ASSEMBLIES. 155 159 210 210 210 210 I 2 35 36 How questions refpecting the royal affent to acts paffed under the regal government fhall be difcuffed and decided, RULES. Duty of the justices, sheriffs and ferjeants in fuppreffing them, and punishing the offenders, and penalty on them for neglect, Thofe guilty of, how they fhall be punished, 35 36 Prifon rules to be affigned by district and Where any party is aggrieved by, commiffiorers fhall be appointed by the general court to enquire of the cafe and make return to them, Of flaves, how punishable, RIVERS AND CREEKS. Grants of the beds of rivers and creeks not Proceedings against lying out runaway ne groes, Reward for taking up a runaway, 28 423 423 356 38 142 423 189 How to be taken up and dealt with, 246 246 When conveyed to jail, to be advertised by County courts may contract for clearing rivers and creeks of certain obftructions to navigation, and the paffa ge of fith, Penalty for felling trees into rivers or creeks whereon public bridges are erected, ROADS. Proceedings to be had on application to the county courts for a new road or to alter an old one, To be divided into precincts with a furveyor to each, 26 27 27 27 27 Who are to work on them, and penalty on fuch perfons refufing, Surveyors of roads, their duties and powers, and penalty on them for neglect, the clerks to furnish fheriffs with copies of the appointment of furveyors, who fhall ferve them therewith, Proceedings to be had where bridges or cau To be delivered to the owners upon their proving their property and indemnifying the fheriff, 246 246 To be fold, if not claimed within one year, Penalty on jailors, fheriffs and conftables for 246 246 24 27 372 H 276 How fecurities for guardians may be relieved, 173 Remedy of fecurities against their principals 432 204 204 for money paid for them on notes and obligations, of one fecurity against another joint ly bound with him, Not to confefs judgments or fuffer them to go by default where the principals willenter themselves defendants, and give them collateral fecurity, Paying money for, and obtaining execution against their principals, no fecurity to be raken thereon, When fecurities or their executors may require creditors or their fecurities to commence fuits on the bonds, notes, &c. in which they are bound or lofe remedy against them, 281 281 282 323 How fecurities in bonds, recognizances, &c. on which execution may be awarded with out judgment, or their executors, &c. may proceed against their principals, or their executors, &c. how they may proceed against thofe who were bound with them as fecurities, SECURITIES OF SHERIFFS.—SLE SHE RIFFS. 435 Paying the public debts of sheriffs, their re 81 89 Scire facias to revive a judgment may be fued out within ten years, on interlocutory judgments where either party dies, Against defendants in actions of covenant, Shall not ifflue to revive a judgment obtained in a teftator's or inteftate's lifetime against the executor or administrator after 5 years from their qualification, How writs of feire facias fhall be ferved, By way of feals, good, SCROLLS SEALS-SEE SCROLLS. SECURITIES 205 May move against their principals in the general court and district courts, 70 74 against each other for contributi on, in the diftri& courts, 74 When and how fecurities for executors or adminiftrators may compel them to give counter-fecurity, 165 When a guardian may be compelled to give medy against the theriffs' lands, The lands of fuck fecurities liable for public debts, and bound by judgments againft them, SECURITY. 324 324 123 137 Servants property preferved to them, When difabled thall be maintained by their mafters during their whole time of fervice, 248 Penalty on mafters for putting away fick or difabled fervants, 248 Negroes, mulattoes, or Indians not to own fervants except of their own complexion, Penalty on any perfon who fhall deal with a fervant without the master's confent, How punishable for breach of penal laws where free perfons are punified by fine, When their terms of tervice expire, to have certificates thereof, 248 248 248 Penalty for harboring a fervant without fuch certificate, Punishment of fervants for ufing forged or fto 248 248 len certificates, 248 of perfons forging fuch certificates, 248 SESSIONS OF COURTS. The places of feffion of courts may, in certain cafes, be changed pro tempore by the executive, 93 94 The judges of certain courts, after their feffions begun, recording that they cannot fit in fafety, may adjourn to the fucceeding own courts, To fummon grand and petit juries to every diftrict court, and quarterly feffions of inferior courts, 99 100 101 Penalty on them for not fummoning grand juries, Not to converfe with a jurer but by order of court, ΙΟΙ 101 101 102 117 299 Of James City, may fummon jurors in any Sheriff failing to give bond and fecurity with- 120 120 120 120 120 129 ΙΩΙ How long sheriffs fhall continue in office, Upon their failure to give bonds and fecurity, the executive may appoint collectors of the taxes, Forms of the bonds to be given by them, 121 How fuits are to be brought upon their bonds, 121 Deputy Sheriffs fhall not continue in office more than two years unless they have accounted for the taxes, 121 122 Sheriffs not to go out of their counties to pay money levied by execution, or to give notice to creditors whole debtors are in execution, 123 Sheriffs to deliver to perfons paying officers' fces, taxes, &c. fair accounts and receipts, 122 Penalty for failing to ferve process, or for a falle return thereof, Bonds taken by them of prifoners, except in cafes directed by law, void, 123 Remedy against them for failing to take bail or taking infufficient, 78 87 Their remedy againit the defendant's eftate where judgments are had against them for To collect all taxes, levies, fines and forfeitures and poor rates when appointed by the overfeers of the poor, Not to feize or diftrain flaves where other fuf. 123 122 123 438 No fecurity to be taken upon executions iffued on judgments obtained by sheriffs against their deputies, 314 139 Damages and fines incurred by theriffs and public collectors may in certain cafes be remitted by the executive, 315 329 137 138 Fines and forfeitures incurred by them, how Recovery of the fines and forfeitures incurred 138 139 remission of them how to be obtained, 139 329 Their duty in forcible entry and detainer, 151 152 Former fales of lands devifed to be fold, made by sheriffs or officers under orders of court where the executor refused to act, confirmed, 167 Sheriffs and ferjeants to collect poor rates if appointed to do fo, Peralty on them for refufal, 1 peir duty in fupprefing unlawful affemblies of slaves. 182 182 188 Sheriff in office, to make conveyance of lands fold for arrears of taxes in cafe the sheriff making the fale dies before a conveyance be made, All the juftices in a county refufing the office of high fheriff, court to recommend two freeholders, one of whom to be appointed by the executive, No perfon in a county accepting the office of fheriff, executive on recommendation from the court to appoint any citizen willing to act, 347 348 349 Paying taxes punctually into the trea fury, ailowed two per cent. additional the feon, 349 Lands of deputies, bound to the high feriff in the fame manner as his are to the fommonwealth, 340 To ferve furveyors of roads with copies of their appointments, 372 Their commiffions on the taxes received by 123 them from pedlars, 30 To collect militia fines, 384 SILVER. SEE COIN. SLAVES. No sheriff or collector fhall feize flaves if Punishment of, for hog.ftealing, 166 178 186 186 186 187. fes, Penalty for importing them, and for felling or buying them so imported, Not to go from home without written paffes, 186 No negro or mulatto to carry arms, May be whipped for coming on others' plantations without leave from their masters, 187 Punishment of, for riots, unlawful affemblies, feditious fpeeches, &c. 397 413 398 398 187 401 No perfon fhall permit the flaves of others to remain upon his plantation, 187 188 Sheriff or officer making diftrefs for rent, when the property is replevied, entitled to the fame commiflions as are allowed for forthcoming bonds, Duty of juftices and other officers in fuppreffing unlawful meetings of flaves, Punishment of free perfons prefent at fuch meetings, or for harbouring others' flaves, 188 Penalty for dealing with a lave without his mafter's leave, 405 Fee, for giving notice on motions, 405 The duty of theriffs to give notice on replevy and forthcoming bonds if required, Their allowance for taking and comparing the polls of fenators to the general affem bly, 188 Not to have credit for any lifts of insolvents after 12 months from the taxes being pay able by them, 416 Slaves attempting to ravith a white woman may be punished by caftration, Owner of, not barred of his remedy where his flave is killed or dies through negligence of the furgeon undertaking to dilmember or cure him. 188 189 Confpiracy of, to rebel and murder, felony without benefit of clergy, 138 189 475 Felony without benefit of clergy for them to prepare or adminifter any medicine, unless it appears that it was done with no ill intent, 189 438 Not to fell lands of the commonwealth, unlefs for the whole fum due thereon to the Penalty on the owners of, fuffering them to go at large and trade as freemen, Suffered too at large and hire themfelves out, may be apprehended and fold. 189 189 |