Assembly Proceedings, April — May 1666.

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To 2 dayes imprisonm^t the Negro w^th dyett
To a man to watch him 2 dayes & 1 night
To the s^d man for his dyett & paynes
To Graue making & other expences
To the Exequuting the s^d 3 persons

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Journal 1666

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Ordered that M^r John Lawson high Sheriffe of S^t Maries
County bee allowed one Thows^d Tob, to bee payd him
out of the publi account abovs^d

The howse adiorned by the
morning next 7 a

Munday 23^th Aprill
The howse called all p^rsent as Preston, & M^r Nicholas

The howse tooke into ning hogstealers.
M^r Will^m Coursey hath for an howre.
And Co! Nath:

The Lower howse hauing last an of the Lower
howse to th^t Act Concerning dowble dammages will not
bee soe proper, as a certaine ffine. & therefore desyres the
Vpper howses' further consideraon thereon, & to signify their
full determinaon in Concurrance herew^th or otherwise.
Will^m Bretton Clk.

As to the Pet? of Will? Smith. Concerning the Repeale of
an Act. Jntituled An Act for Encowragem^t of Will^m Smyth &c:
This howse doe Concurre for the Repeale of the same. w^th
some Provisoe in th^t Act, as to the Lease. & repaying of the
sume of ffiueteene thows^d, five hund^d fiffty & six pownds of
Tob. w^ch the s^d Smyth hath allready receaued on that account.
Co^ll Nath: Vtye, & M^r Will^m Coursey both returne.
M^r Speaker Ordered Cap^t James Neale, M^r Will? Coursey
& M^r Rob^t Burle of a Committee for the drawing up a Bill
Prohibiting Clerks to bee sheriffs, & econtra, during such their
office & imploym^t

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That whereas this howse being informed th^t the Secretaryes
finished by Will^m Smyth: But th^t the writtings
much dammage, uppon the least Wett or fore desyre
th^t the Leiu^t. Grall & Coun- further course therein.
That Will^m & compleate the same
Will^m Bretton Clk.

M^r Speaker 'till 3 a Clock noone.

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