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Excerpt from The Statutes at Large, Vol. 9: 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
It is impossible to read this volume Without perceiving what rapid progress was made in military science, and how fitly every mea sure was adapted to the circumstances ofthe country. Keeping a steady eye to the great object to be Obtained, the friends of the re volution Often resorted to the most 'ejicient measures to effect their purpose, -taking care to preface every such act with a preamble which fullyjustified them. Remarkable instances Of this kind 0c cur in the Act for the punishment of certain - the act prescribing the oath Of allegiance, (r)-the act for the encourage ment ofiron worlts, (s)-r-the act to confirm the Kentucky election, (t)-the act for speedily recruiting the Virginia regiments on con tinental establishment, (u)-the act for indemnifying the governor and council, and Others for removing and confining suspected per sons, (v) - the act for better securing the commonwealth, the act for speedily clothing the -the act laying an em bargo on provisions, and authorising their seizure for the use of the army, (y) - the act to attaint Josiah Philips and his associates, (z) the act for more effectually enforcing embargoes, (aa) - the act to supply the inhabitants of this commonwealth with salt, upon rea sonable terms, (bb) - the act more ell'ectually to guard against counterfeiting, (cc) - the act to amend the act for preventing tore stalling, &zc (dd) - and the act authorising the seizure of grain and flour for the use of our armies and navies, and the French squad ron.(ee) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
