This September, Encyclopedia Virginia invites you to make a gift to support the inclusive story of Virginia.Support Encyclopedia VirginiaMEDIA Show Media Original Author: William Waller HeningCreated: 1823Medium: BookHening’s Statutes at Large, Volume 4, Page 265William Waller Hening, The Statutes at Large; Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virignia from the First Session of the Legislature in the Year 1619 (New York: R. & W. & G. Bartow, 1823), 4:265.FEATURED IN“An Act for amending the Staple of Tobacco; and for preventing Frauds in his Majesty’s Customs” (1730)