Assembly Proceedings, April — May 1669. 189

Was read a Bill Entituled an Act for the publication of
all the Laws within this Province now in force Endorsed thus
At the request of the Chancellour the Upper House desires
to be informed by the Lower House whither by this Bill they
intend to give the Chancellour two thousand pounds Tob^o
more than was given him by the Act passed the last Assembly
Entituled an Act for the publication of all Laws within this
Province for the future in regard this Law seems to oblige the
Chancellour without further Fee to send more Laws than the
former Law obliged him to do Which this House thinks un-
reasonable
Upon the second reading of the Bill Concerning the Gauge
& Tare of Tob^o hh^ds Voted Rejected
Upon the second reading the Bill appoynting certain Officers
Rejected
Upon the second reading the Act prohibiting Ground Leafs
& second Crops of Tob^o Ordered that it pass to Engross-
ment
Upon the reading a Bill Entituled an Act limitting Ordinary
Keepers was Endorsed thus
Let this Act be for three Years or to the End of the next
General Assembly which shall first come & let a Proviso be

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added to prevent the adulterating of Liquors & this House will
proceed to a second reading of this Bill
An Act of Gratitude for the Lieutenant General being read
three times in this House Ordered that it pass
Ordered that a Messenger be sent to the Lower House to
desire a Conference with them for a quarter of an hour upon
the six last Bills sent to this House
At the Conference was delivered the nine Acts together with
the Reasons of their proceedings thereupon with which the
Lower House retired to their own House to Consider

The House Adjourned till to Morrow Morning

Wednesday the 5^th May

The House met again Present as before
The House took into Consideration the Act of Gratitude
for the Lieutenant General returned from the Lower House to
this House Endorsed viz.
The Act of Gratitude for the Lieutenant General disassented
to by the Lower House of Assembly
Rob^t Carvile Clk

Ordered that a Member of this House do desire the Lower
House to come to a Conference in this House upon the said
Act of Gratitude for the Lieutenant General that they may

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