98 Assembly Proceedings, April — May 1666.

L. H.

Journal 1666
p. 55

Ordered That the Committee now sitting bee hereby ap-
poynted to ueiw those two Acts for Runawayes: & pro
sented to the howse imposing a greater pen poynt of
time. (Viz^t) for Euery day month, & for euery month
a yeare, And th^t a Penalty certaine bee imp ses,
or Ouerseers of families that taine any servant, knowing
the 500 pownds of Tob. for the next euery other
night 1500 pownds of
The Committee came & Touching Surveyo^rs
Was Read the s^d Act. & Or
Ordered th^t the fores^d Com to their respectiue
County Court
M^r Edward Lloyd Came from the Vpper ed some
papers to the speaker (Viz^t) An Act Concerning hogstealers.
An Act for building a Prison att S^t Maries. & An Act for the
Repeale of An Act of Encowragem^t Concerning Will^m Smyths
building att S^t Maries.
All w^ch are ordered to bee read in the after noone.

The howse adiorned by M^r Speaker 'till 2 a Clock,
afternoone.

Twesday 2 a Clock afternoone.

The howse called. All p^rnt (Except M^r Rich: preston as
afore & those three members of the Committee).
This howse taking into serious Consideraon & debate th^t
first paper this day read as to a Cessaon. And putt to the
Vote.
Jn the Negatiue by the Maior Vote. Noe Cessaon.
And thereuppon have drawne up this Request, as ensueth.
Vppon an answere from the Vpper howse last night sent
to this howse in answere to their Request Concerning the day

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of Sessions. They are satisfyed as to the former part of th^t
answere. That the L^d Proprie- only power for the
appoynting day of Sessions: of the Leiu^t Grails absence.
As to the other howses desyre, That this howse would
take rable Estate of the Prouince, as relating
howse not long after the first conuention uppon a full
& long debate, & Voted uppon this Prouince. But
th^t Every Vote was grownded uppon greate
appeare otherwise then rationall thought good to re-
assume the Dabate to the Vpper howse as followeth.
bee more proper Notice bee Prouince, as Touch-
ing the Prop- first con how the same And
that his Lo^ps pleasure first hee like the proposition.
Whose pleasure the same may reasonably bee expected
about the middle of Nouember next Jf the propesⁿ bee sent