Assembly Proceedings, May 2d-June n, 1697. 511

Produced a certain paper of Proposalls yesterday considered
of and According to the Order of this Board fair writt out
which were read as follows viz.

1 A Certain Paper of Grievances sent from the Grand
Jury of Somerset County Court is Recommended down to the
House for their Consideration
2 Proposed that Inquiry be made in the House whether
Col^o Talbot did ever Reimburse the Country his Imprisonment
Fees.

U. H. J.

3. That there be some law made to prevent Seamen
negroes & Servants &c. from running away to other Govern-
m^ts & to Consider also therein a former proposall ab^t Runnaway
debtors &c. and that if in case the house cannot agree about
makeing such a Law at present That then they lay the same
before the R^t hon^ble the Lords of the Councill for trade &
fforreigne plantacons desireing their Lord^pps would please to
lay the same before his Ma^ty in Council whereby his ma^ty may
be induced to send some generall Ord^r to the several! adjacent
Governm^ts for redressing the said Evills
4. That a law be made to lay an Imposicon vpon all
manner of wooden ware & ffish brought from New England
& other adjacent places as also vpon Sugar & mallassoes
imported by strangers
5. That a law about Constables takeing lists of taxables be
better regulated
6. That a law be made for every person to ascertaine the
bounds of their land to prevent Law suites
7. That some Representacon be layd before the R^t hon^ble
the Lords &c. desireing some end might be put to the dispute
about the Divisionall line & bounds betwixt this province and
pensilvania and that Maj^r Whittington be sent for to give what
account he is able to the house
8. That the house would Inquire amongst themselves the
reasons that obstructed the generallity of the Shipps this yeare
and in particuler the shipps left behind the ffieet from getting
ready to sayle sooner proposed that if a way can be found out
whereby they may for the future receive quicker dispatch in
their buisines: Some Council proceedings & papers about the
same being herewith sent for the approbacon & opinion of the
house thereon
9. That a law be made to appoynt auditors &c. pursuant
to a former proposall
10. That a former proposall about haveing the Lawes
digested into better Language by some able Lawyer in Eng-
land be Considered anew and is again recomended from the
board

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