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severall Judgm^ts ag^t them obtained by John Wells upon two
severall Jnformacons & Ordered th^t there be a Continuance of
both Causes untill the next Assembly

The House is Adjourned till to morrow
Morning 9. of the Clock

On Wednesday the Third day of June the house
met Present the Cap. Gen^ll Chancelor
Secretarie M^r Brookes M^r Truman D^r Wharton
M^r Taylor.—

D^r Waterton & M^r Vanheck doe Signifie to this house the
dissassent of the Lower house to the Act Entituled an Act for
the Securitie of the Province
Read the first time the Act ag^t Burning of ffences & Voted
to be read the second time
Read the first time the Act Concerning Taxable Persons &
Voted to be read the Second time. —

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Read the first time the Act Concerning Servants th^t have
Bastards & Voted to be read the second time
Read the first time the Act for Appointing Court dayes &
Voted to be read the second time
Read the first time the Act for Payment of ffees due from
Criminalls & Voted to be read the second time
Read the first time the Act for Sherrifes to take bayle &
Voted to be read the second time

The House is Adjourned till 2. of the
Clock in the Afternoone. —

The House Met Present as in the morning

M^r Vanheck & M^r Darnell bring from the Lower house a
Proposall of a member of th^t house Whether it be not verie
necessarie for this house to take into Consideracon the great
Charge & Weight of Governm^t w^ch Rests upon his Excelen-
cies Shoulders & his Readines to Compile w^th us being an Jn-
tercessor for us to his ffather for the Gaining of Severall Rights
& Jmmunities for this house & allsoe to secure o^r Lives & for-
tunes ag^t o^r Enemies the Jndians And Whether We ought not
to make a gratefull Acknowledgm^t to his Lordship & Assure
him of o^r Loves to him by Setling the two Shillings p Hogs-
head upon his Excelencie after the death of the Lord Propriet^r
Upon debate of this Proposall Voted th^t the Jmposition of
2^s p hhd be Continued to his Excelencie during the Terme of
his naturall Life Provided th^t in Case of Shipwrack or taking
of anie Shippes th^t the Tobaccoe be Lost then the Jmposition
money to be Paid back or the Party have Libertie to Shippe

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