236 Assembly Proceedings, Novevber 1-12, 1681.

U. H. Journal
1659-98

sible, but desire them to Consider that Votes of both Houses
are no Laws, and that it were Safer by a Short Law to the
List of the Temporary Laws to be Added which is easily to be
Compared with the Reviving and Confirming Law 1678 and
the Latter Law for Reviving 1681 to Settle the liberty and
Property of the People which is Some way or other Concerned
in those Laws, And to the End the Lower house may See the
Constant Resolution of this house is to Deale Candidly and
Honourably with the Lower house in all things, they say that
as his Lord:ship has by his Proclamation under his great Seal
Dissented to the Act Directing the Manner of Electing Delegates
and Representatives to Serve in Succeeding Assemblys, it is
not Possible for any Votes of both houses to make that a Law
again without his Lordships Assent nor regular to do it but by
bringing in the Bill anew to be thrice read in each of the
houses of Assembly in Order to getting his Lordships Assent
As to the Bill relating to the Land Office it hath had one
reading and is Voted a Second in this house so that we shall
speedily let the Lower house know our Resolution in that Bill
And Whereas his Lordship Dissented to the Repeale of the
Lawe of Transporting his Arms Ammunition &^t as the first
part of that Law is that only which is Necessary to be Con-
tinued even for Safety to the People So we shall be ready to
Ioin with the Lower house in Desireing of his Lordship the
Repeale of the latter part of it and doubt not of his Lordships
Assent thereunto

p. 370

A Message from the Lower house by Coll: Burgess, Cap^t
Thomas Smith M^r Ioseph Wicks, and M^r Kenelme Cheseldyne
(Viz^t)

Lower house of Assembly November the 10th 1681
This house desire to know whether his Lordship will please
to appoint this Day to be the Day of Sessions of this Assembly
that this house may finish the Act for payment of the Publick
Charge of this Province and do also pray the Upper house to
send their Assent to the Bill relating to the Land Office
Signed p^r Order C Boteler Cl Ass^t of the Lower house of
Assembly

Whereupon was Added to the foregoing Vote of this house
these Words
For Answer to the last Message of the Lower house this
Day if the Lower house shall not think fitt to Concurr with
this house in Drawing up a Short Act for the Temporary Laws
as above is Desired, his Lordship intends this Day for Day of