490 Assembly Proceedings, October—November 1683.

U. H. Journal
1659-98

M^r Attorney Generall and M^r Hatton from the Lower house
with the Bill Concerning Extent of Attachments and Execu-
tions, and say the Lower house desire the Speedy Dispatch of
it Because the Reviving Bill is going and they cannot Com-
pleat it untill they know whether this Bill pass or not, The
said Bill read & passed this house
Captain Peirce & D^r from the Lower house with this
Message

Lower house of Assembly 27th October 1683.
This house desire to know of the Upper house if their
Honours have any Bill or other Matter ready to send to this
house this Night or else this house will Adjourn

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Signed p^r Order C Boteler Cl of the Lower house

Coll Darnall goes down to the Lower house with the Bill
about Attachments past this house and with Order to Acquaint
the Lower house that this house is fitting a Message for them
if they do not Suddenly rise, He returns, the Message as
follow eth

Upper house 27th October 1683
Since the Bill for Advancement of Trade approved on and
Believed both by the Upper and Lower houses of this As-
sembly to be an Act of so great and General Good to this
Province and the Trade thereof, This house do once more
desire that the Lower house take it again into Consideration
and pass the same in the Lower house in Order to the making
the same an Act
Signed p^r Order Tho Grunwin Cl of Assembly

M^r Secretary Darnall sent therewith to the Lower house,
He returns
Coll Lowe and Coll Stevens go down to the Lower house
with this Message from this house Viz^t

Upper house 27th October 1683
In Answer to the Message sent in Writing yesterday this
house do say the Bill for Advancement of Trade being gone
so farr this Assembly this house desire the Dispatch thereof,
that this house may Concurr with the Lower house therein
But this house do wonder that after that matter was Deemed
by both houses so Necessary for the Good of this Province,
and having Spent so much time and Tobacco this and the last
Sessions about the same and should after all this be Neglected
Because this house have two Bills from the Lower house lying