504 Assembly Proceedings, October—November 1683.

U. H. Journal
1659-98

informed that one of the Ports or Places Mentioned in the Bill
for Advancem^t of Trade appointed to be at Taunts or Bayleys
Land in Brittons Bay should be Changed and Transferred to
Brittons Neck nearer the Mouth of the said Bay his Lordship
being Assured that the said Brittons Neck will be much more
Convenient for the Inhabitants of those parts in Generall than
the former, This house desire the Upper house to send down
the said Bill for Advancement of Trade to be mended in that
particular and this house will return the said Bill to the Upper
house Amended in that part only Assented to by this house—
Signed p^r Order C Boteler Cl of the Lower house of Assembly

M^r John Rousby from the Lower house and desires the Book
of Laws, The same Delivered to him—-
By Consent of Thomas Gerard Attorney for Gerard Slye
and also by Consent of Robert Carvile Attorney of Abraham
Blagg the Errors before the Assembly between the said Slye
and Blagg are Continued till the next Assembly—
Major Trueman goes to the Lower house with this Message
from this house Viz^t

Upper house I^s Nov^r 1683
This house hath read the Petition of Jacob Young and the
account of the Sheriff thereunto Annext for his fees and do
send the same to the Lower house for their Consideration—
Signed p^r Order Tho^s Grunwin Cl of Assembly

M^r William Richardson and M^r James Frisby from the
Lower house with this Message Viz^t

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Lower house of Assembly 1 Nov^r 1683
The Petition of the Orphans of Henry Lewis being pre-
sented and read in this house and a Member of this house
Affirming to this house that the said Orphans are Extreamly
injured by the fraud of their said Father in Law, This house
do desire the Upper house to take the said Petition into their
Serious Considerations and give directions to the Judges in
Testamentary Causes to do therein what by the Laws and pre-
cedents of this Province can be done for relief of the Peti-
tioners and for Securing what Little remains of their Estate
within this Province—
Signed p^r Order C Boteler Cl of the Lower house of Assembly

The house Adjourned for an hour then Sat again
present as before and Coll Thomas Tailler
A Petition of Sarah Harris read and referred to Coll Tailler
the Persons Concerned Living in Ann Arundell County—