188 Assembly Proceedings, April — May 1669.

U. H.

Journal
1659-98

finable for his Proceedings in the said Election & Return Yea
or no?
It passed in the Affirmative Yea?
Ordered that these Votes be sent to the Upper House to
whom this House leaves the matter as to the fining the Sherriff
& that M^r Montague M^r Thurrowgood M^r Hambleton & M^r
Keene do carry the same as also the six Bills last read &
passed in this House
Signed by order of the House
Rob^t Carvile Clk.

The House Adjourned till after dinner

At two of the Clock the House met again Present as before
Then was read & sent to the Lower House the Bill Entituled
an Act appointing Court days &c. Endorsed (viz) Let this
Act be to Endure for three Years or to the End of the next
General Assembly which shall first come & this House will
proceed to the second reading of it
Then was read & sent to the Lower House the Bill Entituled
an Act for the reviving and Amendment of an Additional Act
to an Act Entituled an Act Concerning paym^t of Fees due
from Criminal Persons Endorsed thus Viz

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Let this Act endure for three Years or to the End of the
next General Assembly which shall first Come and this House
will proceed to the second reading —
Then was read and sent to the Lower the Bill Entituled an
Act for the reviving and Amendment of an Additional Act to
an Act Entituled an Act Concerning payment of Fees due
from Criminal Persons Endorsed thus Viz Let this Act endure
for three Years to the End of the next General Assembly
which shall first Come & this House will proceed to the second
reading.
Was read and sent to the Lower house the Bill Entituled an
Act for the keeping good such High Ways & Roads as are
already Cleared in this Province Endorsed thus Viz
The Title of the Law is good but the way of penning it an-
swers not the End besides it ought to be perpetual & not tem-
porary being for the Common Good & therefore the Things
required of Common Right to be done therefore the Bill
ought wholly to be altered or else quashed
Was read the Bill Entituled an Act Enjoining all Persons
that intend to depart this Province to give sufficient Notice of
their departure Endorsed thus Viz. This Act is either not ne-
cessary or else interferes with the Bill preferred this Assembly
and passed this House already Entituled an Act preventing
Runaways &c before We can say any thing to this Bill, the dif-
ference between the Bills must be reconciled