VA. CODE, act 3 (R. & W. & G. Bartow 1823) (Law Passed 1657).
“ACT III.
The Sabbath[1] to be[2] kept holy.
THAT the Lord’s day be kept holy, and that no journeys be made except in case of emergent necessity[3] on that day, that no goods bee laden in boated nor shooting[4] in guns[5] or the like trending to the propagation[6] of that day, which duty is to be taken care of by the ministers and officers of the several churches, & by the commissioners in their places, and the party[7] delinquent to pay one hundred pounds of tobacco or laid[8] in the stocks, and to take care that servants and others do repair[9] to their several churches every[10] Lord’s day.”
[1] Spelled “Sabboth” in original source document.
[2] Spelled “bee” in original source document.
[3] Spelled “necessitie” in original source document.
[4] Spelled “shooteing” in original source document.
[5] Spelled “gunns” in original source document.
[6] Spelled “prophanation” in original source document.
[7] Spelled “partie” in original source document.
[8] Spelled “layd” in original source document.
[9] Spelled “repaire” in original source document.
[10] Spelled “everie” 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), 434. Act 3—The Sabboth[sic] to Bee[sic] Kept Holy. Passed 1657.