1 86 Assembly Proceedings, April — May 1669.

U.K.
Journal
1659-98

all Businesses so as he might End this Sessions upon Saturday
next at furthest and that this House should give notice to the
Lower House of his Pleasure; Ordered that this Notice be
given to the Lower House by a Member of this House
In obedience to the Command of the Lieutenant General
for expediting of Business, the House reassumed the forego-
ing Acts which were read this day the second time & upon
the third reading in the foregoing Order Voted them to pass
Then was sent to the Lower House the six forementioned
Acts being every one Endorsed Viz.
Let this Bill be sent to the Lower House

The House Adjourned till after dinner

At two of the Clock the House met again Present as before
also M^r Trueman
Ordered that a Messenger be sent to the Lower House to
desire them to send the Upper the temporary Laws which they
have thought fit to amend or Continue that this House may
proceed to the reading of them

p. 156

Then was sent the Acc^t of the Province from the Lower
house As also a Bill Entituled an Act Concerning the Tare &
Gauge of tob^o hh^ds Another Bill Entituled an Act prohibiting
Ground Leafes & second Crops of Tob^o a third Bill Entituled
an additional Act to the Act Entituled an Act for appointing
certain Officers Which were all read over the first time
Ordered that the Lower House be desired to appoint some
Members of theirs that were at the Auditing the Accounts
sent this day from the Lower House to meet some persons of
this House to Morrow Morning to inform them of the true
State of the said Acc^ts

The House Adjourned till nine of the Clock in the Morning

Tuesday the 4^th May

Present Philip Calvert Esq^e Henry Coursey Thomas Trueman
and William Calvert Esq^es

Then Came from the Lower House this following Paper viz:
This House upon reading an Act Entituled an Act against
Hog Stealers find thereby an Injunction laid upon the honour-
able the Chancellour to draw up the form of the Charge to be
sent to the several County Courts upon the several Articles
upon which the said County Courts shall strictly examine all
the Constables within their respective Countys for the Dis-
covery of Offenders & due Execution of Justice
Ordered that his Honour be desired to draw up such Charge
& to send the same to the Comm^rs of the several County