Assembly Proceedings, April — May 1 666. 117

Was read the Petⁿ of John for one yeares seruice. In
w^ch ea ciall Court, according to the Opinion howse
doe Concurre.
Vppon the backside of w^ch Petⁿ whither it may not bee
necessary one & Twenty yeares, comming serue
ffive yeares. Yea or Noe.
And whither seruants bee adjudged to serue ffive
yeares in Virginia. Yea or noe?
Both w^ch proposalls

The howse adiorned by the Speaker '
morning next 7 a Clock.

Munday 30^th Aprill 1666. 7 a Clock.
The Howse called All present (Except M^r Preston as afore)

M^r Speaker Ordered Co^ll Nath: Vtye to p^rsent those two
Pet^ns of M^r Henry Adams, & John Miller, w^th this howses
Vote & Judgm^t thereon, debated in this howse on Saturday
last, to the Vpper howse.
M^r Speaker motions the howse, That there were Certaine
Lawes made the Last Assembly; W^ch his L^p does somthing
dislike, & desyres they may bee amended in Certaine Clauses.
And thereuppon proposed, in case the whole howse agree
thereto, to appoynt two or three Members of this howse, to
ioyne in a Committee w^th the Upper howse to amend, or draw
up those Acts, anew w^ch his L^p. hath signifyed his dislike to,
for the more speedy dispatch of busines.
Therefore the Lower howse doe humbly pray th^t the Leiu^t
Grall would please to appoynt a Certaine Number of the

L. H.

Journal 1666

Vpper howse to Number of the Lower to bee a Com-
mittee for the now in force w^thin this Prouince, &
both howses, what Acts are necessary the whole Body of
Lawes thereby to if possibly. Then
M^r Richard Beard, & M^r Will^m drawing An Act
for the paym^t of all the Cessaon yeare.
came from the Vpper howse & presented all.
(Viz^t), An Act for Quietting a Rule for all Conueyances
for
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ing Posses^ns & Rule for all Conveyances &c:
That the former Act made Ano 1663 Int Quiet-
ting Posses^ns bee amended by a Committee by both
howses. But cannot, untill they haue consulted w^th their Re-
spective Counties agree to repeale the same totally. And
therefore doe desyre th^t the Leiu^t Grall would appoynt Cer-
taine Members of th^t howse to ioyne in Committee w^th Cer-
taine Members of this howse for the amendm^t of that Act.

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