Assembly Proceedings, November 1-12, 1681. 235

referred to the next Convention of Assembly And in Order
thereto do Vote that this house will not take Advantage of any
Mistakes or Errors arising and Proceeding from over hasty
passing of the former Bills of Revivall, but will Deal Candidly
and Honourably with the Upper house according to the True
Sense and Meaning of both Houses therein: and that the
Severall Laws within this Province may Stand and Remain in
force according to the Termination therein Expressed Notwith-
standing any Clause in the said Bills of Revivall to the Con-
trary In Expectation and hopes to have the like fair Dealing
from the Upper House, and that the Several Acts made last
Sessions of Assembly consented unto by his Lordships Gov-
ernor then Sitting may stand in full force, and Proclamations
or Declarations Notwithstanding and that the Upper house
please to send this house their Assent to the Bill relating tn the
Land Office Signed p^r Order
C Boteler Cl Ass^t of the Lower house of Assembly

Adjourn till to Morrow Nine a Clock.

U. H. Journal
1659-98

November the 10th 1681 Upper house mett
Where appeared as yesterday Except Coll: Stevens

Upper house of Assembly November the 10th 1681.
Jn Answer to the Paper of the 9th Instant and the Vote of
the Lower house therein Contained Relating to the Temporary
Laws, This house do say that as the Liberty of Our Persons
and the Property of Our Estates is all that is Dear to us, So
we thought that the Laws which Secure those to us were as
much worth the Consideration of the two houses as any private
Concern whatsoever, and that the Lower house would have
immediatly Conferred the List Sent to them from this house
with the Act of Revivall in the Assembly begun in October
1678 and Ended the 15th of November following, and the last
Act passed the two houses the last meeting of this Assembly
which needed no great time, and we hope is now done by the
Lower house, and that they will Ioin with us in Our Vote Sent
with said List, because we really Believe that according to their
Vote of the 9th Instant they meane to Deale Candidly and
Honourably with the Upper house as we are Resolved to do
by the Lower house, And therefore do likewise Vote that the
Upper house will not take Advantage of any Mistakes or
Errors arising or proceeding from over hasty passing any of
the former Acts for reviving and Confirming certain Laws of
this Province This we Say and Vote to lett the Lower house
See how ready we are to Comply with them in all things pos-

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