No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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1 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 1. Bill Declaring When Laws Shall Be in Force, 1779 | ≈1779-01-01 | To prevent all Doubt concerning the Time at which the Laws of this Commonwealth shall take place,... | |
2 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | II. Catalogue of Bills Prepared by the Committee of … | ≈1779-06-01 | 1. A Bill To arrange the counties into Senatorial districts. 2. Concerning the election of... | |
3 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 1. A Bill to Arrange the Counties into Senatorial … | 1779-06-18 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly that the districts, for which Senators are to be chosen to... | |
4 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 2. A Bill concerning the Election of Members of General … | 1779-06-18 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that the Delegates for the several counties, and the City... | |
5 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 3. A Bill Empowering One of the Privy Council to … | 1779-06-18 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that if the Governor and President of the Privy Council... | |
6 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 4. A Bill Empowering the Governor, with Advice of the … | 1779-06-18 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that it shall be lawful for the Governor, with advice of... | |
7 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 5. A Bill for Regulating and Disciplining the Militia … | 1779-06-18 | For forming the citizens of this commonwealth into a militia and disciplining the same for... | |
8 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 6. A Bill Making Provision against Invasions and … | 1779-06-18 | For making provision against invasions and insurrections, and laying the burthen thereof equally... | |
9 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 7. A Bill Giving Certain Powers to the Governor and … | 1779-06-18 | Whereas the present war between America and Great-Britain was undertaken for defence of the... | |
10 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 8. A Bill Establishing a Board of War, 18 June 1779 | 1779-06-18 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly that a Board of War shall be constituted to consist of five... | |
11 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 9. A Bill Establishing a Board of Trade, 18 June 1779 | 1779-06-18 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly that a Board of Trade shall be constituted to consist of... | |
12 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 10. A Bill for the Annual Appointment of Delegates to … | 1779-06-18 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that at the first session of every General Assembly there... | |
13 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 11. A Bill Establishing a Board of Auditors, 18 June … | 1779-06-18 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly that there shall be a standing Board of Auditors for Public... | |
14 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 12. A Bill concerning the Public Treasurer, 18 June … | 1779-06-18 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that the public Treasurer may continue in office, without... | |
15 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 13. A Bill for Appointing Naval Officers, 18 June 1779 | 1779-06-18 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that the districts of the naval officers shall remain as... | |
16 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 14. A Bill for the Appointment of Clerks to the … | 1779-06-18 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly that the Governor and Council shall have power to appoint,... | |
17 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 15. A Bill for the Enlistment of Soldiers, Sailors and … | 1779-06-18 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly that every able bodied freeman who will enlist to serve... | |
18 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 16. A Bill for Apprehending Deserters, and Preventing … | 1779-06-18 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that the commanding officer of the militia of every... | |
19 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 17. A Bill concerning Seamen, 18 June 1779 | 1779-06-18 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that every seaman, whose habitation is within this... | |
20 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 18. A Bill for Supplying the Public with Lead, 18 June … | 1779-06-18 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that the Governor, with advice of the Council, from time... | |
21 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 19. A Bill for Establishing Cross Posts, 18 June 1779 | 1779-06-18 | For the more general diffusion of public intelligence among the citizens of this commonwealth and... | |
22 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 20. A Bill Directing the Course of Descents, 18 June … | 1779-06-18 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that henceforth when any person having title to any real... | |
23 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 21. A Bill concerning Wills; the Distribution of … | 1779-06-18 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly that every person aged twenty one years or upwards, being... | |
24 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 22. A Bill for Regulating Conveyances, 18 June 1779 | 1779-06-18 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that no estate of inheritance, or freehold, or for a term... | |
25 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 23. A Bill Securing the Rights Derived from Grants to … | 1779-06-18 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that those citizens who heretofore were aliens, and had... | |
26 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 24. A Bill concerning Escheators, 18 June 1779 | 1779-06-18 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that there shall be one escheator commissioned in every... | |
27 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 25. A Bill to Prevent Frauds and Perjuries, 18 June … | 1779-06-18 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that no action shall be brought, whereby to charge any... | |
28 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 26. A Bill of Mortmain, 18 June 1779 | 1779-06-18 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly that no person presume to convey by deed, will, or... | |
29 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 27. A Bill concerning the Dower and Jointures of … | 1779-06-18 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that a widow after the death of her husband, shall tarry... | |
30 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 28. A Bill for the Preservation of the Estates of … | 1779-06-18 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly that the lands, tenements and chattels, of ideots and... | |
31 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 29. A Bill Providing that Wrongful Alienations of Lands … | 1779-06-18 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that all alienations and warranties of lands, tenements... | |
32 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 30. A Bill for Amending an Act, Intitled, “An Act for … | 1779-06-18 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that so much of one act passed in the year of our Lord... | |
33 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 31. A Bill for Levying County Rates, 18 June 1779 | 1779-06-18 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that the Justices of every county, at some court, to be... | |
34 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 32. A Bill for Support of the Poor, 18 June 1779 | 1779-06-18 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that the Aldermen of every county wherein such provision,... | |
35 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 33. A Bill for Ascertaining the Salaries and Fees of … | 1779-06-18 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that the salaries and fees, ascertained by the table... | |
36 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 34. A Bill Declaring Bills of Credit to Be Equal to … | 1779-06-18 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that the bills of credit emitted by the American Congress,... | |
37 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 35. A Bill to Prevent the Circulation of Private Bank … | 1779-06-18 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that it shall not be lawful for any person to offer in... | |
38 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 36. A Bill for Withholding British Property, to … | 1779-06-18 | For securing to the citizens of this commonwealth an indemnification out of the property of... | |
39 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 37. A Bill to Prevent Losses by Pirates, Enemies, and … | 1779-06-18 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that when any ship of this commonwealth shall have been... | |
40 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 38. A Bill for Preservation of Vessels Wrecked, or in … | 1779-06-18 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that a person descrying a vessel wrecked, or in peril, or... | |
41 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 39. A Bill concerning Estrays, 18 June 1779 | 1779-06-18 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that it shall be lawful for any person, by himself, or his... | |
42 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 40. A Bill for Restitution of Stolen Goods, 18 June … | 1779-06-18 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that if any felon do rob or take away any money, or goods,... | |
43 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 41. A Bill for Preventing Infection of the Horned … | 1779-06-18 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that the driving of cattle into, or through, the... | |
44 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 42. A Bill for Improving the Breed of Horses, 18 June … | 1779-06-18 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that no person shall suffer a stoned horse, of the age of... | |
45 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 43. A Bill for Preservation of Deer, 18 June 1779 | 1779-06-18 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that it shall not be lawful for any person to kill, hunt,... | |
46 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 44. A Bill for Preventing Frauds by the Dealers in … | 1779-06-18 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that flour, beef, pork, tar, pitch and turpentine, before... | |
47 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 45. A Bill for Licensing and Regulating Taverns, 18 … | 1779-06-18 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that it shall not be lawful for any one to keep a tavern,... | |
48 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 46. A Bill concerning Public Roads, 18 June 1779 | 1779-06-18 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that where any person or persons shall make application,... | |
49 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 47. A Bill for Establishing Public Ferries, 18 June … | 1779-06-18 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that ferries be constantly kept, at the places hereafter... | |
50 | Committee of the Virginia Assembly | 48. A Bill concerning Mill Dams and Other Obstructions … | 1779-06-18 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that when any person owning lands on one side of any... |