388 Assembly Proceedings, Feb. — Mch. 1659/60.

U. H.

Journal
1659-69

The Assembly is adiourned till nyne a clock to morrow
morneing at M^r Slyes howse.

Tuesday the 6^th of March 1659

The howse mett at M^r Slyes and haue adiourned till Eleven
a Clock tomorrow morneing at the same place. Being present
as yesterday.

Wednesday 7: Marcij 1659

Present the Governor, Secretary, Thomas Gerrard Esquier
Doctor Luke Barber Robert Clarke Esquier, Baker Brooke
Esquier and Collonell Nathaniell Vtye
The Assembly adiourned till tomorrow [after] noone at one
of the clock to the said M^r Slyes howse

Thirsday 8^o Marcij 1659

Present as yesterday The Assembly adiourned till one of the
clock on Munday next after noone.

Munday 12 Marcij 1659

Present the Governor, Secretary, M^r Thomas Gerrard,
Collonell John Price M^r Baker Brooke & Col^l Nathaniell Vtye

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Then Came the ensuing Paper from the Lower howse, w^ch
was read as followeth.

To the honno^ble the Governor & Councell

That this Assembly of Burgesses iudging themselves to be a
lawfull Assembly without dependence on any other Power in
the Province now in being is the highest court of Judicature
And if any Obiection can be made to the Contrary, Wee desire
to heare it.
Roger Jsham Clearck
of the Assembly

Vpon reading of which paper it was thought fitt to send to
the lower howse the annexed paper as followeth

To the Burgesses mett in this present Gennerall Assembly.
Vpon receipt of a paper directed to the Governor and Councell
from the Burgesses in this p^rsent Gennerall Assembly and
delivered to the Governor in Assembly sitting. It is first
moved,
1. Whither or noe they intended that paper to be sent to
the Governor and Councell as such or whither to him and
those of the Councell then present as sitting by virtue of the
speciall writts they received for this Gennerall Assembly