SECT. XIX. THE visiters for the districts which, or any part of
which, be southward and westward of James river, as known by that
name, or by the names of Fluvanna and Jackson's river, in every other
year, to wit, at the probation meetings held in the years,
distinguished in the Christian computation by odd numbers, and the
visiters for all the other districts at their said meetings to be
held in those years, distinguished by even numbers, after diligent
examination and enquiry as before directed, shall chuse one among the
said seniors, of the best learning and most hopeful genius and
disposition, who shall be authorised by them to proceed to William
and Mary College, there to be educated, boarded, and clothed, three
years; the expence of which annually shall be paid by the Treasurer
on warrant from the Auditors.
_A Bill Declaring Who Shall Be Deemed Citizens of this
Commonwealth_
SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that all
white persons born within the territory of this commonwealth and all
who have resided therein two years next before the passing of this
act, and all who shall hereafter migrate into the same; and shall
before any court of record give satisfactory proof by their own oath
or affirmation, that they intend to reside therein, and moreover
shall give assurance of fidelity to the commonwealth; and all infants
wheresoever born, whose father, if living, or otherwise, whose mother
was, a citizen at the time of their birth, or who migrate hither,
their father, if living, or otherwise their mother becoming a
citizen, or who migrate hither without father or mother, shall be
deemed citizens of this commonwealth, until they relinquish that
character in manner as herein after expressed: And all others not
being citizens of any the United States of America, shall be deemed
aliens.
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