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Act of March 12, 1651, VA. CODE (R. & W. & G. Bartow 1823) (Law Passed 1651).

  • Year:
  • 1651
Category:

Registration or Licensure,

Jurisdiction:

Colonial,

“ARTICLES
AT THE SURRENDER OF THE COUNTRY[1].
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Articles agreed on and concluded at James Cittie in Virginia for the surrendering and settling of that plantation under the obedience and government of the Common Wealth of England, by the Grand Assembly of the Governour, Councill and Burgesses of that country...

    ...13thly.  That all ammunition[2], powder and arms, other then for private use[3] shall be delivered up[4], security[5] being given to make satisfaction for it.”

[1] Spelled “Countrie” in original source document.
[2] Spelled “amunition” in original source document.
[3] Spelled “vse” in original source document.
[4] Spelled “vp” in original source document.
[5] Spelled “securitie” in original source document.

William Waller Hening, ed., The Statutes at Large; Being a Collection of 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 Eight Hundred and Eight, vol. 1 (New York, NY: R. & W. & G. Bartow, 1823), 385. Passed 1655.

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