Assembly Proceedings, October—November 1683. 515

The Act for Erecting and Building of a house for the Con-
veniency of holding Courts of Judicature Sitting of Assemblys
and for the keeping of the Secretaries Office Land Office and
Testamentary Office in & for this Province Read
A Message from the Lower house by M^r Hatton and Cap-
tain Peirce being a Bill for reviving the Temporary Laws of
this Province and saith they cannot finish the Bill for the pub-
lick Charge till Monday Morning—

U. H. Journal

1659-98

The Commissioners Names appointed to Survey and Manage
the Building the Court house Viz^t
Coll Thomas Tailler George Yates Edward Darcy
Coll William Burges William Richardson John Sollers
Major John Welsh Richard Hall Henry Ridgley
Thomas Francis Nich: Gassaway Richard Beard
Richard Hill Henry Constable Edward Burges
M^r Clement Hill desires to know whether this house have
any thing to offer to the Consideration of the Lower house
This house returns that they have not any thing The said
M^r Hill returns—
Coll Darnall sent with the Bill concerning the Court house
which this house say they should better like if two Chimneys
had been incerted; He returns
The house Adjourned till Monday Morning 9 a Clock

Monday 5th Novem^r 1683 The Upper house Met.

Present
The Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary
The honourable
Coll Thomas Tailler Coll William Burges

Coll Henry Coursey j M^r Secretary Sewall
Coll Vincent Lowe M^r Secretary Darnall

Coll Henry Darnall Major Thomas Truman
Coll William Stevens Coll: George Talbot

A Message by M^r Burford Major Long Major Hutchins and
M^r Ennalls Viz^t

Lower house of Assembly 5th Nov^r 1683
This house by a Message Dated the 29th Day of October
last past for reasons therein Mentioned desired that one hun-
dred thousand pounds of Tobacco might be Levyed this
present year and presented to his Lordship to which the
Upper house hath not yet made any Answer, Therefore this
house do again Move their Concurrence therein that the Bill
for Payment of the Publick Charge may be finished this
Evening
Signed p^r Order C Boteler Cl of the Lower house

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