Virginia Gazette (Purdie & Dixon), 23 February 1769

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George Wythe, the clerk of the House of Burgesses from 1768 to 1775, orders clerks of county courts in Virginia to provide a list of the tithables and public charges of their respective counties at every General Assembly meeting.[1]

Article text, 23 February 1769

Page 3

THURSDAY, Dec. 4, 1766.

On a motion made,

Ordered, THAT the clerks of the several county courts in this colony do transmit to the clerk of this House, in the first part of every meeting of the General Assembly, a list of the tithables in their counties, containing the names of such tithables; and that they transmit also, at the same time, a list of the publick charges of their respective counties.

Ordered, That the clerk of this House do cause the same to be published in the Virginia Gazette.

By the House of Burgesses.
GEORGE WYTHE, C. H. B.

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References

  1. "Advertisements," Virginia Gazette (Purdie & Dixon, Williamsburg, VA), February 23, 1769, 3.