222 Assembly Proceedings, November 1-12, 1681.

U. H. Journal

1659-98

The Secretary returns and the house Adjourns to his Honour
the Chanellors to Morrow Morning ten a Clock—

November the 4th 1681
Upper house mett according to Adjournment

Present
The Right honourable the Lord Proprietary
Philip Calvert Esq^r Chancellor

William Calvert Esq^r Secretary
The Honourable
Coll: Henry Darnall

Captain William Digges

Upper house November the 4th 1681
This house having received Information of the great Abuse
put upon the Act Prohibiting the Exportation of Hides &c:
passed both houses the last Meeting from the Insolency of the
Tanners taking Advantage thereby to tell the People, that
whereas they have been formerly wonted to allow a p^r of
Shoes for a Hyde and fetch it, they will now have two hides
and Such as they like brought to them for one Shoe which will
prove very Injurious to the Inhabitants of this Province in
Generall they rather refusing to let their Hides lye and rott in
the Place where they kill their Beasts then take the Trouble to
preserve them for Nothing
This house Recommend the Same to the Consideration of
the Lower House and Desire they will Regulate the Same by
repeal of the said Act or by providing another Law to Ascer-
tain the rates at which the Tanner Shall be induced or Obliged
within a Certain time also to be therein Limitted to fetch such

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Hides &^a and in case of failure, giving Liberty to the Owners
to Transport or otherwise Dispose of them to their best
Advantage—
Sent p^r Coll Darnall to the Lower house,
and Adjourn till Afternoon

House again mett according to Adjournment
Where appeared as before and allso Coll: Lowe and Coll
Tailler

November the 4th 1681.
The Upper house being all of them Iudges of the Provincial
Court and having had a three years Experience of the Law
Entituled an Act for Appeals and Regulating Writts of Error
Do find that if every Appealeant from the County Courts