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This house Seriously Considering the Endeavour of the
Pirates last Summer to have Surprised the Person of the
Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary and with him the
Magazine kept at Mattapony for the Defence of the Prov-
ince, desire the Lower house to Join with this house in pro-
viding a Convenient Guard for Defence of his Lordship and
Security of the Magazine
Signed p. Order J LLewellin Cl of Assembly.
Upper house 28th October 1682
This house upon Perusall of the Journall of last Assembly
find that the Lower house of the said Assembly promised the
Upper house of the said Assembly that they would in the first
Place take the Consideration of the Excessive Tares and the false
Package of Tobacco into Consideration and provide a remedy
for it at the next Meeting This house are now of Opinion
that the Upper house then had reason to press the making
Some Act for remedy of the false package of Tobacco, and to
prevent the Excessive Tares of Casks, and do desire the
Lower house now to Enter upon the Debate of this Matter the
Neglect of which will ruin our Trade—
Signed p. Order John LLewellin Cl of Assembly
Upper house 28th October 1682
Whereas at the last Assembly there were Several Debates
in both houses about the Restraining of Freemen that have no
Lands from keeping Mares or horses, to lessen the Number of
them that now are grown a Common Nusance This house do
desire the Lower house to take that matter again into Debate;
and provide a remedy; the Argument then against it, (Viz f Coll the
Warr with the Indians) being now Vanished
Signed p. Order John LLewellin Cl of Assembly
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