492 Assembly Proceedings, May — June 1676.

U.K.
Journal
original

for every default after the Second and the Acco^t of those
Fimes To be given to the Lord proprietary or his Cheife
Gowern^r. and Councell and Not to the Comissioners of any
County it being inconsistent With his Lordships Hono^r
This house are of opinion th^t if the Lord proprietary cannot
lay the Leavie for payment of the Charge of any Warr &c
without the assent of one of the Delegates out of Every County
&c as in this bill is Enacted, it is very unsafe for him to Raise
any men at all Since those Delegates may Chuse Whether the
paym^t shall be raised for the Souldi^rs and by that meanes The
province must remaine Undefended

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This house desire the Lower house To ascertaine the pay of
the Horse Officers and of the Troopers as well as of the foot
his Lo^p and his Councell haveing Judged it absolutely Neces-
sary to have Regim^ts of horse as well as of foot, This house is
likewise of Opinion that those Words (ag^t an apparent enemy)
in the Clause for Offic^rs pay ought to bee left out for th^t
Souldiers in Actuall Service ought to be paid Whether the
Enemie appeare or not When there is Just Cause to Suspect
any Jnvasion or Jnsurrection
This house likewise desire to have it declared Who are
privilidged persons & exempted from Musters, and Likewise
th^t Noe persons Shall be privillidged when by Speciall order
from his Lo^p or from his Leivetenant for the time being they
Shall be Comanded
Signed &c

Vpon reading the papers p^rsented by W^m Berry and others
in behalf of the people Called Quakers this house doe Con-
ceave it utterly unsafe for the L^d Proprief to make any Law in
this province to exempt the people thereof from testifying vpon
Oath and therefore thinke it Unfitt for this house to advise his
Lords^p to Condescend to any Votes of either house of Assem-
bly tending that way till he have advised with his Learned
Councell in England
Signed &c

Read the 2^d the bill Entituled an Act to p^rvent Un-
necessary delayes of Executions and the Same Ascented
to by this house and Voted To be Engrossed
Signed &c:

Read the 2^d time the Act for Easment of the Inhabbi^ts of this
province in Suites of Law for Small debts and the Same
Ascented to by this house and Voted to be engrosed
Signed &c

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This house desires these Words in the Law for [the] Con-
stables takeing the List of Taxables Viz (At [Such] time as