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informed that the Common Discourse of the Committee that
were sett out for Inspecting the Laws the Last Meeting and
others Members of the Lower house that there were Noe per-
petuall Laws within this Province but all become Temporary,
and that by meanes of a Law made 1678 for reviving and

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Confirming certaine Laws &c: & again revived the last
Meeting &^a and accordingly reads to them the Several Acts
Mentioned in the said reviving Act, he Desires the Lower
House for the Quieting the Minds of the People and for a
Rule of Justice to Join with this house in a Declaration that in
the said last Mentioned reviving Act the particular parts
thereof may be particularly Applyed Viz^t The Confirming part
to the Confirming of the Act the reviving part to the reviving
part &^t
The Speaker Declares Neither himself nor any of the house
empowered to Answer neither indeed could unless they had the
Propositions of this house Transmitted to them in Writing
The Chancellor moves again to have a List of those Laws
which were ascertained Anno 1676 to be perpetuall Laws and
to be Declared now by both Houses to be perpetuall Laws
They return to their own house
And the Clerk of this house is Ordered to draw out a List of
the Laws that were revived
And the house Adjourns again to the Council Chamber
Where they meet and Adjourn till to Morrow Morning

Novem^r the 8th 1681 Upper house mett

The Right Honourable the Lord Baltimore
Philip Calvert Esq^r Chanc^r Coll: Henry Darnall
The Honourable William Calvert Esq^r Secretary Coll William Stevens
Coll: Vincent Lowe Cap'William Digges

A Message from the Lower house per Cap^t Brandt and
Captain Trippe being an Act against Ingrossers and Regraters
thus Subscribed—

November the 8th 1681 the Lower house have Assented
C Boteler Cl Assistant of the Lower house of Assembly

Read and Voted a Second reading
Read again and passed this house in these Words Viz^t

November the 8th 1681 Upper house have Assented
J LLewellin Clk of Assembly

Sent to the Lower house p^r Coll Tailler, Coll: Lowe and
Coll: Darnall who have also with them a List of all the Tem-

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