Assembly Proceedings, April — May 1666. 67

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cerning hogstealers ins- Acts now in force bee
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howse M^r Clock And that Soe much
howse, by th^t time
Vppon some priuate busines of M^r Speakers w^th the
Vpper howse

The howse adiornd for halfe an howre.
The howse mett againe all p^rnt, Except as afore.

M^r Speaker informes the howse how th^t a Certaine summe
of Tob. hath beene raysed & payd by the whole Country (as
hee supposes) towards the building of a Prison, Stocks & Duck-
ing Stoole here att S^t Maries. Jn whose hands the Tob lyeth,
hee knoweth not And therefore hee iudgeth it meete to know
where the Tob is deposited, or how disposed of, by the then
Sheriffs
Whereuppon M^r Speaker Ordered Will^m Caluert Esq a
Messenger to the Vpper howse, to entreate the Leiu^t Grall
th^t Co^ll Will^m Euans may come to this howse. They hauing
some certaine questions to demand of him concerning th^t Tob.
afores^d Who att that time was Sheriffe of S^t Maries County,
when the Tob. was pay^d

L. H.

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Who returnes. Co^ll Will^m Euans along Then M^r ]
Speaker demands of Co^ll towards the building of a
Prison, Stocks
Co^ll Will^m Euans answers, that into the hands of Will™
Smyth Ordinar to the building of Stocks Pillory &
the s^d Smyth for the building of the knows nothing of
it. Hee being fore the time for payment
And Will^m Smyth denyes th^t Tob
Speaker than the Vpper would satisfy them
receaued by the Sheriffs, towards the Building
Ducking Stoole here att St. Maries Ano 1664 yea or noe ?
Who returning makes report from the L^t Grall, That nothing
was raysed to th^t end, vppon the perticular or generall account
eyther for Prison, Stocks or Ducking Stoole here att St.
Maries.
And the howse rested satisfyed th^t nothing was receaued or
payd to the end afores^d
Then a Member of the howse motions Concerning the
appoynting Viewers in each County for the Viewing of Tob.
And Vppon debate thereof. That busines throwne out
of the howse.
Another Member allso motions Concerning the weight of
Tob Cask, w^ch as a Custome the merchant allowes (6ol or 62'
Tare) & the cask weighs perhaps 100^l or thereabouts, whereby

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