Act of Mar. 2, 1631, no. 50, VA. CODE (R. & W. & G. Bartow, 1823).
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NOE commander of any plantation, shall either himselfe or suffer others to spend powder unnecessarilie, that is to say, in dringinge or enterteynments.”
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William Waller Hening, ed., The Statutes at Large; Being a Collection of All of the Laws of Virginia from the First Session of the Legislature in the Year 1619, vol.1 (New York, NY: R. & W. & G. Bartow, 1823), 173. Grand Assembly Holden at James City the 21st of February, 1631-2, Act 50. Passed March 2, 1631.