3180. A Bill for Amending the Constitution of the College of William and Mary, and Substituting More Certain Revenues for … (Jefferson Papers)
Whereas a scheme for cultivating and disseminating useful knowledge in this country, which had...
3283. A Bill for Saving the Property of the Church Heretofore by Law Established, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that the several tracts of Glebe land, the churches, and...
3368. A Bill for the Employment, Government and Support of Malefactors Condemned to Labour for the Commonwealth, 18 June … (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that malefactors condemned by judgment of law to hard...
344. 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...
3586. A Bill Annulling Marriages Prohibited by the Levitical Law, and Appointing the Mode of Solemnizing Lawful Marriage … (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that marriages prohibited by the Levitical law shall be...
36115. A Bill Prescribing a Method of Protesting Inland Bills of Exchange and Allowing Assignees of Obligations to Bring … (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that if a bill of exchange, for the sum of five pounds, or...
3738. A Bill for Preservation of Vessels Wrecked, or in Distress, and of Their Crews and Cargoes, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that a person descrying a vessel wrecked, or in peril, or...
38122. A Bill for Enforcing Performance of Awards Made by Rule of Court, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that by consent of parties, either personally declared by...
3979. A Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowledge, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Whereas it appeareth that however certain forms of government are better calculated than others...
4015. A Bill for the Enlistment of Soldiers, Sailors and Marines, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly that every able bodied freeman who will enlist to serve...
4193. A Bill Constituting the Court of Appeals, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that a Court of Appeals, for hearing and determining suits...
4295. A Bill Constituting Justices of the Peace and County Courts, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that the Aldermen to be elected for every county, who by...
4362. A Bill for the Restraint, Maintenance, and Cure of Persons not Sound in Mind, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that the present directors of the hospital for reception...
4427. A Bill concerning the Dower and Jointures of Widows, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that a widow after the death of her husband, shall tarry...
4533. A Bill for Ascertaining the Salaries and Fees of Certain Officers, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that the salaries and fees, ascertained by the table...
4690. A Bill Constituting the High Court of Chancery, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that the Court of Equity, called the High Court of...
4792. A Bill Constituting the Court of Admiralty, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that the Court of Admiralty, to consist of three Judges,...
4820. A Bill Directing the Course of Descents, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that henceforth when any person having title to any real...
4932. A Bill for Support of the Poor, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that the Aldermen of every county wherein such provision,...
50103. A Bill Directing the Method of Proceeding against, and Trying Free Persons Charged with Certain Crimes, 18 June … (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that any free person, brought before a Justice of the...
5171. A Bill for the Suppression and Punishment of Riots, Routs, and Unlawful Assemblies, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that if any riot, assembly or rout of people against the...
5240. A Bill for Restitution of Stolen Goods, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that if any felon do rob or take away any money, or goods,...
53109. A Bill for Recovering Demands of Small Value in a Summary Way, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that any debt, or penalty, amounting to more than twenty...
54121. A Bill Allowing a Bill of Exceptions to Be Sealed, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
When one impleaded before any court, and in any cause, where appeal lies to a higher court, doth...
5585. A Bill for Appointing Days of Public Fasting and Thanksgiving, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that the power of appointing days of public fasting and...
56125. A Bill Providing Remedy and Punishment in Cases of Forcible Entries and Detainers, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that none make any entry into any lands and tenements, or...
5729. A Bill Providing that Wrongful Alienations of Lands Shall Be Void So Far as They Be Wrongful, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that all alienations and warranties of lands, tenements...
5843. A Bill for Preservation of Deer, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that it shall not be lawful for any person to kill, hunt,...
5984. A Bill for Punishing Disturbers of Religious Worship and Sabbath Breakers, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that no officer, for any civil cause, shall arrest any...
6049. A Bill for Unlading Ballast and Burial of Dead Bodies from on Board Ships, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that the court of every county, adjacent to any navigable...