The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1777-01-03 00:00:00, page 2

27. An ed to repeal so much of an
ordinance as fixes the stations of the troops
raised for the protection of the srontiers.
28. An act declaring what shall be
treason.
29. An act for th- gunishment o'f cer
tain offences, ,
30. An act For appointmg a treasurer.
31. An act for the farther continu
incc of certain powers 'given to the Gout
nour and Council by an ordinance of the
hit Convcntion.
32 . An act to empower the eldest Privy
Counsellor to act as !ieutenant govemour,
(a case of the death, inability, or necessary
absence of the chcrnour and Pre sident of
_the Counc'd.
33 - At; act to empower the Govemour
_ cosslsiuc-commiffisns without the sea! of
the commonwealth, and to confirm those
s—alreadv issued.
34. ss An act for giving salaries to the
Speakers of the two House: of the General
si Assembly.
; sin};— Actn act for estabhsh'mg a Court of
: ' _ miralty'. ct
L'? 5_: An asict to establish auditors of pub
accounu.
7 ssss 37; ss An act to increase the reward sor
' a prehending horscstesilcrs, and for other
Emoses thercsimss mentioned .
Tss38ct. A'n actfivrsiqppointing cr-mmiffion—
' eh df Dyer and Tclsiminer, for the trio] of
, th?" cu'minals now in'sithe publick jail.
' si . An act to amend an act entitled
si'! An act for better. securing the payment
of lessvics and reltraint of vagrants, and for
waking provision for the poor."
40. - An act for extending the powers of
the commisiiuners os Oyer and Terminer,
and for other purposes therein mentioned.
41 ., An act for farther continuing the
act entitled " An act to make provision
' for the support and maintenance of ideots,
]uuaticka, and other persons of unsoundsi
ct mind:." ' ss
42. An nest to enable persons livingi
_ other Countrsixes to dispose of their eitates
in this commonwealth with more ease and
convenience. ct
An act to restrain the Operation of
the acts for limitatiom of actions, and re
cording deeds in certain cases. -
44. An act for establijhing a town at
The Warm Springs, in the county of Berke
eye '
. 45. Am act for establishing several new
ferries'; and for discontinuing a formerone.
"17: GE-NEKAL Assisl—LMBLY,
ss' _ s _ Dec._19, 1776.
HEREAS the ldng of Great Britain
w hath waged war against this com
m-(mwealth -and the United American
.States,.-and there are within this common
wezlt'h divers metchants and others, sub—
'jecttbs-thct6said ]fing, who whiie they re
ct inain here hssave frequent opportunitxes of
seduc'usilg and corrupting the-xhinds of the
people, and are suspccted of holding cor
respondence with and giving intelligence
to the enemy :
RESOLVED", nemine contradicente, that
- the Governour and Council be desired sito
muse all such persons to depart this com
monwealth, by immediately putting in
execution the statute staplc of the 27rh of
Edward Hl. chapter 17th, against all the
natives osGreat'Brit-Iin who were partners
with, factors, agents, storekeepers, asiis
tant stm'ekeepcrs, or clerks here, shr any
merchant or merchants in Great Britain,
at the time the act ofthe British parliament
svr restraining the trade os America, and
.1'39Yng our property upon the water, took
ssklnce, except only such of them as have
:retushre uniformly manisested a friendly
disposition to the American cause, or are
attached to this country by having wives
or children here; and such subjects of the
said ming, as shall satissy the Governour
and Council that they have not been able
to proCUre other means ofdepartnre, may
have their passage to any soreign port, in
such vessels employed in the service of this
cpmmonwealth as the Governour and
Council shall direct. And that 3", or any
of them, who {lull be found here after the
time respectively allowed them to depart,
shall be confined as enemies and prisoners
of war. And for surnishing the Govemour
and Council with proper information, the
iuflices of the several county courts are
empowered and required immediately to
make inquiry for all such subjects of the
said king residing withing their respective
counties, and , after due examination had ,
to cause a list of their names to be entered
upon record, and direct their clerk to
transmit a copy thereof to the Govemour.
And that a copy of this resolve, together
with a copy of the asoressitid'stamtc itaple,
be forthwith printed in the Vn. G na 1 A
GAZETTE. ss
Anon. CARY, Sp. Senate.
EDM'. ct PENDLETON, Sp. H. D.
27th of LDWctARD Ul. Cusiprzk xvn.
A merchant stranger shall not be impcached
for another': debt, but upon good cause.
Merchant: of memie: countries sell their
. good: in convenient time, and depart."
ltem 'rHAT no merchant stranger be
' impeached sssor another's tres
.pasis, or for another's debt, whereof he is
not debtor pledge nor mainpernor.
P1 ovided alway:, that is our liege people,
merchants, or others, be endamaged by
any lords of stran e lands, or their sub
jects, and the sai- lords (duly required)
fail of right to our said subjects, we shall
have the law of marque, and of taking
them again, as hath been used in times
past, without fraud or deceit ; and in case
that debate do rise (which God deiend)
betwixt us find any lords of strange lands,
we wissii not .that the people and merchants
of the said lands be suddenly subdued in
our said realm and lands because of such
debate, but that they be warned, and
prodnmation thereof published, that they
shall void the said realm and lands, with
their goods, freely, within forty days af
ter the warning, 'and proclamation so
made; and that, in the mean time, they
be not impeached, nor let of their passage,
or of makiu their profit of the same mer—
chaudises. i they will sell them. And in
case that for default of wind or of ship, or
for sickness, or for other evident cause,
they cannot avoid our said realm and lands
within so short atime, then they shall have
other forty days, or more, it' need be,
within which they may pass conveniently,
with selling their ,merchandise as afore is
said.
.—————-—
In the HOUSE of DELEGATES,
Dec.19, 1776.
ESOLVED , that it be recommended
to the several county courts', that
they proceed, in the month of January
next, or as soon after as possible, to carry
into execution the foregoing resolution.
(A Fopy)
JoHsiN TA'ZEWELL, c. n. o.
ny his Excellency PATRZCK HENRY, jun.
esq; Cavernous or Chief Magistrate of
the cammonwealth of Virginia :
A PROCLAMATION.'
WHEREAS the king of Great Britain
hath waged war against this com
monwealth and the United Amcricnn States ,
and there are within this commonweallh
divers merchants and others, subjccts of
the said king, who, while they remain
hcrc, have frequent opportunities osseduc
ing and corrupting the mindsosthe people,
and are suss zcted osholdingctcorrcspondence
with and giving intelligence to the enemy:
] have therefore thought sit, by and with
the advice of the Pxssivy Council, to issue
this my proclamation, in the nzzmc t sshsi. !
commonwcul-h, hereby shicsitl) rzquirinsi,
and enjoining all the usittivcsi ut Gusisi '
Biituiu, who we re partncrs with, (letters,
ageuta, storekecpers, zsilictiuntshnctcku ])crs,
or clerks here, for any merchant us tm-lct
chants in Great shituiu, on the tlt dav gf
].muary 1776, the time iliczzct ok'thc British
parliament tur rcstra'll-iltg the trgdc Of
America, and liking our property upon
the water, took pisicc, to depart this cum
monwealth, with their goods, within forty
days from the date lieieui , except such of
the ssisiid natives as have htrctotore uni
formly maniststed a sisiicudly disposisiion to
the Amcrican Cause. or are attached to
this country by havit'g wives of children
here.. agreeable to a resolutinn of, the
General Aist_1nbiy in that case madesi
to the statute ituplc of the 271h ot' Ed
Ill. chapter 17th ; in cnnsoruli y to w
] do hereby notify to allsisuch perssizns
they are at liberty, in the mean ti
sell and dispose of their goods and
chandisc to any person or persons wh.
be willing to purchase the same." ;
GIVEN under my hand, this gd' ((
January, in the 'r ! year o
commonwealth
Lord 1777.
PATRTPK
ADVERTlSE.
LL persons indebted to __
Richard Mectux, deceased, 53 .
ed to meet his executors atsisi
courthouse on the zd Thursday in ::
and those who have any demands a
the same are desired to make them ];
1" WlLLlAM Mzuxssgexec
THOMAS szx,
.Nss Those who owe me, on m
vate account, are desired to make i
diatc paymcnt, or I will advertise ( -
VVILLIAM ME
Cnnnzn Crrx, jun. !, l_
ALL persons havingany dcmmda ag !]
the estates of John Woddrop, jun. _ n
John Woddrap, scn. are desired to make
them known, properly authenticated; and
all those indebted to either of the said
estates, by bond or otherwise, are desired
to make immediate payment to
_ (4) SAMUEL HARWOOD, executor.
To be SOLD, on Monday the zoth of t/zi:
in a t (]anuary) at the late dwelling
hau/z of majar james Selden, decea/bd,
in Lancasier county, -
TVVENTY likely Virgim'a born flaves,
flocks of all kind, & very good cha
riot with harness for sonr horses, also a
variety of household and kitchen surnilurc.
Twelve momhs credit will be allowed, the
purchasers giving bond and approved secu
rity, to bear interest from the date if not
punctually paid .—A1]pcrs0ns who haveany
claims against the said estate are desired to
make them known, and those indebted to
come and setlle their respective accounta
immediately.
zi] jOHN SELDEN, adm.
.*.* I have 1000 acres osland in Fau
quior cnuntv. which I would dispose us.
Y l'OLEN from the shbscribcr, near
d Botetourt courthouse (by a man who
whflc in this neighbourhood called himself
7AMES ROBINSON) a gray gelding 4
years old, about 14 hands high, paces and
trots, and branded on' the near buttock
] N. The said thief was sunne time. in
Pittlylvaniacountv, and there went by the
name OFWATSON; he Was scch with the
stolen horse in going Up to the Hullo-w in
North Carolina, and had with him a negro
fellow named ZOE, lx-clonging to capt.
Thomas Bougrcr, on a (luken horse likcwxsc.
W']1=>ever gives me intelligence of the sctsihl
horse, so that ] get him again, {]mH hzwc
51. reward, and 5L more'on convidion us
[he thief.
[] ]OHN NEF,LEY.