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juries 757. Presentments; attornies for commonwealth; prison rules; costs of prosecu tion 758 Suits transmitted from general to district courts; terms of general courts; judges 759. Jurisdiction of general court 760.

DISTRINGAS

In detinue, power of court over 750.

DOCKETS

In district courts 746.
DOWER

Of widows renouncing will 1:45. In personal estate 146. Relinquishment of in the state 155. Out of the state 156. In uses and trusts 157. Act concerning dower and jointure of widows 162, 165.Jointure in lieu of dower 164. Writ of dower; pleadings 164.

DRAWBACKS.

See duties.

DRINK. Punishment of those who sell unwholesome meat or drink 336.

DRUMMOND Town, in Accomack county, es

tablished 402.

DUMFRIES. Trustees of town of, appointed 372. Powers of trustees enlarged 630.

DUTIES.

Act for better securing collection of 46. Additional duty on tobacco exported 288.(On spirits imported) cheese, tea, hemp and cordage; on tonnage of vessels 289. On

Salt, wine and mal liquors 290. On goods ad valorem 290. Export duty on tobac co explained 291. Collection of duties; articles exempted 304. Additional tonnage; entry of vessels and cargoes; tax on seamen; penalty for false return; naval officers to reside where office kept 305. Permits; penalty for anlading without; searchers 306. Assistant searchers 307. Further duties of searchers; casks of wine and spirits how estimated; when casks gauged 308. When packages may be opened; transportation from district to district; rule where part of goods only destined for this state 309. Goods deposited as security for duties; officers obstructed, how assisted; what goods may be water borne 310. When naval officer to account; duty bond; how recoverable 311. Penalties on naval officers; bond and security, by solicitor; within what hours goods landed 312. Naval officers and searchers, how suspended or removed; subject to controal of executive; seal of office; where vessels to enter; registers of vessels 313. Duty on goods brought by land, how secured; to whom paid 314. Goods may be examined; penalty for failure to enter goods brought by land; how such recoverable; searchers for such goods, how appointed 315. Drawbacks 316. Da

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ESCHEATORS

To be appointed in Northern Neck 117. How appointed; bond and security; not to act by deputy; inquests by 158: Traverse, monstrans de droit; land found for commonwealth how long to remain in hands of escheator; when and how sold 159. Saving rights of others; inquests untruly found 160: Act of 1785, concerning repealed 411. ESKRIDGE, ELIZABETH Administrator of Alexander Wodrow, authorised to convey a lot to, in town of Winchester 220.

ESTRAYS. Method of taking up and appraising 168: How advertised; when property vested in taker up; valuation money reserved for proprietor; boats and vessels adrift 169: Provision, where estray dies 170. Mode of advertising in Kentucky 373, 688. EVIDENCE.

See Depositions, Witnesses. When copy of bond evidence

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460. On service of execution on the body, debtor may tender property; remedy against assignors of 12 months bonds; valuers of property, how to proceed 461: On final decrees; for costs 465. Against lands of sheriff &c. on judgments of the commonwealth 558: Form of writ 561: From district, courts how issued and returned 750: Execution law explained and amended 776:Sheriff's fee for bond, and commissions; proceedings when property is tendered in discharge of the body; where it is under previous incumbrance 777.

EXECUTORS & ADMINISTRATORS. Administration with will annex

ed; oath of; and of executors; bond 144: To whom payable, when no security; power of executors before probat; curator 144: Jurisdiction in granting administrations; who to be preferred; when creditor 146: Oath and bond of administrator 147: Securities, how far liable; when court liable; how security relieved; certificate of administration; letters of, in due form; lists of 148. Appraisement; inventories; sale of perishable goods 149. Sale of other personal estate; when no appraisement; dead victuals; sale of lands; rule as to servants and slaves 150: Emblements; tenant for life dying; rent apportioned; debtor executor; distribution, when;bond to refund; allowance to execu

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Act of 1745 revived 91, 588:Tobacco fees, how payable in money 91: Clerks' fees, when put into hands of sheriff, when accounted for;remedy against; executors and administrators liable; receipts evidence 92: Surveyors' fees, how collected and accounted for 588: When clerks to deliver their tickets to sheriff's 590: Fees of commissioners of tax, how collected 590.

FEE TAIL Converted into fee simple 156. FERRIES: New ferries established 83: Across Kentucky river, at Frankfort 389: From land

of John Curd, across Ken-
tucky river 401: New fer-
ries established and others dis-
continued 403: County courts
in Kentucky authorised to es-
tablish ferries 500: New fer-
ries established and their rates
511: Court of Norfolk to let
ferries across Elizabeth river
512. New ferries established,
and others discontinued 701.
New ferries established in the
county of Ohio 721.

FINES

and Fluvanna counties ascer-
tained 70.

FORCIBLE ENTRY & DETAINER.
Practice in suing out writs of
regulated 703.

FRANKFORD

Town of, in Hampshire county
established 595.

FRANKFORT

Town of, in Fayette county,
Kentucky, established 588.-
Further time allowed for set-
ling lots 597.

FRANKLIN

List of, to be transmitted by County, formed from Bedford

clerks 763.

FIRE COMPANIES
Establishment of, authorised

530.

FITCH, JOHN.
Exclusive privilege granted to,
of navigating steam boats, for
a limited time 616.

FLOUR.
Inspections of flour established;
inspectors, how appointed
515. Flour how manufactur-
ed; size of barrels; brands
516. Contents of barrel; tare;
manifests; bread for exporta-
tion 517. Degrees of flour to
be branded on barrels; in-
spectors' fees; appeal from in-
Attendance at
spectors 518.
mills on tide water; oath of
inspectors 518. Inspectors
not to deal in flour; penalty
for altering brand &c; assis-
tant inspector; inspectors how
removed 520. Penalties, how
recovered 692.

FLUVANNA.

and Henry 70.

FRAUDS AND PERJURIES
Certain contracts not good un-
less in writing 160. Convey-
ances to defraud creditors
void; what conveyances deem-
ed fraudulent 161. Loans,
when fraudulent 162.
FRAUDULENT GIFTS
Of slaves, construction of act to
prevent 505.

FREDERICKSBURG.
Trustees of Fredericksburg a-
cademy authorised to dispose
of part of their lands 371. To
raise a sum of money by lot-
tery 632. Court day altered

696.

FREE PERSONS

Stealing or selling free person,
for a slave, felony without
clergy 531.

FRONTROYAL
Town of, in Frederick estab
lished 672.
GAMING.

Boundary between Goochland Keepers of A. B. G. or E. O. tas

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bles, or Pharoahı bank, deem-
ed vagrants 579.

GENERAL COURT.
Number of judges to constitute
a court 497. What suits trans-
mitted from, to district courts;
terms of; judges to constitute
a court 759. Jurisdiction
760., Number of judges; al-
lotment to district courts 770.

GENTRY, NICHOLAS
Personal estate ot, who became
felo de se, vested in his widow
and children 598.

GIFTS.
Construction of act to prevent
fraudulent gifts of slaves 505.
GILBERT, ROBERT.
Escheatable lands of, vested in
trustees, for benefit of his wi-
dow and payment of his debts

689.

GLEBES.
Vestry of St. James Northam
authorised to sell their glebe
627. Trustees of Nottoway
parish, in Amelia 720.

GLOUCESTER
Court day altered 407.

GOOCHLAND.
Boundary between Goochland
and Fluvanna counties ascer-
tained 70.

GORDONSVILLE
Town of, in Lancaster county,
established 215.

GOVERNMENT.
High treason to erect, or at-
tempt, a goverment indepen-
dent of Virginia, within its li-
mits 41.

GOVERNOR.
What clerks may be appointed

by governor and council 131.
Suits against 738.

GRAND JURIES
For district courts 757. Failing
to attend 758.

GREENBRIER

Court day altered 407. Kana-
wha formed out of Greenbrier
and Montgomery 670.

GREENSVILLE.
Part of Brunswick county ad-
ded to Greensville 596. Ad-
ditional trustees to town of, in
Buckingham 661.

GUARDIANS.

Debt due from to ward, of first
dignity 152, 197. What acts,
may perform for infants and
wards 193. Testamentary
guardians, how and by whom
constituted 194. Power of
courts over guardians; bond
and security; inventories; ac-
counts 195. Supplemental
security; disbursements; coun-
ter security 196. Estate of,
first bound to ward 197.
GUARDS

For prisoners 756.

HABEAS CORPUS
Granted without a seal 738.
HALF PAY
To widows aud orphans 279.
HALIFAX.
Court day of, altered 606.
HAMPSHIRE

County divided, and Hardy
formed 86: Court day altered
407. Part of Hardy added to
Hampshire 597.

HANOVER
Boundary line between counties
of Henrico and Hanover es-
tablished 620.

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