Assembly Proceedings, February 1674/5. 457

The Act for Regulacon
And the Act to Empower Councell to lay the leavy
&^c Sent to the upp house by M^r ature of their Clerke.
Surv^r Gen^rall with the sd Two acts signed by their Clerke.

The house Adjourned whilst to morrow morning 9 a clock.

23^o ffeb: 1674.

The house met absent as before and the Comittee.

Voted that the Comittee draw up a Law for the Countyes
to leavy 400^l Tob a peice Every yeare to be payd to the Ordi-
nary man at St Maryes that Enterteines the grand Ju
according to a vote of both howses last Sessions, so that the
grand if they spend more may pay it out of their owne
Pockets
The Act for Reviving of Read twice & passed.
Sent by M^r Carvile ffranklyn to th house they
retorne
Cap^t Boarman sent t upp se to desi o
send their answere to this house touch ary Keeps,
he s
Came M^r T om the upp house, w^th (viz^t)

Upp h ffebrua e 23^th 1674.

This house having red the message from the Lower
house sent to the L? General the instant Requesting
him to call in all lye for Ordinaryes Except such as are
Kept at the places where are Kept, are of opinion

L. H.

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ir are other places of this Pr absolutely necessary as at
Co^rts (vizt) where s doe Ride, and in Reguard the Dele-
gates for w p^rsent, who Know the Necessityes of the
ces for Ordinaryes, doe desire them to name Or-
dinarye's are necessary, that this house the L^t Gen^rall to
supp^rsse all other
Signed by ord^r of the house.
Ri: Boughton Clerke

of the upp house this house are of Courts are
Kept, their is one Ordinary at M^r Richard Hills, and two
in Patuxent (Viz^t) ard Keene & M^r George Beckwiths,)
and one in Dorchester wading place betweene Kent &
Talbot Countyes and mo hole Province, and this
house doe Request the upp house to Joine with them to
peticion the L^t Gen^rall to supp^rsse all other Ordinaryes, what-
soever.
M^r Chew from the upp house with a pap (vizt)

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