Assembly Proceedings, May — June 1676. 487

The house is adjowrned Till 10 a Clock
on Tuesday Morning

On Tuesday the 23^th day of May 1676

The house met
The house adjowrned Till one of the Clock

The house mett at one of the Clock [in]
The afternoone

Present The Hono^ble Chancello^r Secretary and Survey^r Gen^ll
and Coll Jesse Wharton

Whereas Cap^t Quigly brought into this house the Act for
Building the State house and prisson at S^t Maries and desires
to know what manner of Windowes this house will haue for
the prisson This house upon debate thereof doe think fitt th^t
Lower house the Windowes be of Wood with Substanciall Iron
23 May barres and th^t the wood of the frame of the Win-
dowes be layd in Oyle, alsoe made Soe large as to lye into the
brick worke two foot and a half of a Side both above and below
the Windowes to be twenty Inches Wide and thirty Inch^s high
Three Jron Barres Upright and two a thwart the upright Jron
barres to be Jnch and quart^r Square and To be Wrought into
the two thwart Barres and th^t there be two Windowes belowe
and one Windowe of Wood above, The Lower house desire
the Upper houses Concurrence in This Vote
Signed &c

The Upper house do Readily Concurre in
This Vote
Signed &c

Read Read an act for punishm^t of a Certaine abuse Comitted
once by Henry Ward of Caecill County gent ag^t the Right
Hono^ble The Lord Proprietary and the publick and the Same
ascented to by This house
Signed &c

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Journal
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Read againe the act for Secureing Merchants and others To-
baccoe after they have received it and the Same passed this
house With the alteracon before [de] sired by this house
Signed &c

Read the 3^d Time the act ag^t the Jmportacon of Convicted
ffellones into this province With the amendment [D]esired by
this house and the Same passed this [hou]se.
Signed &c

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