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Friday 20th April 1666
At nine of the Clock in the Morning the House met
Present All as yesterday
Then Came a Member of the Lower House with this mes-
sage in writing viz.
Friday 20th April 1666
In the Lower House of Assembly
This House do not well resent that their proposals to the
Upper House for the General Good of this Province upon their
Remand from thence hither be thus scrible Scrawled & obliter-
ated as do appear by the return of this Proposal, and therefore
they humbly desire a right Understanding in such Cases be-
tween both houses
Ordered that the Presentment of this house be immediately
sent to the Upper House & that they would please to give this
house that needful Satisfaction as in such Cases may reasonably
be required
Wm Bretton Clk.
To which was Answered
The Upper House did not Conceive that a Paper sent from
the Lower House without the Clerk or Speakers hand was a
paper Expected by them again & therefore did never remand
that paper Scribled & Scrawled to them but sent another of
their own fair written more reasonably penned as not inflicting
Corporal & pecuniary punishments at one & the same time
for one & the same Offence according to the best Example of
the Laws of England, though it is true that when a Member
of that House desired the Scribled Paper It was delivered him
but not as remanded by this House
John Gittings Clk.
The Upper House have reassumed the debate of the Bill
prohibiting the Exportation of all hydes &c. & do judge it
inconvenient in terms as it lyes, because It is not possible to
have the hydes of the Province tanned & wrought up till We
have more Workmen of all sorts to Employ about it neither
are there men to be found that are of Ability to set up a Tan-
Yard upon the bare hopes of having Hydes in the Country
cheap but as for Deer Skins every Indian can dress them &
every Taylor make them up into Clothing this House will
concur with the Lower in prohibiting the Exportation of them
The House Adjourned for half an hour
The House met again & Adjourned till After dinner
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