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Assembly and more against their Priviledges to have their
reasons more Solid and Demonstrative Demanded of them as
the Lower house urges in their paper—
The Instances of Ireland, Virginia, and Pensilvania, in the
first Paper are true his Lordship himself when his Fathers
Lieutenant never had more Power then he gave to his Late
Lieutenant M^r Notley nor is it Safe even for the People and
Province his Lordship should give more Power to any other
and therefore this house cannot take the said Bill into further
Debate—
Signed p^r Order p^r Iohn LLewellin Cl of Assembly.

Sent to the Lower house by Col Darnall he having Deliv-
ered the Same returns again into this house Coll: Coursey
Disassents to the above Vote of this house and Desires the
Same may be Entered in this Iournall—
A Message from the Lower house p^r Cap^t Ladd and Doc^r
Brooke being to desire the return of the Bill for Confirmation
of the Laws &c which was Delivered to them and they return
to their house—
Coll: Coursey and Coll: Stevens go to the Committee—
Coll: Lowe Sent to the Lower house to Desire an Answer
to the first Paper Sent them this Morning from this house—
He returns again they Desiring to know whether this house
were a full house, The Door keeper is Sent for Coll: Coursey
and Coll: Stevens—
They Enter the house—

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1659-98

Coll: Lowe goes to the Lower house to lett them know that
now this house are a full house ready to receive any Message
if they have any to Offer to this house
Coll: Lowe returns, the Lower house will send by a Member
of their own
A Message from the Lower house by William Richardson,
Iohn Stevens, Captain Trippe and M^r Goddin, They Enquire
for the Bill of those of Tender Consciences and the other for
Petty Larceny, To which this house replyed they will take
them into their Consideration in Due time—

Lower house of Assembly Sep^r the 16th 1681
This house in Answer to the Message Yesterday Sent them
by Col Darnall Do conceive that in case a Warr Should
Ensue with the Northern Indians & that the Charges of Such
Warr Should Exceed the Sum of three hundred thousand
pounds of Tobacco by them yesterday Granted for that Pur-
pose, that the Surplusage of the Charges of the said Warr (if
any Such Charges should be) are or will be Sufficiently Pro-
vided and Secured by the Act for the Defence of the Prov-

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