The Legislature of the Province of Virginia Its Internal Development / / Elmer I. Miller.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Miller, Elmer I.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1907]; ©1907
• Year of Publication: 1907
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (184 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; TABLE OF CONTENTS --; INTRODUCTION --; CHAPTER I. THE BEGINNING OF THE LEGISLATURE UNDER THE LONDON COMPANY --; CHAPTER II. THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES—APPORTIONMENT, LENGTH OF TERM, AND QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS --; CHAPTER III. THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES—SUFFRAGE, ELECTIONS, AND ELECTION CONTESTS --; CHAPTER IV. THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES—ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURE --; CHAPTER V. THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES—ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURE CONTINUED --; CHAPTER VI. THE GOVERNOR AS A PART OF THE LEGISLATURE --; CHAPTER VII. THE COUNCIL AS A PART OF THE LEGISLATURE --; CHAPTER VIII. FEATURES OF THE LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE --; BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231895125; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/mill93722
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Elmer I. Miller.

Traces the growth of the legislature of Virginia, which began without any form of local self-government. The colony was established and governed by a commercial company until 1619 with the calling together of the first American legislature at Jamestown.