ed 83. Certificate from com- missioners of war 84. Bounty in lands for three years service 84. Additional for six years 84. No locations within their bounds 84. Their certificates to be received for public pa- tent fees 84. Certain officers included in pay and bounty 84. Navy officers, sailors and marines, entitled to the same emoluments as those in the land service, 85, 162. Sol- diers in state legions authoris- ed to enlist in continental ar- my 135. May be discharged, on what terms 135. Legion under col. Dabney may be en- listed into continental army 170. Executive may order them to defence of western frontiers, or on board armed vessels, if willing to serve 170. If reduced, horses to be sold 170. Three months pay to be advanced to the soldiers of this state, on continental establish- ment, late from the southern army 267. That act repeal- ed, congress having made pro- vision 297. Monies levied for recruiting service to be paid into treasury, instead of to or- der of executive 280. Depu- tation of officers to choose su- perintendants and appoint sur- veyors, for locating and sur- veying lands given to officers and soldiers on continental and state establishments 309.
ARTICLES OF WAR. Militia governed by when in ac- tual service 487.
ARTIFICERS Employed at iron works, ex- empted from militia duty 21. ASSEMBLY. Inspectors of tobacco ineligible to the general assembly 233. Delegates to congress ineligi- ble to either house of the as- sembly 249. Three fourths of the wages of the members to be paid for the present 280. Deputy sheriff ineligible to as- sembly, until two years after quietus 308. Return of elec- tion of senators and delegates, when to be made 387. Pen- alty for neglect 387. Penalty on sheriffs interfering in elec- tions 387. Meetings of assem- bly to be annual 388.
ASSIZE. Act for establishing courts of as- size 421. When and where courts of assize to be held 422. In suits depending in the gen- eral court, issues to be tried at the assizes, accordingly as the venue is laid 422, 423. Coun- ties assigned to each court of assize 423. Venue, in transi- tory actions, where laid 424. What judges to attend assizes, and how allotted 424. Juries 424. Verdicts certified to gen- eral court 425. Judgment on postea, when entered 425.- Trials at bar 425 Clerks of assize, how appointed, tenure of office and duty 425. Dock- ets 425. Depositions 426.- Habeas corpus 426 Crimi
nal jurisdiction 426. Pro- ceedings therein 426. Pre- sentments, proceedings on 428 Attornies for commonwealth 428. Witnesses and jurors failing to attend 428. Com- mencement of act 429.
ATTACHMENT. Taxes due from persons, about to remove out of the county, may be recovered by attach ment 542.
AUDITORS. Auditors to settle claims for pro- perty impressed for public ser- vice 79. Not to issue certifi- cates for damages done to houses and plantations, except where allowed against the U. States 80 Their powers ex- tended 183. Warrants for pa- per money, for property im- pressed, may be re-audited 184, 192. Commissioners ap- pointed to settle the claims for property impressed, who are to keep a register of warrants and return it to auditors 192. Auditors to furnish treasurer with distinct accounts of each branch of revenue 249. May issue new warrants and certifi- cates where originals lost 254. Oath and bond by applicant 254. Auditors to issue war- rants for half pay, to officers of state line and navy 265.- So, to sheriffs, venire men and witnesses, attending general court, in criminal cases 319.
ATTORNIES. Repeal of act reducing lawyers' fees 76. Act concerning at-
tornies' fees, revived 183.- Tax on admission of attornies 378, 439.
BAIL. Tax on recognizance of bail 378, Repealed 438.
Regulations for unlading ballast 262. Penalty for unlading without a ballast master 263. BANNS. Parties to be married must pro- duce a marriage licence or publication of banns 281. How publication of banns shall be made 281.
BATH. Further time allowed purchasers of lots, in town of, to build thereon 26.
Penalty for violating his pri- vilege 502. Right may be abolished by paying a certain compensation to the inventor 502.
BONDS. Duty bonds, how recovered 126. 201. Sheriffs to give bond 168, 169. Copy sent to au- ditors, evidence 168.
Bounty, pay and emoluments of soldiers for three years, or the war 17. Officers and soldiers to give in their land claims 83. How their warrants are to be obtained 83. Certificate from commissioner of war 84.- Bounty in lands for three years 84. Additional, for six years 84. No locations within their bounds 84. Officers and sol- diers in Lee's legion, and o others, included in pay and bounty 84. Navy officers,
sailors and marines, placed on same footing as in land service $5. Entitled to same land bounty and other emoluments as officers and soldiers in Vir- ginia line on continental esta- blishment 162. Digest of the laws on the subject of land- bounties 559.
BOTETOURT. Court of Botetourt county autho- | rised to levy a sufficient sum to pay the arrears due the Rev. Adam Smyth, incumbent of Botetourt parish 56, 338.--- Court day altered 315,
Penalty on collector of duties for receiving a bribe, or conniving at a false entry, and on the person offering it 124, 199. BRITISH DEBTS. British debts assigned, not reco- verable 76. Payment of, into the treasury, revived 81. Cre- ditors may attach 82. British debts not recoverable, altho' assigned, renewed, or altered 176. How fraudulent assign- ments detected 176. Treple costs to defendant, on proof of fraud 177. Citizens partners with British creditors, may proceed by attachment 177.— How far such citizen partners exempted from debts of co- partnery 177. Acts prohibit- ing recovery of British debts, revived 349.
BRITISH PROPERTY. Fraudulent conveyances of, pro- ceedings on 81. British goods found on land, liable to seizure and confiscation 101. Sus- pension of act 102. To go into operation 162. All acts and ordinances prohibiting importation of British goods, repealed 195. Congress em- powered to prohibit importa- tions from the West Indies, in British vessels, &c. 313. BRITISH SUBJECTS, Fraudulent conveyances by, pro- ceedings on 81. Intercourse
with, and admission of, Bri- tish subjects, prohibited 136. Flag vessels, how to be receiv- ed 136. British subjects de-
clared prisoners of war 137.- Proviso, in favor of pilots 137. British subjects not to be ad- mitted, except in cases of ship- wreck 137. How apprehend- ed 137. Restrictions as to in- tercourse in case of shipwreck 137. Penalty for administer- ing oath of allegiance to an alien enemy, or British sub- ject 138. British subjects.com- ing into this state contrary to law, declared prisoners of war 138. Copies of act, how dis- tributed 138. Spies to be proceeded against according to the law military 138.
BRITISH TRADE. Congress empowered to adopt countervailing regulations re- specting the British trade, to the West Indies 313.
BROWN, WILLIAM. Provision for pay and deprecia- tion, of Dr. William Brown 106. His land-bounty 106. BRUNSWICK, Justices of Brunswick county au- thorised to appoint a place for holding courts, near the cen- tre of the county 256.
BUCHANAN, JAMES. Lots of James Buchanan in Fal- mouth, vested in Isaac Hite, for the use of Anne Buchanan, his widow 154. Lots may be sold, if personal estate insuffi- cient for payment of debts 155.
BUCKNER, WILLIAM. William Buckner, collector of levies, in parish of St. Tho- mas, in county of Orange, au- thorised to discharge a judg-
ment for the same, in tobacco, or money in lieu thereof, at 10s. per bundred 539. Per- sons in arrears for levies, may discharge them at the same rate 539.
BUTLER, DEMSEY. Demsey Butler, convicted of treason, pardoned, in conse- quence of pardon having been promised him, by col. Josiah Parker 152.
CALLAWAY, JAMES Indemnified for assisting to sup- press a conspiracy against the state, 134.
CAMPBELL, JOHN Sale of lands mortgaged to him by John Connolly, suspended 276. So much of act estab- lishing town of Louisville as affects lands of John Camp- bell and Joseph Simon repeal- ed 322: Surveyor to run di- viding line between Campbell and Connolly 322,475. Lands of Connolly to be sold, and mortgage to be paid off 475. CAPE HENRY, New trustees for light house at Cape Henry appointed 58. Former duties appropriated 58. Directors to be trustees of the common 58.
CAPITOL, Directors of public buildings au-
thorized to provide apartments for legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the capitol, in- stead of erecting separate buildings 496.
CARRIAGES, Tax on carriages 93, 113, 418.
In militia, how organized and armed 173. Officers of cav- alry, how appointed 173. Cav- alry, how trained 173. Ex- empted from duty in main bo- dy of militia 173. Pay 173. Horses &c. lost, paid for by public 173.
CAVEATS, Lands saved if duties performed before caveat 91. Affidavit to prevent friendly caveats 292. Caveat dismissed if summons not returned executed 292. List of caveats ended to be returned to register, after ge- neral court 292. Fees on de- termination of caveats, how paid 443. On trial of caveats, certificate of county courts, of settlement or pre-emption
rights, not conclusive evidence of title 508. Proof of testimo- ny on which certificates grant- ed admissible 508.
CENSUS. Number of people in the com- monwealth, to be ascertained 40. Act continued 108, 193. Act to ascertain the quantity of fand, the improvements there-
CERTIFICATES. Military warrants and certificates to be received for land-war- rants 22. Militia or military certificates, when to be recei- ved for taxes 69. Receipts or certificates received by sher- iffs for taxes, agreeable to ex- isting laws to be taken at the treasury 77. Damages and in- terest remitted to sheriffs who had offered to pay 78. Sher- iffs to make oath as to certi- ficates by them received for taxes 78. Auditors to issue certificates for property, im- pressed for public service 79: At what prices 79. Act provi- ding more effectual funds for redemption of certificates granted officers and soldiers 81. Guard against further de- preciation 83. Their certifi- cates to be received for public patent fees 84. Further time allowed for recording certifi- cates of settlement rights 91. Specie certificates or warrants to be taken for land 92. Pro- vision for redeeming military and other certificates 93, 169. Additional taxes 93. Certifi- cates and warrants to be divi- ded into small sums for conve- niency of change 94. Taxes payable in military certificates 94. To be divided by audi- tors into small sums for conve- niency of charge 94. Interest on military certificates, when and how to be paid 105. Cer-
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