ther halfe to publique uses, And this act to continew in force untill the next Generall Assembly. ACT. X. An act that no Armes or Amunition be sould to the Indians. IT is ordered and appoynted, That yf any person or persons shall sell or barter any gunns, powder, shott, or any armes or amunition unto any Indian or Indians within this territorie, the said person or persons shall forfeite to publique uses all the goods and chattells that he or they then have to theire owne use, and shall also suffer imprisonment duringe life, the one halte of which forfeiture shall be to him or them that shall informe and the other halfe to publique uses. No arms or ammunition to be sold or bartered to the Indians. Penalty. ACT. XI. An act that no Cloath be sould to the Indians. No cloth to be sold or bartered to WHEREAS there hath beene great quantities of Preamble. cloath, bayes, and cotton, bought upp out of the stores of this colony, by such as have traded the same with the Indians, at such tyme when as the inhabitants have beene in great want and neede. Now although all trade with the natives is to be cherished for many respects, yett it is thought fitt that the necessitie of our present want, be first to be supplyed, And therefore it is ordered, That no person or persons, doe trade or trucke any such cloath, cotton or bayes, unto any Indians which is or shall be brought into this colony, as marchandize intended to be sould to the planters here, upon penaltie and forfeiture of double the value of such cloath, cotton or bayes, as any such person or persons shall trade or trucke unlesse the Governor uppon veiwe Exception. taken in the stores that there is such cloath, cotton or bayes doe give leave and lycense to trade and trucke such cloaths, cotton or bayes to the Indians. the Indians. Penalty. Secretaries' & marshal's fees, to be paid in money. ACT XII. An act for the Secretaries and Marshalls Fees in WHEREAS by the 57 and 58 acts made the 4th of September, 1632, the fees of the secretaries shall be appoynted in tobacco and corne, It is ordered by this present Grand Assembly, That the fees be rated in money as followeth, vizt. The Secretaries fees to be— Preamble. And for lodginge and diett as the prisoner and the marshall can agree. And these fees as well for the secretarie as the marshall shall be paid in tobacco or corne accordinge as the rate then goeth. ACT XIII. An act to repeale the allowance of the 20th Calfe, Kidd, WHEREAS by the Assembly held on the first day untill the session of this present Assembly, It is now Act imposing tithes repealthought fitt, That the said act be fully repealed, voyd, ed; and of none effect untill it shall be fittinge to re-establish the sayd act. And for such mynisters as have not this yeare, for the tyme past, taken the sayd tythes of the 20th calfe, kidd, or pigge, It is also ordered, but the comThat the composition which they have made for the position due same, shall be paid unto the said mynisters this ensu- to be paid. inge cropp, at the tyme when theire tobacco and corne is due unto them. ACT XIV. seve Commission allowed to the store keepers. Allowance to the store keeper at An act act for the allowance of Store Keepers. IT is ordered, That the store keepers for the seaven stores appoynted by the Assembly shall have 1 per cent. for theire care in keepinge accounts of the rall parcells of tobacco receaved into these stores and theire attendance keepinge the keyes and carefull lookinge to the said tobacco. And it is ordered, That the store keeper at James Citty shall have 1 per cent. of all tobacco which shall be paid to any marchants for James City. any kinde of goods bought for tobacco at James Citty; and the said store keeper at James Citty shall keepe sealed weights and lawfull and true stilliards allowed by the Governor to weigh all such tobacco, as shall passe out of the said store for goods bought at James Citty. and lawful And the said 1 lb. of tobacco shall be borne as follow- steelyards. eth, vizt. one moyetie thereof by the planters, & one moyetie by the marchant or partie to whom the said Commission, tobacco shall be paid as aforesaid. To keep seal ed weights, how paid. ACT XV. An act for the payment of 1-2 a bushell of Corne to IT is ordered, That the 1-2 bushell of corne which by the assembly was formerlie given to Captayne Samuell Mathewes, shall be brought to such landinge places, as the commanders shall appoynt, that it may with the more conveniency be payd into such boates as shall be sent to collect the same. Mode of col lecting the corn formercaptain Mathews. ly allowed to Duty imposed on new comers. Proviso. ACT XVI. An act for all new comers to pay 64 lb. of Tobacco to the maynteynunce of the fort at Poynt Comfort. FFOR the maynteynance of the ffort at Poynt Comfort, It is enacted and ordered, That all such as have arrived in this colony since the takinge of the generall muster for the paym't. of the generall debts the 4th Sept. last past, beinge freemen, and likewise all titheable persons of the said freemens families, shall pay in like manner as the planters of this colony have paid 64 lb. of tobacco per poll, to be paid the next cropp after theire arrivall, by soe many as shall be liveinge the first day of September; Neverthelesse it is permitted unto them that yf the said new comers with theire families shall not plant tobacco the said first yeare, they shall be free and exempted from payinge the said 64 lb. of tobacco, And yf any surplusage shall remayne over and above the mayntenance of the ffort, It is thought fitt, that 1000 lb. of tobacco be allowed out of this levy of 64 lb. of tobacco unto the interpreter who shall be resident with the Governor. And the commanders, Commanders upon the first day of December, shall, togeather with the generall muster, deliver a list of such new comers in. And it is ordered that the severall storekeepers for the stores in this colony, shall receave the said 64 lb. of tobacco, and deliver an account of the same unto Mr. John Corker the generall accountant. And this present Assembly doe confirme and approve of the order of cort made the 14th day of December last past by the Governor and Counsell, vizt. Allowance to interpreter residing with the go vernor. to deliver a list of new comers. Allowances, made by order of court, confirmed. Extract frem the Judicial Proceedings of the Governor and Council, in Virginia. "October 7th, 1634.-Henry Coleman excommu"nicated for 40 days, for using scornful speeches and "putting on his hat in church, when, according to an "order of court, he was to acknowledge and ask for“giveness for an offence.”—Ancient Records, vol. 3, pa. 225. [Since the foregoing work was put to press, the Editor has discovered, in a MS. volume, with which be was favored by the President of the United States (Mr. Jefferson) that all the preceding extracts, as taken from the Ancient Records of the London Company, are accurately given. The matter and arrangement of the two MSS. so entirely correspond, that they induce a belief that the one was copied from the other. The MS. belonging to Mr. Jefferson was procured from the executor of Richard Bland, Esq. and is in the same hand-writing with which the acts of 1623, and several other public papers of that period are attested by "R. Hickman, Cik. of the Secretary's Office." In this MS. there is a reference to the Roll in which the subject matter may be found; which was not the case in the Records of the London Company.] "Roll No. 11.--1634." "Pa. 174.-Sherriffs appointed for the several counties." "Acts in 1634, among which, one is, that the Secre"tary or his deputy attend his office from 8 to 10 in the "morning, & from 2 till 4 in the evening, except Sun"days and Holydays.-29th April 1635. And that "during vacancy of the Governor, the Secretary "should sign commissions, and passes, and manage "the affairs of the Indians." "An Assembly to be called to receive complaints. against Sr. John Harvey, on the petition of many "inhabitants, to meet 7th of May." "On the 28th of April 1635, Sr. John Harvey "thrust out of his government; and Capt. John West "acts as Governor, till the King's pleasure known. |