Assembly Proceedings, August—September 1681. 187

Coll: Lowe goes to the Lower house to know whether they
are ready to come and receive his Lordships Pleasure touching
the breaking up of this Sessions,
He returns and Says they will be ready presently—
The Speaker and Members of the Lower house Enter this
house
They present to his Lordship the following Paper—

Lower house of Assembly Sep^r the 17th 1681.
This house finding that Seventy two pounds of Tobacco
p^r Poll Levyed upon all the Taxables of this Province will
Amount to more than the Totall Sum in the Act by .the
Quantity of Two thousand forty two pounds of Tobacco, and
finding likewise that there is forgotten the Sum of Two thou-

U. H. Journal
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sand pounds of Tobacco Ordered to be given to Francis Bur-
ton Do Vote that at the Distribution of the Levy to the Several
Sheriffs the said two Thousand forty two pounds of Tobacco
may be Ordered to the said Burton in Calvert County intend-
ing to carry him for England for cure of a Wound received in
his Lord:Ships Service and desire the Concurrence of the
Upper house
Signed p^r Order C Boteler Cl Ass^t of the Lower house of
Assembly

Upper house Septem^rthe 17th 1681 This house Concurr—
J LLewellin Cl of Assembly—

They present the Several Laws Viz^t—
An Act for Ordering and Regulating the Militia &^a
An Act for the Administration of Iustice in Probat of
Wills &c:
An Act for the more Speedy Bringing to Tryall & Suppress-
ing Criminals &^a
An Act Concerning Negroes and Slaves
An Act for preventing Vexatious and unnecessary Suits at
Law.
An Act restraining the Exportation of Leather & raw hides
Deer & Elk Skins—
An Act for Naturalization of Peter fucate and Cornelius
Boyes—
An Act for Naturalization of Lewis Blange and Peter Oldsone
An Act for paying the Publick Charge of the Province__
An Act for reviving of certaine Laws within this Province-
All thus Signed We will these to be Laws—

C: Baltimore
Published under the great Seal this 17th
Day of September 1681.
Philip Calvert Chancellor.

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