Assembly Proceedings, October—November 1678. 29

Lewellyn Clerke of the Assembly,
at this howse have an account of the
Expended for a Magazeen Armes
defraying other publique
se humbly desire of the hono^ble the
umber of Armes, & what quantityes
of zeene This howse also thinke it
necessa & Amunicon be provided in Every
Cou of 2^s p hdd, as farre forth as it will beare
it a speedy answere to this message for that the
Comittee drawing up a law for the defence of this
Province cannot pceed till they have the upp howses answere
thereunto.
M^r Adams & M^r Rd Hall sent to the upp howse with the
said message in writing They Retorne.

Came the Secry from the upp how3c w^th this message (vizt)

Upp howse of Assembly October the 31^th 1678.
In answere to the pap. of the Lower howse relating to the
100 Acres of land whereon the Citty of S^t Maryes is built the
upp howse doe say that the Lower howse understand
the case for, First both howses of Assembly much lesse the
howse alone cannot be deemed a boddy Politique
capable of succession chase lands being subject to dis-
solution so that the Propry alone was ca eiving the
sayd land neither can they be capable of an use for
Secondly they are not denyed three a foure acres for the p^rs
state howse but may have it layd out upon any pt of
the land up w^ch is in all but 11 acres out of the 100
Acres. Thirdly his Lo to Record his Patent, & for
the Record of the Conveyance for by w^ch the Lord
Propry is lawfully invested w^th the land on w^ch the Ci ilt,
the Original is to be pduced, witnessed as wee suppose by two
of ges of the Provincial Co^rt and this howse will cawse
search to be made for it, and if the Lower howse suspect their
is a Record of it & concealed from them the upp howse desire

L. H. Journal
Original.

them to apointe two members of their owne howse to Joine
with cannot finde it
sembly
Came the upp howse

Upp
The two shil it is impossible
for the Gou^r of the moyety
thereof as Armes &
Amunition will send them
But as for this Province, this
howse th so to doe,& therefore
cannot concu wse therein
Clerke of the Assembly.

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