120 Assembly Proceedings, August—September 1681.

U. H. Journal
1659-98

Writts may go out to Cause new Elections to Supply the
Places of Dead Members or otherwise Disabled to Attend the
house to the Number of two Delegates for each County—
Signed p^r Order of the house
C: Boteler Cl Assistant of the Lower house of Assembly

Upper house August the 20th 1681.
His Lordship the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary is
willing So far to Condescend to the request of the Lower
house as to give Order to the Honble the Secretary to Jssue
out Writts for Supplying the Vacant places of the Lower house
for the present, Provided the Lower house will acknowledge itt

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as a favour from his Lordship so doing and will enter the Same
as So in their Journal and for the Quieting the Minds of People
for the future his Lordship is further willing to Consent to
Such a Law as shall be now Drawn up for the Electing and
Summoning two Delegates and Representatives only in each
County to Serve in Assemblies as Shall be Agreed upon by
both Houses this present Sessions—
Signed p^r Order p^r John LLewillin Cl of the Assembly

Sent by Col Coursey who is to lett them know that this is
his Lordships Answer to their Message which they may Expect.
Col Coursey having Delivered his Message returns again
into this house
Adjourne to the Councill Chamber at Vansweringens where
they are ready to receive any Message from the Lower house—

Upper house mett according to Adjournment

A Message from the Lower house by M^r Carvile, Cap^t Ladd,
Captain Sibrey, and Bartholomew Ennalls who acquaint his
Lordship that the Lower house in Answer to the last Message
from this house would enter in their Iournal their acknowl-
edgment of his Lordships favour in Gratifying their request in
Such Manner as was desired of them, Provided his Lordship
would Consent to the New drawing of the Act for Electing
and Summoning Delegates &^ta with Alteration of two Dele-
gates instead of four and the Inserting in the said Act before
the two last Provisoes this foll Law Viz^t—
And be it further Enacted that if at the opening any future
Assembly it shall Appear that any of the aforesaid Repre-
sentatives for any County or Borough aforesaid be Dead or
otherwise Disabled to give his Attendance in the Service of
the said House, and Such Vacant place of Such Representative
by a New Election not Supplyed or filled up by a Writt for