Virginia House of Burgesses (October 16, 1629) ordinances of Jamestown:
<It is ordered that there be an especial care taken by all commanders and others that the people do repair to their Churches on the Sabbath day, and to see that the penalty of one pound of tobacco for every time of absence and 50 pound for every months absence set down in the act of the General Assembly 1623, be levied and the delinquents to pay the same, as also to see that the Sabbath day be not ordinarily profaned by working in any employments or by journeying from place to place. It is thought fit that all those that work in the ground of what quality or condition soever, shall pay tithes to the ministers.> 1629VA001
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Endnotes:
1629VA001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Virginia Ordinances, October 16, 1629, of House of Burgesses, Jamestown.