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Secondly because the said Vote was only an humble
Expression of the Voluntary and Zealous resolution of this
house to Serve his Lordship against those present Dangers
that now threaten us from the Northern Indians, and there-
fore the desire of the Upper house to have the Said Vote
inserted in the said Bill Seems too great an Imposition on this
house and Argues us too Stupid and Insensible of Our Privi-
ledges, Neither is the said Vote att all Necessary for the
Assuring the Payment of the Charge of the said Warr, It
being Sufficiently Provided for otherwise by the sad Act—
Thirdly because the said Vote was only to Serve his Lord-
ship against those Northward Indians aforesaid (if his Lord-
ship shall think fitt to make a Warr against them) and yet
beyond the intent and Words of the said Vote, We are
Obliged (as it is placed in the said Bill) in the rigour and

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strictness of the Said Vote, to Assist his Lordship with Our
Lives and Estates against all foreign and Domestick Warr,
whatsoever during this Act, whereby for ought appears to the
contrary by the said Act, the very individual Estate of every
Particular Member of this house beside the Attendance and
Hazard of his Person is lyable and Obliged by this Act to the
Maintenance of any Such Warr—
Wherefore this house do say that it is unreasonable and
unsafe and against their Priviledges, and therefore they can
never Assent to insert the Said Vote in the said Bill as desired
by the Upper house—
As to the last part of the Message this house is willing and
it was always their intent that the Proprietary or his Lieuten-
ant and Council should have power in and by the said Act
yearly to pay the Pensions due to Maimed Souldiers or to the
Widows and Orphans of Souldiers Slain in the Service of the
Country out of the said fifty thousand pounds of Tobacco per
Annum to be raised as in the said Act is Provided, and that the
said New Act be drawn up accordingly—
Signed p^r Order C Boteler Cl Assis^t of the Lower house of
Assembly

Coll: Coursey and Coll Stevens are Sent to the Committee
of Accounts
And the house Adjourns till three a Clock in the afternoon.
Mett again and Adjourn till to Morrow Morning.

Septem^r the 15th 1681 Upper house mett
Present
The Right honourable the Lord Proprietary
The Chancellor
The Honourable The Sur Gen^l V Coll: Tailler
Coll: Coursey Col Stevens

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