THE

Statutes at Large;

BEING

A COLLECTIOX

ALL THE

LAWS OF VIRGINIA,

FROM THE

FIRST SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE,

IN THE YEAR 1619.

PUBLISHED PURSUANT TO AN ACT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

OF VIRGINIA, PASSED ON THE FIFTH DAY OF FEBRUARY,

ONE THOUSAND EIGUT HUNDRED AND EIGHT.

VOLUME XII.

By WILLIAM WALLER HENING.

« The Laws of a country are necessarily connected with every thing be.

longing to the people of it: so that a thorough knowledge of them, and
of their progress would inform us of every thing that was most 1.sc.
ful to be known about thein; and one of the greatest imperfections
ofhistorians in general, is owing to their ignorance of law "

PRIESTLET'S LECT. Ox H19T. VOL. I. pa. 149

SRICHMOND:
PRINTED FOR THE EDITOR,

By GEORGE COCHIRAN

1823.