Assembly Proceedings, August—September 1681. 115

the Speaker for new Elections are usually Jssued out to the
Clerk of the Crown, and the said house not knowing any
Officers of that Quality or Denomination to whom any Such
Warrants as aforesaid may be Directed whereby they may
Unanimously proceed in those great & Weighty Affairs for
which they were Conveened—
Jn Consideration of the Premisses and nothing Doubting
Your Lordships Complyance in this Our lust and Equitable
request We the Representatives of this Province by Your
Lordships Proclamation Assembled Do humbly desire that
Your Lordship will Graciously be pleased to Constitute and
Appoint Some Such Officer to whom the Speaker may Direct
his Warrants to Such purpose and intendm^ts as aforesaid—
Signed p^r Order of the house
Robert Ridgley Cl of the Lower house of Assembly

also this following Paper Viz^t

U. H. Journal
1659-98

Lower house of Assembly 17th Aug^t 1681 —
Jt was Voted in this house that it was the right and Priv-
iledge of this House to have an Officer to Attend them in the
Nature of a Serjeant at Arms. During their time of Sitting,
and this house therefore Humbly request his Lordship to
appoint an Officer that may attend this house this present Ses-
sions in that Quality he having reasonable Satisfaction Allowed
him for his pains—
By the House Rob^t Ridgley Cl of the Lower house
of Assembly

Adjourn for an hour—
House again met present as above—
A Message from the Lower house by Col Burgess Col
Wells Major Wickes M^r Hill M^r Frisby, M^r Hosier Viz^t

August the 19th 1681 —
The house having taken into their Serious Consideration the
Message received Yesterday relating to Cap^t Iohn Coode do
Answer that Cap^t Coode being at Liberty and presenting him-
self to this house before any knowledge was given to this
house of any Crime this house had no reason to Deny him
Admittance to Sitt as a Member of this house—
But upon Receipt of the said Message have as well out of
high Respect to his Lordship and the Upper house as unto the
Matter of his Accusation Voted that Captain Coode withdraw
from Sitting in this house untill further Order of the house and
then proceeded to the further Debate of the Matter and Sub-
stance of the Message which Consisting of an Accusation only

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