CROSS-BILLS.

and Queen and King William

CROWS.

thern Neck, and on the Eas-
tern Shore 446.

CUSTIS.

DAMAGES.

ded and Amelia formed from
that,& part of Brunswick 467.

COUNTY COURTS.
May establish ware-houses 33.
Restriction,on their power 34.
Allowance to witnesses, at
tending 193. Power over pre-
sentments 232. Allowance to
witnesses attending, reduced

523.

COUNTY LEVY,
For the year 1732, pa. 370.
COURTS MARTIAL.
How constituted 123. Oaths of
125.

CRIMINALS.
Grand jury, at court of oyer and
terminer, how summoned 405.
Penalty for not appearing403.
Notice of commitment 404.-
Twelve jurors to be of the vi-
cinage 404. Counsel to be al-
lowed 404. Fines on jurors
404. Qualifications of jurors
404. No exception to, after
sworn 405. Challenge for the
crown must shew cause 405.
Prosecutions of in Williams
burg, how expenses paid 447.
CROP
Tobacco, when and how trans
fer so made 388.

274.

DEATHS.

Registry of, to be kept 43.-
How certified 43, 44. Fees of
minister 44.

DEBT.

May be maintained on promis-
sory notes 275. Limitation
275. For rent, on leases 291.
DEBTORS.

See Insolvents.
Masters of vessels to take
an oath, not to transport
debtors, servants or slaves out
of the state without a pass176.
Forging a pass, penalty for.
DECEDENTS' ESTATES.
Perishable goods to be sold 282.

Slaves to be kept on plantation
in occupation of decedent 284.
Their crops assets 284.
DEER.
Not to be killed between certain
periods 425. Penalty 425.-
On servants and slaves 425.
DEMURRER.
chancery 191. Set down for
argument 192.-Over-ruled
192.

In

DISQUALIFICATION.
Of persons to sit in House of
Burgesses 292.

DISCOUNTS.

To be allowed on trial 275.-
Against assignees of bonds

275.

DISMEMBERING

Of slaves, when allowed 132.
DISTRESS.

For quit-rents 80. How dispo-
ed of 80. Arms, horses, &c.
of militia exempted from 121.
When and how to be made for
tabacco, duc for levies, clerks'
fees, &c. 256. For quit-rents
256. For rent 288. When
goods, carried off the premises,
may be distrained for rent 290.
If not bona fide sold 290. Rent
distrainable for, after expirati-
on of lease 291. Proviso 291.
Further proviso 291. No ex-
ecution or distress for tobacco
between certain periods 424.
Executions and distresses,
how levied 485. Goods may
be sold on credit 483. Bonds
how taken and returned 484.
To have the force of judgments
484. Executions thereon 484.
Executions and distresses for
tobacco 484. Attachments, a-
gainst tenants removing 485.
DOWER

Of slaves, may be demanded by
bill in equity 227. How wi-
dow may renounce provision
of her husband's will 228.

DRAGON SWAMP.
Harry Beverley authorised to
build a bridge over 74.

DRAWBACK.
On liquors exported 146, 247,

314.

DUTIES.

Duty on wine and spirits im-

ported 144, 311. On cider

beer and ale, 144, Exception
as to liquors imported direct
from Great Britain 144, 311.
Entry, how to be made 144.
312. Penalty for landing, with-
out entry 145, 312. Oath of
importer 312. Wines, how
entered 145, 312. Encourage-
ment, to pay duties in money
145. Allowance, for leakage
145, 313. Penalty for false
entry 146, 313. Power of col-
lectors, where duties are not
paid 146, 316. Bribery in of-
ficers, how punishable 146,
Drawback 146, 314.-

313.

Oath of exporter 147,316,317.
Encouragement to import mo-
ney 147, 314. Collectors, how
appointed, 147, 315. Salary
147, 316. Duties to be paid by
collectors, to treasurer 148,
315, 316. Collectors and trea-
surer to account on oath 148,
$16. Part of duty payable to
trustees of college 148. Over-
plus, how appropriated 149.
Houses may be broken, where
duties are not paid 149. Li-
quors, how transported, from
one district to another 149,
316, 317, 594.-Former acts
imposing, continued 276.-
When liquors forfeited 276.
Where owner may make oath
277. Drawback 277. Vir-
ginia owners, only half duties
277. Encouragement to im-
port money 277. Duty on
slaves, imported $18. Various
regulations for collecting 318
to 322. Act laying on liquors
continued 393. On slaves,
continued 394. On skins, furs,
and liquors, for the benefit of

Wm. & Mary 431, 432. Du-|
ties payable on liquors import-
ed by land 470. Entry, when
to be made 470. Collectors ap-
pointed 470. Their duty and
authority 470. Forfeitures ap-
propriated 471. Allowance
for leakage and money impor-
ted 471. Duty on slaves, how
secured 471. Number of col-
lectors 472. Duties, how re-
covered 473. Factors, when
liable for duty 473. Treasu-
rer may compound 473. Ma
deira wine, imported by go-
vernor exempt 474. Duties on
liquors how recovered 474.-
Penalty on collectors, failing
to account 474.

EASTERN SHORE.
Allowance to burgesses from,
for their passage 523.

EATON, THOMAS
Lands given by, to charitable
uses, how vested 306.

ELECTIONS.
Qualification of voters 475.-
Conveyances to qualify voters,
void 475. Penalty 475. What
residence necessary 476. Free-
holders in towns may vote476.
Joint-tenants or tenants in
common 476. Oath of elector
477. Penalty for perjury 477.
Duty of sheriff and clerk in
taking the poll 477.

EMBARGO

May be laid by governor and
council 221. How enforced
221. Exceptions 222.
ENTRY.

See Duties.

ESCAPES.

It

When sheriff liable for 487.-
Prisoners, how turned over
487. Escape warrants, how
executed 487. How returned
488. Where the escape was
on mesne process 488.
charged with a criminal of
fence 489. Habeas corpus,
how to issue 489. Escape war-
rants may be executed on Sun-
day 489. Prisoners, for debt,
how discharged 489. Priso-
ners may be discharged for
want of prison fees 490.-
Guard may be impressed by
sheriffs 490.

ESCAPE WARRANTS.
How issued, executed and re-
turnd 163, 487. May be ex-
ecuted on Sunday 489.
ESTATES TAIL.

See Fee Tail.

EVIDENCE.
Punishment of slaves, for giv-
ing false 127. Charge to the
witness 128. Of negroes, mu-
lattoes and Indians not to be
received, except on the trial
of a slave 327. Book-debts,
how proved 327, 328. Book
of a dead person, evidence
328. But may be opposed by
other evidence 328. Of In-
dians, how taken 405.

EXCEPTIONS.
To answer, when to be fi ed 190.
EXECUTIONS.
Arms, horses, &c. furnished by

militia, exempted from 121.
For militia fines 124. Former
laws authorising the debtor to
redeem his body, by tendering
property, and compelling the
creditor to accept property,
by appraisement repealed 151,
152. Writs of fieri facias, ele-
git, and capias ad satisfacien-
dum,how executed and return-
ed 152. Teste and return 152.
Form of a fieri facias in debt,
case, trespass, and covenant
153, 154. Return of 155.-
Form of elegit 154. Return of
155. Form of a capias ad sa-
tisfaciendum 154. Return of
156. Debtor dying in executi-
on, the creditor may have a
new execution against his es-
tate 157. But not to affect
lands bona fide sold by debtor
157. A new execution may
issue, if the former be not re-
turned executed 158. Judg-
ment against several, execu-
tion to issue as against one
158. Audita querela 158. In-
fancy 158. Extent not avoid.
ed, by omission of part of the
lands 159. Saving remedy,
for contribution 159. No ex-
tent or contribution against
infant heir 159. Property
bound by delivery of writ 159,
Officer to endorse time of de-
livery 160. Goods taken on
fieri facias how sold 160. No-
tice of time and place of 160.
Sale how made 160. Debtor
may retain goods, on giving
security 160. Goods to be re-
stored, on tender of debt 160.
Scire facias against sheriff
failing to pay money levied

under execution 161. Vendi-
tioni exponas 161. Form of
161. Goods, how sold 161.
Executions against persons
removing themselves and their
effects 162. Prison bounds,
when allowed 162. Escape
warrant, how issued, executed
and returned 163. Fraudulent
devises and conveyances, ef-
fect of 164. Alienations by
heirs 164. Stat. of England,
against fraudulent devises a-
dopted 164. Insolvent deb-
tors, how discharged 165.-
Oath of 165. Schedule of in-
solvent debtor 166. Estate
of, how vested, & to be dispo-
sed of 166. Apparel and tools
excepted 166. Prisoner how
discharged 166. Sheriff in-
demnified 166. Exception
167. Property afterwards ac-
quired, liable to execution 167.
Prison fees of insolvents, how
paid 167. Insolvent liable for
fees 167. May be issued by
justices, for sums under 20
shillings 194. Slaves not lia-
ble to, except under particu-
lar circumstances 224.
to be paid before execution s2-
tisfied 289. Proviso 290.-
Sheriff to levy for both 290.
When made returnable 359.
No execution or distress for
tobacco, between certain pe-
riods 424. On execution or
distress, bond may be given,
or the property sold on credit
424. Executions and distres-
ses, how levied 483. Goods
taken may be sold on credit
483. Bonds, how taken and
returned 484. To have the

Rent

Execu-

force of judgments 484. Ex-
ecutions thereon 484. Excep-
tions in this act 484.
tions for tobacco when to is-
sue 484. Attachments against
tenants removing 485.
EXECUTORS AND AD-

MINISTRATORS.
What courts have juridiction
over 12, 13, 23, 24. Admin-
istration with the will annex-
ed, when to be granted 13, 20.
Heir at law when to be sum-
moned 13. Saving to infants,
and others ander legal disabil-
ities 14. Administration of in-
testates' estates, when and how
granted 14.-Administration
de bonis non, when granted 14.
Effect of probat and adminis-
trations 15. Who entitled to
administer 15.-Court may
grant administration to any
person after 30 days 15. Con-
sequence of a will being after-
wards produced 16. Court
may compel production of a
will 16. Probats and admin-

istrations, how signed 16. Ex-
ecutors and administrators, to
take an oath 17. Form of
oath 17. Bond and security
when to be given 17. Form of
18, 19. Bonds payable to jus
tices 19. How prosecuted 20.
Inventory to be returned to
court, by executors and ad-]
ministrators 21. Appraise-
ments,how made 21. Servants
and slaves to be continued on
plantation of decedent 21.-
Their crops assets 22.-When
slaves to be delivered to heir
22. Executor or administra-
tor not liable for slave dying
22. When estate need not be
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appraised 22. When no secu-
rity required of executors 22.
Power of executor before pro-
bat, not abridged 23. Wills
to remain among records,
where proved 23. When gen-
eral court may grant probats
23. How to issue 24. When
court liable for taking insuf-
ficient security 24. Debts con-
tracted by testator, or intes-
tate, payable in specific com-
modities, when to be converted
into money by the court 24,
25. Lists of administrations,
with names of executors and
administrators. &c. to be re-
turned to secretary's office 25.
How far bound by appraise-
ment of estates 282. To sell
perishable goods. May asign
bonds to legatees 283. Estate
liable, if obligor prove insol-
Executors and ad-
ministrators of executors and
administrators liable as first
testators or intestate 284. Ac-
tions of account may be main-
tained against 285. Allowance
to, for disbursements 287.
EXIGENT.
Process of, when awarded 186.
EXPORTATION,
Of grain, prohibited, in time of
scarcity 222.

vent 285.

FACTORS.
When liable for duties 473.
FALMOUTA.
Town of, established in King
George 234.

FARRAR, WM. & THOMAS
Enabled to sell certain entailed
lands 240.

FEES.
Of attorney in the general court,
and county courts 59. When