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Alleadged) too Short a time allowed for Persons Grieved to
Seek their redress but desire it may be Extended to the Space
of two years, for which reason only they left it out of the Act
of Revivall not thinking fitt to revive it as it then stood for the
reasons aforesaid Conceiving also the Surveyor General to fall
within the Compass of the Act for Limitations of Actions
within this Province—
Touching the Act for the better Securing of Orphans
Estates the Sense of the Lower house is that, that as it is now
drawn, is Sufficient, it being in the Power of the County
Courts to call to Account and the Lower house did Conceive
they might be so discreet as not to call out of Season.
And for the other Act concerning Port Duties & Masters of
Ships &^t they say that they think the Quality of the Ships or
Vessells Intended by that Act is Sufficiently therein Expressed
by the Words / properly belonging To this Province without

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any further or other Addition, and did Conceive ten Shillings
a Sufficient fee for Entering or Clearing any Ship or Vessel,
And as for the Kings Officers they knew not what fee was due
to them upon that Acco^t neither did they Concern themselves
therewith—
M^r Carvile and M^r Rousby having thus Delivered their
Message return to their house—
The Opinion or Answer of this house to the Lower houses
Advice to his Lordship in relation to the Indian Affair Sent by
Captain Digges to the Lower house, he hath in Charge also
to know of that house whether they will permitt the Attorneys
to come and Argue the Errors in this house Depending all of
them throughout or not—
Cap^t Digges returns from the Lower house & reports that
they will Send an Answer—
M^r Robert Carvile and M^r Kenelm Cheseldyne Sent from
the Lower house to lett this house Know that their house had
Sent them as Attorneys Concerned in the Errors Depending
now to Argue the same Provided they may be Dispatched this
Day for no longer may they be Spared by their house
Jn Answer to which this house return that they cannot Pos-
sibly Dispatch all this Day and are willing to go through with
what they can if it might be convenient but do think they
cannot Determine above two and then the parties concerned
in the rest unheard will Complain of which they are desired to
acquaint their house—-They go accordingly and return with
Answer that this Day and no Longer their house will Spare
them
Put to the Vote in this house whether this house shall pro-
ceed to the hearing of Some of the Errors unless they can hear
them all or not

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