1II. Catalogue of Bills Prepared by the Committee of Revisors, 1–5 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
1. A Bill To arrange the counties into Senatorial districts. 2. Concerning the election of...
21. 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...
32. 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...
43. 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...
54. 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...
65. 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...
76. 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...
87. A Bill Giving Certain Powers to the Governor and Council for a Limitted Time, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Whereas the present war between America and Great-Britain was undertaken for defence of the...
98. A Bill Establishing a Board of War, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly that a Board of War shall be constituted to consist of five...
109. A Bill Establishing a Board of Trade, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly that a Board of Trade shall be constituted to consist of...
1110. A Bill for the Annual Appointment of Delegates to Congress, and of a Member for the Committee of the States, 18 June … (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that at the first session of every General Assembly there...
1211. A Bill Establishing a Board of Auditors, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly that there shall be a standing Board of Auditors for Public...
1312. A Bill concerning the Public Treasurer, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that the public Treasurer may continue in office, without...
1413. A Bill for Appointing Naval Officers, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that the districts of the naval officers shall remain as...
1514. A Bill for the Appointment of Clerks to the Governor and Council, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly that the Governor and Council shall have power to appoint,...
1615. 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...
1716. A Bill for Apprehending Deserters, and Preventing the Loss of Arms and Other Things Delivered to Soldiers, 18 June … (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that the commanding officer of the militia of every...
1817. A Bill concerning Seamen, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that every seaman, whose habitation is within this...
1918. A Bill for Supplying the Public with Lead, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that the Governor, with advice of the Council, from time...
2019. A Bill for Establishing Cross Posts, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
For the more general diffusion of public intelligence among the citizens of this commonwealth and...
2120. 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...
2221. A Bill concerning Wills; the Distribution of Intestate’s Estates; and the Duty of Executors and Administrators, 18 … (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly that every person aged twenty one years or upwards, being...
2322. A Bill for Regulating Conveyances, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that no estate of inheritance, or freehold, or for a term...
2423. A Bill Securing the Rights Derived from Grants to Aliens, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that those citizens who heretofore were aliens, and had...
2524. A Bill concerning Escheators, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that there shall be one escheator commissioned in every...
2625. A Bill to Prevent Frauds and Perjuries, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that no action shall be brought, whereby to charge any...
2726. A Bill of Mortmain, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly that no person presume to convey by deed, will, or...
2827. 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...
2928. A Bill for the Preservation of the Estates of Ideots and Lunatics, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly that the lands, tenements and chattels, of ideots and...
3029. 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...
3130. A Bill for Amending an Act, Intitled, “An Act for Raising a Supply of Money for Public Exigencies”, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that so much of one act passed in the year of our Lord...
3231. A Bill for Levying County Rates, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that the Justices of every county, at some court, to be...
3332. 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,...
3433. 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...
3534. A Bill Declaring Bills of Credit to Be Equal to Gold and Silver Coin of the Same Denominations, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that the bills of credit emitted by the American Congress,...
3635. A Bill to Prevent the Circulation of Private Bank Notes, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that it shall not be lawful for any person to offer in...
3736. A Bill for Withholding British Property, to Indemnify Citizens Who May Suffer by Confiscation and to Prevent Succour … (Jefferson Papers)
For securing to the citizens of this commonwealth an indemnification out of the property of...
3837. A Bill to Prevent Losses by Pirates, Enemies, and Others on the High Seas, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that when any ship of this commonwealth shall have been...
3938. 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...
4039. A Bill concerning Estrays, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that it shall be lawful for any person, by himself, or his...
4140. 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,...
4241. A Bill for Preventing Infection of the Horned Cattle, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that the driving of cattle into, or through, the...
4342. A Bill for Improving the Breed of Horses, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that no person shall suffer a stoned horse, of the age of...
4443. 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,...
4544. A Bill for Preventing Frauds by the Dealers in Flour, Beef, Pork, Tar, Pitch and Turpentine, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that flour, beef, pork, tar, pitch and turpentine, before...
4645. A Bill for Licensing and Regulating Taverns, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that it shall not be lawful for any one to keep a tavern,...
4746. A Bill concerning Public Roads, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that where any person or persons shall make application,...
4847. A Bill for Establishing Public Ferries, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that ferries be constantly kept, at the places hereafter...
4948. A Bill concerning Mill Dams and Other Obstructions of Water Courses, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that when any person owning lands on one side of any...
5049. 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...