182 Assembly Proceedings, Nov. 14-Dec. 8, 1688.

Lib. W. H.

The said Messengers also bring the Act for mending Trade
and bettering the Quality of Tobacco in this Province
An Answer to the upper hous concerning Bulk Tobacco
An Act for the Encouragement of making Linnen & Woollen
Cloth within this Province
An Additionall Act to the Act for Encouragement of Tillage
and raising Provisions for advancement of Trade within this
Province.
An Act for Encouragem^t of Sowing and making hemp and
flax within this Province
The said four Acts read the first time

p. 573

The answer about Bulk Tobacco also read Vide the same in
fol. 43
This house are of Opinion that the Act for Amending the
Trade and bettering the Quality of Tobacco in this Province
will not Answer to the end Intended & therefore Rejected
The Additional Act for Encouragement of Tillage and
raising Provisions for Advancement of Trade within this
Province Voted to be past with those Amendments.

Upper house of Assembly 28th November 1688.
This house have Consented to pass the Additional Act for
Encouragement of Tillage &^c with these Amendments Viz^t
1st That it be Mentioned all or any sort of English Grain
or Indian Corn
2^d That the Allowance for Malt be as well for wheat Malt
as for Malt of Barley.
3^d That the Act do not intend the Encouragement and
Allowances for any Grain Sowed or put into the Ground at
any time before the Publication of this Act.
4thly. That the Encouragement hereby intended shall not
Extend to any Grain or Malt but such as shall be really of the
Growth and produce of this Province. Sent by Coll Pye.
Signed p^r Order Tho: Grunwin Cl of Assembly.

Coll Pye Ordered to acquaint the Lower house that if they
have nothing further for this house to Night This house will
Adjourn He returns and says that the Lower house have not
further to Night.
This house Adjourned till to Morrow Morning 8 of the
Clock.