[Nearly ten pages. Declares war; Provides an army of 1000 men; decrees that captives shall be made slaves; appoints Bacon "genll. and commander in cheife.">[
Act II. [Prohibits trade with Indians.]
Act III. [Reserves to the colony as a whole any deserted Indian lands.]
Act IV. [To suppress tumults.]
Act V. [Sheriffs.]
Whereas divers complaints have been made throughout the country of the abuses ... of divers offices ... Bee it enacted by the governour, councell, and burgesses of this grand assembly, and by the authority of the same, that noe person whatsoever within this country shall exercise, hold, and enjoy the office of sherriffe or under-sherriffe more than one year successively. [Penalty, 20,000 pounds of tobacco] ... And bee it further enacted ... that noe person or persons whatsoever shall hold or enjoy two of these offices hereafter named at one and the same time ... viz. ... sherriffs, clerke of courte, surveyor, and escheator. ... [Three years residence necessary for eligibility to any office. ... Provision, in much detail, against sheriffs or other officers exacting more than the legal fees.]
Act VI. [Vestries.]
Whereas the long continuance of vestries ... is presented as a greivance, Bee it enacted ... that it shall and may be lawfull ... for the freeholders and freemen of every parish ... by the majoritie of votes to elect ... certaine freeholders or substantiall householders to the number of twelve ... which said twelve shall be ... the vestrie of the parish ... and such election to be made ... once in every three yeares.
Act VII [Suffrage.]
Bee it enacted ... that the act of assembly [1770; see No. 105] ... which forbids freemen to have votes in the election of burgesses be repealed, and that they be admitted, together with freeholders and householders, to vote as formerly in such elections.