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mittee to Consider the Amendments of that Bill, and desire
the Lower house to joyn themselves with the Upper house in
a Grand Committee of both houses to perfect the said Bill
Signed p^r Order J LL Cl of Assembly.

Sent by Coll Lowe and Coll Stevens to the Lower house,
They return And This house Adjourns till
to Morrow Morning 8 a Clock

November 10th 1682 Upper house Mett.

Present
The Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary
The Honourable
Philip Calvert Esq^r Chan
Coll Thomas Tailler Coll William Stevens
Coll: Vincent Lowe Coll William Burges
Coll: Henry Darnall Major Nicholas Sewall

Read and Ordered to be entered in the Iournal a Message
last Night brought from the Lower house p^r M^r Thomas Bur-
ford, Captain Henry Smith, M^r Iohn Rousby, M^r Ioseph Wicks,
M^r Iames Frisby, M^r Clement Hill and M^r Robert Carvile after
the Adjournment of this house Viz^t

Lower house 7th November 1682
This house taking into Consideration a Message from the
Upper house of the 4th November Instant Viz^t that the Two
houses Legally Represent the Freemen of the Province, put
to the Question whether the Upper house as well as the Lower
house are the Representatives of the Freemen of this Province

U. H. Journal
1659-98

Resolved Nemine Contra Dicente that the Deputies and
Delegates Chosen by the Freemen of this Province in a Gen-
eral Assembly are the only Representative Body of the Free-
men of this Province; Then was put to the Question whether
the Charge of the Upper house of Assembly shall be brought
to the Publick Account, & so paid by the Publick
Resolved that the Publick ought not to be Charged or bear
the Charges or Expences of the Members of the Upper house
Signed p^r Order Tho Grunwin Cl of the Lower house.

also this following Message Viz^t—

Lower house 9th November 1682.
The Lower house of Assembly in Complyance with a Vote
of the Upper house of the 4th of November instant, having
after long Debate and Consideration Drawn up and Exhibited

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