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...