50167. A Bill concerning Truces, Safe Conducts, Passports, Licenses and Letters of Marque, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
For enforcing due regard to truces, letters of safe conduct, passports, and licenses, and fixing...
50268. 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...
50369. A Bill to Encourage the Apprehending of Horse Stealers, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that whosoever shall apprehend one charged with horse...
50470. A Bill for Preserving the Privileges of Ambassadors, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
For preserving the privileges of Ambassadors and other public ministers from other states, it is...
50571. 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...
50672. A Bill Forbidding and Punishing Affrays, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that no man great nor small, of what condition soever he...
50773. A Bill against Conspirators, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it declared and enacted by the General Assembly, that conspirators be they that do confederate...
50874. A Bill against Conveying or Taking Pretensed Titles, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that no person shall convey or take, or bargain to convey...
50975. A Bill to Punish Bribery and Extortion, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that no Treasurer, keeper of any public seal, Councillor...
51076. A Bill Prescribing the Punishment of Those Who Sell Unwholesome Meat or Drink, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that a butcher that selleth the flesh of any animal dying,...
51177. A Bill to Prevent the Spreading of the Small-Pox, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that it shall not be lawful for the master or mistress of...
51278. A Bill for Compelling Vessels and Persons Coming, and Goods Brought from Infected Places, to Perform Quarantine, 18 … (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that vessels, persons, and merchandize, coming or brought...
51379. 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...
51480. 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...
51581. A Bill for Establishing a Public Library, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that on the first day of January, in every year there...
51682. A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Well aware that the opinions and belief of men depend not on their own will, but follow...
51783. 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...
51884. 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...
51985. 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...
52086. 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...
52187. A Bill against Usury, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that no person shall hereafter, upon any contract take,...
52288. A Bill to Prevent Gaming, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that every promise, agreement, note, bill, bond, or other...
52389. A Bill to Prevent Forestalling, Regrating, and Engrossing, and Sales by Auction, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that if any person shall buy, or cause to be bought, any...
52490. 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...
52591. A Bill Constituting the General Court, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that the court of common law, called the General Court,...
52692. 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,...
52793. 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...
52894. A Bill for Constituting Courts Martial, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that it shall be lawful for the Governor, with advice of...
52995. 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...
53096. A Bill concerning Sheriffs, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that each county court shall, annually, in the months of...
53197. A Bill for Licensing Counsel, Attorneys at Law, and Proctors, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that no person, except the Attorney General, shall be...
53298. A Bill Prescribing the Oath of Fidelity, and the Oaths of Certain Public Officers, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that every person, by law required to give assurance of...
53399. A Bill to Prevent the Sale of Public Offices, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that if any person shall, for valuable consideration,...
534100. A Bill Directing the Method of Proceeding upon Impeachments, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that the process against any person impeached by...
535101. A Bill for Regulating Proceedings in Courts of Equity, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that original and subsequent process to bring any person...
536102. A Bill for Regulating Proceedings in Courts of Common Law, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that all writs, given by the twenty-fourth chapter of the...
537103. 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...
538104. A Bill Directing the Method of Trying Slaves Charged with Treason or Felony, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that the Justices of every county shall be Justices of...
539105. A Bill for Reforming the Method of Proceeding in Writs of Right, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that, for trial of disputed titles to lands in a more...
540106. A Bill concerning Partitions and Joint Rights and Obligations, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that all joint tenants or tenants in common who now are,...
541107. A Bill for the Speedy Determination of Suits Wherein Foreigners Are Parties, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that a suit, commenced in the High Court of Chancery, or...
542108. A Bill for Speedy Recovery of Money Due from Certain Persons to the Public, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that when any person, who hath received or shall receive...
543109. 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...
544110. A Bill Providing That Actions Popular, Prosecuted by Collusion, Shall Be No Bar to Those Which Be Pursued with Good … (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that if any person hereafter sue with good faith, any...
545111. A Bill for Preventing Vexatious and Malicious Prosecutions and Moderating Amercements, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that every action at common law, or suit in equity,...
546112. A Bill Providing a Means to Help and Speed Poor Persons in Their Suits, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Where it is intended that indifferent justice shall be had and administered to all the citizens...
547113. A Bill Providing that an Infant May Sue by His Next Friend, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
In every case where such as be within age may sue, it is enacted by the General Assembly, that...
548114. A Bill Declaring When the Death of Persons Absenting Themselves Shall be Presumed, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that any person absenting himself beyond sea, or...
549115. 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...
550116. A Bill for Limitation of Actions, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that no person shall maintain any action or suit for the...