498 Assembly Proceedings, May — June 1676.

U. H.

Journal
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ing the Provissions and other Necessaries for a Warre and
Quseries wheth^r it be not better th^t every House holder pro-
vide & Send Soe much provission as will maintaine all all those
men that are Pressed out of his house for one Month and Soe
from Month to Month
Or That every Householder throughout the Province pro-
cure and send Soe much provission and other Necessaries as
shall be agreed upon by an equall assessment Upon all the
freemen of the Province
Signed by ord^r
Richard Boughton Clke
of the Assembly

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Upon Consideracon of the Message Sent from the Lower
house Relateing to the Chancellors & Secretaries fees This
house desire th^t a faire List of the Said fees as now Settelled
by his Lordship be drawne out and p^rsented to his Lo^p to Signe
and th^t then the Lower house will Cause an act ag^t Extorcon
to be Drawne as in the s^d paper is Desired
Signed &c

This House doe desire the Lower house to Take the Law for
Orphants estates into theire Consideracon for th^t The Commis-
sion^rs of Some County Courts are found to be omissive of
theire duty touching That Law.
Signed &c

This house doth not know any way of graunting the peticon
Exhibited by the Jnhabbitants of S^t Georges and poplar Hill
but by Settling the Land in the Mayor Recorder and Aldermen
of the Citty of S^t Maryes and their Successo^rs Who being a
Corporation are thereby Capable of Receaveing the graunt to
the Uses intended
Signed by Order
The house is adjowrned Rich Boughton Clk
Till 10 of the Clock of the Assembly
Tomorrow Morning

On Thursday June the I^st The house mett

Present The R^t Hono^ble the L^d Proprietary
The Hono^ble Secretary and Surveyo^r Gen^ll
Coll Sam^ll Chew Coll Jesse Wharton Coll Tho^s
Taillor

Lowr The last paper from the Upper house touching the Act
house for defence of the province being read in this house
Voted in this house th^t horse are Necessarie and th^t noe per-