bited. whatsoever, shall be sent or carryed out of this colony hides and skins prohiuppon forfeiture of thrice the value thereof, the one halfe to the informer, and the other halfe to publique uses. Beaver skins, otter skins and all sorts of furrs excepted. Beaver & ot ter skins excepted. ACT XLIX. NOE man shall kill any wild swyne out of the forrest Wild hogs or woods, except in his or devident, without not to be killleave or lycense from the Governor. But it is thought convenient that any man be permitted to kill deare or other wild beasts or fowle in the common woods, forrests, or rivers in regard that thereby the inhabitants may be trained in the use of theire armes, the Indians Deer & wild kept from our plantations, and the wolves and other vermine destroyed. And for encouragement to destroy Reward for the wolves, it is thought that whosoever shall kill a killing wolfe, and bringe in his head to the commander, it wolves. shall be lawfull for such person or persons for every wolfe soe kild, to kill also one wild hogg and take the same for his owne use. beasts may. ACT LI. ALL such as will seate downe and inhabit betweene the heads of Archer's Hope Creeke, and Queenes creeke shall be free of all generall taxes untill some other shall be without them, and they shall have fifty acres of land for every person that there, as the planters of Kiskyake have had. yeare seate ed unless within a man's own land. ACT L. be laid out. HIGHWAYES shall be layd out in such convenient Roads or places as are requisite accordinge as the Governor high ways to and Counsell or the commissioners for the mounthlie corts shall appoynt, or accordinge as the parishioners of every parish shall agree. Settlement rights in a certain district. ACT LII. EVERY man shall enclose his ground with sufficient Grounds to be fences or else to plant, uppon theire owne perill. inclosed. Commanders to exercise their men on holidays; and take a census of the inhabitants yearly, with their arms and other property. Boats not to be employed in the Canada trade unless of a particular con struction. ACT LIII. Masters of vessels transporting persons out of the colony, without notice, liable for their debts. IT is ordered and appoynted, That the comanders of all the severall plantations, doe upon holy dayes exercise the men under theire command, and that the commanders yearlie doe likewise uppon the first day of December, take an exact muster of theire men, togeather with the women and children, theire ages, countryes, and townes, where they were borne, with the names of the shipps they came in, and the yeare of the Lord, as also of armes and munition, corne, cattle, hoggs, goates, shipps, barques, boates, gardens, orchards, and yf they shall make default, to be censured by the Governor and counsell. ACT LIV. IT is thought fitt, That no boates be permitted to goe and trade to Canida or elsewhere that be not of the burthen of ten tunns, and have a flush decke, or fitted with a gratinge and a tarpaulinge exceptinge such as be permitted for discovery by a speciall lycense from the Governor. ACT LV. Jpg NOE master or commander of any vessell, boates. barquès, or shipps, shall transport any person or persons out of this colony except the sayd person or persons doe give notice thereof in the place where he or they are then resident ten dayes before his departure uppon the penaltie to pay all such debts as all such persons shall stand indebted unto any person within this colony at the tyme of his or theire departure. ACT LVI. No person to remove to IT is ordered, That no person or persons shall depart out of this colony to inhabite or abide within any New England other plantations, of New-England or elsewhere, un without li wense from the governer lesse he obteyne a lycense or passe for his departure under the Governor's hand. [Obliterated.] ACT LVII. ffor a ffreedome ffor a commission of adminst. ffor a patent ffor recordinge per sheete And yf the secretarie shall desire it he may require for every 5 lb. of tobacco here mentioned, one bushel of corne. ACT LVIII. THE Marshalls ffees shall be as followeth, vizt. ffor an arrest 10 lb. Tobacco. warninge to the cort 2 in Imprisonment coinge out Layinge by the heeles Whippinge 20 30 2 5 10 10 5 10 And for lodginge and diett as they can agree. And for every 5 lb. of tobacco the marshall may require one bushel of corne. Secretary's fees. Marshal's fees. ACT LIX. Estates of IT'is thought fitt and accordinglie orderd, That there be a publication made that all estates of any deceased deceased persous, be appraised after the rate of money and not persons to be in tobacco as hath beene accustomed heretofore, and money, and appraised in where the deceased partie shall die in debt, It is thought fitt, That the estate shall be sould by outcry, and notice of the sayd outcry to be given 8 dayes before. sold at public auction. The 22d of March to be annually observed as a holliday. How these acts to be published. The MS. from which the acts of this session were printed, is now in the library of Congress at Washington. ACT LX. IT is ordered, That the 22d day of March be yearelie kept Holyday in comemoration of our deliverance from the Indians at that bloudie massacre which happened uppon the 22d of March 1621. ACT LXI. LASTLY, It is ordered, That these acts shall be published throughout this colony. And that the comissioners, for the mounthlie corts doe at the beginninge of theire corts read or cause to be read all these acts, and that true coppyes thereof be kept in the corts to be afforded to be read by all that shall desire the same. GRAND ASSEMBLY HOLDEN AT JAMES CITTY THE FIRST DAY OF FE- BEINGE present Sir John Harvey, Knight Go vernor, &c. Capt. francis West, Capt. John Utye, The names of the Burgisses were as followeth, vizt: ffor Arrowhattocke, Henrico Capt. Thomas Osborne. necke of Land & Curles ffor ShirleyHundred Mayne Mr. Walter Aston. ffor Shirley Hundred Iland-Mr. Rice Hove. ffor Westover & fflowerdue Hund.--Capt.Thos.Paulett ffor Wyanoake-Wm. Emerson, gent. ffor James Citty, Checoho- Henry Ceney, gent. ffor Archers Hope & Gleabe Land ffor Smythes mount, the o ther side of the water and Thomas Grindon, gent. ffor Harropp and to S Richard Brewster, Martins Hund. John Wareham. David Mainsfield, ffor Martins Hundred { Rob't Scotchmore, ffor Mulbury Iland ffor Stanley Hundred ffor Denbigh ffor Warrosquyoake { Thomas Harwood, Capt. Thomas fiflynt, ffor the lower parts of Elizabeth Citty ffor Accawmacke John Upton, 1 Capt. Edmund Scarborough, John Wilkinson, ffor Kiskyake-Capt. Nichs. Martian. ffor Yorke-Lyonell Goulston, gent. ffor Nutmegg Quarter-ffrancis Hough, gent. ffor the upper parts of Thomas Sheppard, gents. }gents. } gents. }gents. gents. gents. }gents. gents. ACT I.* WHEREAS divers acts and orders were made and established in the Grand Assembly holden at James Citty Preamble. The acts of this session are not numbered in the MS. either in the margin or elsewhere. |
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