HARBOUR MASTERS, How appointed, ther oath, duty and penalty for neglect 25. HARDY
County, formed out of Hampshire 86: Court day altered 407: Part of Hardy added to Hampshire 597: Pendleton county formed out of Augusta, Hardy, and Rockingham 637.
County, divided and Randolph formed 393. Court day al
HARRODSBURG, Town of, in Lincoln county Kentucky established 223:Certain lands in to be sold 395.
HENRICO Boundary line between counties of Henrico and Hanover, established 620.
HENRY. Place of holding courts altered 374. Court day altered 407 696.
HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY.
Rules of practice in, altered 464 Executions on final decrees; executions upon; saving former remedy; executions for costs; pleas in abatement 465、 Adjournment of court; appeals; depositions taken out of state; absent defendants, proceedings against 466: Injunctions, how proceeded on 467: When judges reduced to one 766: Where court held; terms; court may arrange business; commissioners in chan
judge interested 766. Issue to general court; adjournment; Continnance of causes 768.
HIGH TREASON To erect, or attempt, a government independent of Virginia, within its limits 41.
HIRES. Apportionment of rents and hires 151.
HOOMES, JOHN Exclusive privilege granted to, of conveying persons in stage carriages, for a limited time 618.
Penalty for suffering a stoned horse to run at large; when forfeited 172.
HORSE STEALERS. Reward for apprehending 331. HOTCH POT. Advancements brought into 139 146.
HUSBAND Removing dower slaves 145: Administrator of his wife, not bound to distribute 146,
IDIOTS. See Lunatics, and pa. 165. ILLINOIS.
Additional commissioners for surveying and apportioning lands granted Illinois regiment 397: Register to issue patent to commissioners 398: Claimants to pay fees to commissioners 398.
IMPEACHMENTS, Trial of, in district courts 762: In court of appeals 764. IMPRESSMENTS.
cery; foreign commissions; Of articles for militia, how made
and paid for 17. Act for adjusting claims for property impressed for public service. revived and continued 102, 278.
INDIANS. Commissioners to settle accounts of expeditions from Kentucky against the Indians 231; Act amended 521; Lands of Nansemond tribe, in Southampton sold to William Bennett 386: Trustees of Pamunkey tribe appointed 406.
INDICTMENTS. Omission of parish, town, ville, or hamlet, not fatal in indictments 271.
See Guardians, and pa. 194, &c. May sue by next friend 357. INFORMATIONS.
Rules for filing 355.
INJUNCTIONS.
Proceedings on 467.
INQUESTS
How taken by escheators 158: Traverse monstrans de droit, petition of right to 159. truly found 160.
INTEREST,
Rate of legal 338.
INTERPRETERS
May be sworn 749. INTESTATES' ESTATES How distributed; dower of widow; husband not bound to disWhen tribute his wife's 146. distributed; bond to refund 151.
INVENTORIES Of decedents estate; how far evidence 149. Of estate of wards, by guardians 195.
Public, for district courts, how appointed, his privileges and duties 755, 756.
A slave the property of William Armistead, emancipated 381. JAMES RIVER.
General Washington's letter de- clining donation of shares in James River Company 43.- How such shares to be appro- priated 44: Company may reduce extend shares and depth of canal 116. Crow's ferry declared highest point of navigation 117. Remedy by motion against delinquent subscribers 508.
JEOFFAILS Statutes of, adopted 749. JOINT OBLIGATIONS. Effect of 350.
JOINT TENANTS. Partition between 349. Survi- vorship abolished 350. JOINTURES.
Act concerning dower and jointure of widows 162. Jointures in lieu of dower 164.
Interested, where suit may be brought 763, 765, 767. Travelling expences allowed to
JUDGMENT By confession, equal to release of errors 750.
JURISDICTION Of quarterly courts 32, 468. Of monthly courts 36. Crimes committed out of jurisdiction of this commonwealth, where tried 330. Of corporation
Trial by, secured 186: Juries in Jurors district courts 736: witnesses; contempt by; con- duct of sheriffs 746.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
Act empowering governor and council to remove from office, repealed 507.
KANAWHA County, formed out of Green- brier and Montgomery 670. KENTUCKY.
Terms on which district of Ken- tucky may be erected into an independent state; convention how chosen 87: Conditions 38: Further provision for e- rection of Kentucky into an independent state 240. Laws regulating high court of chan- cery and general court ex- tended to supreme court of Kentucky 475: County courts in Kentucky authorised to es- tablish ferries 500: Courts in, may admit qualifications, on attested copies of wills &c. 503. Entries for land in Ken- tucky, to be transcribed in well bound books 509: How estrays advertised in 373,688 Act establishing district court amended 704. Importation of slaves into, regulated 713.- Further provision for erec- tion of district of Kentucky into an independent state 788 Conditions 789.
LANCASTER
Court day altered 408. LANDS.
Provision as to certain locations of land warrants, in the coun- ties of Greenbrier, Harrison, aud Monongalia 81. Further time allowed to enter certifi- cates for settlement rights, and for locating warrants up- on pre-emption rights 88, Public lands in York and E- lizabeth city, except Point Comfort, to be sold 97: Act limiting time for surveying
entries on western waters re- pealed; notice of surveying; on failure to attend entry void; surveyor to retain warrant 99: Owners of entries to appoint agents; saving to infants &c. or accidents; locations with deputy surveyor of Jefferson county confirmed 100: How waste and unappropriated
lands on eastern waters ob tained 100: Not to affect rights to marshes, or sunken grounds 101: Land papers of Northern neck, to be removed to regis- ter's office 111; Copies, evi- dence; grants on surveys, how issued; unappropriated lands in; obtained as other lands 112: Composition money 113 Sale of lands devised to be sold 150: Sales by sheriffs
confirmed 153: Wrongful a- lienations of, to pass only what grantor might lawfully convey 166: Lands of John
Mills, deceased, to be sold for payment of his debts 203:- Further time for entering cer- tificates for settlement rights, and locating warrants upon pre-emption rights 237:Coun- ty courts not to grant certifi- cates for such rights; time al- lowed for obtaining and en- tering pre-emption warrants; consideration; time limited for surveying entries on eastern waters, and making returns to land office; for surveying en- tries in Northern neck 238: Composition in what payable; grants on surveys returned to proprietors office how obtain- ed; pre-emption in swamps, marshes, and sunken grounds in Northern neck; saving to infants &c 239. Caveats enter- ed in Northern neck, how pro- ceeded in; consideration for land warrants on eastern wa- ters, how payable 240: Act declaring entries forfeited, on failure to appoint agents, re- pcaled 266: Lands sold for taxes, by John Owen, sheriff of Pittsylvania, how conveyed 360: Additional commission- ers for surveying and appor- tioning lands to Illinois regi- ment 397: Register to issue patent to commissioners 398: Claimants to pay fees to com- missioners 398: Public lands in James city and Northamp- ton. formerly annexed to se-
cretary's office to be soid 495 Entries for lands in Kentucky to be transcribed into well bound books 509: Patents to issue on surveys made in Northern neck, by Richard Rigg 533: Lands of sheriffs and public collectors may be taken on a fieri facias, on judgments of commonwealth 558: Judgments to bind the lands from their date; rules as to levying executions on lands; debtor may specify the lands to be sold 559: Lands how sold; how conveyed; if lands &c. of sheriff insufficient judgment may be obtained against security 560: Form of execution; executions to whom directed 561: Mode of selling lands for taxes 564:— Further time allowed for en- tering certificates for settle- ment rights, and locating war- rants on pre-emption rights 570: Directors of public build- ings authorized to convey to Philip Turpin, certain lots in Richmond 617: Governor au- thorised to issue grants, with reservation of other claims in- cluded in the surveys 646:- Liable for taxes, in Albe- marle, during sheriffalty of John Marks, how sold '662: Further time allowed to re- turn plats and certificates of survey to land office 678:Fur- ther time to survey entries on the western waters 679: Duty of surveyors, on division of counties, as to entries 709.
LAW PROCESS, Tax on, in district courts 762:
Further provision for complet- ing revisal under the act of 1776, 409: Operation of cer- tain acts of 1786, suspended 410:
LEESBURG. Trustees of town of, appointed
Town of, in Stafford county es- tablishen 210. LEVIES. Power of overseers of the poor to levy 27: How collected and accounted for 28: County courts may exempt from 567. LEXINGTON.
Part of lot on which court house stands, in town of Lexington, Rockbridge county, may be sold 687.
LEWISBURG. Further time allowed to improve lots in 686.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
When one of privy council may act 129, 330.
LITERARY WORKS Copy right, secured to authors
LOTTERIES. Lotteries authorised for com- pleting church in Winchester, and rebuilding one in Nor- folk county 229: For erecting Mason's hall, in Richmond 229: For Cabin point lodge of freemasons 364. Washing- ton Henry academy 406:- Fredericksburg academy 632
LOUISVILLE.
Further time allowed to improve lots in 372: Certain lands in to be sold 395.
LOVE, WILLIAM His real estate vested in Marion Love 408.
Inspectors of, in Norfolk coun- ty, Princess Anne and Nor- folk borough appointed 388. Inspectors cf lumber may be appointed in each county and corporation 499.
Estates of idiots and lunatics, how preserved 165. Direc- tors of hospital, how appoin- ted; incorporated; style of cor- poration 198. Corporate powers; lunatics, how remov- ed; proceedings thereof; if di- rectors differ in opinion from justices 199. Infant lunatics, how proceeded with; when lunatic discharged; legal set- tlement 200. Directors of hospital, how to hold courts; vacancies how supplied 716. LYNCHBURG Town of, in Campbell county, established 398.
MACKEY, ROBERT. Robert Mackey and John Pey- ton permitted to build on cer- tain lots in the commons of Winchester 227.
MADISON, JAMES. James Madison and George Taylor discharged from trust, in relation to lands of Harry Beverley 219. Their ac counts, how settled 219.
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