Assembly Proceedings, Nov. 14-Dec. 8, 1688. 209

Coll Digges sent for and comes in
Coll Digges and Major Sewall the two Secretarys and go
to the Lower house & Carry the Bill Explaining Secretarys
fees and to Speak to the Same, that for the future they will
not Charge Recording Proceedings till next Assembly at least
And desire that now it may be let alone the Act being not so
rightly drawn as it ought to be.
They return and say the Lower house are well Contented
M^r Dent Clerk of Lower house fetches the last Laws 1686
D^r Brookes, Cap^t Pile M^r Thurston and M^r Hawkins and
bring the Act for Assesing the Publick Charge, The same read
and past this house
The same sent to the Lower house by Coll Digges and M^r
Clement Hill and they tell the Lower house that this house
are ready
They return and Say the Lower house will attend this house
Immediately
They come into this house Accordingly the Speaker pre-
sents to the President the following Bills Viz^t
An Act for Reviving the Temporary Laws of this Province
An Act for a Perpetual Commemoration and thanksgiving

on every Tenth Day of June for the Birth of the Prince.

Lib. W. H.

An Act for Preservation of Orphans reall Estates
An Additionall Act to the Act for Regulating Ordinaries
and Limiting the Number of them within this Province
An Additional Act to the Act for Encouragement of Tillage
and raising Provisions for Advancement of Trade within this
Province
An Act for Erecting some new necessary Towns
An Act for Encouragement of making Linnen and Woollen
Cloth within this Province.
An Act for Encouragement of sowing and making hemp
and flax within this Province
An Act against Exportation of Wooll and old Iron
An Act for Repairing of the State house
An Act for Payment and assessing of the Publick Charge
of this Province
The Same received by the honourable the President, and
having them in his hands, says, The Right Honourable the
Lord Proprietary Willeth these to be Laws
The Honourable Coll Henry Darnall Keeper of the Great
Seal after the said Acts were fixed together; Causes to be
writt as followeth

8th December 1688
The Right honourable the Lord Proprietary Willeth these
to be Laws Henry Darnall.

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