Assembly Proceedings, Sept. — Oct. 1663. 463

Ordered that a Member of this howse be sent to the lower
howse with a memoriall vizt. To provide a Lawe ag^t Expor-
tacon of Hydes and Wooll.
To provide a lawe to punish Contempts in Courte or out of
Courte by not standing Bare headed &c. before Courts or
Magistrates
To provide a lawe to punish such as shall take away or
otherwise dispose of Tobaccoes after they are seized on by
the Sherriff for fines, Leavies or Rents &c
For the Speaker
To provide a lawe to give Smiths Execucon for their acc^t
vnder hand wryting, or bills given for Smiths worke done as
the Ordinary Keeper hath.
Ordered that a Coppy of all the heads of the lawes ordered
to be taken into Consideracon by this howse be sent to the
lower howse and that they be desired to lett this howse knowe
which of them they have already taken into Consideracon and
that they will send to the Vpper howse all the bills that they
haue ready that wee may take them into Consideracon.

The howse ajourned for an howre

And the howse mett againe

Then Came from the Lower howse W^m Calvert Esq^r &
Thomas Motley and brought this petⁿ from Cap^t Thomas Corn-
wallis. (viz^t)

To the Hono^ble the Leiutenn^t Generall & Chancellor
with the rest of the Councell assembled in the Vpper
howse of parliam^t & to the genⁿ of the Assembly for the
Province of Maryland.
The humble petⁿ and Complaynt of Tho: Cornwallis
Esq^r one of the first & cheife Adventurers for the plant-
ing and Inhabiting the fores^d Province
Sheweth
That whereas the Complt as itt is well knowne hath att his
greate Cost and Charges from the first planting of this Pro-
vince for the space of twenty Eight yeares been one of the
greatest Propagators & Jncreasers thereof by the yearely Trans-
portacon of servants whereof divers haue been of very good
Ranck and Quallity, towards whome and the rest he hath
alwayes been soe carefull to discharge a good Conscience in the
true pformance of his promises and obligacons that he was
never taxed with any breach thereof though itt is also well
knowne & he doth truly averr itt, that the Charge of soe greate
a family as he hath alwayes mayntayned was never defrayed
by their labo^r

U. H.

Journal
1659-69

p. 162