Assembly Proceedings, October—November 1683. 489

Upper house 26th of October 1683.
This house desire the Lower house to send the last Bill of
this house for Electing and Summoning Burgesses &^t now in
the Lower house and this house do inform the Lower house
that his Lordship has appointed Monday next for the Day of
Sessions
Signed p^r Order C Boteler Cl of the Lower house

Captain Hill from the Lower house with the Bill of Elections
sent for by this house
And the house Adjourned till to Morrow Morning
9 a Clock

Saturday 27th October 1683 the house sat.

Present
Coll: Coursey Coll Stevens
The honourable Coll Lowe M^r Secretary Darnall
Coll Darnall

Upper house 27th October 1683
This house desire the Lower house to send the Book of
Laws to this house
Signed p^r Order Tho^s Grunwin Cl of Assembly

The said Message Sent by Coll Darnall who returns
M^r Carvile brings the Book of Laws to this house and the
four Rolls of Laws not Entered
Petition of David Jones read for Allowance in the Publick
for Damages Sustained by Foreign Indians, the same referred
to the Consideration of the Lower house
John Sextons Petition read & referred to the Consideration
of the Lower house
M^r Robert Carvile from the Lower house with Bill for Natu-
ralization of Andrew Poulson als Mullock, Simon Johnstone
Peter Anleton, and Mathias Peterton and their Children past
by the Lower house, And also with the Bill for Naturalization
of Nicholas Verbraack not past by the Lower house and M^r
Carvile gives this reason of its not passing because the said
Verbraack was Master of a Ship not Inhabiting in the Country
nor having any Lands or Estate here.
Captain Hill from the Lower house for the Book of Laws
the same Delivered unto him
The last Bill of Election of Burgesses sent from the Lower
house read the first time and Rejected
The Bill touching the Levying of Warr and defraying the
Publick Charge read the second time and rejected

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