Assembly Proceedings, April — May 1669. 199

An Act for Encouragement of such persons as will under-
take to build Watermills read thrice & passed

Present the Governour

The Sense of the honble Governour & Council is upon the
Petition of Samuel Long that Burton ought to have his Land
as it was first surveyed & that Samuel Long to have the Land
next unto it & that by Virtue of a special Warrant the said
Burton could not take away any man's Land as it is alledged
within the Petition
Signed by order of the Govern^r & Councill
Jer White Sur Gen^l

Was read an Act for providing sufficient freight & Carriage
&^c thrice and passed
Was read an Act for Limitation of certain Actions for avoid-
ing Suits at Law 3^d time read & passed
Was read an Act reviving certain Laws the third time &
passed
Was read an Act Limiting Ordinary Keepers 3^d time &
passed

8th May.

Upon further Consideration of the necessity of the supple-
mental Act &c. offered the Lower House to pass it with this
Proviso viz: Provided always that this Act nor any thing there-
in Contained shall not infringe or invalidate nor be at any time
Construed to repeal invalidate or infringe any former Law oi
this Province Concerning levying War in this Province any
thing in this Act to the Contrary hereof in any wise notwith-
standing

Signed &c
Jn^o Gitting Clk of the Assem.

The Lower House disassents to this Proviso
Signed by order of Rob^t Carvile Cl.

Ordered that the Clerk of the Assembly have 300^lb tob^o &
the Door-Keeper 200 for the naturalization of Vansweringen
& his Children and Isaac de Barrelle & also Robert Roelants
Jan: Jordaine John Vanhack Charles De la Roche Peter John
son do pay Each of them 300^lb tob^o to the said Clerk & 100
to the Door Keeper for their Naturalization —

U. H.
Journal
1659-98

The Titles of all the Lawes Enacted this Assembly being
read over both Houses of Assembly being Present The Gover
nour dissolved the House —

p. 169