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

Lib. W. H.

The first Day of Decem^r 1688 The Upper house sat again

The honourable

Present

William Joseph Esq^r
Coll Thomas Tailler
Coll Henry Darnall
Coll William Digges

Coll Edward Pye
Clement Hill Esq^r
Major Nicholas Sewall

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Upper house of Assembly i December 1688.
The Lower house by their Message last night by M^r Brooke
and M^r Dare desire this house to peruse again their Message
and this house desire the Lower house to peruse again their
Message about the words Misunderstandings and Priviledges,
this house did not then say there was Differance there between

both houses, as to their grief they find there now is, and this

house denys that they did by their Message Assert it to
be the Right of the Lower house to appoint Clerks of any
Committees, of their own Committees we Grant, But this
Committee is none of their own but a Committee of both
houses Consisting of Members as well of Ours as their house ;
This Committee meets Choose their Chairman and accordingly
their Clerk and approve the same by Entring upon the Busi-
ness of that Committee, and as it was a Committee of both
houses, that is, of Members of both houses with their Chairman
and Clerk who are as Speaker and Clerk of either house; It
is illegall and Imparliamentary for any part of the Members of
that Committee to seperate themselves without their Chairman
or being by him Adjourned or assume to sitt and appoint a
Clerk as the Members of the Lower house in that Committee
have done, and this house do hereby protest against the said
proceedings and Sitting of any Members as a Committee of
Accounts who are not such and Declare the same to be unlaw-
fully Assembled and their reputed Clerk is hereby Declared
no Clerk of any Lawfully Committee of accounts If the Clerk
Boye were not Capacitated it was the Committees Business to
lay him by and choose another and if they could not agree it
ought to have been Reported to both houses But this is not
the case they illegally and Abruptly break up without being
Adjourned by their Chairman and go and Sitt and choose a
Clerk of their own without their Chairman or any Member of
this house being present Contrary to the known right and Pro-
ceedings of Parliaments, And this house desire the Lower
house to Concurr and join with this house in the Rectifying
this and the like abuses and desire that a good understanding
between both houses may be preserved whereby we may pro-
ceed upon the Business of the Country and not Impede the
same to the vast Charge of the Country as by these Differences
we are like to do
Signed p^r Order Tho: Grunwin Cl of Assembly.