Assembly Proceedings April—May 1682. 291

4 That frequent Musters be Continued in the Several
Counties within this Province, as Likewise the Commissions
and Instructions given the Military Officers for a Defensive
Warr against the said Northern Indians, till return of Our
Agents and longer if peace be not by them Concluded with the
said Northern Indians
5 That his Lordship give Notice to the Pisscattaway Nan-
tecoke and Choptank Indians, and as many more of Our
Neighbour Indians as his Lordship shall think fitt, of the going
of Our Agents, That the Indians may likewise Send Some
Agents, & See our endeavours to make peace for them, and
by whom the peace may be ratified and Confirmed on their
part.—and hereto desire the Concurrence of the Upper House—
Signed p^r Tho^s Grunwin Clk of the Lower house—

Adjourn for an hour to the Council—

Upper house again mett present as before

Severall Bills brought from the Lower house by M^r Clement
Hill and William Richardson Viz^t—
A Bill for Naturalization of Iacob Looton an Alien
A Bill for reviving of certain Laws which they say hath not
been read in their house, but is first Sent up to this house for
their perusall—
They return to their house—
The Bill for Prohibiting unreasonable Tares of hhds &c: and
the Amendmts thereof drawn up by this house sent to the
Lower house by his Honour the Secretary; The Secretary
returns from the Lower house—
The Bill explaining the Act for Port Duties and Masters of
Ships again read and Debated in this house and the result of
this house thereupon drawn up in Answer to the last Message
from the Lower house touching the Same as followeth Viz^t—

Upper house 9th May 1682.
The Act Explaining an Act concerning Port Duties &^t this
house have taken again into their Consideration and in reply
to the last Message of the Lower house touching the Same do
Say.
That all Ships or Vessells built within this Province whose
owners are all Inhabitants of this Province, or Ships or Vessells
bought by and properly and wholly Belonging to owners
Inhabitants of this Province Shall during Such their Qualifica-
tion be Exempt and free from paying the 14 ^d p^r Ton, which
this house take only for Port Duties, and conceive will fully
Answer the Intent of that Act concerning Port Dutys and

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