308 Assembly Proceedings, April—May 1682.

U. H. Journal
1659-98

The Acts for Encouragement of Tillage &c:
for Encouragement of Sowing and making hemp
and flax &c
for Encouragement of Making Linnen and Woollen
Cloth &c:
& for Reviving certain Laws &c:—
All passed this house and Transmitted to the Lower house
by the Honble the Secretary and Captain Digges together
with this following Message in Writing Viz^t

p. 429

Upper house 13th May 1682—
The Lower house (if any Business Lyes before them) are
desired to Communicate the Same to this house for that this
Day his Lordship intends to Conclude this Sessions—
Signed p^r Order Iohn LLewellin Cl of Assembly.

Given also in Charge to the Honourable the Secretary and
Cap^t Digges to Demand of the Lower house the Bill drawn
up by this house Prohibiting the unreasonable Tares of hhds
&^t as now it is if the Lower house think not fit to take the
Same into their further Consideration—

Read this following Petition Viz^t
To the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary & the
Honourable Council
The Humble Petition of the Burgesses or Delegates for
Kent County
Humbly Sheweth
That Whereas there was an Order from Your Lordship and
Council for the Iustices of Cecil County to Levy the one
Moiety of three thousand three hundred pounds of Tobacco
being the Charges for fetching up the publick Arms for Kent
and Cecil Counties from Mattapony, in Obedience to the said
Order the said Tobacco was Levyed and paid by us three
years Since or thereabouts and likewise in Obedience to the
said Order the One Moiety was Levyed by the Iustices of
Cecil County and in the hands of Edward Inglish high Sheriff
of the said County of Cecil (who refuseth to pay the same to
the Petitioners
The Premisses Considered Your Petitioners humbly pray
an Order that the said Sheriff shall Deliver the said Sum of
Tobacco unto Your Petitioners—
And in Duly Buund shall pray—
Which was thus Answered and Subscribed Viz^t

Upper house 13th May 1682
His Lordship doth intend to Add the Eastern Neck to Cecil