Assembly Proceedings, Nov. 14-Dec. 8, 1688. 191

Coll Pye goes with the same to the Lower house Returns
having Delivered it
Coll Jowles, M^r Harris, M^r Stone, M^r Lingan, M^r Dare M^r
Hawkins and D^r Brooke from the Lower house with the Anni-
versary Act for the Birth of the Prince
The same read again and Assented to by this house and
sent to the Lower house by their honours Coll Tailler and Coll
Digges Major Sewall and M^r Clement Hill
Coll Jowles M^r Lingan M^r Thurston M^r Harris and M^r
Hawkins with this Message

Lower house i December 1688
This house have read and Considered of the last Message
of the Upper house by the honourable Coll Pye and say as in
their former Message that they did not apprehend any Misun-
derstanding between the two houses as it seems by the last
Message of the Upper house have Therefore this house to
clear themselves of the Occasion thereof and to give all
reasonable Satisfaction that possibly they can do Say —
I^st They do not deny but the Committee of Accounts have
power to choose their Clerke If not before appointed by this
house which they conceive is a branch of their priviledges to
do Especially in that of Accounts and hath always been done
hitherto and never refused or Objected against till now.
2^dly The members of this house in Committee did Averr
the said Boye was not as they Conceived Sufficiently Capaci-
tated for that Office and thereby would retard their Business.

Lib. W. H.

Neither did they ever Vote him Clerk or as such accept of
him nor ever understood that their Chairman did Elect him
by Vote as he was their Chairman But only insisted upon his
being Clerk as he was appointed by the Upper house which
this house do well hope they did not ever intend
3^dly The said Members of the Committee do possitively
averr that they did not Abruptly break up nor come away till
the members of the Upper house declared to them they would
not proceed with any other Clerk then that because he was
appointed so by the upper house which was not only against
the Priviledges of this house but their own also
4^thly When they had received this Answer they repaired
again to this house and then this house appointed a Com-
mittee of Accounts anew and so Signified to the Upper house
and that they were Ordered to proceed upon their Charge
which this house protest to be Lawfull, But if the honourable
Deputy Governors do protest as the Upper house have pro-
tested against the proceedings of this house in their said
Committee they shall not further proceed, But this house

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