11. Bill Declaring When Laws Shall Be in Force, 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
To prevent all Doubt concerning the Time at which the Laws of this Commonwealth shall take place, and be in Force Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that all Laws, or Acts of Assembly, which shall be made or passed during this, or any future Session, shall take place, and be in Force, from and after the last Day of that Session of Assembly in which they shall have been respectively made or...
22. Jefferson’s Notes of English Statutes, 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
No. 1. } a { 11. or 13.E.1. stat. of Acton Burnel. allowing recognisances before a mayor to have effect of jdmts. & goods for defect of buyers to be delivd. to creditor at appraised value. b 13.E.1.c.1. the stat. of merchants. supplementory of the last. c 14.E.3.c.11. supplementory No. 2. 27.E.3.st.2.c.7. prohibition to export wool, leather, lead. 14.R.2.c.5. do. No. 1. { d. 27.E.3.st.2.c.5....
34. Outline of Bill for Proportioning Crimes and Punishments, &c., 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
I. Crimes whose punishmt. extends to Life . 1. High-treason. Death < by burying alive. qu .> by hanging Forfeiture of lands & goods to Commwth. 2. Petty Treason. Death by hanging. Dissection. Forfeitr of half lands & goods to representatives of person killed.
45. Memorandum by Jefferson on Bills to be Drafted, 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
< confining prisoner in county jail, to be considd. as obeyg. writ .> < Presenting? def. & confessing jdmt .> < deposns. in criminal cases, when to be admitted > < in bill for specific performnce ( as in purchase of lands ) have damages for … > T. J. oath of fidelity to be taken by all officers < fee bill. restrain Sheriff’s commn. as the Marshall’s in admiralty
51. A Bill to Arrange the Counties into Senatorial Districts, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly that the districts, for which Senators are to be chosen to serve in General Assembly, shall be those which are herein after described, that is to say, the counties of Accomack and Northampton, one district; the counties of Princess Ann, Norfolk, and Nansemond, one other district; the counties of Isle-of-wight, Surry, and Prince George, one other district;...
62. A Bill concerning the Election of Members of General Assembly, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that the Delegates for the several counties, and the City of Williamsburg and Borough of Norfolk, and the six Senators for one of the four classes of districts, in the room of those who will annually be displaced, shall be chosen, in the manner hereafter directed, on the first Monday of September in every year, and shall meet together, and with the...
73. A Bill Empowering One of the Privy Council to Officiate in Certain Cases as Lieutenant Governor, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that if the Governor and President of the Privy Council shall die, or otherwise become unable to perform his duty, in the recess of the General Assembly, the Privy Councillor whose name stands next in the list of their appointments shall officiate as Lieutenant Governor, until the vacancy be supplied, or the disability cease. And, in the absence of the...
84. A Bill Empowering the Governor, with Advice of the Privy Council, to Lay Embargoes, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that it shall be lawful for the Governor, with advice of the Privy Council, whenever, before the next session of General Assembly, they shall judge it to be for the good of the commonwealth, by his proclamation, published in the Virginia Gazette, to prohibit, during such time, to be therein limitted, as they shall think the exigency will probably...
95. A Bill for Regulating and Disciplining the Militia, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
For forming the citizens of this commonwealth into a militia and disciplining the same for defence thereof, be it enacted by the General Assembly of the commonwealth of Virginia, that all free male persons, hired servants and apprentices, between the ages of 16 and 50 years (except the Governor and members of the Council of State, members of the American Congress, Judges of the Superior...
106. A Bill Making Provision against Invasions and Insurrections, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
For making provision against invasions and insurrections, and laying the burthen thereof equally on all: Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that the division of the militia of each county into ten parts, [made under the laws heretofore in force, shall be] kept up in the following manner: The commanding officer of every county, within one month after every general muster, shall enroll,...