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Assembly Proceedings, May — June 1676. 497
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On Wednesday the 31th of May The house met
Present The Rt Honoble Lord Proprietary The Honoble Secre-
tary Baker Brookes Esqr Collonll Samll Chew Collonll Jesse
Wharton Coll Tho: Taylor
Vpon reading the Act for the Defence of the Province this
house tooke into Consideration the Clause for Raiseing of the
Tobaccoe to defray the Charge of the Warre and desire the
Lower house to explaine theire Meaning in those Words, Pro-
vided tht at the Laying of any Leavie for Defraying the Charges
of any Such Warre &c doe call to theire assistance and to give
theire ascent &c one of the Delegates &c. Because this house
Cannot beleive tht the Lower house intend tht a part of the
Assembly should have power to Controwle an act of the Whole
Assembly or tht the Lower house should Comitt the power of
the Whole Lower house To a Comittee agt the Law and Cus-
tomes of Assemblies But if the Lower house doe intend onely
tht his Lop &c Should Call one of the Delegates &c to See
tht the Leavie Soe to be Raised be imployed for defraying the
Charge of the Warre and To noe other end.
This house will further Consider of the Said Act and There-
fore desire the answer of the speedy Lower house in This the
most important affaire of this Assembly
Signed &c
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This house doe declare tht theire intent and meaning
is That one of the Delegates Shall be Called every Yeare
at the fall to be prsent at the Laying of the Leavie to Se
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tht the Tobaccoe Soe to be Raised be imployed for defraying
the nece[ssary] Charge of the Province and To noe other
[use] and tht the Law be terminated at 3 y[ears or to] the end
of the next genll Assembly [which] Shall first happen.
Signed &c
This house tooke further into Consideration that part of the
bill Entituled an Act for the defence of the province relateing
to the pay of Souldiers and Upon debate finde it Absolutely
Necessary tht Some horse be maintained in this Province it
being found tht a Troope of horse can March with greater
Security and lesse Charge then 200 foot and therefore are of
Oppinion that there ought to be 30l Tob allowed p Diem for
every Trooper tht Shall be Comanded out agt the enemy to
Range he finding himself Provission and onely 20l Tob p diem,
when he Marches with the foot and is allowed provissions with
the foot at the Countreys Charge
And it was further Considered tht in the last Warre all psons
were much unsatisfied with the way of Raiseing provisions and
other Necessaries for the Warre and therefore this house desire
the Lower house to Consider of a More equall Way of Raise-
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