

M*^

Weftwood, and

M""

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A
I

Robertfon: Meffage from the Governor, was delivered by M^

M' Speaker,

am commanded by

the Governor to acquaint this Houfe, That his

Honour

is

now-

Chamber; ready to recei\-e vour Addrefs in the Council and being returned, M^ Speaker Accordingly M' Speaker, with the Houfe, went up; the Governor in the Council Chamber. reported. That he had, with the Houfe, attended to ghe the following Anfwer pleas'd was he which and prefented their Addrefs; to
M^ Speaker, and Gentlemen
of the

Houfe

of Burgeffes,

/THANK you
otir

for this very

Moft
the

Gracious Sovereign, the Satisfadion you exprefs in

kind Addrefs: Your Zeal for the Honour and Intereft of my Adminiftration,

A ffinance you give me of your Regard to my Advice, leave me no Romn to your Imitation, you will purfue thofe Meafdoubt, but that, thinking my Example worthy of
and
ures,

upon which. Experience hath

taughtus, a fuccefsful

Trade for your Mother Country,

to

and the Profperity of your own, fo much depend. And you may, at all Times, rely upon my Endeavours

fecure the juft Rights of

any

Part, as well as to promote the true Advantage of the Whole Body; with this Confidence, Tokens of my Efteem. that if it were in my power, I would give you more effential

A
his

Petition of Robert Cobbs,

Poverty and Misfortune, in And praying the Relief of the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee for Public Claims: That they do examine the Matter thereof; and report the fame,
as

was prefented to the Houfe, and read; reprefenting the Lofs of his only Negro Man, who hanged himfelf

appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. of Dennis McCarty, was prefented to the Houfe, and read praying, that Leave mav be gi\en to bring in a Bill, to dock the Entail of Five Hundred Acres of Land, in the Parifh of Lunenburg, in the County of Richmond; and for fettling other Lands,
it

fhall

A Petition

of greater Value, in the

County of Prince William, to the fame Ufes. That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the Prayer of the Valentine Peyton, and M"" Hedgman, faid Petition; and that M'' Conway, M'' Woodbridge, prepare and bring in the fame. M' Fitzhugh, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, reported, That the Committee had had under their Confideration. a Propofition from the County of
Ordered,

Lancafter, for Confining of Sheep.

Alfo a Petition of divers Inhabitants of Prince William Coimty, for a Ferry acrofs Potowmack River to Maryland. And a Petition of William Pride, for a Ferry from his Landing in Henrico County, acrofs Appamattox River; and were come to fe\'eral Refolutions thereupon; which he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered the Report in at the Table Where it was again read, as follows The Committee of Propofitions and Grievances have had under their Confideration, a Propofition from the County of Lancafter, for Confining of Sheep, from the Be:

ginning of June, to the Laft of September;

Refolved,

That

it

is

the Opinion of this Committee.

and have come to the following Refolution. That the faid Propofition is

reafonable

except as to the Frontier Counties.

had under their Confideration, a Petition of divers of the Inhabitants of Prince William County, praying. That a new Ferry may be appointed acrofs Potowmack River, from the Plantation of Francis Awbrey, to Maryland: As alfo a
ha\-e alfo

They

Petition of William Pride, praying.

Landing
to the

That a new Ferry may be appointed, from his Henrico County, called the Store Landing, acrofs Appamattox, to Anthony's Unding; and alfo from the faid Store Landing, over the Mouth of Porfies Stile Creek,
in

Land

of Peter

Refolved,

That

it

Baugh; and have come to a Refolution thereupon, as follows: is the Opinion of this Committee, That the appointing Public

Ferries at the Places aforefaid, will be convenient for Travellers.

Then

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put,

Then the firft of the aid Refolutions being read a fecond Time That the Houfe agree to the faid Refolution?
It paffed in the Negative.

and the Queftion

Refolved,

That the Propofition from the County

;

of Lancafter, for Confining of

Sheep, from the Beginning of June, to the Laft of September, be rejedted. Then the other of the faid Refolutions was read and upon the Queftion put, agreed

by the Houfe, as follows Refolved, That a new Ferr\^ be appointed acrofs Potowmack River, from the Plantation of Francis Awbrey, to Maryland Alfo a new Ferry from William Pride's Landing, in Henrico County, called the Store Landing, acrofs Appamattox River, to Anthony's Landing; and from the faid Store Landing, over the Mouth of Porfies Stile Creek, to the Land of Peter Baugh. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the faid Refolution; and that the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, prepare and bring in the
to
:

fame.

mov'd for Leave to bring in a Bill, for the better Regulation of the Militia. That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the faid Motion; and that M"" Carter, Harrifon, M' Fitzkugh, M"' McCarty, Randolph, M"' Aylett, Digges, M'' Turner, and M"' Macon, do prepare and bring in the fame. M'' Conway mov'd for Leave to prefent a Propofition, fubfcribed by feveral Perfons, faid to be Inhabitants of the County of Lancafter, for Repealing the Laws now in Force, For Amending the Staple of Tobacco: Which faid Propofition had not been preferred to the Court, held for receiving and certifying Propofitions and Grievances, and Public
M''

Carter

Ordered,

Claims in the faid County. And the Queftion being put. That the faid Propofition be brought to the Table?
It paffed in the Negative.

The Order of the Day being read, the Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the whole Hotife, to confider the Governor's Speech: And after fome Time fpent therein, M"' Speaker refumed the Chair and M'' Fitzhugh reported, from the Committee, That they had had the Governor's Speech under their Confideration and made fome Progrefs therein But not having Time to go through the fame, the Committee had directed him to move for Leave to fit again. Refolved, That this Houfe will again refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of the Governor's Speech To-morrow.
: ; :

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning, Eleven

o'Clock.

Tuefday, November 7, 1738.

A
And
Table.

Petition of Peter
Littlepage,

and Oriana That a Negro Man Slave, belonging to the Eftate of William Johnfon, deceas'd, being committed for Felony, and thereof acquitted, by a long Confinement in Prifon,
in of

Hay,

Behalf

himfelf,

Philip Johnfon,
;

was prefented to the Houfe, and read

fetting forth.

fo exceedingly Froft-bitten, that a Mortification enfued, whereof he died: praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee for Public Claims That they do examine the Matter thereof and report the fame, as it fhall appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon to the Houfe.
: :

became

That the Committee had, according to Order, infpedted the Journal of laft Seffion, and prepared and drawn
for Courts of Juftice, reported.

M' Corbin, from the Committee

up a State of the Matters then depending and undetermined, and the Progrefs that was made therein: And he read the Report in his Place, and afterwards delivered it in at the

M'

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That the Committee had, acM' Corbin, from the faid Committee, alfo reported, expired fince the laft Seffion of Affembly, cording to Order, examined what Laws have
foon after the End of this and inlpeded fuch temporar>' Laws, as will expire with, or he read in his Place, and Which Seffion and had come to feveral Refolutions thereupon
: ;

afterwards delivered in at the Table. Ordered, That the faid feveral Reports

do

lie

on the Table, to be perufed by the

Members

of the Houfe.

M^ Peter Bowdoin, and M"- Henry Scarburgh, was prefented to the Houfe, and read fetting forth. That they ferved as Burgeffes in the laft Seffion of Afand exhibited fembly, for the Counties of Northampton, and Accomack, refpedlively the Rates thofe Allowances Hire, at had Accounts for their Attendance, and for Sloop been before fettled: But the late Treafurer conceiving, that the Allowance for Sloop Hire, was altered by an Adl paffed the fame Seffion, they were paid only Fifty Shillings each, for Fifty Eight Days Hire of Two Sloops and Hands by them employ'd: And praying fuch Relief, as to the Houfe fhall feem reafonable. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee for Public Claims: That they do examine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it

Petition of
;

appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. M"" Fitzhugh, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, reported. That the Committee had had imder their Confideration, a Petition of divers of the Inhabitants of the Parifhes of Soiithwark and Lawn's Creek, in the County of Surry, for Dividfhall

and had come to a Refolution thereupon: Which he read in his and afterwards delivered the Report in at the Table; where it was again read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follows Refolved, That the faid Parifhes of Soiithwark, and Lawn's Creek, be divided by Black-water River: and that thofe Parts thereof lying on the South Side of the faid River, be united and eredled into one dif tindl Parifh and thofe Parts of the North Side of the faid River united and eredled into one other diftindl Parifh. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the faid Refolution; and that the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, prepare and bring in the fame. A Petition of M"^ William Ball, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; praying an
ing the faid Parifl.cs; Place,
;

Allowance of One Pound Sixteen Shillings and Five Pence Half Penny; the Ballance remaining due upon his Account, as an Infpedor, in the Year 1732, which John Holloway, Efq; then Treafurer, refufed to pay.
Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee for Public Claims: That they do examine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it

appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. Petition of Thomas Porter and Howfen Hoe, was prefented to the Houfe, and read, fetting forth, That they became bound together with one Jofliua Davis, to John
fhall

of Stafford, for the faid Davis's faithful Execution of Under Sheriff of the faid County; and for indemnifying the faid Lee from Efcapes That Judgment has been obtained by the faid John Lee, againf t the Petitioners, and the faid Jofhua, upon feveral Breaches of the Condition of their Bond, for One Hundred and Thirty Pounds and upwards, a very- great Part of which the Petitioners

Lee, Gent. Sheriff of the

County

the OfTice of
:

have been obliged to pay, to their great Impoverifhment and other Breaches being affign'd, upon which further Sums of Money muft be recovered, the Petitioners wiU be
;

rendered incapable to fupport themfelves and their Families; and praying the Conand fuch Relief as to them fhall feem reafonable. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee for Public Claims; that they do examine the Matter thereof, and report the fame as it fhall appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe.
fideration of the Houfe,

Ordered,

That M^ Pugh have Leave to be abfent from the

triday next.

Ser%-ice of the

Houfe,

till

The

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into a Committee of the whole Houfe, fome Time fpent therein, M"' Speaker refumed the Chair; and M"" Fitzhugh reported from the Committee, That they had had the Governor's Speech under their Confideration, and gone thro' it; and were come to feveral Refolutions thereupon; which he was ready to report, when the Houfe would to Order, refolved
itfelt

The Houfe, according

to confider the Governor's Speech;

and

after

pleafe to receive the fame.

Ordered, Ordered,

That the Report be made To-morrow.

'til

That the Hovife be adjourned

To-morrow Morning, Eleven

o'Clock.

Wednefday, November

8,

1738.

A
Frefh.

Petition of

for and in Behalf of Philip Ludwell, with a was prefented to the Houfe, and read praying, that an Allowance may be made the faid Philip, for Seven Hogfheads of Tobacco, that were almoft totally deftroy'd in Falmouth Warehoufe, by a

John Grymes, Efq;

Certificate thereunto annexed,

Ordered,

for Public Claims;

That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee That they do examine the Matter thereof; and report the fame,

as

it

fhall

appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe.

Petition of

Thomas Lankford,

in Behalf of himfelf,

and Rebecca

Collier,

was

prefented to the Houfe, and read; praying an Allowance for a Slave, given by the Will of John Collier, to the faid Rebecca, for her Life, and after her Deceafe, to the Wife of
the Petitioner;
Ordered,

who

being outlaw'd, to prevent being taken, leaped from on board a

Ship into the River, and drowned himfelf.

for
it

That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee Public Claims: That they do examine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as

appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. John Allen, a Member of this Houfe, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth. That by an Adl paffed in the Fourth Year of the Reign of the late Queen Anne, For Regulation and Settlement of Ferries, and for Difpatch of Public Expreffes, a Ferry was appointed to be kept at the Mouth of Upper Chipoaks Creek, over to the Row, or Martins-Brandon which has been difufed upwards of Twenty Years neverthelefs the Petitioner is obliged to keep open a Road to the faid Creek's Mouth, where the Ferry is appointed to be kept, to his great Lofs and Damage; and praying, that the faid Ferry may be Repealed or, if Continued, that it may be appointed to be kept from Lewis Delony's Landing, or from another Part of the Petitioner's Land, called the Ship-wreck Landing. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances That they do examine the Matter thereof and report the fame, as it fhall appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. A Petition of Adam Reade, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; praying an Allowance may be made him, for Two Hogfheads of Tobacco drowned in Falmouth Warehoufe, by a great Frefh.
fhall

Petition of M''

Ordered,

for Public Claims

it

That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee That they do examine the Matter thereof and report the fame, as
:

appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. Carter reported, That the Perfons appointed, had, according to Order, addreffed the Governor to order the Naval Officers of York, Rappahanock, and Potowmack, forthwith to lay before the Houfe, I^ifts of all Veffels importing Slaves, entred in their refpedlive Dif trials, from the Twenty Fifth Day of April, One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Thirty Six, to the Twenty Fifth Day of Odober, One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Thirty
fhall
M''

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Treafurer) and if anv procure Copies from the Factors immediately

each Veffel, and by whom imof the Sales of the faid Slaves, as have been tranfported together with fuch Accounts thofe which have been already given mto the mitted'to them by the Importers (except them, that they fuch Accounts have not yet been returned to

Thhtv Eight and

of the

Number

of Slaves

brought

in, in

And

that he

had been pleafed to give

.

his
.

Orders accordingly.

Henrv Power, and Samuel Cobbs, Truftees appomted by an Ad of Fifth and Sixth Years of His prefent Majefty's the General Affemblv, paffed in the certain entailed Lands therein mentioned; Reign, to enable Thomas Bray, Gent, to fell annexed to the other entailed Lands and to lay out the Purchafe Money in Slaves, to be and read; fetting forth. That they Houfe, the to therein alfo mentioned, was prefented Sum of Two Thoufand Pounds the apprehend the faid Thomas Bray has received near A(ft; and that they do not know that any for Lands by him fold, by Virtue of the faid
,

r,

Petition of

purfuant thereunto: And praySlaves have been annexed to the other entailed Lands, ing the Confideration of the Houfe therein. Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to enquire what Lands have been fold, by

how much the whole Purchafe Money amounts to; and Value, have been fettled to the Ufes of the other enwhat whether any Slaves, and to tailed Lands, purfuant to the faid Adl; and that they report the Matter, as it fhall
Virtue of the faid Adl, and

appear to them, to the Houfe. And a Committee was appointed accordingly, of the following Perfons M' AttorneyEaton, and M"' Buckner: And they are to have General, M' Randolph, M' Biirwell,
:

Power to examine M"^ Bray, in the moft folemn Manner, and to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records, for their In[for]mation. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudion to the Committee for Public Claims, to allow the Claim of Fortunatiis Sydner, for taking up a Runaway, upon fufficient Proof made
before them.
M''

Fitzhugh reported the Refolutions of the Committee of the whole Houfe, upon
;

the Governor's Speech

which he read

in his Place

And

afterwards delivered in at the

the Staple

Table

where the
is

firft

Refolution was again read, as follows.

Refolvcd, It
of

the Opinion of this Committee,

That the Adl, For Amending

Third and Fourth, and the feveral Adls made in the Fifth and Sixth, the Eighth and Tenth of His faid Majefty's Reign, For Continuing and Amending the faid firit mentioned Adl, have, in a great Meafure, anfwered the good Ends and Purpofes thereof; and if continued, with fome further Alterations and Amendments, will ftill be a greater Encouragement, as
in the

Tobacco; and for preventing Frauds in His Majefty's Cuftoms,

made

well to

all

Traders

in

Tobacco, as to the Planters.

And a Motion
Refolved,

being made, to put off the Confideration of the faid Refolution,

this

That

Houfe

will

take the faid Refolution into Confideration, on Tuef-

day Sevennight.

That the Houfe be then called over. Refolved, That this Houfe will proceed againft fuch Members as
Ordered,

fhall

be then abfent,

with the utmoft Severity.

Then the other

follows

of the faid Refolutions

was

read,

and agreed to by the Houfe, as and Encouragement

of the

Refolved, That Provifion be made, for the Security Inhabitants beyond the great Ridge of Mountains.

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the faid Refolution; and that the Committee of Proportions and Grievances, prepare and bring in the fame. Ordered, That the feveral Petitions of the Inhabitants living on the

oiSherrando;

Head Springs Inhabitants of Beverley Manor; of the Inhabitants of Opekkon, axidCohongorooton, and the Inhabitants of Maffenottin; referred bv the Council, to the Confideration of this Houfe, be referred to the Confideration of the faid Committee.
of the

The

::

Thomas Spencer, for taking up a Runaway Slave, therein mentioned, was prefented to the Houfe, and received. Ordered, That the fame be referred to the Confideration of the Committee for Public Claims: That they do examine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall

The Claim

of

appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. M"' Harrifon moved, That the Money in Col. Spotfwood's Hands, appropriated for the Buying of Arms for the County of Brunfivick, fhould be paid to fome Perfon whom the Houfe fhould approve of, to be applied to the Ufe for which it was appropriated. And M"' Attorney-General acquainted the Houfe, That he had obtained a Judgment againft Col. Spotfwood for that Money; and defired to know their Pleafure, in Refped;
to

any further Proceedings to be had thereupon. Then a Motion was made, to put of the Confideration of the faid Motion; and the Queftion was put, That the faid Motion be immediately confidered?
Refolved,

That

this

Houfe

It paffed in the Negative. the faid Motion will take into Confideration on Friday

next.
Refolved,

Nemine

Contradicente,

by the End
M"'

of this Seffion, that

That unlefs Col. Spotfwood pays the faid Judgment, Execution be fued out thereupon.

Fitzhugh, from the Committee of Propolitions

the Committee had had under their Confideration feveral other

feveral Counties to

and Grievances, reported, That Propofitions from

;

them
:

referred;

and had come to divers Refolutions thereupon;

delivered the Report in at the Table

which he read
it

in his Place

And afterwards

where

was again
It

read, as follows:

of the By-Standers,

being propofed, from the County of Effex, That Con\-i(5ls be trved bv a Jury without the Expence of a Jury from the County where the Offence
it is

was committed. Refolved, That

ingly:

the Opinion of this Committee, That the

Law

And

that

it

may

be better

known who
the

are Convidls,

all

be altered accordMafters of Ships and

Veffels importing

them

into this Colony, be obliged to lodge a Certificate or

their Convidlion, with the

Veffels.

Naval

Officers, at

Time

of their Entring fuch Ships

Copy of and

It being propofed, from the County of Spotfylvania, That a white Overfeer, or other white Perfon, be conftantly kept at every Negro Quarter Refolved, That it is the Opinion of the Committee, That the faid Propofition be

rejected
It

being likewife propofed, from the faid County of Spotfylvania, That the

Law

be

altered concerning Strays

Refolved,
jected.
It

That

it is

the Opinion of the Committee, that the faid Propofition be re-

being alfo propofed, from the faid County of Spotfylvania, That Infolvent Debt-

ors be Sold

Refolved,
je(5ted.

That

it is

the Opinion of the Committee, that the faid Propofition be re-

It

of proving

being likewife propofed, from the faid Coimty of Spotfylvania, That the Method Accounts and Book-Debts, be altered; and the Time limited to fue for them,

lengthened
Refolved,
rejedted.
It

That

it

is

the Opinion of the Committee, that the faid Propofition be

being alfo propofed, from the faid County of Spotfylvania, That the

Law concern-

ing Executions, be altered:

Refolved,

That
of

it is

againft the

Body

any Debtor,

the Opinion of the Committee, that no Execution be awarded for any Debt recovered out of Court, before a Juftice

of the Peace.

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the faid County of Spotfylvania, That the Method being likewife propofed. from altered Diftrefs for levies and Officers Fees be of CollcAing and making Propofition be refaid the that Committee, That it is the Opinion of the
It

Refolved,

of Spotfylvania, to alter the Law being alfo propofed, from the faid County for Tobacco: Diftrefs making and concerning the Levying Executions, the faid Propofition be rethat Committee, That it is the Opinion of the

And

it

Refolved,

ic(5led

Then

the

firft

of the faid Refolutions

was read a fecond Time and agreed

;

to,

by

the Houfe, as follows:

Refolved,

That ConviAs be try'd by a Jury of the By-Standers; without the expence where the Offence was committed: And that all Matters of a Iur>' from the County into this Colony, be obliged to lodge a Certificate of Ships and Veffels importing them Naval Officers, at the Time of their Entring fuch or Copy of their Convidion, with the Ships and Veffels. according to the faid Refolution Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, prepare and bring in the fame. Grievances, and that the Committee of Proportions and The fecond of the faid Refolutions being alfo read, a Motion was made to put oft"
the further Confideration of the faid Report. Ordered, That the further Confideration of the faid Report, be put off
fhall call for
it.

'til

the Houfe

M' Curtis mov'd for Leave to bring in a Bill, For Amending the Ad made in the Fourth Year of the Reign of the late Queen Anne, intituled, An Ad concerning Tithables. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the faid Motion: And that M' Conivay, and M' Curtis, prepare and bring in the fame. The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Report from the Committee for Courts of Juftice, touching fuch Matters as were depending, and undetermined the laft Seffion, and the Progrefs that was made therein: And the fame was twice read,
and thereupon. Ordered, That the Proportions from the Counties of Hanover and Goochland, for the Divifion of the faid County of Hanover, and eredling the Upper Part of the fame, together with part of the faid County of Goochland, into a new County, referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, be again referred to the faid Committee: That they do examine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. Ordered, That the Propofition from the County of Caroline, of divers of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Parifh of St. Margaret, for the Divifion of that Parifh and the Parifh of Dryfdale, and for eredting the Upper Parts of the fame, into
one
dif tindt Parifh
;

referred to the Confideration of the

Grievances, be again referred to the faid

thereof;

Committee

Committee of Propofitions and That they do examine the Matter

and report the fame, as

it

fhall

appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon,

in a Bill,

to the Houfe.

Ordered,

That Leave be given to bring

be kept in the

according to the Order of the laft

Seffion, for allowing Fairs to

Town

of Frederick fburg.

Ordered,
Seffion. to

General,

That leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the Order of the laft prevent Wafte and Dilapidations upon Glebe Lands: And that M"' AttorneyMofcoe, and M-- Fitzhitgh, prepare and bring in the fame.

Motion into Confideration, made the laft laying out a Peice of Ground, at a Place called Bray's Church, in the County of King George, for a Town. Ordered, That the Propofition from the County of Richmond, for fettling the Bounds between that County, and the Counties of Weftmoreland, and King George, referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, be again referred to
will take the
Bill, for

Refolved,

Seffion, for

That this Houfe Leave to bring in a

the

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the faid Committee: That they do examine the Matter thereof; and report the fame,

appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. alfo proceeded to the Confideration of the Report from the Committee for Courts of Juftice, touching fuch Laws as have expired fince the laft Seffion, and fuch temporary Laws as will expire with, or foon after the End of this Seffion of Affembly And the refolutions of the faid Committee were read, as follows
as
it

fhall

The Houfe

That it is the Opinion of this Committee, That the Adl, for Continuing the Ad, intituled. An Ad, for laying a Duty on Liquors; which will expire the Laft Day of
Refolved,

July, 1740, ought to be further Continued.

Refolved,
the

That

it is

Ad,

intituled,

An

Ad,

the Opinion of this Committee, That the Adt, for Continuing for laying a Duty upon Slaves, to be paid by the Buyers; which

Day of July, 1740, ought to be further Continued. That it is the Opinion of this Committee, That the Adl, for further Continuing the Ad, for making more effedual Provifion againft Invaflons and Infurredions; which expired the Thirtieth Day of March, 1738, ought to be Revived. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, That the A(5t, for better Regulating and Colleding certain Officers Fees, and other Purpofes therein mentioned; which will expire with the End of this Seffion of Affembly, ought to be Continued, with Amendwill expire the Firft

Refolved,

ments.

which will expire with the End of ought to be further Continued. And the firft of the faid Refolutions being read a Second Time; after a Debate, the Queftion being put thereupon, was agreed to by the Houfe, as follows Refolved, That the Adt for Continuing the Adt, intituled. An Ad, for laying a Duty upon Liquors, be further Continued. The Second of the faid Refolutions being alfo read, was, upon the Queftion put, agreed to by the Houfe, with an Amendment, as follows Refolved, That the Adt for Continuing the Adl, intituled, An Ad, for laying a Duty upon Slaves, to be paid by the Buyers; be further Continued, with Amendments. Ordered, That Leave be given, to bring in one or more Bill or Bills, according to the faid Refolutions: And that the Committee, to whom it is referred to prepare and draw up a State of the Duty upon Slaves, and the feveral Payments that have been made, with the Amount thereof prepare and bring in the fame. Ordered, That the further Confideration of the faid Report be put off, 'til the Houfe
the
of the Practicers in Phyfick;

That it and Accounts Fees

Refolved,

is

the Opinion of this Committee, That the

A(5l, for

Regulating

this Seffion of Affembly,

fhall call for

it.

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjoum'd

'til

To-morrow Morning, Eleven

o'Clock.

Thurfday, November 9, 1738.

MR.
County.

Leave to prefent a Petition of fundry Subfcribers, faid to be Inhabitants of Prince William County, for a Divifion of the faid County, which had not been preferred to the Court held for Receiving and
for

Hedgman moved

Certifying Propofitions

and Grievances, and Public Claims,

in the

faid

And
M""

the Queftion being put. That the faid Petition be brought to the Table?
It

paffed in the Negative.

Carter prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill

tion of the Militia

Ordered,

and the fame was received, and read the That the Bill be read a fecond Time.
;

firft

For Time.

the better

Regula-

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was prefented to the Houfe, and read; letting Wormley, Efq; deceafed, was feifed of a very forth, That the Petitioner's Father, John of Five Hundred Acres of Land, valuable Eftate in Land, in the County of Middlefex; of the reverfion of a Tradl of Land, or thereabouts, in the County of Caroline; and Two Hundred Acres, or thereThoufand Two containing in the County of King George, Widow; and poffeffed of a large Lomax, Elizabeth abouts, expe(5lant upon the Death of Will, devifed to his Wife Number of Slaves, and fome Perfonal Eftate: And by his

Petition of Ralph Wormley, Efq;

one Half of his Real Eftate, and,'a Child's Part of his Perfonal Eftate, fo long Eight Hundred Pounds as fhe remained a Widow; and gave to his Daughter Elizabeth, Hundred Five Pounds a Peice; Agatha, Sterling; to his Daughters Sarah, Judith, and And direfted, that his faid to be paid at their refpedlive Ages of Twenty One Years
Elizabeth,
:

Daughters fhould be maintained out of his Eftate given to the Petitioner, 'til they fhould be arrived to the Age of Twenty One Years, or be married And diredted, that his Son John fhould be fent to England, and maintained out of the Profits of his Eftate,
:

given to the Petitioner,

he arrived to the Age of Twenty One Years And after he him an Annuity of One Hundred Pounds Sterling, to be paid out of the Eftate devifed to the Petitioner and devifed all his Real Eftate to That the Petitioner's Father was indebted more than his the Petitioner, in Tail Male.
'til
:

arrived to that Age, he devifed to

Perfonal Eftate
Petitioner's

amounted to; and great Part of his Debts have been paid, and the Brother and Sifters maintained out of the Profits of the Teftator's Real

But the Portions devifed to the Teftator's Daughters, are not yet paid, nor is pay the fame, but by Sale of the Slaves devifed to him; which will not only impoverifh the Petitioner, and his Family, by rendering his Lands of little or no Value, but in a great Meafure defeat the Provifion made by the Teftator for his younger Son John. That the Petitioner is advifed, his Father had only an Eftate Tail, in the Lands before-mentioned; neverthelefs, the Petitioner is willing and defirous that the Will of his faid Father, as to the Provifion he has made for his younger Children, fhould be fulfilled which cannot be done, but by felling his Slaves, and impoverifhing
Eftate
:

the Petitioner able to

his

own Family;

unlefs he

is

enabled to difpofe of Part of the entailed Lands herein

before -mentioned.

And

praying, that Leave

may

be given to bring in a

Bill,

to dock
of of

the Entail of the faid Five the Reverfion of the faid

Hundred Acres of Land, in the County of Two Thoufand Two Hundred Acres of Land,
in

Caroline,
in the

and County

King

George.

Ordered,
Petition:

That Leave be given to bring And that M' Attorney-General,

W Conway, My Berkley, and

Bill,

according to the Prayer of the faid

M"- Price,

prepare

and bring in the fame. The Houfe refumed the Confideration of the Report from the Committee for Courts of Juftice, touching fuch Laws as have expired fince the laft Seffion, and fuch temporary Laws as will expire with, or foon after the End of this Seffion of Affembly And the other
:

Refolutions of the Committee were read; and upon the Queftion feverally put, the laft of the faid Refolutions was difagreed to, and the reft agreed to, by the Houfe, as follows Refolved, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, to Revive the Ad, for making more effedual Provifion againft Invafions and Infurredions.
Refolved,
better

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, for Continuing the Aft, for the Regulating and Colleding certain Officers Fees, ami other Pnrpofes therein mentioned;
That the Committee for Courts
of Juftice, prepare

with Amendments.
Ordered,
Bills.

and bring

in the faid

Ordered,

A
to this

That M' Weftwood be added to the Committee for Courts of Juftice. Motion being made,

That M^ Dennis McCarty hax-e Leave to withdraw his Petition, preferred Houfe at the laft Seffion, complaining of an undue Eledlion and Return of M' Peter Hedgman, to ferve as a Burgefs, in this prefent General Affembly, for the County of Prtnce Wtlham.
Ordered,

: :

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A Petition of M'' Richard Randolph, a Member of this Houfe, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; praying an Allowance for a Slave committed to the County Goal, on
who fet fire to the Prifon, and was burnt to Death. That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee for Public Claims That they do examine the Matter thereof and report the fame, as
Sufpicion of Felony,
Ordered,
:

it

fhall

appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe.

'til

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

To-morrow Morning, Eleven

o'Clock.

Friday,

November lo, 1738.

A
A
it

Motion being made. Ordered, That M"" Benjamin Harrifon have Leave to withdraw his Petition, referred by the Houfe to the Confideration of the Committee for Public Claims And that the faid Committee be difcharged from proceeding further on the
Petition of

faid Petition.

James Reid, the Proprietor of the Public Warehoufe at Urbanna, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; praying, the Confideration of the Houfe, in Refpedl to the Expence he has been at, in making a Plank Floor in his faid Warehoufe, and the Lofs he has fuftained, by the reducing the Rent thereof. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee for Public Claims: That they do examine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as
appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. Motion being made. That it may be an Inftrudtion to the Committee to whom it is referred, to prepare and bring in a Bill, for appointing feveral Ferries, That they have Power to receive a Claufe or Claufes, for appointing a Ferry from the Land of John
fhall

Proder, deceafed, in the County of I fie of Wight, over Black-water River, to the Land of Robert Lancafter, in the fame County: And the Queftion being put thereupon. It

paffed in the Negative.

Petition of Southey Rew,

was prefented

allowed for his Attendance, as a

profecuted in the General Court.

to the Houfe, and read; praying to be Witnefs in the King's Suit, againft William Andrews,

Ordered, Than[t] the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the

for Public Claims:

Committee That they do examine the Matter thereof; and report the fame,

as

it

fhall

appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe.

The Houfe, according to Order, proceeded to the Confideration of the Motion, That the Money in Col. Spotfwood's Hands, appropriated for the Buying of Arms for the County of Brunfwick, might be paid to fome Perfon, whom the Houfe fhould approve of, to be apx)lied to the Ufe for which it was fo appropriated. And after a Debate, the Queftion was put, that the faid Money be applied to the Buying of Arms for the Coimty of Brunfwick"^ It paffed in the Negative. Then a Motion was made, That the fame be paid to the Juftices of the faid Coimty, to be by them apply 'd, according to their Difcretion, towards leffening the Levy by the
Poll
:

And

a Debate arofe thereupon,

Refolved, That the Money remaining in the Hands of Col. Spotfwood, be paid to the Veftry of the Parifh of St. Andrew, in the faid County of Brunfwick, to be applied by the faid Veftry, towards the purchafmg a Glebe for the faid Parifh, and for other Parochial Ufes; and accoimted for, to the General Affembly.

Ordered,

And

that

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the faid Refolution Conway, M'' Wall, and M"' Embry, prepare and bring in the fame. Motion being made. That M'' Attorney-General be allowed the Sum of Ten Pounds,
M''

for carrying on the Profecution againft Col. Spotfwood.

(336)

on the
urer.

moved, That the faid TVllowance might be deduced out of the Money It paffed in the Negative. recovered: And the Queftion put thereupon? paid to M-" Attorney-General, for carrying Refolved, That the Sum of Ten Pounds be out of the Money, in the Hands of the Treafpaid be faid Profecution And that it

A Member

Ordered,
faid

That

it

be an Inftrucftion to the Committee for Public Claims, to

of Claims.

make

the

in the Book M' Fitzhugh, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, reported, That Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the Committee had had under their Confideration, a That a Public Ferry may be praying, referred, them to George, King the County of acrofs the River, to the faid County, in the Hackley, appointed from the Land of James had come to a Refolution And Land of Col. Gawin Corbin, in the County of Caroline: thereupon which he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Table where Houfe, as follows: it was again read, and agreed to, by the Refolved, That the appointing a Public Ferry at the Place aforefaid, will be con-

Allowance

venient for Travellers.

be an Inftru(5lion to the Committee to whom it is referred, to prepare and bring in a Bill, for appointing feveral Ferries; that they have Power to receive a Claufe or Claufes, for appointing a Public Ferry, from the Land of James Hackley, in
Ordered,

That

it

the County of

King

George, to the

Land

of Col.

Gawin Corbin,

in the

County

of Caroline.

from the Committee for Public Claims, reported, That the Committee had had under their Confideration, the feveral Petitions of Thomas I. ankford,JohnCarter, Efq; and of Peter Bowdoin, and Henry Scarburgh, to them referred And had come to feveral Refolutions thereupon which he read in his Place and afterwards delivered in at the Table: Where the Refolutions were again read; and with an Amendment to one of them, agreed to, by the Houfe, as follows: Refolved, That the Sum of Thirty Pounds Current Money be allowed to Thomas
Blair,
:

Lankford, for a Slave;

over-board, and
Refolved,

who

being outlawed, and difcovered on board a Ship, leaped

was drowned. That the Sum of Twelve Pounds and Eighteen Shillings, be paid to Peter Bowdoin, and Henry Scarburgh, refpedlively, for Sloop Hire, during the laft Seffion of
Affembly.
Refolved,

That the Petition

of

John

Carter, Efq;

to be allowed for

Two

Slaves,

therein mentioned, be rejecfted.

Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the faid Committee to make the faid feveral Allowances to Thomas Lankford, Peter Bowdoin, and Henry Scarburgh, in the Book of

Claims.

as Clerk of the

That M' Benjamin Waller be admitted an Affiftant to M-- Matthew Kemp, Committee of Propofitions and Grievances. Ordered, That M-- Randolph, and M' Harrifon, have Leave to be abfent from the
Ordered,
'til

Service of the Houfe,

Ordered,

Monday

next.

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning, Eleven o'Clock.

Saturday, November ii, 1738.

A
at

Member, returned upon anew Writ, having taken the Oaths appointed to be taken by Aft of Parliament, inftead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy; and taken and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, and alfo the Teft and taken the Oath of a Burgefs; was admitted to his Place in the Houfe. Mr McCarty mov'd for Leave to bring in a Bill, for Laying out a Piece of Ground, a Place called Bray's Church, in the County of King George, for a Town.
;

Ordered

(337)

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the faid Motion; and that M' McCarty prepare and bring in the fame. M"' Fitzhngh, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, reported, that the Committee had had imder their Confideration, the Petition of Morgan Bryan, and others, of the County of Orange, to them referred; complaining of the large Dedudlion for Conveniency, out of their Allowance, as Venire-men and Witneffes, levied for them in the laft Public Le\'y, and praying Relief: And alfo the Petition of Benjamin Cove, and Others, of the fame County, to them likewife referred, complaining that their Allowance in the laft Public Le\'3', as Venire-men and Witneffes, was not levied in the County where they dwell, but in the County of Caroline; and that they have been put to as much Charge in fuing the Sheriff of the faid County, for the fame, as the Amount And of their faid Allowance, and yet have not been able to obtain Judgment thereof had come to a Refolution thereupon; which he read in his Place; and afterwards delivered in at the Table where the Refolution was again read And upon the Queftion put, agreed to, by the Houfe, as follows: Refolved, That the faid Petitions be rejected. M"^ Carter moved for Leave to bring in a Bill, for making more convenient the fevCounties below Prince William County, in that Part of Virginia, called the Northern eral Neck; and for the better Settling and Regulating the Bounds of the faid Counties. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the faid Motion And that M'' Attorney-General, M'' Beverley, and all the Members of the Northern Neck, prepare and bring in the fame. M'' Corbin prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, for Reviving the A<ft, making more effedual Provifion againfi Invafions and Infurredions; and the fame for was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. M"' Fitzhugh, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, reported. That the Committee had had under their Confideration, feveral other Propofitions from feveral Covmties, to them referred: And had come to feveral Refolutions thereupon; which he read in his Place and afterwards delivered in at the Table where the Refolutions were again twice read And upon the Queftion feverally put, agreed to, by the
Ordered,
: ; :
:

Houfe, as follows
Refolved,
for deftroying Squirrels

Refolved,

Reward

for

That the Propofition from the County of Orange, That a Law be made and Crows, be rejedled. That the Propofition from the faid County, for Repealing the Law, giving killing of Wolves, or altering the Method of paying the faid Reward, be
faid Coimty, for

rejedled.

Refolved,
rejedled.

That the Propofition from the

Turning the Falls Road, be

John Tenant, Pradlitioner in Phyfick, was prefented to the Houfe, and read f etting forth. That he having difcovered the wonderful Efficacy of the RattleSnake Root, in curing the Pleurify, was induced to publifh fuch his Difcovery, for the common Benefit of the Inhabitants of this Colony; and praying fuch Reward, as to the Houfe fhall feem reafonable. Refolved, That this Houfe will take the faid Petition into Confideration on Tuefday
Petition of
;

next.

and Grievances, reported, That the Committee had had under their Confideration, divers Propofitions from the County of Orange, for Dividing the faid County As alfo a Petition of fome of the Inhabitants of the faid County, againft fuch Divifion, to them referred: And had come to a Refolution thereupon which he read in his Place and afterwards delivered in at the Table where the Refolution was again read And upon the Queftion put, agreed to, by the Houfe,
M""

Fitzhugh, from the Committee of Propofitions

as follows
Refolved,

(338)
that Part of the faid County of Orange, which lies to the Weftbe feparated from the reft of the faid ward of the Top of the Blue Ridge of Mountains, to be divided by a Line from the Head County, and ereded into Two diftind Counties, River, to the Head Spring of Potowmack; and that the reft of the
Refolved,

That

all

Sirring of

Conway

iaid

County be another
Ordered.

diftinft

County

And

that the Petition againft the faid Divifion,

be an Inftruftion to the Committee to whom it is referred, to preEncouragement of the Inhabitants pare and bring in a Bill, for the better Security and Power to receive a Claufe or have they that beyond the great Ridge of Mountains; the faid Refolution. Claufes, for Dividing the County of Orange, according to

be rejedled.

That

it

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

Monday Morning, Eleven

o'Clock.

Monday, November 13, 1738.

Warehoufe, by a Frefh. And alfo a Petition of Anthony Strother, and Enoch Innis, Infpedlors at the faid Warehoufe praying an Allowance for Five Hogfheads of Tobacco damnify'd therein, as aforefaid; for which they have given their Notes; were feverally prefented
;

A
A

Petition of Anthony Strother

praying an Allowance for

Behalf of the Orphans of William Strother; Hogfheads of Tobacco, deftroy'd in Falmouth four
in

to the Houfe,
Ordered,

and read. That the faid feveral Petitions be refeired to the Confideration of the Committee for Public Claims That they do examine the Matter of the faid Petitions, refpedlively; and re])ort the fame, as it fhall appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon,
:

to the Houfe.

Benjamin Needier, was prefented to the Houfe, and read praying an Allowance for a Slave, who ran away with an Outlaw 'd Slave of the Petitioner's, to North-Carolina and having there committed a Robbery, and being purfued and overtaken, prefented a Gun againft his Purfuers, and was by one of them fhot dead on the
Petition of
;
;

Spot.
Ordered,

for Public Claims

it

That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee That they do examine the Matter thereof and report the fame, as
:

fhall

appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe.

Bill, for the better

Regulation of the Militia, was read the fecond Time. That the Bill be committed to a Committee of the whole Houfe. Refolved, That this Houfe will refolve itfelf into the faid Committee, on Thurfday
Ordered,

next.

M' Fitzhugh prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, for ereding Two new Counties, and Parifhes; and granting certain Encouragements to the Inhabitants thereof. Alfo a Bill, for altering the Method of Tryal of certain Criminals, therein mentioned.
Alfo a
Bill, for

allowing Fairs

to be

kept at the

Town

of

Fredericksburg

And

the

fame were received, and feverally read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. M^ Conway prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a
intituled.

An Ad

Bill, for

concerning Tithables:

And

the fame

was

received,

amending the Ad, and read the firft

Time.

That the Bill be read a fecond Time. That the Thanks of this Houfe be retum'd to the Rev. M- Chichley Thacker, for his excellent Sermon Yefterday, preach'd before this Houfe: And that M' Conway, M' Fttzhugh, M' Willis, and M^ Carter, acquaint him therewith. Ordered, That One Thoufand Copies of the faid Sermon be printed, at the Public Charge, to be proportioned amongft the feveral Counties in this Colony; to be diftributed
Ordered,

Ordered,

by

(339)

by the refpedlive Courts

Jefus.

of the faid Counties, in the beft

Manner, for the Comfort of

Chriftians, againft the groundlefs Objections to the Divinity

" Curtis

and Dignity

of the Bleffed

moved for Leave to prefent a Petition for repeahng a PubUc Ferry, which had not been prefented to the Court for receiving and certifying Propofitions and Grievances, and Public Claims: And the Queftion being put. That the faid Petition It paffed in the Negative. be brought to the Table?
Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjoum'd

'til

To-morrow Morning, Eleven

o'Clock.

Tuefday, November 14,

Ordered,

1738.

M' Allen be added to the Committee, to whom it is referred to prepare and bring in a Bill, for making more convenient the feveral Counties below Prince William, in that Part of Virginia, called the Northern Neck and for the better Settling and Regulating the Bounds of the faid Counties. A Petition of William Byrd, Efq; was prefented to the Houfe, and read; praying, That certain Foreign Proteftants, who are daily expe(5ted, in order to feat upon Roanoke River, on the Southern Bounds of this Colony, may be exempted from the Payment of Levies, for fuch a Number of Years as the Houfe fhall think fit And when thofe Years fhall be expired, that they may be allowed to pay their Levies in Money. Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie on the Table, to be perufed by the Members
; :

THAT

of the
M"'

Houfe.
Attorney-General prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill
to

prevent

firft

Wafte and Dilapidations upon Glebe Lands: And the fame was received, and read the Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time.
M"'

and Colleding certain

Corbin prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, jor better Regulating Officers Fees; and other Purpofes therein mentioned: And the fame

was

received,

and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time.
Petition of the Maior, Recorder, Aldermen, Common-Council,

and other Inhabiand read; fetting forth, That they are informed, a Bill is intended to be brought in, for removing the Seat of Government; fuggefting feveral Reafons againft fuch Removal: And praying, That if a Bill fhall be brought in for that Purpofe, they may be heard, by their Counfel, before the fame fhall pafs into an Adt. Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie on the Table, to be perufed by the Members
tants, of the City of Williamsburg,

was prefented

to the Houfe,

of the

Houfe.

The Houfe, according to Order, proceeded to the Confideration of the Petition of John Tennent, Practitioner in Phyfick; and after a Debate, the Queftion was put. That a Reward be given to the faid John Tennent, for the great Service he has done this Colony, in making Public his Difcovery of the Ufe of the Rattle-Snake Roctf
It

paffed in the Negative.

reported.

Refolved,
M"^

That the faid Petition be

rejedted.

Fitzhugh, from the Committee of Propoftions

and Grievances,

That

the Committee had had under their Confideration a Propofition from the County of

Hanover, to them referred, for altering the Law concerning Strays; and had come to a Refolution thereupon, which he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Table where the Refolution was again read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follows
;

Refolved,

That the

faid Propofition be rejedted.

(34o)

Tobacco has been loft in Falmouth Warehoufe, by the Frefh; and read- fhewin- what Allowance. thereof, have not, as yet, petitioned for any for which the owners Confideration of the Committee the be referred to Ordered That the faid Memorial That they do examine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, for Public Claims: them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. as it fhall appear to Provtfion agatnft Invafion A Bill for Reviving the A<51, for making more effedual fecond Time; and the Blank in the Bill filled up at the and Infiirr'eaions, was read the
Table.
Ordered,

Memorial of Anthony

Strother,

and Enoch

Innis,

was prefented

to the Houfe,

That the

Bill

was prefented to the for a Dedudtion of Twenty One Pounds Five Houfe and read: praying an Allowance at Warwick, and for Two Years Warehoufes Public out of the Rent of the

Petition of M-- Richard

be ingroffed. Randolph, a

Member

of this Houfe,

Shillings,

Rent
for

Arrear for the faid Warehoufes. to the Confideration of the Committee Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred Matter thereof; and report the fame, the examine do they Public Claims: That
in
fhall

appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. A Bill, for allowing Fairs to be kept in the Town of Frederickfburg, was read the fecond Time; and an Amendment made to the Bill, at the Table. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendment, be ingroffed.
as
it

Motion being made, Ordered, That the Report of the Commiffioners made, purfuant to the A6t, made the Relief of certain Perfons who were in the Tenth Year of His Majefty's Reign, for referred to the ConfidSufferers in the Lofs of the Records of the County of Nanfemond, be eration of a Committee and a Committee was appointed accordingly, of the following
;

Perfons
M"'

Pugh,
M''

M"' Elligood,

W Baker,
Ordered,

M-- Crafford,

and

Simmons.

That the Clerk of the Secretary's Office do lay the faid Report, together with the Depofitions to which the fame refers, before the faid Committee. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, for the Relief of fuch of the faid
Sufferers, whofe Cafes have not been already provided for;

and that the

faid

Committee

prepare and bring in the fame.

Bill, for

amending the Adl,

intituled,

An Ad,

concerning Tithables,

was read the

it
;

fecond Time.

That the Bill be committed to the Committee who prepared Attorney-General, M' Fitzhugh, M' Hutchins, and M"' Harrifon.
Ordered,
Ordered,

and to M'

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning, Eleven o'Clock.

JVednefday, November 15, 1738.

MR.
A

Conway prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, for appropriatSum of Money therein mentioned, to the Ufe of the Parifh of St. Andrew, in the County of Brunfwick; and the fame was received, and read the firft
ing a

Time.
Ordered,

That the

Bill

be read a fecond Time.

Petition of David Meriwether, Proprietor of the Public Warehoufe, called Meriwether's, in the County of Hanover, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; praying an

Allowance for feveral additional Buildings, made by Order of the Commiffioners. and the County Court, fmce the firft Appointment of the faid Warehoufe.
Ordered,

(341)

That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. A Member, returned upon a new Writ, having taken the Oaths appointed to be taken A($t of Parhament, inftead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy; and taken and by fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, and alfo the Teft; and taken the Oath of a Burgefs; was admitted to his Place in the Houfe. M'' Blair, from the Committee for Public Claims, reported, That the Committee had had under their Confideration, feveral Petitions, to them referred And were come to feveral Ref olutions thereupon which he read in his Place and afterwards delivered in at the Table where the Refolutions were again read, and with an Amendment to one of them, agreed to, by the Houfe, as follows: Refolved, That the Sum of One Pound Sixteen Shillings and Five Pence Half Penny, be allowed to William Ball, for the Ballance of his Account, as an Infpedlor, in the Year 1732, which John Holloway, Efq; then Treafurer, refufed to pay. Refolved, That an Allowance of Forty Pounds Current Money, be made to M'' Richard Randolph, for his Slave, committed to the County Goal of Henrico, on Sufpicion
Ordered,
for

PubUc Claims: That they do examine the Matter

of Felony,

and was burnt to Death. Refolved, That Seven Hundred and Twenty Pounds of Tobacco, and Three Povmds Current Money, be allowed to Souihey Rew, for his Attendance and Ferriages, as a
fet fire to

who

the Prifon,

Witnefs in the King's Suit, againft William Andrews, an Infpedlor, profecuted in the General Court. Refolved, That an Allowance of Thirty Pounds Current Money, be made to Peter Hay, for a Negro Man Slave, belonging to the Eftate of William Johnfon, deceafed; who being committed for Felony, and thereof acquitted, by a long Confinement in Prifon, became fo exceedingly Froft-bitten, that a Mortification enfued, whereof he died. Refolved, That Three Pounds Ten Shillings Current Money, be allowed to James Reid, Proj^rietor of the Public Warehoufe at Urbanna, for the Expence of making a Plank Floor in the faid Warehoufe and that That Part of his Petition which relates to the Lofs he has fuftained by reducing the Rent of the faid Warehoufe, be rejected. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the faid Committee, to make the faid feveral
;

Allowances, in the
Refolved,

Book

of Claims.

That the Petition of Robert Cobbs, to be allowed for the Lofs of his only Negro Man, who hanged himfelf be rejedled. A Member, returned upon a new Writ, having taken the Oaths appointed to be taken by A<51 of Parliament, inftead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy; and taken and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, and alfo the Teft; and taken the Oath of a Burgefs; was admitted to his Place in the Houfe. M'' Randolph moved for Leave to prefent a Petition' of the People called Quakers; praying to be exempted from the Payment of Parifh Levies: And after a Debate, the Queftion was put, That the faid Petition be brought to the Table?
,

Refolved, in the Affirmative.

Then the Petition was read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances; that they do examine the Matter thereof, and report the
fame, as

appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. to Order, proceeded to the Confideration of the Motion for Leave to bring in a Bill, for removing the Seat of Government to a more convenient
it

fhall

The Houfe, according

Place.

And a Motion was made. That an Amendment be made to the firft Motion, exprefffome particular Place to which the Seat of Government is propofed to be removed And after a Debate, the Queftion was put thereupon? Refolved, in the Affirmative.
ing

Then

This petition

is

printed in the Appendix to this Volume.

(34a)
Seat of Government to Berm^ida HunThen fome Members (poke for removing the for having it at Weft-Point, on York River: And after dred on James River: and others, That Leave be given to brmg m Bill, for removing a Debate, the Queftion being put, Hundred? the Seat of Government to Bermiida
It

paffed in the Negative.

bring in a Bill, for removing Then the Queftion was put. That Leave be given to It paffed in the Negative. the Seat of Government to Weft-Point? Refolved, That the faid Motion be rejedled.
Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

"til

To-morrow Morning, Eleven

o'Clock.

Thurfday, November 16,

1738.
the Public Warehoufes at

Petition of

M''

Robert Boiling,

the

Proprietor of

Appamattox Point, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That fince the Rent of thofe Warehoufes was reduced, he has built another Houfe Forty Feet fquare. with all proper Conveniences and praying an Allowance for
;

the fame.

Alfo a Petition of

Hugh

Weft, the Proprietor of the

;

Land whereon the Public Ware-

houfes at Hunting Creek are built fetting forth, That fmce the Reducing the Rent of the faid Warehoufes in 1734, another Warehoufe has been built at the Place aforefaid, by the County, who infift upon receiving the Rent then fettled, to reimburfe them the Expence thereof: and praying to be allowed fuch a Rent as may enable him to reimburfe the County the Charge of the faid new built Houfe, and be fome Recompence for the Lofs and Damage he fuf tains, by the placing the Warehoufes on his faid Lands; were feverally prefented to the Houfe, and read. Ordered, That the faid feveral Petitions be referred to the Confideration of the Committee for Public Claims: That they do examine the Matter of the faid Petitions, refpe<5lively and report the fame, as it fhall appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon,
;

to the Houfe.

M' Wall moved for Leave to bring in a Bill, for Amending the Adl, for making, and Repairing tlie Highways, and for Clearing the Rivers and Creeks: Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the faid Motion; and that M' Comvay, M' Wall, and M-- Curtis, prepare and bring in the fame. The Claim of Edward Colwel, for taking up a Runaway Slave, therein mentioned, was prefented to the Houfe, and receiv'd. Ordered, That the faid Claim be referred to the Confideration of the Committee for Public Claims: That they do examine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it
Clearing,
fhall

appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. M' Attorney-General mov'd for Leave to prefent a Petition of the Inhabitants of the Parifh of Briftol, in the County of Prince George; complaining of divers Hardfhips they

labour under, in the Di^iflon of that Parifh: And praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein: which Petition had not been preferred to the Court, for Receiving and Certifying Proi)ofitions and Grievances, and Public Claims: And the Queftion being put. That the faid Petition be brought to the Table?
It

paffed in the Negati\'e.

M' Fitzhiigh, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, reported, That the Committee had had under their Confideration, feveral Petitions, to them referred:

And were come

to feveral Refolutions thereupon:

afterxvards deli%ered in at the Table;

And upon

the Queftion fe^erally

which he read in his Place; and where the Refolutions were again twice read: put, agreed to. by the Houfe. as follows:

Upon

(343)
a Petition of Thotnas Plea fonts, and Others, in Behalf of themfelves, and the reft of the People of this Colony, commonly called Quakers; complaining of great

Upon

Hardfhips they labour vmder, by reaion of Seizures and Diftreffes made upon their
Eftates, for Parifh Levies:
Refolved,

That the Laws be amended, concerning Seizures and

Diftreffes;

and that
;

Provifion be

made

to prevent exceffive Diftreffes;

to enable the fucceeding CoUedlor

of the Parifh Levies, to dif train for Levies

to reftrain the bringing Actions or other Suits, for

remaining due to the former Collectors and any fuch Levies, where Diftrefs may
in

be had.
Ordered,

That Leave be given, to bring

Bill,

according to the faid Refolution

And

that the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances prepare

and bring

in the fame.

Upon

Confideration of the Petition of

for Repealing the Ferry, at the

Mouth

of

M"' John Allen, a Member of this Houfe, Upper Chipoaks Creek, over to the Row, or

Martins-Brandon : Refolved, That the faid Petition is reafonable. Ordered, That it be an Inftruftion to the Committee, to whom it is referred, to prepare and bring in a Bill, for appointing feveral Ferries, That they have Power to receive a Claufe for Repealing the faid Fe^r^^ M'' Corbin moved for Leave to bring in a Bill, to prevent the taking away Lands
againft the Will of the Proprietors, for building Water-mills
:

And

the Queftion being

put thereupon;

It

paffed in the Negative.

Bill, for altering the

Method

of Trial of certain

Criminals therein mentioned, was

read the fecond Time.

That the Bill be committed to the Committee who prepared it. Member, returned upon a new Writ, having taken the Oaths appointed to be taken by Adl of Parliament, inftead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy and taken and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, and alfo the Teft; and taken the Oath of a Burgefs; was admitted to his Place in the Houfe. A Bill, for ereding Two new Counties, and Parifhes; and granting certain Encouragements to the Inhabitants thereof, was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be committed to the Committee who prepared it. Ordered, That the Petition of the Honourable William Byrd Efq; be referred to the
Ordered,

Confideration of the faid Committee.

whole Houfe, And after fome Time fpent therein, M'' Speaker refumed the Chair; and M'' Fitzhugh reported from the Committee, That they had had the faid Bill vmder their Confideration, and agreed upon fome Amendments to be made thereto But not having Time to go through the fame, the Committee had dire(5led him to move for Leave to fit again. Refolved, That this Houfe will. To-morrow, again refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, further to confider the faid Bill.
itfelf

The Houfe, according

to Order, refolved

into a

Committee
:

of the

to confider the Bill, for the better Regulation of the Militia

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning, Eleven o'Clock.

Friday, November

17,

1738.
Bill, for

MR.
the

Fitzhugh prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a

of fuch Perfons as

the Security

have fettled, or fhall go to fettle, on the Land Frontiers; and the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. M' Attorney-General reported, from the Committee, to whom the Bill, for amending Ad, intituled. An Ad, concerning Tithables, was committed, feveral Amendments

made

; :

(344)

And he read the Amendments in his Place; and afterwards delivered where the faid Amendments were twice the Bill, with the Amendments in at the Table; upon the Queftion feverally put, agreed read; and with an Amendment to one of them,
made
to the Bill
:

to by the Houfe.

with the Amendments, be Ingroffed. The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, And after fome further to confider the Bill, for the better Regulation of the Militia Fitzhugh reported, and M'' that the the Chair; Time fpent therein, M' Speaker refumed
Ordered,

That the

Bill,

Committee had had the faid Bill under their further Confideration, and gone through the fame; and agreed upon feveral other Amendments to the Bill But not having Time to draw up their Rejiort, the Committee had diredled him to move for Leave to fit again. Refolved, That this Houfe will again refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider of the faid Report To-morrow.
:

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjoum'd

'til

To-morrow Morning, Eleven

o'Clock.

Saturday, November i8, 1738.

Member, returned u{)on a new Writ, having taken the Oaths appointed to be taken by A61 of Parliament, inftead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy and taken and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, and alfo the Teft; and taken the Oath of a Burgefs; was admitted to his Place in the Houfe. M' Fitzhugh reported, from the Committee, to whom the Bill, for altering the Method of Trial of certain Criminals therein mentioned, was committed, feveral Amendments made to the Bill; and he read the Amendments in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Table; where the faid Amendments were twice read: And u]ion the Queftion feverally put, agreed to, by the Houfe. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. M' Blair, from the Committee for Public Claims, reported, That the Committee had had under their Confideration, feveral Petitions, to them referred And were come to
:

feveral Refolutions thereupon;

which he read
lie

in his Place;

and afterwards delivered

in

at the Table.

Ordered,

That the Report do

on the Table, to be perufed by the Members of

this

Houfe.

The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider the Report to be made upon the Bill, for the better Regulation of the Militia And after fome Time fpent therein, M' Speaker refum'd the Chair; and M^ Fitzhugh reported from the Committee, that they had made feveral Amendments to the Bill; which he read in his Place; and afterwards delivered in at the Table.
Ordered,
next,

That the Confideration

of the faid

Amendments, be put

off

'til

Wednefday

agatnft Invafions

An Ad, for Reviving the Aa, for making more effedual Provifion and Inftirredions, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M-- Corbin do carry the Bill to the Council; and defire their ConBill, intituled,

currence.

currence.

A BDl intituled. An Ad, for allowing Fairs to be kept in the Town of Fredericksburg, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M' Fitzhugh do carr>' the Bill to the Council; and defire their Con^
hi.. bles,

^"
That the

'^'^' ^'"'

>ii";u"^i*'''^'^:, with the Amendments, was read the third

^^^g ^^^ ^^.

intituled,

An

Ad, concerning Titha-

Time
Ordered,

Refolved,

Bill

do

pafs.

(345)
Ordered,

That

M''

Conway do

earn.- the Bill to the Council;

and

defire their

Con-

currence.

Propofitions

That M'' Martin, and M'' Richard Kennan, be added to the Committee of and Grievances. Ordered, That M"" Ruffin, and M"' Elligood, be added to the Committee for Public
Ordered,

Claims.
Ordered, That M"' Hutchins be added to the Committee, to whom it is referred to prepare and draw up a State of the Duty upon Slaves, and the feveral Payments that have been made, with the Amount thereof. Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

Monday Morning, Eleven

o'Clock.

Monday, November 20, 1738.

Ralph Wormley, Efq; to fell and dtfpofe of certain entailed Lands, to raife Money for the Payment of his Sifters Portions, and Performance of his Father's Will; and the fame was receiv'd, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. A Petition of the Juftices of the Court of the County of Caroline; fetting forth, That lince the Rents of the Public Warehoufes were reduced, they have been obliged to build two new Warehoufes; one at Roy's, the other at Gib fan's: And praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein. Alfo a Petition of M'' Jonathan Gibfon, a Member of this Houfe, praying the Confideration of the Houfe, with Refpedt to a Dedu<5lion made out of his Warehoufe Rent, for the Rent of another Warehoufe, built by M' Thomas Turner were prefented to the Houfe, and feverally read. Ordered, That the faid fe\-eral Petitions be referred to the Confideration of the Committee for Public Claims: That they do examine the Matter of the faid Petitions refpecftively and report the fame, as it fhall appear to them, with their Opinions
; ;

MR.

Attorney -General prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a

Bill, to

enable

thereupon, to the Houfe.

whom the Bill, for Ereding two new and granting certain Encouragements to the Inhabitants thereof, was committed, That the Committee had had under their Confideration, the Petition of William Byrd, Efq; to them referred: And were come to a Refolution thereupon; which he read in his Place; and afterwards delivered in at the Table; where the Refolution was again read, and agreed to, by the Houfe, as follows: Refolved, That certain Foreign Proteftants who are daily expedled to arrive, in order to fettle upon Roanoke River, near the Southern Bounds of this Colony, ought to be exempted from Payment of Levies for fome Years, and afterwards allowed to pay their Levies in Money. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the faid Refolution And that the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, prepare and bring in the fame. M'' Harrifon moved for Leave to bring in a Bill, for allowing all Perfons to pay their Levies and Public Dues in Money. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the faid Motion And that M'' Harrifon, M"" Carter, M"' Conway, and M' Hutchins, prepare and bring in the
M''

Fitzhugh reported, from the Committee, to

Counties and Parifhes;

fame.

Member of this Houfe, was prefented to the praying to be re-imburfed the Charge he has been at, in profecuting a Complaint againft Samuel Oldham, an Infpedtor, upon which he was removed from his
Petition of M"' Daniel McCarty, a
;

Houfe, and read

Office.

Ordered,
of the Houfe.

That the

faid Petition

do

lie

on the Table, to be perufed by the Members

(346)

A
therein

Bill, for the better

Regulating arui Colleding certain Officers Fees, and other Purpofes

mentiomd, was read the fecond Time. a Committee of the whole Houfe. Ordered, That the Bill be committed to the whole Houfe, That this Houfe will refolve itfelf into a Committee of
Refolved.
Bill.

to confider the faid

Petition of Griffith Savage,

to

was prefented

Henry Hickman, William Parks, and Jofeph Hickman, their Expences and the Houfe, and read; praying an Allowance for

profecuted in the General Court, againft Attendance, as Witneffes in the King's Suit, William Andreas, an Infi)e(5lor. the Confideration of the Committee Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as for Public Claims: That they do examine thereupon, to the Houfe. fhall appear to them, with their Opinion
it

The Houfe refumed the Confideration of the Report from the Committee of PropofiCommittee, which had not been tons and Grievances And the Refolutions of the faid feverally put, agreed to, by the before confidered, were read: And upon the Queftion
:

Houfe, as follows:
Refolved,

That the Propofition from the County

of Spotfylvania,

That a white

CK'erfeer, or other white Perfon, be conftantly kept at every Negro Quarter, be rejedled. Refolved, That the Propofition from the faid County, for altering the Law concerning

Strays, be Rejected.

Refolved,

That the Propofition from the faid County, That Infolvent Debtors be

Sold, be Reje<5led.

That the Propofition from the faid County, That the Method of Proving Book Debts, be altered, and the Time limited to fue for them, enlarged and Accounts
Refolved,

be Rejedted.

Upon a Propofition from the

altered
Refolved,

faid County,

That the Law concerning Executions, be

That no Execution be awarded againft the Body of any Debtor, for any

Debt recovered out of Court, before a Juftice of the Peace. Refolved, That the Propofition from the faid County, for altering the Method of ColleAing and making Diftrefs for Levies, and Officers Fees, be Rejedled. Refolved, That the Propofition from the faid County, for altering the Law concerning the Levying Executions, and making Diftrefs for Tobacco, be Rejedled. Ordered, That it be an Inftru(5lion to the Committee to whom it is referred, to prepare and bring in a Bill, for amending the Law concerning Seizures and Diftreffes; and for making Provifion againft exceffive Diftreffes; to enable the fucceeding CoUedlor
remaining due to the former Colledlors; and Adions or other Suits, for any fuch Levies, where Diftrefs may be had, That they have Power to receive a Claufe to prohibit Juftices of the Peace from granting Executions againft the Body of any Debtor, upon Judgments obtained before
to reftrain the bringing
of the Parifh Levies, to diftrain for Levies

them, out of Court.

Bill, to

prevent Wafte

Ordered,

That the

Bill

and Dilapidations upon Glebe Lands, was read a fecond Time. be committed to a Committee: And a Committee was
M-- Willis, M-"
fettled,

appointed accordingly of the following Perfons:

Fitzhugh,

and

M--

Martin.

Bill, for the

Security of fuch Perfons as have

:

or fhall go to

fettle,

on the

Land Frontiers, was read the fecond Time And after a Debate, the Queftion was put. That the Bill be committed to a Committee?

Then the Queftion was put. That the

Refolved,

Bill

It paffed in the Negative. be ingroffed, and read the third Time? It

paffed in the Negative.

That the

Bill

be rejedled.

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning, Eleven o'clock.

Tuefday,

(347)

Tuefday, November 21, 1738.

Motion being made, the Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Petition of M"" Daniel McCarty, Yefterday preferred to the Houfe and thereupon, Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee for PubHc Claims: That they do examine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the
;

A
A

Houfe.
Bill, intituled,

mentioned, with the

Refolved,

An Ad, for altering the Method of Trial Amendments, was read the third Time.
Bill to

of certain

Criminals therein

That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Attorney -General do carry the
M''

the Council;

and

defire their

Concurrence.

Corbin

moved for Leave

to prefent a Propofition of fundry Subfcribers, faid to be

Inhabitants of the County of King and Queen, for difcontinuing the Tobacco Law;

which had not been preferred to the Court, held for Receiving and Certifying Propofitions and Grievances, and Public Claims, in the faid County And the Queftion being put, That the faid Propofition be brought to the Table?
It

paffed in the Negative.

Petition of the Minifter

of Norfolk,

and Veftrymen

of the Parifh of Elizabeth River, in the

was prefented to the Houfe, and read; praying. That they may be enabled to fell a fmall Piece of Land therein mentioned, and fundry Slaves, with thofe defcended from them; which, by the Will of Matthew Godfrey, deceafed, are given to be held by the Veftry of the faid Parifh, for the Ufe of the Poor of the County aforefaid, for ever; and apply the Money arifing by Sale of the fame, to other Parochial Ufes, for leffening the Levy by the Poll, in the faid Parifh. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Proportions and Grievances That they do examine the Matter thereof and report
County
:

the fame, as

it

fhall

appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe.

The Houfe, according to Order, was called over, and all the Members appeared. The Order of the Day being read, the Houfe, according to Order, proceeded to the Confideration of the firft Refolution of the Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the Governor's Speech, in relation to the Laws now in Force, For Amending the Staple of Tobacco;
and preventing Frcmds in His Majefty's Cuftoms: And after a Debate, the Queftion being put. That the Houfe agree to the faid Refolution; the Houfe divided. The Yeas go forth. Yeas 39 M"" Conway, for the Yeas,
Tellers.

Noes 30 M"' Randolph, for the Noes, was relolved in the Affirmative. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the faid Refolution of the faid Committee: And that the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, prepare and bring in the fame. Ordered, That M"" Crufford have Leave to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe
]

And

fo

it

'til

Monday
Ordered,

next.

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning, Eleven

o'clock.

ff^ednefday,

November 22, 1738.

Motion being made, the Serjeant at Arms was called in, and acquainted the Houfe, that, purfuant to a Warrant from the late Speaker, he fent his Meffenger the laft Seffion, to apprehend William Burdett, and bring him before the Houfe, to anfwer for his Mifdemeanour and Breach of Privilege, in obftrucfting the free Eledtion of a Burgefs, to fene in this prefent General Affembly, for the County of Caroline; but that the faid William Burdett abfconded, and could not be taken.
Ordered,

(348)

William Burdett be again fent for, in Cuftody of the Sergeant Mifdemeanour and Breach of Privilege, at the Bar of the at Arms, to anfwer for his faid
Ordered,

That the

faid

^ r County of Carohne, was prefented That in the Year 1732, one Samuel Stone, who to the Houfe, and" read; fetting forth, upon mefne Procefs, broke the Prifon, County, was committed to the Goal of the faid Damage: And praying the Conand efcaped; whereby he has fuftained great Lofs and
,.
>

Houfe.

Petition of John Taliaferro, late Sheriff of the

fideration of the Houfe,

That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee for and report the fame, as it Public Claims: That they do examine the Matter thereof;
Ordered,
fhall ap]<ear to

them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. M^ Carter prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, for further Continuing an AcS, intituled, Aw Ad, for Laying a Duty on Liquors; and the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time.

M' Fitzhugh prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, for Dividing the Parifhes of Southwark, and Lawn's Creek, and other Purpofes therein mentioned; and the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. A Petition of M"' Richard Kennon, a Member of this Houfe, and Proprietor of the
Public Warehoufe, called Soans's,

That fmce the Reduction of Public Warehoufe at Martin's Brandon, he has been obliged to permit the Infpe(5lors to make Ufe of other Houfes, and to build a new Warehoufe, for the Reception of Tobacco

was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, the Rent of the faid Warehoufe, and the Repealing the

And praying
Ordered,

the Confideration of the Houfe therein.

for Public Claims:

That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee That they do examine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. M"" Conway i)refented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, for Amending the Ad, intituled. An Ad, for Making, Clearing, and Repairing the Highways; and for Clearing the Rivers and Creeks: and the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. A Petition of M"^ Leonard Claiborne, a Member of this Houfe, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; praying to be allowed to keep a Ferry from his Landing, on the Upper Side of Bridge Creek, on Pamunkey River, near Sweet-Hall. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee for Propofitions and Grievances That they do examine the Matter thereof and report the fame, as it fhall appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. A Bill, to enable Ralph Wormley, Efq; to fell and difpofe of certain entailed Lands, to raife Money for the Payment of his Sifters Portions, and Performance of his Father's Will; was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be committed to the Committee who prepared it, and to the
: ;

Members

for the Counties of

;

Allegations thereof

King George, and Caroline: That they do examine the and report the Matter, as it fhall appear to them, with their Opinion

thereupon, to the Houfe.

The Houfe, according to Order, proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendments, reported from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to the Bill, for the better Regulation of the Militia:
feverally put,

and the Amendments were twice read: And upon the Queftion them was difagreed to, and the reft agreed to, by the Houfe. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. A written Meffage from the Governor and Council, was delivered by M^ Robert fan. M^ Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes, M' John Tennent, who fome Time ago publifhed a Treatife upon the Virtues of the
one
of

Seneca Rattle-Snake Root, with Diredlions for Preparing

and Ufing

it,

hath brought
before

(349)
before Us, divers Gentlemen of good Credit, who fas well from their own Knowledge and Experience, as the Relation of others, whofe Veracity they have no Reafon to doubt) have teftified, That the faid Rattle-Snake Root hath proved an effedlual and fpeedy Remedy in Plenrifies, and other Difeafes, incident to the People of this Country And as M"" Tennent communicated this Medicine to the Public, inftead of making that Profit which he might have gained by keeping it a Secret; and that his Publication may be for the general Good of Mankind; We therefore recommend him to your Houfe, for fuch a Reward as you fhaU think fit. Alfo a Meffage from the Council That they have made an Amendment to the Bill, intituled. An Ad, for allowing
:

Fairs

to be

kept in the

toiiit of

Frederickfburg
to the Bill, intituled,

And

feveral

Amendments

An

Ad,

for

amending

the

Ad, con-

cerning Tithables; to which they defire the Concurrence of this Houfe.

And
ment.

that they have agreed to the

effedtial Proviflon againft

Bill, intituled,

An

Ad,

for

Reviving the Ad, for

making more
Refolved,

Invafions and Infurredions, without

any Amend-

That

this

Houfe

will

take the faid written Meffage into Confideration to-

morrow.
Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning, Eleven

o'Clock.

Thurfday, November 23, 1738.

THE

Houfe, according to Order, proceeded to the Confideration of the written Meffage from the Governor and Council: And after a Debate, the Queftion
being
jjut,

Refolved,

That the

Sum

of

One Hundred Pounds, be paid

to M''

John

Tennent, for publifhing his Difcovery of the Ufe of the Seneca Rattle-Snake Root.
Refolved,

That the faid

Sum

be paid him out of the Public Money in the Hands of

the Treafurer.
Ordered,

That

M''

Carter do carry the faid Refolves to the Council

and

defire their

Concurrence.

Complaint being made to the Houfe, That indecent Infcriptions have been written upon one of the Seats of the Burgeffes, in Contempt and Breach of the Privileges of this Houfe: Ordered, That the Matter of the faid Complaint be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions That they take proper Meafures to inform themand report their Proceedings, with f elves by whom the faid OfiFence was committed; their Opinion thereitpon, to the Houfe. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the faid Committee, That they examine all Witneffes touching the Matter of the faid Complaint, in the moft folemn Manner. M'' Fitzhiigh, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, reported, That the Conunittee had had under their Confideration, feveral other Propofitions from federal Counties, to them referred: i\nd were come to feveral Refolutions thereupon; which he read in his Place; and afterwards delivered in at the Table; where the following Refolutions were again twice read And upon the Queftion feverally put, agreed to, by the Houfe. Refolved, That the Propofition from the County of Surry, for Repealing the Laws, for the more fpeedy and eafy Recovery of fmall Debts, be Rejedled. Refolved, That the Propofitions from the Counties of Surry, and Ifle of Wight, for Repealing the Laws, relating to the Duty of Conftables, in viewing Tobacco Grounds, be Rejedted.
: :

Refolved,

of

That the Propofition from divers Inhabitants of that Part of the Parifli adding that Part of the faid Parifh to Wiccocomoco, in the County of Lancafter, for
Refolved,

the County of Northumberland, be Rejedled. Refolved, That the Propofition from the
of St. Margaret, be Rejedled.

County

of Caroline, for Dividing the Parifh

Refolved,

That the Propofition from the County

Warehoufe, at a Place called Prodor's, for

Rejecfted.

King George, for building a Public the Reception and Infpedlion of Tobacco, be
of

M'

Fitzhiigh alfo reported,

from the faid Committee, That they had had under their

of the County of Spotfylvania, Confideration, the Petition of divers of the Inhabitants refund to the faid County of may Orange of County the That to them referred, praying.

Spotfylvania, a certain Quantity of

Tobacco therein mentioned, faid to be expended

in

building and maintaining Public Warehoufes, for the Benefit of the Inhabitants of the faid County of Orange: But that the Committee had not come to any Refolution there-

upon, conceiving
Public Claims.
Ordered,

it

to be a Matter

more proper to be confidered by the Committee

for

That the faid Report be committed to the faid Committee. A Petition of John Carter, Efq Secretary of this Colony, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That for the Prefers'ation of the Records, many of which were like to be fpoiled by the Dampnefs of the Walls, he did in the Year 1723, apply to this Houfe, and obtained their Order for building a Chimney in his Office, and did not doubt but the Houfe would have enabled him to provide Fire-wood which has been a conAnd praying a reafonable Allowance for fiderable Expence to him for Fifteen Years the Time pait; and that fuch an Annual Sum may be fettled, as may be fufificient to defray the Expence thereof, for the future. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee for Public Claims: That they do examine the matter thereof; and report the fame, as
; ;
:

it

fhall

appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe.

Refolved,

That

this

Houfe

will refolve itfelf into

a Committee of the whole Houfe,

to confider the

Bill, for the better

Regulating and Colleding certain Officers Fees, and other

Purpofes therein mentioned. To-morrow. M' Hutchins moved for Leave to bring in a

Bill, to prevent the Inhabitants of the Borough of Norfolk, from being compelled to ferve in the Militia of the County of Norfolk; and to exempt Sailors or Seamen in a(5tual Pay, on board any Ship or Veffel, from ferving

in the Militia.

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the faid Motion; and M' Boiifh, and M' Crafford, prepare and bring in the fame. The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendment made by the Council, to the Bill, intituled, An Ad, for allowing Fairs to be kept in the Town of Fredericksburg; and the Amendment was twice read: And upon the Queftion put, agreed to, by the
Ordered,

that M' Hutchins,

Houfe.

That a Meffage be fent to the Council, to acquaint them. That this Houfe have agreed to the Amendments by them made to the faid Bill And that M^ Fitzhugh go up with the Meffage.
Ordered,
:

A Bill, for continuing an Adl, intituled, read a fecond Time.

Ordered,
Refolved,

An

Ad,

for laying a

Duty on Liquors, was

That the Bill be committed to a Committee of the whole Houfe. That the Houfe will, on Saturday next, refolve itfelf into a Committee
Bill.

of

the whole Houfe, to confider the faid Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourn 'd

'til

To-morrow Morning, Eleven o'Clock.

Friday,

(351)

Friday, November 24, 1738.

Ordered,

THAT
'til

McCarty, William Aylett, M"- John Aylett, and M"" M-- Claihorne, Randolph, ha^e Leave to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe, refpedtively,

Monday

next.

County of Surry, was prefented to the Houfe, and read fetting forth, That fince the Rent of the Warehoufes at Gray's Creek has been reduced, they have been obHged to build another Warehoufe, and that the Rent, as it is now fettled, is not fufhcient to reimburfe the County And praying the Confideration of the Houfe in the Premifes. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee
Petition of the Juftices of the
;

That they do examine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. M"' Willis reported, from the Committee, to whom the Bill for preventing Wafte and ^dilapidations upon Glebe Lands, was committed, feveral Amendments made to the Bill; which he read in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Table; where the Amendments were again read. And the firft Amendment being read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the faid Committee, and to M'' Conway. M' Conway, from the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions, reported. That the Committee had had under their Confideration the Complaint to them referred. That indecent Infcriptions have been written upon one of the Seats of the Burgeffes, in Contempt and Breach of the Privileges of this Houfe And upon hearing and examining into the faid Complaint, Bedford Davenport confeffed the Fadl: Whereupon the Committee had come to a Refolution which he read in his Place and afterwards delivered in at the Table; where the Refolution was again read; and with an Amendment, agreed to, by
for Public Claims:
fhall
:

the Houfe as follows

That the faid Bedford Davenport, in writing the faid Infcriptions, is guilty of a Breach of the Privileges of this Houfe and that therefore he be taken into Cuftody, and brought to the Bar of the Houfe, to fuffer fuch Cenfure as the Houfe fhall
Refolved,
;

think proper.

Accordingly he was brought to the Bar, in Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms; and
there ftanding, acknowledged his Offence, in the following
M''

Words

Speaker, I acknowledge

my

Folly and Indifcretion, in writing indecent Infcriptions

will

on one
of the
to this

of the Sects of the Burgeffes; for ivhich I

flncerely

Houfe; and

promt fe. That I

and humbly ask Pardon take particular Care not to give any Offence
heartily forry,

am

Houfe
M""

for the future.

Speaker fymke, as follows Bedford Davenport, The Offence you have been guilty of, is very great; yet the Lenity of the Houfe is fuch, that confidering your Youth, They have only ccnnmanded me to reprimand you for it; and I do reprimand you accordingly : And I am further to acquaint vou, that it is Their Pleafure that you be difcharged out of Cuftody, paying Fees.

Then

A Member, returned upon a new Writ, having taken the Oaths appointed to be taken by A6t of Parliament, inftead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy; and taken and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, and alfo the Teft; and taken the Oath of a Burgefs; was admitted to his Place in the Houfe.
M'' Blair, from the Committee for Public Claims, reported. That the Committee had had under their Confideration, the Petition of M'' Daniel McCarty, to them referred: And were come to a Refolution thereupon which he read in his Place and afterwards delivered in at the Table; where the Refolution was again twice read: And upon the Queftion put, agreed to, by the Houfe, as follows: Refolved, That the fum of Four Pounds Fourteen Shillings and Six Pence Current Money, and Two Thoufand One Hundred and Forty Two Pounds of Nett Tobacco, be allowed to M'' Daniel McCarty, to re-imburfe him the Charges he has been at, in profe; ;

cuting

(35^)

be an Inftrudion to the faid Committee to make the faid Allowances Claims. to the faid Daniel McCarty, in the Book of Robertfon. M-by Council, A Meffage from the That they have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Ad, for altering the Method of Trial mentioned, without any Amendment. of certain Criminals therein Ordered, That an Addrefs be made to the Governor, to remove thofe Perfons from
Ordered,

an Infpedor; cuting a Complaint againft Satmiel Oldham, Ofhce. of the Council, removed from the faid
That
it

upon which he was, by Order

who, having been Infpedlors, have been put out of that Office upon a ComWilliam Aylett, and M-- Conway, do wait on the Govplaint: And that M-- McCarty, ernor with the faid Addrefs. A Petition of M"" Robert Munford, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; reprefentall Offices,

be of great Advantage to this Colony, to improve a Trade with the Cherikee Indians: And praving, That he may be exempted from Payment of the Duty for fuch Skins and Furs as he fhall purchafe of thofe Indians, for Four Years. And the Queftion being put, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the
ing,

That

it

may

Prayer of the faid Petition?

It

paffed in the Negative.

Refolved, That the faid Petition be Rejedted. The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider the Bill, for the better Regulating and Collecting certain Officers Fees, and other Purpofes therein mentioned: And after fome Time fpent, M'' Speaker refum'd the Chair; and M"' Fitzhugh reported, from the Committee, That they had had the faid B ill imder their Confideration, and agreed upon fome Amendments to the Bill: But not having Time to go thro' the fame, the Committee had diredted him to move for Leave to fit

again. Refolved,

That

this

Houfe

will

again refolve
Bill,

itfelf

into a

Committee

of the

whole

Houfe, to confider further of the faid

Ordered,

To-morrow.

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning, Eleven o'Clock.

Saturday, November 25, 1738.

Member, returned upon a new Writ, having taken the Oaths appointed to be taken, by AA of Parliament, inf tead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy and taken and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, and alfo the Teft; and taken the Oath of a Burgefs; was admitted to his Place in the Houfe. Upon a Motion, the Houfe was called over, and the Names of the abfent Members were again called over, and Excufes made for fome of them who were abfent without the Leave of the Houfe which were allowed. Ordered, That M^ Jofeph Grey, Thomas Turner, and M-" William Macon, be taken into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms, for abfenting themfelves from their Duty in
;

the Service of the Houfe.

and

M' Fitzhugh prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, to prevent Sherifs, other Officers, from making unreafonable Seizures and Difireffes, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned; and the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. Ordered, That M^ Ifham Randolph be added to the Committee of Privileges and Ele(5tions, and to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances. Ordered, That the Bill, for further continuing an Adl, intituled. An Ad, for laying a Duty on Liquors, be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill, for the better Regulating and Colleding certain Officers Fees, and other Furpofes therein mentioned, is committed.

The

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The Houfe, according

further to confider the

to Order, refolved

Bill, for the better

:

itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, Regulating and Colleding certain Officers Fees,

and other Purpofes therein mentioned And after fome Time fpent therein, M"' Speaker refumed the Chair; and M'' Fitzhugh reported from the Committee, That they had had the faid Bill under their further Coniideration and gone thro' the fame, and made feveral Amendments to the Bill But not having Time to draw up their Report, nor to confider the Bill, for further continuing an AA, intituled. An Ad, for laying a Duty on Liquors, to them referred; the Committee had diredled him to move for Leave to fit
;
:

again.

Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider the faid Report; and alfo the Bill, for further continuing an Adl, intituled, An Ad, for laying a Duty on Liquors, on Monday next.
Refolved,
this
will

That

Houfe

again refolve

itfelf

into a

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

Monday Morning, Eleven

o'Clock.

Monday, November 27, 1738.

Ordered,

THAT

Dennis McCarty have Leave to withdraw his Petition for Leave to bring in a Bill, to dock the Entail of Five Hundred Acres of Land, in the Parifh of Lunenburg, and County of Richmond; and for fettling other Lands,
M"^

of greater Value, in the

County

of Prince William, to the

A Bill, intituled. An Ad, for the better Regulation of the Time; and feveral Amendments were made to the Bill, at the Table. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Carter do carry the Bill to the Council; and defire their Concurrence.

fame Ufes. Militia, was read the third

A
built

Petition of George Brent,

was prefented

to the Houfe,

ditional

Rent

for the Public

Warehoufes at Acquia,

in Confideration of

and read; praying an ada new Houfe

for
it

by him, fmce the laft Seffion of Affembly. That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee Public Claims That they do examine the Matter thereof and report the fame, as
Ordered,
:

fhall

appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe.

M' Fitzhugh, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, reported, That the Committee had had under their further Confideration, the Petition of divers of the Inhabitants of the County of Spotfylvania, to them referred, praying. That the County of Orange may refimd to the faid Coimty of Spotfylvania, a certain Quantity of Tobacco therein mentioned, faid to have been expended in building and maintaining Public Warehoufes, for the Benefit of the Inhabitants of the faid County of Orange And were come to a Ref olution thereupon which he read in his Place and afterwards delivered in at the Table where the Refolution was again twice read And upon the Oueftion put, agreed to, by the Houfe, as follows Refolved, That the faid Petition be rejedled. A Memorial of M"' William Johnfon, and M"' Rice Curtis, Jun. the Reprefentatives of the County of Spotfylvania, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, the Charge That Covmty has been at, in building two new Warehoufes, and hiring Others,
:

for the

Reception of Tobacco, at Fredericksburg

therein.

And praying

the Confideration of the

Houfe

Ordered,

for Public Claims:

That the faid Memorial be referred to the Confideration of the Committee That they do examine the Matter thereof; and report the fame,

as
to

it

fhall

The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf confider the Report to be made upon the Bill,

appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. into a Committee of the whole Houfe,
for the better Regulating

and Colleding
certain

(354)

and other Purpofes therein mentioned; and alfo to confider the Bill, intituled. An Aa, for laying a Duty on Liquors And after for further continuing an Adl, the Chair; and M' Fitzhugh reported, from fome Time fpent therein. M' Speaker refumed to the Bill, for the better ReguAmendments the Committee. That they had made feveral and other Purpofes therein mentioned: And that lating ami Colleding certain Officers Fees,
certain Officers Fees,
:

the they had alfo had under their Confideration. and Liquors; on Duty a intituled, An Ad, for laying
again.

Bill,

for further continuing

:

an Ad.
Leave

made fome

Progrefs therein But not

diredled him to having Time to go thro' the fame, the Committee had
to
fit

move

for

Refolved,

That

this

Houfe

will

laying a

Houfe, further to confider the Duty on Liquors, To-morrow.

Bill, for

again refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole further continuing an A<51, intituled, An Ad, for

Then he read the Amendments in his Place, and afterwards delivered the Amendments in at the Table; where the fame were again twice read: And upon the Queftion feverally put, agreed to, by the Houfe. Ordered, That the Bill, for the better Regidating and Colleding certain Officers Fees, and other Purpofes therein mentioned, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. A Motion was made, and the Queftion put, That the Houfe be called over?
It

paffed in the Negative.

The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendments made by the Council, An Ad, for Amending the Ad, intituled. An Ad, concerning Tithawere twice read: And upon the Queftion put. one of the Amendments the bles; and Amendments was agreed to, and the reft difagreed to, by the Houfe. Ordered, That a Meffage be fent to the Council, to acquaint them, That this Houfe have agreed to the laft Amendment, and difagreed to the reft of their Amendments to the faid Bill and to defire they will pafs the Bill, with the Amendments agreed to, by this Hovife And that M' Conway go up with the Meffage. A Bill, for amending an Adl, intituled, An Ad, for Making, Clearing, and Repairing the Highways; and for Clearing the Rivers and Creeks, was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Committee; and a Committee was apto the Bill, intituled.
;
:

pointed accordingly, of the following Perfons

M' Fitzhugh,

W Attorney-General,
M' Conway moved
Ordered,
for

M' Conway, M' Carter, and

M"' Beverley.

Leave to bring

in a Bill, to

amend

the Adl, intituled.

An

Ad,

for Encouragetnent of building Water-Mills.

And

that M-- Conway,

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the faid Motion: M' Willis, Attorney-General, M' Fitzhugh, and M-- Martin,

prepare and bring in the fame.

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning, Eleven

o'Clock.

Tuefday, November 2^ ^ 1738.

THE
A
a Ferry

Houfe being informed, That M^ Macon, and M' Turner, attended in Cuftody. Ordered, That they be difcharged out of Cuftody, paying Fees.

The Two
of this Houfe,

Petitions following, referred was read, viz.

by the Council, to the Confideration

County of Prince George; praying. That be appointed over James River, from Col. Bland's Land, in Prince George County, to Mrs. And,erfon'^ Land, in Charles-City County.

Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the

may

And

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a Petition of the Churchwardens and Veftrymen of the Parifh of St. Paul, in the County of Hanover; praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill to enable them to fell Two inconvenient Tradls of Land; and to purchafe a more convenient Tradl, for a Glebe. Ordered, That the faid ieveral Petitions be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances: That they do examine the Matter of the faid Petitions, refpedlively and report the fame, as it fhall appear to them, with their Opinions thereupon, to the Houfe. A Petition of the Inhabitants of Blifsland Parifh, in the County of New-Kent; praying. That the Public Warehoufe at Taskanask, may be repealed; and another appointed inftead thereof Alfo a Petition of the Inhabitants between Totaskey, and Rappahanock Creeks; praying. That the Public Warehoufe, lately appointed to be built on Capt. Thomas Barber's Land, may be repealed; and another eftablifhed inftead thereof, at Totaskey Ferry; were feverally prefented to the Houfe, and read. Ordered, That the faid feveral Petitions be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances That they do examine the Matter of the faid Petitions, refpedlively; and report the fame, as it fhall appear to them, with their Opinions thereupon, to the Houfe. A Bill, for Dividing the Parifhes of Southwark, and Lawn's Creek, and other Purposes therein mentioned, was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be committed to the Committee who prepared it. A Petition of the Juftices of King George County, was prefented to the Houfe, and
; :

And

read; praying. That an additional Rent

Bray's,

may be fettled for the Public Warehoufes at whereby the County may be re-imburfed the Charge they have been at, in buildfince the Redu<5tion of the

ing a

new Warehoufe,

former Rents.

Ordered,

for Public Claims:

That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee That they do examine the Matter thereof; and report the fame,

as

it

appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe,
fhall

further to confider the

Bill, for further continuing an Adl, intituled, An Ad, for laying a Duty on Liquors: And after fome time fpent, M' Speaker refum'd the Chair; and M' Fitzhugh reported, from the Committee, That they had had the faid Bill under their further Confideration, and gone thro' the fame But not having Time to draw up their Report, the Committee had directed him to move for Leave to fit again. Refolved, That this Houfe will again refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider the faid Report, To-morrow. The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Report from the Committee for Public Claims, upon feveral Petitions, for Allowances for Tobacco deftroyed in Fal:

M' Robert Boiling, for Warehoufe Rent, to them referred: And the Refolutions of the faid Committee were twice read: And upon the Queftion feverally put, agreed to, by the Houfe, as follows: Refolved, That for the following Quantities of Tobacco, Allowances be made to the feveral Perfons who were Sufferers by the faid Frefh, viz.
mouth Warehoufe, by a Frefh
;

and upon the Petition

of

lbs. of

Tobacco.
5460 100 1800

To To To To To To To To To

M' Philip Ludwell, John Edwards, for

for

William Pate, for William Brown, for the Eftate of William Strother, for
M'^

470 4000
1772

Adam

Reid, for

Alexander Grant, for

John Holtfclaw,

for

927 902

Peter Daniel, for

846
Refolved,

(356)

Rent of Seven Pounds That M' Robert Boiling be allowed an additional for the Expence he November, of 1738. ending the Tenth per Annum for Four Years, Appamattox Point. at Warehoufe Forty Feet fquare, has been at", in building another make the faid AllowThat it be an Inftrudlion to the faid Committee, to
Refolved
Ordered,

in

Book of Claims. ances to the'faid Robert Boiling, in the the faid Committee, to fettle the Prices Ordered, That it be alfo an Inftrudlion to of Tobacco; and to make allowances for the fame of the before-mentioned Quantities at the Rate of Twelve Shillings and Six Pence Sufferers, Money, to the refpedlive
per

Hundred,
Ordered,

in the

Book

of Claims.

That the Houfe be adjoum'd

'til

To-morrow Morning, Eleven o'Clock.

IFednefday, November 29, 1738.

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Committee; and a Committee accordingly, of the following Perfons appointed was

Bill, to

prevent Sherifs,
Diftreffes,

and

other

and

and

for other

Officers, from making unreafonable Seifures Purpofes therein mentioned, was read the fecond

Time.

M' Beverley, and M' Attorney-General, M' Willis. M' Conway, A Petition of John Steele, was prefented to the Houfe and read; fetting forth. That the Treafurer has only paid him Part of his Account, for enlarging the Chamber of the Burgeffes. and making the fame more commodious, and for repairing the Public Goal; and refufes to pay the Refidue: And praying that he may be paid his whole Account. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Juftice: That they do examine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, Courts for
fhall appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. M' Conway, from the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions, reported. That they had had under their Confideration. the Returns of feveral new Writs, for Electing of Burgeffes, to ferve in this prefent General Affembly: And that the Returns of the Writs, for Electing a Burgefs for the County of Accmnack, and for the College of William and Mary, are made in the Form prefcribed by Law. That the Returns of the Writs for Eledling a Burgefs for the Counties of Caroline, Charles-City, Nanfemond, King-Williatn, Surry, Goochland, and the Borough of Norfolk, are not made in the Form prefcribed by Law. Ordered, That the Returns of the feveral Writs for Eledling a Burgefs for the Counties of Caroline, Charles-City, Nanfemond, King-William, Surry, Goochland, and the Borough of Norfolk, be amended by the Clerk, at the Table. And they were amended

as

it

accordingly.

M' Fitzhugh, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, reported. That they had had under their Confideration, feveral Petitions to them referred And were
:

come

to feveral Refolutions thereupon;

delivered the Report in at

which he read in his Place; and afterwards the Table; where the fame was again read; and is as follows:

Upon a Petition of divers of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the County of Accotnack, for diffolving the Veftry of the Parifh of Accomack, in that County: Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee. That the faid Petition be referred
to the Confideration of the next Seffion of Affembly. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee. the faid Parifh, fhall then appear and juftify their

That unlefs the Veftrymen

of

Proceedings, That the faid Veftry

be diffolved, and a new Veftry eleded. Upon a Petition of the Minifter and Veftry of the Parifh of Elizabeth River, in the County of Norfolk, praying, That an Adl may be paffed, to enable them to fell a Tradl
of

(357)

Land, and Eleven Negroes, devifed by the Will of Matthew Godfrey, deceas'd, for the Ufe of the Poor of that County; and to lay out the Money arifing by fuch Sale, in building a Church, and other Parochial Ufes Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, That the faid Petition be Reof
jecfked.

was difagreed to, and Part by the Houfe. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, for diffolving the Veftry of the Parifh of Accomack, in the County of Accomack: And that M'' Henry Scarburgh, and M'' Edmund Scarburgh, prepare and bring in the fame. Refolved, That the faid Petition of the Minifter and Veftr\' of the Parifh of Elizabeth River, in the Coimty of Norfolk, be Rejedled.
the Report being read a fecond Time, Part thereof

And

agreed

to,

of St.

Bill, for appropriating a Stmt of Money therein mentioned, to the Ufe of the Parifh Andrew, in the County of Brunfwick, was read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Committee; and a Committee was ap-

pointed accordingly, of the following Perfons M'' Randolph,

M"'

M""

Conway,
Willis reported,

W Wall.

Embry, and

from the Committee, to whom the Bill for Preventing Wafte and Dilapidations upon Glebe Lands, was committed, feveral Amendments made to

M'

the Bill:

And he read the Amendments in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Table; where they were again read; and the Amendments being read a fecond Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put, agreed to, by
the Houfe.
Ordered,

That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. A Meffage from the Council, by M'' Robertfon. That they recede from their Amendments to the Bill, intituled. An Ad, for Amending the Ad, intituled. An Ad, concerning Tithables; to which this Houfe have difagreed; and have paffed the Bill, with the Amendments agreed to, by the Houfe. The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider the Report to be made upon the Bill, for further Continuing an Ad, intituled, an Ad for laying a Duty on Liquors: And after fome time fpent therein, M' Speaker relumed the Chair; and M' Fitzhugh reported, from the Committee, feveral Amendments made to the Bill; which he read in his Place; and afterwards delivered in at the Table. Refolved, That this Houfe will take the faid Report into Confideration, To-morrow.
Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning, Eleven

o'Clock.

Thurfday, November 30, 1738.

County of Nanfemond, whofe Cafes have not been already provided for; and the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. M'' Woodbridge moved for Leave to bring in a Bill, for Explaining and Amending one Claufe of an Adl of Affembly, with Relation to Attachments, made in the Ninth Year of the Reign of Queen Anne, intituled, An Ad, for eftablifhing County Courts, and regulating and fettling their Proceedings therein. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the faid Motion; and that the Committee for Courts of Juftice, prepare and bring in the fame. The Houfe being informed. That the Serjeant at Arms had fent his Meffenger to take William Burdett into Cuftody; but that he abfconds, and cannot be found.
thofe Perfons
of the

MR.

Pugh prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, who were fufferers in the Lofs of the Records

for the Relief of

Ordered,

()r./rr.-./.

Tlmt

it

hv

nil

liiftnuMioii
tlic

li>

the

into
hilt

tlic

Matter; iind to iillow to

Serjcuiit

ComiiutUv lor lit Anns wlmt

I'liMn- Cliuiiis, to i-iiquire

lli.v lliink ie;ilomil>U for

ICxpcncc ami

Troul)l( in fending' for tlif faitl Williiitn linrdctt, to lu- clun);".!

upon

liini,

in

the lUnik t)f (Maims, M' <(> (IV nuivcd for I<<>avc to pn-fent a IVtition ol

(>r/<i./i' /'.iixc, fcttiiiK

lorth

liis

great Ajje

and Poverty

and prayiun

Kelief of

tlie

Ihmfe;
In- l)roii);ht
It

And

tlie

(jneflion heinj; \mi, Tliat tlie fuid IVtitioii

to the 'riihle?

i>iiffed in

the Nejjative

Tlie Uoiite i>r()eeeded to (he Coriluleration ol the Aniendiiuiits made l)y the Coin .i .1(7. intituled. Ati Ad. niittet! of tlie whole Houfe. to tlie Hill, jor further ContiHtihif:
fi>r /(lyiM/J
<

l>ty on

iijuors;

tioii feverallv put. aj;recd to.

and the Aniemhnents were twiee read And iiihmi the QuoThv the lloufe; and another Ainendinent was made to the
:

hill,

at the 'lahle.

Ihil^fd,

That the
/./(/.

Hill,

M'

\lti'tfuv (iitur^il
to

report<'tl.
ffll

with the Aniendinents, he inj;n)ffed. from the Committee, to whom the

Hill

to

i-n,ihlf

Kalph Woinile..

onJ

ilijf'olr of (7/<m>i 7(/iu/ci/

l.iinJs, to laijt-

Mout:y for

I'livmnil of his Sifh-rs I'otiions, dtui rfrfontunuv of his Father's Will,

was

eotninittod.

Tlmt they had examined the Allej^ations of the Hill, wliieh thev fouiul to he true; and had made feveral Amendments to the Mill; whieli he reatl in his Plaee; and afterwards delivered the Mill, with the .Amendments, in at the TaMe; w[h|ere the Amendments were a\inin twiee read: And ujion the (Jueftion feverallv put, av.reed to. hv the lloiife
(hiltitd,

Tlmt the
from
:

Mill,

with the Amendments.

iimiiijotiiihlf

I>e iii);rofled

M' Altorvt-y
atul other ('//Kcrv.

(ittti-iiil,

from the Committee, to

That thev had
ot

whom
ijm./

the

Mill

to

f^irriut

Sh<rifs.

tiiiikitii^

Siijurts

Pijtrefjes, tutd other Vnrf^ofes

Ihifvin mrnliom\l

alfo ivjiorted.

made un Ameiulnunt

to the

Title.

and
the

feveral

.Amendments

to the

Modv

Mlaee;

and alterwaids delivered the

'That the Mill, with the
(I'ltittiil,

Mill,

Amendments
(>f(/7n/.

were again twiee reatl;

with Leave
thi-

and he read the Ameiidnu-nts in his with the Amendments, in at the Table; where and aj^nvd to. bv the Ihuife.
the Mill;
ingroffeil
Mill, for
I iii-nfitti;

Ameiulments. he
ol

M' Attotthv
lifts,

the lloufe, piefentt>d a

itfott

/Vi/

(iM(/

f^frtrHtitifi

hniiitls in
lirft

Piitiis

Skins

.i./

l-'iirts.

and the lame was

rtvelveil,

and read the

intituled.

'Time

(Vi/i-fic/.

'That the Mill he read a feeoiul 'Time.

A
fH'lt-s

Mill,

An

.1(7. /.7

the

l',ll,-i

rrtji-rviilion of

Iheieni tnentionni,

was

ivail

the third Time;

dUhe I iinJs, i)./ other rut and an Ameiulment made to the Mill,

at the 'Table.

KelolveJ. 'That the Mill

(>f(/.7,-,/.

do

pafs.
ilo

That

M' Mi//iv

carry the

Mill

to the (\)imeil;

and
Mill.
(lift

delin- their

Con-

curreiiee,

M-

//ciffi/,>

I'iivnient oj /'/>/i,
(*fi/c7c-./,

pivfented to the Monfe. aeeoitling to (^rder, a l>ttes: am! the fame was i<>eei\ed. and read the
Mill

/>f

the tth^re cm/i

Time.

That the

be read a feeoiul Time.

'Vo

Tlmt the lloufe be ailjourned

til

miMfow Moming. Klevon

o'Clock.

Friday, Dfi ember

i,

17^8.
and
('.'//rt7i.ic

Mill.

intitultHl.

An

.1.7.

/er

th^ bvtt^

ReculiUinf,

.etioni

(>//". vr.v

l-ets. iin</

olhn I'urfiivs iherrin numtiimvii. was

to the
Mill, at

rea.l tlu- thirvl 'Time;

and an

Amendment made
/u/.'/en/.

the 'Table,

That the

Mill ilo

pafs
Mill lo

(V,/.^rt/. 'That

M' ii'thin do carry the

curmue

the Couueil;

iuul vleliie their CiMi-

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M' ICdmnnd Scarburi^h

folvinf^
tfu-

j)refcntc(l to the Iloufc, .'urconlinji; to

Order, u

Hill, /r

IHf-

pn-fcnt Vi'ltry of the Pctrifh oj

niul tluf;iiiic

Accotnack,
utid
Tirru-.

<int{

jor a

nm> EltHion
lirft 'I'itiif.

oj

Vvftrymen

for the fiiid I'tirijh;

was

ri'ci'iv(!(i,

n;;i<l

the

Ordered, Tliat

tin- lUll Ixr

read a fecond

A Petition o( WilHunt Norvell was prefented to the Iloiife, ujul read; pruyiiij; an Allowance for a Slave of his, who was conimitti'd to (loal, for ftahhiii)^ one William Complon; which Slave died duriii),' his Conlineinent. Ordered, That the faid Petition he referred to tht; (-onfidtTation of the (-ommittcc for Publie Claims: That they do examine the Matter tiiereof; and report the fame, as it fhall ai)])ear to thcni, with their ()i)inion thereupon, to the Iloufe.
A
I'ftilion of the Inhaltitants of tiic 'I'own of

York,

in

th:

County

of

York, was

prefented to the Iloufe, and read; i)raying, That !<<'av! may be j^iven to hrinjj in a Mill, for veftinK Five Acres of I.and, or thereabouts, in the Feofftcs of the faid Town, for a

Common.
Ordered, That the faid Petition in- rcrftsrred to the (lonliih-'ration of the C<;mmittec Courts of Juftice: That tliey do examine the Matter thereof; and rej)ort the fame, as it fhall ajijiear to tlurm, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Iloufe. Ordered, That (iwyn Read be heard l)efore th<; faid ('omniittee, upon the fubjei'^t
for

Matter of the faid Petition, by himfelf, or his Counfel, if he thinks lit. M' b'itzhuf^h, from the Committee of Proj)ofitions and OrievaneeH, reported. That tliey had had under llicir Conhdcration, the I'etition of M' Leonard ('laihorne, to them referred; prayin).^, That a j)ul)iic i*Vrry may be apjiointed from his Lan<l, on the Upj)er Side of tlu; Bridge Ocek, acrofs Pamunkey, to Gooch'n l^erry; and were come to a Rcfolution to rejeA the faid Petition. Ordered, That the ('onfuleration of the faid Report Ix; put off, 'til 'i'o morrow.

M' I'itzhuf^h prefented to the Iloufe, aceordinj.; to Order, a Hill, jor jitrlher ( Onlinuing and Amending the AA, jor Amending the Staple oj Tobacco; and jor preventing h'ratuls in His Majefty's Cuftoms; and the fame was reeriv<l, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the liill Ix; read a fecond Time. The Treafurer laid his Accounts bt;fore the Iloufe; and the Titles of the faid Accounts were read. Ordered, That the faid Aecoimts be referred to the (!on(ideration of the Committ<'e to whom it is referred, t(j j)rej)ar(; and draw \i\> a State of th: Duty upon Slaves; and the feveral Payments that have been made, with the Amount thereof: That tlu^y do examine the Articles of the faid Accounts; an<I r<i)ort the; Mallance, as it fhall ai)j)ear to them, to the Iloufe. M' (-'onway moved for I^eave to bring in a Hill, for api)ointinj; a Treafurer. Ordered, That I>eave be given to bring in a Hill, a<'eording to the faid Motion; and that M' ('(mway, and M' Attorney-deneral, j)rei)are and bring in the fame. M' liUiir, from the Conimitte*; for Public (Claims, reported. That they had had under their ConfidenUion, feveral Petitions to them referre(l; and agreed upon a Report; which he read in his Place; and afterwards delivered in at the Table; where it was again read: And Part of the Rejiort being read a fecond Time; the following Refolutions, uyxni the Oueftion feverally j)ut, wt;re agnred to, by the Iloufe. Kefolved, That the I'etiticjn of Henjamin Needier, to be allowed for a Slave, who ran away with another of his Slaves that was outlawed, and was killed in North ('arolina, be
Rej(;caed.

Kefolved,
per

That the County

Three Years

of Caroline be allowed

Annum,

for

laft jtalt,

to re-imburfe

an additional Rent of Five; Pounds them the Fxpence of building Two

of .Six J'ounds pet

more Houfes; One at Koy'v., the other at Conway'n. Refolved, That M' Joniithan (nbfon, be allowed an additional Rent

Years laft i)aft, for a n(;w Warelujiife built by him. Kefolved, That David Meriwether be allowed an additional Rent of Seven Pounds per Annum, for Three Years laft paft, for a Warelioufr built by him, by Order of the County Court of Hanover.
for

Annum,

Two

Kefolved,

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Refolved,

That

Two Thouland One Hundred and Eighty

Eight Pounds of Nett

Sheriff of the County of Caroline, for what Tobacco, be allowed to John Taliaferro, late Efcape of one Samuel Stone. the of Account on he has been obliged to pay, faid Committee, to make the faid feveral the Ordered, That it be an Inftrudion to

Allowances, in the

of Claims. of the reft of the faid Report be put off Confideration the Ordered, That

Book

till

To-

morrow.
Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning, Eleven o'Clock.

Saturday, December

2,

1738.

THE

Houfe, according to Order, proceeded to the Confideration of the reft of the Report, from the Committee, for Public Claims; and the other Parts of the faid Report were read; and the following Refolutions, upon the Queftion feverally put, were agreed to by the Houfe.

Refolved, That Griffith Savage, and Henry Hickman, be each of them allowed Three Hundred and Sixty Pounds of Tobacco, and Thirty Shillings Current Money; and that Jofeph Hickman, and William Parks, be allowed Seven Hundred and Twenty Pounds of Tobacco, and Three Pounds Current Money, for their Ferriages and Attendance, as

Witneffes in the King's Suit, againft William Andrews.

That the fum of Seventy Seven Pounds Nineteen Shillings, be allowed to Thomas Porter, and Howfen Hooe, in Confideration of the Damages they ha\'e fuftained, by becoming Securities to John Lee, High Sheriff of the County of Stafford, for Jofhua Davis his faithful Execution of the Office of Under Sheriff, of the faid County; and indemnifying the High Sheriff from Efcapes. Refolved, That an additional Rent of four Pounds per Annum, for Two years, ending the Tenth of November, 1738, be allowed to George Brent, for a new Warehoufe, built by him (ince the laft Seflion of Affembly. Then a Debate arofe upon the Refolution of the faid Committee, upon the Petition of M'' Secretary Carter, to be allowed for providing Fire-Wood for his Office, for Fifteen Years paft; and that an annual Sum may be fettled, to defray the Expence thereof, for the future: And the Queftion was put, That the faid Report be committed?
Refolved,
It

paffed in the Negative.

Then a Motion was made, and the Queftion put, That an annual Allowance be made
to the Secretar}-. for providing

Fire-Wood

for his Office, for the future?

It

paffed in the Negative.

That the faid Petition be rejedled. Refolved, That an additional Rent of Five Pounds, for One Year, ending the Tenth of November, 1738, be made to M"- Richard Kennon, for a new Warehoufe built by him; and that he be alfo allowed the Sum of Seven Pounds Ten Shillings, for the Ufe of other of his Houfes, for Three Years paft. Refolved, That the County of Surry be allowed an additional Rent of Six Pounds per Annum, for a Warehoufe built at the Charge of the County, at Gray's Creek. Refolved, That the County of King George be allowed an additional Rent of Five Pounds per Annum, for Two Years laft paft, for a Warehoufe built at the Charge of the County, at Brays: But that the Juftices of the faid County refund to the Proprietor of
Refolved,

the other Houfes, Six

for fo

Pounds Thirteen

Shillings

much by them already

received out of the

of

and Four Pence, out of the faid Rent, Rent eftablifhed by Law, for the faid

other Houfes.

laft paft,

Three Pounds per Annum, for Two Years by him paid to the Juftices of the County of Prince Wtlham, to reimburfe the County the Charge thev have been at. in building another W arehoufe at Hunting-Creek, fmce the Redudion of the Rent at that Place.
be allowed to

Refolved,

That an additional Rent

Hugh

Weft, to be

Refolved,

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of Thirty Seven Pounds Five Shillings, be made to M"" Richard Randolph, in Confideration of what has been dedudted out of the Rent of his Warehoufes at Warwick, for the Hire of other Warehoufes, and for a new Warehoufe built by him there, fince the Redudtion of the Public Warehoufe Rents. Ordered, That it be an Inftru(5tion to the faid Committtee, to make the before mentioned Allowances in the Book of Claims. Ordered, That that Part of the faid Report which relates to the Memorial of M'' William Johnfon, and M"" Rice Curtis, be committed to the faid Committee.

Refolved,

That an Allowance

The Houfe, according

from the Committee
Claiborne, to
after

to Order, alfo proceeded to the Confideration of the Report

and Grievances, upon the Petition of M"" Leonard them referred and the Refolution of the faid Committee was read And a Debate, upon the Queftion put, agreed to, by the Houfe, as follows:
of Propofitions
;
:

Refolved,

Ordered,

That the faid Petition be Rejedled. That M'' Sweney, Weftwood, and

M""

Digges, have

Leave to be abfent

from the

M"" Juftice, reported. That they had had under their Confideration, the Petition of John Steele, to them referred And were come to a Refolution thereupon which he read in his Place and afterwards delivered in at the Table; where it was again read: And upon the Queftion put, agreed to, by the Houfe, as follows:
: ;

Tuefday next. Corbin, from the Committee for Courts of

Ser\-ice of the
'til

Houfe,

Refolved,

That the

Sum

of

One Hundred and Five Pounds and Five Pence, which

is

the faid Steele has already received from the Treafurer,

a fufiicient Satisfaction for his

Claim

And

that therefore his faid Petition be Rejedled.

from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, reported. That they had had under their Confideration, feveral Petitions to them referred And were come to feveral Refolutions thereupon; which he read in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Report in at the Table; where it was again twice read, and agreed to, bv the Houfe, as follows: Upon a Petition of Francis Poythrcfs, and Others; praying, That a Public Ferr>' may be appointed over James River, from the Land of Richard Bland, in the County of Prince George, to Mrs. Anderfon's Land, in the County of Charles City: Refolved, That the faid Petition is reafonable. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the Committee, to whom it is referred, to prepare and bring in a Bill, for appointing feveral Ferries, That they have Power to receive a Claufe, for appointing a Ferry, according to the Prayer of the faid Petition. Upon Confideration of the Petition of the Chuchwardens and Veftrymen of the Parifh of St. Paul, in the County of Hanover; praying. That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill, to enable them to fell two inconvenient Tradls of Land therein mentioned; and
M"" Fitzhiigh,
:

more convenient Tradl, for a Glebe That the faid Petition is reafonable. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the Committee, to whom the Bill, for Dividing the Parifhes of Southwark, and Lawn's Creek, and other Purpofes therein mentioned, is committed. That they have Power to receive a Claufe or Claufes, to enable the Veftry of the faid Parifh of St. Paul, in the County of Hanover, to fell the faid two inconvenient Tradls of Land, and to purchafe a more convenient Tradl, for a Glebe, for the faid
to purchafe a
Refolved,

Parifh, according to the Prayer of the faid Petition.

John Martin, praying an Allowance for a new Warehoufe built by by Order of the Coimty Court of Weftmoreland, fmce the Redu<5lion of the Public Warehoufe Rents Alfo a Petition of Jethro Sumner; fetting forth. That the County Court of Nanfemond, have taken from him a confiderable Part of the Rent of the Public Warehoufes, at Conftances, on Account of another Warehoufe lately built there, at the Charge of the faid County and praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein were feverally prefented to the Houfe, and read.
Petition of

him, at

Maddox

Ferry-,

Ordered,

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of the faid feveral Petitions, be referred to the Ordered That the Confideration do examine the Matter of the faid Petitions Committee for Pubhc Claims: That they it fhall appear to them, with their Opinions thererefpedively; and report the fame, as

upon, to the Houfe. A Meffage from the Council,

by M' Robertfon:

the Bill, for the better Regulation of That they have made feveral Amendments to defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. the Militia; to which they after Tuefday next. Ordered, That no Petition be received A Bill, intituled, An Ad, to reftrain Sherifs, and other Officers, from making unother Purpofes therein mentioned, was read the reafonable Seifures or Diftreffes, and for
third Time.
Refolved,

Ordered,

That the Bill do pafs. That M^ Randolph do carry the

Bill to

the Council; and defire their ConIt

currence.

Motion being made, the Queftion was put. That the Houfe be called over?

paffed in the Negative. Ordered, That the Houfe be called over on

Monday next.

A
Ad,

Bill, intituled,

An Ad,
Bill

for further

Continuing and Amending an Ad, intituled.

An

for laving a Duty on Liquors,

was read the third time.

enable

Refolved,

That the

do

pafs.
to

A
Lands,
Will,

Bill,
to

intituled.

An Ad,

raife

Money for Payment

of his Sifters Portions,

Ralph Wormley, Efq; to fell certain entailed and Performance of his Father's

was read the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M' Attorney-General do carry the

Bills to

the Council; and defire

their Concurrence.

Bill, for the

Ordered,

That the

more eafy Pa-^'ment of Public Dues, was read the fecond Time. Bill be committed to a Committee; and a Committee was ap-

pointed accordingly, of the following Perfons:

M' Harrifon, M' Blair,

Mr Conway, Hedgman, and

M' McCarty.
M' Attorney-General prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, for making more convenient feveral Counties in the Northern Neck, and fettling the Bounds of other Counties in the faid Neck; and the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time.

A
Furrs,

Bill, for

Licenfing Pedlars, and preventing

Frauds in

the Duties

upon Skins and

was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be committed to

Bill, for

Diffolving the prefent Veftry of the Parifh of

Eledion of Veftrymen for the faid in the Bill filled up at the Table.
Ordered, Ordered,

and M' Blair. Accomack, and for a new Parifh; was read the fecond Time; and the Blanks
M''

Attorney-General,

That the

Bill

be ingroffed.

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

Monday Morning, Eleven

o'Clock.

Monday, December

4,

1738.

Leave to bring in a Bill, for Altering Amelia Court Day. it be an Inftrudlion to the Committee to whom it is referred to prepare and bring in a Bill, for Explaining and Amending one Claufe of an Aa of Affembly, with Relation to Attachments, made in the Ninth Year of the Reign of Queen Anne, intituled. An Ad, for eftablifhing County Courts, and for regulating and fettling their Proceedings, That they have Power to receive a Claufe, for altering the faid Court Day.
for

MR.

Booker

moved

Ordered,

That

M'

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M' Carter prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, for amending and An Ad, for laying a Duty upon Slaves; and the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. A Petition of the lower Inhabitants of New-Kent, and James-City Counties, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; praying, That the Public Warehoufe at Taskanask
further continuing an Adl, intituled,

may

be continued.
Ordered,

That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of and Grievances, to whom the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Parifh of Blifsland, in the faid County of New-Kent, for repealing the faid Warehotife, is referred. M"" Fitzhtighjeported, from the Committee, to whom the Bill, for amending the Ad, intituled. An Ad, for Making, Clearing, and Repairing the Highways; and for Clearing the Rivers and Creeks, was committed. That they had made an Addition to the Title, and feveral Amendments to the Body of the Bill and he read the Amendments in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Table; where they were again read: And upon the Queftion feverally put, agreed to, by the Houfe. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. M'' Conway prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, for amending an A6t, intituled, An Ad, for Encouragement of building Water-Mills and the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. A Memorial of M"" Thomas Price, and M'' Edmund Berkley, the Reprefentatives of the County of Middlefex, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; praying, That the faid County may be re-imburfed the Charge they have been at, in hiring Warehoufes, and
Propofitions
;
;

building a

new Warehoufe,

at Urbanna.

That the faid Memorial be referred to the ConQderation of the Cormnittee for Public Claims: That they do examine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. A Petition of Matthew Kemp, Clerk of the Secretary's Office, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; praying. That his ufual Allowance may be levied for him; and that, in Regard to the Increafe of the Bufmefs of that Office, fuch further Allowance may be made him, as the Houfe fhall think reafonable. Refolved, That an additional Allowance of Two Thoufand Five Hundred Pounds of
Ordered,

Tobacco, per Annum, be made to the faid Clerk. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the Committee for Public Claims to make the ufual Allowance to the faid Matthew Kemp, in the Book of Claims.
Ordered,

That

it

be alfo an Inftrudlion to the faid Committee, to

make him

the

faid further Allowance.

M"'

Randolph, from the Committee, to

therein mentioned, to the

whom

the

Bill, for

appropriating a
the

Sum

of

Money
wick,

Ufe

of the

Parifh

of St.

Andrew, in

was committed, reported feveral Amendments made to the Bill; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Table; where the Amendments were again twice read: And upon the Queftion feverally put, agreed to, by the Houfe. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendments propofed by the Council, to the Bill, for the better Regulation of the Militia; and the Amendments were twice read: And upon the Queftion feverally put, fome of them were agreed to, and others difagreed to, by the Houfe. Ordered, That a Meffage be fent to the Covmcil, to acquaint them, that this Houfe have agreed to fome and difagreed to other of the Amendments by them propofed to the faid Bill; and defire they will pafs the Bill, with the Amendments agreed to by this Houfe And that M'' Carter go up with the Meffage.
his Place;
:

County of Brunfwhich he read in

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intituled, An Ad, for the better That they have made feveral Amendments to the Bill, mentioned. therein Prefervation of Glebe Lands, and for other Purpofes Regulating and Colleding certain better the Ad, An for intituled. Alfo to the Bill, they defire the Concurrence which to mentioned; therein Fees, otid other Purpofes
Officers

Meffage from the Council, by

M--

Robert fon:

of this Houfe.

was prefented to the Houfe, and read; complaining M' Edmund Scarburgh, to ferve as a Burgefs in this of an undue Ele<flion prefent General Affembl}-. for the County of Accomack. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of thereof; and report the Privileges and Eledlions: That they do examine the Matter

Petition of George Douglas,

and Return

of

fame, as

appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. The Houfe, according to Order, was called over, and the Names of the abfent Members were again called over; and Exctifes made for fuch of them as were abfent,
it

fhall

without the Leave of the Houfe

Ordered,

which were allowed.

'til

That the Houfe be adjourned

To-morrow Morning, Eleven o'Clock.

Tuefday, "December 5, 1738.

John Wallop, and Mary Kendall, in Behalf of her Son Jofhua Kenan infant, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; praying. That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill, to dock the Entail of Three Hundred Acres of Land, in the County and Parifh of Accomack, Parcel of a greater Tradl; and for vefting the fame in the faid Jofhua Kendall, in Fee Simple, upon the faid John Wallop's fettling an Equivalent, in Slaves, to the Ufes of the remaining entailed Lands. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the Prayer of the faid Petition; and that M'' Bowdoin prepare and bring in the fame. M' Fitzhugh prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, for appointing feveral new Ferries, and difcontuing a former Ferry; and the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time.

A
A

Petition of
dall,

Petition of George Douglas,

and read; praying. That the Day

altered.

and William Arbuckle, was prefented to the Houfe, for holding Courts in the County of Accomack, be

Ordered, That it be an Inftru(5tion to the Committee to'whom it is referred to prepare and bring in a Bill, for Explaining and Amending one Claufe of an A6t of Affembly, with relation to Attachments, made in the Ninth Year of the Reign of Queen Anne,
intituled.

An Ad

ceedings therein.

for Eftablifhing County Courts, and Regulating and Settling their ProThat they have Power to receive a Claufe, for Altering the faid Court

Day.

was prefented to the Houfe, and received; praying, Regard to the Increafe of his Bufmefs, in printing thofe Things which are to be printed, at the Public Expence; and the taking off the Draw-back of the Duty upon Paper, an additional Salary may be allowed him. Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie on the Table, to be perufed bv the Members of
That
in

Petition of William Parks,

the Houfe.

A
Time.

Bill, for

further Continuing

Tobacco;

and

for preventing

and Amending the Ad, for Amending the Staple of Frauds in His Majefty's Cuftoms, was read the fecond

That the Bill be committed to a Committee of the whole Houfe. The Houfe accordingly refolved itfelf into the faid Committee And after fome Time ipent therein, M^ Speaker refumed the Chair; and M^ Fitzhugh reported from the ComOrdered,
:

mittee,

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That they had had the faid Bill under their Confideration, and had made fome But not having Time to go through the fame, the Committee had dire<5led him to move for Leave to fit again. Refolved, That this Houfe will again refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole
mittee.

Progrefs therein

Houfe, to confider further of the faid Bill, To-morrow. A Meffage from the Council, by M'' Robertfon:

That they recede from

better
Bill,

their

Amendments

to the

Bill,

intituled.

An

Ad,

for the

Regulation of the Militia, to which this Houfe have difagreed; and have paffed the with the Amendments agreed to, by this Houfe.

That they have made fome Amendments to the Bill, intituled. An Ad, to enable Ralph Wormley, Efq; to fell certain entailed Lands, to raife Money for Payment of his Sifters Portions, and Performance of his Father's Will; to which they defire the Concurrence of this Houfe.

And

that they have paffed the BiU, intituled.

An

Ad,

to

reftrain Sherifs,

and

other

Officers, from making unreafonable Seifures or Diftreffes, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, without any Amendment. M""

Fitzhugh, from the Committee of Propofitions

and Grievances, reported. That

they had had under their Confideration, a Petition of divers Inhabitants of the Parifh of Blifsland, in the County of New-Kent, for repealing the Public Warehoufe at Taskana Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the Counties of James-City, and NewAnd agreed upon a Report; which he read in delivered afterwards in his Place; and at the Table.
ask
:

And aKo

Kent, for continuing the faid Warehoufe:

Ordered,

That the Report do

lie

on the Table, to be perufed by the Members

of

the Houfe.
Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning, Eleven

o'CIock.

ff^ednefday,

December
M''

6,

1738.
Infpedlor,

a Breach of his Oath, and Duty, in the Execution of that Office. And the Houfe being alfo acquainted, That Benjamin Win flow had uttered feveral contemptuous and fcandalous Speeches, refledting upon fome particular Members,

Member informed
M""

the Houfe, That

Henry

Willis

Johnfton, a

Member

of this Houfe,

when an

had pubhckly faid, that had been guilty of

Houfe in general, in Breach of the Privileges of this Houfe Ordered, That the faid feveral Matters be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Privileges and Elections That they inquire into the fame; and make Report

and

this

each particular Cafe, as it fhall appear to them, with their Opinions thereupon, to the Houfe. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the faid Committee, That they examine all Witneffes concerning the fame, in the moft folemn Manner. M"' Conway prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, for appointing a
of

was received, and read the firft Time. That the Bill be read a fecond Time. Ordered, That an Addrefs be made to the Governor, to order the proper Officers, to deliver Quarterly, to the Printer of the Adls of the General Affembly, and Journals of this Houfe, an Account of all Goods, or other Commodities, imported, or exported, in their feveral Diftrids: And that M"' Ifham Randolph, and M'' Carter, do wait on the Governor with the faid Addrefs. M"' McCarty reported. That the Perfons appointed, had, according to Order, addreffed the Governor, to remove thofe Perfons from all Offices, who, having been Infpedlors, have been put out of that Office, upon a Complaint: And that he was
Treafurer; and the fame
Ordered,

pleafed

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think pleafed to fay, he fhould always

an Infpedlor that behaves in fuch a Manner, unworthy to hold any Commiffion. as to be tum'd'out of his Office, in the Northern-Neck; and fettling A Bill, for making more convenient feveral Counties in the faid Neck, was read the fecond Time. the Bounds of other Counties the Committee who prepared it. Ordered, That the BiU be committed to Bill, for dividing the County of Prince M' Hcdgman moved for Leave to bring in a
That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the laid Motion And Valentine Peyton, M' Conway, and M^ Turner, prepare and bring in that M' Hed'gman,
Ordered,
:

William.

the fame.

had, according to Order, M^ Ifham Randolph reported, That the Perfons appointed,
deliver Quarterly, to the Printer addreffed the Governor, to order the proper Officers to of this Houfe, Accounts of all the Journals of the Ads of the General Affembly, and Goods or other Commodities, imported, or exported, in their feveral Diftridls.

was pleafed to fay, he would give orders accordingly. M' Blair, from the Committee for Public Claims, reported. That they had had under their Confideration feveral other Petitions, and the Memorial of the Reprefentatives of the County of Middlefex, to them referred, and alfo the Report of the faid Committee, upon the Memorial of the Reprefentatives of the County of Spotfylvania, to them committed: And agreed upon a Report; which he read in his Place; and afterwards delivered in at the Table: And the Report being read a fecond Time, the following

And

that the Governor

Refolutions were agreed

to,

by the Houfe.

Rcfolved, That John Martin be allowed an additional Rent of Four Pounds, for One Year laft paft, for building another Warehoufe at Maddox Fern,', by Order of the County Court of Weftmoreland. Refolved, That an Allowance of Fifty Shillings per Annum, for Two Years laft paft, be made to the County of Middlefex, for an additional Building made to the Public Warehoufe at Urbanna and of Six Pounds Three Shillings and Six Pence, for the Hire of other Houfes for the Infpection of Tobacco. Refolved, That an Allowance of Four Pounds per Annum, for Two Years laft paft, be made to the County of Nanfemond, for building another Warehoufe; and of Ten Shillings for One Year laft paft, for building a Shed at Conftance's; and that the Coimty re-imburfe Jethro Sumner what they have received out of the Rents of the other Warehoufes, to this Time. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the faid Committee, to make the faid Allow;

Book of Claims. The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Report from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, upon the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Parifh of Blifsland, in the County of New-Kent, for repealing the Public Warehoufe at Taskanask; and the Report was again read And after a Debate, upon the Queftion put, agreed
ances in the
:

to,

by the Houfe, as follows. Refolved, That the faid Warehoufe be difcontinued, and another inftead thereof,

appointed at the Brick-houfe.

Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the Committee, to whom the Bill, for further Continuing and Amending the Ad, for Amending the Staple of Tobacco; and for preventing Frauds in His Majefty's Cuftoms, is committed. That they have Power to receive a

Claufe for repealing the Public Warehoufe at Taskanask, and appointing another inftead thereof, on the Land of Col. Baffet, at the Brick-houfe. The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, further to confider the Bill, for further Continuing

and Amending the Ad, for Frauds in His Majefty's Cuftoms: And after fome Time fpent therein, M^ Speaker refumed the Chair; and M' Fitzhugh reported, from the Committee, That they had had the faid Bill under their further

Ammdmg

the Staple of Tobacco;

and

for preventing

Confideration,

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Confideration,

the fame, the Committee had diredled

and made a further Progrefs therein But not having Time to go thro' him to move for Leave to fit again. Refolved, That the Houfe will again refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of the faid Bill, To-morrow.
:

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjoum'd

'til

To-morrow Morning, Eleven

o'Clock.

Thurfday, December

7,

1738.

A
M''

An Ad, for Diffolving the prefent Veftry of the Parifh of Accomack, and for a new Eledion of Veftrymen for the faid Parifh, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"' Edmund Scarburgh do carry the Bill to the Council; and defire
Bill, intituled,

their Concurrence.

Fitzhugh, from the Committee, to

whom

the

Bills, for

ereding two new Counties

and Parifhes, and granting certain Encouragements to the Inhabitants thereof: And Southwark, arui Lawn's Creek, a.nd other Purpofes therein mentioned, were committed, reported, That they had made feveral Amendments to both the Bills: And he read the Amendments in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bills, with the Amendments, in at the Table. M' Doran mov'd for an Inftrudtion to the Committee to whom the Petition for dividing the County of Hanover, is referred, concerning the taking Part of the faid Covmty, into the County of New-Kent: And upon the Queftion put. That the Confideration of the faid Motion be referred It paffed in the Negative. to the faid Committee? The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, further to confider the Bill, for further Continuing and Amending the Ad, for Amending the Staple of Tobacco; and for preventing Frauds in His Majefty's Cuftoms: And after fome Time fpent therein, M'' Speaker refumed the Chair; and M' Fitzhugh reported, from the Committee, That they had had the faid Bill under their further Confideration, and gone thro' the fame, and made feveral Amendments to the Bill; which he was ready to report. Ordered, That the Report be made To-morrow. Ordered, That it be a ftanding Order of this Houfe, That when, upon any Matter referred to a Committee, they fhall think proper to fend for any Perfon to appear before them, their Orders or Summons fhall be executed by the Serjeant at Arms, or fome
for dividing the Parifhes of

other Perfon by him appointed, to execute the fame.

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning, Eleven

o'Clock.

Friday, December 8,

1738.
of

A
rence.

Bill, intituled,

An

Ad,

for appropriating
of St.

Sum
the

Money
of

therein mentioned, to

the

Ufe

of the

Parifh

Andrew, in

County

Brunfwick, with the

Amendments, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Conway do carry the Bill to the Coimcil; and

defire their

Concur-

M' Corbin, from the Committee for Courts of Juftice, reported. That they had had under their Confideration, the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Town of York, to them referred; praying Leave to bring in a Bill, for vefting Five Acres of Land, in the Feoffees
of

(368)
of the faid

and remain as a Common, for the Ufa of the faid Town, for Gwyn Read fuch Sum of Money, as the Houfe fhall Ever upon the Petitioners paying heard, as well the Petitioners, by their Counfel, as the faid think reafonable; and had the faid Petition: And agreed upon a Report; Gm'n Read by his Counfel. againft delivered m at the Table; where it was his Place; and afterwards

Town

to be

which he

r^d
it

in

again read, as follows:

of the General Affembly. made appears to the Committee, That, by an and Encouragement of Cohabitation, for 1680, our Lord, at lames-City in the Year of Land fhould be purchafed Acres That Fifty of Trade and Manufadure: It is EnaAed, appointed, for a Town, for Storefeveral Counties, and laid out and

That

Ad

by the Feoffees of the

was, including the

houfes- particularly in
dwelt, for Cohabitation.

York County, on M' Read'5 Land, where the Ship Honour'^ Store Low Beech, for Landing and Wharfs, and the Old Field where Webber
1691, intituled.

That by the

Ad of

An Ad

for Ports:

It is

Enadled. That the feveral

named and fet down, be, are, nominated Ports, Wharfs, Keys, and appointed by that AA: Which faid Adt and fhall be, the Ports, Wharfs, Keys, and Places, beginning at the Lower appoints the Port for York County, upon Benjamin Read's Land, towards the Ferry. River, the by downwards, Side of Smith's Creek, and running Smith, then Surveyor Lawrence Ad. That after the paffing of the faid laft mentioned of the faid County of York, did furvey and lay out Fifty Acres of Land, to be divided into Lots and Streets; and about Five Acres more upon the Face of the River, being
Places, therein after

moft of it narrow Points, unfit for Habitation, for the common Benefit of fuch Perfons And that afteras then were, or thereafter fhould be. Inhabitants of the faid Town wards, the faid Benjamin Read, by Deed, bearing Date the Eighteenth Day of Auguft, in the Year laft mentioned, referring to the faid Smith's Survey, did convey to Jofeph
:

Ring,
faid

and Thomas Ballard, of the County of York, Feoffees in Truft. appointed by the County Court, Fifty Acres of Land, be the fame more or lefs. extending to. and by the Low-Water Mark. That by another Aft, made in the Year 1705, for confirming Titles to Town-Lands, all Lands which have been purchafed, in purfuance of the faid laft mentioned Adl, are declared to be vefted in the refpedlive Feoffees, or thofe that have been purchafed under them, in Fee Simple. That it likewife appears to have been the Intent and Defign of the faid Benjamin Read, that the faid Five Acres, between the Lines of the faid Fifty Acres, propofed to be laid out into Lots and Streets, and the River, fhould pafs to the faid Feoffees, with
the faid Fifty Acres.

But in Regard that the faid Gwyn Read claims a Title to the before mentioned Five Acres of Land, as Heir in Tail, the Committee fubmit to the Judgment of this Houfe, whether it be reafonable to bring in a Bill according to the Prayer of the faid Petition.

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill according to the Prayer of the faid Petition; and that M-- Conway, M' Attorney-General, Fitzhiigh, Digges, and M' Buckner, prepare and bring in the fame. The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendments propofed by the
Ordered,

Council, to the Bill, intituled,

Officers Fees,

An Ad,

for the better Regulating

and Colleding

certain

and other Purpofes therein mentioned; and the Amendments were twice read: And upon the Queftion feverally put, difagreed to, by the Houfe. Ordered, That a Meffage be fent to the Council, to acquaint them. That this Houfe have difagreed to the Amendments by them propofed to the faid Bill; and they
defire
will pafs the Bill,

without thofe Amendments:

And

that

M--

Corbin go up with the

Meffage.

M' Fitzhugh, according to Order, reported feveral Amendments mittee of the whole Houfe. to the Bill, for further Continuing and
for

made by

the

ComAd,

Amending

the

Amending

the Staple of Tobacco;

and

for preventing

Frauds in His Majefty's Cuftoms;

and

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and he read the Amendments in his Place and afterwards delivered the Amendments Table where they were again twice read And upon the Queftion feverally put, agreed to, by the Houfe; and fome further Amendments were made to the Bill at
;

in at the

the Table.

That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. Conway, from the Committee of Privileges and Ele(5lions, reported, That they had had under their Confideration, the Information made to the Houfe, that M'' Henry Willis had faid, that M"^ Johnfton, a Member of this Houfe, when an Infpedlor, had been guilty of a Breach of his Oath, and Duty, in the Execution of that Office and were
Ordered,
M''
;

come

to a Refolution thereupon.

Ordered,

That the Report do

lie

on the Table, to be perufed by the Members

of the

Houfe.

Claims reported, That they had had under their Confideration, feveral other Petitions to them referred; and were come to feveral Refolutions thereupon which he read in his Place and afterwards delivered the Report in at the Table where the Refolutions were again twice read And upon the Queftion
M"" Blair,

from the Committee

;

of Public

feverally put, agreed to,

Refolved,

by the Houfe, as follows That the County of Nanfemond, having

built

Two new

Warehoufes,

One

an additional Rent of Three Pounds Ten Shillings per Annum, for each of the faid Houfes, for Three Years laft paft. Refolved, That William Norvell be allowed the Sum of Twenty Pounds Current Money, for his Slave, who being committed to Goal, for ftabbing one William Compton,
at Sleepy Hole, the other at Lawrence's, be allowed
M"^

died during his Confinement.

Blair alfo reported from the faid Committee, That
of M''

Memorial

William Johnfton, and

M''

Rice Curtis, to

them

upon the examining the alfo referred, Col. Henry

Land whereon the Warehoufes at Fredericksburg are built, appeared before the faid Committee, and agreed to re-imburfe the County of Spotfylvania the Charge of building Three new Warehoufes, and of hiring other Houfes for the Reception of Tobacco brought thither to be Infpedled and to build what other Houfes fhall be wanting for the future; in Confideration of the additional Rent to be allowed for the faid new built Houfes, and the Hire of the other Houfes; which was agreed to, by the faid Memorialifts, in Behalf of that County And that the Committee had come to a Refolution thereupon which he read in his Place and afterwards delivered in at the Table; where it was again read; and agreed to, by the Houfe, as follows. Refolved, That an Allowance of Ten Pounds per Annum, for Two Years laft paft, be made to the faid Willis, as an additional Rent for the faid new Houfes already built and of Two Thoufand Eight Hundred and Fifty Six Pounds of Tobacco, for the Hire of the other Houfes; and that he re-imburfe the faid County what Expence it hath been at in the Premifes, which amounts to Thirteen Thoufand One Hvmdred and Fifty Seven Pounds of nett Tobacco And for what other Houfes the faid Willis fhall hereafter build by Order of the Court, he be thereafter allowed for the fame. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the faid Committee, to make the faid feveral Allowances in the Book of Claims. M'' Blair acquainted the Houfe, That upon examining the Book of Claims of the laft Seffion, it appears, That the Claim of fome Perfons being charged in Two Counties,
Willis, Proprietor of the
; :

have been twice levied. Ordered, That it be alfo an Inftrudlion to the faid Committee, to charge fuch Perfons with the Surplus of the Tobacco fo levied, as they fhall find to be chargeable therewith, in the

Book

of Claims.

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning, Eleven

o'Clock.

Saturday,

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Saturday, December 9,

1738.

MR
for the

and Eledlions, reported, That Conway, from the Committee of Privileges Petition of M^ George Douglas, the they had' had under their Confideration, an undue Eledlion and Return of M^ to them referred; complaining of in this prefent General Affembly, Burgefs as a fer\'e Edmund Scarburgh, to Parker, deceafed; and had heard, Backer County of Accotnack, in the Room of M^
Member, as the
faid Douglas,

as well the fitting

by

their Counfel.
:

and examined

feveral

Complaint Whereupon, it appears to the ComTwice, between the Death of the faid Parker, and mittee, that the fitting Member did People of the faid County once at a Tefte of the Writ, give ftrong Liquors to the
Witneffes touching the Matter of the faid
the
;

on the Day of Eledlion, caufe ftrong Door, where many People drank Court-houfe the Liquor to be brought in a Cart, near one Man, in particular, faid, and were taking; thereof, whilft the Polls of the Eledion (meaning the fitting Member;) Give nt'e a Drink, and I will go and vote for Col. Scarburgh, where feveral People were faid Cart, the out of him given and Drink was accordingly Perfon voted for the faid that whether merry with Drink: But it doth not appear, Scarburgh, or not; or was a Freeholder: It alfo appears to the Committee, That the Liquors given, as aforefaid, at the Race and Mufter, and the Liquor brought to the Eledion. and given whilft the Polls were taking, were given with Defign to procure the Therefore, upon the whole Matter, the Committee have fitting Member to be eledled
Race, and the other Time
at a Mufter;

and

did.

come

to the following Refolution

That it is the Opinion of this Committee. That M' Edmund Scarburgh is not duly eledled. and returned a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General Affembly. for the County of Acco}>tack And he read the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered it in at the Table; where the fame was again read. And M^ Scarburgh was heard in his Place, and then withdrew And a Claufe in an Adl of the General Affembly. made in the Fourth Year of the Reign of the late Queen Anne, for regulating the Eledion of Burgeffes; for fettling their Privileges, and for afcertaining their Allowances, was read.
Refolved,
: :

And

after a Debate, the Queftion being put,

That the Houfe agree to the

It

faid

Refolution?

paffed in the Negative.

Refolved,

That

M""

Edmund

Scarburgh

is

lerve in this prefent General Affembly, for the

duly eleded. and returned a Burgefs to County of Accomack, in the Room of M"'

Sacker Parker, deceafed.

Ordered,

That the Serjeant at Arms, with the Mace, introduce the faid Scarburgh

to his Place in the Houfe.

M' Carter reported. That the Committee to whom it is referred, to prepare and draw up a State of the Duty upon Slaves, and the feveral Payments that have been made, with the Amount thereof, had had under their Confideration the Treafurer's Accounts, and examined the feveral Articles thereof; which they find to be juft: And that the
Ballance remaining in his Hands,
is

Five Thoufand Seven Hundred and Nineteen Pounds

Bill, for the

Two

Shillings.

M' Harrifon reported, from the Committee, to whom the Payment of Public Dries, was committed, feveral Amendments
read the

made

to the Bill:

more eafy And he

Amendments

in his Place;

and afterwards delivered the

Bill,

with the Amend-

ments, in at the Table.

Ordered, That it be an Inftrucftion to the Committee for Public Claims, to make an Allowance of Twelve Pounds to the County of James-City, for a new Set of Weights and
Scales.

A Bill, appointing a Treafurer, was read a fecond Time, and the Blanks in the hUed up; and feveral Amendments were made to the Bill, at the Table Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed.

Bill

(37i)
to Order, a Bill, to prevent the Inhabitants Borough of Norfolk, from being compelled to ferve in the Militia of the County of Norfolk; and to exempt Sailors or Seamen, in adual Pay, on board any Ship or Veffel, from ferving in the Militia; and the fame was received. M"" Fitzhugh, from the Committee of Propolitions and Grievances, reported. That they had had \mder their Confideration, feveral Petitions of divers of the Inhabitants of the Counties of Hanover and Goochland, to them referred, in Relation to the Divifion of the faid County of Hanover: And agreed upon a Report; which he read in his Place;
of the

M' Boiifh prefented to the Houfe, according

and afterwards delivered in at the Table. Ordered, That the faid Report do lie on the Table, to be perufed by the Members
of the Houfe.

Bill, intituled.

An Ad,

for further Continuing

and Amending

the

Ad,

for

Amending

the Staple of Tobacco; and for preventing Frauds in His Majefty's Cuftoms, with the Amendments, was read the third Time and an Amendment was made, and the Blank
;

in the Bill, filled

up at the Table. Refolved, That the Bill do pais. Ordered, That M' Fitzhugh do carry the

Bill to

the Council; and defire their Con-

currence.

M' Hedgman prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, for dividing Prince William County; and the fame was received. Ordered, That M'' Boufh, and M' Hutchins, have Leave to go home for the Recovery
of their Healths.

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

Monday Morning, Eleven o 'Clock.

Monday, December ii, 1738.

by M'' Robertfon: That they have paffed the Bill, intituled, An Ad, for Continuing and Amending an Ad, intituled. An Ad, for laying a Duty on Liquors. That they have agreed to the Refolve of this Houfe, for paying One Himdred Pounds to M'' John Tennent. And That they infift on their Amendments to the Bill, for better Regulating and Colleding certain Officers Fees, and other Purpofes therein mentioned; and defire this Houfe will pafs the Bill, with thofe Amendments. Upon a Motion, the Houfe was called over, and the Names of the abfent Members were again called over; and Excufes made for fome of them, who were abfent, without the Leave of the Houfe; which were allowed. Ordered, That M'' Smith, M"" Marrable, M'' Gray, M"" Simmons, M*" Claiborne, M.' Price, M' Berkeley, M"" Ruffin, M'' Haynes, and M"' Buckner, be taken into Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms, for abfenting themfelves from their Duty in the Service of the Houfe.
Corbin prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, declaring the Law concerning Attachments, and altering the Court Days in the Counties of Accomack and Amelia; and the fame was received.
M''

AMeffage from the Council,

The Houfe proceeded

Coxmcil, to the
other

to the Confideration of the

Amendments propofed by
:

the

Bill, intituled. An Ad, for the better Prefervation of Glebe Lands; and for Purpofes therein mentioned; and the Amendments were twice read And upon the Queftion feverally put, difagreed to, by the Houfe. Ordered, That a Meffage be fent to the Council, to acquaint them. That this Houfe have difagreed to their Amendments to the faid Bill; and defire they will pafs the Bill, without thofe Amendments And that M'' Harrifon go up with the Meffage. The Houfe alfo proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendments propofed by the
:

Council, to the

Bill, intituled,

An Ad,

to

enable

Ralph Wormeley, Efq;

to fell

and difpofe
of

(372)
of certain entailed

Lands,

to raife

Performance
Queftion

of his Father's Will: feverally put, agreed to,

Money for the Payment of his Sifters Portions, and And the Amendments were twice read: And upon the
by the Houfe.
,.

have up with the Meffage. Buckner, attended Cuftody: The Houfe being informed. That M' Smith, and M^ Fees. paying Cuftody. of out Ordered, That they be difcharged A Bill, intituled, An AA, for amending the AA, intituled. An Ad, for Making,

Council, to acquamt them, That this Houfe Ordered That a Meffage be fent to the Bill: And that M' Attorney-General go agreed to their Amendments to the faid

and Repairing th? Highways; and for Clearing the Rivers and Creeks; and for making more effedual Provifion for the keeping Mill Dams in good Repair, was read the third Time. Refolvcd, That the Bill do pafs. and defire their ConOrdered, That M' Conway do carr>' the Bill to the Council
Clearing,
;

currence.

The Houfe being informed. That

in

M"" Berkley, M.'

Marrable, and M' Price, attended

Cuftody:
Ordered,

That they be difcharged out of Cuftody, paying Fees. The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of that Part of the Meffage from the Council, which relates to the Amendments by them propofed to the Bill, for better regulating and colleding certain Officers Fees, and other Purpofes therein mentioned. Ordered, That a Meffage be fent to the Council, to acquaint them, That this Houfe do infift on their Difagreement to thofe Amendments And that M' Corbin go up with
:

the Meffage.

M' Conway prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a and Title of certain Lands to the Feoffees of the Town of York
;

Bill, for better

fecuring the

Common, for the Ufe of the Inhabitants and read the firft Time.

of the faid

for fettling the fame for a Town; and the fame was received,

A
at the

Motion being made,

Ordered,

That Gwyn Read be heard by

his Counfel, againft the paffing the faid Bill,

Bar

of the Houfe.
;

Accordingly the Counfel was called in

Ordered,

and being heard, withdrew.

Simmons,
M''

That the

Bill

be read a fecond Time.

M''

The Houfe being informed, That

attended in Cuftody
Ordered,

Haynes, and

M'' Claiborne,

That they be difcharged out of Cuftody, paying Fees. Meffage from the Council, by M"' Robertfon: That they have paffed a Bill, intituled. An AA, for the better Prefervation of the Breed of Deer; and preventing unlawful Hunting; to which they defire the Concurrence of this Houfe

And

that they recede from their

firft

Amendment

to the

Bill, intituled.

An Ad,
and

for the better Prefervation of Glebe Lands; and for other Purpofes therein nitntioned; defire this Houfe wiU pafs the Bill, with the reft of their Amendments.

The Houfe being informed. That M^ Eppes, and M' Ruffin, attended in Cuftody: Ordered, That they be difcharged out of Cuftody, paying Fees. The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendment to the Bill, dividing
for
the Partfhes of

Southwark, and Lawn's Creek, and other Purpofes therein mentioned; and the Amendment was twice read: And upon the Queftion put, agreed to, by the
Houfe.
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendment, be ingroffed. The Houfe alfo proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendments to the Bill. for the moreeafy Payment of Public Dues; and the Amendments were twice read: And upon the Queftion feverally put. agreed to, by the Houfe; and an Amendment was made, and the Blank in the BUI filled up

at the Table.

Ordered,

(373)

That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. Then the Hotife proceeded to the Confideration of the Report from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, upon the Petitions of divers of the Inhabitants of the Counties of Hanover and Goochland, in Relation to the Divifion of the faid County of Hanover: And the Refolutions of the faid Committee were twice read: And upon the Queftion feverally put, agreed to, by the Houfe, as follows: Refolved, That the feveral Petitions of the Inhabitants of the faid Counties of Hanover and Goochland, praying a Divifion of Part of the faid County of Hanover,
Ordered,

together with Part of the faid Cotinty of Goochland, into

Rejedled.
Refolved,

Two

diftinft Counties, be

County of Hanover be divided into Two diftinft Covmties, from the Mouth of Elk Creek, on the River Northanna, to the Mouth of Cubb Creek, on the River Southanna; thence by a ftraight Courfe, croffing that River, to Owen's Creek Bridge, on the County Main Road; and from
That the
faid

by a

ftraight Courfe, to be run

thence, the

firft

Courfe continued,

'til it

interfefts the Line of Goochland

County.

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the faid Refolution And that the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances prepare and bring in the fame. M"^ Bowdoin prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, for vefting Three Hundred Acres of Land, in the County and Parifh of Accomack, Parcel of a greater Trad, whereof John Wallop is feifed, in Fee Tail, in Jofhua Kendall, in Fee Simple; and for fettling feveral Slaves, to the Ufes of the remaining entailed Lands; and the fame was reOrdered,
ceived.

Bill, for

dividing Prince William County,

Bill

was read the

firft

Time.

Ordered, Ordered,

That the

be read a fecond Time.

'til

That the Houfe be adjourn 'd

To-morrow Morning, Eleven

o'Clock.

Tuefday, December 12,

1738.

Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Report from the Committee and Ele(5lions, touching what M' Henry Willis had faid, concerning M'' Johnfton And the Report was read, as follows The Committee of Privileges and Eledlions have had under their Confideration, the Information to them referred. That M' Henry Willis had publickly faid, that M"' Johnfton, a Member of this Houfe, when an Infpe(5lor, had been guilty of a Breach of his Oath, and Duty, in the Execution of that Office and have heard, as well the faid Willis, as the faid Johnfton, and examined feveral Witneffes upon the Matter of the faid Information: Whereupon, it does not appear to the Committee, That the faid Willis uttered any Words, as of his own Knowledge, charging the faid Johnfton with a Breach of his Oath, or Duty, as aforefaid But it appears. That one Battle had formerly raifed a Report againft the faid Johnfton, to that Effecft; which the faid Willis mentioned in Converfation, without Defign of fixing any Odium on M"' Johnfton: And the Refolutions of the faid Committee were twice read And upon the Queftion feverally put, agreed to, by the Houfe, as follows Refolved, That M'' Willis, in mentioning the faid Report, in the Manner he did, is not
of Privileges
:

THE

faulty.

Refolved,

That M' Johnfton hath

fufficiently cleared his

Reputation againft the

Afperfions caft upon him, by the faid Report.

M' Fitzhugh prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, for dividing Hanover County; and ereding the Upper Part thereof, into a diftind County. And alfo a Bill, for the Encouragement of certain Foreign Proteftants and the fame
;

were received.

The

(374)
Confideration of the Amendments to the BiU, for The Houfe proceeded to the Parifhes; and granting certain Encouragetnents to the ereaim Two new Counties and And the Amendments were twice read: And upon the Queftion
Inhabitants thereof:

Houfe. feveraUy put, agreed to, by the Amendments, be mgroffed. Ordered, That the Bill, with the the Upper Part thereof, into a dividing Hanover County; and ereding

Bill, for

diftirtd

was read the firft Time. Time. Ordered. That the Bill be read a fecond And the Bill was read the fecond Time accordingly. the Committee who prepared it. Ordered, That the Bill be committed to faid Committee, That they have Power to the to Inftrudlion Ordered, That it be an County one entire Parifh. receive a Claufe, for making the new certain Foreign Proteftants, was read the firft Time. Bill, for the Encouragement of
County,

be read a fecond Time. A Bill, for vefting Three Hundred Acres of Land, in the County and Parifh of Accoin Fee Tail, in Jofhua mack, Parcel of a greater Trad, whereof John Wallop is feifed, to the Ufes of the remaining Kendall, in Fee Simple; and for fettling feveral Slaves,
Ordered,

That the

Bill

entailed Lands,

was read the firft Time. Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. An ingroffed Bill, from the Council, intituled, An Ad, for the better Prefervation unlawful Hunting, was read the firft Time. of the Breed of Deer; and preventing Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time. M' Carter reported from the Committee to whom the Bill, for making more convenient feveral Counties in the Northern Neck, and fettling the Bounds of other Counties in the faid Neck, was committed, That they had made an Amendment to the Title, and feveral Amendments to the Body ol the Bill; and he read the Amendments in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Table. A Bill, for dividing Prince William County, was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Committee; and a Committee was appointed accordingly, of the following Perfons:

M'
M''

Carter,

M"'

Valentine Peyton,

and

Fitzhugh,

M" Hedgman.

Coimcil, which relates to the

The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of that Part of the Meffage from the Amendments by them propofed, to the Bill, intituled. An Ad, for the better Prefervation of Glebe Lands; and for other Purpofes therein menOrdered,

tioned.

That a Meffage be fent to the Council, to acquaint them, That this Houfe Amendments; and infift on their Difagreement to the other Amendment, infifted on by the Council And that M'' Conway
recede from their Difagreement to one of the
:

go up with the Meffage.

Bill,

declaring the

Law

concerning Attachments, and altering the Court-Days in

firft

the Counties of

Accomack, and Amelia, was read the Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time.

Time.

A
to

Bill,

to

prevent the Inhabitants of the

of the

Borough
to

feme in the Militia

County

of

Norfolk; and

Pay, on board any Ship or Veffel, from ferving in the Ordered, That the Bill be read a fecond Time.
M-- Blair,

of Norfolk, from being compelled exempt Sailors or Seamen, in adual Militia, was read the firft Time.

from the Committee for Public Claims, reported. That the Committee had examined and confidered all the Public Claims which had been laid before them
this Seffion:

And

delivered the
Ordered,

Book in

agreed upon a Report; which they had entered in a Book; at the Table.
lie

and he
of the

That the Report do

on the Table, to be perufed by the Members

Houfe.

(375)
Bill, for amending the Ad, intituled, An Ad, for Encouragement of building Waterwas read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. M' Attorney-General, from the Committee, to whom the Bill, for Licenfing Pedlars, and preventing Frauds in the Duties upon Skins and Furrs, was committed, reported feveral Amendments to the Bill; which he read in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Table.

Mills,

It being reprefented to the

ing the Obligation of the

Oath

enquired from whence it the Members of this Houfe?

Ordered,

Houfe, that various Opinions are entertained, concernAnd a Motion being made, that it may be proceeds, that That Oath is and has been adminift[e]red to
of a Burgefs
:

That the Committee

of

That they fearch the Journals

Ordered,

and Eleftions enquire into that Matter former Alfemblies; and report what they fhall find
of Privileges

relating thereto, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe.

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning, Eleven

o'Clock.

ff^ednefday,

December 13, 1738.

A
of

Bill,

intituled. An Ad, for the more eafy Payment of Public Dues, with the Amendments, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pais. Ordered, That M"^ Harrifon do carry the Bill to the Council; and defire

their Concurrence.

Ordered, That a Meffage be fent to the Council, to defire them to acquaint this Houfe, what they have done upon the Bill, intituled, An Ad, for appropriating a Sum

Money therein mentioned, to the Ufe of the Parifh of St. Andrew, in the County of Bnmfwick And that M"^ Harrifon go up with the Meffage. M' Carter, from the Committee, to whom the Bill, for dividing Prince William County, was committed, reported an Amendment to the Bill; which he read in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendment, in at the Table.
:

Southwark, and Lawn's Creek, and other Purpofes therein mentioned, with the Amendments, was read the third Time, and the Blanks in the Bill, filled up at the Table.
Bill, intituled,

An Ad,

for dividing the Parifhes of

That the Bill do pais. Ordered, That M' Allen do carry the
Refolved, rence.

Bill to the Council;

and

defire their

Concur-

An Ad, for appointing a Treafurer, was read the third Time. That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"" Conway do carry the Bill to the Council; and defire their ConBill, intituled.

Refolved,

currence.

Ad, for amending the Ad, intituled. An Ad, for Encouragement of building Water-Mills, was read the third Time. And the Queftion being put, That the Bill do pais? It paffed in the Negative, Refolved, That the Bill be Rejedted. A Bill, intituled, An Ad, for ereding Two new Counties and Parifhes; and granting certain Encouragements to the Inhabitants thereof, with the Amendments, was read the
Bill, intituled.

An

third Time.

That the Bill do pais. Ordered, That M'' Fitzhugh do carry the
Refolved,
rence.

Bill to

the Coimcil

and

defire their

Concur-

The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendments to the Bill, for making more convenient feveral Counties in the Northern Neck, and fettling the Boiifids
of

(376)
in the faid of other Counties

Neck; and the

Amendments were

twice read:

And upon

to, by the Houfe. the Queftion feverally put, agreed Amendments, be mgroffed. Ordered, That the Bill, with the

in Cuftody The Houfe being informed. That M^ Gray attended Cuftody, paying Fees. Ordered, That he be difcharged out of A Meffage from the Council, by M^ Robertfon: the Bill, intituled. An Ad, for further That they have made fome Amendments to the Staple of Tobacco; and for preventing Continuing and Amending the Ad, for Amending defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. Frauds in His Majefty's Cuftmns; to which they Matter of their Amendments to the fubjedl the upon That they defire a Conference colleding certain Officers Fees, and and regulating Bill, intituled. An Ad, for the better appointed two of their Members Managers, other Purpofes therein mentioned; and have to meet fuch Members as fhall be appointed Chamber, Council who are now ready in the

Conferees by this Houfe.

And

that they have

had under
:

their Confideration,

Bill, intituled,

An Ad,

for

appropriating a

Sum

of

Money

therein mentioned, to the

in the County of Brunfwick

And

Ordered,

That M^ Fitzhugh,

Parifh of St. Andrew, upon the Queftion put, for a third Reading? It paffed in the Negative. Corbin, M' Conway, and M^ Randolph, go up to the

Ufe

of the

Council, and acquaint them, That this Houfe agree to the Conference by them propofed; and that they are appointed Managers by this Houfe, and are ready to enter upon an

immediate Conference with the Managers by them appointed:

accordingly.

And

they withdrew

Bill, intituled.

An Ad,
Bill

for the

Encouragement

of certain

Foreign Proteftants, was

read the fecond Time.

Ordered,

That the

be committed to a Committee

and a Committee was appoint-

ed accordingly, of the following Perfons:

M' Wall, and M"' Richard Kennan. A Bill, for vefting Three Hundred Acres of Land, in the County and Parifh of Accomack, Parcel of a greater Trad, whereof John Wallop is feifed, in Fee Tail, in Jofhua
M' Fitzhugh, M' Embry,
Kendall, in Fee Simple; and for fettling feveral Slaves,
tailed
to the

Ufes

of the retnaining en-

Lands, was read the fecond Time.

Ordered,
M''

M'' Henry Scarburgh and M' Bowdoin, M'' Edmund Scarburgh. That they do examine the Allegations thereof; and report the Matter, as it fhall appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. A Meffage from the Council, by M"' Robertfon: That they have paffed the Bill, intituled, An Ad, for appointing a Treafurer, without any Amendment.

That the Harmanfon,

Bill

be committed to a Committee of the following Perfons

A
the

Bill, for the

Cmmty

of

Relief of thofe Perfons who were Sufferers by the Lofs of the Records of Nanfemond, whofe Cafes have not been already provided for, was read the

fecond Time.

That the Bill be ingroffed. M' Fitzhugh reported. That the Managers of this Houfe, had had a Conference with the Conferees of the Council, in the Conference Chamber; who propofed fome
Ordered,

Amendments
Officers Fees,

to the Bill, intituled.

An Ad,

for the better regulating

and

colleding certain

which this
the Houfe.

and other Purpofes therein mentioned, inftead of thofe Amendments to Houfe have difagreed; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to, bv

That the faid Managers acquaint the Conferees of the Council, That this Houfe do agree to the Amendments laft propofed; and confent to the paffmg the Bill,
Ordered,

with thofe Amendments.

(377)

by M"" Robertfon: That they cannot recede from their Amendment to the Bill, intituled, An Ad, for the better Prefervation of Glebe Lands; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned; to which this Houfe do inlift on their Difagreement but do adhere to that Amendment; and delire this Houfe will pafs the Bill, with the Amendment by them adhered to. The Hotife proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendment to the Bill, for dividing Prince William County and the Amendment was twice read, and agreed to, by the
;
;

A Meffage from the Council,

Houfe.
Ordered, Ordered,

That the

Bill,

with the Amendment, be ingroffed.

'til

That the Houfe be adjourned

To-morrow Morning, Eleven

o'Clock.

Thurfday, December 14, 1738.

AN

ingroffed Bill,
of the

Breed

of Deer;

from the Council, intituled, An Ad, for the better Prefervation and preventing unlawful Hunting, was read the fecond

Time.
Ordered^ That the Bill be committed to the Committee of Propolitions and Grievances. Ordered, That the Sum of Two Hundred Thirty Nine Pounds Seventeen Shillings, lately paid into the Treafury by Col. Spotfwood, be paid to Col. Benjamin Harrifon, to be by him laid out, in buying Arms for the County of Brunfwick, to be diftributed amongft the Inhabitants of that County, by the Court Martial. The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendments propofed by the Council, to the Bill, intituled. An Ad, for further Continuing and Amending the Ad, for Amending the Staple of Tobacco; and for preventing Fratids in His Majefty's Cuftoms; and the Amendments were twice read; And upon the Queftion feverally put, one of the Amendments, with an Amendment, was agreed to, and the reft difagreed to, by the

Houfe.

That a Meffage be fent to the Council, to acquaint them. That this Houfe have agreed to one of the Amendments by them propofed, with an Amendment, and difagreed to the reft of their Amendments to the faid Bill; and defire they will pafs the Bill, with the Amendment agreed to, as this Houfe have amended it: And that M'' Fitzhugh go up with the Meffage. Ordered, That M"" Willis have Leave to be abfent from the Service of the Houfe
Ordered,
'til

Monday next.
The Houfe proceeded
to the Confideration of the Meffage

from the Council,

in

Relation to their
of Glebe

Amendment

to the

Bill, intituled,

An Ad,

for the better Prefervation

Lands; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned; to which Amendment this infifted on their Difagreement. Refolved, That this Houfe do adhere to the faid Bill, without the faid Amendment. M"' Bowdoin reported, from the Committee, to whom the Bill, for vefting Three Hundred Acres of Land, in the County and Parifh of Accomack, Parcel of a greater Trad, whereof John Wallop is feifed, in Fee Tail, in Jofhua Kendall, in Fee Simple; and for fettling feveral Slaves, to the Ufes of the remaining entailed Lands, was committed. That they had examined the Allegations of the faid Bill; which they find to be true: And had made feveral Amendments to the Bill and he read the Amendments in his Place and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Table. A Bill, intituled. An Ad, for making more convenient feveral Counties in the Northern Neck; and fettling the Bounds of other Counties and certain Parifhes, in the faid Neck, with the Amendments, was read the third Time.

Houfe have

Refolved,

That the

Bill

do

pafs.

Ordered,

(378)
Ordered,
rence.

That M^ Carter do carry the

M-"

Bill to

the Council;

and

defire their

Concur-

to the Bill, intituled. An Ad, for amendThat they have made feveral the Highways; and for Clearing the Repairing ing the Ad, for Making, Clearing, and Provifwn for the keeping Mill-Dams Rivers and' Creeks; and for making more effedual of this Houfe. in good Repair; to which they defire the Concurrence County, with the Amendment, William Prince dividing A Bill, intituled. An Ad, for at the Table. filled up was read the third Time, and the Blanks in the Bill

Meffage from the Council, by

Robertfon:

Amendments

That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M' Hedgman do carry the
Refolved,

Bill to

the Council

and

defire their

Con-

currence.
Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning, Eleven o'Clock.

Friday, December 15,

Ordered,

1738.

James Ball have Leave to go Home, upon an extraordinary Occafion. M'' Fitzhugh reported, from the Committee, to whom the Bill, for dividing Hanover County; and ereding the Upper Part thereof, into a diftind County, was committed. That they had altered the Title, and made feveral Amendments to the Bill; which he read in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Table. A Bill, for amending and further continuing an Ad, intituled. An Ad, for laying a Duty upon Slaves, was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill, be ingroffed. Ordered, That the Committee of Privileges and Ele(5lions be difcharged from proceeding further upon the Matter to them referred, in Relation to certain contemptuous and fcandalous Speeches, refledling upon fome particular Members, and this Houfe in general, uttered by Benjamin Winflow, as this Houfe had been informed. A Bill, dedaring the Law concerning Attachments, and altering the Court-Days in the Counties of Accomack, and Amelia, was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. A Bill, for appointing feveral new Ferries, and difcontinuing a former Ferry, was read the fecond Time, and the Blanks in the Bill filled up at the Table. Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed.
M"^

THAT

of Norfolk, from being compelled to exempt Sailors or Seamen, in actual Pay, on board any Ship or Veffel, from ferving in the Militia, was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be committed to M' Attorney-General, and M' Carter. Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to examine the inroUed Bills; and a Committee was appointed accordingly, of the following Perfons: M' Beverley, M' McCarty, ^' ^"'^. M^ Buckner, and M' Wtlliam Aylett, M' Price. The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendments propofed by the Council, to the Bill, intituled, An Ad, for amending the Ad, intituled. An Ad, for Making, Lleanng, and Repairing the Highways; and for Clearing the Rivers and Creeks; and for maktng more effedual Provifion for the keeping Mill-Dams in good Repair; and the ^2^ments were twice read: And upon the Queftion feverally put, agreed to, by the
ferve in the Militia of the

Bill, to

prevent the Inhabitants of the

Borough
to

County

of

Norfolk; and

h..f''''''i'J^^

^^^"''^^ ^^

^^""^ ^"^

*^^

C^^^'

to acquaint them.
Bill:

That

this

Houfe

Ta.aT go up
rvay

l^u t'''^"^^"*' with the ^,f Meffage.

^y ^^^"^ P'Pf^^ t the faid

And

that M^ Con-

The

(379)

proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendments to the Bill, for Licenfing Pedlars, and preventing Frauds in the Duties upon Skins and Furrs; and the Amendments were twice read And upon the Queftion feverally put, one of them was difagreed to, and the reft agreed to, by the Houfe. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. A Propofal of Jofhua Fry, and Robert Brooke, to make an exa(5l Survey of this Colony, and print and publifh a Map thereof; in which fhall be laid down, the Bay, the navigable Rivers, with the Soundings, the Counties, Parifhes, Towns, and Gentlemens Seats, or whatever eKe is remarkable; if this Houfe think fit to encourage the fame, was prefented to the Houfe, and read. Ordered, That the faid Propofal be referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion

The Houfe

alfo

of Affembly.

dividing

The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendments to the Bill, for Hanover County; and ereding the Upper Part thereof, into a diftind County and Amendments the were twice read: And upon the Queftion feverally put, agreed to, by
;

the Houfe.
Ordered, Ordered,

That the That the

Bill,

with the Amendments, be ingroffed.

Title of the Bill, be

and Parifh
Parifh.

of St.

Martin; and ereding the

Ad, for dividing the County of Hanover, Upper Part thereof, into a diftind County, and

An

who were Sufferers in the Lofs have not been already provided for, of the Records of the County of Nanfemond, whofe Cafes was read the third Time.
Bill, intituled.

An Ad,

for the Relief of thofe Perfons

That the Bill do pafs. That M'' Baker do carry the Bill to the Council and defire their Concurrence. A Meffage from the Council, by M' Robertfon: That they recede from their Amendments to the Bill, intituled. An Ad, for further Continuing and Amending the Ad, for Amending the Staple of Tobacco; and for preventing Frauds in His Majefty's Cuftoms; to which this Houfe have difagreed; and have paffed the Bill, with the Amendment agreed to by this Houfe, as this Houfe have
Refolved,

Ordered,

amended

it.

That they h&xe made feveral Amendments to the Bill, for dividing the Parifhes of Southwark, and Lawn's Creek, and other Purpofes therein mentioned; to which they
defire the

Concurrence of this Houfe.

that they have paffed the
Bill, for

And

ereding

Two new

Counties and Parifhes;

and granting certain Encouragements to the Inhabitants thereof, without any Amendment. The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Book of Claims; and Part of the

Book was

read.

Ordered, Ordered,

That

M"^

Prefly have Leave to go

Home, upon an extraordinary

o'Clock.

Occafion.

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning, Eleven

Saturday, December i6, 1738.

Ordered,
M"' Weftwood, have Leave to be abfent from the Service of Tuefday next. The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendments to the Bill, for vefting Three Hundred Acres of Land, in the County and Parifh of Accomack, Parcel of a greater Trad, whereof John Wallop is feifed, in Fee Tail, in Jofhua Kendall, in Fee Simple; and for fettling feveral Slaves, to the Ufes of the remaining entailed Lands; and the Amendments were twice read: And upon the Queftion feverally put, agreed to, by the Houfe. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. M""

THAT

Sweney, and
'til

the Houfe,

M'

(38o)

Committee, to whom the Bill, to prevent the InhabiM' Carter reported, from the from being compelled to ferve in the Mtlttia of the County tants of the Borough of Norfolk, on board any Ship or Veffel, exempt Sailors or Seamen, in adual Pay, of Norfolk- and to was committed, feveral Amendments made to the Bill: And fro>n fcrving in the Militia, Amendments in his Place; and afterwards delivered the BiU, with the
he read the

again twice read, and agreed to, by Amendments, in at the Table; where they were was made to the Bill, at the Table. the Houfe; and an Amendment Amendments, be ingroffed. Ordered, That the Bill, with the to whom the Bill, for the EncourageM' Fitzhugh reported, from the Committee, committed. That they had altered the Title, ment of certain Foreign Proteftants, was of the Bill; and he read the Amendments in Body the and made feveral Amendments to the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Table; his Place; and afterwards delivered the Queftion feverally put the Amendments were again twice read: And upon

where

by the Houfe. That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. Settlements on the Southern Ordered, That the Title of the Bill be. An Ad, to encourage Boundary of this Colony. A Bill, intituled, An Ad, for appointing feveral new Ferries, and difcontinuing a former Ferry, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. and defire their ConOrdered, That M"" Fitzhugh do carry the Bill to the Council
agreed
to,

Ordered,

currence.

Ordered,
of the

That M^ Doran, and M' Walke, have Leave to be abfent from the Service
'til

Houfe,
Bill,

Monday

next.
for

amending and further continuing an Ad, intituled, An Ad, for laying a Duty upon Slaves, was read the third Time, and the Blanks in the Bill filled up at the Table. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M' Carter do carry the Bill to the Council and defire their Concurrence, A Meffage from the Council, by M' Robertfon: That they have paffed the Bill, intituled. An Ad, for the Relief of thofe Perfons who were Sufferers in the Lofs of the Records of the County of Nanfemond, whofe Cafes have not been already provided for, without any Amendment. The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendments propofed bj' the Council, to the Bill, intituled. An Ad, for dividing the Parifhes of Southwark, and Lawn's Creek; and other Purpofes therein mentioned; and the Amendments were twice read: And upon the Queftion feverally put, agreed to, by the Houfe. Ordered, That M' Ruffin go up to the Council, and acquaint them, That this Houfe have agreed to the Amendments by them propofed to the faid BiU. The Houfe alfo proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendments to the ingroffed Bill, from the Council, for the better Prefervation of the Breed of Deer; and for

intituled.

An Ad,

preventing unlawfid Hunting;

Queftion feverally put, agreed to,

and the Amendments were twice read: And upon the by the Houfe.

Ordered, That a Meffage be fent to the Council, to acquaint them, That this Houfe have made fome Amendments to the faid Bill; to which they defire their Concurrence

And

M^ Fitzhugh go up with the Meffage. Meffage from the Council, by M-- Robertfon: That they have agreed to the Amendments propofed
that

intituled.

An

Ad,

for the better Prefervation of the

lawful Hunting,

with an

Amendment

by this Houfe, to the Bill, Breed of Deer; and for preventing unto one of them; to which they defire the Con-

currence of this Houfe.

thereof

The Houfe refumed the Confideration of the Book of Claims; and another Part was read; and feveral Amendments were made to the Book, by the Houfe
Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

Monday Morning. Eleven

o'Clock.

Monday^

(38 1)

Monday, December i8, 1738.

Ordered,

THAT

M"'

Green have Leave to go Home, upon an extraordinary occafion. A Meffage from the Council, by M' Rohertfon: That they have paffed the Bill, intituled. An Ad, for amending and

further continuing

an Ad,

intituled.

An

Ad,

for laying a

Duty upon

Slaves,

without any Amendment. And that they have made an

Amendment

to the Bill, intituled.

;

An Ad,

for appoint-

ing feveral new Ferries, and difcontinuing a former Ferry currence of this Houfe.

to which they defire the Con-

The Houfe proceeded to the further Confideration of the Book of Claims; and the fame was read through; and other Amendments were made to the Book, by the Houfe. Ordered, That the Claim of the Serjeant at Arms, for fending to Effex, for Witneffes, upon the Complaint againft Benjamin Winflow, by Order of the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions, be added to the faid Book and the fame was added accordingly. And the Allowances to the Officers of the General Affembly being alfo added, the Book was agreed to, by the Houfe. Ordered, That M"' Blair do carry the Book to the Council; and defire their Concurrence And that he alfo wait on the Governor, and defire his Affent. The Houfe alfo proceeded to the Confideration of the Petition of William Parks:
;
:

And

thereupon,

faid William Parks; to

That an additional Salary of Eighty Poimds per Annum, be paid to the commence from the laft of this inftant. Ordered, That M"' Conway do carry the faid Refolve to the Council and defire their
Refolved,
;

Concurrence.

The Houfe proceeded

cil,

to the Confideration of the

Amendment propofed by the Coimnew

Ferries,

to the

Bill, intituled,

An

Ad,

for appointing feveral

and difcontinuing a

to, by the Houfe. That a Meffage be fent to the Council, to acquaint them, That this Houfe have agreed to the Amendment by them propofed to the faid Bill And that M'' Conway go up with the Meffage. Then the Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendment made by the Council, to one of the Amendments propofed by this Houfe, to the ingroffed Bill, intituled. An Ad, for the better Prefervation of the Breed of Deer; and for preventing unlawful Hunting: And upon the Queftion put, the Amendment to that Amendment was difagreed to, by the Houfe. Ordered, That a Meffage be fent to the Council, to acquaint them. That this Houfe have difagreed to their Amendment to an Amendment made by this Houfe, to the faid Bill; and defire they will pafs the Bill, as this Houfe have amended it: And that M' Fitzhugh go up with the Meffage. Ordered, That the Houfe be adjourn 'd 'til To-morrow Morning, Eleven o'Clock.

former Ferry:
Ordered,

And upon

the Queftion put, the

Amendment was agreed

;

Tuefday, December 19, 1738.

MR.
as follows

Conway, from the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions, reported. That they had fearched the Journals of former Affemblies, touching the Oath now taken by the Burgeffes; and agreed upon a Report; which he read in his Place; and afterwards delivered in at the Table; where it was again read,
of Privileges

The Committee
Burgeffes
Six
:

and

Elections, according to the Order of this Houfe,

have fearched the Journals

of former Affemblies, touching the Oath now taken by the Whereupon it appears to the faid Committee, That in the Year One Thoufand Hundred and Fifty One, this Colony fubmitted to the then governing Power in

England,

(38a)

Thirtieth

which, an Affembly England, called the Parliament; foon after and Fifty Two: of April, One Thoufand vSix Hundred

was called and held the At which Affembly, an

Oath was taken by the Burgeffes,

in

the following Words:

Holy Evangelifts, and in the Sight of according to your beft God, to deliver your Opinions faithfully, and honeftly, Underftanding and Conscience, for the general Good and Profperity of this Endeavour to profeCountry, and every particidar Member thereof; and to do your utmoft any Perfon or Perfons cute That, without mingling with it any particular Intereft of
every of you, fhall (wear,

you, and

upon

the

whatfoever.

and Enquiry the Committee have been able to make, they have Reafon to believe, the faid Oath was then firft introduced; it not appearing upon any of the Journals before that Time, that the fame, or any other Oath of the like Nature, was, or ufed to be, taken by the Burgeffes. The Journals from the faid Year One Thoufand Six Hundred and Fifty Two, to the Year One Thoufand Six Hundred and Sixty Six, are many of them much defaced, and fome not to be found; fo that it does not appear with any Certainty to the Committee, That the Oath aforefaid was taken by the Burgeffes of the Affemblies held in that Time But the Committee have Reafon to conclude, from divers Paffages in feveral of the Journals of thofe Times, that the fame, or fome other Oath of the like Purport, was

And upon

the beft Search

taken by the Burgeffes.

In the Journal of the Affembly held in the Year One Thoufand Six Hundred and Sixty Six, it appears, That the Burgeffes took the fame Oath that is now adminiftered

and taken; and the Committee ha\'e good Grounds to believe, that the fame Oath has been conftantly taken by the Burgeffes of all the Affemblies that have been held fmce that Time, it being exprefsly taken Notice of in moft of the Journals; tho' in fome, it happens to be omitted. And it is in the Memory of fome now living, that the faid Oath has been taken, from the Year One Thoufand Six Hundred and Eighty Eight, to this
Time.

Upon

the Whole,

it is

the Opinion of the Committee, That the particular Situation

cafion to the introducing the

Year One Thoufand Six Hundred and Fifty Two, gave OcOath aforefaid; and that the fame was intended to oblige the Burgeffes to confult the general Good of the Colony, without Regard to the particuof the Public Affairs in the

lar Intereft of the Roial Party, or of the

Parliament. a Motion being made, and the Queftion put, That the Confideration of the faid Report be put off till the next Seffion of Affembly? It paffed in the Negative.

And

difufed,

That the Oath, commonly called the Oath of a Burgefs, be henceforth and not adminiftred to, or taken by, any Member of this Houfe. The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Report, from the Committee to
Refolved,
it is

whom
feveral

and draw up a State of the Duty upon Slaves, and the Payments that have been made, with the Amount thereof, upon the Treafurer's

referred to prepare

Accounts:

And

Ordered,

the faid Accounts, with a Duplicate, were paffed by the Houfe. That M' Carter do carry the faid Accounts to the Council; and defire their

Concurrence.
Ordered,

That the Clerk

his Office, in ftitched

bound Books: And

tion of the

of this Houfe colledl the Journals, which lie difperfed in Books, and loofe Sheets, and have the fame tranfcribed into that he provide more convenient Preffes, for the better PrefervaOffice.
to

Records of his

Bill, intituled.

An

Ad,

Colony,

was read the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs.

encourage Settlements on the Southern Boundaries of this

Alfo a Bill, intituled. An Ad, for dividing the County of Hanover, and Parifh of St. Martin; and for ereding the Upper Part thereof, into a diftind County, and Parifh, was read the th^rd Time; and fome Blanks in the Bill were filled up at the Table. Refolved. That the Bill do pafs.
Ordered,

(383)
Ordered,

That M' Fitzhugh do carry the

Bill to

the Council

and

defire their

Con-

currence.

That an Addrefs be made to the Governor, to ufe his Intereft in GreatBritain, to obtain for this Colony the fame Liberty of importing Salt from Portugal, as is allowed to the Northern Colonies And that M"- Willis, M-- Carter, Ifham Randolph, Harrifon, and M-- Martin, do wait on the Governor with the faid Addrefs. A Bill, intituled, An Ad, for Licenfing Pedlars, and preventing Frauds in the Duties upon Skins and Furs, was read the third Time; and an Amendment made to the Bill
Ordered,

at the Table.
Refolved,

Ordered,

That the Bill do pafs. That M'' Attorney-General do carry the

Bill to the Council;

and

defire their

Concurrence.

by M'' Robertfon. on their Amendment to the Amendment propoled by this Houfe, to the ingroffed Bill, intituled. An Ad, for the better Prefervation of the Breed of Deer; and for preventing unlawful Hunting; to which this Houfe have difagreed; and have paffed the Bill, with the Amendments propofed by this Houfe. And that they have paffed the Book of Claims, without any Amendment, or AlterThat they do not
infift

A Meffage from the Council,

ation.

Ordered,

the following Perfons

Ruffin.

That a Committee for Proportioning the Public Levy, be appointed of M' Conway, M"' Blair, Mr Turner, M'' Beverley, M'' Price, and M''
:

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, for raifmg a Public Levy; and that the Committee of Proportions prepare and bring in the fame.

Bill, for better fectiring the Title of certain

Lands,

to the

Feoffees of the

Town

of

York; and for fettling the fame for a Common, for the Ufe of the Inhabitants of the faid Town, was read the fecond Time and feveral Amendments were made, and the Blanks in the Bill filled up at the Table. Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. Ordered, That M'' Speaker imploy proper Perfons, to paint the Screen and the Seats,
;

in the

Chamber

of the Burgeffes.
M''

and M"' John Peyton have Leave to go home. Webb was prefented to the Houfe and read; praying the Confideration of the Houfe, in Regard to his extraordinary Services, in ftating the Accounts of the Duty upon Slaves, and examining the Accounts of John Holloway,
Ordered,

That

Valentine Peyton,

Petition of George

Efq; deceas'd, late Treafurer.

Refolved,

That the

faid Petition be Rejedled.

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning, Eleven

o'Clock.

ff^ednefday,
Ordered,

December 20, 1738.

THAT
lay off

Henry Scarburgh, M"' Edmond Scarburgh, M"' Harmanfon, M^ Bowdoin, and M"" Holman, have Leave to go home. Ordered, That M"' Fairfax, M'' Maximilian Robinfon, M' William Fantleroy, M^ William Jourdan, M"' Daniel McCarty, and M'' William Aylett, do the Bounds between the Counties of Weftmoreland, Richmond, and King George
M''

and

report their Proceedings to the next Seffion of Affembly.

Hundred Acres of Land, with the Appurtenances, in the County and Parifh of Accomack, Parcel of a greater Trad, whereof John Wallop is feifed, in Fee Tail, in Jofhua Kendall, in Fee Simple; and for fettling feveral Slaves, to the Ufes of the remaining entailed Lands, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs.
Bill, intituled,

An Ad,

for vefting Three

Ordered.

(384)
Ordered,

That M' Bowdoin do

caiT>'

the Bill to the Council;

and

defire their

Concuraltering

rcncc

A
the

Bill, intituled,

An Ad,

declaring the

Law

concerning Attachments:

And

Court-Days in the Counties of

Refolvcd,

Accomack, and Amelia, was read the third Time.

Bill to

That the Bill do pafs. the Ordered, That M' Woodhridge do carry

the Council;

and

defire their

Concurrence.

A
or

Bill, intituled.

An

Ait, to prevent the Inhabitants of the

being compelled

to ferve

in the Militia of the County of

Borough of Norfolk, from Norfolk; and to exempt Sailors

Seamen, in adual Pay, on board any Ship or Veffel, front ferving in the Militia, was read the third Time.
Refolvcd,

That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M' Walke do carr>' the

Bill to

the Council

and

defire their

Concur-

rence.

M' Carter, from the Committee appointed to prepare and draw up a State of the Duty upon Slaves, and the feveral Payments that have been made, with the Amoimt thereof, reported, That upon Examination of the feveral Accounts of that Duty, returned by the Colledors, and of all Slaves imported, from April 25, 1736, to October 25. 1738. and the Sales thereof, returned by the Importers, it appears to this Committee. That the Sum of One Thoufand Three Hundred and Ninety Nine Pounds Eight Shillings, is arrear and unpaid, or not accovmted for by the Collectors of that Duty; as appears by feveral Accounts to the Report annexed, viz. Twelve Accounts of the Duty upon Slaves imported in 1736, upon which there of Four Hundred Fifty Eight Poimds Four Shillings and Ten Pence. Deficiency is a Thirteen Accounts of A 1737, fhewing a Deficiency of Four Hundred Seventeen Pounds and Eight Pence. Five Accoimts of the Year 1738, whereupon arifes a Deficiency of Five Hundred Twenty Four Pounds Two Shillings and Six Pence But all the Sales of this Year have
~
:

not yet been returned to the Treafury.

Four Sheets, containing Lifts

ceding Accoimts

of the

Names

of the Perfons

appearing by the prethe Colle(Slors have

now

chargeable for the faid Duty,

and

for

whom

not accounted, with the particular

And
Shillings.

a General Account, fhewing the whole

1736, to October 25, 1738,

Sums due from each Perfon refpedtively. Amount of the Arrears, from April 25, One Thoufand Three Himdred Ninety Nine Pounds Eight
and afterwards delivered the Report, with

read the Report in his Place; the annexed Accounts, in at the Table.

And he

M' Attorney-General reported, from the Committee to whom it was referred, to enquire what Lands have been fold by M' Thomas Bray, purfuant to an Adl paffed m. the Fifth and Sixth Years of His Majefty's Reign, To enable him to fell certain entailed Lands therein mentioned, and to lay out the Purchafe Money in Slaves, to be annexed to
other intailed

to;

Lands therein alfo mentioned, how much the whole Purfhafe-Money amounts and whether any Slaves, and to what Value, have been fettled, to the Ufes of the other entailed Lands, purfuant to the faid Adl: That they had had under their Confideration, the Matter to them referred; and agreed upon a Report, which he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Table; where it was again read, as
It

follows

appears to the Committee, That the faid Thomas Bray hath fold divers Tradls of Land, mentioned in the faid Act: And that the whole Purchafe Money of the faid Lands fold by him, amounts to the Sum of Fifteen Hundred
Shillings

and Twenty One Pounds Eighteen

and Four Pence,

Sterling.

entailed

appears to the Committee, That the faid Thomas Bray hath annexed to other Lands mentioned in the faid Aft. Forty Four Slaves.' of the Value of Eight Hundred and Twelve Pounds Thirteen Shillings and Four Pence, And that
Sterling:

It alfo

he

(385) he hath expended, in obtaining the A(ft aforefaid, and in the Execution of the Powers thereby to him given, the Sum of Seventy Pounds, Sterling. So that there remains in the Hands of the faid Thomas Bray, of the Purchafe-Money
aforefaid, the

Sum

of Six

which ought to be
mentioned.
Refolved,

laid out in Slaves,

Hundred and Thirty Nine Pounds Five Shillings, Sterling; and annexed to the intailed Lands in the faid Adl

And

thereupon,

faid Thomas Bray fhall annex Slaves to the Lands laft mentioned, to the Value of the faid Six Himdred and Thirty Nine Pounds Five Shillings, before the laft Day of Auguft next, M' Attorney-General be impowered to exhibit a Bill againft him, to compel him to execute the faid Adl, according to the true Intent and

That unlefs the

Meaning

thereof.

Attorney-General do carry the faid Refolve to the Council; and defire their Concurrence; and that he alfo attend the Governor for his Affent thereto.
Ordered,
M''

That

by M'' Robert fon That they have agreed to the Treafurer's Accounts: And alfo, to the Refolve of this Houfe, for paying an additional Salary to William Parks. And that they have paffed the Bill, intituled. An Ad, for Licenfing Pedlars; and preventing Frauds in the Duties upon Skins and Furs. And alfo the Bill, intituled, An Ad, to encourage Settlements on the Southern Boundaries of this Colony, without any Amendment. M'' Willis reported, That the Perfons appointed had, according to Order, addreffed the Governor, to ufe his Intereft in Great-Britain, to obtain for this Colony, the fame Liberty of importing Salt from Portugal, as is allowed to the Northern Colonies: And that he had been pleafed to fay, "That as nothing could afford him greater Pleafure, "than to be inftrumental in encouraging the Trade, and promoting the Profperity of "this Colony, He fhould endeavour effedlually to recommend the granting to this "Cotmtry, the Indulgence defired by this Houfe. A Meffage from the Coimcil, by M'' Robertfon: That they have paffed the Bill, intituled. An Ad, declaring the Law concerning Attachments: And altering the Court-Days in the Counties of Accomack, and Amelia. Alfo the Bill, intituled. An Ad, to prevent the Inhabitants of the Borough of Norfolk, from being compelled to ferve in the Militia of the County of Norfolk; and to ex&tnpt Sailors or Seamen, in adual Pay on board any Ship or Veffel, from ferving in the Militia. Alfo the Bill, intituled. An Ad, for vefting Three Hundred Acres of Land, in the County and Parifh of Accomack, Parcel of a greater Trad, whereof John Wallop is feifed, in Fee Tail, in Jofhua Kendall, in Fee Simple; and for fettling fever al Slaves, to the Ufes of the retnaining intailed Lands, without any Amendment. A Bill, intituled. An Ad, for better fecuring the Title of certain Lands, to the Feoffees and for fettling the fame for a Common, for the Ufe of the Inhabitants of the Town of York and feveral Amendments were made to the of the faid Town, was read the third Time
; ;

A Meffage from the Council,

Bill at

the Table.
Bill to

That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Attorney-General do carry the
Refolved,

the Council; and defire their

Concurrence.
Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning, Eleven

o'Clock.

Thurfday, December 21, 1738.

Meffage from the Council, by M"' Robertfon: That they have paffed the Bill, intituled. An Ad, for better fecuring the Title of certain Lands, to the Feoffees of the Town of York; and for fettling the fame for a Common, for the Ufe of the Inhabitants of the faid Town, without any

Amendment.

M'

(386)
according to Order, a BUI, for raifing a Public M' Conway prefented to the Houfe. and read the firft Time. Levy; and the fame was received, Time. Ordered, That the BiU be read a fecond And the fame was read the fecond Time accordingly. Ordered, That the Bill, be ingroffed. A Bill, intituled. An Ad, for raifing a Public Levy, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Bill to the Council; and defire their ConOrdered, That M' Fitzhugh do carry the
currence.

Meffage from the Council, by M' Robertfon: That they have paffed the Bill, intituled. An Ad, for raifing a Public Levy, without the Refolve of this Houfe, in reany Amendment. And that they have alfo agreed to lation to M' Thomas Bray. M' Coniuay reported, That the Perfons appointed, had, according to Order, fettled

in a Book; which he delivered the Proportions of the Publick Levy; and ftated the fame by the Houfe. agreed to, and read, was fame in at the Table And the the Coimcil; and defire their ConBook to Ordered, That M-" Conway do carry the
:

currence.

Ordered,
tion.

That M' Beverley do carry the inrolled

Bills to

the Coimcil, for their Infpec-

A Meffage from the Council, by M' Robertfon: That they have agreed to the Book of Proportions: And that they have alfo infpedled the inrolled Bills: and are fatisfied they are truly inrolled. A Meffage from the Governor, was delivered by M' Robertfon: M' Speaker, the Governor commands the immediate Attendance of this Houfe, Council-Chamber: and that you bring with you fuch Bills as have paffed the the in Council, and this Houfe, for his Affent. M' Speaker, with the Houfe, went up accordingly. And the Governor was pleafed
to gi\e his Affent to the following Publick

An Ad,

for further continuing

Tobacco; and for

and Private Bills and amending the Ad, for amending preventing Frauds in His Majefty's Cuftoms.

the Staple of

An Ad, for the better Regulation of the Militia. An Ad, for Reviving the Ad, for making more
and Infurredions.

effedual Provifion againft Invafions

An Ad for altering the Method of Trial of certain Criminals therein mentioned. An Ad for continuing and amending an Ad, intituled. An Ad, for laying a Duty
on Liquors.

An Ad,
An Ad,

for further continuing

and amending an Ad,

intituled,

An

Ad,

for laying

a Duty upon Slaves.

amending the Ad, intituled. An Ad, for Making, Clearing, and Repairing and for Clearing the Rivers and Creeks; and for making more effedual Provifion for the Keeping Mill-Dams in good Repair. An Ad, for amending the Ad, intituled. An Ad, concerning Tithables. An Ad, to reftrain Sherifs, and other Officers, from making unreafonable Seizures and Diftreffes; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. An Ad, for the better regulating and colleding certain Officers Fees; and other Purfor the Highivays;

pofes therein mentioned.

An Ad, and Furs.

for Licenfing Pedlars;

and preventing Frauds in

the Duties

upon Skins

An Ad, to encourage Settlements on the Southern Boundary this Colony. of An Ad, declaring the Law concerning Attachments: And altering the Court-Days
in the Counties of

Accomack, and Amelia.

Breed of Deer; and preventing unlawful

An Ad,
Hunting.

for the better Prefervation of the

An

(387)

An Ad, for appointing a Treafurer. An Ad, for appointing feveral new Ferries, and difcontinuing a former Perry. An Ad, for raifing a Public Levy. An Ad, for better fecuring the Title of certain Lands, to the Feoffees of the Town

of

York; and for fettling the fame for a Common, for the Ufe of the Inhabitants of the faid Town. i An Ad, for the Relief of thofe Perfons who were Sufferers in the Lofs of the Records of the County of Nanfemond, whofe Cafes have not been already provided for. An Ad, for dividing the Parifhes of Southwark, and Lawn'j Creek; and other Purpofes therein mentioned.

An Ad,
ments
to the

for ereding

Two new

Counties and Parifhes; and granting certain Encourage-

Inhabitants thereof.
to prevent the

An
to ferve

Ad,

Inhabitants of the Borough of Norfolk, from being compelled

Veffel,

and to exempt Sailors or Seamen, in from ferving in the Militia. An Ad, for vefting Three Hundred Acres of Land, with the Appurtenances, in the County and Parifh of Accomack, Parcel of a greater Trad, whereof John Wallop is feifed, in Fee Tail, in Jofhua Kendall, in Fee Simple; and for fettling feveral Slaves, to the Ufes of the retnaining entailed Lands. An Ad, for allowing Fairs to he kept in the Town of Fredericksburg.
in the Militia of the County of Norfolk;

adual Pay on hoard any Ship or

An
to

Ad,

to

enable

raife

Money

for the

Ralph Wormely, Efq; to fell and difpofe of certain entailed Ijinds, Paiment of his Sifters Portions, and Performance of his Father's

Will.

The Governor alio gave his Affent to feveral Refolves of the Houfe of Burgeffes, which the Council had agreed to, viz. For Paying the Sum of One Hundred Pounds, out of the Public Money in the Hands of the Treafurer, to M' John Tennent, for Publifhing his Difcovery of the Ufe of the
Seneca Rattle-fnake Root.

Nine Pounds Seventeen Shillings, Benjamin Harrifon; to be by him laid out, in buying Arms, for the County of Brunfwick; to be diftributed amongft the Inhabitants of that County, by the Court-Martial. For paying an additional Salary, of Eighty Pounds, per Annum, to William Parks; to commence from the laft Day of this Inftant.
of

For Paying the

Sum

Two Himdred and Thirty

by Colonel

lately paid into the Treafury

Spotfivood, to Colonel

And

then

made

the following Speech:

Gentlemen
yl

of the Council, M"' Speaker,

led,

and Gentlemen

of the

Houfe

of Burgeffes,

/ have been always

by Inclination, as well as Duty,

to ftudy, for the

fake of

AM
-*-*lar

the Inhabitants, the Profperity of this Colony, in the

Improvement
whereby
their

of our Staple;

/ thought
to

it

abfolutely neceffary, at the

Opening
of

of this Seffion, to
it,

fhew a particuIntereft

Regard

that

Method

for

the

Management

and

Credit have been fo flgnally Secured

and Preferved: And

tho' thofe pift

and

equitable

Meafures have not

leffen them, in

yet gained the Acceptance of

many

worthy Members, That muft not

my

Efteem., fince, by the

Difcernment

of moft, they are found, after

Seven

Affembly, for their Continuance. your commendable Endeavours to make fuch Alterations in the Law, as were judged reafonable to give Satisfadion, could not be brought to anfwer every particular Detnand; if in General they prove available, your Condud will be applauded. And now, by a Conceffion due to the Support of fo wholefome an Eftablifhment, the Juftices, in the feveral Counties, have the Nomination, I might ahnoft fay the Appointment, of the Infpedors, committed to them; if they will but countenance and encourage thofe neceffary Officers in their Employments, I am. perfuaded their miftaken Neighbours will the fooner
of this

Years Trial, Concurrence

fo well fuited to the Circumftances of our Trade, as to obtain the feafonable

AND

altho'

be

(388)
be convinced,

how much an indtdgmt

Reftraint,

on which

their

own and

the Public Welfare

depend,

is to be preferred to Liberty, fo

deftrndive to both.

Gentlemen,
to the Prudence and Moderation of all your ProceedApprobation fo often obferved, that I need not tell the ings, which I have with Pleafure and World what Refped is due you on that Account: And therefore I fhall detain you no longer than to own, that my Thanks are too poor an Acknowledgement for the Services you have done yoiir King and Country, and much more fo, for the remarkable Inftance of your Zeal

THERE

are fo

many

Witneffes

for the Glory of

God: But wifhing

all of

you a merry Chriftmas, and happy new Year,

and many

of them, I will only add. That I have thought fit to prorogue this Affembly to the Third Thurfday in May next, and this Affembly is accordingly prorogued to that Time.

THE

JOURNAL
OF THE

Houfe
A

of

Burgesses.
AT
fummoned
to be held at the

General AfTembly

Capitol, in the City of fFilliamsburgy on Friday

the Firft

Day oi Ausuftyin

the Ninth Year of the

Reign of our Sovereign Lord

GEORGE

the

Second, by the Grace of God, of Great- Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the
Faith,

^c.

And

from

thence continued, by

feveral Prorogations, to the

Twenty Second Day

of His faid of our Lord
this

of May, in the Thirteenth Year

Majefty's Reign,

and

in the

Year

M,DCC,XL:

Being the Third Seffion of

prefent General Affembly.

WILLIAMSBURG:
Printed by

WILLIAM PARKS,

1740.

THE

JOURNAL
OF

The Houfe
Thurfday,

of
May

BuRGESSES.
22, 1740.

Benjamin Needier, having been promoted to the Office of Clerk of the Council, and Peter Randolph, Gentleman, having taken the Oaths appointed to be taken by A<ft of Parliament, inftead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, the Oath of Abjuration, and the Teft, was, by Virtue of aCommiffion from the Honourable the Lieutenant-Governor, fwom Clerk in his Stead, and admitted to his Place in the Houfe accordingly. A Meffage from the Governor was delivered by M' Needier.

MR.

M' Speaker, The Governor commands the immediate Attendance

Chamber.
M"^

of this

Houfe

in the Coxmcil-

he reported, That the Houfe had attended the Governor in the Council-Chamber. And he was pleas'd to make a Speech to the Coimcil and this Houfe Of which, to prevent Miftakes, he had obtained a Copy: Which he read, and afterwards delivered in at the Table; where the fame was again read, and is as follows:
:

Speaker, with the Houfe, went

up accordingly

And being returned,

:

Gentlemen

of the Council,

M'

Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes,

it

AS
IT

am

entrufted by His Majefty with the care of this Colony, and think

my

indifpenf able

Duty

to diredt

my

Condudl to your Security

it is

a very

fenfi-

ble Pleafure to

me

to find myfelf, on this Occafjon, furrounded

by Perfons,

by Intereft engaged, as by Prudence and Inclination difpofed, to promote the fame great End. And though many Circumftances unexpedtedly arife jn this variable World, that deferve your Deliberations, and may require new Deteras well

minations; yet the Security of our Country, comprehending every Thing that can be dear to us, I dare fay, in this Conjvmdlure, will have the ftrft Place in your Thoughts.

no doubt, been anxious to His Majefty's great and generous Mind, to hear any Meafure the Calamities of War, while Peace, by the moft Engagements, feemed to be eftablifhed And had it not been for Confequences f olemn of a more grievous Nature, his Subjedls would have been liable to; if the arbitrary Proceedings of a Rival Neighbour had been immediately humoured with downright Hoftilities on aU Sides, his Roial Heart had been fired with juft Refentment, and the Agreffors had fooner felt that Vengeance, which only the Love to his own People reftrained him from; until finding neither Juftice nor Equity could prevail to fix the Objedt of his Defire, a lafting Friendfhip, confiftent with an uninterrupted Commerce; the Appeal is made to Heaven, and the Sword muft give the decifive Stroke. IN His Majefty's Wifdom then we repofe our Truft; who with paternal Tendemefs feels the Injuries done his Subjedls; and by his fteady Councils, with equal Fortitude
has,
his Subjedls fuffered in
:

and

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and Firmnefs

Mind, determined not to give Umbrage to any other Powers to difMethod for obtaining Reparation and Redrefs. truft or difturb him, in the laft therefore, during a War carried on in this Weftem Quarter, may be
of

eameftly recommend to you, the framing prepared to maintain our Character, I muft as will beft enable them to contend with Footing a of a Bill to put our Militia upon fuch Do but confider their exact Difcipline regular Troops, who excel other Men only by if the perfonal Bravery what a lafting Difgrace it would be to our Name and Nation, fuch Influence, fhould be forced fome under united of our Inhabitants, for want of being to Man they would Difwhom Man yield to the orderly Difpofition of Adverfaries,
;

THAT

we,

to

dain.

And

am perfwaded,

as the Authority I plead for,

may

be granted to our Officers

by a temporary Law, you

of

will

judge

it

advifeable, effectually to provide for the Defence

your Country-, againft an Enemy, at prefent rather inclined to feek Revenge, than
Satisfadlion.
this is the only

make

Method we can take to fecure our Sovereign from being infulted bv an Attack upon this Dominion As it can't be reckoned an Encroachment upon Liberty, when meant to Guard us againft Dangers, however diftant they may be thought, which threaten no lefs than our Lives and Properties; you will forgive me, if, after applying to your Prudence, I fuggeft to you, that in cafe of an Invafion, as I muft lead and condudl our Arms, fo there is not any one of you without a Chance of having your

AS

own Honour concerned

alfo to

Event. that whilTt Affairs are in this Pofture, the late and Mind, I am uncertain Arrival of the Ships, will make it neceffary to allow the Planters longer Time for bringing their Tobacco to the Public Warehoufes.
in the in

put you

THESE,

Gentlemen, are the Inducements

had to

call

you together; and

believe

Importance to merit your Concurrence. you AND if, in your Confultations, you delire my Advice to form your Refolutions, or any Confirmation from me to make them more effectual as I deem the Intereft of Virginia to be ftri<5lly my own, I fhall be forward to do my Part, and think I am then rendering myfelf moft worthy of the Roial Favour of the beft of Kings: When I am
will agree, they are of fufficient
;

ferving,

why may

not fay, the beft of Subjedls.

Nemine Contradicente, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to the Governor, to return him Thanks for his kind and affedionate Speech to the Council, and this Houfe and to affure him of our Readinefs to concur in all fuch Meafures as fhall be thought neceffary and conducive to the Honour of our Sovereign, and the Safety and Security of this Colony. Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw up an Addrefs to the Governor, upon the faid Refolutions; and it is referred to M'' Fitzhugh, Conway, and M'' Attorney, to prepare and bring in the fame. Refolved, That this Houfe will refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider the Governor's Speech To-morrow. Ordered, That an Addrefs be made to the Governor, to order a new Writ to iffue for Eleaiing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General Affembly, for the County of Accomack, in the Room of M-^ Henry Scarburgh, who, fince the laft feffion, has accepted the
Refolved,
;

Office of Collecaor.

Alfo a
for the

new Writ
new Writ

for Eledling a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General Affembly, for

Room of M-- Lawrence Smith, deceafed. Eleding a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General Affembly, for the County of Orange, in the Room of M' Robert Green, who, fmce the laft Seffion, hath accepted the Office of Sheriff, and executed the fame. Alfo a new Writ for Eledling a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General Affembly, for the County of James-City, in the Room of M^ John Eaton, deceafed. Ordered, That Thomas Wager be appointed Door-keeper, in the
of Gloucefter, in the

County

Alfo a

Wager, deceafed.

Room

of Nicholas

Ordered,

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Ordered, That the feveral Door-keepers who attended this Houfe the lait Seffion, be continued in their refpe<5live Offices. Ordered, That M'' William Dawfon be continued Chaplain to this Houfe; and that

he attend to read Prayers every Morning, at Nine of the Clock.

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourn 'd,

'til

To-morrow Morning, Ten

o'Clock.

Friday,
Ordered,

May

23, 174.0.
and
confift of the

THAT
M'' M"^
M''

the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions be revived;

M"" Fitzhugh,

following Perfons

Conway, My Harrifon,
Waring,
Burwell,
to

M' Richard Randolph,

M"'

McCarty.

meet and adjourn from Day to Day, and to take into their Conlideration, fuch Matters as fhall or may come in Queftion, touching Returns, Ele(5lions and Privileges; and to report their Proceedings, with their Opinion thereupon, from Time to Time, to the Houfe. And the faid Committee is to have Power to fend for Witneffes, Perfons, Papers, and Records, for their Information. Ordered, That the Committee of Public Claims be revived; and confift of the following Perfons:
all

And they are

M'' Beverley, M"" M"'

Harmanfon,
Turner,

M'
M"" M'' M"" M"'

Price,

W Weftwood,
all

M' Haynes, M' Hedgman, M'' James Ball,

Sweney, Buckner,
Clayborne,

George Ball,

M'' Aylett, M"' Rufjin,

M'' Elligood.

and

And they are to meet and adjourn from Day to Day, and to take into their Conlideration,
Public Claims which fhall be prefented to the Houfe, during this Seffion; and to

when they have gone through the faid Claims. And all Perfons that have any Claims, are to deliver them to the Clerk, and he is to deliver the fame to the Committee, of Courfe. And they are to have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records, for their Information. Ordered, That the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances be revived; and
report their Proceedings, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe,
confift of the following Perfons
M"'
M"' Willis,

Fitzhugh,
M""
M"'

Conway,
Richard Randolph,

M'' Attorney-General,

M' M' M' My M^ My

Rofcow,
Harrifon,
Digges,

M' Walke,
M'' Carter, M""

Burwell,
Berkeley,

Kennon,
Woodbridge,
Allen,
M""

M^
M''

Ifham\Randolph,

M' Simnionds, and

Richard Kennon.

And they are to meet and adjourn from Day to Day, and to take into their Conlideration,
all

Propofitions

and Grievances that

fhall

come

legally certified to this Affembly;

report their proceedings, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe, from

and Time to
Time.

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Grievances are to be delivered to the Clerk of Time. And all uch Propofitions and Committee, of Courfe. And they are to have Power the Houfe, and by him to the faid for their Information. Records, and to fend for Perfons, Papers, of Juftice be revived; and confift of the Courts Ordered, That the Committee of
following Perfons:

M' Attorney-General, M' Sweney, Booker, M' McCarty, William Aylett, ^' Eppes, Munford, M' Pugh, Grey, M' Weftwood. and M' Johnfton, to Day, and to take into their Confideration, Day from And they are to meet and adjourn Matters, as fhall, from Time all Matters relating to Courts of Juftice, and fuch other And the faid Committee to Time, be referred to them; and report their Proceedings. Records, for their Information. and Papers, Perfons, for to fend are to have Power draw prepare and up a State of the Duty to Ordered, That the Committee appointed upon Slaves, and the feveral Raiments that have been made, with the Amount thereof, be revived and confift of the following Perfons

W W W W

M'' Carter,

M' Fitzhugh, U' Harrifon, M"' Ifham Randolph. M' Waring, and Ordered, That Seven of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, be a fufficient Number to make a Committee and Five of all other Committees. Ordered, That M' Waller be appointed Clerk to the Committee of Propofitions and
;

Grievances, in the
Ordered,
Ordered,

Room

of M*^

Kemp,

deceafed.

That M' Beale be appointed Clerk to the Committee of Courts of Juftice. That the Committee for Courts of Juftice do infpedl the Journal of the laft Seffion, and prepare and draw up a State of the Matters then depending and undetermined, and Progrefs that was made therein; and report the fame to the Houfe. That they do examine what Laws have expired fince the laft Seffion, and infpedl fuch temporary Laws as will expire with the End of this Seffion, or are near expiring; and rejiort the fame to the Houfe, with their Opinion, which of them are fit to be revived and
continued.
Ordered, That M"" Cory be continued in his Office of Clerk of the Committee of Claims, and the Committee of Privileges and Eledions. And that M"- Webb be continued Clerk

and draw up a State of the Duty upon Slaves. M' Fitzhugh reported. That the Perfons appointed, had, according to Order, preI)ared an Addrefs to the Governor; which he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Table; where the fame was again twice read, and agreed to, by the Houfe, without any Amendment, and is as follows
SIR,

to the ('ommittee appointed to prepare

WE,
AS

His Majefty's moft dutiful and

loial

Subjeds, the Burgeffes of the Colony

and Dominion
in the

of Virginia,

met

in a

General Affembly, humbly beg Leave,

Name of the whole People of this Colony, to return You Thanks Your kind and affedionate Speech to the Council, and this Houfe; in which there appears an equal Concern for the Honour of Our moft Gracious Sovereign, the Safety and Security of this His ancient Colony, and the Eafe of the People whom we reprefent.
for
jects of Spain,

mto a War. And as the Seat of it is likely to be near at our Doors, it highly behoves us to look about in time, and make fuch Preparations, as our Circumftances will admit, tor our Defence and Security, againft a cruel and revengeful Enemy: And therefore,
Sir,

the numberlefs Depredations, Barbarities, and Infults. committed by the Subupon thofe of Great-Britain, have juftly provoked His Majefty to enter

(395)

we beg Leave to affure You, that we fhall moft heartily and zealoufly concur in any Meafures that may conduce to the Honour of His Majefty, and the Safety of this His Colony And to that End, endeavour to eftablifh our Militia on fuch a Footing, that in Cafe of an Invafion or Attack, they may be enabled to contend with regular Troops. And as we are fully fatisfied of your confummate Knowledge and Experience, as well in military as civil Affairs, we fhould be wanting to ourfelves, if we did not readily and thankfully accept the kind Offer you are pleafed to make of advifmg and aflifting us in our Deliberations.
Sir,
:

THE
Time

Neceffity there

is,

in the prefent Conjundlure, of allowing the Planters longer

Tobacco to the Warehoufes, is o obvious, that it would be an unpardonable Negledl in us, not to embrace the prefent Occafion of making a temporary Provifion for that Purpofe. And as Your recommending this to us, is an Inftance of that kind Concern for the Eafe and Happinefs of the People, which has fo eminently diftinguifh'd Your mild and aufpicious Adminiftration, it cannot fail of railing in us the warmeft Sentiments of Gratitude and Acknowledgement. cannot forbear, upon this Occafion, to exprefs the deep Senfe we have of His Majefty 's great Goodnefs, in appointing You, Sir, to prefide over us. May You long continue a worthy Pattern and Example to others in the like Truft, while, through the Happinefs and Profperity we enjoy tmder Your Influence, we may ftill be, as we have
for bringing

WE

hitherto been, the

Ordered,

Envy

of all our Neighbors.

That the

faid Addrefs be fairly tranfcribed,

and prefented by the whole

Houfe.
Ordered, That the Committee, who prepared the fame, do wait on the Governor, know his Pleafure when the Houfe fhall attend him to prefent it. The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider the Governor's Speech: And after fome Time fpent therein, M'' Speaker
to

refumed the Chair; and M' Fitzhtigh reported, from the Committee, That they had had under their Confideration the Governor's Speech, and gone through the fame; and where Which he read in his Place, and afterwards [were] come to feveral Refolutions thereupon delivered in at the Table where the fame were again twice read, and agreed, to by the
: ;

Houfe, as follows:
Refolved,

That

it is

the Opinion of this Committee, That a Bill be prepared, and

brought in, to put the Militia on fuch a Footing, as will better enable them to contend with regular Troops. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, That a Bill be prepared, and brought in, for allowing longer Time to bring Tobacco to the Public Warehoufes. Refolved, That Bills be prepared, purfuant to the faid Refolutions And that the Houfe will refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, on Monday next, to confider of Heads of a Bill, for putting the Militia on fuch a Footing, as will better enable them to contend with regular Troops. Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, to prepare and bring in a Bill, for allowing longer Time to bring Tobacco to the Public Warehoufes. M"' Attorney-General moved for Leave to prefent a Petition of James Bray, Gentleman, Son and Heir Apparent of Thomas Bray, Gentleman Which was received by the Houfe, and read; fetting forth. That by an Adl paffed in the Fifth and Sixth Years of His prefent Majefty 's Reign, intituled, An Ad, to enable Thomas Bray, Gentleman, to fell certain entailed Lands therein mentioned, and to lay otit the Purchafe Money in Slaves, The faid Thomas Bray is to be annexed to other entailed Lands therein alfo mentioned. impowered to fell certain entailed Lands, to the Value of Two Thoufand Poimds Sterling; and is diredled to lay out the Purchafe Money in Slaves, to be annexed to other entailed Lands, in the faid Adl mentioned. That upon Application made to this Houfe, at the laft Seffion of Affembly, a Committee was appointed to enquire what Lands the faid Thomas Bray had fold, by Virtue
:

of

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by him, and annexed to the laid other Which Committee made a Report, That the faid Ad. entailed Lands', purfuant to the to the Value of Fifteen Hundred Twenty One Pounds faid Thomas Bray had fold Lands, and had annexed Slaves to the other enEighteen Shillings and Four Pence Sterling; Hundred Twelve Pounds Thirteen Shillings and tailed Lands, of the Value of Eight in the Execution of the faid Adl, Four Pence Sterling: And that he had expended, in his Hands, Six Hundred Thirty remained there that And Seventy Pounds Sterling: have been laid out in Slaves, and to ought which Nine Pounds Five Shillings Sterling; this Houfe annexed to the entailed Lands, in the faid Adl mentioned. And thereupon, was pleafed to come to a Refolution, That imlefs the faid Thomas Bray fhould annex Slaves to the faid entailed Lands, to the Value of Six Hundred Thirty Nine Pounds Five Shillings Sterling, before the Laft Day of Auguft then next, M' Attorney-General fhould exhibit a Bill againft him, to compel him to execute the faid Adt. That the faid Thotnas Bray had not, fmce the laft Seffion of Affembly, annexed any Slaves whatfoever to the faid entailed Lands, to the Knowledge of the faid Jarnes Bray: And a Bill in Chancery is exhibited againft him in the General Court, by M' Attorney-General, in order to compel him to execute the faid Adt, purfuant to the Refolution before mentioned; but the faid Thomas Bray hath not, as yet, put in any Anfwer
of the faid A(5t,

and what Slaves had been

fettled

to the faid Bill.

That the faid Thomas Bray,

lince the laft Seffion,

had

fold

more

of the faid entailed

Lands, by Virtue of the faid Adl; but had not laid out the Purchafe Money in Slaves, and annexed the fame, as the faid Adl diredls; but had converted the faid Purchafe

Money, as well as the faid Six Hvmdred Thirty Nine Pounds Five Shillings, to his own Ufe, to the great Damage of the faid James Bray, and all Others, having any Eftate in Remainder in the faid entailed Lands. And praying the Confideration of the Houfe in the Premifes; and that the faid Thomas Bray might be ref trained from felling any more of the faid entailed Lands, until he fhould annex Slaves to the Value of the Lands already fold by him. Whereupon, it was Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to enquire into the Allegations of the faid Petition; and that M'' Thomas Bray attend the faid Committee, and lay before them, an Account of the Slaves aimexed by him to any of the faid entailed Lands, fmce the laft Seffion of Affembly; and alfo an Account of the Lands fold by him, fmce the faid Seffion and for what Confideration. And that the Committee report the Matter, as it appears to them, to this Houfe. And it is accordingly referred to M' Attorney, Willis, and M' Fitzhugh, Richard Randolph.
;

W W

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourn 'd

'til

To-morrow Morning, Ten o'Clock.

Saturday,

May

24, 1740.

MR.

Fitzhugh reported, That the Committee appointed, had, according to Order, waited on the Governor, to know his Pleafure when the Houfe fhould attend him with their Addrefs: And that he was pleafed to appoint this Day; and

to fay, he would fend a Meffage to the Houfe, when he was ready to receive it. The Petition of the Honourable Philip Lightfoot, Efq; and Beverley Randolph, Efq; and Elizabeth his Wife, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That Fhtltp Lightfoot, late of James-City County, Gentleman, deceafed, being feifed, in Fee Simple, of and in certain Parcels or Trafts of Land, lying and being in the Parifh of JVe//cn;^, m the County of Charles City, did, by his laft WiU and Teftament, bearing Date the 30th Day of Auguft, 1708, give and bequeath unto his eldeft Son Francis J^tgMfoot, and the Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten, forever, the faid Tradts of Land.

by

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by the Name of all that his Tra<5l or Dividend of Land, containing Five Hundred Acres, whereupon he then lived, and purchafed of Edward Chilton, who purchafed the fame of John Edloe, deceafed: And alfo Part of his Land, which he efcheated from Francis Wilkins, deceafed, whereon his Quarter then ftood; as alfo Two Hundred and Ninety Acres more, joining to his faid Quarter Land, purchafed of Edward Chilton: But in Cafe his Son Francis fhould die without fuch Heir, then he gave all the above-mentioned Tradls or Dividends of Land to the Petitioner Philip Lightfoot. That after the Death of the faid Philip, the faid Francis entered upon the faid Lands, and ptirchafed fome adjoining Tradls, whereby the faid devifed Lands are become more profitable, and of much greater Value. That the faid Francis having a Son Francis, and the Petitioner Elizabeth, both Infants at the Time of his Death; and apprehending he had a Fee Simple, as well in the Lands fo devifed, as thofe purchafed by him, as aforefaid, by his laft Will and
Teftament, bearing Date the 6th
beth,

Day

of

January, 171 7, gave vmto the Petitioner Eliza-

One Thoufand Poimds Sterling, to be put out to Intereft, till fhe fhould attain to the Age of Twenty One Years, or Marriage And all the Remainder of his Eftate, both Real and Perfonal, wherefoever lying or being, he gave to his Son
the
of
:

Sum

Francis Lightfoot, and the Heirs Male of his Body, lawfully begotten; but in Cafe his faid Son fhould die without fuch Iffue Male, or there fhould be any Failure thereafter

Male Line, then he gave all his faid Eftate, Real and Perfonal, to the Petitioner Philip Lightfoot, and his Heirs, for ever, he or they paying to the Daughter of his faid Son; or in Cafe there fhould be none fuch, to his Daughter Elizabeth, the Sum of Two
in the

Thoufand Five Hundred Pounds Current Money, in full Compenfation for the fame. That the faid Francis, the Son, dying in his Infancy, without Iffue, the Petitioner Philip, entered upon all the Lands whereof the faid Francis Lightfoot, his Brother, died feifed; as well thofe fo devifed by the faid Philip, his Father, as thofe purchafed by the faid Francis, his Brother, as aforefaid; and hath fince paid to the Petitioner Beverley
Randolph, (who afterwards intermarried with the Petitioner Elizabeth,) the feveral Sums of One Thoufand Poimds Sterling, and Two Thoufand Five Hundred Pounds Currency, according to his faid Brother's Will. That the Petitioner Beverley Randolph apprehending, notwithftanding fuch Paiment, that he is entitled to the Lands fo devifed by the faid Philip, in Right of his Wife,
as being entailed upon Francis, the Son of the faid Philip: And the Petitioner Philip apprehending, that by fuch Paiment, he is entitled, by Virtue of the Will of the faid

and the plain Intention thereof, to the faid Land, or to a Satisfacftion for the fame, out of the Money already by him fo paid, as aforefaid; feveral Suits at Law and Equity have been brought by the Petitioners againft each other, according to their
Francis,
feveral Rights infifted upon, as aforefaid.

That the Petitioners have come to an Agreement, that in Confideration of a Certain Sum of Money to be paid by the Petitioner Philip Lightfoot, to the Petitioner Beverley Randolph, the Petitioner Philip Lightfoot fhould have and enjoy the faid devifed Lands, to him and his Heirs, in Fee Simple, according to the Intention of the WiU of the faid Francis Lightfoot But fuch Agreement cannot be effedlual and binding, in Cafe the faid Land fhould be adjudged to be entailed, without an A<51 of Affembly to eftablifh the
:

fame.
In Regard therefore, that great
Suits, to the great

Sums

of
:

Money may be expended

in the faid

Law

Damage

of the Petitioner

And

that in Cafe the Petitioner Beverley

Randolph fhould recover the faid devifed Lands, the fame being feparate from the Lands adjoining, purchafed by the faid Francis, would not be of fo great Value, and of little Benefit to him, in Cafe he fhould be decreed to pay, or refund the Value thereof, out of the Money already received from the Petitioner Philip and in Regard, it will be for the Benefit of all Parties, and preferve all the Lands "of the faid Francis Lightfoot, in his Name, according to the plain Intention of his Will Praying therefore, that Leave be
;
:

given

(398)
given to bring in a
for

Land in the Petitioner Philip, and his Heirs, Money agreed upon. It was thereupon ever upon his paying the Sum of prepare and bring in a Bill, according to the Ordered, That M^ Attorney -General
Bill,

for vefting the faid

Prayer of the faid Petition.

'a Petition of Bridget Peirce, the Proprietor of That was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth.
/or

the Public Warehoufe at Pungoteague,

fince the late

been Twenty Feet Square. And praying. Eight Feet Shed on each Side, and a Plank Floor of Proportion of the faid That her Yearly Rent might be increafed, according to the Buildings: And thereupon Committee Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be refen-ed to the the Allegations thereof; and report the of Public Claims: And that they do examine
fame, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. M' Harrifon moved for Leave to bring in a Bill, for laying a

Adl of Affembly, in Virginia, the faid Bridget Peirce has afcertaining the Rents of feveral Warehoufes Twenty Feet in Breadth, with an Length, in Feet obliged to build a Houfe Thirty

Duty on

all

Horfes or

Duty Mares imported into this Colony, from the Northern Colonies; and Colonies. And after Northern to thofe Colony, this from exported Cattle live on all put. thereupon being a Debate, the Queftion It paffed in the Negative.
alfo, for laying a

That the faid Motion be rejedled. John Lidderdale, of the City of Williamsburg, Merchant, and Elizabeth A his Wife, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the faid John, fome Time in the Year of Our Lord 1738, with the Confent and Approbation of William Robertdeceafed, intermarried, with the faid Elizabeth, the only fan, late of the faid City, Efq the faid William Robertfon. Heir, of Daughter, and That before the faid Marriage, the faid William Robertfon entred into an Agreement with the faid John, That in Cafe the faid Marriage fhould take Efifedl, he would fettle upon the faid John, and his faid Daughter, and their Heirs, 330 Acres of Land, in the County of York, his Dwelling-houfe and Lots thereto adjoining, in the City of Williamsburg, and another Tenement or Lot in the faid City referving to himf elf an Ef tate for life only. And further agreed, that he would fell 2800 Acres of Land, in the County of Hanover, and 750 Acres of Land, in the County of Brunfwick, whereof he was then feifed and would leave all his personal Eftate to his faid Daughter at his Death Which faid Agreement, the faid William Robertfon put into Writing, and figned and delivered the fame to the faid John. That fome fhort Time after the faid marriage of the Petitioners, the faid William
Refolved,

Petition of

Robertfon departed this Life, without

making any Will; and before he had made any Settlement, according to his Agreement aforefaid, or had fold or difpofed of the faid Lands in the faid Counties of Hanover and Brunfwick upon whofe Death, the legal Ef;

tate of

and

in all

and fmgular the Premifes before-mentioned, defcended and came to the

:

who being now under the Age of Twenty One Years, is not able to join in any Conveiance for fettling the fame, purfuant to the Agreement aforefaid And praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill, for fettling the faid Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, in the County of York, and City of Williamsburg, to the Ufes menfaid Elizabeth,

tioned in the faid Marriage Agreement And to enable the faid John to fell and difpofe of the faid Lands and Hereditaments in the Counties of Hanover and Brunfwick; or that they might be fettled to the fame Ufes.
:

Whereupon

it

was

That Leave be given to bring in a BUI. according to the Prayer of the faid Petition And that M' Richard Randolph, and M' Conway, prepare and bring in the fame. The Claim of Jofeph Combs, for taking up a Runaway Slave, therein mentioned, was prefented to the Houfe. and received.
Ordered,
:

Alfo, the

Claim of Daniel Saunders, for taking up a

Runaway

Slave, therein

men-

tioned,

was prefented to the Houfe, and received.

Ordered,

; :

(399)

Ordered, That
in the

it

be an Inftruftion to the Committee of Claims, to allow the fame

called over;

Book of Claims. Upon a Motion made, the Houfe was

Meffage from the Governor, by
Speaker,
M""

and Excufes were made

for the

abfent Members, which were allowed.

A
M''
I

Needier:

am commanded by the Governor, to acquaint this Houfe, that his Honour is ready to receive the Addrefs in the Council Chamber. now Accordingly M"" Speaker, with the Houfe, went up and being returned, reported. That he had, with the Houfe, attended the Governor in the Council Chamber, and prefented their Addrefs; to which he was pleafed to give the following Anfwer: Gentlemen, / give you my hearty Thanks for your very obliging and dutiful Addrefs: And though I was fenfible you came together with Hearts full of Zeal and Affection for His Majefty's Service, and were determined to take that Part, which the Intereft and Safety of your Coun;

try required: Yet, to find that

we

are like to agree in Sentiments, is a very particular Satis-

me; and gives me Hopes, that whether in Military or Civil Affairs, VIRGINIA will be known, by our Behaviour, to be the Eldeft Sifter. M"^ Fitzhugh reported, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, That the Committee had had under their Confideration, divers Propofitions from feveral
fadion
to

Which he read in his Place; and afterwards delivered in at the Table; where the Refolutions were again read: And upon the Queftion feverally put, agreed to, by the Houfe, as
:

Counties to them referred

And had come

to feveral Refolutions thereupon

follows
Refolved, That the Propofitions from the Counties of Effex, and King George, for repealing the Adl, For amending the Staple of Tobacco; and for preventing Frauds in His Majefty's Cuftoms, be referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion of Affembly.

That the Propofitions from the Counties of Prince William, Stafford, Weftmoreland, Richmond, King George, and Henrico, for eredling feveral new Warehoufes
Refolved,

therein mentioned, be referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion of Affembly.

Refolved,

Rents

of

That the Propofition from the County of Prince William, for raifing the Warehoufes in that County, be referred to the Confideration of the next Sef-

fion of Affembly.

That the Propofition from the County of Effex, for amending the Law, in Relation to holding Orphans Courts, is reafonable. Ordered, That the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, do prepare and bring
Refolved,
in

Bill,

according to the faid Refolution.

'til

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

Monday Morning, Ten

o'Clock.

Monday,
Ordered,

May

26, 1740.

M'' Corbin be added to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, and to the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions. Mufcow, and M' Boufh, be added to the Ordered, That M'' Macon, Committee of Courts of Juftice. M' Speaker informed the Houfe, that he had in his Hands a Letter from his Grace the Duke of Newcaftle to the Governor which he had Diredlions to lay before this Houfe Whereupon it was read, and ordered to lie upon the Table, for the Perufal of the Members. A Petition of Sufannah Randolph, Guardian to Peyton Randolph, Proprietor of the Public Warehoufes at the College Landing, was prefented to the Houfe, and read

THAT

fetting

: ;

(400)
fetting forth.

That

fince the lat Seffion of

Affembly, the Warehoufes, at the Place

the Tobacco brought there, another Warehoufe aforefaid, being too fmall to receive was obliged to be built, at a confiderable Expence. 40 Feet long, and 20 Feet wide, Increafe of the Rent of the faid And praying' fome Allowance for the fame, and an

Warehoufes.
of the Public Warehoufe at Deep Alfo the Petition of William Sydner, Proprietor read; fetting forth, That the Houfes built for Creek, was prefented to the Houfe, and too fmall to hold the Tobacco of Tobacco, at the Place aforefaid, being

Reception

Tobacco Houfe of 32 Feet to brought thither, the Petitioner had been obliged to fuffer a And by Order of the Court this Time. be applied to that Ufe, from the Year 1733, to Feet Warehoufe, 10 Feet the faid County, he was laft Year obliged to build a new 40
of

pitched, 20 Feet wide,

and fhedded on each Side with Sheds 4 Feet and an Half pitched And alfo to double cover one other of the Warehoufes, and make a Plank Floor, 20 Feet by 10, for the Conveniency of Scales, and Heading Tobacco: All which have been expenfive to him. And praying an Allowance for the fame, and an additional Rent for

and John Martin, was prefented to the Houfe, and That the faid Patrick Spence is Proprietor of the Land whereon the Warehoufes at Nominy, in Weftmoreland County, are built And an Order being made, by the Court of the faid County, for building a 60 Feet fhedded Warehoufe, and repairing the other Warehoufes, and building convenient Wharfs there, the faid Patrick imdertook, and hath compleated the fame And hath alfo built a Scale Hoiofe, 24 by 20 Feet. That the faid John Martin is Proprietor of the Land at Mattox, in the faid County, whereon the Public Warehoufes are built: And that he likewife, in Purfuance of an Order of the faid Court, hath lately built a 40 Feet fhedded Warehoufe, and repaired the other Warehoufes, and provided fubftantial Wharfs there. That the Petitioners have refpedlively been at great Expence and Trouble, in compleating the faid Buildings; and have received no Satisfaction or Compenfation for the fame. And praying the Confideration of the Houfe in the Premifes, and fuch Satisfadlion
read; fetting forth.
:
:

the faid Houfes. Alfo, a Petition of Patrick Spence,

as they fhall think reafonable.

Ordered,

That the

faid feveral Petitions be referred to the Confideration of the

:

Com-

mittee of Public Claims

That they examine the Matter

it

of the faid Petitions refpedlively

and report the fame, as

Houfe.

fhall

appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the

M' Fitzhugh reported. That the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, had had under their Confideration, feveral other Propofitions from feveral Coimties to them referred And had come to feveral Refolutions thereupon which he read in his Place,
:

and afterwards delivered in at the Table. Ordered, That the faid Report do lie upon the Table. M' Fitzhugh reported, That the Committee appointed, had, according to Order, prepared a Bill, for prolonging the Time for bringing Tobacco to the Public Warehoufes Which was received, and read the firft Time. And
Ordered to be read a fecond Time. M' Attorney reported, from the Committee of Courts of Juftice, That they had, according to Order, infpedled the Journal of the laft Seffion and prepared and drawn up a State of the Matters then depending and undetermined; and the Progrefs that was
;

made

therein

And had

agreed upon a Report thereupon.

that the faid Committee had alfo, according to Order, examined what Laws have expired fmce the laft Seffion of Affembly; and infpedled fuch temporary Laws as will expire with, or foon after the End of this Seffion of Affembly; and had come to a Refolution thereon Which faid report he read in his Place; and afterwards delivered in at the Table.
:

And

Ordered,

That the

faid

Report

lie

on the Table.

The

(40i)

Committee of on fuch a Footing, as will better enable them to contend with regular Troops And after fome Time fpent therein, M^ Speaker refumed the Chair; and M^ Fitzhugh reported, from the Committee, That they had had under their Confideration, the Matter to them referred; and were come to feveral Refolutions thereupon: Which he read in his Place; and afterwards
itfelf

The Order

of the

Day

being read, the Houfe refolved

Bill,

into a

the whole Houfe, to corvfider of Heads of a

for putting the Militia

:

delivered in at the Table.

Refolved,

That

this

Houfe will take the

'til

faid

Report into Confideration, To-morrow.

o'Clock.

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjoum'd

To-morrow Morning, Ten

Tuefday,

May

27,

1740.

Petition of the Planters

and Inhabitants, refiding in that Part of Norfolk above the Bridge, called Great Bridge; and of fundry other Gentlemen and Inhabitants of the faid Coimty, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was prefented, and read; praying. That a Warehoufe might
County, which
lies

be eredled at Bridge Landing, in the faid County. Alfo a Petition of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of New Town, in the Coimty of Princefs-Anne, was prefented, and read; praying. That an Adl of Affembly may be made,
to conftitute, confirm,

and appoint the

faid Place for a

Town,

called

by the Name

of

New-Town.
Ordered,

That the

faid feveral Petitions be referred to the Confideration of the

Com-

mittee of Propofitions and Grievances:

thereof;

That they examine into the

feveral Matters

Opinion thereupon, to the Hoiife. was prefented to the Houfe, and read; praying. That a Reimburfement be made them of the Charge of building Two Warehoufes at Roy's, and One at Conway's, Forty Feet Square each. Alfo, a Petition of James Reid, Proprietor of the Public Warehoufes at Urbanna; praying, an additional Rent for the faid Houfes, fufficient to reimburfe him the Charge of building, by Order of the County Court, a Warehoufe Forty Feet Long, and Twenty Feet wide, with a fhed on one Side. Alfo, a Petition of Richard Randolph, Gentleman; praying, an additional Rent for the Warehoufes at Warwick, of which he is Proprietor, in order to reimburfe him the Charges of building a Warehoufe Sixty Feet long, and Forty Feet wide, there; which, by Order of the County Court, he was obliged to build. Alfo, a Petition of the Juftices of King George County praying, to be repaid Five Pounds, which they have paid M'' Thomas Turner, for Hire of Houfe Room for Three Hundred Hogfheads of Tobacco, that the Warehoufes at Gibfon's were not fufficient to
their

and report the fame, with

A Petition of the Juftices of Caroline County,

receive.

And alfo, a Petition of the Juftices of I fie of Wight County; praying, to be reimburfed the Charges of building a Warehoufe Forty Feet long, and Twenty Feet wide, at Wainwright's; and another, of the fame Dimenfions, at Warwickfqueak Bay.
Ordered,

That the
it

faid feveral Petitions be referred to the Confideration of the

Committee
Houfe.

of Claims:

That they do examine into the

fhall

report the fame, as

feveral Matters thereof; and appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the

M' Martin moved for Leave to bring in a Bill, for amending the Adl, for preventing Frauds in the Cuftoms, and in Clearing of Ships; for afcertaining Collectors and Naval Officers Fees; and to prohibit and prevent the cafting of Ballaft and dead Bodies into Rivers and Creeks. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the faid Motion; and
that
M''

Martin,

Willis,

and M'

Carter, prepare

and bring

in the fame.

(402)

Widow, and Adminiftratrix of Thomas Catlet, late of to the Houfe, and read; letting forth. That Caroline County, deceafed, was prefented ago, departed this Life, leaving the Petitioner, Months the faid Thomas Catlet, about Eight to divers Perfons, in the Sum of Nine and Eight Children under Age, and indebted Eftate, upon the AppraifeHundred Pounds; which is more than his Slaves and perfonal ment thereof, amounted to: That about Three Years ago, the faid Thomas Catlet purchafed of Colonel William Acres, or thereabouts, lying on Woodford, a Trad of Land, containing Three Hundred Rappahanock River, in King George County, between the land of Jofeph Berry, and

Petition of

Martha

Catlet,

Samuel Skinker; upon which, the faid Catlet made very fmall Improvements: And for Purchafe, he borrowed of Captain the Paiment of the Confideration Money for the faid Daniel McCarty, the fum of One Hundred and Eighty Pounds Sterling, and gave his Bond for the fame which Sum, and the Intereft thereof, now remains unpaid That he likewife died feifed of Two other valuable Tradls of Land, lying in the County of Caroline; which defcending to his eldeft Son Thomas Catlet, the Son will, even if the Petitioner is herein relieved, be more amply provided for, and have much more of his Father's Eftate, than the Petitioner, and all the other younger Children together In Regard therefore, that the faid Debt of One Hundred and Eighty Pounds
;

Load on the perfonal Eftate, was contradled for the Paiment of the Purchafe of the faid Land; which Land ought therefore, in good Confcience, as the Petitioner conceives, to be applied toward the Paiment of the faid Debt; and in Regard, all the Slaves, and the whole perfonal Eftate, will be entirely fwallowed up in the Paiment of that and other Debts, whereby the Petitioner, and the younger Children, will be left deftitute, and utterly unprovided of any manner of Subfiftance And praying, in Behalf of herfelf, and her helplefs younger Children, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill, to veft the faid Land in the Petitioner, or any other Perfons this Honourable Houfe fhall think fit, in Truft, to fell the fame; and to apply the Money arifmg by fuch Sale, to difcharge and fatisfy the Debts juftly due and owing, by and from the faid Thomas Catlet, at the Time of his Death Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the Prayer of the faid Petition; and it is referred to M'' Attorney, and M' Carter, to prepare and bring in the
Sterling,

now

lying as a

fame.

M' Fitzhugh, according to Order, prefented to the Houfe a Bill, for holding Orphans Courts; and the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a fecond Time. The Houfe, according to Order, proceeded to the Confideration of the Report made Yefterday, from the Committee of the whole Houfe; and the fame being twice read, and the Queftion feverally put thereupon, was, with fome Amendments, agreed to, by the Houfe, as follows: Refolved, That during the prefent War, the Militia fhall be more frequently trained and exercifed; and that they fhall be oftner fined for not attending at Mufters. Refolved, That Two Thoufand Pounds, out of the Money in the Hands of the Treafurer,

A Motion being made. That One Shilling, or Twelve Pounds of Tobacco, be taxed on every tithable Slave, towards fupplying the Militia with Arms: After a Debate, the Queftion being put thereupon, It paffed in the Negative.
Refolved,

be applied towards fupplying the Militia with Arms. That all Perfons that are direded to be Lifted, by the Adl, intituled, an Aa, for the better Regulation of the Militia, fhall be obliged to perfonal Attendance.
Refolved,

Shilling per Hogfhead be laid on all Tobacco exported, for fupplying the Militia with Arms: Whereupon a Debate arofe, and the Queftion being put,
It paffed in the Negative.

That the faid Motion be Rejeaed. Then a Motion was made. That a Tax of One

Refolved,

That the

faid

Motion be Rejedled.
Ordered,

(403)
Ordered,
aid

That a Bill be prepared and brought in, purfuant to the Report of the Committee; and that the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances do prepare

and bring in the fame. The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Report made Yefterday, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances; and the fame being read, Part of the faid Report was agreed to, as follows Refolved, That the Propofition from the County of Richmond, for explaining the AA, concerning Servants and Slaves; and to declare whether Convid Servants are entitled to Freedom Dues, be Rejedted. Refolved, That the Propofition from the County of Richmond, to prohibit fetting Fire to the Woods, be Rejedted. Refolved, That the Propofition from the County of Richmond, for declaring how far which renders Negros, Mulattos, and Indians incapable of giving Teftimony Law, the in any Court of this Colony, except on Trial of a Slave committing a Capital Offence,
doth extend, with Refpe(5l to the Defcendents of Mulattos, be Reje<5ted. Refolved, That the Propofition from the County of Accomack, againft ftriking of Fifh, from the Firft Day of April, to the Laft Day of Auguft, in any Year, be Rejedted.
Refolved, That the Propofition from the County of Accomack, for deftroying Squirrels and Crows, he Rejedted. Refolved, That the Propofition from the County of Accomack, that Public Officers, who are obliged by Law to take the ufual Oaths of the Government, and the Oath of their Office, may not be chargeable for any Fee for the fame, be Rejedted. Refolved, That the Propofition from the County of Accomack, that Conf tables be not obliged to view Tobacco Fields, be Rejedted. On Confideration of a Propofition from the County of Richmond, for explaining and amending fo much of the Adt, for fettling the Titles and Bounds of Lands; and for preventing unlawful Shooting and Ranging thereupon, as relates to Proceffioning Lands, Refolved, That that Part of the faid Adt ought to be explained and amended. On Confideration of the Propofition from the County of Accomack, That Deeds of Bargain and Sale made, in Purfuance of the Adl, intituled. An Ad, for amending the Ad, for fettling the Titles and Bounds of Lands; and for preventing unlawful Shooting and Ranging thereupon, may be acknowledged or proved, in the Court of the County where the Lands lie, and certified by the Clerk of fuch County Court, to the General Court, to be there recorded; and that all fuch Deeds heretofore, fo acknowledged or proved, and certified, and recorded, may be confirmed. Refolved, That the Propofition is reafonable. And to the Refolution of the faid Committee, That the Propofition from the County of Effex, for amending the Adt, appointing Veftries; and for direding what Number of Veftrymen may hold a Veftry, or make an Order; and that for the future, all Veftries be diffolved once in Seven Years, and a new Veftry eleded by the Freeholders of the Parifh,

be Rejedted. Alfo to another Refolution of the faid Committee, That the Propofition from the County of Accomack, for every Court of Record in this Colony to be provided with a
Seal for the Ufe of the faid Court,
is

reafonable.

another Refolution of the faid Committee, That the Propofition from the County of Stafford, for altering and amending the Law, direding that no Execution fhall be ferved for Tobacco, between the Laft Day of Auguft, and the Laft Day of December,
alfo to

And

in every Year,

is

reafonable.

The Houfe difagreed. Ordered, That a Bill be brought in, purfuant to the Propofition from the County of Effex, for amending the Adt, appointing Veftries; and for direding what Number of Veftrymen may hold a Veftry, or make an Order; and that for the future, all Veftries be diffolved once in Seven Years, and a new Veftry eleded by the Freeholders of the Parifh. And it is referred to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, to prepare and bring
in the fame.

Ordered,

(404)

brought in, purfuant to the Refolution, for Ordered That a Bill be prepared and Aft, for Settling the Titles and Bounds of Lands: explaining and amending fo much of the as relates to Proceffioning unlaivftd Shooting and Ranging thereupon,

and preumting
Lands.
in the

And
fame.

it is

referred to the

Committee

for Courts of Juftice, to prepare

,
,
. ,

and bring
,
,

That Bills, purfuant to all the other Refolutions, be prepared and brought and Grievances. in by the Committee of Propofitions A Motion being made, Leave was given to bring in a Bill, for deftroying Crows and Northampton. And it is referred to M^ ScarSquirrels, in the Counties of Accmnack, and in the fame. burgh, and M-- Harmanfon, to prepare and bring of the Report made Yefterday, from Confideration The Houfe proceeded to the matters as were depending and fuch Committee for Courts of Juftice, touching
Ordered,

the

Affembly; and the Progrefs that was made therein. to bring in a Bill, for laying out a Piece of Ground, at given Ordered, That Leave be And it is a Place called Bray's Church, in the County of King George, for a Town. referred to M-- McCarty, to prepare and bring in the fame.

undetermined the

laft Seffion of

That the Propofal of Jofhua Fry, and Robert Brooke, to make an exadl Sur\'ey of this Colony, and print and publifh a Map thereof; in which fhall be laid down the Bay, the navigable Rivers, with their Soundings; Counties, Parifhes, Towns, and Gentlemens Seats, and whatever elfe is remarkable which was referred from the laft Seffion of Affembly, be again further referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion of
Ordered,
;

Affembly.

The Houfe

alfo

Courts of Juftice, touching fuch

proceeded to the Confideration of the Report of the Committee for Laws as have expired fmce the laft Seffion, and fuch
foon after, the

temporary Laws as
Refolved,

will expire with, or

End

of this Seffion of Affembly.

That the Adl, for making more effedual Provifion againft Invafions and Infurredions, which was continued laft Seffion, and will expire on the Firft Day of November, in the Year of our Lord One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Forty One, be further continued, with Amendments. Ordered, That the Committee for Courts of Juftice, prepare and bring in a Bill,
purfuant to the faid Refolution.
Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourn 'd

'til

To-morrow Morning, Ten o'Clock.

ff^ednefday,

May

28, 1740.

MR.

Fitzhugh reported, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, That the Committee had had under their Confideration, divers other Propofitions

from feveral Counties, to them referred; and had come to feveral Refolutions thereupon Which he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Table where the fame were again read And the Queftion being feverally put thereupon. Part of the faid Report was agreed to by the Houfe, as follows
: ;

Refolved,

new Warehoufe

That the Proportion from the County of King and Queen, for Ereding a at Thomas Turner's Land, in that County, be referred to the Confidera-

tion of the next Seffion of Affembly.

Refolved, That the Propofitions from the Counties of Accomack, Stafford, and Hanover, for altering the Law, for the more fpeedy and eafy Recovery of fmall Debts, be

Rejedled.
Refolved,

Fee

in all Cafes,

Refolved,

That the Propofition from the County of Stafford, for allowing a Law>'er's upon Petitions for fmall Debts, be Rejedled. That the Propofitions from the Counties of Stafford, and Hanover, for
Method
for proving

Altering the Adl, prefcribing the

Book

Debts, be Rejedled.

Refolved,

(405)
Refolved, That the Propofition from the County of Hanover, for Repealing the Law, which prohibits iffuing Executions againft a Debtor's Body, upon a Judgment obtained

before a fmgle Juftice of the Peace, be Rejedled.

Refolved, That the Propofition from the County of Spotfylvania, for allowing the County Courts in this Colony, Liberty to whip and difcharge fuch Criminals, as they

judge guilty of Petit-Larcenj', without the Formality of a Jury, be Rejected. Refolved, That the Propofition from the County of Lancafter, for obliging the Chvners of ConviA Women Servants, to bear the Parifh harmlefs from the Charges which may accrue, by Occafion of the faid Servants having Baftards, during their Servitude, is
fhall

reafonable.
Refolved, That the Propofition from the County of King William, for allowing Francis Weft to keep an Ordinary on his Land, adjoining to the main Road which leads from Weft Point, to the Courthoufe of that County, be Rejedled. Refolved,

That the Propofition from the County

of Stafford, againft altering the

Bounds

County, be Rejedled. Refolved, That the Propofition from the Coimty of King George, againft altering the Bounds of that County, be Rejedled.
of that

Refolved, That the Propofition from the Inhabitants of Weftmoreland County, above Maddox Creek, to be divided from that County, and annexed to the County of King George, be Rejedled. Refolved, That the Propofition from Prince William, for dividing that County, in the fame Manner, as the Parifhes of Trtiro and Hamilton, in the faid County, are divided,
is

reafonable.

Refolved, That the Propofition from the County of Goochland, for dividing that Coimty, and eredling a new County at the Head thereof, is reafonable. Refolved, That the Propofition from the Upper Inhabitants of King and Queen County, to be divided from that County, and added to Caroline County, is reafonable.

On
the
little

Confideration of the Propofition from the Inhabitants and Freeholders above

Mountains, in Hanover County, That the Notes of the Infpedlors at Fredericksburg, may be allowed to pafs in Paiment of their Public Dues, and Officers Fees, in the {aid County of Hanover,
Refolved,

That the

faid Propofition

is

reafonable.

On

Confideration of the Propofition from the County of Prince William, for appointof

ing a Ferry at

Lower Side
Travellers.

Refolved,

John Hereford's Plantation, in Doeg's Neck, over Patowmack River, to the Pamunkey, in Prince George County, in Maryland, That the Keeping a Ferry at the Place propofed, will be convenient for

On Confideration of a Propofition from the County of Hanover,

to be built,

by

the

Land

of

for allowing a Bridge from New-Town, in that County, over Pamunkey River, to Edmund Littlepage, in the County of King William and for providing for

Subfcription,

the Support thereof,

Refolved, Refolved,

That the faid Propofition is reafonable. That the Propofition from the County of Surry,

for obliging the Juftices

to agree with
in that

Workmen
;

to repair the Bridge over Nottoway River, at Hunt's Landing,

it

County
is

and

to keep

always afterwards

in

good Repair, at the Expence

of Norfolk, for eredling a

of the

County,

reafonable.

Refolved,

That the Propofition from the County

new Ware-

houfe at Bridge Landing, in that County, be referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion of Affembly. On Confideration of a Propofition from the Freeholders and Inhabitants of NewTown, in the County of Princefs-Anne, for confirming their Titles to the Lands purchafed
at that Place;

and
it is

for appointing

and

eftablifhing the
laid out,
is

fame

for a

Town, by the Name

of

New-Town, as
Refolved,

now bounded and

That the

faid Propofition

reafonable.

And

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That the Propofition from the County of to the Refolution of the Committee, vServants, who, during Oath of Convia Lancafter, for declaring, whether the their Owners, in cafe the relieve to allowed be may their Servitude, fhall have Baftards,

And

Women

be Rejedled. reputed Fathers of fuch Baftards, be Freemen, Committee, That the Propofition from the Alfo, to another Refolution of the faid of Sale of Transfer Tobacco remaining Time the County of Accomack, for prolonging referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion of in the Public Warehoufes, be
^"^"^^^>^'

The Houfe
prolonging the

difagreed.

Bill, for

Time

of bringing

Tobacco to the Public Warehoufes, was

read the fecond Time. Ordered, That it be committed to the Committee who prepared it. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudion to the faid Committee, to receive a Claufe or

That the Inhabitants and Freeholders above the the Notes of the Infpec5lors at little Mountains, in Hanover, may be allowed to pay Fredericksburg Warehoufe, in Difcharge of their Public Dues, and Officers Fees, in the
Claufes, purfuant to the Refolution,
faid

County

of Hanover.

be a further Inftru(5lion to the faid Committee, to receive other Claufe or Claufes, purfuant to the Propofition from the County of Accomack, for prolonging the Time of Sale of Transfer Tobacco. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudion to the Committee, who are appointed to prepare

And

alfo.

That

it

and bring

in a Bill, for laying out a Piece of Ground at Bray's Church, for a Town, That they receive a Claufe or Claufes, for confirming the Titles of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of New-Town, in the County of Prince fs- Anne, to the Lands purchafed at that

Place:
is

And

for appointing

and
:

eftablifhing the fame,

by the Name

of

now bounded and

Committee.
Ordered,

laid out

And

that the

Members

of Prince fs- Anne, be

New-Town, as it added to the

in

faid

That the Committee

purfuant to
it

of Propofitions

and Grievances, prepare and bring

a Bill or

Bills,

all

the other Refolutions.

Ordered,

That

be an Inftru(5lion to the faid Committee, That they receive a

Claufe or Claufes, for declaring, whether the

Oath

of Convidl

Women

Servants, who,

be allowed to relieve their Owners, in Freemen. A Petition of Anthony Walke, was prefented to the Houfe; praying, an Allowance for the Rent of a Warehoufe 50 Feet long, and 20 Feet wide, which he was obliged to build at Kemp's Warehoufe, of which he is Proprietor. Alfo, a Petition of the Juf tices of Weftmoreland Covmty praying, to be reimburfed the Sum of Nineteen Pounds Ten Shillings, which they were obliged to pay for Hire of Houfes at Maddox, and Nominy, in the faid County, the Warehoufes not being fufficient to hold all the Tobacco brought there. Ordered, That the faid feveral Petitions be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims: And that they do examine the Matter of the faid Petitions
cafe the reputed Fathers of fuch Baftards, be
;

during their Servitude, fhall have Baftards,

may

refpedtively;

and report the fame, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. Motion being made by the Committee of Claims, for the Diredtion of this Houfe. whether they fhould allow the Venire Men, according to the true Diftance, or according

to the Clerks Certificates?

all Venire Men be allowed, according to the true Diftance. William Drummond, for taking up One Ser\^ant Man, therein mentioned, was prefented to the Houfe, and received. Ordered, That it be an Inftruftion to the Committee of Claims, to allow the faid Claim in the Book of Claims.

Ordered,

That

A Claim of

M' Attorney prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, for Docking the Entail of certain Lands, in the County of Charles City, and vefting the fame in Philip
Ltghtfooi, Efq;

Ordered,

in Fee Simple; which was read the That the Bill be read a fecond Time.

firit

Time.

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Bill, for

Ordered,

holding Orphans Courts, was read a fecond Time. That the faid Bill be committed for Amendments to the Committee

for

Courts of Juftice.

M^ Randolph reported, That the Perfons appointed, had, according to Order, prepared a Bill, for fettling certain Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, late the Eftate of William Robertfon, Efquire, deceafed, purfuant to an Agreement made, upon the Marriage of John Lidderdale with Elizabeth, his now Wife, the Daughter, and Heir, of the faid William Robertfon; and the fame was received, and read the firft Time.
be read a fecond Time. M' Beverley reported. That the Committee of Public Claims had had imder their Confideration, feveral Propofitions to them referred; and had come to feveral Refolutions thereupon Which he read in his Place, and delivered in at the Table.
Ordered,
Bill
:

That the

Ordered, Ordered,

That the

faid

Report do
'til

lie

on the Table.
o'clock.

That the Houfe be adjourned

To-morrow Morning, Ten

Thurfday,

May

29, 1740.

A
there.

Petition of

Tabitha Adams, Widow, in Behalf of herfelf, and the Orphans of Ebenezer Adams, deceafed, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; praying, to be reimburfed the Sum of Three Pounds, which was ftopped out of the Rents

of the Warehoufe, by the Infpeftors at Bowler's, in Effex, by Order of the Court of the faid County, to pay for the building an Houfe for their Entertainment

Ordered,

That the

faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the

Committee

of Public Claims:

And
of

that they do examine the Matter thereof; and report the fame,
Shields, deceafed, for entertaining the Nottoway,

with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe.

An Accoimt

Hannah

and Nan-

femond Indians, was prefented to the Houfe, and received. Ordered, That the faid Account be referred to the Committee of Public Claims: And that they do examine the Matter thereof and report the fame, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. M"^ Martin moved for Leave to bring in a Bill, for laying an additional Duty of Five per Cent, on all Slaves imported into this Colony And the Queftion being put thereupon, Refolved, Nemine Contradicente, That the faid Bill be brought in And it is referred to M'' Martin, and M' Conway, to prepare and bring in the fame. A Petition of the Juftices of Elizabeth-City County, was prefented to the Houfe, and received; praying, an additional rent for the Warehoufes at Hampton, to reimburfe them the Charge of building a Shed 50 Feet long, and 10 Feet Wide, there, for
;
; :

the Reception of Tobacco.

Ordered,

That the
:

faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the

;

Committee

And that they do examine the Matter thereof and report the fame, of Public Claims with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. M' Fitzhugh reported. That the Committee appointed, had, according to Order, prepared a Bill, for dividing Prince William County: And the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a fecond Time. A Bill, for Docking the Entail of certain Lands, in Charles City County, and vefting the fame in Philip Lightfcot, Efquire, in Fee Simple, was read the fecond Time.
Willis, and That the faid Bill be committed to M^ Attorney, M'' Carter, Members of Charles City County: And that they do examine the Allegations thereof: and report the Matter, as it fhall appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon,

Ordered,

to the

to the Houfe.

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Tenements, and Hereditaments, late the Eftate deceafed, purfuant to an Agreement made, on the of William Robertfon, Efquire, his now Wife, the Daughter, and Heir, of Marriage of John Lidderdale with Elizabeth, the fecond Time. the faid William Robertfon, was read to M-" Randolph, and to the Members for Ordered, That the faid Bill be committed thereof; and report the fame, Allegations the examine York County: And that they do the Houfe. to thereupon, as it fhall appear to them, with their Opinion

Bill,

for felling certain Lands,

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjoum'd

'til

To-morrow Morning, Ten

o'Clock.

Friday,

May

30, 1740.
and had

and conveyed to him 420 Acres of Land, in the Parifh of St. Stephen, in the County of King and Queen, Part of a greater Tradl of Land, called Mantapike, which the Petitioner finds to be entailed That the faid William Banks is willing to fettle 700 Acres of Land, whereof he is feifed, in Fee Simple, in the Parifh of Saint John, in the County of King William, of greater Value than the faid 420 Acres, to the fame Ufes as the faid entailed Lands, in the County of King and Queen, are fettled, by the Laft Will and Teftament of William Banks, his Grandfather. And praying. That
fold
:

Petition of George Braxton, the younger, was prefented to the Houfe, read; fetting forth. That fince the laft Seffion of Affembly, William Banks

Leave be given to bring in a Bill, to confirm his Title to the faid 420 Acres of Land, Part of the above mentioned Tradt, called Mantapike, upon the faid William Banks's fettling the faid 700 Acres of Land in King William County, to the fame Ufes as Mantapike Tradl is fettled, by the Laft Will and Teftament of the faid William Banks, the
Grandfather.

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, according to the Prayer of the faid and it is referred to M'' Corbin, to prepare and bring in the fame. A Petition of John Carter, Keeper of the Public Goal, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; praying. That the Garden of the Prifon may either be coarfely paled in, or that the fum of Five Pounds, or thereabouts, be allowed, to purchafe Logs to fence
Ordered,
;

Petition

in the faid

Garden.
of the Juftices of

Effex County; praying, an additional Rent for them the fum of 11,500 lbs. of Tobacco, for building Two Warehoufes there; One 60 Feet long, and 25 Feet wide; the other 60 Feet long, and 20 Feet wide alfo the Sum of Twenty Eight Pounds, for building one other
Alfo,

a Petition

the Warehoufes at Layton's, to reimburfe

Warehoufe at Bowler's, 50 Feet long, and 20 Feet wide. And alfo, the Petition of William Baffet, Gentleman, Proprietor of the Public Warehoufes at the Brick-houfe, in New Kent County; praying, an additional Rent, to reimburfe him the Charge of building a Warehoufe 44 Feet by 20, and Two 10 Feet Sheds, of the Length of the faid Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Petitions be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of
Public Claims:

that they do examine the Matter of the faid Petitions refpedlively and report the fame, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the Committee, who are appointed to prepare and bring in a Bill, for dividing the County of Goochland, to receive a Claufe or Claufes, to make the new County one diftindl Parifh. M' Fitzhugh reported. That the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, had had

And

under their Confideration, a Propofition from the County of Henrico, for appointing a Ferry from the Warehoufe Landing at Warwick, in that County, over James River, to

Thomas Mofeley: And had come to a Refolution thereupon; which he read in his Place, and delivered in at the Table: Where the fame was again twice read, and agreed to, by the Houfe, as follows:
the
of

Land

Refolved,

(409J
Refolved,

Ordered,

That a Ferry to be appointed at that Place, will be convenient for Travellers. That it be an Inftru(5lion to the Committee, who are appointed to pre-

Bill, for appointing a Ferry from John Hereford's Plantation, in Doeg's Neck, over Potowmack River, to the Lower Side of Pamunkey, in Prince George County, in Maryland, to receive a Claufe or Claufes, for appointing a Ferry, according to the faid Refolution.

pare and bring in a

M"- Attorney-General reported, from the Committee, to whom the Bill, for holding Orphans Courts, was committed, feveral Amendments made to the faid Bill; which they had diredled him to report to the Houfe: And he read the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Table And the Amendments were read, and agreed to, with an Amendment and a Blank in the Bill was filled up at the Table. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. M' Attorney reported. That the Committee appointed, had, according to Order, prepared a Bill, for continuing and amending the Adl, intituled, An Ad, for making more effedual Provifion againft Invafions and Infurredions; and the fame was received, and read the firft Time. ^Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a fecond Time. A Bill, for dividing the County of Prince William, was read the fecond Time; and the feveral Blanks were filled up at the Table. Ordered, That the faid Bill be ingroffed. A Bill, for dividing the County of Goochland, and Parifh of Saint James, was, according to Order, prefented to the Houfe, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a fecond Time. Then the Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Report from the Committee of Public Claims; and the fame was read twice: And the Queftion being feverally put
:

thereupon,

That an additional Rent of Five Pounds Ten Shillings per Annum, from the Tenth Day of November laft, be allowed to William Sydner, Proprietor of the Public Warehoufes at Deep Creek, in Lancafter County, for building a new Warehoufe, with a Plank Floor, as mentioned in his faid Petition. Refolved, That an additional Rent of Four Pounds Ten Shillings per Annum, be allowed Sufannah Randolph, Guardian to Peyton Randolph, Proprietor of the Public Warehoufes at the College Landing, from the Tenth Day of November laft, for building
Refolved,

the Warehoufe, in her Petition mentioned.

Refolved, That an additional Rent of Se\-en Pounds Ten Shillings per Annum, be allowed Patrick Spence, Proprietor of the Public Warehoufe at Nominy, in Weftmoreland County, for building a new Warehoufe and Scale-houfe, from the Tenth Day of

November

laft.

That an additional Rent of Four Pounds per Annum, be allowed John Martin, Proprietor of the Public Warehoufes at Maddox, in Weftmoreland County, for building a new Warehoufe, from the Tenth Day of November laft.
Refolved,

That an additional Rent of Five Pounds per Annum, be allowed the County of Caroline, for a Warehoufe built at Conway's, from the Tenth Day of November laft and Five Pounds per Annum, for building a Warehoufe at Roy's, from the Tenth Dav of November, 1738; and alfo Five Povmds per Annum, for building one other Warehoufe at Roy's, from the Tenth Day of November laft. Refolved, That an additional Rent of Five Pounds Ten Shillings per Annum, be allowed James Reid, Pro])rietor of the Public Warehoufes at Urbanna, for building a new Warehoufe, with a Shed, from the Tenth Day of November laft. Refolved, That an additional Rent of Four Pounds per Annum, for each Houfe, be allowed the Juftices of the County Court of I fie of Wight, for building Two Warehoufes; one at Wainwright's, the other at Warwickfqueak Bay, from the Tenth Day of Novetnber
Refolved,

Juftices of the

laft.

Refolved,

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Rcfolved,

That an additional Rent

Randolph, Gentleman, for

of Novetttber laft.

Ten Pounds per Annum, be aUowed Richard at Warwick, from the Tenth Day Warehoufe building a new
of of Five

Refolved,

That the fum

Pounds be allowed the

Juftices of

Ktng George County

have been at, in hiring Houfes at the Public Wareto reimburfe'them the Charges they brought there, according to the Prayer houfes at Gihfon's, for the Reception of Tobacco
of their Petition.

be inftruAion to the Committee of Claims, to make Allowances faid Refolutions. in the Book of Claims, according to the A Bill, for dividing the County of Goochland, and Parifh of Saint James, was read the filled up, the Queftion fecond Time And an Amendment being made, and the Blanks
Ordered,

That

it

was put, that the faid Bill be committed. It paffed in the Negative. Then a Motion was made, for a further Amendment to be made to the Bill at the Table And after a Debate, the Queftion being put thereupon. It paffed in the Negative. Ordered, That the faid Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. M^ Martin reported, that the Committee appointed, had, according to Order, prepared a Bill, for amending the Adl, intituled. An Ad, for preventing Frauds in the Cuftoms, and in Clearing of Ships; for afcertaining Colledors and Naval Officers Fees; and to prohibit and prevent the cafting of Ballaft and dead Bodies into Rivers and Creeks And the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a fecond Time.
:

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourn 'd

'til

To-morrow Morning, Ten

o'Clock.

Saturday,

May

31, 1740.

Member, returned upon a new Writ, having taken the Oaths appointed to be taken by Adl of Parliament, inftead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy; and taken and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, and alfo fubfcribed the Teft, was admitted to his Place in the Houfe. A Petition of the Juftices of the County of New-Kent, was prefented to the Houfe, and received; praying, to be reimburfed the Charge of 4220 Potmds of Tobacco, which they were obliged to pay William Morris, in the Year 1736, for building One new, and repairing the old Warehoufes at Taskanask; alfo, 3600 Pounds of Tobacco, which they were obliged to pay Richard Littlepage, for building a new Warehoufe at his Landing, the fame Year. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of
Public Claims:
as
it

And that they do examine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. Ordered, That M-^ Walke have Leave to be abfent from the Service of this Houfe,
fhall

'til

Monday

next.

M' Attorney reported, That the Committee appointed, had, according to Order, prepared a Bill, for amending the Adl, intituled. An Ad, for fettling the Bounds and Titles of Lands; and for preventing unlawful Shooting and Ranging thereupon; as to fo

Bounds of Lands: And the fame was and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a fecond Time. M^ Fitzhugh reported, from the Committee, to whom the Bill, for prolonging the Time for bringing Tobacco to the Public Warehoufes, was committed, That they had made feveral Amendments to the faid Bill: Which he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered m at the Table where the fame were again read And after a Debate, the Queftion bemg put. That the faid Bill be re-committed, It paffed in the Negative.
received,
;
:

much

thereof, as relates to Proceffioning the

Then

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Then the Amendments were feverally read, and agreed to, by the Houfe, with an Amendment; and the Blanks in the faid Bill, were filled up at the Table. Ordered, That the faid Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed.
Ordered,
'til

That
next.

M''

Elligood have Leave to be abfent from the Service of this Houfe,

Monday
M''

Fitzhugh reported. That the Committee appointed, had, according to Order, prepared a Bill, for the better Security of the Country, in the prefent Time of Danger;

and the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a fecond Time. A Bill, intituled. An AA, for dividing Prince William County, was read the third
Time.
Alfo a
of Saint
Bill, intituled.

An

Ad,

for dividing the

County

of

Goochland, and the Parifh

And
the better

An Ad, for enforcing the Execution of the Laws made, for managing and feciiring Orphans Eftates. Refolved, That the faid Bills do pafs. Ordered, That M"^ Fitzhugh do carry the faid Bills up to the Council, for their Conalfo,
Bill,

James. a Bill, intituled.

currence.

Cuftoms, and in Clearing Ships; for afcertaining Colledors and Naval Officers Fees; and to prohibit and prevent cafting of Ballaft and dead Bodies into Rivers and Creeks, was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be committed to M'' Attorney, M"" Martin, M'' Harrifon,
for
the
of

amending the Adl,

for preventing

Frauds in

W Randolph, and
Ordered,

Hutchings Ordered, That M'' Martin be added to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances. Ordered, That M'' Allen be added to the Committee of Privileges and Ele(5lions.
M''
'til

That the Houfe be adjourned

Monday Morning, Ten o 'Clock.

Monday, June

2,

1740.

A
it

Petition of the Juftices of Northampton Coimty,

was prefented to the Houfe, and received; praying an additional Rent for the feveral Warehoufes at Naffwadox and Hungars, in the faid County, to reimburfe them the Charge of building a Shed, 60 Feet long, and 10 Feet wide, at Naffwadox; and an

Houfe, 20 Feet fquare, at Hungars. Alfo a Petition of the Juftices of the County of Prince William; praying an additional Rent for the Warehoufes at Quantico, to reimburfe them the Charges of building a Warehoufe 52 Feet long, 20 wide, and 10 Feet high, together with a Shed on each
Side of the fame, ro Feet wide.
Ordered,

That the

faid Petitions be referred to the Confideration of the

Committee

And that they examine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. A Bill, for Explaining and Amending the Adl, intituled, An Ad, for fettling the Titles and Bounds of Lands; and for preventing unlaivful Shooting and Ranging thereupon; as to fo much as relates to Proceffioning Lands; was read the fecond Time; Ordered, That the faid Bill be committed to M'' Attorney, M-" Willis, M' Martin, and
of Public Claims:
fhall
M""

Harrifon.
Ordered,

That

M''

William Aylett have Leave to be abfent from the Service of

next.

this Houfe,

'till

Monday

Bill, for the better

Security of the Country, in the prefent

Time

of

Danger, was read

the fecond Time.

Ordered,

That the

faid Bill be

Carter, M.' Randolph, M''

Conway,

M""

committed to M'' Fitzhugh, M"' Willis, M"" Attorney, M' Harrifon, Mr McCarty, M^ Martin, and M"' Hedgman.

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to the faid Committee, to receive a Motion was made, That it be an Inftrudlion keep one Mufket and Bayonet weU to Houfe-keeper Claufe or Claufes, to compel every every Ten Tithable Slaves he fhall be poffeffed of And fixed at his Place of Abode, for being put thereupon. It paffed in the Negative.

the Queftion

That the faid Motion be Rejedled. A Member, returned on a new Writ, having taken the Oaths appointed to be taken Allegiance and Supremacy; and taken and by Adl of Parliament, inftead of the Oath of the Teft, was admitted to his Place in fubfcribed fublcribed the Oath of Abjuration, and
Refolved,

the Houfe.

continuing and amending the Adt, for making more effedual Provifion the fecond Time and the Blanks in the Bill againft Invafions and Infurredions, was read filled up at the Table.

Bill, for

Ordered,

That the

Bill

be ingroffed.
for prolonging the

Time for bringing Tobacco to the Public Warehoufes; and for the Sale of Transfer Tobacco: and to allow the Inhabitants of Hanover County, above the little Mountains, to pay their Public Dues, and Officers Fees, with the Notes of Fredericksburg Warehotife, was read the third Time.

Bill, intituled.

An

A3,

Refolved,

Ordered,

That the faid Bill do pafs. That M'' Attorney do carry the faid
:

Bill to

the Council, for their Concurrence.

M' Scarburgh, according to Order, prefented to the Houfe, a Bill, for deftroying Crows and Squirrels on the Eaftern Shore And the fame was received, and read the firft
Time.
faid Bill be read a fecond Time. Perfons, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, in Behalf of fundry A themfelves, and others, the Inhabitants of the County of Prince William, was prefented to the Houfe, and received; praying, That a Town might be eredled, at the Ferry kept on both Sides of Occoquan River; and alfo, that the Rents of the Warehoufes, in the

Ordered,

That the

Petition of

faid Coimty,

Ordered,
of Affembly.

might be increafed. That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion

The Houfe being informed. That the Juftices of the faid County, upon due Application made to them, had refufed to certify the faid Petition, Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee of Privileges and Elections, to examine into the faid Information; and report the Matter thereof, as it fhall appear to
them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. A Petition of fundry Perfons, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, in behalf of themfelves, and others, the Inhabitants of Prince William County, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; praying. That a Ferry may be appointed from Hunting Creek Warehoufe,

upon the Land of M' Hugh Weft, to Frazier's Point, in Maryland. That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances: And that they do examine into the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon to the
Ordered,

Houfe.
Ordered,

That M^ Whiting be added to the Committee of Propofitions and

Grievances.

That M' Bowdoin be added to the Committee of Public'Claims. A Petition of Samml Buckner, complaining of an undue Election and Return of M' Beverley Whiting, to ferve in this prefent General Affembly, as a Burgefs, for the County of Glocefter, was prefented to the Houfe, and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Committee of Privileges and
Ordered,

Eledions:
fhall

And that they do examine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe.
'til

it

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

To-morrow Morning, Ten

o'Clock.

Tue/day,

(413)

Tuefday, June

3,

1740.

Petition of the Veftry of Briftol Parifh,

in the County of Prince George, in Behalf of the faid Parifh, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That by the Adl of Affembly, for dividing the County of Prince George,

and Parifh
are included in the

of Briftol,

and adding Part

of the

County
it

of Brunfwick, to the

new

erefted County, the Mother Church of the faid Parifh, as

before ftood,

and the Glebe,

Bounds of Dale Parifh: And that Two Chapels, which were, before within faid the Parifh of Briftol, are now within the Bounds of Rawleigh Parifh that Adl, whereby the Inhabitants of the faid Briftol Parifh have fuffered much in the Lofs of
their Buildings,

Ornaments, Books, and Glebe.

And

praying fuch Satisfadtion, as to

the Houfe, upon Confideration of the Premifes, fhall feem juft.

Alfo, a Petition of fundry Perfons,
of themfelves,

and

others, the Inhabitants of Prince William

whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, in Behalf County; praying, That a

Town may

be eredled at the

Head

of Quantico.

Ordered, That the faid feveral Petitions be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Proi)ofitions and Grievances; And that they do examine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon,

to the Houfe.

M' Pugh moved for Leave to prefent a Petition of the Churchwardens and Veftryof the Upper Parifh of Nanfemond County And the fame not being certified, the Queftion was put, That the faid Petition be Received, It paffed in the Negative. Refolved, That the faid Petition be Rejedled. The Treafurer laid his Accounts before the Houfe, and the Title of the faid Accounts was read. Ordered, That the faid Accounts be referred to the Confideration of the Committee, to whom it is referred, to prepare and draw up a State of the Duty upon Slaves, and the feveral Paiments that have been made, with the Amount thereof That they do examine the Articles of the faid Accounts; and report the Ballance, as it fhall appear to them, to

men

the Houfe.

prepared a

McCarty reported. That the Committee appointed, had, according to Order, Bill, for erecfling a Town at Bray's Church, in the County of King George; and for eftablifhing a Town in the County of Princefs-Anne; and confirming the Titles And the fame was received, and read the firft Time. to Lands, purchafed therein Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a fecond Time. M' Attorney reported. That the Committee, to whom the Bill, for docking the Entail of certain Lands in the County of Charles City, and vefting the fame in Philip Lightfoot, Efquire, was committed, had examined into the Allegations thereof, and found them to be true: And had made feveral Amendments to the Bill; which he read in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Table; where the
M"^
:

Amendments were again

were agreed
to,

twice read

And

the Queftion being feverally put thereupon,

by the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. M"" Attorney alfo reported. That the Committee, to whom the Bill, for Amending the A(5t, intituled. An Ad, for fettling the Titles and Bounds of Lands; and for preventing unlawful Shooting and Ranging thereupon: as to fo much thereof, as relates to the Proceffioning the Bounds of Lands, was committed, had made feveral Amendments to the Bill: Which he read in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Table: Where the Amendments were again twice read, and agreed to, by the Houfe And the Queftion being put. That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed, and read the third Time, It paffed in the Negative. Refolved, That the faid Bill be Rejefted. M"' Conway reported. That the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions, had had under
:

their Confideration the

Returns of the Writs for Eledting Burgeffes to ferve

in this prefent

General

(414)

James City, and Glocefter: And had come to a General Affembly, for the Counties of his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Refolution thereupon; which he read in and agreed to, by the Houfe, as follows: Table: where the fame was again read, Writs, are made in the Form prefcribed by Law. aid f the Refolved,That the Returns of

And M' Conway

further reported.

That the Committee had

alfo

had under

their

againft the Juftices of Prince William County, Confideration, the Matter of Complaint and Certify Two Propofitions which were Receive to to them referr'd, for refufing the faid Complaint, it appear'd to the into offered them: And that, upon examining by the Certificate of the Clerk of that County, That at a Court held for the

Committee,
faid

County

of Prince William, the 12th

Day

of

May,

1740, for Proof of Public Claims,

figned by feveral Subfcribers, and Receiving Propofitions and Grievances, a Propofition in that County, might be raifed; Warehoufes praying, that the Rents of the feveral Public

and that a Town might be eredled at Occoquan Ferry; was prefented to the Court, and Rejefted: And that another Propofition, figned by feveral Subfcribers; praying, that
a

Town might be ereded at the Head of Quantico Creek, was prefented in Court, and Reie(5led And that it alfo appeared to the Committee, That the faid Propofitions were
:

prefented in Court,

by Richard Blackburn, one

viz.

of the Subfcribers thereto;

and that a

Majority of the Juftices then prefent,

Valentine Peyton, a

Member

of this Houfe,

John Diskins, Anthony Scale, Thomas Strippling, and Thomas Harrifon, Junior, Gentlemen, did refufe to Receive and Certify the fame, without giving any Reafons for fo doing: And had come to a Refolution thereupon; which he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Table where the fame being again read, and M' Valentine
;

Peyton Ordered to withdraw, was agreed to, by the Houfe, as follows Refolved, That the faid Valentine Peyton, John Diskins, Anthony Seale, Thomas
Strippling,
tions,

and Thomas Harrifon, in refufing to Receive and Certify the faid Propofihave a(fled illegally, arbitrarily, and contrary to the Rights of the People. And a Motion being made. That M'' Valentine Peyton do make an Acknowledgment of his Offence; and that he ask the Pardon of this Houfe, for the fame, in his Place: After a Debate, the Queftion being put thereupon.
It

paffed in the Affirmative.

Ordered, That the faid M' Valentine Peyton be called in, and that M"' Speaker inform him of the Refolution of this Houfe. And he being accordingly called in, and ftanding in his Place, M"^ Speaker fpoke to him as follows: M' Peyton, I am commanded by this Houfe, to inform you. That this Houfe has come to a Refolution, that You and the Other Juftices of Prince William Ccncnty, have been guilty of a very great Offence, in refufing to Certify certain Propofitions duly offered to you: And the Houfe has Ordered, That You, in your Place, acknowledge your Fault, and ask the Pardon of this

Houfe, for the fame.

Then
Error, for

M-^

Peyton, in his Place, told the Houfe.

;

which he was very forry

That he was truly fenfible of and humbly asked the Pardon of this Houfe,

his
for

the fame.
Ordered,
fon,

be fent

for, in

That John Diskins, Anthony Seale, Thomas Strippling, and Thomas HarriCuftody of the Serjeant at Arms, to anfwer refpedlively, for their

Mifdemeanors.

Petition of Francis Willis, Gentleman, Proprietor of the Public

in

Warehoufes at

Cabbin Point,

Surry County, was prefented to the Houfe, and received; praying, an additional Rent to reimburfe him the Charges he has been at, in building Two Sheds to the Houfes there; One 22 Feet long, and 12 Feet wide; the other 22 Feet long, and 8
Feet wide.
Ordered,

Public Claims:

That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of And that they do examine into the Matter thereof; and report the

fame, with their

Opmion thereupon,

to the Houfe.

(415)

A Petition of Nicholas Johnfon, was prefented to the Hoixfe,

That Richard Johnfon,
Will
of the

or Dividend of Land, in

and read; letting forth, King and Queen, being feifed of a certain Tradt Pamunky Neck, upon Pamunky River Side, did, by his Lait

County

of

and Teftament, in Writing, bearing Date the Eighth of April, 1698, devife the fame to Thomas Johnfon, and his Heirs, for ever; and alfo gave and devifed to Richard Johnfon, and William Johnfon, other Plantations and Trails of Land, to them, and their Heirs, for ever And afterwards, in the fame Will declares, That if it fhall pleafe
:

God, that either of the before-mentioned Richard, Thomas, or William, fhould die, before they come to the Age of Twenty One Years, or without Heirs of their Bodies begotten then it was his Will. That all the Eftate real, he had given him, fhould be equally divided betwixt his Two furviving Sons; and by his faid Will, made feveral other Limitations over, of his faid Lands, and died thereof feifed After whofe death, the faid Thomas Johnfon entred into the Lands fo devifed to him, and died Inteftate, leaving the Petitioner, his eldeft Son and Heir, who apprehending he had a Fee Simple in the faid Lands, fo as aforefaid devifed to his Father, by Indentures of Leafe and Releafe, Dated the Twenty Firft and Twenty Second of April laft, for the Confideration of Six Hundred Pounds, conveyed the fame to Richard Chapman, Gentleman; fmce which, he has found out that the fame are entailed That being defirous to confirm the faid Lands to the faid Richard Chapman, and being feifed, in Fee Simple, of 600 Acres of Land, lying in the Coimty of Hanover, he is willing to fettle the fame, together with 1 2 Slaves, to the fame Ufes as the faid entailed Lands are fettled, by the Will of the faid Nicholas Johnfon: And praying, that Leave be given to bring in a Bill for that
; : :

Purpofe.
Ordered,

That M' Clayborn prepare and bring

in

Bill,

purfuant to the Prayer of the

Bill,

faid Petition.
M''

Attorney reported, That the Committee, to

whom the

for

Amending the

Adt,

Frauds in the Cuftoms, and in Clearing of Ships; for afcertaining Colledors and Naval Officers Fees; and to prohibit and prevent cafting of Ballaft or dead Bodies into Rivers and Creeks, was committed, had made feveral Amendments thereto: Which he read in his Place; and afterwards delivered the faid Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Table where the Amendments were again twice read And the Queftion being feverally put thereupon, were agreed to, by the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. M"" Fitzhugh reported, That the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, had had under their Confideration, feveral other Propofitions from feveral Counties, to them referred: And had come to feveral Refolutions thereupon; which he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Table Where the fame were again twice read, and
intituled,

An

Ad,

for preventing

agreed

by the Houfe, as follows That the Propofitions of Hanover, and New Kent, for adding the lower Part of the County of Hanover, to the County of New-Kent, be Rejedted. Refolved, That the Propofition from the Cotmty of Hanover, for dividing the County
to,

Refolved,

into

Two

diftindl Cotmties,

is

reafonable.

Refolved,

County

of

That the Propofition from the County of Hanover, for adding Part of the Goochland, to the new County to be eredled at the upper End of Hanover

County, be Rejected.
Ordered,
in

Bill,

That the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, do prepare and bring purfuant to the Refolution, for dividing the County of Hanover, into Two

diftindl Counties.

Fitzhugh reported, That the Committee appointed, had, according to Order, prepared a Bill, to oblige the Juftices of Surry County, to repair and maintain a Bridge over Nottoway River; and to provide for the Support thereof And the fame was received,
M''
:

and read the

Ordered,

firft

Time.
faid Bill be read a fecond

That the

Time.

(4i6)

for

and amending the AA, intituled, An Ad,, making more effedual Provifion againft Invafions and Infurredions, was read the

Bill, intituled,

An

Ad,

for continuing

third Time.

Refolved,

That the faid Bill 'do pafs. Ordered, That M' Conway do carry the faid
Ordered,

Bill

up to the Council,

for their Concur-

rence.

That the Houfe be adjoum'd

'til

To-morrow Morning, Ten

of the Clock.

Wednefday, June 4, 1740.

Motion being made. Ordered, That

be an Inftrucflion to the Committee, to whom it is referred, to prepare and bring in a Bill, for dividing the County of Hanover; to eredl the new Coimty into one diftinct Parifh. M' Martin reported. That the Committee appointed, had, according to
it

Order, prepared a

an additional Duty upon Slaves, to be paid by the Buyer: And the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a fecond Time. M' Corbin reported, That he had, according to Order, prepared a Bill, to veft
Bill, for

laying

certain entailed Lands, Parcel of a greater Tradl therein mentioned, in George Braxton,

the younger, in Fee Simple; and for fettling other Lands, of greater Value, to the fame Ufes: And the fame was received, and read the firft Time.

That the faid Bill be read a fecond Time. M' Fitzhugh reported, That the Committee appointed, had, according to Order, prepared a Bill, for dividing the Coimty of King and Queen; and adding the upper Part thereof, to the County of Caroline: And the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a fecond Time. M'' Fitzhugh alfo reported. That the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, had, according to Order, prepared a Bill, for dividing the County of Hanover, and Parifh of Saint Martin; and eredling the upper Part thereof, into one diftindl County and Parifh: And the fame was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a fecond Time. M' Fitzhugh alfo reported. That the Committee, to whom the Bill, for the better Security of the Country in the prefent Time of Danger, was committed, had made feveral Amendments to the Bill which he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Table: Where the Amendments were twice read, and agreed to, with an Amendment. Ordered, That the faid Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. A Bill, intituled. An Ad, for amending the Ad, intituled. An Ad, for preventing Frauds in His Majefty's Cuftoms, and in Clearing of Ships; for afcertaining Colledors and Naval Officers Fees; and to prohibit and prevent cafting of Ballaft or dead Bodies into Rivers and Creeks, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M' Martin do carry the faid Bill to the Council, for their Concurrence. A Bill, intituled. An Ad, for docking the Entail of certain Lands, in the County of Charles City, and vefting the fame in Philip Lightfoot, Efquire, in Fee Simple, was read
Ordered,
;

the third Time.

Refolved,

Ordered,

That the faid Bill do pafs. That M' Attorney do carry the faid

Bill to

the Council, for their Concurrence.

M' Clayborn, according to Order, prefented to the Houfe, a Bill, for docking the Entail of certain Lands, in the County of King William, and vefting the fame in Richard Chapman, Gentleman, in Fee Simple; and for fettling other Lands and Slaves, of greater Value, to the fame Ufes, which was read the firft Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a fecond Time.

(417)
deftroying Crows and Squirrels on the Eaftern Shore, Time, and a Blank filled up at the Table.
Bill, for

A A

was read the fecond

Ordered,
Bill,

That the

faid Bill be ingroffed.

and maintain a Bridge over Nottoway River; and to permit a Bridge to be built, by Subfcription, over Pamunky River, and to provide for the Support thereof, was read the fecond Time; and Two Amendments made to the Bill at the Table, and the Blanks filled up. Ordered, That the faid Bill be ingroffed.
Ordered,

to oblige the Juftices of Surry County, to repair

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning, Ten

o'Clock.

Thurfday, June

5,

1740,

MR.
read the

Fitzhugh reported. That the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances had, according to Order, prepared a Bill, to oblige the Owners of Convidl Women Servants, having Baftards, to give Security to indemnify the Parifh from

any Charge which may accrue thereby: And the fame was
firft

received,

and

Time.

Ordered,

That the

faid Bill be read a fecond Time.

Bill,

for eredling

Town

at Bray's Church, in the

of

eftablifhing a

Town

in the

Cotmty

County of King George; and for Prince fs- Anne; and confirming the Titles to Lands

purchafed therein, was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Committee; and it is accordingly comWillis, and the Members of King George County. mitted to M' Attorney, M'' McCarty, Ordered, That M"" Corhin, M'' Walke, and M"^ Jfhani Randolph, be added to the Com-

mittee of Privileges and Elections.

Upon a Motion made. Leave was given to prefent a Bill, to prevent the Recovery of Money, or other valuable Things, won on Wagers; and for the more effeAual Reftraint of Gaming at Ordinaries And the fame was read the firft Time.
:

a fecond Time. A Bill, to veft certain entailed Lands, Parcel of a greater Tradt therein mentioned, in George Braxton, the younger, in Fee Simple and for fettling other Lands, of greater Value, to the fame Ufes, was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Committee And that they do examine the Allegations thereof; and report the Matter, as it fhall appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe And it is accordingly committed to M'' Corbin, and the Members of King William Coimty. M'' Randolph reported. That the Committee, to whom the Bill, for fettling certain Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, late the Eftate of William Robertfon, Efquire, deceafed, purfuant to an Agreement made, upon the Marriage of John Lidderdale, with Elizabeth, his now Wife, Daughter and Heir of the faid William Robertfon, was committed, had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found them to be true: And he
Ordered,
faid Bill be read
;
:

That the

delivered the Bill in at the Table.

Ordered,

That the

faid Bill be ingroffed.

docking the Entail of certain Lands, in the County of King William, and vefting the fame in Richard Chapnan, Gentleman, in Fee Simple and for fettling other Lands and Slaves, of greater Value, to the fame Ufes, was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be committed to M' Attorney, M"' Martin, M' Corbin, and the Members of Hanover, and King William Coimties: And that they do examine the Allegations thereof; and report the Matter, as it fhall appear to them, with their Opinion
Bill, for
;

thereupon, to the Houfe.

M'

(4i8)

M' Fitzhugh reported, That the Committee

of Propofitions

and Grievances had,

according to Order, prepared a Bill, Purpofes therein mentioned for eleding new Veftries, and other
the
firft

for diffolving the prefent Veftries in this Colony;

:

And the fame was read

Time.

Ordered,

Bill,

That the faid Bill be read a fecond Time. paid by the Buyer, was read for laying an additional Duty upon Slaves, to be That the
Bill
;

the fecond Time.

be committed to a Committee and it is accordingly committed to M' Attorney, M' Randolph, M^ Martin, and M-- Willis. A Bill, intituled. An Ad, for the better Security of the Country in Time of Danger,
Ordered,

was read the third Time

pais,
It

And

after a Debate, the Queftion being put, that the Bill

do

paffed in the Affirmative.

That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M' Fitzhugh carry the Bill to the Council, for their Concurrence. A Meffage was brought from the Council, That they had paffed the Bill, intituled. An Ad, for continuing and amending the Ad, intituled. An Ad, for making more effedual Proi'ifion againft Invafions and Infurredions. And alfo the Bill, intituled. An Ad, for docking the Entail of certain Lands, in the County of Charles City, and vefting the fame in Philip Lightfoot, Efquire, in Fee Simple,
Refolved,

without any Amendment. And that they have made fome

to the Bill, intituled. An Ad, for managing and fecuring Orphans Eftates. enforcing the Execution of the Laws made for the better And alfo to the Bill, intituled, An Ad, for prolonging the Time for bringing Tobacco to the Public Warehoufes; and for the Sale of Transfer Tobacco; and to allow the Inhabitants of Hanover County, above the little Mountains, to pay their Public Dues, and Officers

Amendments

Fees, with the Notes of Fredericksburg

of this Houfe.

Warehoufe: To which, they defire the Concurrence

The Houfe took

to,

into their Confideration the

to the faid laft mentioned Bill;

and the by the Houfe. Ordered, That M"" Fitzhugh do carry the Bill to the Council; and acquaint them, that this Houfe have agreed to the Amendments, by them made, to the faid Bill. A Bill, intituled. An Ad, for deftroying Crows and Squirrels on the Eaftem Shore, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Scarburgh do carry the Bill to the Council, for their Concurrence. M' Conway moved for Leave to prefent a Petition of Peter Richefon, of the County of King William; fetting forth. That 7 Negro Slaves, who ran away from the faid Richefon, were fhortly afterwards found dead in Mattapony River: And praying, the Confideration of this Houfe in the Premifes; and the Queftion being put, that the faid
Petition be Received, It paffed in the Negative.
Refolved,

Amendments made by the Council Amendments were feverally read, and agreed

That

this

Houfe

will receive

no Petition

after Saturday next.

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning, Ten

o'Clock.

Friday, June 6, 1740.

A
at

was prefented to the Houfe, and received; praying, for the Warehoufes at Rowe's, of which he is Proprietor, to reimburfe him the Charge of building a Warehoufe 30 Feet long, and 20 Feet wide, together with Two Ten Feet Sheds there. Alfo a Petition of Henry Willis; praying, an additional Rent for the Warehoufes Fredericksburg, to reimburfe him the Charge of building Two Warehoufes there;
an additional Rent
one

Petition of Gerrard Roberts,

(419)

one

of the

Dimenfions of 50 Feet long, and 20 Feet wide; and the other 54 Feet long,
Margaret
Griffin,

and 20 Feet wide.

Proprietor of the Public Warehoufes at Hobbs's Hole, in Effex County; fetting forth, That a Wharf 1 10 Feet long hath been lately built there; for which the Court of the faid County have ordered the Infpedlors to pay the
Alfo, a Petition of

Builder Ten Pounds, out of the Rents of the faid Warehoufes; and have alfo ordered one other Warehoufe 40 Feet long, and 20 Feet wide, to be built there: And praying, that fhe may be paid the faid Ten Pounds and that the Rent of the faid Warehoufe to
;

be

built,

may
And

be

fettled.

Ordered,

That the

faid feveral Petitions be referred to the

Claims:

that they examine the Matter of the faid Petitions;

Committee of Public and report the fame,

with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. A Petition of fundry Perfons, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, living below the great Mountains, in Orange County, was prefented to the Houfe, and read And the Queftion being put, that the fame be referred to a Committee, It paffed in the Negative.
:

Refolved,

That the

faid Petition be rejecfted.

A Claim of Bennet
Ordered,

Tuck, for taking up a

Runaway

Slave therein mentioned, was pre-

fented to the Houfe, and received.

Claim

in the

That Book

it

be an Inftrudlion to the Committee of Claims, to allow the faid

of Claims.

Complaint being made by M'' Harrifon, a Member of this Houfe, of a Breach of committed againft him, by John Parker, in affaulting his Servant, and uttering feveral rude and abufive Expreffions againft him. Ordered, That the faid Complaint be referred to the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions And that they do report the Matter thereof, as it fhall appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid John Parker be immediately taken into Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms. The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendments made by the Council, to the Bill, intituled. An Ad, for enforcing the Execution of the Laivs made, for the better managing and fecuring Orphans Eftates: And the fame being feverally read, were
Privilege
:

dif agreed to,

Ordered,

that this

by the Houfe. That M"" Attorney do carry the Bill to the Council; and acquaint them, Houfe cannot agree to the Amendments by them propofed to the faid Bill.
,

Bill

to oblige the

Owners of Convict

Women

Ser\^ants,

having Baftards, to give

accrue thereby, was read

Security to indemnify the Parifh from any Charge, which

may

the fecond Time.

Ordered,
M*^

That the faid Bill be ingroffed. Fiizhugh reported, That the Committee of Propofitions and Grie^'ances, had had

under their Confideration, divers other Propofitions from feveral Counties, to them referred: And had come to feveral Refolutions thereupon; which he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Table Where the fame were again read, and Part
:

agreed

by the Houfe, as follows Refolved, That the Propofition from the County
to,

of Prince William, for altering

Orange Court Day, be Rejecfted.

Refolved, That the Propofition from the County of Spotfylvania, for altering the Days appointed for holding Fairs at Fredericksburg, is reafonable. Refolved, That the Propofition from the County of Prirue William, for appointing a Ferry, from the Land of Hugh Weft, where the Warehoufes, on Hunting Creek are, over Patowmack River, to Frazier's Point, in Maryland, is reafonable. Refolved, That the Propofition from the County of Prince William, for eredling a Town, at the Head of Quantico, in that Coimty, be referred to the Confideration of the

next Seffion of Affembly.

And

s
;

(430)

And

to the Refolution of the

Committee, That the Propofition from the County of

:

Ferry And another Propofition from the Spoifylvania, for difcontinuing Williams's referred to the Confideration of the next be faid County, for continuing the faid Ferry,
Seffion of Affembly.

The Houfe

difagreed.

Refolved, That the faid Propofitions, be Rejected. Ordered, That it be an InftruAion to the Committee appointed, to prepare and Plantation, in Doeg's Neck, bring in a Bill, for appointing a Ferry, from John Hereford's in Prince George County, in Pamunky, of Side lower over Patoumack River, to the

Maryland, That they receive a Claufe or Claufes, purfuant to the Refolution, for altering the Days appointed for holding Fairs at Fredericksburg. Alfo a Claufe or Claufes, purfuant to the Refolution, for appointing a Ferry, from the Land of Hugh Weft, where the Warehoufes, on Hunting Creek, axe eredted, over

Patowmack River, to Frazier's Point, in Maryland. A Bill, to prevent the Recovery of Money, or other valuable Things, won on Wagers; and for the more effedual Reftraint of Gaming at Ordinaries, was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Committee; and it is committed to M' Fitzhugh, M' Randolph, M' Attorney, M"" Harrifon, M' Beverley, and M"" Simmonds. A Bill, for diffolving the prefent Veftries in this Colony and for eledling new Veftries, and other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read the fecond Time. Fitzhugh, and M' Ordered, That the faid Bill be committed to M'' Attorney,
;

Conway.
Ordered,

That

M"^

William Kennon have Leave to be abfent from the Service of this

Houfe,

'til

Tuefday next.

and Elizabeth, his Wife, Relidl and Executrix of Wilwas prefented to the Houfe, and read fetting forth, That the faid William Chamberlayne, by his Laft Will, devifed to the Petitioner Elizabeth, feveral Negro Slaves, during her Life and after her Death, the faid Slaves to go to one of his Children, whom fhe fhould think fit. That after the faid William Chamberlayne' Death, the faid Elizabeth was delivered of a Female Child, for which her faid Father had made no Provifion That the faid Petitioner Elizabeth, by Deed, recorded in the County Court of Neai Kent, has given the Reverfion of the faid Slaves to the faid Female Child but being doubtful, whether fhe could make fuch Gift, prays, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill, for confirming the faid Slaves to the faid Female Child. Ordered, That M' Carter do prepare and bring in a Bill, according to the Prayer of the
Petition of William Gray,

liam Chamherlayne, deceafed,

faid Petition.

Bill, intituled.

late the Eftate of

An A6t for fettling certain Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, William Robertfon, Efquire, purfuant to an Agreement made, upon the
his

Marriage
faid

of

John Lidderdale, with Elizabeth,

now

Wife, Daughter and Heir of the

William Robertfon, was read the third Time.

Refolved,

Ordered,
rence.

That the faid Bill do pafs. That M^ Randolph do carry the faid

Bill to

the Council, for their Concur-

to oblige the Juftices of Surry County, to repair and mainNottoway River: And to permit a Bridge to be built, by Subfcription, over Pamunky River; and to provide for the Support thereof, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M' Allen do carry the faid Bill to the Council, for their Concurrence. A Petition of Elizabeth Monday, of Effex County, Widow, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; praying, to be allowed for a Negro Man Slave, named Sharper, who having ran away, and been outlawed by John Monday, her late Hufband; upon Advice thereof, and to present his being taken, hanged himfelf

Bill, intituled.

An Ad,

tain a Bridge over

Ordered,

(421)

That the faid Petition be referred to the Committee of Public Claims: that they do examine into the Allegations thereof; and report the fame, as they fhall appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe.
Ordered,

And

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning, Ten

o'Clock.

Saturday, June 7, 1740.

A
13,520

Petition of

Martha Todd, Proprietor of the Public Warehoufes at Falmouth, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; praying, an additional Rent to be allowed her, for building a Warehoufe 60 Feet long, and 24 Feet Wide, there.
Alfo, a Petition of the Juftices of

King and Queen County; praying, an

of building

additional Rent, to reimburfe

iiantapike,

them the Charge

Three new Warehoufes at

and Three new Warehoufes at

of

Todd's.

Coimty; praying, to be reimburfed Nett Tobacco, by them paid, for building of Two Warehoufes 50 Feet long, and 20 Feet wide each, at Fredericksburg Warehoufe. Ordered, That the faid Petitions be referred to the Committee of Public Claims: And that they do examine the Matter of the faid Petitions; and report the fame, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. A Claim of John Jones, was prefented to the Houfe, and received. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the Committee of Claims, to allow the faid Claim in the Book of Claims.
Alfo, a Petition of the Juftices of Spotfylvania
lbs.

M' Conway reported. That the Committee

their Confideration, the Matter of

and Eledlions, had had under Complaint againft John Parker, to them referred:
of Privileges

And
in a

that it appear'd to the Committee, that Yefterday Morning, the faid Parker, rude and infolent Manner, affaulted a Servant Man belonging to M"' Harrifon, a Member of this Houfe, carrying Provifions to his Mafter's Houfe, endeavoured to take the Provifions from him, and fpoke difrefpecflfully of the faid M'' Harrifon: And that they had come to a Refolution thereupon; which he read in his Place, and afterwards
delivered in at the Table
:

Where

the fame being again twice read, was agreed to, by

guilty of a Breach of the Privileges of this

the Houfe, as follows;

Refolved,

That the faid John Parker

is

Houfe.
faid John Parker be brought to the Bar; and that he do there, acknowledge his Offence, and ask the Pardon of this Houfe, and M' Harrifon, for his faid Breach of Privilege. Then the faid John Parker was brought to the Bar; and being by the Speaker informed of the Refolution of the Houfe, he did, upon his Knees, acknowledge his Offence, and ask Pardon of the Houfe, and M"^ Harrifon, for the fame. A Meffage was brought from the Council, That they recede from the Amendments, by them made, to the Bill, intituled. An A(t, for enforcing the Execution of the Laws made, for the better managing and fecuring

Ordered,

That the

upon

his Knees,

Orphans

Eftales.
that they have paffed the
the prefent
Bill, intituled.

And

An Ad,

for the better Security of the

Country in

Time

intituled. An Ad, for amending the Ad, intituled, An Ad, for preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuftoms, and in Clearing of Ships; for afcertaining Colledors and Naval Officers Fees; and to prohibit and prevent cafting of Ballaft or dead Bodies into Rivers and Creeks, as to fo much thereof, as relates to the cafting of Ballaft into Rivers and Creeks: To which they defired the Concurrence of this Houfe.

And

that they have

of Danger, without any Amendment. made fome Amendments to the Bill,

M'

(422)

That the Committee appointed, had, according to Order, acknowledging, or proving, and recording prepared a Bill, for altering the Method of the fame was received, and read the firft Time. certain Deeds therein mentioned And Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a fecond

M' Fitzhugh

reported,

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

'tU

Monday Morning, Ten

o'clock.

Monday, June

9,

1740.
of Saint

That the faid Bill be ingroffed. A Bill, for altering the Method of acknowledging, or proving, and recording certain Deeds therein mentioned, was read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be committed; and it is committed to M'' Fitzhugh, Richard Randolph, and M"" Harrifon. M' Conway, A Bill, for dividing the County of King and Queen, and adding the Upper Part thereof, to the County of Caroline, was read the fecond Time: And the Queftion being
Ordered,

Bill, for

dividing the

County

of

Hanmcr, a.nd Parifh

Martin; and ereding

the Upper Part thereof, into a diftindt County and Parifh, was read the fecond Time and the Blanks of the Bill filled up at the Table.
;

put, that the faid Bill be ingroffed, It paffed in the Negative.

That the faid Bill be Rejedled. Upon a Motion made. Ordered, That M"" Braxton have Leave to withdraw his Petition, to veft certain enOrdered,
tailed Lands, Parcel of a greater

Tradt therein mentioned, in him the faid Braxton, in

Fee Simple; and for fettling other Lands, of greater Value, to the fame Ufes:
Purpofes, be difcharged from proceeding
M"'

And

that

the Committee appointed to examine into the Allegations of the Bill, for the aforefaid

any further

therein.

Attorney reported. That the Committee, to

Slaves, to be paid
Bill:

Duty upon

ments to the faid

Ordered,

whom the Bill, for laying an additional by the Buyer, was committed, had made feveral AmendWhich he read in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill,

with the Amendments, in at the Table.

Amendments, do lie upon the Table. That the Committee, to whom the Bill, for diffolving the prefent Veftries in this Colony; and for eledling new Veftries, and other Purpofes therein mentioned, was committed, had made feveral Amendments to the Bill Which he read in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Table; where the fame were again twice read And the Queftion being feverally put thereupon, were, with fome Amendments, agreed to, by the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. M' Attorney alfo reported. That the Committee, to whom the Bill, for docking the Entail of certain Lands, in the County of King William, and vefting the fame in Richard Chapman, Gent, in Fee Simple; and for fettling other Lands and Slaves, of greater Value, to the fame Ufes, was committed, had examined into the Allegations thereof; and found them to be true And that they had made an Amendment to the Bill which he read in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendment, in at the Table Where the fame was again twice read, and agreed to, by the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Bill, with the Amendment, be ingroffed. M^ Fitzhugh reported. That the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, had,
faid Bill, with the

That the

M^

Attorttey reported.

according to Order, prepared a Bill, for appointing feveral new Ferries; and altering the Days for holding Fairs in the Town of Fredericksburg: And the fame was received, and read the firft Time.
Ordered,

That the faid

Bill

be read a fecond Time.

M'

(423)

M' Fitzhugh reported, That the Committee, to whom the Bill, to prevent the Recovery of Money, or other valuable Things won on Wagers; and for the more effedlual Reftraint of Gaming at Ordinaries, was committed, had made feveral Amendments to the Bill Which he read in his Place; and afterwards delivered in at the Table. Ordered, That the faid Bill, with the Amendments, do lie on the Table.
:

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourn 'd

'til

To-morrow Morning, Ten

o'Clock.

Tuefday, June 10, 1740.

King William; and vefting the fame in Richard Chapman, Gentletnan, in Fee Simple; and for fettling other Lands and Slaves, of greater Value, to the fame Ufes, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pais. Ordered, That M' Claiborne do carry the Bill to the Council, for their Concurrence. A Member, returned upon a new Writ, having taken the Oaths appointed to be taken by Adl of Parliament, inftead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy; and taken and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration; and alfo fubfcribed the Teft, was admitted to his Place in the Houfe.

Bill, intituled.

An Ad

for docking the Entail of certain Lands, in the

County

of

Henry Willis be added to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances; and alfo to the Committee of Privileges and Elections. A Bill, intituled. An Ad, for diffolving the prefent Veftries in this Colony; for eleding new Veftries; and other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read the third Time And Two
Ordered,

That

M"^

Amendments made
Refolved,

to the Bill at the Table.

That the faid Bill do pafs. That M"^ Fitzhugh carry the faid Bill to the Council, for their Concurrence. The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendments to the Bill, to prevent the Recovery of Money, or other valuable Things, won on Wagers; and for the more
Ordered,
effe<5lual

Reftraint of

Gaming

at Ordinaries:

And

the

Amendments were

twice read;

and the Queftion being feverally put thereupon, were agreed

Ordered,

That the

faid Bill, with the

M' Fitzhugh
County
Dale,

reported,

to, by the Houfe. Amendments, be ingroffed. That the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, had had

tmder their Confideration, the Petition of the Veftry of the Parifh

of Prince George, to
;

of Briftol, in the

them referred praying, That the Parifhes of Rawleigh and be compelled to fatisfy the Parifh for a Glebe, a Church, and Two Chapels of Eafe, which were taken away from the Parifh, at the Time of dividing it, and eredling the other Two Parifhes: And that they had come to a Refolution thereupon; which he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Table; Where the fame was again read, and agreed to, by the Houfe, as follows Refolved, That the faid Petition be Rejedled. M'' Speaker prefented to the Houfe a Memorial of M"' Benjamin Needier; fetting forth. That, purfuant to an Order of the Houfe, laft Seffion, he had diligently fearched the Clerk's Office, and colledled all the Journals that were to be found there, and revifed the fame; and that he had made fome Progrefs in tranfcribing them.

may

Ordered,

That the

faid

Memorial do

lie

Bill,

for appointing feveral

new

Ferries;

on the Table. and altering the Days

for holding

Fairs in the
Ordered,

Town

of Fredericksburg,
Bill

That the

was read the fecond Time. Elligood, be committed to M'' Wnlke,

W Wcftwood, and M'

A

Sweney.

(424)

Bill, intituled,

An Ad,

to oblige the

Owners

of

Convid

Women

Servants, having

Baftards, to give Security to thereby, was read the third Time.

Refolved,

indemnify the Parifh from any Charge which

may

accrue

That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M' Conway do carry the
Ordered,

faid Bill to the Council, for their Concurrence.

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning, Ten

o'Clock.

fFednefday, June ii, 1740.

Two
M*^

Claims of William Byrd, Efq; for taking up Three Runaway Slaves therein mentioned, were prefented to the Houfe, and received. Alfo a Claim of Daniel Dickins, was prefented to the Houfe, and received.

Ordered,

That

it

be an Inftrudlion to the Committee of Claims, to allow the faid

Bill, for railing

feveral Claims, in the

Attorney

Book of Claims. mov'd for Leave to prefent a

Levies and Recruits, to

And the fame was reand read the firft Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a fecond Time. M' Beverley, from the Committee of Public Claims, reported, That they had had under their Confideration, feveral Petitions to them referred: And had come to feveral Refolutions thereupon; which he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Table Where the fame were again twice read, and Part thereof agreed to, by the Houfe,
ferve in the prefent

War

againft the Spaniards, in America:

ceived,

as follows:

That an additional Rent of Five Pounds a Year, to begin the Tenth of November, 1738, be allowed Anthony Walke, Gentleman, Proprietor of the Public Warehoufes at Kemp's Landing, in Princefs-Anne County, for providing another Warehoufe, the Houfes before built at that Place, not being fufficient. Refolved, That the Petition of the Juftices of the County Court of Weftmoreland, for being repaid the Sum of Nineteen Poimds Ten Shillings and Two Pence, by them paid, for the Hire of Houfes at Nominy, and Maddox, the Houfes there not being fufficient,
Refolved,
is

reafonable.

Refolved, That the additional Rent of Fifteen Shillings a Year, from the Tenth of November laft, be allowed the Juftices of the County of Elizabeth City, for building a new Shed to the Public Warehoufe at Hampton.

That the Juftices of the County of Effex, do repay to Tabitha Adams, in Behalf of herfelf, and the Orphans of Ebenezer Adams, deceafed, the Sum of Three Pounds, which was ftopped by the Infpedlors, out of the Rent of the Warehoufe at Bowler's, to pay for the building a Houfe for their Entertainment. Refolved, That an additional Rent of Four Pounds a Year, from the Twelfth Day of November laft, be allowed Bridget Peirce, Proprietor of the Public Warehoufe at
Refolved,

Widow,

new Warehoufe, with a Shed, and a Plank Floor. That an additional Rent of Six Pounds Ten Shillings a Year, from the Tenth Day of November laft, be allowed the Juftices of Prince William County, for
Refolved,

Pungoteague, for building a

building a Warehoufe, with a Shed on each Side thereof, at Quantico. Refolved, That an additional Rent of Fifteen Shillings a Year, from the Tenth Day of November, 1737, he allowed the Juftices of Northampton, for buUding a Shed to

Naffwaddox Warehoufe; and alfo, an additional Rent of Forty Shillings a Year, for a Houfe, with a Plank Floor, at Hungar's. Refolved, That an additional Rent of Forty Shillings a Year, from the Tenth Dav of November laft, be allowed William Baffet, for what Buildings are at the Brick-haufe, more than were at Taskanask.
Refolved,

(425)

That an additional Rent of Seven Pounds a Year, from the Tenth Day of November, 1737; and of Six Pounds a Year, from the Tenth Day of November, 1738, be allowed the Juftices of Effex County, for building Two new Warehoufes at Layton's; and of Five Pounds a Year, from the Eighteenth Day of November, 1739, for building a new Warehoufe at Bowler's, in that County. Refolved, That the Petition of John Carter, Keeper of the Publick Goal, to be allowed for fencing or paling in the Garden at that Place, be Rejected. Refolved, That an additional Rent of Twenty Shillings a Year, from the Tenth Day of November laft, be allowed Francis Willis, Gent. Proprietor of the Publick Warehoufes at Cabbin-Point, in that County, for building Two Sheds to the Warehoufes at that Place. Refolved, That the Juftices of Effex County repay unto Margaret Griffin, Proprietor the Publick Warehoufes at Hobbs's-Holc, Five Pounds, for the Money they ftopped of out of the Rent of the faid Houfes, for building a Wharf at that Place. Refolved, That the Petition of Margaret Griffin, to be allowed an additional Rent for another Warehoufe at Hobbs's-Hole, which the Juftices of Effex have ordered to be built, and is not yet begun, be Reje<5ted. Refolved, That the Petition of Gerard Roberts, Proprietor of the Public Warehoufes at Rotve's, to be allowed an additional Rent, for building a Warehoufe, with Two Sheds,
Refolved,

at that Place, be Rejedled.

Refolved, Slave,

That the

Sum

of

who hanged

himfelf after he

Twenty Five Pounds be allowed was Out-lawed.

Elizabeth

Monday,

for

That an Additional Rent of 14 /. 10 5. a Year, from the loth Day of November, 1739, be allowed Henry Willis, Proprietor of the Public Warehoufes at Fredericksburg, for building Two new Warehoufes there. Refolved, That an additional Rent of 12 /. a Year, from the loth Day of November, 1738, be allowed the Juftices of Spotfylvania Coimty, for building a new Warehoufe at
Refolved,

Fredericksburg.

a Year, from the loth Day of November, 1738, be allowed to the Juftices of New-Kent, for building a Warehoufe at Littlepage's; and Five Pounds, in full, for the Warehoufe built by the Juftices of the faid County at Taskanask. Refolved, That an additional Rent of 4 /. a Year, from the loth Day of November, of 4 /. a Year, from the loth Day of November, 1738 and of Twenty Five Shillings, 1 737
Refolved,

That an additional Rent

of 10

/.

10

s.

November, 1739, be allowed the Juftices of King and Queen County, for building Two new Warehoufes, and a Shed, at Mantapike; and of Five Pounds Sixteen Shillings a Year, from the Tenth Day of November, 1738, of Two Pounds Ten Shillings a Year, from the Tenth Day of November, 1739; and of Four Pounds a Year, from the Tenth Day of November, 1737, for building Two new Warehoufes, with a Plank
of

from the Tenth Day

and a Shed, at Todd's, in that County. That it be an Inftrudlion to the Committee of Publick Claims, to make the faid Allowances in the Book of Claims, according to the faid Report. And to the Refolution of the faid Committee, That an additional Rent of Seven Pounds a Year, from the Tenth Day of November, 1739, be allowed Martha Todd, Proprietor of the Publick Warehoufes at Falmouth, for a new Warehoufe built at that Place. The Houfe difagreed. Publick Warehoufes of the Proprietor Refolved, That the Petition of Martha Todd, at Falmouth; praying, an additional Rent for a new Warehoufe built there, be Rejedled. M"" Henry Willis moved for Leave to prefent a Bill, for dividing the Parifh of St. Mark, in the County of Orange, and ereAing the fame into Two diftind Parifhes. And the fame was received, and read the Firft Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a fecond Time. M"- Comvay reported. That the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions had had under their Confideration the Petition of M' Samuel Buckner, to them referred, complaining
Floor,

Ordered,

of

(426)

M' Beverley Whiting, to ferve as a Burgefs in this of Gloucefter; and had heard as well the Petiprefent General Affembly, for the County their Council, and examined divers Witneffes on both tioner, as the fitting Member, by Whereupon it appear'd to the Committee, That Sides, upon the Matter of Complaint: Ekdion for M' Whiting, the fitting greater Number of Freeholders did vote at the
of

an undue Eleftion and Return

of

M' Buckner. And that it alfo appeared, that a Deed, fuppofed to be made the 21ft day of May, 1740, between Henry Whiting, Gent, of the one Part, and the the Conveyance of Thirty Four Acres of faid Beverley Whiting, of the other Part, for was brought into the Land, with the Appurtenances, in the faid County of Gloucefter, Clerk's Table, with a Seal, the upon laid and following, Day the Court of the faid County that the fame was ever appear not it did but it and the Name of Henry Whiting to therein mentioned, but executed, or that Livery of Seizin was ever delivered of the Lands that at Court held for faid Deed, a the on certified, had Court faid the that the Clerk of May, the faid Deed of 2 2d Day the Thurfday 1740, the faid County of Gloucefter, on was, in open Court, acknowledged by the faid Henry Whiting, to be his A6t and Deed and was, by the Court, admitted to Record Yet, that all the Juftices prefent at the Reading the faid Court's Orders, declared, that they did not hear any Entry of fuch Acknowledgement read nor did they know that any fuch Entry was made, although Two of the faid Juftices declared, that they were on the Bench, and continued there during the whole Time of Reading of the faid Orders, on Purpofe to know whether any fuch Entry was made and that they liftened attentively for it. That the fame Court Day, which was the Day of iffuing the Writ of Eledlion, one John Ellis did follicit one William Keys to vote for M'' Whiting, the fitting Member, and Keys promifed to vote for him And thereupon Ellis carried the faid Keys to the faid Beverley Whiting, and told him there was a Man would vote for him, which the faid Keys then promifed M'' Whiting to do And upon that, M' Whiting gave Ellis an Englifh Shilling and bid him go and buy a Bowl of Punch, and drink his Health. That the fame Day at Night, one of the Servants belonging to the Ordinary-keeper at the Court Houfe, brought his Mafter a Guinea, and faid he had it of M'' Whiting for Liquor but it did not appear to the Committee to what Ufe the Liquor had been applied. That the fame Night, M"' Whiting, the fitting Member, was in Company with Six or Seven Perfons more, at the faid Ordinary, and Wagers being offer'd on the Eledlion, M' Whiting faid, that feveral of M'' Buckner's Friends, who had promifed him their Votes, would not come to the Eledlion; and if their Fines were imder One Hundred Pounds, he would pay them And that M"^ Whiting then alfo faid, the Eledlion would coft him Forty or Fifty Pounds. That the Day after the Tefte of the Writ, at a Private Mufter in that County, under Capt. Thomas Hayes, one Capt. Robert Bernard came into the Mufter Field, and foUicited the Freeholders to vote for M-- Whiting: And that the next Day, at a Mufter of his own Company, the faid Bernard brought 40 Gallons of Cyder, and 20 Gallons of Punch into the Field, and treated his Men, folliciting them to vote for M^ Whiting, as they came into the Field and promifed one James Conqueft, to give him Liquor, if he would vote for M-- Whiting, which Conqueft refufed; and then Bernard faid he fhould be welcome to drink, tho' he would not vote for him That the faid Bernard promifed one Gale, a Freeholder, to pay his Fine, if he would ftay from the Eledlion; which Gale accordingly did; That the Day of Eledion, the faid Bernard treated feveral Freeholders, who faid they would vote for M^ Whiting, at one SewelVs Ordinary And that, at the Eledlion, one of the Freeholders faid, he was going to vote for M-" Whiting, becaufe he had promifed Capt. Bernard fo to do; but that he had rather give Half a Piftole than to do it And other Freeholders,
Member, than
for
; :
; ; :

who were indebted

to Col. Whiting, faid. that Capt. Bernard told them, that Col. Whit-

ing would be angry with them, if they voted againft M^ Whiting; which the faid Bernard denied, upon his Oath, before the Committee: But that it did not appear to the Committee, That any of Bernard's Tranfadlions were done at the Inftigation, or with the Privity of M' Whiting. And that

upon the whole Matter, the Committee had come

to

(42?)
to feveral Refolutions; which he read in his Place,

Table: Where the fame being twice read, and thereof was agreed to, by the Houfe.

M''

and afterwards delivered in at the Whiting ordered to withdraw. Part

Refolved, That that Freedom which ought to be maintained in all Ele<5lions, hath been greatly invaded by Robert Bernard. And to the Refolution of the Committee, that the faid Beverley Whiting is duly qualified to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General AHembly, for the County of
Gloucefier:

And

alfo to the Refolution,

to ferve in this prefent General Affembly, for the

Refolved,

That the faid Beverley Whiting is duly eledled a Burgefs Coimty of Gloucefter. The Houfe difagreed.
is

That

M""

Beverley Whiting

not duly qualified to ferve as a Burgefs in

this prefent General Affembly.

Upon a Motion made.

That Robert Bernard be taken into the Cuftody and brought immediately to the Bar of the Houfe, to anfwer
Ordered,
of the Serjeant at

for his

Arms, Mifdemeanor and

being brought to the Bar, M'' Speaker informed him of the and that the Houfe expedled he would make an Acknowledgement of his Offence, and Breach of Privilege, and ask the Pardon of this Houfe for the fame; which he accordingly did, and then withdrew. Ordered, That Robert Bernard be difcharged, paying Fees. Ordered, That an Addrefs be made to the Governor, to order a new Writ to iffue for Eledling a new Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General Affembly, for the Coimty of

Breach

of Privileges:

And
;

Refolution of the Houfe

Gloucefter, in the

Room

of M"' Beverley Whiting,

who

is

not duly qualified to ferve for

the faid County.

Bill, intituled.

An

Martin; and erecting the

Ad, for dividing the Cotmty of Hanover, and Parifh of Saint Upper Part thereof, into one diftinct County, and Parifh, was

read the third Time.

Refolved,

That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"" Meriwether do carry the faid

Bill to

the Council, for their Conor other valuable Things,

currence.

A
Time.

Bill, intituled.

An

Ad,

to

prevent the Recovery of

Money,

won on Wagers; and

Refolved,

for the effedual Reftraint of

Gaming

at Ordinaries,

was read the

third

Ordered,

That the faid Bill do pafs. That M"^ Randolph do carry the

faid Bill to the Council, for their

Con-

currence.

Carter reported, from the Committee appointed to prepare and draw up a State Duty upon Slaves, that they had had vmder their Confideration, the Treafurer's Accounts, to them referred And had agreed upon a Report which he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Table. M^ Carter alfo reported, That the Committee appointed to prepare and draw up a State of the Duty upon Slaves, had had imder their Confideration, the Account of that Duty, to them referred: And had agreed upon a Report; which he read in his
M"'

of the

Place,

and afterwards delivered in at the Table. That the faid Report do lie on the Table. The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendments to the Bill, for laying an additional Duty upon Slaves, to be paid by the Buyer And the Amendments were twice read And the Queftion being feverally put thereupon, was agreed to, by the
Ordered,
: :

Houfe.
Ordered,
Ordered,

That the

Bill,

with the Amendments, be ingroffed.

'til

That the Houfe be adjourned

To-morrow Morning, Ten

o'Clock.

Thurfday,

::

(4a8)

Thurfday, June 12, 1740.

the faid Claim in the Book of Claims. M' Carter, according to Order, prefented a Bill, for vefting certain Slaves, late the Ufes therein mentioned Eftate of William Chamberlayne, deceafed, in Truftees, for the

Claim of John Young, for taking \i\) a Runaway Servant, therein mentioned, was prefented to the Houfe, and received. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudion to the Committee of Claims, to allow

And

was received, and read the firft Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a fecond Time. M' Walke reported, from the Committee, to whom the Bill, for appointing feveral new Ferries; and altering the Days for holding Fairs in the Town of Fredericksburg, was committed, That they had made feveral Amendments to the Bill Which he read in his Place and afterwards delivered in at the Table. Ordered, That the faid Bill, with the Amendments, do lie upon the Table. The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendments propofed by the Council, to the Bill, intituled. An Ad, for amending the Ad, intituled, An Ad, for preventing Frauds in the Cuftoms, and in Clearing of Ships; for ascertaining Colledors and Naval Officers Fees; and to prohibit and prevent cafting of Ballaft or dead Bodies into Rivers and Creeks, as to fo much thereof, as relates to the cafting of Ballaft into Rivers and Creeks: And the Amendments were read, and one of them twice read: And the Queftion being put thereupon, was agreed to, by the Houfe. And, Upon a Motion made. Ordered, That the further Confideration of the faid Amendments be referred 'til
the fame
:
;

Saturday Se'nnight.

Claim of the Frederick sville Company, to be allowed the Levies of Twenty Tithables employed in the Iron-Works, was prefented to the Houfe, and received. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the Committee of Claims, to allow the faid
Claim, in the

Book

of Claims.

forth.

Reprefentation of M' George Webb, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting That he had ferved as Clerk to the Committee, appointed to prepare and draw up a State of the Duty upon Slaves; and by Diredlion of that Committee, had been obliged to trace all Matters and Accounts, relating to that Duty, from the Commencement thereof; and to continue the fame for a courfe of more than Five Years paft; which could not have been done, without applying much Time and Labour, in the Intervals

between every Affembly, to prepare a State of thofe Accounts, for the Examina-

tion of the faid

Committee

And

praying, the Confideration of the Houfe, for a fuitable

Allowance for his Trouble.

Whereupon, a Motion being made, Ordered, That the faid George Webb be allowed the Sum of Fifty Pounds, for extraordinary Services: And that it be an Inftrudion to the Committee of Claims, to make the faid Allowance in the Book of Claims.

Bill,

for dividing the Parifh of Saint

the fame into

Ordered,

Two

diftind Parifhes,

Mark, in the County was read the fecond Time.

of Orange;

and

erecfting

faid Bill be ingroffed. returned upon a new Writ, having taken the Oaths appointed to be taken by Adl of Parliament, inftead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy; and taken and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration and alfo fubfcribed the Teft, was admitted to his Place in the Houfe.

That the

A Member,

Bill,

m Truftees,

Time. That the Bill be committed to M- Attorney, and the Members of New-Kent And that they do examine the Allegations thereof; and report the Matter, as it fhall
Ordered,

for vefting certain Slaves, late the Eftate of William Chamberlayne, deceafed, for the Ufes therein mentioned, was read the fecond

appear to them, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe.

M'

(429)

M' Fitzhugh reported, from the Committee, to whom the Bill for altering the Method and recording certain Deeds therein mentioned, was committed: That they had made feveral Amendments to the faid Bill which he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Table. Ordered, That the faid Bill, with the Amendments, do lie on the Table. M' Beverley, from the Committee of Public Claims, reported, That the Committee had, according to Order, infpedted the Report of the Committee of Public Claims laft Seffion And that they had read, confidered, and regulated, the feveral Claims prefented to this Affembly, by divers Perfons; and had agreed upon a Report; which he had entred into a Book; and delivered the Book in at the Table. A Bill, entituled, An Ad, for laying an additional Duty upon Slaves, to be paid by the Buyer, was read the Third Time and the feveral Blanks filled up, and an Amendment was made to the Bill, at the Table. Refolved, That the Bill do pais. Ordered, That M"^ Martin do carry the Bill to the Coimcil, for their Concurrence. A Bill, for raifing Levies and Recruits, to ferve in the prefent War againft the Spaniards, in America, was read the fecond Time; and the Blanks filled up; and an Amendment made to the Bill, at the Table. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendment, be ingros'd.
of acknowledging,
; : ;

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning, Ten

o'Clock.

Friday, June 13, 1740.

Ordered,

THAT
into

a Committee for examining the InroUed

M"^ Beverley,

Bills,

be appointed of the follow-

ing Perfons:

M' Turner, M' William Aylett, M' McCarty, M' Btickner, and M' Price. A Bill, intituled. An Ad, for dividing the Parifh of Saint Mark; and ereding the fame Two diftind Parifhes, was read the third Time, and the Blanks filled up. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pais. Ordered, That M' Henry Willis do carry the Bill to the Council, for their Concur-

rence.

Meffage was brought from the Council, by M' Needier: That they had paffed the Bill, for docking the Entail of certain Lands, in the County of King William, and vefting the fame in Richard Chapman, in Fee Simple; and for fettling other Lands and Slaves, of greater Value to the fame Ufes. And alfo the Bill, to prevent the Recovery of Money, or other valuable Things, won on Wagers; and for the more effedual Reftraint of Gaming at Ordinaries, without any

Amendment.

And
And
to

that they had

made fome Amendments

to

to the

Bill, intituled.

An

Ad,
to

to oblige

the Juftices of

Surry County,
to

repair and maintain a Bridge over Nottoway River:

permit a Bridge

be built, by Subfcription, over

defire the

Pamunky

River; and

provide

for the

Support

thereof:

To which they

Concurrence of this Houfe.

John Diskins, Anthony Seale, Thomas Strippling, and Thomas Harrifon, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; acknowledging their Offence, in refufing to receive and certify certain Propofitions to them prefented, at a Court held for certifying Propofitions and Claims for the County of Prince William; but affuring the Houfe, that it proceeded from an Error in their Judgment, and not from any View of gratifying private Refentment, or Confideration of their own Intereft; and expreffmg their Sorrow and Concern for having fallen imder the Difpleafure of the Houfe, whereby they fhould
Petition of

not

(43)

had alfo been put to great Trouble and Expence not only fuffer a lafting Difgrace, but the Houfe would take their Cafe into Conpraying, And Miles in travelling 2 or 300 Cuftody. fideration, and difcharge them out of
:

Anthony Seale, Thomas Strippling, and Thomas paying Fees. Harrifon, be difcharged out of Cuftody, without whom the Bill, for eredling a Town at to Committee, the M' Attorney reported, That eftablifhing a Town in the Coimty and for Bray's Church, in the County of King George; to Lands purchafed therein, was comof Prince fs-Anne; and for confirming the Title Which he read in his Place, and Bill the to Amendments mitted, had made feveral in at the Table; where the Amendments, afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments were again read And the Queftion being feverally put thereupon, were
Ordered,

That the

faid John Diskins,

agreed to, by the Houfe. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. M'' Attorney reported, from the Committee, That the Bill, for vefting certain Slaves,

William Chamberlayne, deceafed, in Truftees, for the Ufes therein mentioned, was committed, that they had examined the Allegations thereof, and found the fame to be true And he delivered the Bill in at the Table. Ordered, That the faid Bill be ingroffed. M' Harrifon moved for Leave to prefent a Bill, for the better Diredlion of Officers enlifting Soldiers; and to prevent Servants from being enlifted: And after a Debate, and the Queftion put, that the faid Bill be received, the Houfe divided, and the Yea's
late the Eftate of
:

go forth:
Yea's, 33,
No's, 27,

And

fo

it

paffed in the Affirmative.

faid Bill

Then the

was

received,

and read the

firft

Time

And

the Queftion being

put, that the faid Bill be read a fecond Time, the

Houfe divided, No's go forth

Yea's,

8,

No's, 40,

And

fo

it

paffed in the Negative.

That the faid Bill be Rejedled. A Meffage from the Council That they have paffed the Bill, intituled, An Ad,
Refolved,
Slaves, to be paid by the Buyer, for encouraging

for laying
to enlift

an additional Duty upon

Perfons

in His Majefty's Service;

and

for preventing Defertion,

without any Amendment.

to ferve

A Bill, intituled, An Ad, for raifing and levying Recruits again ft the Spaniards in America, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs.
Ordered,
rence.

in the prefent

War

That M' Attorney do carry the faid

Bill to

the Coimcil, for their Concur-

Council, to the Bill, intituled.

The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendments propofed by the An Ad, to oblige the Juftices of Surry County, to repair and maintain a Bridge over Nottoway River: And to permit a Bridge to be built, by Suhfcription, over Pamunky River; and to provide for the Support thereof: And the Amendments were read, and all agreed to, but one. Ordered, That M-- Allen do carry the Bill to the Coimcil; and acquaint them, That the Houfe have agreed to all the Amendments, by them propofed, to the faid Bill, but

one:
to,

And

that they defire they will pafs the faid

Bill,

with the Amendments, as agreed

by this Houfe. The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendments to the Bill, for appointing feveral new Ferries; and altering the Days for holding Fairs in the Town of Fredericksburg: And the Amendments being read; and the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to, by the Houfe, and the Blanks filled up. Ordered, That the faid Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed.

The

(431)

proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendments to the Bill, for altering the Method of acknowledging, or proving and recording certain Deeds therein mentioned: And the Amendments were read, and agreed to, by the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed. The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Book of Claims And Part of the
alfo
:

The Houfe

faid

Book was
Ordered,

read.

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning, Ten

o'clock.

Saturday, June 14, 1740.

under their Confideration, the Returns of the Writs for Elefting Burgeffes to ferve in this prefent General Affembly, for the Counties of Accomack, and Orange: And had come to a Refolution thereupon; which he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Table Where the fame was again twice read, and agreed to, by the Houfe, as follows Refolved, That the Returns of the faid Writs are made in the Form prefcribed by Law. Ordered, That M"' Benjamin Needier be allowed Seventy Five Pounds in the Book
:

MR.

Conway

reported,

That the Committee

of Privileges

and

Eledlions,

had had

of Claims, for his extraordinary Service in colledling

and tranfcribing the old Journals,

and

for finifhing the fame, agreeable to his Memorial.

Meffage from the Council That they have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Ad for dividing the Parifh of St. Mark, in the County of Orange; and ereding the fame into Two diftind Parifhes, without

any Amendment.

And
to

that they recede from their

Amendment

to the

Bill, intituled.

An Ad,

to oblige

the Juftices of

Surry County,
to

to

repair and maintain a Bridge over

Nottoway River: And

Bill,

permit a Bridge

be built, by Subfcription, over

this

Pamunky

River; and to provide for

the

Support

thereof:

To which
to,

Houfe difagreed; and have paffed the

to the
Bill,

with the

Amendments agreed

by

this Houfe.
intituled.

And

that they have

made fome Amendments

Concurrence of this Houfe.

An

Ad,

for

raifing Levies

and

Recruits, to ferve in the prefent

War

againft the Spaniards in America:

To which they

defire the

The Houfe proceeded to the further Confideration of the Book of Claims, and the fame was read through: And feveral Amendments were made to the Book; and the Allowances to the Officers of the General Affembly being added, the Book was agreed to,
by the Houfe. Ordered, That M'' Beverley do carry the Book to the Coimcil, for their Concurrence; and that he wait on the Governor, and defire his Affent. M"' Attorney prefented to the Houfe, an Accovmt for the One Penny per Gallon upon Strong Liquors imported, granted to the College of William and Mary, by the General Affembly, in the Year 1734, to commence the Twenty Fifth Day of Odober, 1735. A Bill, intituled. An Ad, for explaining Part of an Ad, made for Amending the Ad, for fettling the Titles and Bounds of Land; and for preventing unlawful Shooting and Ranging thereupon,
Refolved,

was read the

That the
Bill

third Time.

Bill, intituled.

An

do pafs. Ad, for appointing

of

for holding Fairs in the

Town
Bill,

new Ferries; and altering the Days Fredericksburg, was read the third Time; and an
feveral
filled

Amendment made

to the

and the Blanks

up.

do pafs. Refolved, That the A Bill, intituled, An Ad, for eftablifhing a Town in the County of Princefs-Anne, and confirming the Titles to Lands purchafed therein, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs.
Bill

Ordered,

(432)
\

That M' Fitzhugh cany the faid Bills to the Council, for their Concurrence. A Bill, intituled, An Ad, for vefting certain Slaves, late the Eftate of William Chamtherein mentioned, was read the third Timeberlayne, deceafed, in Truftees, for the Ufes
Ordered,

That the faid Bill do pafs. for their Concurrence. Ordered, That M' Carter do carry the Bill to the Council, A Meffage from the Council That they have agreed to the Book of Claims, without any Amendment. Ordered, That a Committee for proportioning the Public Levy, be appointed of the Turner, M' Beverley, U' Price, M' Ruffin, and M' following Perfons: M' Conway,
Refolved,

Waring.

The Houfe ])roceeded to the Confideration of the Amendments propofed by the Council, to the Bill, intituled. An Ad, for raifing Levies and Recruits to ferve in the prefent War againft the Spaniards in America And the fame were twice read, and agreed to,
:

by the Houfe. Ordered, That M"^ Fitzhugh do carry the Bill to the Council and acquaint them, That this Houfe have agreed to the Amendments by them propofed to the faid Bill.
;

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

Monday Morning, Ten o 'Clock.

Monday June
y

i6, 1740.

Ordered,

THAT
of

be brought in, for raifing a Public Levy propofitions do prepare and bring in the fame.
a
Bill

And

that the Committee

M' Conway reported. That the Committee appointed, had, according to Order, prepared a BiU, for raifing a Public I^evy; and the fame was
received,

and read the firft Time. That the Bill be read a fecond Time. The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Report upon the Treafurer's Accounts, and the fame was read; by which it appears, That the Ballance remaining in his Hands, is Five Thoufand Three Hundred Eighty Seven Pounds Eleven Shillings and Seven Pence And the Treafurer's Accotmts, with a Duplicate, were paffed by the
Ordered,
:

Houfe.
Ordered,

That M' Carter do carry the faid Accounts to the Council, to be paffed by

them.

was read the fecond Time. That the Bill be ingroffed. A Meffage from the Council That they have paffed the Bill, intituled, An Ad, for appointing fever at new Ferries; and for altering the Days for holding Fairs in the Town of Fredericksburg. And alfo the Bill, intituled. An Ad, for eftablifhing a Town in the County of PrincefsAnne, and confirming the Titles to Lands, purchafed therein, without any Amendment. Upon a Motion made, Refolved, That William Parks, the Printer, fhall be obliged, for the Salary of Two Hundred Pounds a Year, to print the Infpedlors Notes and Books, without any further
Bill,

for raifing a Public Levy,

Ordered,

Allowance.

Refolved,

An Ad, for raifing the Public Levv, was read the third Time. That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M' Conway do carry the Bill to the Council, for their Concurrence. A Meffage from the Council: That they have paffed the Treafurer's Accounts.
Bill, intituled.

And

(433)

And
tioned.

that they have agreed to the

Bill, intittiled,

An Ad

for vefting certain Slaves,

for the

late the Eftate of

William Chamberlayne, deceafed, in Truftees,

intituled,

Ufes therein men-

And alfo to the Bill,

ment.
Ordered,

An Ad, for raifing a Public Levy,

without any

Amend-

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning, Ten

o'Clock.

Tuefday, June 17, 1740.

MR.

That the Perfons appointed, had, according to Order, fettled the Proportions of the Public Levy; and ftated the fame in a Book; which he delivered in at the Table And the fame was read, and agreed to. Ordered, That M"' Conway do carry the Book to the CovmcU, for their
reported.
:

Conway

Concurrence.

M' Beverley reported, That the Perfons appointed, had, according to Order, examAnd that Bills, and reftified f uch Miftakes as had been f oimd therein the fame were truly Inrolled. Ordered, That M' Beverley do carry the Inrolled Bills to the Council, for their Inined the Inrolled
:

fpeiftion.

Meffage from the Council That they have agreed to the Book
Affent to the fame.

of Proportions;

and obtained the Governor's

And
Inrolled.

that they have infpeded the Inrolled Bills; and are fatisfied they are truly

A Petition of
cil,

William Parks, Printer, was recommended by the Governor and Coim-

and the fame was read; fetting forth. That in or about the Year 1728, the General Affembly was pleafed to fettle a Salary of One Hundred and Twenty Pounds per Annum on him, in Confideration of certain Public Services to be performed by the Petitioner, particularly mentioned in his Propofals offered to a Committee of the Houfe of Burgeffes. That after fettling the faid Salary, the Petitioner agreed to print Accounts and Receipts for the Infpedlors, at the Rate of Three Half Pence per Sheet; for which he has been conftantly paid by the Treafurer, exclufive of his Salary. That at the laft Seffion, the Houfe of Burgeffes, in Confideration that the Drawback upon Foreign Paper was taken off; and that the Petitioner's Services were greatly increafed, by the Eredling feveral new Covmties, thought it reafonable, by a Refolve, to which the Council gave their Affent, to increafe his Salary to Two Hundred Pounds per Annum. And by an Order of the Houfe, the Petitioner was to print Quarterly, Accounts of the Imports and Exports of this Colony And the Council required. That
to the Confideration of the Houfe,
:

the faid Petitioner fhould deliver out printed Obligations and Receipts to the Colledlors of the Duty upon Slaves, without other Recompence, than the Increafe of his Salary

which the Petitioner has done accordingly. But the Houfe of Burgeffes having, this Seffion, paffed a Vote, that, for the faid Salary of Two Hundred Pounds, the Petitioner fhould print and deliver out Accounts and Receipts to the Infpedlors; which, at the Rate aforefaid, amounts to about Seventy Pounds per Annum, the Petitioner's Salary would thereby be reduced almoft as low as it was firft fettled, though the Services to be done by him had been confiderably increafed; by which he fhould be rendered incapable of carrying on his Bufmefs: And praying. That their Honours, by fuch Ways and Means, as to them fhould feem advifeable, might order fuch Allow^ance, as would enable him to carry on his Bufinefs in the Public Service, as he had heretofore done Whereupon a Debate arofe.
All
:

(434)

Needier: Meffage from the Governor was delivered by M'

M' Speaker, this Houfe in the Covmcil The Governor commands the immediate Attendance of for his Affent. ready as are BiUs fuch Chamber: And that you bring with you And M' Speaker, and the Houfe, went up accordingly. And the Governor was
Public and Private Bills: pleas'd to give his Affent to the following in the prefent Time of Danger. Country the An Ad, for the better Security of laying an additional Duty upon Slaves, to be paid by the Buyer;

An Ad,

for

and

for

encouraging Perfons

to enlift

in His Majefty's Service.

An Ad,
iards, in

for raifing Levies

and Recruits

to ferve

in the prefent War, againft the Span-

America.
for dividing the

An Ad.

Parifh of Saint Mark, in the County of Orange; and ered-

ing the fame into

Two

diftind Parifhes.

An Ad,
and

for prolonging the

Time

for bringing Tobacco to the Public

Warehoufes;

for the fale of Transfer Tobacco.

and amending the Ad, intituled, An Ad, for making more effedual Provifion againft Invafions and Infurredions An Ad, for enforcing the Execution of the Laws made, for the better managing and

An

Ad,

for continuing

fecuring Orphans Eftates.

Ad, to prevent the Recovery of Money, or other valuable Things, won on Wagers; and for the more effedual Reftraint of Gaming at Ordinaries. An Ad, for appointing feveral new Ferries; and for altering the Days for holding

An

Fairs in the

Town

of Fredericksburg.

Ad, for eftablifhing a Town in the County of Princefs-Anne, and confirming the Titles to Lands purchafed therein. An Ad, to oblige the Juftices of Surry County, to repair and maintain a Bridge over Nottoway River: And for permitting a Bridge to be built, by Subfcription, over Pamimky River; and to provide for the Support thereof. An Ad, for raifing a Public Levy. An Ad, for docking the Entail of certain Lands, in the County of Charles City, and vefting the fame in Philip Lightfoot, Efquire, in Fee Simple. An Ad, for docking the Entail of certain Lands, in the County of King William, and vefting the fame in Richard Chapman, in Fee Simple; and for fettling other Lands and Slaves, of greater Value, to the fame Ufes. An Ad, for vefting certain Slaves, late the Eftate of William Chamberlayne, deceafed,
in Truftees, for the Ufes therein mentioned.

An

And

then

made

the following Speech:

Gentlemen

of the Council,

M' Speaker, and

Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes,

important Juncture, by Promoting and Encouraging the intended Expedition, and Providing for your own Defence, to conclude a Seffion with fuch remarkable Proofs of your Regard for the Honour of the Crown, muft give great Satisfadlion to a People, whofe true Intereft you have fo faiththis
fully

TO
AS

finifh

the Bufinefs of the Colony with fo

much Unanimity and

Difpatch,

and at

endeavoured to fecure.
thefe Proceedings cannot fail of being acceptable to

eign, and, tho' entirely

Our moft Gracious Soverowing to your good Difpofitions, a very great Credit to my Adminiftration; I fhould do an Injury to your Zeal and AfTedtion for His Majefty's Perfon and Government, if, befides being Thankful, I did not acknowledge the Senfe I have of it. by the Teftimony of your Duty and Fidelity. IT only remains for me to acquaint you, That I have thought fit to Prorogue this Affembly to the Third Thurfday in Auguft, and this Affembly is accordingly Prorogued
to that Time.

THE

JOURNAL
OF THE

HOUSE OF BURGESSES.
1740.

THE

JOURNAL
OF

The Houle
r-^
-^
A(5t of

of

BuRGESSES.

Thurfday, Auguft 21, 1740.

'W~\ENJAMIN W>ILL7?, Gent, having taken

the Oaths appointed to be taken by Parliament, inftead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, the Oath of Abjuration and Teft, was, by Virtue of a Commiffion from the Honourable

the Lieutenant-Governor,
to his Place accordingly.

fwom

Clerk Affiftant to the Houfe; and admitted

returned upon a new Writ, having taken the Oaths appointed to be Parliament, inftead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy; and Adl of taken by taken and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, and aHo fubfcribed the Teft, was admitted to his Place in the Houfe. A Meffage from the Governor was delivered by M' Needier:
M''

A Member

Speaker,
of this

The Governor commands the immediate Attendance

Chamber.
M"'

Houfe

in the Coimcil

Speaker, with the Houfe, went up accordingly:

And

being returned, he re;

had attended the Governor in the Cotmcil Chamber And that he was pleafed to make a Speech to the Council, and this Houfe Of which, to prevent Miftakes, he had obtained a Copy Which he read, and afterwards delivered in at the Table, where the fame was again read, and is as follows
ported. That the Houfe
:

Gentlemen

of the Council, M'' Speaker,

and Gentlemen

of the

Houfe

of Burgeffes,

THE

Preparations for carrying on the War in the moft proper Places, and in the moft effedtual Manner, requiring the Aififtance of the King's Dominions in America, which, by their Situation, are made capable of bearing a Part in

them, and moft likely to be Gainers by any fuccefsful Attempt upon the Enemies Territories in New-Spain; His Majefty, extending His Care and Concern to all His Subjedts, having thought fit, that we, who are called to be Partakers of the Honour of an Expedition, fhould contribute towards the Expence of it, has been pleafed to Command me to lay before you His Roial Inftru(5lion wherein he tnifts and expe(5ls, that
;

the Cofts of Vidluals, Tranfports, and

other incident Charges, for enlifting Men in this Colony for that Service, (the Pay, Cloaths, Tents, Arms and Ammunition excepted) will be provided for and defrayed by you, 'til their Arrival at the General Rendezvous
all

in the Weft-Indies;

from which Time the faid Tranfports are to enter into His Majefty 's

Pay.

THIS, Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes, is what I am Ordered by the King, in His Name, to apply to you for; and fmce, in His own Words, you cannot render a more acceptable Service to His Majefty, and your Mother Country, nor do any Thing more
effential

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effential to

your own Intereft, I am perfwaded, from your known Zeal for His Majefty's you muft have of the Injuries fuffered Perfon and Government, and the Remembrance you will readily and chearftilly by our Fellow Subjedls, from a Nation unprovoked, demanded. fupport His Majefty in fo juft a Caufe, by granting the Supply in raifmg Men, and Readinefs our by ourfelves diftinguifhed AND as we have though thereby our Expence will Order, firft making other early Difpofitions, upon the
confiderably exceed that of our Neighbours, yet, as fuch a Teftimony of Duty and Loialty can hardly efcape the Notice of our Moft Gracious Sovereign, I am fure you will not, by any Reluctancy to anfwer His Majefty's Expedlations, exclude thofe favourable Senti-

ments which, otherwife. He

Refolved,

may

entertain for this Colony.

That an humble Addrefs be made to the Governor, to thank him for his kind and afTe<5lionate Speech to the Council, and this Houfe; and to affure him, that we fhall chearfully concur in any Meafures, which the Circumftances of the Colony will admit, to convince His Majefty of our Readinefs to comply with what he is pleafed to ask of us. Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw up an Addrefs to the Governor, upon the faid Refolution: And it is referred to M"^ Conway, Mj Ifham Randolph, M'
Pitzhugh,

Blair,

and
this

M""

Corbin, to prepare the fame.

will confider the

Refolved,

That

Houfe

Governor's Speech To-morrow.

o'Clock.

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning, Ten

Friday, Auguft 22, 1740.

MR.

Speaker informed the Houfe, that he had in his Hand His Majefty's Inftrudlions, mentioned in the Governor's Speech which he was directed to
;

lay before the Houfe

Whereupon they were

read,

and Ordered

to

lie

upon

the Table, for the Perufal of the Members.

William Daw fon be continued Chaplain to this Houfe; and that he attend to read Prayers every Morning at Nine o'Clock. M' Conway reported. The Committee appointed, had, according to Order, prepared an addrefs to the Governor; which he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Table Where the fame was again twice read. Ordered, That the faid Addrefs do lie upon the Table, for the Perufal of the Members.
Ordered,

That the Rev.

M''

Ordered,

be again referred
Ordered,

That the Confideration 'til To-morrow.

'til

of the Governor's Speech, referred to this

Day,

That the Houfe be adjourned

To-morrow Morning, Ten

o'Clock.

Saturday, Auguft 23, 1740.

THE
SIR,

Houfe took into their Confideration the Addrefs; which being twice read, was agreed to by the Houfe, without any Amendment, and is as follows:

WE
WE

His Majefty's moft Dutiful and Loial Subjeds, the Burgeffes of the Colony

and Dominion
return

of Virginia,

You

or moft unfeigned

met in GENERAL ASSEMBLY, beg Leave to Thanks for Your SPEECH, to the Council,

and

this

Houfe.

are truly fenfible of His Majefty's tender Care and Concern, extended to all, even the moft diftant of his Subjedls. The many Infults, Depredations, and Cruelties,

committed by the Spaniards,

call

aloud for the warmeft Refentment from every true

Subjedt

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Subjed; of

enter into a

GREAT-BRITAIN, War with Spain, to

we think

.^nd,

fiiice

vindicate the

His Majefty has thought it neceffary to Honour of His Crown, and to repair the

Loffes of His Subje6ts,

leaft equally concerned,

it reafonable that the American Colonies, fhould contribute to the Expence of it.

who

are at

are ferry that our Circumftances will not allow us to do all we could wifh but beg Leave to affure Your Honour, that we will chearfully do all that we are able, to comply with what His Majefty has been gracioufly pleafed to ask of us, with a Condefcention worthy of the Father of His People. fhall take all imaginable Care, by our future Behaviour, to cherifh and improve thofe favourable Sentiments towards us, which our Conftant Zeal and known Loialty to His Majefty 's Perfon and Government, have railed in His Roial Breaft. Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be fairly tranfcribed, and prefented by the whole Houfe. Ordered, That the Committee, who prepared the fame, do wait on the Governor, to
;

WE

WE

know

his Pleafure,

Ordered,

when the Houfe fhall attend him to prefent it. That the Confideration of the Governor's Speech, which was referred to this
'til

Day, be further referred

Ordered,

Monday

next.
'til

That the Houfe be adjourn 'd

Monday Morning, Ten

o'Clock.

Monday, Auguft 25, 1740.

Ordered,

an Addrefs be made to the Governor, to order a new Writ to iffue, for eledling a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General Affembly for the County of Middle fex, in the Room of M'' Thomas Price; who, fince the lait Seffion, hath accepted the Office of Clerk of the faid County Court. Ordered, That M' Berkeley do wait on the Governor with the faid Addrefs. M"" Conway reported. That the Committee appointed, had, according to Order, waited on the Governor, to know his Pleafure when the Houfe fhould attend him with their Addrefs and he was pleafed to appoint this Day and to fay he would fend a Meffage to the Houfe when he was ready to receive it. A Meffage from the Governor by M' Needier: Mj Speaker, I am commanded by the Governor to acquaint this Houfe, that his Honour is now ready to receive their Addrefs in the Council Chamber. Accordingly, M"" Speaker, with the whole Houfe, went up; And being returned, reported. That he had, with the Houfe, attended the Governor in the Council Chamber, and prefented their Addrefs To which the Governor was pleafed to give the following Anfwer:
; ;
:

THAT

Gentlemen,

/THANK you

your Dutiful and Loial Addrefs; in which, as you affure me of your Zeal for His Majefty' s Service, and exprefs a juft Senfe of the Obligation you are under, to affift His Majefty in the prefent neceffary Meafures, I am convinced you will embrace this Opportunity of perfeding your Declarations, by granting the Supply demanded; an Eftimate whereof fhall be laid before you. 'W Ifham Randolph informed the Houfe, he had in his Hand the Eftimate mentioned in the Governor's Anfwer to the Addrefs; which he was directed by his Honour to lay
for

before the Houfe.

Ordered,

That the

faid Eftimate be referred to the Confideration of a

Committee of

the whole Houfe.

Upon a Motion made,

The Houfe refolved
ernor's Speech:

And

whole Houfe to confider the Govafter fome Time fpent therein, M' Speaker refumed the Chair;
itfelf

into a

Committee

of the

and

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That they had had under their Confideraand M' Fitzhugh reported from the Committee, through the fame; and were come to feveral tion the Governor's Speech, and gone his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the in read he which Refolutions thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe, with an Table where the fame were again twice read, and Amendment to one of them; and are as follows: be given to his Majefty, Refolved, That a Sum. not exceeding other incident Charges, for inand Tranfports, Vidluals, for defraying the Expences of
;

lifting Soldiers in his

Majefty's Service in this Colony,

'til

their Arrival at the General

Rendezvous

in the Weft-Indies.

Refolved, That for the more eafy and Treafurer of this Colony be impowered to

fpeedy raifmg and paying the faid Sum, the borrow the fame, at an Intereft not exceed-

ing Six per Cent.

Ordered, to the faid

Fitzhugh,

That a Committee be appointed, to prepare and bring in a Bill purfuant Conway, M' Refolutions; and it is accordingly referred to M-- Attorney, and M'' Randolph, to Harrifon, Ifham Beverley, M'' Randolph, Richard

prepare and bring in the fame.

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourn 'd

'til

To-morrow Morning Ten o 'Clock.

Tuefday, Auguft 26 y ij ^o.

MR.
A

Attorney reported. That the Committee appointed, had, according to Order,

Bill, for

prepared a

defraying the Expence of Inlifting, Vi(5tualling,

and TranX-

porting the Soldiers, raifed in this Colony, to ferve His Majefty on an intended

Expedition againft the Spaniards, in the Weft-Indies: received, and read the firft Time.
Ordered,

And

the fame was

That the

faid Bill be read

a fecond Time.

and Tranfporting the His Majefty on an intended Expedition againft the Spaniards, in the Weft-Indies, was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be committed for Amendments. A Motion being made. That the faid Bill be committed to a Committee of the whole Houfe. It paffed in the Affirmative.
Bill, for

defraying the Expence of Inlifting, Victualling,

Soldiers, raifed in this Colony, to ferve

Refolved, That the Houfe will immediately refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider of Amendments to the faid Bill.

The Houfe accordingly refolved itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe And fome Time fpent therein, M-- Speaker re-fumed the Chair; and M'' Fitzhugh reported, That the Committee, to whom the Bill, for defraying the Expence of Inlifting, Vi(5lualling, and Tranfporting the Soldiers, raifed in this Colony, to ferve His Majefty on an
:

after

intended Expedition againft the Spaniards, in the Weft-Indies,

made

feveral
Bill,

Amendments

ered the

was committed, had Which he read in his Place; and afterwards delivwith the Amendments, in at the Table: Where the Amendments were
thereto:

again twice read and agreed to, by the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed.

That an Addrefs be made to His Majefty, and a Petition prefented to we may have the fame Liberty of importing Salt from Portugal, and other Foreign Parts, as the Northern Colonies have. Ordered, That M-- Attorney, Richard Randolph, FitzMcCarty, Carter, hugh, M^ Corbin, Ifham Randolph, and M^ Mulchings, do prepare the fame. Refolved, That all the Propofitions and Grievances, and Public Claims, prefented
Refolved,

the Parliament, That

to this Seffion of Affembly, be referred to the Confideration of the

bly.

next Seffion of AffemRefolved,

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Refolved,

That

all

Matters referred from the

laft Seffion of

Affembly, be again

further referred to the Coniideration of the next Seffion of Affembly.

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjourned

'til

To-morrow Morning, Ten o 'Clock.

Wednefday, Auguft 27, 1740.

Bill,

intituled, An Ad, for defraying the Expence of Inlifting, Victualling, and Tranfporting the Soldiers raifed in this Colony, to ferve His Majefty on an intended Expedition againft the Spaniards, in the Weft-Indies, was read the

and an Amendment made to the Title of the Bill, at the Table. That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Conway do carry the Bill to the Council, for their Concurrence. M'' Fitzhugh reported. That the Committee appointed, had, according to Order, drawn up an Addrefs to His Majefty, and a Petition to be prefented to the Parliament of Great-Britain, to give us the fame Liberty of importing Salt from Europe, that the Northern Colonies have: Which he read in his Place; and afterwards delivered in at the Table: Where the fame were again feverally read; and fome Amendments being made thereto, were agreed to, by the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Addrefs and Petition be fairly tranfcribed, and a Blank
third Time,
Refolved,
left for

the Council.

Ordered,
Refolved,

That M'' Fitzhugh do carry the fame to the Council, for their Concurrence. That M' Edward Randolph be appointed Agent to negociate the faid
That
M''

Addrefs and Petition.

Ordered,

Fitzhugh do carry the faid Refolve to the Coxmcil, for their Con-

currence.

A Meffage from the Coimcil That they have paffed the Bill, intituled. An Ad, for giving His Majefty the Sum of Five Thoufand Pounds, for defraying the Expence of Victualling and Tranfporting the Soldiers, raifed in this Colony, to ferve His Majefty on an intended Expedition againft the Spaniards in the Weft-Indies, without any Amendment. Refolved, That the feverals Sums following be paid to the feveral Officers of the
General Affembly, refpedlively. To M'' Peter Randolph, Clerk of the Houfe of Burgeffes,
50
25 10
10 25
5

o
o

o o o
o

To M"' Benjamin Needier, Clerk of the Council, To M'' Benjamin Waller, Clerk Affiftant, To the Rev. M'' William Dawfon, Chaplain, To M'' Philip Finch, Serjeant at Arms, To John Carter, Door-keeper of the Council, To John Collet,
1

o o o

o o

^ To

TTT-..-

Wtlltam brancts.
Lavie,
M''

r-

'

Door-keepers of the Houfe.

500 500 500

To James
Ordered,

That

Fitzhugh carry the faid Refolution to the Council, for their Con-

currence.

Motion being made. That the Burgeffes fhould be paid their Wages in Money; for which they fhould ftay 'til there was a fuflficient Sum in the Treafurer's Hands to pay the fame And the previous Queftion being put, That the Queftion be put upon the
:

faid Motion, It paffed in the Negative.

That the faid Motion be Reje(5led. Then a Motion was made for Leave to bring in a
Refolved,

Bill, for

altering the Burgeffes

Pay:

And

the Queftion being put thereupon,

Refolved,

It

paffed in the Negative.

That the

faid

Motion be

rejected.

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Motion being made, That William Parks, Printer, be allowed for Printing the fonnerly agreed for, and received: Infpedlors Notes and Books, the fame that he to the Confideration of the next Seffion referred be Motion faid Refolved, That the

of Affembly.

Ordered,

That the Houfe be adjoum'd

'til

To-morrow Morning Ten o'Clock.

Thurfday, Auguft 28, 1740.

from the Council That they have agreed to the Refolve, for paying the Officers of this Hotife, without any Amendment. But that they cannot agree to join with the Houfe, in their Addrefs to His Majefty, or Petition to the Parliament, for Liberty to import Salt from Europe] and that therefore they think it imneceffary to agree to the Refolve, for appointing M' Edward Randolph Agent, to negociate the faid Addrefs and Petition.

AMeffage

Upon a Motion made,

That the Refolution paffed Yefterday for appointing M' Edward Randolph Agent, to negociate the faid Addrefs and Petition, be erafed out of the Journal of the
Refolved,

Houfe.

Then a Motion was made. That an Agent be appointed to negociate the

and Petition
:

faid Addrefs

Refolved,
Refolved,
defire the

And the Queftion being put thereupon. It paffed in the Negative. That the faid Motion be rejedled. That the Speaker, when he carries up the faid Addrefs and Petition, do

Governor, when he tranfmits them Home, to ufe his Intereft, that they may have a favourable Reception. A Meffage from the Governor, by M'' Needier: M' Speaker, The Governor commands the immediate Attendance of this Houfe in the Council Chamber; and that you bring with you fuch Bills as are ready for his
Affent.

M' Speaker, with the Houfe, went up accordingly

to give his Affent to

and the Governor was pleafed

An At, for giving to his Majefty the Sum of Five Thoufand Pounds, towards defraying the Expence of Victualling and Tranfporting the Soldiers, raifed in this Colony, to ferve
His Majefty on an intended Expedition againft
the Spaniards, in the Weft-Indies.

And

alfo to the Refolve of the Houfe, for

paying the Officers their Wages.

And

then was pleafed to

make

the following Speech

Gentlemen

of the Council,

M^ Speaker, and Gentlemen

for the ready

of the

Houfe

of Burgeffes,

/GIVE you my hearty

Thanks

and chearful Grant

of the

Supply His

Majefty, in His Wifdom, thought proper to Expedition, fet forth with no other View, than
gation, which, by Treaties,

demand
to

of you, for the Service of the

procure for His People a free Navi-

and

the

Law

of Nations, they

have a Right

to.

Your extraordinary and generous Affiftance, will, no Doubt, be remembered to your Advantage; tho', by doing your Duty as faithful Subjeds, zealous for the Honour of our Sovereign, the Confideration of our Trade, and the common Intereft of the Britifh Dominyou have only anfwered your eftablifhed Charader. With my fincere Wifhes for your Welfare, it only remains fembly prorogued to the la ft Thurfdav in December.
ions,

for

me

to declare this

Af-

APPENDIX.

Appendix.
PETITION OF THE QUAKERS.

To
at

the Honourable the Governor and Council, and Burgeffes, met in General Affembly,

WILLIAMSBURG.
The Humble
Petition of the People called

That You would be pleafed to confider the Cafe of our Society in this Dominion, who, for the moft Part, are the Defcendants of Early Inhabitants; and who, as well as our Anceftors, are, and have been, fubjedl to great Lofs and Detriment in our Subftance and Employment, by Annual Seizures and Diftreffes made upon our Goods and Perfons, on the Accoimt of Parifh Levies; A Hardfhip, we hope. You do not defire we fhould lye under. And as we humbly conceive, it is in Your Power to relieve us, are therefore the more emboldened to lay before You, this our prefent aggrieved Cafe; and the rather, for that, as we have underftood. You have been pleafed to beftow the like Favour on fundry German Proteftants, by exempting them from Parifh Levies; We (being Native Subjefts) are encouraged to hope You will charitably look on our Condition, and afford us fome Relief: That being once freed from a Burthen, which we have long and patiently bom, we may be
the better enabled to follow our Callings, for Support of our Families, according to

WE

QUAKERS.
all

lay hold of this Opportunity, with

Humility

of

Mind, to befeech You,

Faith and good Confcience.

We need not, we hope, tell You, that in moft of the Provinces under the Britifh Government, our Friends fit eafy in this Behalf; either by a Charter of Privileges, or by a Special Law, made for that Purpofe. This, our Native Country, is the firft Englifh Colony, and immediately imder Our moft Gracious Sovereign, King who, we hope, looks on us to be univerfally attach 'd to his Intereft, and the Succeffion of His Noble Houfe; and a people

GEORGE,

nor inconfiderable, in his Dominions. For, all taxes for Support of Government; we tranfgrefs no Laws of Trade; keep back no Part of the Revenue due to the Crown; the Public are not charged, we in the leaft, with our Poor; and we neverthelefs willingly contribute to the Public Poor, and endeavour to follow Peace with all Men. To conclude, we are not numerous, which makes it the lefs difficult for You to grant us fuch Eafe as we pray for And are far from thinking, that fuch an Indulgence would increafe the Number of real Quakers; and for hypocritical Pretenders, we fhall hold ourfelves under Obligation, to detect them; fo as the Government fhall not be impofed on, nor Your Favor any ways abufed And further be pleafed to know, it is for Tender Confcience Sake, and not wilfully or obftinately we have hitherto fuffered,
ufelefs,

not

We

pay

having fuftained more than Treble Damages, for our Confcientious Refufal: And by the Affiftance of Divine Grace, preferved from Prejudice, againft Thofe who have been moft adlive againft us. We hope it will pleafe the Almighty God to put it into Your Hearts, to fay Amen to the Prayer of our Petition; and alfo to hear our Prayers, which are for your Tranquility and Happinefs, both in This World, and That which is to come.
Signed, in Behalf of the Society called Quakers, in Virginia.

November

14, 1738.

By
John Cheadle, Abraham Ricks, Wike Hunicut,
William Lad, Armiger Trotter,
Peter Benfard,

Thomas Pleafants, Matthew Jourdan, Thomas Xewby, Thomas Trotter,

Robert Ellyson,

William Denfon, William Outland,

John Murdaugh, and

Edmund

Jordan.

John Crew, John Pleafants, Samuel Sebrel, Samuel Jourdan, John Denfon,

INDEX

Index
Parifh, i8, 357; aot for altering covirt day, 371, 374, 378, 384, 385, killing fquirrels and crows in, 386; act for 22, 24, 27, 151, 153, 155; burgeffes, vii, ix; contefted eledlion of burgeffes for, 18; leave given to bring in bill for deftroying crows and fquirrels in, 403; mentioned, 11, 137, 328; ordered that meffage be fent to governor to order new writ for eledling a burgefs, 119; ordered that new writ be iffued for electing burgefs, propofition in 229, 322, 392; reference to altering law concerning debts, propofition in reference to rejedled, 404; rejedted, 403; propofition in conftables, reference to crows and fquirrels, reje<5ted, 403; propofition in reference to fifh, rejected, 403 propofition in reference to killing eagles, fquirrels and crows, rejecfted, 14; propofition in reference to oaths taken by public officers, rejedled, 403; propofition in reference to payment of witneffes, rejected, 65; propofition in reference to repealing act for amending ftaple of tobacco, rejedled, 123, 253; report of committee on eledtion of burgeffes, 19; report of committee on propofition in reference to deeds of bargain and fale made in purfuance to the adl for fettling the titles and bounds of lands, 403; report of committee on propofition in reference to deftroying crows and fqixirrels, 181; report of committee on propofition in reference to method of paying for the paffage of burgeffes from, 287; report of committee on propofition in reference to providing feals for coxu^s of records, 403; return of writ for eledting burgeffes, 10, 248, 356, 431; return of writ for eledling burgeffes, amended, 26; time for fale of transfer tobacco, prolonged, 406. Accomack Parifh, bill for diffolving veftry and appointing new eledlion, 20, 21, 22, 36, 47, 48, 359, 362, 367; leave given to bring in bill to diffolve veftry of, 357; mentioned, 18; petition referred to next feffion of affembly,
;

Accomack County, Accomack

of, xxvii; leave given to bring in bill for altering court day, 362; mentioned, 245, 248, 252; Raleigh Parifh, 287, 292; report of committee on grievance from, 287; return of writ for eledling burgeffes, 248. And erfon, Mrs., mentioned, 67, 69.

ment

Anderfon, Elizabeth, mentioned, 109; ordered to be paid for cleaning burgeffes' chamber, 106. Anderfon, Matthew, burgefs, vii, 137, 140, 179, 183,
187, 193, 194, 196; contefted eledlion 135; duly elected and returned a burgefs, 136; mover of tumvdt, 266. Anderfon, Pouncey, brought to bar of Houfe, 278; mover of tumult, 266. Andrews, William, burgefs, vii, 22, 24, 46; complaint againft E. Weft, xvi, 19; contefted eledlion of, 18; duly elected as burgefs, 19; king's fuit againft, referred to, 335, 346; mentioned, 20, 119, 341; petitioner, 276. Applewhaite, burgefs, vii, 140, 185. Appomattox River, adl for appointing new ferries over, 147, 149, 154, 165, 326, 327; mentioned, 14, 184, 206. Appomattox Warehoufe, infpedlor's falary, 203; place where public dues fhaU be paid, 203. Apprentices, adl to oblige them to ferve out their time notwithf landing their infancy, 293, 307, 309, 311, 313, 315. Arbuckle, William, petitioner, 364. Armiftead, burgefs, 3, 172, 182, 188, 189, 191, 201, 207, 208, 223. Armiftead, Henry, burgefs, vii, 6, 21, 41, 80, 96. Armiftead, Mofs, claim allowed, 123. Armiftead, Robert, burgefs, vii, 6, 26, 41, 43, 64, 65, 66, 90, 91, 99; member of committee appointed to inquire into condition of battery at Point Comfort, 9; fheriS of York County, 119. Attachments, adl declaring the law concerning, 371, 374. 378, 384, 385. 386. Attorney General, fee Barradall, Edward, and
186,
of,
, ,

356.

Accomack Warehoufe,
fhall

place

where public dues

be paid, 203.

for re-enadling part of an adt declaring how long they fhall be in force, 85, 90, 91, 103, 104, no; refolution in reference to bill for re-enadling part of an adl declaring how long they fhall be in force, 60. Acquia Warehoufe, rent of, 202. Aciill, William, burgefs, ix, 240, 244, 245, 249, 250, 234, 265, 268, 269, 275, 285, 288, 293, 295, 299, 301, 303, 306, 307, 308, 311, 31a; deceafed, 323. Adams, Ebenezer, mentioned, 407, 424. Adams, Tabitha, paid for building a houfe, 424; petitioner, 407. Adminiftrators, bill to prefent loffes to, by fale of goods taken in execution, 27, 28, 29, 42, 43,

Accounts,

bill

Claj^on, John. Attorneys, adl for better fettling fees of, 150, 153, 157, 160, 165; adl to regulate pradlice of in county courts, 134, 139, 165; ordered that a bill be brought in for continuing and amending adl for afcertaining fees of, in a bill of cofts, 1 2 ordered that a bill be prepared for repealing adl in reference to, 127. Augufta County, eftablifhment of, xxxi. Awbrey, Francis, mentioned, 326, 327.
;

burgefs, 245, 251, 273, 288, 291, 311, 322, 325, 327, 393. Aylett, John, burgefs, ix, 351; petitioner, 188, 263; report of committee on petition, 296. Aylett, William, burgefs, x, 352, 378, 394, 411, 429; member of committee appointed to run divid,

Aylett,

ing line between Weftmoreland, Richmond and King George counties, 383; petition of, confidered by the Houfe, 210, 211; petitioner,
189.

Aylett 's Warehoufe, infpedlor's falary, 203; place where public dues fhall be paid, 203; rent
of,

202, 296.

44,

46.

of, mentioned, 102. Allen, Edward, burgefs, ix. Allen, Hannah, petitioner, 285. Allen, James, petition of Arthur Smith in behalf of, 139; report of committee on petition of Arthur Smith in behalf of, 142. Allen, John, account of money given him to bxiild a church, courthoufe, prifon, ftocks and pillory in Brunfwick County, 129; adl for vefting land in, 134, 139, 142, 146, 150, 166; burgefs, 272, 279, 288, 301, 309, 311, 321, 322, 339. 375. 393. 4". 420, 430; petitioner, 129, 285, 329; report of committee on petition, 343. Allen, Jofeph, lands and flaves to be fold for payment of his debts, 296, 299, 306, 309, 310, 316; mentioned, 285. Amelia County, adl for altering court day, 371, 374, 378, 384, 383, 386; burgeffes, ix; eftablifh-

Albany, treaty

B
Bacon, Baker,
Ball, Ball, Ball,

Ball,

Ball,

burgefs, viii, 35, 76, 137, 196. burgefs, ix, 340, 379. burgefs, 6, 15, 16, 51, n8, 173. George, burgefs, ix, 325, 393. James, burgefs, viii, Lx, 161, 244, 263, 393, 378; member of committee appointed to lay ofif bounds of Wiccocomico Parifh, 226; mentioned, 140; paid for fervice as burgefs, 313; petitioner, 186; report concenung bounds of Wiccocomico Parifh, 268. Jofeph, member of committee appointed to lay off boxmds of Wiccocomico Parifh, 226; report of, concerning botmds of Wiccocomico Parifh, 268. William, paid for fervices as infpedlor, 341; petitioner, 328.
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report of committee on petition, 296. Barber, Capt., warehoufe to be eftablifhed on land
of,

Banks, William, mentioned, 408;

petitioner, a88;

Barber, Thomas, brought to bar of Houfe, aSo; guiltv of a breach of the pri\'ileges of the Houfe, 272; mentioned, 355.

379.

Barham,

to fell land, 139, 143. petitioner, 138. Barnes, Richard, lands vefted in, 128, 130, 133, '35. 138, 166; petitioner, 122.
Charles,
145, 150, 166;

empowered

Barnes, Thomas, charged with fraudulently proctiring fignatxires to a petition, xvi, 31, 32; difcharged out of cuftody, 34; petitioner, 33. Bamet, Elizabeth, petitioner, 23.
W[illia]m, mentioned, 23. Barradall, Edward, attorney-general, x, 325, 330, 332. 334, 337. 339. 340. 342. 343. 345. 347. 354, 356. 358. 359. 362. 368. 372. 375. 378. 383. 384. 385. 392. 393. 394. 395. 396. 398. 400, 402, 406, 407, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419, 420, 422, 424, 428, 430, 431, 440; paid for carrying on profecution againft Col. Spotfwood. 335, 336. burgels, vii, 128, 134, 141, 172, Baffet, 196, 307, 223. Baffet, William, allowed additional rent for increafe of duty at Taskanask, 424; petitioner. 408. Battery, report of committee on condition of, 24, 26. Baugh, Peter, mentioned. 326, 327. Baylor, Robert, appointed to examine witneffes upon the undue eleAion of J. Robinfon. g. clerk of Comm. of C. of J., 394. Beale, Bean, Matthew, charged with fraudulently procuring fignatures to a petition, xvi. 31. Benford, Peter, figner of the Quakers' petition. 445. Berkeley, Edmund, burgefs. ix, 239, 245, 260, 273, 290. 322, 334, 371, 372, 393, 439; memorialift,

Bamet,

-, burgefs, 38. 46, 59. Boiling, _ Boiling, John, burgefs, vii, 25, 64, 65, 82, 88, 102, 118, 133. 173. 186, 223, 225. Boiling, Robert, allowed additional rent for expenfe in building warehoufe at Appomattox Point, 356; burgefs, viii, 3, 6, 29, 30, 34, 35, 48. 61, 67, 70, 72, 77. 79, 80, 104, 107, 109, 117. 118, 121, 123, 128, 129, 131, 133, 139, 140, 143, 150, 151, 15s, 161, 164, 172, 173, 177, 185. 188, 189, 192, 208, 209, 3IS, 323, 227. 232; petitioner. 342. Boiling's Warehoufe. place where public dues fhall be paid. 203; rent of, 202. Bonds, bill for re-enacting part of an a.A declaring how long they fhall be in force, 85, 90. 91, 103, 104, no; refolution in reference to bill for re-enadling part of an atft declaring how long they fhall be in force, 60. Booker, Edward, burgefs, ix, 245, 284, 311, 322, 362, 394Booker, Richard, perrmffion to withdraw petition, 252; petition, 245, 248. Boufh, Samuel, burgefs, viii, ix. ig, 41, 80, 107, 1x8, 130, 149, 183, ig6, 217, 227, 244, 245, 255. 287, 305, 350, 371, 399. Bowdoin, P., burgefs, ix, 22, 24, 244. 321, 364, 373, infpedlor, 119; 376, 377. 383. 384, 412;

paper by Thomas Carfon containing unjuft

on,

committee on petition of, 336. Bowler's Warehoufe, rent of, 202. Boyd's Hole Warehoufe, infpe(flor's falary, 203;
rent
of, 202.
bill

reflections report of

263,

269;

petitioner,

328;

363.

Bermuda Hundred, propofed

for the feat of government, xxxi, 342. Bermuda Hundred Warehoufe, infpedtor's falary, 203; place where public dues fhall be paid,

202. to veft certain entailed lands burgefs, vii, 3, 6, 22, 30, 37, in, 416, 417; 39, 43, 46, 60, 61, 67, 72, 78, 79, 81, 96. 102. 117, 126, 133, 150, 156, 162, 172, 178, 196, permiffion to withdraw 217, 224; 199, petition, 422; petitioner, 408. Bray, David, jr., mentioned, 127; petitioner, 48. Bray, David, sr., mentioned, 127, 139, 145, 166. Bray, James, mentioned, 133; petitioner, 395.

Brandon Warehoufe, repealed.

Braxton, George,

203; rent

of,

202.

Bray,

Bernard, Robert, guilty of a breach of the privileges of the Houfe, 427; petitioner, 189. Berry, Jofeph, mentioned, 402. Bethell, William, petitioner, 154. Beverley, William, burgefs, ix, 244, 245, 257, 284,
308, 321, 322, 323, 337, 354, 356, 378, 383, 386, 393, 407, 420, 424, 429, 431, 432, 433, 440. Beverley Manor, petition of inhabitants referred to

Thomas, agreement between, and John Randolph, confirmed, 136, 139, 140, 145, 166; committee appointed to enquire what lands have been fold purfuant to an adt
paffed at the laft feffion of affembly, 219, 384; empowered to fell land, 145, 147, 148, 149, 154, 166, 229; mentioned, xi; petition of James Bray in reference to adt empowering Thos. Bray to fell entailed lands and to purchafe flaves to be annexed to other lands, 395 petition of truftees, 330; petitioner, 127, 133; report of committee on account of the lands fold by, 228.
;

committee, 330. Blackburn, Richard, mentioned. 414. Blackmore, George, petitioner, 248. Black-water River, mentioned, 328, 335.
Blair,

burgefs,J3, 6. 10, 14, 16, 24, 25, 41, 46, 47, 61. 65, 74, 81, 86, 96, 102, 104, 117, 118. 121, 130, 133, 138, 140, 142, 146, 150, 152, 157, 160, 162, 183, 198, 211, 216, 218, 219, 320, 222, 226, 231, 244, 249, 253, 254, 255. 269, 293, 294, 296. 297, 300, 307, 308, 311, 312, 319, 321, 336, 341, 344, 351, 359, 362, 366, 369, 374, 381. 383, 438; member of
,

Bray's Church, bill for cradling town at, 413, 417, 430; leave given to bring in bill to eftablim town at. 336, 337, 404; mentioned, 295. Bray's Warehoufe, infpedior's falary, 203; rent of,
202.

Brent, George, paid for building new warehoufe, 360; petitioner, 353. Bridge Creek, mentioned, 348. Bridger, William, burgefs, ^^i, 6; mentioned, 119;
petitioner. 81. Briggs. Henry, petitioner, 12. Briggs. Samuel, petitioner, 7. Briftol Iron- Mine Co., report of committee on petition of, 19. Briftol, Parifh, adt for di\'iding, 214, 216, 222, 224, mentioned, 184. 287; petition of 234; inhabitants, 342; petition of veftrj', 413; report of committee on petition of veftry, report of committee on propofition 423; in reference to divifion of, 206; report of committee on propofition of inhabitants of upper part, 131. Broach, George, petitioner, 193. Brooks, Robert, mentioned, 248. Brooke, Robert, propofal of, in reference to furvey of Colony, 379; propofal of, to make a furvey of the Colony, referred to next feffion of Affembly, 404. Brown, William, committee to whom petition was referred asks for diredtion of the Houfe therein, 131; petitioner, 123; reimburfed for tobacco loft in Falmouth Warehoufe. 355. Bruff, Thomas, mentioned, 67. Brunfwick County, adl for adding part of the

committee appointed to enquire into condition of battery at Point Comfort. 9; refolution in reference to reimburfing him for his trouble and expenfe in going to Hampton, 50. Blair, Archibald, burgefs, vii; member of committee appointed to fupervife the publifhing the public laws, xviii. Blair, James, account of money given by G. A. to determine right of patronage of Bruton Parifh Church, 22, 23; ordered to lay before the Houfe account of money given him to defray expenfes of a law fuit between the lieutenant governor and veftry of Bruton Parifh, 21. Blair, John, burgefs, vii, x.
.

Bland,

Richard,

given

permiffion

to

withdraw

petition, 299; petition of Francis Poythrefs in reference to ferry from land of, 361; petitioner, 246, 248; report of committee

on petition

of,

250,

281.

Bjand, William, depofition of. 264. Bhffland Parifh. mentioned, petition of 363; inhabitants, 13, 355; report of committee

298.

on

petition,

365,

366.

Bobbit, Lewis, brought to bar of Houfe 282

291

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counties of Surry and Ifle of Wight to, 15a, 154, 163, 165; a(5l for adding part of to new county, 214, 216, 222, 224, 234; arms not pro\-ided for by Col. Spotfwood, 278; Benjamin Harrifon authorized to buy arms for, bridge over Meherrin River, 294; 387; bridge over Nottoway River, 294; bvirgeffes,

Cabbin Point Warehoufe,

204; rent
bill

infpe<ftor's falary,

203;

mentioned, 277; petition of proprietor, 414; place where public dues fhall be paid, 203,

Cape Henr>',

formation of, vii; mentioned, 11, 17, 34, 67. 78, 79, 84, 100, loi, 206, 220, 225, 292, 398, 413; motion in reference to money
vii, ix;

of, 202, 296. for erecfling Ught-houfe at, xviii, 42, 44, 45, 47, 50; committee ordered to bring in bill for ere<5ling light-houfe at, 12; mentioned, 5; refolution in reference to ere<5ting

appropriated to buy arms for, 331; ordered that bill be brought in to join parts of the counties of Surry and Ifle of Wight to, 149; ordered that Col. Spotfwood lay before the Houfe account of money appropriated for ere<Stion of, 83; report of committee on propofition in reference to enlarging, 147; return of writ for ele<fting burgeffes, 248;

light-houfe at, 8. Capitol Landing Warehoufe, infpe<5lor's falary, 203; rent of, 202. Capitol Square, encroachments upon by Alexander Ker, 312. Caroline County, adl to oblige cotirt of, to levy on the tithables in the county a proportion of the wages of the burgeffes of Effex, King

Andrew Parifh, 155, 335, 340, 357, 363, 367, 375. 376. Brunfwick Parifh, mentioned, 200. Bruton Parifh, account of money given by G. A. to determine right of patronage of, 22, 23; truftees ordered to lay before the Houfe account of money given them to defray expenfes of a law fuit between the lieutenant
St.

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Queen and King William counties, 97, 99, 105, no; act to oblige to reimbiirfe Wm. Woodford damages fuftained by means
loi,

governor and veftry of, 21. Bryan, Morgan, report of committee on petition,
337-

Buck, Nathaniel, mentioned, 82. burgefs, 60, 61, Buckner,

,

65, 67, 244, 280, 311, 321, 330, 368, 371, 372, 378, 393, 429Buckner, John, burgefs, x. Buckner, Richard, burgefs, \-ii, 62; mentioned, 173. Buckner, Samuel, petitioner, 412; report of committee on petition, 425.

Buckner, Thomas, mentioned, 11. Burch, Richard, petitioner, 16. Burdett, William, accufed of mifdemeanor, 347, 348; guilty of breach of the privileges of the Houfe, 275.
Burgefs, Charles, burgefs,
77, 81, 82, 85,
viii, 6, 30, 33, 49, 60, 68, 102, 104, 107, 108, 118, 122, 138, 139, 142, 150, 152, 153.
1

125, 128, 133, 161; executors empowered to ell land to pay his debts and legacies, 194, 197, 201, 209, 234; mentioned, 173, 186. Biu-geffes, a(5t to prevent them from being made fheriffs, 70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 81, 82, no, 118; acft to regulate payment of wages, xvii, xxi, xxii, 99, 102, 103, 107, 108, 109, no, 161, 306, 310, 312, 313, 315; addrefs to governor, 7, 59, 60, 108, 119, 120, 162, 164, 179, 232, 246, 324, 383, 394, 438; addrefs to king, 20, bill for paying falary in 106, 230, 314; money, 45, 46; bill to regulate pavTnent of wages, 39, 40, 41, 42; copy of oath taken by,

of the efcape of a prifoner, 145, 147, 148, 157, 166; burgeffes, vii, ix, 57, 141, 348; eredtion of, vii, 36, 38, 39. Caroline County, jxiftices of, paid for building two warehoufes, 409; mentioned, 105, 132, 188, 402, 203, 245, 248, 250, 287, 292, 303, 324, 334. 336. 42 ordered that new writ be iffued for elecfling burgefs, 173, 322; petition in reference to pubhc ferry, 178; petition of juftices. 345, 401; petition of fheriff, 347; propofition in reference to amending laws for recovery of fmall debts, referred to committee, 258; propofition in reference to court days, reje(fted, 66; propofition in reference to diWding St. Margaret Parifh, rejecfted. 350; propofition in reference to divifion of two Earifhes, referred to committee, 332; propotion in reference to ferry, rejecfted, 66; propofition in reference to payment of debts and leWes, 65; propofitions rejected, 262; reimburfed expenfe of building two warehoufes, 359; report of committee on propofition, 182, 196, 284; return of writ for eleifting burgeffes, 248, 305, 356; writ for ele<fting burgefs in place of Jonathan Gibfon, 275Carr (Car), Thomas (?), burgefs, \'ii, 67, 134, 136. 137;

Carfon,

reflections

Thomas, paper by, containing unjuft upon Peter Bowdoin, 263, 269.

382; meffage from covincil, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30, 36, 67, 68, 76, 80, 81, 85, 87, 90, 100, loi, 103, 105, 107, 109, IIS, 125, 136, 138, 143. 145. 150. '54. 155. 157. 159, 160, 162, 163, 164, 199, 209, 213, 217, 221, 222, 224,
225, a86, 308, 349. 377. 430, 226, 289, 309, 352. 378, 431,

227, 290, 310, 357. 379. 432,

3,

229, 294, 311, 362, 380, 433,

8,

230, 299, 312. 364, 381, 441,

231, 301, 313, 365. 383. 442;

232, 303, 314, 371. 385.

271, 304, 315. 372. 386,

273, 306, 348, 376, 421.

contefted election of, 282; petitioner, 195, 200, 286; report of committee on petition, 208, 209, 294, 296. Carter, Charles, burgefs, ix, 239, 245, 248, 250, 252, 254, 257, 259, 261, 263, 265, 280, 284, 295. 30. 319. 322, 323. 324, 327, 329, 33i, 337. 338, 345. 348, 349. 353. 354. 363. 365. 370. 374. 375. 378. 380, 382, 384, 393, 394. 401, 402, 407, 411, 420, 427, 428, 432, 440; contefted election of, 251, 256, 263. Carter, John, paid for fer\'ices as doorkeeper of the covmcil, 441.
Carter, Charles, Carter, John, fecretar)', memorial of, 157; petition rejecfted, 360, 425; petitioner, 200, 325, 350, 408; report of committee on petition, 336. Carter, Landon, petitioner, 281 report of committee on petition, 296. Carter, Prif cilia, petitioner, 200. Carter, Robert, acft to enable him to pay the debts of Mann Page, and to entitle him to receive interef t on the money which he hath advanced or fhall advance and to charge the eftate with repajTnent of principal and intereft, 134, 146, 148, 152, 155, 166; mentioned, 7, 200; part of eftate of, vefted in Robert Carter, fon and heir of Robert Carter, the yoiuiger, 206, 207, 208, 214, 217, 234; petitioner, 131. Carter, Thomas, petitioner, 10 1, 103. Carthagena, mentioned, xiii, xxxi. Cary, Henrj', acft in reference to entailed lands of, in Warwick County, 74, 76, 77, 81, in; ordered to lay before the Hoiife account of money given him to defray charges of a law fuit between the lieutenant governor and petitioner, 64 veftry of Bruton Parifh, 2 1 report of committee on petition of, 65.
; ;

meffage from

governor,

21, 52, 6i, 64, 73, 109, 121,

319, 326, 385. 386, 399; ordered that workmen be employed to enlarge chamber of, 315: petition to Parhament and addrefs to king in reference to tobacco trade, xxiii; petition to the king, 92, 96; qualification of voters, xxviii, 286, 290, 291, 294, 301, 307, 308, 315; refolve for
126, 158, 240, 247, 315,

paying wages in money,

governor,
4. 5, 57, 58, 59,

in; fpeech from

171, 180, 234, 235, 316, 320, 387, 391, 437, 442, BurweD, Lewis, burgefs, ix, 244, 245, 301, 321, 322, 330, 393; entail of lands docked, 296, 299, 304, 307, 309, 315; petitioner, 207, 258. Byrd (Bird), William, a(5t for paying bounty upon hemp, 99, 103, no; claimant, 424; ordered that bill be brought in for paying bounty upon hemp, 91; petition referred to committee, 343; petitioner, 77, 339; report of committee on petition, 345.

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Carv
ii8, 173, 44; Miles, clerk of Comm. of P. C, E., 6, 244. 394; paid clerk of Comm. of P. of P. C, 30, for fervices as clerk of Comm.

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89, 158. Catlet, Martha, petitioner, 402. Catlet, Thomas, mentioned, 402keepmg too Cattle aft to reftrain inhabitants from great a mmiber of, in town of Delaware, 149, 150, 152, 156, 166. Cave, Benjamin, petitioner, 337.

brought Cavenavigh, Philemon, ordered that bill be Rappahannock in for appointing ferry over River from ford of, 129. ChalVm, Chriftopher, mentioned, 65. Chamberlayne, William, adl for veftmg certam menflaves of, in tniftees for the ufes therem tioned, 428, 430, 432, 433. 434; bxu-gefs, ix;
mentioned, x, 245. 264, 278, 420. Chamberlayne's Warehoufe, repealed, 202;

of opinion in relation to benefit of, 144. 148, 150, 154, 165. Clerk of General Court, refolution in reference to fee given for profecution of criminals, 159. Clerks of county courts, aft for better fettling fees of, 150. 153. 157. 160, 165. Clopton, Walter, letter from, 146. Coan Warehoufe, rent of, 202. Cobbs, Robert, petition rejefted. 341; petitioner, 326. Cobbs, Samuel, petitioner, 330. Cohongorooton. petition of inhabitants referred to

fome doubts and differences

committee. 330. Coleman. Richard, agreement between, and William & Francis Thornton, for exchange of entailed
lands, confirmed, 134, 137, 148. 152. 156, 166; petitioner, 131. Coles, John, depofition of. 264. College Landing Warehoufe. infpeftor's falary, 203; rent of, 202. CoUett, John, appointed doorkeeper, 323; paid for fervices as doorkeeper of the Houfe, 441. Collier, John, mentioned. 329. Collier. Rebecca, petition of Thomas Lankford in

men-

tioned, 286. ^. , , , , Champ, John, burgefs, vii; contefted eledtion ol, 195, 208; petitioner, 263. Chapman, Richard, certain entailed lands in William County vefted in, 416, 417, 422. 423, 429, 434; mentioned, 415. Charles City County, burgeffes, vii, ix, 407; certain entailed lands in, vefted in Philip Lightfoot, 406, 407, 413, 416, 418, 434; mentioned, 130, 134. 275, 396; ordered that writ be iffued for elecfting burgeffes, 323; petition of ininhabitants, of petition habitants, 67; propofition in reference to rejecled, 69;

Kmg

behalf
Colwel,

of,

329. 342.

Edward, claimant,

Combs, Jofeph, claimant, 398. Compton, William, mentioned, 359. Conftance's Warehoufe, infpeftor's

obliging the counties in the Northern Neck public warehoufes were burnt to make good the lofs, rejedled, 130; report of committee on propofition for paying officers' return of fees and levies in money, 135; writ for eledling burgeffes, 10, 248, 356; Weftover Parifh, 74. fheriff, 18; Cheadle, John, figner of the Quakers' petition, 445. Cherryftone's Warehoufe, infpedlion, 202; infpecSor's falary, 203; rent of, 202.

falary, 203; rent of, 202. Convift fervants. bill declaring them to be entitled to freedom dues. 291. 293. 294. Convift women fervants. bill concerning. 417, 419,

where

424. Convifts. bill for better government of. 87. 88; duty upon to be paid by buyers. 275, 288, 289, 290. Conway, Edwin, burgefs, viii, ix, 3, 6, 16, 28, 39,
41, 45, 46, 60, 61, 63, 67, 71, 72, 81, 83, 85, 86, 104, 107, 108, 109, 117, 125, 126, 134, 138, 139. 142. 144, 146, 147, 150, 152, 156, 159, 160. 162, 172. 177. 198. 199. 200. 206,

Chefapeak Bay, mentioned, 92, 93. Chew, John, petitioner, 154. Chickahominy Indians, resolution in reference to
interpreter for,
30.

Chickahominy Swamp, propofition from Henrico County in reference to, rejedled, 66. Chiles, Walter, fheriff of Caroline County, 250. Chilton, Edward, mentioned, 397. Chimneys, wooden, adl to prevent building of in towns of Southampton and Norfolk, 140,
144, 146, 166, 130. Chifwell, Charles, petitioner,

184.

Chopawanfwick Creek, mentioned, 73. Chnft Church Parifh, petition of inhabitants of upper part of, 262; report of committee on
petition of inhabitants, 272. Churchil, Armiftead, petitioner, 207. City Point, ordered that a bill be prepared for appointing a ferry from, to Shirley Hundred,
127.

212, 214. 215. 216. 218. 222. 226. 240, 244, 24s, 246, 248, 250, 253, 256. 260, 263. 265. 269. 272. 274, 281, 282, 283, 285, 286, 287, 292, 298, 301, 305, 312, 313, 314, 319, 326, 327, 332, 334, 335, 338, 340, 347. 348. 351, 352, 354. 356, 357. 362, 363, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 374. 375. 376, 381, 383. 386, 392, 407, 411, 413, 414, 416, 418, 420, 424, 425. 431. 432. 433. 438. 439. 441; petitioner, 186. Conway's Warehoufe, infpeftor's falary, 203; tioned, 213, 401; place where public fhall be paid, 203; rent of, 202.

211, 239, 255. 280, 294, 322, 345. 359. 372, 398, 422,

231, 254, 278, 293, 321, 342, 358. 370, 393. 421, 440,

mendues

Copper money, propofition from Northampton in

reference to, 14. Corbin, Gawin, burgefs,
251, 271, 290. 327. 368,
252, 273, 291. 328, 371,
ix, 240. 244. 245. 248. 249, 257, 258, 259, 260, 263, 269, 277, 279, 280, 281, 284, 288, 301. 310. 312, 319. 321. 322. 343, 344, 347. 358, 361, 367. 376, 399, 408, 416, 417, 438. 440; mentioned. 324. 336; petitioner. 9; report of committee on petition of, 29. Corbin, Thomas, mentioned, 105; petitioner, 143. Corotoman Warehoufe, infpeftor's falary, 203; rent of, 202. Council, metfage to burgeffes, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30, 36, 67, 68, 76, 80, 81, 85, 87. 90. 100. loi, 103, 105, 107, 109, 125, 136, 138, 143. 145. 150, 154, 155. 157. '59. 160, 163, 164, 199, 209. 213, 217, 221, 222, 224, 225, 226, 227, 229, 230, 231, 232, 271. 273. 286. 289. 290, 294, 299. 301. 303. 34. 36, 308, 309. 310. 3". 312. 313. 314. 315. 348, 349, 352, 357, 362, 364, 365. 371. 372, 376, 377. 378. 379. 380, 381, 383, 385. 386, 421, 430. 431. 432, 433. 441, 442. Courtney, John, petitioner, 154. Courts of Juftice, bill for preventing delays in, 39, 41, 49; ordered that bill be prepared for continuing aft for preventing delays in. 127. Cox, William, claimant. 178; petitioner. 254; report of committee on petition of. 254. Cradock. William, letter from. 146. Crawford (CrafJord, Craford). William, burgefs, viii. ix. 16, 22. 70. 132, 255. 263. 288. 300, 340. 347. 350; fheriff of Norfolk County, 173.

Claiborne (Clayborn),

Leonard, burgefs, ix, 244, 321, 351. 371. 372. 393, 415. 416, 423; petition rejedted, 361; petitioner, 348. Claiborne, Thomas, bill in reference to lands and flaves of, 25, 27, 30, 33.
Clayton, John, attorney-general, xv, 16, 19, 22, 35,
37. 39. 40. 42, 69. 70. 71. 74. 99, 100, 105, 126. 128, 129,

255, 275, 292. 337, 372,

'46, '56, 185, '94. 195. 207, 209, 221, 222,

143. '55. 184.

appointed to fupervife the publifhing the public laws, xviii; paid for collating a copy of the laws, 225; paid for fervices as chairman of C. of J., 38; refolution in reference to fee given, for profecution of criminals, 159; refolution in reference to empowering, to make alterations in the chamber of Houfe of Burgeffes, 39. Clergy, aft for better fupport of, xvi, 28, 29, 34, 35, 37. 40. 52; a<a for taking away benefit of in fome cafes, 71, 75, 80, 84, no; aft for fettling

279; of committee

147, 157. 186, 196. 212, 213, 214, 215, 217, 219, 220, 223, 224, 227, 228, 229, 266, 278, burgefs, viii, 23, 25, 28, 35; member

43. 44. 45, 48, 59, 60, 61, 62, 75. 76, 78, 79. 84, 85, 88, 92. 107, 108, 117, 118, 123, 124, 131, 134, 136, 138, 140, 142, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, IS4, 159. 164, 172, 173, 177, 180, 187, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 206,

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Creeks,
a<5t for clearing, 342, 348, 354, 363, 37J, 378, 386; bill to amend adl to prevent pollution of, 401, 410, 411, 415, 416, 421. Crew, John, figner of the Quakers' petition, 445. Criminals, acft for altering method of trial, 338, 343, 344, 347, 352, 386; atft for eafy trial of, before juftices of oyer and terminer, xvii, 199, 206, 211, 213, 214, 221; adl regulating trial of, for capital offenfes, 222, 233. Crows, adl for killing, in counties of Accomack and Northampton, 22, 24, 27, 52, 151, 153, 155; bill for killing, 62, 63, 66, 138, 144, 145, 193, 197, 198. Crutchfield, petition of freeholders of Hanover County in reference to eftablifhing warehovife at, 74. Cvu"tis, Rice, burgefs, ix, 275, 290, 319, 332, 339, memorial of, in behalf of Spotfylvania 342 County, 353; memorial referred to committee, 361; report of committee on memorial, 369.
;

Difborow, Benjamin, claim rejedled, 46; petitioner,

69.

Difkins,

of cuftody, 430; 414; petitioner, 429. Dixon, John, petitioner, 9; report of committee on
gtiilty of illegal adtion,

John,

difcharged

out

petition, 29.

Doran, burgefs, ix, 299, 367, 380. Douglas, George, petitioner, 364 report of committee on petition, 370. Douglafs, John, adl to confirm fale of lands to John
, ;

Frayfer, 79, 84. 87, in; petitioner, report of committee to whom petition
referred, 78.

67;

was

Douglas Ferry, mentioned,

67.

Doyl, Edward, claimant, 82. Drummond, William, claimant, 406. Dryfdale Parifh, mentioned, 262; propofition in reference to divifion of, referred to committee,

Dudley, Rob[ert], commiffioner,

9.

Ctiftis,

John, commiffioner,
frauds, xxviii, 123, 124, 125, 136, 146, 147, 149, 152, 183, 190, 192, ig8, 223, 224, 233, 253, 304. 307. 310. 315, 368, 371, 376, 377, 416, 421.

3.

Dvmbar, Hancock,
120, 144, 165, 213, 274, 366, 411, lai, I4S, 181, 221, 285, 367, 415,

petitioner, 217, 220.

Cuftoms

108, 104, 137, 140, 141, 157, 159, 161, 201, 207, 209, 255, 256, 259, 347. 359. 364. 379, 386, 410,

E
Eaftem Shore,
adl for deftroying crows and fquir271, 412, 417, 418. Eaftem Shore Burgeffes, method of paffage to and from G. A., altered, 301, 308, 311, 312, 313, 315; motion in reference to allowing them fame wages as are allowed to other burgeffes, 310. Eaton, John, burgefs, vii, ix, 10, 14, 64, 65, 134, 138, 163, 219, 226, 244, 263, 280, 285, 312, 321, 330; mentioned, 392.
rels, 212, 213, 234, 269,

D
Dale Parifh, adl for
relief of inhabitants, 300, 304,

mentioned, 413, 423. Dandridge, William, commiffioner, 3. Dangerfield (Daingerfield), William, burgefs, vii,
308, 311. 313. 315;
19, 84, 85,

Eaton, Thomas, mentioned, 89. Edloe, John, mentioned, 397; petitioner,

6,

74.

Edmunds, Thomas,

burgefs,

x,

260,

307,

312;

Daniel,

117, 119, 126, 172, 195, 217. Peter, reimburfed for tobacco loft in Fal-

108,

mouth warehoufe, 355. Davenport, Bedford, guilty of a breach of the privileges of the Houfe, 351. Davis, Jofhua, paid for fervices as under fheriflf, 360; petitioner, under fheriff of Stafford 272; County, 328, Davis's Warehoufe, infpedlor's falary, 203; rent of,
202.

mentioned, 323. Edwards, John, petition rejedled, 9; reimburfed for tobacco loft in Falmouth Warehoufe, 355. Edzard, Efdras Theodor, petition rejedled, 9.
Egglefton, Jofeph, burgefs,
102;
vii,

10,

14, 64, 65,

loi,

mentioned, 119. Elizabeth City County, adt to enable juftices of peace of, to take lands given by Thomas
for charitable purpofes, 91, 96, 99, 103, no; burgeffes, vii, ix; Elizabeth City Parifh, Hampton, 269; Hampton 214; Parifh, 191; juftices' petition, 407; juftices reimburfed for building fhed to warehoufe at Hampton, 424; mentioned, xvi, 123, 199, 201, 209; ordered that meffage be fent to governor to order new writ for eledling a burgefs, 119; petition of inhabitants, 11, 289; petition of juftices, 89; return of writ for eledling burgeffes, 10, 248. Elizabeth City Parifh, adl to enable minifter and chxu-ch wardens of, to take lands given by Thomas Eaton for charitable purpofes, 91, 96, 99, 103, no; bill for diffolving veftry and appointing new eledlion, 26, 27, 29, 44, 47; mentioned, 214; petition of church wardens petition referred to committee, 18; of, 89; report of committee on petition of, 23; refolution in reference to bill for diffolving veftry,
25-

Eaton

Dawfon, William, appointed chaplain, 323,

438. 441.

393,

infpetftor's falary, 203; 202. Debts, book, adl prefcribing the method of proving, 138, 144, 154. Debts, fmall, adl for more fpeedy and eafy recovery of, 198, 199, 215, 219, 222, 233; adl to prevent perfons contradling, to remove their effedls out of the county where they refide, 293, 301, 307, 309, 315; bill to further amend laws now in force concerning, 269, 288, 290, 291; leave gi%'en to bring in bill for further amendment of adl now in force concerning, 249; ordered that bill be prepared for continuing adl for fpeedy and eafy recovery of, J27. Deeds, bill for altering method of acknowledging, proving and recording, 422, 429, 431. Deep Creek Warehoufe, mentioned, 409 proprietor's petition, 400; rent of, 202. Deer, penalty for killing, 213, 217, 222, 226, 233; prefervation of breed, 280, 284, 372, 374, 377, 380, 381, 383, 386. Delafhumate, John, petitioner, 178. Delaware, town of, adl to reftrain keeping too great a number of cattle, horfes, and fheep, and to prevent hogs from running at large in, 149, 150, 152, 156, 166; mentioned, 136. Delony, Lewis, mentioned, 329. Denbigh Warehoufe, rent of, 202. Dennis, William, petition rejedled, 2i; petitioner, 208. Denfon, John, figner of the Quakers' petition, 445. Denfon, William, figner of the Quakers' petition, 445. Dickins, Daniel, claimant, 424. Dickfon, Thomas, petitioner, 198. burgefs, 64, 65, loi, 102, Diggs (Digges), 117, 240, 245, 280, 309, 322, 327, 361, 368, 393. Diggs (Digges), Dudley (Dudly), burgefs, vii, 62. Edward, burgefs, x, 300; dif charged out of cuftody, 301.

Deacon's Neck Warehoufe,

rent
of,

Elizabeth River Parifh, adl concerning, 217, 220,

224, 227, 234; petition of minifter and veftrypetition of minifter and veftry, rejedled, 357; petition of veftry, 196; petition rejedled, 356. Elk Creek, mentioned, 373. EUigood, Jacob, burgefs, ix, 255, 288, 340, 345, 393, 411, 423Ellis, John, voter in contefted eledlion, 426. Ellyfon, Robert, figner of the Quakers' petition,

men, 347;

445-

Embry, Henry,

burgefs,

ix,

294, 319, 335, 357, 376;

16.

mentioned, 64; petition,

245, 322, 372, 394. Eskridge, George, biirgels, vni, xvi, 5, 7, 10, 11, 13, 16, 19, 29, 30, 31, 39, 51, 61, 62, 85, 88, 100, 106, 117, 124, 128, 130, 131, 133, 134, 136, 137, 138, 139, 141, 142, 144. 146, 148, 150, 152 161, 163, 164, 172, 173, 191, 208, 216, 217, 219; contefted eledlion of, 18; duly eledled as burgefs, 32. Eskridge, Samuel, petitioner, 253; report of committee on petition, 297. Effex County, burgeffes, vii, ix, 137, 141; Caroline
ix,

Epps, Francis, burgefs,

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24,a9..3o. 33. 36, in relation to the ^9 52- grievance from, inconvenient fituation of two warehoufes, Hobb s Hole referred to a committee, 130; Warehoufe, 419; juftices' petition, 408;

County formed from part of,

?8

new wareiuftices reimburfed for building houfes, 425; mentioned, 137, 138. '42, MS. meffage be lent 151 262, 420; ordered that for electing a to governor to order new writ the burburgefs, 119; part of the wages of tithageffes for, to be paid by a levy on the i5. bles of Caroline County, 97, 99. 1'. no- propoiition in reference to adt for amendfeffion ing ftaple of tobacco, referred to next reference to of affembly, 399; propofition in amending aA for appointing and diffolving referveftries, rejeaed, 403; propofition in ence to convids, 331; propofition in reference to hogs, rejedled, 65; report of committees to whom propofitions were referred, ereA284, 399; refolution in reference to
ing a new county on the head of, 13; return of writ for eledling burgeffes, 10, 248; St. Anne Parifh, 126, 195; fherifi, 14; Tappa13,

ix, 194, i99. 211, 217, 244, 245. 248, 249, 250, 254, 257, 268, 269, 275, 279, 280, 284, 285, 306, 308, 309, 310, 319, 321, 322, 325. 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 337. 338, 339. 340, 342, 343. 344, 348, 349. 350. 352. 353. 354, 355. 359. 361, 363. 364, 365. 366, 367, 373, 374. 375. 376. 377. 378, 380, 386, 392, 393. 394, 395. 396. 399. 402, 404, 407, 408, 410, 411, 415, 418, 419, 420, 422, 423, 429, 432, 441Fitzhugh, John, burgefs, viii, 6, 62, 63, 68, 69, 76, 79, 80, 96, 173. Richard, member of Council, xxi, 3; Fitzwilliam, paper containing injurious reflexions upon the Houfe entered in Council journal, by, 83, 85,

Fitzhugh, Henry, burgefs,

227, 263, 288, 323, 332. 345. 356, 368, 381, 400, 416, 438, 228, 265, 290, 324, 336. 346, 357. 370, 383. 401, 417, 440,

87. 91. 97. 98. 99-

Fleet's

Bay, inhabitants allowed to carry tobacco

to Indian Creek infpecftion, 279.
btirgefs, vii, 62, 64, 65, 102, 118, 134, 152, 161, 163, 179, 183, 186, 187, 205, 207, 208, 217. Robert, bvirgefs, ix, 271, 322; petitioner, ,
arft

Fleming (Flemming), John,

hannock, 262.
151; mentioned, 229. Exchange, bills of, a(5l for afcertaining damage upon protefted bills of exchange, xx, 85, 90, 91,

Ewell, Samuel, burgefs,

vii,

292. Fletcher, Benjamin, to reimburfe

to oblige Caroline

County
fus-

Wm. Woodford damages

104, Excife Bill, xiv.

103,

no.

Executors and adminiftrators, nit to prevent loffes

to, by the fale of negroes, etc., and for amending the law in relation to, and for maintaining actions of account againft, 25, 27, 28,

of the efcape of, from prifon, 145, 147, 148, 157, 166. Fontaine (Fountain) Francis, appointed chaplain, 6, 118, 173; paid for fervices as chaplain, 38,

tained

by means

89, 158.

29, 42, 43, 44, 46, 88, 89, 90,

103, 104, 105,

Fontaine, James, claimant, 184. Forbes, Alexander, propofition of, in reference to

107,

no.

vagabond couples,
374, 376, 380.

11.

Ford, William, claimant, 199; petitioner, 193, 252. Foreign Proteftants, bill for encouragement of, 373,

member of committee appointed Fairfax, to run dividing line between Weftmoreland, Richmond and King George Counties, 383. Falmouth Warehoufe, infpeAors' petition, 338; infpedlor's f alary, 203; mentioned, 180, 286, place petition of infpecftors, 154; 329; where public dues fliall be paid, 204; proclamation concerning reward for capture of perfon or perfons who burnt, 158; proprietor's petition, 421; rent of, 202, 296; refolution in reference to reward for capture of perfon or perfons who bximt, 156; reward for capture of perfon or perfons who burnt,
167.

Fountain, Francis, fee Fontaine, Francis. appointed chaplain, 245. Fox, Fox, Henry, burgefs, vii, viii, 136, 149, 152, 155,
,

185.

Francis, William, appointed doorkeeper, 7, 173, 244; paid for fervices as doorkeeper, 38, 8g, 158, 441. Frazer, John, adt to confirm title to lands purchafed of John Douglafs, 79, 84, 87, in; mentioned,
78.

Frazier's Point, mentioned, 412.

Fantleroy,

tefted

burgefs, ix, 245, 276, 280; conof, member of 248, 251; committee appointed to run dividing line
ele<5tion

Wm.,

between Weftmoreland, Richmond and King George Counties, petitioner, i8g. 383; Farrar, John Sutton, adl to veft in Wm. Randolph lands purchafed of, by Thos. Randolph, 102, 103, 105, 108, in; report of committee to

Frederick Coimty, eftablifhment of, xxxi. Frederickfburg, adl for allowing fairs to be held in, committee 338, 340, 344, 349, 350, 387; inftrudled to bring in bill for altering days for holding fairs in, 420; days for holding fairs in, changed, 419, 422, 423, 430, 431, 432, 434; leave given to bring in bill for allowing fairs to be held in, 332, 420; mentioned,
181,

369.

whom
Farrar,

petition

was

referred, 102.
fell

Frederickfburg Warehoufe, infpeAor's falary, 203; rent of, 202. Frederickfville Company, mentioned, 184.

Thomas, empowered to

certain entailed

lands, 21, 22, 35, 36, 38, 52. Farrar, William, empowered to fell certain entailed lands, 21, 22, 35, 36, 38, 52. Fees, a(5l for afcertaining fees of certain officers, 42, 46, 49, 52, 150, 153, 157, 160, 165, 188, 190, 205, 219, 233; a(5t for regulating and colle<5ling, 263, 270, 271, 299, 300, 306, 308, 3I5, 339. 346, 350, 352, 353, 354, 358, 364, 308, 371, 372, 376, 386; bill to amend aift for afcertaining coUedlors' and naval

Freeman, Anne, petitioner, 190. Freeman, Robert, petitioner, 190. French, Hugh, mentioned, 272.
Fry, Jofhua, propofal of, in reference to furvey of Colony, 379; propofal of, to make a furvey of the Colony, referred to next feffion of affembly, 404. Furs, adl to prevent frauds in duty on, 358, 362, 375,
379. 383. 38s. 386.

415, 416, 421, 428; leave given to bill to amend aA for afcertaining coUedlors' and naval officers' fees, 401 refolution in reference to a<ft for regulating and coUedting, 333, 334. Fergufon, Patnck, petitioner, 197. Femes, adt for appointing, 143, 154, 201, 207, 214, 220, 222, 226, 234, 295, 364, 378, 380, 381,

officers',

bring in

Gaming, adt to prevent exceffive and

22, 23, 24, 26. Garland, Peter, fheriff of

deceitful, 20,

Hanover, 256.

387.422,423.430.431.432.434. Femes, county, act for fettling rates of,

.

277, 292, 29s, 296, 303, 305, 306, 315. public, aft for appointing, 292, 296, 303, _. ,, 30s, 306, 315. Field, Theophilus, brought to bar of Houfe, 282, 291 letter from, 290. Finch, Philip, paid for fervices as fergeant at arms 38, 89, 158, 441; fergeant at arms, 3.

Femes,

'

Garnett, James, mentioned, 195. Gafcoigne, Thomas, petitioner, 285, General Court, adl for expediting and better fettling proceedings in, 39, 41, 49, 52; a(5l to continue an adl for empowering any judge to take bail when court is not fitting, and to oblige defendants to pay cofts upon overruling a plea in abatement, and for allowing a perfon to plead feveral matters, 132, 136, 165; ordered that bill be prepared for continuing adt for expediting proceedings in, 127. George II, addrefs from burgeffes, 20.

German

Proteftants, adl to exempt, from

payment

455

of parifh levies, xx, 76, 77, 79, 85, iii; petition of, 40. German Town, petition of inhabitants of, 63. Germanna, ordered that bill be brought in for removing court hoxife of Spotfylvania County

American plantations,
fented to Parliament

of, in

petition pre155; reference to the

from, 124. Gibfon, Jonathan, burgefs, ix; contefted ele<ftion of, 248, 245, 250; mentioned, 305; not duly eledled burgefs, 274; paid for fervices as burgefs

up to time he was voted unduly

petition, 296.

elecfted,

petitioner, 264, 345; reimburfed expenfe of building warehoufe, 359; report of

313;

committee on

Gibfon's Landing, mentioned, 178. Gibfon's rolling houfe, mentioned, 66. Gibfon's Warehoufe, infpedlion, 202; jnfpeAor's falary, 203; mentioned, 213, 225; rent of,
202, 296.
Gilly's Creek,

ix, 257, 284, 289, 381; fheriff, 392. Greenhill, Frances, petitioner, 86. Greenhill, Jofeph, mentioned, 86. Greenhill, Pafchall, mentioned, 86. Griffin, Francis, mentioned, 272. Griffin, John, petition rejedted, 225; petitioner, 213. Griffin, Margaret, paid for building a wharf at Hobb's Hole Warehoufe, 425; petition rejedted, 425; petitioner, 419. Grymes (Grimes) Charles, burgefs, viii, 3, 5, 30, 40, 68, 69, 96, 99, 117, 118, 122, 123, 124, 172,

tobacco trade, 159. Green, Robert, burgefs,

174.

Grymes, John, commiffloner,

ordered to be given

mentioned,

70.

of, 339, 346, 351. 357. 358. 364, 371. 372, 374, 377Glebes, adt direfting fale of, 217, 220, 224, 227, 234. Gloucefter, petition of inhabitants, 195; wooden chimneys not to be built in, 210, 216, 222, 225. 234. Gloucefter(Glocefter, Glofter) County, burgeffes,'vii, ix, 19s; Kingftone Parifh, i8g; mentioned, 23, 61, 199, 201, 203, 209; ordered that writ be iffued for eledling burgefs for, 392 petition in reference to tobacco fuckers, 177; Petsworth, 189; report of committee on propofition of, 182; return of writ for electing burgeffes, 10, 248, 414; fherifif, 18; Ware Parifh, 191. Gloucefter Warehoufe, infpedlor's falary, 203; rent of, 202.
;

Glafcock's Warehoufe, rent of, 202. Glebe lands, bill for better prefervation

;Si5o to defray expenfes in prefenting to the king a petition relating to the Northern Neck, 107; petitioner, 65, 220, 329; receiver general, 107. Guilford's Warehoufe, infpedlor's falary, 203; mentioned, 276; rent of 202. Greene (Graeme, Grame), account of the money given Col. Spotfwood for public ufes, 34; Col. Spotfwood 's attorney, 17, 27; letter from, in reference to difpofition of money given Col. Spotfwood for eredling two coun,

ties, 27;

petitioner, 32.

H
Hackley, James, mentioned, 336; ordered that bill be brought in for fettling ferry at plantation
127; report of committee to whom petition was referred, 105. Hackley's Landing, petition of inhabitants of King George County in reference to ferry from, 324.
of,

Godfrey, Matthew, mentioned, 347, 357. Godwin, Jofeph, burgefs, vii, 6, 81; infpeiflor, 119. Gold, foreign, a(5t to prevent cutting of, into pieces, xvi Gooch, William, Lieutenant Governor of Va., 3, 59; mentioned, xiii, xvii, xxii, xxvii, xxxiii; fee Governor.
bill for dividing, 409, 410, 411; burgeffes, vii, i.x; formation of, vii; mentioned, 65, 81, 82, III, 206, 415; ordered that writ be iffued for elediing burgefs, 323; petition rejected, 373; propofition in reference to eftablifhing town on north fide James river referred to next feffion, 70; propofition in reference to forming new county from part of, referred to committee, 332; report of committee on petition, 371; report of committee on propofitions, 184, 193, 200, return of writ for elediing bxirgeffes, 405 248, 356. Goods, adl to enable fale of, diftrained for' rent, 88, 8g, 91, 103, no. Goods, ftolen, adt for punifhing receivers of, 71, 75,
;

Hale, Jofeph, mentioned, 178.

Hamilton

Goochland County,

Parifh, mentioned, 200; ordered that be brought in for dividing, 125. Hampton, adl to prevent hogs from running at large, 65, 66, 68, 76, no; mentioned, 47; ordered that bill be brought in to prevent hogs from running at large in, 65 petition of inhabibill
;

tants, 269, 289.

Hampton Parifh, mentioned, 191. Hampton Warehoufe, mentioned,

Hanover County,
bill

424; rent of, 202. for dividing, 373, 374, 378, 379, 382, 416, 422, 427; bill to allow inhaiaitants above Little Mountains to pay their public dues and officers' fees with notes of Frederickf burg Warehoufe, 412,418; burgeffes,
vii, ix,

417; Goochland
61,

County formed from,

vii;

mentioned,

motion in reference New Kent County, 367; ordered that mef-

137, 262, 340, 398; to adding part of to

80, 84,

no.
78.

Gordon, William, mentioned,

fage be fent to governor to order new writ for elediing a burgefs, 119; petition of freeholders, 72; petition of freeholders referred to committee, 74; petition rejedted, 373; propofition for leffening falaries of infpedlors, referred to a committee, 128; propofition in reference to altering adl prefcribing method for proving book debts, rejedled, 404; propofition in reference to altering law concerning fmall debts, rejedled, 404; propofition in reference to clearing Pamunkey River, rejedled, propofition in reference to 12; divifion of, referred to committee, 332; propofition in reference to infpedlors being chofen by freeholders, rejedled. 128; propofition in reference to repealing adl for amending ftaple of tobacco, rejeSed, 128; propofition in reference to fettling price on certain commodities, and for repealing adl diredling manner of levying executions, and for altering method of paying for negroes executed for capital offences, rejedled, 128; propofition in reference to tobacco casks, 14; report of committee on petition, 371; report of committee on propofitions, 13, 182, refolution in reference to 183, 405, 415; divifion of, 373; return of writ for elediing; burgeffes, 10, 305; St. Paul Parifh, 355, 361. Hanover Parifh, 'mentioned, 9, 122, 128, 132, 133, 135; ordered that bill be brought in for dividing, 125; petition of veftry, 147, 200. Hansford, Thomas, claimant, 82.

Gouldman, Francis, petitioner, Government, feat of, motion

120, 162, 164,

126, 195. in reference

to re-

7, 59, 108, 119, 179, 232, 246, 324, 394, 438; given 500 as an acknowledgment of his regard for the people of Virginia, 28; mesfage to burgeffes, 3, 4, 5, 8, 21, 52, 57, 58, 59, 61, 64, 73, 109, 115, 121, 126, 158, 171, 177, 180, 240, 247, 316, 319, 320, 326, 386, 387, 399. 434, 437. 442. Grain, adt to prevent exportation of in time of fcarcity, xvi, 44, 47, 48, 52. Grant, Alexander, reimburfed for tobacco loft in

moving, xxxi, 342. Governor, addrefs from burgeffes,

Falmouth Warehoufe, 355. Gray, Elizabeth, petitioner, 420. Gray (Grey), Joseph, burgefs, ix, 245, 260, 288,
322, 352. 371. 376, 394William, burgefs, viii, x, 129, 134, 139, 142, 173, 185, 205, 226, 24s, 278; petitioner, 420. Gray's Creek Warehoufe, infpedlors' accounts, 294; mentioned, 273, 277, 351; rent of, 202; reparation for tobacco burnt in, 249, 308, 311, 312, 313, 315. Great Britain, mentioned, 3, 21, 39, 48, 49, 50, 52, 63, 260, 295; papers relating to divers transactions in, concerning this Colony and other
,

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eftablifhed on Harcom, William, warehoufe to be

Hobb's Hole Warehoufe, infpeftor's

land

of, 279.

Hardy, Richard, petitioner, 285. Harin-efs, Thomas, mentioned, 285, Harmanfon, Math., burgefs, ix, 244. 32'. 370. 33.
Harmai?on,'*Gtrtrude, adt for vefting land
in,

Hoe Hog

falary, 203; petition of proprietors. 419; rent of, 202. (Hooe). Howfen, petitioner, 328, 360. Ifland Creek, petition in reference to bridge

over, 121.

Hog Neck Warehoufe,

rent of, 202. Hogs, aft to prevent

infpeftor's

falary,

203;

138,

petitioner, 137. 145. 147, 148, 154. 166; Harris, Robert, burgefs, ix.

Harrifon

Benjamin, authorized to buy arms tor Brunfwick County. 387; burgefs, ix, 239,
burgefs, 275, 294, 244 245. 248, 250, 253, 259;
336, 340, 345. 29s, 321, 3". i^i' 327. 3i^' 398, 358, 362, 370. 371. 375, 383. 393. 394. permiffion to 411 420, 422, 430, 440; given money withdraw petition, 335; ordered that paid paid into treafury by Col. Spotfwood be to to buy arms for Brunfwick County, 377;

them from going at large in of Delaware, 149. '5. '52, 156, i66. clerk of Comm. of C. of J., 245. Holden, Holden, John, mentioned, 292. burgefs, vii, 64, 65, 76, 90, 99, 121, HoUier, 191; member of committee appointed to inquire into condition of battery at Point
town
, ,

Comfort,

9.

HoUoway, John, burgefs, 14; elefted fpeaker, 3; empowered to make alterations in the chamber of Houfe of Burgeffes, 39; member of
committee appointed to fupervife the publifhing the public laws, xviii; mentioned, xxx, 328, 383; ordered that he give to the lieuten-

petitioner, 323; fervant of, affaulted by John Parker, xxxii. 419. 42'Harrifon. Bvu", depofition of, 264. to Harrifon, Henry, account of money given him build a church, courthoufe, prifon, ftocks,

and

pillory

in

Brunfwick
7. 8,

County,

129;

ant-governor 500 as an acknowledgment of his regard for the people of Virginia, 28; paid for collating a copy of the laws. 225;
retires

burgefs.

viii, 3, 6,

10. 12. 14, 16, 19. 21,

from pofition of fpeaker, xxiv, 174;

66, 27, 28, 32, 34, 35. 42, 43. 44. 50. 62, 64, 67, 68. 72, 73. 75, 81. 82, 84, 86, 87, 88, 90;

fpeaker,

erripowered to receive arms and

for

ammunition

Brunfwick County, 129, 151. Harrifon, Mary, mentioned. 197. Harrifon, Col. Nathaniel, mentioned, 197.
Harrifon, Thomas, difcharged out of cuftody, 430'. guilty of illegal a(5lion, 414; mentioned, 274; petitioner, 429. Harrifon, William, petitioner. 63. Harwood. Samuel, burgefs. vii. 6, 74, 82. 85. 86, 102, ii8, 129. 139. 173. 217; petitioner, 74. Harwood, William, burgefs, viii, 65. 118, 138. 139. report of committee 173; petitioner. 248; on petition of, 274. Hatch, Nicholas, mentioned. 63. Hay, Peter, petitioner, 327. Haynes, Thomas, burgefs, x, 244. 256, 289. 321. 371, 372, 393; contefted eledlion of, 248; duly eleAed burgefs, 274. Hedgman. Peter, burgefs, viii, ix, 126, 186, 191, 199. 3'9. 321. 326. 334, 362, 366, 371, 374, 378. 393. 411; contefted election of, 306; guilty of mifdemeanor. 66; petition of inhabitants of Prince William County prefented by, 333; petitioner, 71. 258. 360; report of committee on petition of, 264. Hemp, adt in reference to, po, 91, 92, 99, 103. no. Henrico County, aft for dividing. 20. 21. 23, 30, burgeffes, vii, ix. 144; Henrico 3i, 52; Parifh, 184; mentioned, 7, 61, 65, 70, 81. 82, III, 202. 206. 326; propofition in reference to bridging Chickahominy Swamp reje<5ted. 66; propofition in reference to erefting chapel on Tuckahoe Creek rejedled, 66; propofition in reference to improving tobacco trade, 61; propofition in reference to new warehoufe, referred to next feffion of affembly, 399; report of committee on petition, report of committee on propofitions, 14; 182, 184, 193, 200, 408; return of writ for elefting burgeffes, 10, 248. Henrico Parifh, adl for dividing, igi. 205. 214. 219.
222. 234.

viii, xv, 4, 8, 13, 14, 16, 17, 22, 23, 28, 30, 34, 35. 37, 38, 41, S2, 57, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 71, 73. 74, 75. 76, 78, 79. 83. 85, 99, 100, 108, 109, 115, 117, 121, 126, 140, 143,146, 155, 158, 165, 167, 171; treafurer of Va., 28, 85, 89.

Holman, James, burgefs,

ix, 273, 383. Holt, John, petitioner, 121. Holtfclaw, John, reimburfed for tobacco loft in Falmouth Warehoufe, 355. Homes, Mary, land in Richmond County whereof fhe is fiefed vefted in Richard Barnes, ia8, 13, ^33' ^35' '3^. '^^> petitioner, 122 Homes, William Wilfon, land in Richmond County whereof he is fiefed in right of his wife vefted in Richard Barnes, 122, 128, 130, 133, 135,

138, 166.

Hopton, Lord, mentioned, 92. Hornby, Daniel, burgefs, viii,

197, 280; contefted eleftion of, i8g, 191; permiffion to withdraw petition, 276; petitioner, 248; report of committee on petition of, 250. Horfes, aft to reftrain keeping too great a number in town of Delaware, 149, 150. 152. 156, 1 66 bill to improve breed of, and to prevent importation from neighboring plantations, 23, 24; bill to reftrain keeping too great a number of, 149, 150, 151, 163. Hewlett, Thomas, mentioned, 200. Hubard, Matthew, clerk of York County court, 277; mentioned, 291. Hudfon, Charles, mentioned, 144. Hunger's Warehoufe, infpeftor's falary, 203; mentioned, 411; rent of, 202. Hunicut, Wike, figner of the Quakers' petition, 445. Hunting Creek Warehoufe, mentioned, 412; petition in reference to, 342 rent of, 202. Hutchings (Hutchins), John, burgefs. x. 340, 345, 35, 371- 411, 440; ;

Hereford. John, mentioned, 409.

Heyward, Francis, illegal proceedings of, xxix, 276; report of committee on complaint againft,
282, 283.

Indian Creek Warehoufe, place where public dues fhall be paid, 203; rent of, 202, 296. Indian flaves, aft to amend and explain aft declaring them to be real eftate, 28, 36, 39, 40, 41, 45, 52; allowed to be witneffes in criminal
cafes 233-

againft

Indians,

Hickman, Henry, appointed to examine witneffes upon the undue eledtion of J. Robinfon, 9;
paid
346.

217,

220,

222, 224,

for

attendance

as

witnefs

in

fuit againft

Wm.

king's

Andrews, 360; petitioner,

Hickman, Jofeph. paid

for attendance as witnefs in king's fuit againft Wm. Andrews, 360; petitioner, 345. Hickman, Richard, clerk of comm. of P. and G., 8, 59; paid for fer vices as clerk of comm. of
P. and G., 89. Highways, aft for making, clearing and repairing

Innis, Enoch, memorialift, 340; petitioner, 338. Infurreftion, aft for making provifion againft, xvi, xxxi, 36, 40, 42, 52, 156, 157, 165, 188, 193, 197, 198, 209, 233, 337, 340, 344, 349. 386, 409, 412, 416, 418, 434; refolution in reference to aft for making provifion againft,

Hoard, Jane, petitioner, 132; report of committee on petition of, 133. Hoard, "Thomas, petitioner, 132; report of committee on petition of, 133.

342, 348, 354, 363, 372, 378, 386.

^ 333. 334Invafions, aft for making provifion againft, xvi, xxxi, 36, 40, 42, 156, 157, 165, 188, 193, 197, 198, 209, 233, 337, 340, 344, 349, 386, 409, 412, 416, 418, 434; refolution in reference to aft for making pro\'ifion againft 333, 334. Iron works, aft to encourage adventurers in, xxi, 23, 24, 26, 27, 52; aft to exempt inhabitants of any county from clearing or repairing roads leading to, and for reimburfing owners

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of land for timber which fhall be taken for making or repairing bridges, and exempting perfons employed in, from mufters, 68, 69,
Ifle

103 ,104, no; refolution in reference to bill for re-enadling part of an adl declaring how long they fhall be in force, 60.

of

no. Wight County, acft for adding part of, to Brunfwick County, 152, 154, 163, 165; bridge
70, 72, 79, 91, 96, 105,

K
Kemp, Matthew,
burgefs, viii, 6, 16, 18, 22, 24, 25, 30. 31. 37. 44. 46, 48, SI. 60, 61, 67, 68, 78, 79, 81, 82, 84, 85, 88, 90, 91, 92, 99, 100, 104, 107, 109, 118, 232; clerk of comm. of P. G., clerk of James City 173, 245, 33^\

over Meherrin River, 294; burgeffes, vii, ix, 139, 299; juftices of, paid for building two warehoufes, 409; mentioned, x, 7, 147, 189,

Newport 203, 210, 225, 279, 292, 335; Parifh, 185, 205, 219, 222; ordered that bill be brought in for adding part of, to Brunfwick County, 149; ordered that meffage be fent to governor to order new writ for eledling burgeffes, 119; petition of inhabitants rejedted, 9; petition of juftices, 401 propofition reje<$ted, 253, 258, 349; report of committee on propofition of, 284; return of writ for electing burgeffes, 10, 248, 278; Warwickfqueak Parifh, 205, 219, 222.
;

&

County, 119;

paid for fervices as clerk of

G., 158; petitioner, 186, 262, 363; report of committee on petition in oppofition to petition of Chrift Church Parifh,

comm.

of P.

&

272.

Kemp's Warehoufe,
of,

where public dues

202, 424.

infpedlor's falary, 203; place fhall be paid, 203; rent

Kenchin, Matthew, mentioned, x, 245, 278 Kendall, Jofhua, land of John Wallop, vefted

in,

Jackfon, Chriftopher, brought to bar of Hotife, 253; gmlty of negledt of duty, 247 petitioner, 230. Jackfon, William, mentioned, 260, 261. ames City County, adl to oblige juftices of to levy tobacco for certain officers of Williamfburg,
;

373. 374. 376. 377. 379. 3^3. 385. 387. Kendall, Mary, petition in behalf of her fon, Jofhua Kendall, 364. Kennon, burgefs, 245, 254, 322, 393. Kennon, Richard, burgefs, ix, 345, 376, 393; paid for building new warehoufe, 360; petitioner, 348. Kennon, William, burgefs, 420.
,

209, 210, 216, 220, 224, 234; burgeffes, vii, 299; mentioned, 61, 134, 193, 258, 263, 276, 396; ordered that writ be iffued for eleifting burgefs, 119, 392; petition of inhabitants, propofition in 70, 270, 363; reference to appointing a new warehoufe, reje(fled, 130; report of committee on petition, report of committee on propofition, 365 12; return of writ for elecfting burgeffes, 10, 248, 414; St. Peter's Parifh, 203. James River, adi for appointing new ferry over, 138, 143, 146, 147, 149, 154, 165; mentioned, 4, 14, 67, 70, 151, 184, 189, 200, 276; ordered that a bill be prepared for appointing a ferry over, 127; petition in reference to ferry over from Old Point to Cocket's, 285. Jameftown, burgefs, vii, ix; ordered that new writ be iffued for eledling burgefs, 173; petition of inhabitants of, 216, 276; retvim of writ for eledling burgefs, 248; wages of burgefs
ix,
;

Ker, Alexander, encroachments

312-

upon Capitol Square,

Keys, William, voter in contefted eledlion, 426. King, Michael, mentioned, 17. King and Queen County, bill for dividing, 416, 422; burgeffes, vii, ix, 141; Caroline County, formed from part of, 24, 29, 30, 33, 36, 38; Caroline County, formed from part of, 39, 52; juftices' petition, 421; juftices reimburfed for building warehoufes at Mantapike and Todd's, 425, mentioned, 9, 29, 415; part of the wages of the burgeffes for, to be paid by a levy on the tithables of Caroline County,
97, 99, 101, 105, no; petition of freeholders, 9; propofition in reference to annexing part of, to Caroline, rejedled, 287; propofition in reference to mafters of fhips and other veffels, and for reviewing tobacco, rejedled, 130; propofition in reference to tobacco law, 347; propofition in reference to warehovife, referred to next feffion of affembly, 404; report of committee on petition, 13; report

for,

8s,

87.

John, mentioned, 264. Jervis, John, voter in a contefted eledlion, 210. Johnfon, John, appointed doorkeeper, 173, 244; mentioned, 323. Johnfon, Nicholas, petitioner, 415. Johnfon, Philip, petition in behalf of, 327. Johnfon, Richard, mentioned, 415; petitioner, 9;
Jeffs,

King

report of committee on petition, 29.

Johnfon, Thomas, mentioned, 415. Johnfon, William, burgefs, ix, 245, 293, 322, 394; memorial of, in behalf of Spotfylvania Counniemorial referred to committee, ty, 353;
361;
refledled

upon

Henry

Willis, 365, 369;

by expreffions of report of committee

of committee on propofitions, 9, 12, 405; refolution in reference to eredling a new county on the head of, 1 3 return of writ for eledling burgeffes, St. Stephen 10, 248; Parifh, 220, 408. George County, adl for dividing into two parifhes, 146, 147, 153, 157, 160, 165; adl for eredling new county on head of, 75, 76, no; allowed additional rent for 77, 81, warehoufe at Bray's, 360; Bray's Church, 332. 33(>. 404, 413.. 417. 430; burgeffes, vii, claims allowed, 123; comix, 348, 417; mittee appointed to run dividing line be;

on expreffions of Henry Willis refledting upon, 373; report of committee on memorial, 369. menJohnfon, William, appointed doorkeeper, 7
;

tween Weftmoreland and Richmond Counties and, 383; Falmouth Warehoufes, 154; Hanover Parifh, 9, 122, 125, 128, 132, 133,
135. 147. 200; juftices' petition 401; tices reimbtirfed for hiring houfes for reception of tobacco, 410; mentioned, 132, 140, 193, 19s, 202, 208, 256, 263, jus-

tioned, 173, 327; paid for fervices as doorkeeper, 38, 89, 158. Jones, James, petitioner, 154. Jones, John, claimant, 421. ones, Nicholas], petitioner, 8. Jones, Richard, burgefs, ix, 252; contefted eledlion of, 245, 248. Jones, Robert, petitioner, 154. Jordan, Edmund, figner of the Quakers' petition, 445Jordan (Jourdan), Matthew, figner of the Quakers petition, 445. Jordan, Robert, report of committee to whom petition was referred, 9. Jordan (Jourdan), Samuel, figner of the Quakers' petition, 445. Jordan (Joiu-dan), William, member of committee appointed to run dividing line between

the
127, 264,

29s.
of,

332,
72;

brought in

334, 402; ordered that bill be for eredling county at head

ordered

that

bill

be

brought

Weftmoreland, Richmond and King George

Counties, 383. Jordans Point, mentioned, 67, 69. Judgments, bill for re-enadling part of an adt declaring how long they fhall be in force, 85, 90, 91,

in for paying part of tobacco due to, for wolves' heads, 73; ordered that new writ be petition iffued for eledling burgeffes, 173; of inhabitants, 178, 324; petition of juftices, propofition againft altering boiinds 355; of, rejedled, 405; propofition in reference to adl for amending ftaple of tobacco, rejedled, 253; propofition in reference to adl for amending ftaple of tobacco, referred to next feffion of affembly, 399; propofition in reference to bviilding warehoufe at Proctor's rejedled, 350; propofition in reference to adl for encouraging adventurers in iron works, rejedled, 66; propofition in reference to laws for recovery of fmall debts, referred to committee, 258; propofition in reference to new

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warehoule, referred to next feffion of affembly ing
399-

aa'
'

re]e(fted

and Richmond fettling County 310; report of committee on petipropofition 336- report of committee on
bounds
between,

propofition in reference to repealfor amending ftaple of tobacco, 122; propofition in reference to

account of, 45; claim rejedled. mentioned, xviii. Levie, James, appointed doorkeeper, 244.
Leheup,
46;

payment of, 27, 33, 36, 37. 39. 45. 4^. 5^' Levies, fee Parifh levies and Public levies. Levy by the poll, bill for leffening, 45, 46, 49.
Levies, adl for better fecuring
398.

burgeffes, tion' 196; return of writ for eleAing eledting burgeffes 10, 248; return of writ for amended, 21.

Lidderdale, Elizabeth, bill for fettling certain lands, petitioner, etc., upon, 407, 408, 417, 420; Lidderdale,
etc.,

King William County, burgeffes, vii, ix, 144, 299. part of, 417 Caroline County formed from
24, 29,

John, bill for fettling certain lands, upon, 407, 408, 417, 420; petitioner,

lands in

certain entailed ii. 36, 38, 39; vefted in Richard Chapman, 416, Delaware, 136; 417. 422, 423, 429. 434; mentioned, 67, 78, 79, 84, 134, 188, 204 258, iffued tor 280, 418; ordered that writ be elediing burgefs, 322; part of the wages of
30,

398.

the burgeffes for, to be paid by a levy on the tithables of Caroline County, 97, 99, 101, 105, no; propofition in reference to allowing Francis Weft to keep an ordinary, repropofition in reference to jedled, 405; better' government of flaves, rejedted, 261; propofition in reference to clearing Parnunkey River, rejected, 12; report of committee upon propofition of, 13, 284; refolution in reference to eredling a new county on the head of, 13; return of writ for eleAing burgeffes, 10, 248, 356; St. John Parifh, 251,

Light-houfe, adt for eredling, 42, 44, 45, 47, 50, 52; committee ordered to bring in bill for erecting, at Cape Henry, 12. Lightfoot, Francis, mentioned, 396. Lightfoot, John, petitioner, 154. Lightfoot, Philip, certain lands in Charles Citj' County, vefted in, 406, 407, 413, 416, 418, 434; petitioner, 396. Ligon, William, adt to confirm Richard Randolph's title to lands purchafed of, 86, 87, 88, loi, report of committee in; petitioner, 8 1 to whom petition was referred, 83. Linen cloth, adt to encourage making of, 66, 68, 69,
;

76,

79,

no.

Liquors, adt concerning retailers of, 219, 220, 221, 226, 227, 228, 233; adt for laying duty on,
xxviii, 45, 88, 90, 91, 104, no, 126, 127, 128, 165, 188, 219, 221, 223, 225, 233, 348, 350, 352. 353. 354. 355. 357. 358. 362. 371, 386; bill to prevent abufes in importation of, 30, 36, 39; duty on, imported by land, 290, 291, 293, 301, 307, 308, 315; refolution in reference to adl for laying duty on, 333. Littlepage, Oriana, petition in behalf of, 327. Littlepage, Richard, mentioned, 410; petitioner, refolution in reference to eredling 286; warehoufe on land of, 202. Littlepage's Warehoufe, infpedtor's falary, 203; rent of, 202. Lomax, Elizabeth, mentioned, 334. Loury, Mary, lands whereof fhe is feifed fettled on her children, 138, 141, 142, 145, 151, 166; petitioner, 137. Loury (Lowry), William, ferry from land of, 262; lands whereof he and Mary his wife are feifed fettled on children of faid Mary, 138, 141, 142, 145, 151, 166; petitioner, 137. Lovell, Robert, petitioner, 208. Ludwell, Philip, petition of John Grymes in behalf reimburfed for tobacco loft in of, 329;
xxiii,

260, 277, 306, 309, 310, 316, 408. Kingftone Parifh, mentioned, 189. Kymball, Charles, petitioner, 15.

L
Lad, William, figner of the Quakers' petition, 445. Lancafter, Robert, mentioned, 335. Lancafter County, burgeffes, viii, ix; committee appointed to lay out bounds between parifhes in, and Wickocomico Parifh in Northumberland County, 161; mentioned, 19, 40, 61, 99, 103, 178, 203, 226, 273, 310, 409; ordered that new writ be iffued for ele(5ting burgefs, 173; propofition in reference to confining fheep, 326, 327; propofition in reference to repealing aA for amending ftaple of tobacco, propofition in reference to rejected, 122; tobacco plants, rejedled, 122; report of
9, 12, 13, 81, 181, 327, 405, 406; return of writ for eleAing burgeffes, 10, 248; Wiccocomico Parifh. 350. Land, burgefs, viii, 196.
,

committee on propofitions,

Lands,

and bounds fettled, and unlawful fhooting and ranging prevented, xvii, xxvii,
titles

217,

222,

away
bill

224, 233; bill to prevent taking againft will of proprietors, 294, 298;

Falmouth Warehoufe, 355. Lunenburg Parifh, mentioned, 326.

Lutterel, Simon, depofition of, 264. Lutwidge, Walter, petitioner, 260; report of committee on petition of, 261. Lyde, Cornelius, burgefs, ix. 252, 275, 276, 293, 309; mentioned, 322.

to

amend

a<fl

for fettling

bounds and

431; ordered that bill be brought in for explaining and amending

titles to, 410, 411, 413,

Lankford,

adl for fettling titles and bounds of, 404. Thomas, petitioner, 329; report of committee on petition of, 336. Lavie, James, paid for fervices as doorkeeper of the Houfe, 441. Lawn's Creek Parifh, adl for dividing, 153, 154, 163, 165,. 348, 355. 367. 372, 375. 379. 380, 387; petition of inhabitants, 307 report of committee on petition, 328. Lawrence's Warehoufe. infpedlor's falary, 203; place where public dues fhall be paid, 203; rent of, 202.
;

M
McCarty,
burgefs, 126, 156, 157, 244, 245, 249, 253, 260, 269, 275, 290, 295, 298, 307, 319. 321. 322. 327. 33(', 337. 351. 352. 362. 365. 378. 393. 394. 404, 41 1. 413. 417. 429. 440. McCarty, Daniel, burgefs, viii, x, 197; contefted eledlion of, 189, 191; diily eledled as burgefs, 211; member of committee appointed to run dividing line between Weftmoreland, Richmond and King George counties, 383; petition referred to committee, 347; petitioner, 345 report of committee on petition, 352. McCarty, Dennis, burgefs, viii, 223; permiffion to withdraw petition, 334, 353; petitioner, 306, 326. Macon, William, burgefs, ix, 245, 25a, 273, a8o, 285, 299, 322, 327, 352, 354, 399. Maddox Warehoufe, mentioned, 424. Major, William, mentioned, 209. Manakin Town, ordered that a bill be prepared for appointing a ferry from, to the land of Stephen Woodfon, 127. Mantapike Warehoufe, infpedtor's falary, 203; rent of, 202, 297. Mares, bill to reftrain keeping too great a number of, 149, 150, 151, 163.
,

Lawyer's

fee, allowed in fome cafes upon recoveries had upon petitions, 293, 301, 307, 309, 315. Layton's Warehoufe, infpe<aor's falary, 203;' rent
of, 202. Lear, burgefs, viii, 81, 185. Lee, Charles, mentioned, 161. Lee, John, mentioned, 272; under fherifl of Stafford County, 328, 360. Lee, Richard, member of committee appointed to lay off bounds of Wiccocomico Parifh, 226. Lee, Thomas, burgefs, viii, xvi, 21, 30, 31, 40 43 60, 61 71, 72, 82, 86, 96, 99, 117, ilS.'ligl 120, 121 124, 125, 127, 128, 130, 133, 134, '36. 137. J38. 139. 140, 141, 142, 143, 144' MS. 146, 148, 150, 152, 154, i<j5, 156, 157, SO. 159. 160, 161. 163; contefted eleftion of, 18; duly eleaed burgefs, 32; member of council. 173; mentioned, 260; petitioner
,

459)
Munford's Warehoufe, repealed, 202. Mundel, John, appointed doorkeeper, ordered to be paid for wood, 39;
7,

Marlborough

Warehoiife, inpe<5tor's f alary, J03; repealed, 202. Marrable, \V., burgefs, ix, 299, 371, 372. Marriages, inceftuous, a(5t to prevent, 67, 69, 71, 72,
75, 80, 84,
1

173;

paid for

10.

Munford, Robert,

Marrin, Wiltfhire, refolution in reference to building warehoufe on land of, 202. Marfhall, Thomas, burgefs, viii, 22, 24; infpedlor,
174-

Martin, Jolin, burgefs,

vii, ix, 62, 96, 118, 141, 150, 152, 174, 178, 187, 188, 189, 201, 207, 211, 214, 215, 219, 227, 229, 231, 345, 346, 354, 383, 401, 407, 410, 411, 416, 417, 418, 429; paid for building new warehoufe, 409; petitioner, 245, 248, 361, 400; reimburfed for building warehoufe, 366; report of com-

fervices as doorkeeper, 38, 89, 158. bvirgefs, ix, 245, 322, 394; contefted election of, 246, 250, 298; petitioner, 352; report of committee on petition, 281. Murdaugh, John, figner of the Quakers' petition, 445Mufcoe, Salvator, burgefs, \'ii, ix, 22, 46, 163, 195, 245. 253. 260, 271, 290, 319, 322, 332, 399; fheriff of Effex County. 119. Mufters, adt for exempting perfons employed in iron works, 69, 70, 72, 79, 91, 96.

N
Nailor's

mittee on petition of, 250, 274. Martins-Brandon, mentioned, 329, 343. Maffaponax Creek, mentioned, 11, 140. Maffenottin, petition of inhabitants referred to committee, 330. Mattapony River, mentioned, 418. Mattox Warehoufe, infpe<5lor's falary, 203; place where public dues fhall be paid, 204; rent
of, 202.

Warehoufe, infpedlor's
202.

falary,

203;

rent

of,

Namozine Nanfemond County,

were

Creek, mentioned, 206.

a(ft for relief of perfons who fufferers by lofs of county records, 209, 211, 218, 219, 224, 234, 284, 2S8, 298, 300, 304, 306, 315, 340, 357, 376, 379, 380, 387;

Maynard, Henry, mentioned, Meade, Da\-id, burgefs, ^.'iii,

16. 16,

39,

76,

96,

loi,

118, 119, 141, 174, 183, 196, 220, 226.

Meafures and weights, to be according to Englifh

ftandard, 213, 217, 224, 226, 227, 233.

Meherrin River, bridge over, 294; mentioned, 292. Mercer, John, guilty of mifdemeanor, 66; mentioned
xxi; petition, 71.

Meriwether,

burgefs, 3, 6, 16, 37, 39, 46, 60, 61, 62, 72, 81, 84, 85, 88, 100, 107, 109, 117, 119, 121, 126, 131, 134, 138, 139. 142, 144, 146, 150, 152, 159, 172, 177, 178, 186, 187, 194, 196, 208, 212, 231, 427. reimburfed Meriwether, David, petitioner, 340; expenfe of bviilding warehoiie, 359.
,

viii, ix; mentioned, 81; ordered that writ be iffued for electing burgefs, 323; petition of the chiu-chwardens and veftrymen of the upper parifh, 413; propofitions, grievances, and claims not certified by clerk of court, 247; reimbiirfed for building warehoiifes, 366, 369; report of committee on a grievance and propofition of, 192, 194; report of committee on propofitions of, 182, 258, 261 return of writ for ele(fting burgeffes,

burgeffes,

10, 24S, 356.

Naffawaddox Warehoufe,
falary, 203;

infpetftion, 202; infpedtor's

of, 202. for afcertaining

mentioned, 411, 424; rent

to

Naval

officers,

bill

amend aA

fees of, 410.

Meriwether, Nicholas, burgefs, Meriwether, William, burgefs,

vii.

ix;

lands vefted

in,

139, 141, 142, 14s, 150, 166; petitioner, 135, petition 137; report of committee to was referred, 136.

whom

Merriwether's Warehoufe, place where public dues fhall be paid, 204; proprietor's petition, 340; rent of, 202. Middlefex Covmty, burgeffes, \'iii, ix; Chrift Church Parifh, 262; memorial of reprefentatives of, 363; mentioned, 61, 79, 178, 334; ordered that meffage be fent to governor to order new writ for electing a burgefs, 119; propofition in reference to repealing adl directing manner of levying executions, reje<fted, 123; propofition in reference to repealing a<ft for amending ftaple of tobacco, rejecfted, 123; reimburfed for additional building to warehoufe at Urbanna, and for the hire of other hoiifes, 366; report of committee on memorial of reprefentatives, 366; report of committee on propofition of, 9, 12; return of writ for
ele<fting burgeffes, 10, 248.

Needier, Benjamin, clerk of Hovife, xxiv, 171; clerk of comm. of C. of J., 118; clerk of Counmemorialift, 423; mefcil, 391, 399, 429; fage from governor delivered by, 434, 437, 439, 442; paid for colledting and tranfcribing the old journals, 431; paid for fervices as clerk of comm. of C. of J., 38, 89, 158; paid for fervices as clerk of Council, 441 petition rejected, 359; petitioner, 338. Negro flaves, bill to explain and amend adt declaring, to be real eftate, 28, 36, 39, 40, 41, 45. Negroes, ordered that a bill be prepared for repealing the a(5l making them real eftate, 130. New Kent County, Bliffland Parifh, 355, 365, 366; burgeffes, \-iii, ix, 428; committee appointed to enquire into method ufed, to procure fubfcriptions to petition in reference to
;

Chamberlayne's Warehoufe, 196; juftices' juftices reimburfed for building warehoufe at Littlepage's, 425; mentioned, X, 134, 202, 262, 264, 408; motion in reference to adding part of Hanover coimty to, 367; ordered that meffage be fent to governor to order new writ for eledtpetition, 410;

Militia,

adl for regulation of, 333, 281. 284, 286, 288, 294, 295, 299, 301, 304, 338, 343, 344, 348, 353. 362, S^S. 36s. 386; bill for equal Efting of perfons to ferve m, and to enforce laws for regulating, 214, 216, 217, 219, 226, 227, 228; refolution in reference to, 395. Mill dams, pro\aiion for keeping in good repair, 372, Sj 378, 386. Miller, Simon, bill for vefting land of, in Thomas Turner, 128, 132, 133, 135; mentioned, 122;
-

New

ing a burgefs, 119; petition of inhabitants, 190, 363; report of committee appointed to enquire into method tifed to prociu-e fubfcriptions to petition in reference to Chamberlayne's Warehoufe, 199; report of committee on petition, 365; report of committee on propofition, 415; return of writ for electing burgeffes, 10, 248, 278; fheriff, 15. Kent Warehoufe, place where public dues fhall

be paid, 203.
ordered that bill be brought in for confirming titles to lands purchafed therein, 406 petition of inhabitants, 401; report of committee on propofition, 405. Newby, Nathan, report of committee to whom

petitioner, 122.

New Town,

Monday, EUzabeth, paid

420.

for flave, 425:

petitioner,

Monday, John, mentioned, Money, fee copper money.

420.

Moor, Pelham, letter from, 146. Moreton, Sir William, mentioned, 92, 93. Morris, Benjamin, mentioned, 263. Morris, William, mentioned, 410; petitioner, 262,
264.

petition was referred, 9. Newby, Thomas, figner of the Quakers'

petition, 445.

Newcaftle,

Mofeley, Thomas, mentioned, 408. Mofs's Neck, ordered that a bill be prepared for appointing a ferry from Hackley's Plantation to, 127. Mulatto flaves, adl declaring
28, 36, 39, 40, 41. 45-

from, 399. Newport Parifh, adl for uniting and dividing Warwickfqueak and, 219, 222, 234; petition of inhabitants of, 185; petition of veftrymen,
of, letter

Duke

205.

Newton, Willoughby, petitioner, 253; committee on petition, 297.

Nicholas, George, burgefs,
viii,

report
102,

of

them

to be real eftate,

62,

loi,

117;

mentioned, 173.

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Nominy
rent VVarehoufe, mentioned, 273, 4. 4J4;
in,

chimneys Norfolk act for pulling down wooden i44, and to prevent building of others, 140. fwme runmng 146 151 166; bill to prevent mentioned, 293; at large in, 20, 21, 22, 26: pulling ordered that a bill be brought in for down wooden chimneys in, and to prevent of inhabthe building of others, 130; petition
burgefs, 319: Norfolk Borough, burgefs, x, xxix; charter confirmed, 305, 308. 311, 313, 3'?; inhabitants of, not compelled to ferve mihtia of Norfolk County, 371. 3,74. 378. writ for elect384, 385, 387; return of
380,
itants, 9, 255.
.

River, mentioned, 412. Occupation Creek, mentioned, 195. Oldham, Samuel, mentioned, 345.

Occoquan
Oliver,

Thomas, claimant, 79. Opekkon, petition of inhabitants referred to committee, 330.

Orange County, burgeffes,

287;

ing burgefs, 356. T-,n i'ar., r. 347, Norfolk Cnty., burgeffes, vni, ix; Eliz. Borough not com357; inhabitants of Norfolk pelled to ferve in militia of, 350, 371, 378, writ 380 384, 385, 387; ordered that new be i'ffued for eledling a burgefs, 173; petition report of committee of inhabitants, 255, 401 on propofition, 405; return of writ for electing burgeffes, 10, 248. Norfolk Warehoufe, infpeAion, 202; infpeCtor s falary, 203; place where public dues fhall be paid, 204; rent of, 202. Norraent's Ford, ordered that bill be brought in for

court day altered, ix; eftablifhment of, xxvii; mentioned, 292,' 337; ordered that writ be iffued for elediing burgefs, 392 petition of inhabitants, 419; propofed bill in reference to inhabipropofition from Prince tants, 304, 308; William County in reference to altering court day of, 419; propofition of German inhabitants of, rejedted, 261; propofitions rejedled, 262, 337; report of committee on petitions for and againft divifion of, 337, 338; report of committee on propofition of, 284; return of writ for elediing burgeffes, 248, 431; St. Mark Parifh, 425. 43', 434;

appointing ferry over Rappahannock River

at,

129.

North

Northampton County,

Parifh, mentioned, 216. a<ft for killing fquirrels and crows in, 22, 24, 27, 52, 151, 153, 155; burgeffes, viii, ix; juftices' petition, 411; juftices reimburfed for building fhed to Naffawaddox warehoufe, and for a houfe at Hungar's, 424; leave given to bring in bill for deftroying crows and fquirrels in, 404; mentioned, 137, 138, 147, 148, 154, 166, 328; ordered that meffage be fent to governor to order new writ for eleifling a burgefs, 119; ordered that new writ be iffued for elediing a burgefs, 174; propofition in reference to adding part of to Accomack, rejedled, 65; propofition from, in reference to copper money, 14; propofition in reference to killing eagles, fquirrels and crows, 14; propofition in reference to repealing a(ft for amending ftaple of tobacco, reje(fled, 123, 253; report of committee on propofition of. 181, 182, 185; return of writ for eleAing burgeffes infpeAed, 248; 13, place where public dues fhall be paid, 203. Northanna River, mentioned, 373. Northern Neck, adt confirming title to land held under Lord Fairfax, 295, 300, 306, 309, 315; aft for deftroying fquirrels and crows in, 211, 212, 213, 216, 221, 234, 263, 269, 271, 280, bill for making more convenient feveral covmties in, and for fettling boimds of other counties, 362, 366, 374, 375, 377; leave given to bring in bill in reference to, 337; petition in reference to the grant to the proprietors
of, 82, 83,

Famham

Ordinaries, adl to reftrain gaming at, 417. 42. 423. 427, 429. 434Ordinary keepers, adl for regulating, 218, 220, 221, 226, 227, 228, 233. Orphans' Courts, bill for holding, 407, 409. Orphans' eftates, adl for better managing and fecuring, xxxii, 25, 27, 28, 29, 42, 43, 44, 46, 88, 89, 90, 103, 104, 105, 107, no, 411, 418, 419, 421, 434. . , , , Of borne, Thomas, burgefs, ix; contefted eleClion of, 258, 260; expelled from the Houfe, 264, 265; mentioned, 305. Outland, William, figner of the Quakers* petition,

Overwharton Parifh, adl for making new parifh on head of, 75, 76, 77, 81, 84, no; ordered that bill be brought in for making new parifh on head of, 73. Owfley, Thomas, mentioned, 62.

445-

Page, Mrs. Elizabeth, petitioner, 48. Page, John, mentioned, 48. Page, Mann, attorney, 48; mentioned,
146, 148, 152, 155, 166.

131,

134,

Page's Warehoufe, place where public dues fhall be paid, 204; rent of, 202. Pamunkey Indians, refolution in reference to

Pamunkey

interpreter for, 30. River, adl permitting bridge to be built over by fubfcription, and to provide for fupport thereof, 420, 429, 430, 431, 434;

mentioned,

13, 72, 73, 74, 348.

Parifh levies, adl for more regular coUedling and paying, xvi, 28, 29, 34, 35, 37, 40, 52. Parker, John, accufed of affaulting fervant belonging to Mr. Harrifon, xxxii, 419, 421. Parker, Sacker, burgefs, vii, ix, 22, 24, 229; contefted eledlion, 18; dvdy eledled as burgefs,
19;

mentioned, 322, 370.

;

125, 155.

Northumberland County, burgeffes,

viii, ix, 16, 137, 141; mentioned, 40, 61, 137, 204, 226, 273, 310; petition of inhabitants, 7, 19; propofitions rejedled, 128, 253; report of committee on petitions, n, 15; report of committee on propofitions, 81, 99, 181; retvim of writ for eledting burgeffes, 248; Wiccocomico Parifh, 161, 246. Nottoway Indians, empowered to fell lands, 223, 225, 234; mentioned, 12; petition, 210. Nottoway River, a<ft for appointing new ferries over, 147. 149. J 54, 165; adl to obhge juftices of Surry County to repair and maintain bridge over, 415, 417, 420, 429, 430, 434; bill for building bridges over, 295, 296, 299, 304, 315; mentioned, 206, 210, 292. Norvell, William, paid for flave, 369; petitioner, 359.

Parks, William, mentioned, xi motion in reference to paying, for printing infpedlors' notes and ordered that he have leave to books, 442 print votes and proceedings of the Hotife, paid for attendance as witnefs in 121; king's fuit againft Wm. Andrews, 360; petitioner, 25, 138, 346, 364, 433; printer, xviii; report of committee on propofals of, 141; refolution in reference to falary of, 142, 154, 432; falary, 167, 381, 385, 387. Pate, William, reimburfed for tobacco loft in
;

Falmouth Warehoufe,

355.

Paterfon, John, petitioner, 154.

Payne, Orlando, petitioner, 358.

Peace, Jofeph, petitioner, 262. Peafly's Landing, mentioned, 190. Pedlars, adl for licenfing, 358, 362, 375, 379, 383,
386. Bridget, petitioner, 398; reimbvirfed for building warehoufe, 424. Penal laws, execution of, 40, 44, 45, 47, 52. Petfworth Parifh, mentioned, 189. Peyton, John, burgefs, ix, 285, 383. Peyton, Valentine, burgefs, ix, 284, 326, 366, 374, 383; guilty of illegal adlion, xxxiii, 414; warehoufe to be eftablifhed on land of, 279. Phyficians, fees regulated, 277. 280, 288, 290, 292, 294, 315; refolution in reference to adt for regulating fees of, 333.
385,

Peirce,

Obligations, bill declaring

for

how

re-enafting part of an adt long they fhall be in force,

in

85. 90. 9', 103, 104, no; refolution reference to bill for re-enadling part of adt declaring how long they fhall be
force, 60.

an
in

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Pifcataway Creek, warehoufe to be eftablifhed on,
279.
infpe<5tor's falary, 203; rent of, 202. Pleafants, John, figner of the Quakers' petition, 445Pleafants, Thomas, petitioner, 343; figner of the Quakers' petition, 445. Pleurify, cure for, difcovered, 337, 371, 387. Pohick Warehoufe, infpedtor's falar>', 203; repealed, 202. Poindexter, John, petitioner, 137.

Pitt's

Warehoufe,

Point Comfort, battery at, xviii; committee appointed to inquire into condition of battery at, 9; mentioned, 4; report of committee upon condition of battery at, 24, 26; refolution in reference to appointing committee to inquire into condition of battery, 8. Pole, Godfrey, mentioned, 59; paid for fervices as
clerk of

Proctor, John, mentioned, 335. Promiffory notes, a(5t for better recovery of debts due on, xx. Proffer, Thomas, brought to bar of Houfe, 278; mover of timiult, 266. Public dues, bill concerning payment of, 358, 362, 370, 372, 375. Pubhc levy, act for railing, 51, 52, 106, 107, 108, 109, no, 163, 164, 165, 226, 231, 232, 233, 3^3. 315. 3^3. 386, 387, 432, 433. 434; leave given to bring in bill for raifing, 383. Pugh, Daniel, burgefs, ix, 245, 300, 301, 322, 328, 340, 357, 394, 413Piuigoteague Warehoufe, infpe(5tor's falary, 203; rent of, 202; mentioned, 424; proprietor's
petition, 398.

Comm.

of P.

&

G., 38; petitioner, 23.

of, 202.

Poropotank Warehoufe, rent

Quakers, petition of, 341, 445; petition of Nicho Jones in reference to compelling them to

Porfies Stile Creek, mentioned, 326, 327. Porter, Thomas, petitioner, 328; reimburfed the damages fuftained by becoming fecxirity for John Lee and Jofhua Davis, 360. Potomac River, adt for appointing new ferries over, 147, 149, 154, 165; committee inftrufted to bring in bill for appointing ferry over, 420; ferry acrofs, 326, 327; mentioned, 73, 92, 93, 95, 140, 409; naval officers of, ordered to lay before Houfe lifts of veffels importing flaves, 329, 323; petition in reference to ferry over, 208. Powel's Creek Warehoufe, petition in reference to, 201; repealed, 202. burgefs, viii, 138, 149, 219. Power, Power, Henry, petitioner, 330. Poythrefs, Francis, report of committee on petition, 361. Prefley, Peter, burgefs, viii, ix, 3, 6, 117, 172, 186, 24s. 325, 379; contefted eleAion of, 7, 11,

pay parifh
of,

levies,

8;

propofition rejedled,

261; report of committee on petition of Nathan Newby and Robert Jordan in behalf
9.

Quantico, propofition of Prince William Coimty in

reference to eredting town on head of, 419. Quantico Creek, mentioned, 140. Quantico Warehoufe, infpedtor's falary, 203. Quarles, John, petitioner, 285. Quarles Warehoufe, rent of, 202.

R
Raleigh Parifh, adt for
304, 308,
relief of inhabitants,

300,

423;
287.

311, report of
,

mentioned, 292, committee on grievance of,

313,

315;

Randolph,

15.

16.

burgefs, 5, 26, 39, 47, 60, 64, 65, 68, 77, 78, 84, 88, 96, 100, loi, 102, 107. 117. 134, 139. 149. 152. 159. 163, 164, 172, 174, 185, 196, 205, 208, 211, 214, 216,

btirgefs, viii, ix, 161, 195, 201, 226, 244, 260. 280, 312, 321, 334, 371, 372, 378, clerk of Middlefex 3^3' 393. 429i 432; County court, 439; memorialift, 363. Pride, William, petitioner, 326. Prince George County, a(5t for dividing, 214, 216, 222, 224, 234; Briftol Parifh, 131, 342, 413, burgeffes, viii, ix; claims of. 190; 423; mentioned, 61, 86, 202, 204, 225, 248, 250; petition of inhabitants. 201, 354; propofition rejedled, 258; report of committee on propofition in reference to divifion of, 206; return of writ for elecfting burgeffes, 10, 248. Prince William County, a<ft for dividing into two parifhes, 146, 147, 153, 157, 160, 165; bill for dividing, 289, 371, 373, 374,375. 378, 407, 409, 411; burgeffes, x'iii, ix; court day eftablifhment of, viii, xxii; altered, 287; Hamilton Parifh, 125; juftices paid for juftices building warehoufes, 360, 424; accufed of illegal a(5lion, xxxiii; juftices' petition, 411; leave given to bring in bill for mentioned, 186, 202, 258, dividing, 366; 326, 334, 337, 429; petition of inhabitants, 326, 333, 412, 413, propofition in reference to divifion of, referred to next feffion of affembly, 124; propofition in reference to law to prevent unlawful killing of cattle, propofition in reference to rejecfled, 124; repealing a<fl for amending ftaple of tobacco, propofition in reference to reje<5ted, 122; tobacco plants, rejedted, 122; propofitions in reference to warehoufes, referred to next feffion of affembly, 399; report of committee on complaint againft juftices of, 414; report of committee on propofitions, 284, 405, 419; return of writ for eleAing burgeffes, 248, 305 writ for ele(5ting burgefs in place of Thos. Ofbome, 265. Princefs Anne, adt for eftabUfhing town in, 413, 417, burgeffes, viii, ix; 430, 431, 432, 434; Kemp's Warehoufe, 424; mentioned, 401, 424; return of writ for eledting burgeffes, 10, 248. Princefs Anne Warehoufe, infpedtor's falary, 203; place where public dues fhall be paid, 204; rent of, 202. Pritchett, Jofhua, brought to bar of Hovife, 282, 291.

Price,

Thomas,

219, 222, 226, 227, 228, 230, 231, 240, 245, 254, 258, 265, 269, 275, 289, 293, 30'. 39. 3". 321. 322. 327. 33, 336, 3SI, 357. 362, 363, .376, 407. 408, 411, 418, 420, 427; petition of Quakers prefented by, 341. Randolph, Beverley, petitioner, 396. Randolph, Edward, appointed to prefent addrefs to His Majefty and petition to Parliament, in reference to importing fait from Europe, 441; Houfe withdraws appointment of. to prefent addrefs and petition in reference to

217, 244, 294, 347. 417,

importing
tioned,

fait

from

Europe,

442;

men-

143.

Randolph, Elizabeth, petitioner, 396. Randolph, Ifham, burgefs, ix, 352, 365, 366, 383, Randolph, John, agreement between, and Thomas
393. 394, 417. 438. 439- 440.
136,

Bray confirmed,

139,

140,

appointed agent to negotiate the the Colony in Great Britain, x\'iii,

145, 166; affairs of

xxiii, 49, 160, 167; burgefs, viii; clerk of the Houfe, 3, 25; eledied fpeaker, xxiv, 175, 239; mem-

ber of committee appointed to fuper^dfe the publifhing the public laws, xix; mentioned, xi, XXX ordered that an account of his tranfadlion of the Colony's bufinefs in England be printed, 64; ordered to be paid for making copies of laws and journals, 106; paid for collating a copy of the laws, 38, 50, 225, 89, 158; paid for copies of journals to be tranfmitted to England, and for finding books, paper and parchment for fix feffions,
;

158; petitioner, 127; refigns from pofition of clerk of Houfe, xxiv, 171; rewarded for the faithful difcharge of the truft repofed in him, XX, 63, 67; fpeaker. x. xx\-ii, 177, 180, 186, 192, 195, 197, 198, igg, 200, 201, 206, 213, 215, 218, 231, 232, 233, 234, 241, 247, 251, 252, 255, 257, 258, 260, 263, 265, 271, 277, 278, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 290, 291, 310, 316. Randolph, Peter, clerk of Council, 391; paid for fervices as clerk of Houfe of Btirgeffes, 441.

Randolph, Peyton, guardian

of,

paid for

new ware-

houfe, 409; petition of guardian, 399. Randolph, Richard, adt to confirm title to lands purchafed of Wm. Ligon, 86, 87, 88, loi.

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HIllo':

burgefs.

vii,

ix,

393.

396,

398.

42.

mentioned, xxx;

ordered that

b.Ube

reimburfed the amount 401; at deduAed 'from the rent of his warehoufe Warwick, and for hire of other warehoufes, and for building a new one, 361. new wareRandolph, Sufannah, paid for building veft in houfe, 409; petitioner, 399; adt to Wm. Randolph lands purchafed by, 102, 101 105, 108, iii; mentioned, 82. , , purchafed Randolph,' William, ad to veft in, lands
,,r

,n reference to land fold to, 81;

petitioner

,40

21; Sittenburn Parifh, 122, 128, 130, 133, 135, 138, 166. Ricks, Abraham, figner of the Quakers' petition, 445. Rivers, aft for clearing, 342, 348, 363, 354, 372, prevent pol378, 386; bill to amend aft to lution of, 410, 411. 415. 416, 421, 428; leave given to bring in bill to amend aft for preventing pollution of, 401. Roberts, Gerard, petition rejefted, 425; petitioner,

418.

Robertfon, William, clerk of Council, 25; clerk of General Affembly, 3, 21, 52, 57, 64, 67, 73,
76, 80, 81,

by father, Rappahannock

River. a(5t for appomtmg new ferry over, 138, 143. 146, i47. M9. iS4, i6S. governor requefted to order naval officers ot, importmg to lay before Houfe lifts of veffels
flaves, 323; mentioned, 12, 72, 73. 92, 93. officers of, q6, 105, 271, 285, 402; naval Q<;

102, 103, 105, 108, iii.

109, 199, 227, 289, 309, 348, 378,

IIS, 209, 229, 290, 310, 352, 379.

85, 90, 100, loi, 103, 105, 107, 125, 126, 136, 138, 143, 165, 171, 213, 217, 221, 222, 224, 225, 226, 230, 231, 240, 247, 271, 273, 286, 294, 299, 301, 303, 304, 306, 308, 311, 312, 313, 314, 3'5. 319. 326, 362, 364, 365. 371. 372. 376, 377. 380, 381, 383, 385, 386; member of

committee appointed to fupervife the publifhing the public laws, xix; ordered to be paid for four copies of Coimcil journal, 106; paid for fervices as clerk of Council and for copies of the journal of Council to be tranfmitted to England, 158; paid for fervices as clerk of General Affembly, 38, 89; refolution in reference to reimburfing him for fervices to Council, 51; mentioned, 407, 408,

ordered to lay before Houfe lifts of veffels importing flaves, 329; ordered that a biU be prepared for appointing feveral ferries over, 127 129, 1 32; petition of inhabitants between, and' Tot'askey Creek, 355; propofition from
Caroline County in reference to ferry over, rejected, 66; report of committee on Col. Spotfwood's memorial in reference to ferries
over, 140.
35, 41. 44, 07, 81, 82, 86, 102, 118, 129, 139, 162, 174, 185, 188, 208, 217. Ravenf croft's Warehoufe, rent of, 202.
viii,

417, 420, 398.

Ravenfcroft, Thomas, burgefs,

Robinfon,
loi, 152, 179, 215, 254, 281, 300,
104, 156, 183, 218, 257, 284, 301,

Read, Anne, petitioner, 285. Read, Henry, petition of adminiftratrix, 283. Reddick, (Riddick) Lemuel, burgefs, ix, 247, 257, 26s, 288, 298, 304; mentioned, 323. Reid (Reade), Adam, petitioner, 329; reimburfed for tobacco loft in Falmouth Warehoufe, 355. Reid, James, paid for building a new warehoufe, 409; paid for putting floor in warehoufe at Urbanna, 341; petitioner, 335, 401.
Rent, aft for better direcftion of officers in fale of
for, 199, 215, 220, 222, 225, 233, 268, 280, 284, 303, 307, 309, 315; adt to enable fale of goods diftrained for, 88, 89,

burgefs, 3, 107, 108, 117, 159, 161, 162, 184, 188, 190, 224, 240, 244, 258, 260, 261, 285, 287, 288, 304, 305, 306,
,

5, 66, 71, 73,

118, 163, 193, 245, 269, 289, 308,

121, 172, 210, 248, 272, 292, 310,

97, 99, 128, 146, 174, 178, 213, 214, 249, 253, 279, 280, 296, 299, 311, 313,

3M.
Robinfon, John, burgefs,
vii, ix, 51, 196, 198, 217, contefted 219, 223, 227, 228, 231, 232; eleftion of, 9; duly elefted as burgefs, 29; elefted fpeaker, xxx, 319; fpeaker, 327, 329, 343. 344, 352, 353. 354, 355. 357. 3^4. 366, 367. 383. 386, 387, 391, 395, 399, 401, 414. 422, 423, 434, 437, 438, 439, 440. Robinfon, Maximilian, member of committee appointed to run dividing line between Weft-

goods diftrained

91, 103, no. Rew, Southey, paid

for his attendance as witnefs in king's fuit againft Wm. Andrews, 341; petitioner, 335.

moreland,

Richmond

and

King

George

Rice, Jacob, mentioned, 65. Richardfon, Richard, burgefs, viii; fheriff of New Kent County, 119. Richefon, Peter, petitioner, 418. Richmond Coimty, adl for altering court day of, 136, 144, 145, 151, 165; acS; for dividing into two parifhes, 146, 147, 153, 157, 160, 165; burgeffes, viii, ix; committee appointed to

counties, 383. Robinfon, William, burgefs, vii, 194, 217; petitioner, 251 report of committee on petition of, 256, 282.
;

Roe's Warehoufe, place where public dues fhall be

paid, 203;

rent

of,

202.

Rookings, William, petitioner, 277. Rofcoe, William, burgefs, viii, x, 41, 43,
99,

run dividing line between Weftmoreland and King George counties and, 383; Lunenburg Parifh, 326; mentioned, 189, 226, 248, 251,
262, 276, 280; North Farnham Parifh, 216; ordered that bill be brought in for appointing day for holding court, 124; ordered that bill be brought in for dividing, 124; ordered that new writ be iffued for eledting a burgefs, 173; propofition in reference to amending a(ft for amending ftaple of tobacco, referred to a committee, 123; propofition in reference to bounds between, and Weftmoreland and King George counties, 310; propofition in reference to bounds between, and Weft-

68, 90, 134, 138, 183, 245, 278, 289, 290, 300, 303, 322, 393; member of committee appointed to inquire into condition of battery at Point Comfort, 9; fheriff of Warwick County, 119. Rowe's Warehoufe, proprietor's petition, 418. Roy, John, executors' petition rejefted, 225; ordered that a bill be brought in for appointing a ferry from plantation of, 132; petition of executors, 213; guilty of mifdemeanor, xxix, 274; petitioner, 303; report of committee on petition, 305. Roy's Warehoufe, irupeftor's falary, 203; mentioned, 178, 213, 401; rent of, 202.

loi,

Royfton, John, mentioned,

11.

moreland and King George counties, referred to committee, 332; propofition in

reference
ofition

to convicfts, rejefted, 123; propreference to explaining adl concerning fervants and flaves, rejefted, 403; propofition in reference to negroes, mulattoes and Indians, rejedled, 403; propofition in reference to new warehoufe, referred to next feffion of affembly, 399; propofition in reference to repealing aft for amending ftaple of tobacco, rejefted, 123, 253; propofition in reference to fetting fire to the woods, rejefted, 403; report of committee to whom propofition was referred, 71, 81, 403; return of writ for elefting burgeffes, 10, 248; return of writ for elefting burgeffes, amended,
in

Ruffin, John, burgefs, x, 345, 371, 373, 380, 383, 393. 432Rum, bill in reference to importers of, 29, 36, 37, 39; motion in reference to increafing duty upon,
126.

Ruft, Benjamin, ferry from land of, 262. Rycroft, Jofhua, mentioned, 292.

Sailors,
St.

exempted from ferving in militia, 371, 374, 378, 380, 384, 385, 387. Andrew Parifh, aft for adding part of the parifhes of Lawne's Creek, Southwark and Warwickfqueak to, 153; aft for adding part of the Parifhes of Lawne's Creek, Southwark, and Warwickfqueak to, 155, 163, 165;

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bill

for appropriating

um

of

money

therein

Shields,

mentioned to ufe of, 340, 357, 363, 367, 375, 376; mentioned, 206; refolution in reference to giving to veftry of, for parochial ufes, money remaining in Col. Spotfwood's hands, ^3$St. Anne Parifh, mentioned, 126, 195.
St.

Hannah, account of, for entertaining Nottoway and Nanfemond Indians, 407.
;

Ships,

St. St.

St.

St.

for dividing, 75, 77, 81, 84, adl to oblige, to pay to St. Mark Parifh tobacco therein mentioned, 136, 144, 149, 165; mentioned, 35, 195; ordered that bill be brought in for dividing, 73. James Parifh, bill for dividing, 409, 410, 411. John Parifh, empowered to fell glebe land, 277, 2S0, 306, 309, 310, 316; mentioned, 408; petition of feveral veftrymen, 251; report of committee on petition of veftrymen, 259, 260. Margaret Parifh, mentioned. 262, 350; propofition in reference to divifion of, referred to committee, 332. Mark Parifh, acft for dividing, 425, 429, 431, 434; acft to oblige St. George Parifh to refund to, tobacco therein mentioned, 136, 144, 149, 165; petition of veftry, 124; proclamation concerning reward for capture of perfon or perf ons who burnt the chiu-ch, 155; reward for capture of the party or parties who burnt

George Parifh, adl

III, 124;

to amend acft for clearing, 410, 411, 415, 416, 42 1 bill to enable mafters of, to employ their own fhips, boats, and failors in carrying tobacco from public warehoufes, 121, 121, 125, 126; leave given to bring in biU to amend acft for clearing, 401; motion for bringing in bill to indemnify mafters of, from certain penalties, and to enable them to carry tobacco from warehoufes on board
bill

of,

121.

Shirley Hundred, ordered that a bill be prepared for appointing a ferry from City Point to, 127. Shockoe's Warehoufe, infpecftor's falary, 203; repealed, 202; revived, 279. Silver coin, acft for regulating and afcertaining current rates of, xvi, 42, 43, 44, 52. Simmons, John, burgefs, viii, ix, 6, 34, 46, 77, 118,
126, 129, 139, 173, 185, 192, 205, 219, 233, 285, 288, 292, 296, 322, 340, 371, 372, 393, 420; petitioner, 277. Sittenburn Parifh, mentioned, 122, 128, 130, 133, 135, 138, 166, 200. Skinker, Samuel, mentioned, 402. Skins, acft to prevent frauds in duty on, 358, 362, 375. 379. 3^i' 385. 386. Slaves, acft for better fecuring duty upon, xxviii, 290, 291, 293, 301, 307, 308. 315; acft for continuing and amending acft for laying duty on, 363, 378, 3S0, 381, 386; acft for laying additional duty on to be paid by buyer, 416, 418, 422, 427, 429, 430, 434; acft for laying duty on imported, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 52; acft for laying duty on to be paid by buyer, xvii, xxiii, 131, 132, 133, 139, 145, 165, 188, 219, 221, 223, 225, 233; acft to make the ftealing of, felony without the benefit of clergy, 150, 153, '155, 157, 165; bill to amend law in relation to trial of, for capital crimes, 295, 300, 303; bill to reftrain the ill ufage of, held by tenants for life, 156, 160, 161; leave given to bring in bill for

St. St. St.

the church of, 151, 152, 167. Martin Parifh, bill for dividing, 379, 382, 416,

422, 427. Parifh, mentioned, 262. Paul Parifh, petition of churchwardens and veftrymen, 355; report of committee on petition, 361. St. Peter's Parifh, mentioned, 203; petition of inhabitants, 13. petition of St. Stephen Parifh, mentioned, 408; parfon, 217; petition of veftry and inhabitants, 220. Salt, addrefs to governor in reference to importing, 383; addrefs to His Majefty and a petition to Parliament in reference to, 440, 441; governor's reply in reference to importing, 385; Mr. Edward Randolph appointed to prelent addrefs to His Majefty and petition to Parliament in reference to importmg, from Europe, 441. Sanford, Jofeph, charged with fraudulently procuring fignatures to a petition, xvi; mentioned, 31. Sappony, Indians, mentioned, 15, 64. Saiinders, Daniel, claimant, 398. Savage, Griffith, paid for attendance as witnefs Andrews, 360; in king's fuit againft petitioner, 346. Savage, John, petitioner, 137. burgefs, 244, 325, 404, 41a, Scarburgh, 418. Scarburgh, Edmund, burgefs, ix, 357, 359, 367, 376, 383; claimant, 257; contefted eledtion duly ele(5ted to ferve as burgefs, of, 364;

Mary

laying duty on imported flaves, 407; report of committee appointed to prepare ftatement of duty on, 259, 384, 427 refolution in reference to acft for laying duty on, to be paid by buyer, 333. Sleepy Hole Warehoufe, infpecftor's falary 203; rent of, 202. burgefs, 189, 245, 322, 371, 372. Smith, Smith, Arthur, petitioner, 139; report of committee
; ,

on petition
'.

of,

142.

Wm.

Smith, Auguftine, burgefs, viii, 33, 86, 123, 191, given forty pounds towards repairing 19s lofs fuftained by the blowing up of the gun-

powder committed to his care, 163, 167; meffage from Council to bxirgeffes in reference
petitioner, 131. 14, 40, 64, 65, 75, 82, 84, 88, 90, 118, 134, 173, 206; mentioned, 392. Smith, Nicholas, burgefs, vii, 5, 68, 69, 81, 122, 126, 136, 140; mentioned, 173. Soans's Warehoufe, infpecftor's falary, 203; petition of proprietor, 348; rent of, 202. Southampton, acft to prevent building of wooden chimneys in town of, 140, 144, 146, 151, 166; ordered that a bill be brought in for pulling down wooden chimneys in and to prevent the building of others, 130. Southern boundary, acft to encourage fettlement on, 380, 382, 385, 386. Southwark Parifh, adt for adding part of to St. Andrew Parifh in Brtmfwick County, 153, 154, 163, 165; acft for dividing, 348, 355, 367. 372, 375. 379. 380, 387; report of committee on petition of inhabitants, 328. Spaniards, acft for defraying expenfes of an expedition againft, xxxiii, 440, 441, 442; acft for railing troops to ferve againft, 424, 429, enliftment of foldiers 430, 431, 432, 434; from Virginia to ferve in expedition againft,

to petition of, 162;

Smith, Lawrence, burgefs,

viii, ix, 6,

370-

Scarburgh,

ix, 376, 383; 357, petition, 18, 328; report of committee on petition, 19, 336. Scott, Edward, burgefs, ix, 288; mentioned, 323. Seale, Anthony, difcharged out of cuftody, 430; gviilty of illegal atftion, 414; petitioner, 429. Seamen, exempted from ferving in militia, 371, 374, 378, 380, 384, 385, 387. Sebrel, Samuel, figner of the Quakers' petition, 445. Shackleford, Elizabeth, petitioner, 190. Shackleford, James, petitioner, 190. Sheep, acft to ref train keeping too great a number in town of Delaware, 149, 150, 152, 156, 166. Shepherd's Warehoufe, infpe<ftor's falary, 203; rent of, 202. Sheriffs, adt for better fetthng fees, 150, 153, 157, 160, 165; acft for eafe and encouragement of, xvii, 273, 281, 284, 286, 287, 289, 315; acft to prevent unreafonable feizures and diftreffes by, 352, 356, 358, 362, 365, 386;

Henry,

burgefs,

coUedlor, 392;

to revive acft prefcribing method of no; appointing, 105, 96, 83, 90, 91, ordered that a bill be brought in for continuing and amending acft for fettling fees
acft

xxxi.

of,

12.

Sherrando, petition of committee, 330.

inhabitants

referred

to

Speaker, fee HoUoway, John, Randolph, John, and Robinfon, John. Spence, Patrick, paid for building new warehoufe, 409; petitioner, 273, 400; report of committee on petition, 296. Spencer, Thomas, claimant, 331.

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SpoUwood,
;

account of expenfes incurred in going to Albany to make treaty with Indians, account of expenfes of treaty at 10 1 Albany confidered by Houfe, 102, 105; account of money given him for public ufes, arms and ammtinition purchafed 34, 86; tor Brunfwick County, 151; attorneys of, ordered to prepare an account of money
Col.,

Stith,

vii, 5, 35, 51, 74, 82, 125, 134, '39. 163Stith, Drury, petitioner, 225, 275. Stith, Mrs. Mary, claimant, 77. Stockley, Francis, petitioner, 285.

John, burgefs,
136.

given him to eredt two coimties, 11, 17, 83; Houfe takes into confideration report of committee to whom accounts were referred, 100; judgment againft for money given him to buy arms for Brunfwick County, 331; letter from attorney of, in reference to difpofition of money given him to ere<5l two counties, 37; letter from in reference to money

Strippling, Thomas, difcharged out of cuftody, 430; guilty of illegal adtion, 414; petitioner, 429. Strother, Anthony, memorialift, 340; petition in Strother, 338. behalf of orphans of Strother, Jofeph, juftice for King George Coimty, 256. Strother, William, btirgefs, vii, 36, 67, 68, 69, 82, 96, 102, 108, 118, 122, 123, 134, 137, 138, 147, 156; eftate of reimburfed for tobacco mentioned, loft in Falmouth Warehoufe, 355

Wm.

173-

due' Brtmfwick County, 140; letter from on the fubje(5t of arms for Brunfwick Cotmty, 320; mentioned, xiii, xxxiii, 194; money paid into treafury by, given to Benj. Harrifon to purchafe arms for Brunfwick County, Houfe 377, 387; notified of the aAion of the in regard to money appropriated for erecting two counties, 129; petition of attorney of, in reference to money given him to eredl two counties, 32; report of committee on memorial of, 140; report of committee to whom accounts were referred, 34, 35, 88; refolution in reference to acftion againft, 278; refolution in reference to giving to St. Andrew Parifh, for parochial ufes, the money remaining in his hands, 335; refolution in reference to money fpent by, in eredling Spotfylvania

Sturdy, Robert, petitioner, 154. Suits, frivolous and vexatious, adl to prevent, 134,
136,

139.

143.

165.

Sumner, Jethro, petitioner, 361. Surry County, adt for adding part of to Brunfwick
County, 152, 154, 163, 165; adt to oblige juftices of, to repair and maintain bridge over Nottoway River, 415, 420, 429, 430, 431, 434; allowed additional rent for new wareburgeffes, viii, x; Cabbin Point Warehoufe, 414; Lawn's Creek Parifh, 307, 328; mentioned, 64, 121, 129, 147, 203, 225, 292, 294; ordered that bill be brought in for adding part of, to Brunfwick County, 149; ordered that writ be iffued for eledting bitfgefs, 323; paid for warehouf es burnt, 297; petition of

houfe, 360;

County, 1 01. Spotfwood, Robert, petitioner, 154. Spotfylvania County, adt for altering place for
holding courts, 136, 144, 149, 166; adt for dividing, 193, 195, 197, 209, 234; adl for eredting town in, 33, 36, 42, 44, 52; bill to repeal adl for altering place for holding courts, 293, 296, 299; burgeffes, viii, ix, 124; juftices' petition, 421; juftices reimburfed for building warehoufe at Frederickfburg, 425; mentioned, 11, 13, 17, 34, 35, 100, loi, 140, 186, 203, 277, 292, 369; ordered that bill be brought in for removing court houfe, 124; ordered that Col. Spotfwood lay before Houfe account of money appropriated for eredlion of, 83; petition in reference to Orange County refunding tobacco, 350; petition in reference to Orange County refunding tobacco, rejedted, 353; petition of German proteftants in, 40; propofed bill in reference to inhabitants, 308; propofitions from, 9, 66, 73, 81, 124, 181, 184, 257, 258, 261, 331, 332, 346, 405, 419, 420; report of committee on grievance of, 194; report of committee on petition of, 12; return of writ for eledting burgeffes, 10, 348; St. George Parifh, 73, 75, 77, 81, 84, III, 136, 144, 149, 165, 195; St. Mark Parifh, 124, 152, 155. Squirrels, adt for killing, 22, 24, 27, 52, 62, 63, 66, 138, 144, 145, 151, 153, i55_ 193, 19;^ igg' 211, 212, 213, 234. Stafford County, adt for eredting new county on head of, 75, 76, 77, 81, no; adt to exempt German Proteftants in, from paying parifh levies, xx, 76, 77, 79, 85, in; burgeffes,

propofitions from, 13, 273, 351; 123, 253, 258, 284, 349, 405; report of committee upon grievance of, 12; return of writ for eledting burgeffes, 10, 248, 278,
juftices,

356; Southwark Parifh, 328. Stu-veyors, adt for better regiJation of office of, 299. 300. 304, 306, 309, 311, 315; bill to explain the duty of, and to prevent their unlawful fees, and for better fecuring the payment of their fees, 154, 155, 156, 212, 224, 227, 230, 231. Sutton, John, claim of, for work done in fecretary's office, 46; petitioner, 82. Sutton, Jofeph, claim referred to confideration of committee, 45; petitioner, 41. Sweney, Merit, burgefs, ix, 191, 244, 245, 321, 322, 361, 379. 393. 394, 423Swiniard's Warehoufe, infpedtor's falary, 203; rent of, 202. Sydner, Fortunatus, claim allowed, 330. Sydner, William, paid for building warehoufe, 409; petitioner, 400. Syme, John, bvirgefs, vii, 7, 37, 46, 51, 69, 81; mentioned, 119.

Tabb, Edward, expreffes

his intention to queftion the eledtion of Mr. Holloway, xv, xvi, 13. Taliaferro, John, petitioner, 348; reimburfed amount he had to pay on account of the efcape of a

prifoner,

360.

Tappahannock, town
Taskanask

of, propofition rejedted, 262, Tarply, John, petitioner, 273, 289.

dered that bill be brought in for paying part of tobacco due to for wolves' heads, 73; ordered that new writ be iffued for eledting a
burgefs,
76.
77.

mentioned, 62, 68, 69, 87, in, 193, 202, 204, 272; ordered that bill be brought in for eredting county on head of, 72; orviii, ix;

Warehoufe, infpedtor's falary, 203; mentioned, 410; rent of, 202. Tayloe, John, burgefs, viii, 9, 16, 21, 39, 40, 43,
68, 69, 71, 72, 77, 81, 96, 97, 99,

103, 128,

107, 133, 144,

109, 121, 145, 146.

122, 150. 150,

123, 152.

100, 124, 125, 153. 157.

102, 126, 159.

to,

161;
142,

certain

entailed
148,

lands

confirmed

173;
81,

Overwharton
84,

no;

parifh, petition of

73,

75,

Council,

147, 173;

German

propofition from, 66, 123, 128, 182, 253, 399, 403, 404, 405; return of wnt for eledting burgeffes, 10, 248; return of wnt for eledting burgeffes, amended 22 Stanton, Thomas, ordered that bill be brought in for appointing ferry over Rappahannock River at land of, 129. Steele, John, petitioner, 356. Steele, John, report of committee on petition 361 bteptoe, John, member of committee appointed to lay off bounds of Wiccocomico Parifh 326; mentioned. 161, 32s; report of concerning bounds of Wiccocomico Parifh 268
of, 63;

inhabitants

rejedted, 225;

166; member of mentioned, petition 126; petitioner, 220, 213.

Taylor,

Martha, amended report of committee on

petition of, petitioner, 257; 249, 252; report of committee on petition of, 253. Tenant, joint and in common, adt for maintaining acftions of account by one joint tenant and tenant in common againft another joint

tenant and tenant in common, 25, 27,

1

28, 29, 42, 43, 44, 46, 88, 89, 90, 103, 104, 105, 107,
10.

Tenants, adl to prevent frauds committed by, 88, 89,

91, 103,

no.

Tennent, John, meffage from governor and Council in reference to reward for making known his

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cure for
plevirify,

348;
387-

reward for difcovering medicine for

pleurify, 349. 37
1,

petitioner, 337, 339; cixring

Tuck, Bennet, claimant, 419.

Tuckahoe Creek, mentioned, 14; propofition from Henrico County in reference to building
chapel on, rejedted, 66.

Thacker, Chicheley, thanks of Houfe for fermon,

xxxi, 338.

Turkey Ifland Warehoufe,

viii, 5,

Thacker, Edwin, burgefs,

infpedtor's falary, 203;

30, 51, 99, 107, 117, 118, 163, 172, 174, 19s, 201, 211, 227; report

rent of, 202. Turner, Thomas, burgefs,

of committee on petition of, Thomas, George, petitioner, 144.

272.
63,

Thornton,
79, 80, 96,

burgefs,
124,

viii,

67,

68,

69,

118,

173.

Thornton, Francis, adt to confirm an agreement between Richard Coleman, William Thornton and, 134, 137, 148, 152, 156, 166; mentioned, 277;
petitioner, 131.

ix, 244, 248, 260, 263, 27s. 3". 321. 324. 327. 352, 354. 366, 378, 383, 393. 429. 432; contefted eledtion of, 251, 256, 263; lands vefted in, 128, 132, 133. '35. 14. 148, 151, 156, 166; mentioned, 264, 345, 401, 404; petitioner, 138. Tyler, John, petitioner. 19.

U
Underdown, Thomas, mafter of fhip Phoenix, to be paid two hundred and twenty pounds fterling current money by the treafurer,
143;

Thornton, William, adt to confirm an agreement between Francis Thornton, Richard Cole134, 137, 148, 152, 156, i66; mentioned, 181; petition rejedled, 9; petitioner, 131. Tithables, adt to amend a<St concerning, 338, 340, 343. 344, 349. 354, 357. 386; leave given to bring in a bill to amend the adt concerning, 332. Tobacco, adt for amending ftaple of, xxii, xxviii, 70, 74, 75, 78, 79, 80, 82, 100, loi, 102, 103, 104, 108, no, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 128, 136, 137. 140. 141, 144, 145. 146, 147. 148, 149. 152. 157. 159. 160, 165, 181, 183, 190, 192, 198, 201, 207, 209, 212, 221, 223, 224, '33' 253. 274. 285, 300, 304, 307, 310, 311, 315. 347. 359. 364, 366, 367, 368, 371, 376, 377. 379. 386; adt for improving ftaple of, 12, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 40, 42, 43, 52; adt for prolonging time for bringing, to pubUc warehoufes, and for fale of transfer toljacco, 406, 412, 418, 434; bill for repealing adt for improving ftaple of, 62, 255, 65, 73, 66, 68, 256, 259, 260, 269, 271; Houfe refolves itfelf into committee to confider the adt for amending. 75. 76 ordered that bill be prepared for amending adt for amending ftaple of, 120; refolution in reference to, 204, 205, 279. 395Tobacco houfes, adt to prevent malicious burning of, 71, 75, 80, 84, no. Tobacco infpedtors, refolution in reference to claim of, 157Tobacco feconds, bill for better execution of laws now in force againft, 62, 65, 66, 68, 73. Tobacco fuckers, cutting prevented, 280, 286, 289, 315Tobacco trade, committee from Houfe and Council hold conference regarding the petition to the parliament of Great Britain in reference to the condition of, 159, 160, 161. Todd, Martha, petition rejedted, 425; petitioner, 421; reimbvirfed for building warehoufe at Falmouth, 425. Todd, William, commiffioner, 9; petitioner, 72, 180, 281; report of committee on petition, 296.
:

man

and,

mentioned, 212.
petition of proprietor,
335,

Urbanna Warehoufe,
401
;

rent

of, 202.

Ufury, exceffive, adt to prevent taking, 82, 84, 87,

no,

186, 187, 193, 194, 210, 211, 233.

V
Vagrant and
idle people, adt for reftraint of, 27, 33,
45. 46. 52. Veftries, bill for diffolving

and eledting new ones, 418, 420, 422, 423. Vice, adt for fuppreffion of, xix, 67, 69, 71, 72, 75,
76, 80, 84,
1

10.

W
Wager, Nicholas, appointed doorkeeper, 7, 173, 244; paid for attending the committees of P. & G. and C. of J., 38; paid for fervices as doorkeeper, 89, 158; mentioned, 392. Wager, Thomas, appointed doorkeeper, 392; paid for fervices as doorkeeper of the Houfe, 441. Wagers, adt to prevent recovery of money or other
valuable things
429. 434-

won

on, 417, 420, 423, 427,

Wainwright's Warehoufe, infpedlor's falary, 203; place where public dues fhall be paid, 203;
rent
of,

202.

Walke, Anthony, burgefs,

196, 208, 384, 393,

viii, Lx, 38, 118, 149, 180, 244, 24s, 255, 321, 322, 380, 410, 417, 423; paid for building warehoufe, 424; petitioner, 406. Walker, Jacob, complaint againft, for refufing to certify petition, 1 1 reprimanded by the Houfe for refufing to certify petition, xvi,

2n,

17-

Walker, William, petitioner, 67. Wall, John, burgefs, ix, 284, 294, 335, 342, 357, 376. Wallace, James, complaint againft, for refufing to certify petition, n; reprimanded by the

Houfe
17-

for refufing to certify petition, xvi,

Todd's Warehoufe, place where public dues fhall be paid, 203; rent of, 202. Tomkies, Charles, lands vefted in, 201, 206, 207,
213, 234;

petitioner, 189.

Totaskey Creek, mentioned, 124; between, and habitants

Creek, 355.
Treafurer, accounts

petition of in-

Rappahannock
of, 202. of,

Waller, Benjamin, afliftant clerk of Comm. of P. & G., 336; affiftant clerk of the Hoiife, 437; clerk of Comm. of P. & G., 394; paid for fervices as affiftant clerk of Houfe, 441. Wallop, John, land of, vefted in Jofhua Kendall, 373. 374. 376. 377. 379. 383. 385. 387; petitioner, 364. Parifh, mentioned, 191. Waring, Tho., biirgefs, ix, 244, 248, 250, 261, 278, 301, 312, 321, 322, 323, 394, 432. Warwick County, burgeffes, viii, x; mentioned, 62, 65, 76, 81, in, 189, 203, 248, 280; ordered that meffage be fent to governor to order new writ for eledting a burgefs, 119; return of writ for eledting burgeffes, 10, 248; Warwick Parifh, 251, 273, 289, 294, 306. 309, 310. 316. Warwick Parifh, bill for diffolving veftry, 292, 294, 296; empowered to fell glebe land, 277, 280, 306, 309, 310, 316; petition of minifter and veftrymen, 251, 252, 273, 289. Warwick Warehoufe, infpedtors falary, 203; place where public dues fhall be paid, 203; proprietor's petition, 401; rent of, 202. Warwickfqueak, inhabitants allowed to carry tobacco to warehoufe in upper diftridt of James River, 279. Warwickfqueak Parifh, adt for adding part of, to

Totaskey Warehoufe, mentioned, 279; rent

of, 62,

Ware

312; accounts

paffed

313. Treafurer, bill for appointing, ^^, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 52, 217, 221, 224, 226, 227, 233, 365, 370, 375. 376. 387; committee appointed to examine accounts of, defires diredtion of the Houfe in regard to blank therein, 143; leave given to bring in bill for appointing,

by Houfe,

ordered that a committee examine 359; accounts of, 77, 133; report of, 432; report of committee to whom accounts of, were
referred, 151.

Trethway, John, mentioned, 92, 93. Trotter, Armiger, figner of the Quakers' petition,
445Trotter, Thomas, figner of the Quakers' petition, 445Tiirberville, George, lands vefted in, 77, 84, 87, 90, in; petitioner, 68 report on petition of,
;

69-

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Parifh in Brunfwick County, uniting and divid153, 155, 163, 165; a(5tfor ing Newport and, 219, 22J, 234; mentioned, 210; petition of veftrymen, 205.
St.

Andrew

Warwickfqueak Warehoufe, repealed, 202

279.

revived,

Wathington, John, land vefted in, 128, 130; act 138; land in for vefting land in, 133, 13s, Weftmoreland County whereof Geo. Weedon is feifed, vefted in, 166; mentioned, 124.

Wathington Parifh, mentioned,

135, 138, 166.
,

124, 128, 130, 133,

Water ^ebb,

mills, bill for building, 294, 298, 363, 375.

to prepare ftate of the duty on flaves, 394; clerk of Comm. of C. of J., 174. Webb, George, paid for preparing copy of the laws, and compofing a table for the prefs, 142, 154, 167; petitioner, 141, 383. Weedon, George, land in Weftmoreland Coimty, whereof he is feifed vefted in John Wafhington, 128, 130, 133, 13s, 138, 166; petitioner,
clerk of

Comm. appointed

and draw up a

124.

Weights and meafures, to be according to Englifh

ftandard, 213, 217, 224, 226, 227, 233. Weft, Edward, accufed of abuling Mr. Andrews, xvi, 19; reprimanded for affronting Mr.

Andrews,

20.

Weft, Hugh, allowed additional rent with which to reimburfe Prince William County, expenfe of building warehoufe, 360; committee inftrudted to bring in bill for appointing a ferry from land of, over Potomac River to Frazier's Point, 420; mentioned, 412, 419;
petitioner,

342.

Weft, William, petitioner, 136.

Weft

Indies,
25-

petition of merchants trading with,

Weft Point, motion in reference to removing feat of government to, xxxi, 342. Weftmoreland County, adt for altering day for
holding
court, 136, 151, 165; 144, 145, burgeffes, viii, x, xvi; committee appointed to run dividing line between Richmond and

falary of burgeffes for, 85; retiuTi of writ for eledling a burgefs, 248, 356. Williamfburg, adl to oblige juftices of James City and York to levy tobacco for certain officers burgefs, of, 209, 210, 216, 220, 224, 233; viii, X, XV, 13; jurifdidlion of the court of huftings enlarged, 305, 308, 311, 313, 316; mentioned, 3, 9, 48, 49, 69, 127, 193, 398; meffage from council in reference to falary motion in reference to of burgefs for, 8 7 removal of feat of government from, xxxi, 342; petition of mayor, recorder, aldermen and commonalty, 270, 293, 339; refolution in reference to falary of burgefs for, 85; retiuTi of writ for eledling a burgefs, 13, 248; writ for eledling burgefs, 14. Williams's Warehoufe, infpedlor's falary, 203; rent of, 202. Willis, biu-gefs, 244, 245, 249, 269, 275, 278, 294, 322. 33^' 346, 351. 354, 356. 357. 358, 377. 383. 385. 393. 396,401,407,411,417.418. Willis, Francis, burgefs, vii, ix, 15, 21, 39, 41, 86, 117, 121, 131, 134, 146, 148, 152, 156, 157, 162, 163, 172, 173, 177, 178, i88, 189, 191, 197, 199, 201, 206, 207, 208, 216, 217, 223, reimburfed for 228; petitioner, 277, 414; building two fheds to warehoufes at Cabbin Point, 425; report of committee on petition, 296. Willis, Henry, btwgefs, viii, ix, 3, 6, 14, 22, 30, 71, 86, 117, 123, 134, 135, 136, 139, 144, 152, 157, i6i, 172, i8g, 195, 197, 208, 216, 423, guilty of expreffions refiledling 425, 429: upon Mr. Johnfton, 363, 369; lands vefted in, 198, 199, 201, 209, 234; petition, 190, 418; reimburfed for building two warehoufes at Frederickfburg, 425; report of committee on his expreffions refiedlmg upon Mr. Johnfton, 373. Wills, Emanuel, petitioner, 283. Wills, Miles, petitioner, 189. Wilmington Parifh, petition of former veftrymen,
; ,

10.

King George Counties and, 383;

Wilfon, burgefs, viii, 196. Wilfon, Caleb, petitioner, 281; report of committee
,

petition, 406; juftices reimburfed rent of houfes at Nominy and Maddox, 424; mentioned, 68, 87, 90, iii, 133, 189, 248, 273, 332, 400; ordered that bill be brought in for altering day of holding court, 124; ordered that new writ be iffued for eledling a burgefs, petition of inhabitants of, 18, 69; 173; propofitions from, 13, 122, 123, 128, 253, 310, 399. 405; report of committee on petition, 31, 32, 71, 82; rettim of writ for eledling burgeffes, 10, 248; Wafhington Parifh, 124, 128, 130, 13s, 138, 166.

juftices' for the

on

petition. 297.

Wilfon, John, petitioner, 259, 265. Winflow, Benjamin, accufed of expreffions refledling upon the Houfe, 365. Witneffes, allowance to, for attending county courts, reduced, 308, 311, 312, 313, 315. Wolves, adl for leffening reward for killing, 156, 159, 160, 163, 165; bill for altering manner of paying rewards for killing, 97, 100, 262, 292. Wolves' heads, adl to prevent frauds in obtaining
certificates for, 160, 163, 165. for allowing clergy to, and for taking reading, 144, 148, 150, 154, 165. Wood, Thomas, petitioner, 154. Woodbridge, J., burgefs, ix, 161, 245, 322, 326, 357, 384, 393; member of committee appointed to lay off bounds of Wiccocomico Parifh, 226. Woodford, William, adl to oblige" Caroline County

Women, adl away

Weftover Parifh, adl to veft land in truftees to be fold, 85, 86, 87, 90, no; mentioned, 396; petition of church wardens of, 74. Weftwood, W., burgefs, ix, 245, 289, 325, 334, 361,

Wheel

379. 393. 394. 423. carriages, ferriage, 222, 226, 234. Wheelock, fecretary of B. of T., letter from, 120.

Whitaker, Richard, mentioned, 62. Whitehead, Philip, burgefs, vii, 6, 24, 67, 84, 85,
OTu-."^t.'^"*', Whitmg,
of,

'^\'3''/39.

142, 173. 196.

Beverley, burgefs, ix; contefted ele<ftion 412, 426; not qualified to ferve as burgefs,

to reimburfe, damages fuftained by means of the efcape of a prifoner, 145, 147, 148, 157, 166; mentioned, 402; petitioner, 132, 134; report of committee to whom petition was referred, 138.

xxxii, 427. Whiting, Henrs', mentioned, 426. Wiccocomico Parifh, committee appointed to lay off bounds of, 161, 226; mentioned, 19, 99'; propofition from, 310, 350; report of committee appointed to lay off bounds, 246, 268; refolution in reference to bounds of, 40

Wiccocomico Warehovife, infpeaor's

falary,

20 ?

Woodfon, Stephen, ordered that a bill be prepared for appointing a ferry from the land of, to Manakin Town, 127. Wormley, Agatha, mentioned, 334. Wormley, John, mentioned, 334. Wormley, Judith, mentioned, 334. Wormley, Ralph, empowered to fell lands to raife money to pay his Afters' portions, 345, 348,
Wormley, Sarah, mentioned, 334. Wyatt, Sir Dudley, mentioned, 93.
TTT

rent of, 202. Wilkins, Francis, mentioned, 397. Wilkinfon's Warehoufe, infpedtor's falary 20^rent of, 202. William and Mary College, ad for better fupport of, xx\'i, xxvii acft for fupport and encouragement of, 222,223, 227, 228, 233; burgefs, viii, X, 62; raeffage from Council in reference to falary of burgefs for, 87; ordered that new wnt be iflued for elefting burgefs 173 322; petition of prefident and mafters of' 2", 215, 218; refolution in reference to
;

,^58, 362, 365, 371, 387;

petitioner, 334.

Wynne, William,

petitioner, 16.

Yeocomico

York

Warehoufe, infpedlor's falary, 20^; petition of infpedlors, 253; place where public dues fhall be paid, 204; rent of, 202; report of committee on petition of infpedlors, 297. County, adl to oblige juftices of, to levy tobacco for certain officers of Williamfburg,

(467)
209, 2ir *'6. 220, 224, 234; burgeffes, viii, 13, 299, 408; mentioned, 14, 61, 134, 258, 398; propofition in reference to adl for amending ftaple of tobacco referred to a committee, 122; return of writ for eleAing burgeffes, 13, 248; fherifi, 119. River, naval officers of, ordered to lay before Houfe lifts of veffels importing flaves, 323, 329Town, a(ft for fecuring the title of certain lands to the feoffees of, and for eftablifhing a common, 372. 383, 385, 387; bill to reftrain inhabitants from keeping too large a number
X, XV,

York

York

of cattle and horfes, 206; grievance reje<fted, 189; petition of inhabitants, 193, 206, 359; petition of ordinary keepers, 271; report of committee on petition of inhabitants, 367; retailing ftrong liquors in fmall quantities prohibited, 300, 308, 309, 310, 316; wooden chimneys not to be bvult in, or hogs and goats fuffered to run at large therein, 210, 216, 222, 225, 234. York Warehoxife, infpedlor's falary, 203; place where pubUc dues fhall be paid, 203; rent of, 202. Young, John, claimant, 428.

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