To go armed to church. Obedience to superiors. ACT LI. ALL men that are fittinge to beare armes, shall bringe their peices to the church uppon payne of every effence, yf the mayster allow not thereof to pay 2 lb. of tobacco, to be disposed by the church-wardens, who shall levy it by distresse, and the servants to be punished. ACT LII. NOE person within this colony uppon rumour of supposed change and alteration shall presume to be disobedient to the present government, nor servants to their private officers, maysters and overseers, at their uttermost perills. Adjoining plantations to assist, upon alarms. No hides to be exported. Terms of the quarterly Courts at James City. Commanders to exercise their men at stated ACT LIII.* THE ioyninge plantations, to assisst the fronteires or their neighbours, uppon alarmns, the default to be severelie censured, and false alarmns punished. ACT LIV. IT is ordered, That no cowe hides, oxe hides, bull hides, goate skynes, deer skynes, or other hides, or skynes whatsoever, be sent or carryed out of this colony uppon forfeiture of thrice the value, whereof the one halfe to the informer, and the other halfe to publique uses. ACT LV. IT is established and appoynted, That the fowre quarter corts shall be held at James-Citty yearlie, as followeth, vizt. uppon the first day of September, the first day of December, the first of March, and the first day of June. ACT LVI. IT is ordered and appoynted, That the comanders of all the severall plantations, doe upon holy days exercise the men under his comand, and that the coman * There is no act numbered LIII in the manuscript. also take a census of the ders yearlie doe likewise uppon the first day of Decem- periods-and ber, take a muster of theire men, togeather with the women and children, and theire ages, countryes, and inhabitants. towns, where they were borne, with the shipps they came in, and the yeare of the Lord, as also of armes and munition, corne, cattle, hoggs, goates, barques, boates, gardens, and orchards, and yf they shall make default, to be censured by the Governor and Counsell. ACT LVII. The third of March, 1631. Comfort. IT is agreed uppon by the Grand Assembly, That Fort at Point Capt. Samuel Mathwes, when he hath finished, and perfected, the worke at the ffort at Poynt Comfort, shall give notice to the comissioners for that purpose, that they may viewe the worke. ACT LVIII. Comfort. IT is further agreed, That Capt. Samuel Mathewes, Guard at Point shall leave 6 sufficient men thereon for a guard, and that he shall receive satisfaction for them, of the country, until such tyme as it can be otherwise provided for. ACT LIX. ordinance. THAT the inhabitants about the corporation of James Carriages for Citty, with the ayde of the Burgisses thereof, shall with all convenient speed that may be, remove the carriadges for the ordinance, into some dry place to preserve them for the decayinge of the weather, or otherwise. ACT LX. IT is thought fitt, That no boates be permitted to goe and trade to Canida, that be not of the burden of ten tunnes, and have a flush deake, or fitted with a gratinge and a trapaulinge. Size and con struction of boats to trade to Canada. Certain duty on vessels. Sufficient fences. Secretary's fees. ACT LXII. EVERY vessell or shipp cominge out of the ocean, shall pay after the rate of gun powder, and ten iron shott for every hundred tunns the fort at Poynt Comfort, and so to be accounted proportionably ACT LXIII. EVERY man shall enclose his ground with suffici- ACT LXIV. THE secretaries fees shall be as followeth, vizt. Marshal's fees. An yf the secretary shall desire it he may require for every corne. here mentioned, one bushel of /* In this and a few succeeding chapters a few words are not legible ffor every 5 lb. of tobacco the marshall may require 1 bushel of corne. ACT LXV. capt. Mat BESIDES the 103000 of tobacco afore allotted to Further albe payd to Captayne Samuel Mathewes, It is agreed lowance to and graunted, that halfe a bushel of corne for every thews. titheable person be payd unto the said Capt. Matthewes, togeather with the tobacco. ACT LXVI. ALL former acts and orders made heretofore by All former acts any Assembly to be held and accounted repealed and repealed. of none effect. ACT LXVII. IT is ordered, That the 22d day of March be yearelie kept Holyday in comemoration of our deliverance from the Indians at the bloodie massaker which happened uppon the 22d of March 1621. ACT LXVIII. LASTLIE, It is ordered, That these acts and ordinances be published throughout this colony, and the comissioners, for the mounthlie corts doe at the beginainge of theire corts always read or cause to be read, all these acts, and that true coppies thereof be kept in the corts afforded to be read by all that shall desire the same. The 22d of March to be served as a annually obholliday. How these acte to be published. The Burgisses were dismissed the 6th of March, Adjournment 1631-2. of the legisla ture. Y 1st. Revisal of the Laws. HOLDEN GRAND ASSEMBLY AT JAMES CITTY THE 4TH DAY OF SEP- The MS. from which the acts of this session were printed, is now in the Library of Congress at Washington. [From a MS.* belonging to Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States, and purchased by him with the library of Peyton Randolph, of his executors.] BEINGE present Sir John Harvey, Knight Governor, &c. Capt. francis West, Capt. Richard Stephens, Mr. Wm. furrar. The names of the Burgisses were, vizt: for Arrowhattockes, the? necke of Land & Corles Capt. Thomas Osborne. ffor Shirley Hundred Mayne } Mr. Walter Aston. & Cawseyes Care ffor Shirley Hundred Iland-Mr. Cheyney Boys. ffor Checohominey-Mr. Bridges freeman. ffor James City Island-Mr. John Jackson. ffor the Necke of Land-Seir Thomas Crumpe. ffor Gleabe Land & Archers Hope ffor over the water agaynst Roger Webster, |