In grants to heirs and affignees, the material circumftances of the title fhall be recited, Infants and others under legal difabilities to have a right of pre-emption to fwamps, &c. contiguous to their high lands, for three years after their difabilities ceafe, Surplus lands, how they may be taken up, certain pre-requifites incumbent upon perfons intending to take it up, 148 remedy of the owner of 'the lands within which the furplus lands have been fuppofed to be, against perfons intending to take them up, In grants for lands, how mistakes in the bounds may be recified, How inclufive grants for lands may be obtained, Grantees of lands leased, or of the reverfions, to have the fame remedy for non-payment of rent, waste, &c. and the fame advanta ges of covenants as the original grantees, Leffees of lands to have the fame advantage of covenants against them, as against the original leflors, On what conveyances livery of feizin is not neceffary, 148 148 148 148 148 155 155 156 Deviled to be fold, to be conveyed by the executors or administrators with the will annexed, 168 166 167 Former fales of lands by order of court where executors réfuted to act, confirmed, If tenant for life of lands let to another, dies between the ift of March and 31st of December, the leffee fhall hold them, paying rent till the end of the year, Tenant of lands held for the life of another, may devife his intereft therein, but if he' does not, how it is to be difpofed of, To whom the lands of perfons dying inteftate, fhall país, When inteftates' lands may be fold, and the money divided amongst their heirs, How perions defirous of building mills and owning lands on one fide only of the stream rpay condemn an acre on the opposite fide for an abutment of their mill-dam, 197 198 Widow not barred of her right of entry into her lands loft by her hofband's default, When the wife may defend a fuit brought for 'her lands, 168 169 170 LAND WARRANTS For waste and unappropriated lands, and for thofe forfeited for non-payment of taxes, how to be acquired, To be lodged with the furveyor when an entry is made, Defeated by a caveat, another fhall be granted to the party, 453 453 142 143 210 210 When he in reverfion may defend a fuit bro't against the tenant for life of his lands, When the dying feized of a diffeizor, fhall not take away the right of entry into lands, A husband's conveyance of his wife's lands not to prejudice her or her heirs, Lands may in certain cafes be re-affeffed by the commiffioners of the revenue, Proceedings when the owner fhall be diffatisfied with the affeffment of his lands, Grants for lands to be ified to the perfons or their affignees whote names furveys are made in, ther may be made on the adjacent relidau'n, 143 Returned to owners after entries become void, may be located again, 146 Location of to be fo precifely made that ano 144 210 Affignable; and foreigners entitled to them, Grantees of lands leafed to have the fame right of entry and advantage of covenants, &c. as original leffors had, Leffees to have the fame advantage of covenants, &c. against the grantees or reverfions as the original leñors, afe for more than five years good, but zed dely recorded, Boup for life of lands or flaves let or híred to another dies between the ift of March and 31st December, leffee shall hold to the end of the year, Tenant of lands held for life of another may devife his intereft therein, or dying inteltate as to it, how it shall be difpofed of, Guardians may make or take new leafes or urrender old ones by order of the courts of chancery, Committees of infanes may make or take furrender of former leafes, or make or take new leafes as may be neceffary for the intereft of the infane, LEGATEES. 430 436 How thofe made in foreign countries must be authenticated to be admitted as evidence in the courts of this ftate, LETTERS OR PRIVY TOKENS. Punishment of perfons receiving money, goods, &c. in others' names by, LEVIES-SEE COUNTY LEVY. Sheriffs to give bond and fecurity for collecting, and accounting for them,. LIBERTY. 160 45 121 123 No man to be deprived of his liberty except by the laws of the land, LICENSES. SEE ORDINARIES. To perfons as counsel or attornies at law, how obtainable, 96 203 Tavern licenfes how to be obtained, 397 415 417 To hawkers and pedlars to be recorded, 395 415 Penalty on merchants, hawkers and pedlars failing to obtain licenfes,. 396 415 For manufacturing tobacco, how obtainable, 409 to be certified to the inspectors when manufacturers exhibit notes for tobacco, LIGHT HOUSES. Lands at Cape Henry conveyed to the United States to erect one on, LIMITATION OF ACTIONS For breaches of the law concerning public Certain periods of time taken out of the fta tute, 410 44 155 155 156 roads, 29 108 109 109 322 Ofactions to be commenced by perfons of the country for goods fold by their factors here, 109 109 Of actions upon open accounts against executors or adminiftrators, 167 Of actions of debt or fire facias against exe 167 cutors, &c. upon judgments against their teftators or inteftates, 167 The parole fhall not demur by reason of nonage, 383 LIMITS. Debts due to them from executors or adminiftrators to be paid by the executors of 1uch executors or administrators, before any other debts be paid, LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE POWERS Should be feparate and distinct, LEGISLATURE. SEE ASSEMBLY. To have the fame right of entry and diftrefs for non-payment of rent as their lefors had, LETTERS OF ATTORNEY 155 156 PAGE. PAGE. 235 LIVERY OF SEIZIN.-SLE CONVEYAN CES LANDS. plank, fcantling, &c gee could, if of found mind, may make or take furrender of former leafes, and take or make new leafes, as may be neceflary for the intereft of the infane, 235 234 The expenfe of removing them, and fupporting them at the hofpital, to be paid out of the profits of their eftates, without prejudice to their creditors, County courts to allow a reasonable support to their families out of their eftates without prejudice to their creditors, 234 Penalty on the juftices and county courts for neglect of the duties enjoined on them, 234 Infane infants to be examined and fent to the hofpital, Expenfes of curing and maintaining registered infanes, to be paid by the public and reimbursed out of their eftates, Not more than two perfons to be paid 234 235 guards for removing any infane to the hofpital; allowance to them how to be paid, 235 Effates of ideots, &c. to be kept under the like regulations as the eftates of those who are fent to the hospital, 237 837 235 of thingies, how to be difpofed of when 235 238 Committees to account with the auditor for expenfes of lunatics, &c. 424 Not to be exported unless previously inspected and certificate thereof obtained, Penalty on the mafter or kipper of a veffel for receiving lumber on board without fuch sertificate produced, LUNATICS AND IDEOTS. Infane perfons to be examined by the juftices and fent to the hofpital, unlels fecurity be given for their restraints, how to be received, exam. ined and registered, confined in the hospital, may be delivered to their friends, giving lecu. rity for their reftraint, or may be discharged when it is no longer neceffary to confine them, 425 233 234 feven to form a court, 233 vacancies to be supplied by the governor and council, 233 to choose a prefident and appoint a keeper, matrons, nurfes and guards, -, may choose a prefident pro tem 233 234 234 235 when perfely cured to be 234 difcharged, and certificate thereof granted to them by the directors, Certificates of their eftates and of the probable annual profits, to be fent with them to the directors of the hofpital, and to the court of their county, Committees to be appointed by the county courts to manage their eftates who may fue and be fued for their debts, Committees to give bond and fecurity for the performance of the truft repofed in them, 234 may be appointed by the high courts of chancery or the county courts where a perfon removes out of the ftate and afterwards becomes infane, -- of infanes feized of lands in truft or mortgage, may axecute fuch deeds and perform fich adus as the trukee or mortga 234 234 The accounts of the hofpital to be audited and paid as other public accounts, MAGISTRATES SEE JUSTICES OF THE In what cafes a feme of 12 and under 14 years Punishment of white perfons intermarrying Felony to take any woman unlawfully against Punishment for taking any feme under 16 years from her proper guardian, 196 195 195 196 197 197 for feducing away and deflowering any fuch feme, or contracting matrimony with her by fecret letters, meffages, &c. Appropriation of the fines incurred, Courts of Lee, Ohio, Brooke & Randolph counties to appoint perfons to celebrate the rites of matrimony in their respective counties, 318 319 37 Perions appointed, how qualified, and vacancies of, how fupplied, 319 372 regulated and punished for breach of their duty as ordained minifters, 319 372 That part of the act of 1792 respecting marriages which directs the clerks to certify to a juice of the peace that bond is given, and which requires the juftice to fign the marriage licente, repealed, $72 MARYLAND. Compact between Virginia and Maryland refpecting Chefapeake bay and Patowmac and Pocomoke rivers, 23 24 Injuries done by citizens of either ftate to thofe of the other on their lands or property adjacent to the bay or rivers, may be tried in that where the injury has been fuftained, and executions iffae in either on copies thereof from the other, Debtors Aying from Virginia or Maryland may be apprehended, or their property attached on the faid bay and rivers, Citizens of either state owning lands in the other may remove their produce and effects to their own ftate, tax and duty free, MASTERS. Courts may hear the complaats of mater 25 25 |