Assembly Proceedings, October—November 1683. 481

County for the Purposes therein Mentioned will highly Con-
duce to the Advancement of Trade and Dispatch of the
Merchants and Shipps Concerns Being that in those Counties
where they are used to Trade they will with more Ease and
loss of little or no time procure and find Securitys in such
Cases as the Law requires and have no Occasion to be so long

U. H. Journal
1659-98

Stayed from their Intended Ports as heretofore hath happened
to their great Damage and therefore this house desire the

Concurrence of the Upper house that the said Clause may

stand as it doth in the said Bill being assured his Lordship
will at all times find Persons Sufficiently Qualified for that
Purpose Conveniently enough Seated in Each County within
this Province—
Signed p^r Order C Boteler Cl of the Lower house

For Answer to which Message this Ensuing was Sent to
the Lower house by Coll Burges and Major Thomas Trueman
Viz^t—

Upper house 22 October 1683—
In Answer to the last Message by Captain Peirce and
Doctor Brooke concerning Places for Entring and Clearing of
Ships This house are as much Desirous as any for the Ease
and Quick Dispatch of Ships and Vessels, But do think to
have a Collector in every County may not be Absolutely
Necessary And that the places hereafter Named for Entring
and Clearing Shipping within this Province may have the
Lower house's Concurrence with this house to the same Viz^t
for all the Western side of this Province Wicocomoco S^t Maries,
Patuxent and Ann Arundell for the Eastern Side Talbot and
Somerset—
Signed p^r Order Tho^s Grunwin Cl of Assembly

Major Truman returns and says the Message is Delivered
The Committee of Accounts go out.
The house Adjourned till to Morrow Morning 9 a Clock

Tuesday 23^d October 1683

The house Satt again and present as before
The Committee of Accounts go out.
The Bill for Lessening the Number of horses &^t read the
first time—
The house Adjourned till to Morrow Morning 9 a Clock

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