There is a virtually identical statute from May 1742 in Hening vol 5 pp
176ff, and I believe the October 1748 statute is in volume SIX pp 124ff.

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On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 6:26 PM, Craig Kilby <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

The October 1748 statute titled "An Act for preventing losses from drivers
> passing with horses and cattle through this colony; and for laying a duty on
> horses imported, and for the more effectual prevention of horse stealing" in
> Hening Vol. 5, p. 124ff may be the answer to your question.
>
> Craig Kilby
>
> On Oct 7, 2009, at 3:16 PM, Bill Crews wrote:
>
> Journal of the House of Burgesses of Virginia 1742-1747 as quoted in
>> Johnson's "James Patton and the Appalachian Colonists"
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: "Barbara Vines Little, CG" <[log in to unmask]>
>>
>

> Bill what is the source for your information? What is the time period?
>>
>>
>> Bill Crews wrote:
>>
>>> I've noticed that in addtion to a tax on tithables some counties, like
>>> Augusta, levied a tax on every head of cattle driven into/through the county
>>> and a tax on every horse brought into the county.
>>>
>>> Was this a universal practice? Is there a source which consolidates these
>>> forms of taxation, hopefully along with the amount of the tax?
>>
>>

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