490 Assembly Proceedings, May — June 1676.

U. H.

Journal
original

The house mett
The house adjowrned for half an houre

The House Mett

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Read the first time the bill Entituled an Act for Preventing
Unnecessary delayes of Executions] and Voted to be read
againe Tomorrow [Morning]
Read an Act for the Easment of the Inhabbi^ts [of t]his pro-
vince in Suites of Law for Small debts and [Voted] to be
Read againe Tomorrow Morning
Read the first time the Act for the Constables [ta]keing the
lists of the Taxables and Voted to be read again Tomorrow
Morning
The house is adjowrned till
Tomorrow Morning at 10 a Clock.

On Fryday the 26th day of May: the house met
At 10 in the Morning

Present The Hono^ble Chancello^r Hono^ble Secretary Collon^l
Jesse Wharton Co^ll Sam^ll Chew Leiv^t Cott Thomas Taillor

Came in an Jmpeachm^t ag^t Charles James w^th Which are as
followeth —

To the Right Hono^ble The L^d proprietary of the pro-
vince of Mary Land and Avalon Lord Baron of Bake-
more &c.

Articles of Jmpeachm^t against Charles James of Caecill
County exhibited by the Lower house of Assembly To The R^t
Hono^ble The Lord proprietary and Upper house of Assembly

Your Lo^ps true faithfull and obedient people the Burgesses
and Delegates of this present Lower house of Assembly Con-
strained by the necessities of our fydellitie and Consience
Complaine and Shew unto you^r Lo^p That Charles James Your
Lo^ps High Sheriffe of Caecill County hath by divers Wayes and
Meanes Comitted many high and greivious Offences Contrary
to many good and wholesome Lawes in Such Cases provided
and is perticularly Touched in These following Articles, Viz.

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Imp^rs The said Charles Iames in the Lower house of Assem-
bly When a Lawfull Oath was Administered by them to him
did Wilfully corruptly and falsely Sweare ag^t Abraham Wilde
one of yo^r Lo^ps Justices of Caecill County in Matters relateing
to [his] Office of Administering Justice in the County Court of
Caecill
2^dly That the said Charles James did threaten Tom prentice
and perswade Thomas Bennet of S^t Ma[ries] County [Rog]er