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skins probibited.

whatsoever, shall be sent or carryed out of this colony hides and uppon 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.

within a

man's own land.

beasts may.

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 ed unless 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.

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.

ACT LI.

rights in a

certain district.

ALL such as will seate downe and inhabit betweene Settlement 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.

ACT LII.

yeare seate

inclosed.

EVERY man shall enclose his ground with sufficient Grounds to be fences or else to plant, uppon theire owne perill.

Commanders to exercise

their men on holidays; and take a census

of the inhabifants yearly,

with their arms and

other proper

ty.

ACT LIII.

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.

Boats not to be employed in the Canada trade unless of a particular construction.

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.

Masters of

porting persons out of the colony,

ACT LV.

NOE master or commander of any vessell, boates. ressels trans- barques, 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.

without notice, liable for their debts.

No person to remove to

ACT LVI.

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, unlesse he obteyne a lycense or passe for his departure under the Governor's hand.

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And yf the secretarie shall desire it he may require for every 5 lb. of tobacco here mentioned, one bushel of corne.

ACT LVIII.

Secretary's fees.

THE Marshalls ffees shall be as followeth, vizt.

Marshal's fees.

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And for lodginge and diett as they can agree.

And for every 5 lb. of tobacco the marshall may require one bushel of corne.

ACT LIX.

IT is thought fitt and accordinglie orderd, That there be a publication made that all estates of any deceased persons, be appraised after the rate of money and not in tobacco as hath beene accustomed heretofore, and 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.

Estates of deceased persons to be appraised in money, and sold at public

auction.

The 22d of

March to be annually observed as a holliday.

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.

How these acts to be published.

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.

The MS. from which

the acts of this session were

printed, is now in the library

of Congress at Washington.

GRAND ASSEMBLY

HOLDEN AT JAMES CITTY THE FIRST DAY OF FE

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necke of Land & Curles Capt. Thomas Osborne.

ffor Shirley Hundred Mayne Mr. Walter Aston.
* Mr. Walter Aston.

& Cawses Care.

ffor Shirley Hundred Iland-Mr. Rice Hove.

ffor Westover & fflowerdue Hund.--Capt.Thos.Paulett ffor Wyanoake-Wm. Emerson, gent.

ffor James Citty, Checohominey and Pasbeyheighes S

John Corker, gent.

ffor Necke of Land-Thomas Crumpe, gent.

ffor Archers Hope & Gleabe

Land

ffor Smythes mount, the o-)

Henry Ceney, gent.

ther side of the water and Thomas Grindon, gent.

ffor Harropp and to S Richard Brewster,

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Martins Hund.

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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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