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Mr Edward Jones reports to the house some certaine
Grieuances of persons brought downe out of their County
vpon friuolous Matters, to their great Charge & all most Utter
Ruine.
Mr Robert Mason and Mr Wm Dent returne into the house
again with a Petition drawne as was ordered, which being
read, it was ordered by the house to be Written vnderneath
the Petition preferred to this house as follows, (uizt)
To his Excellency Lyonell Copley Esqr Cap£ Genii and Gou-
ernor of this Province &ca
May it please yr Excellency.
The aforegoeing Petition has been read in this house, who
are generally sensible that the greatest part thereof is True
& the Motives therein Layd downe very pressing and there-
fore doe humbly pray yr Excellency on their behalfe to giue
such Grant to the same as In your Wisdom you shall see
Convenient. Signed p ordr
Hen Denton Clk Assembly
Moved by a Member of this house that Consideracon may
be had of the vse of habeas Corpus in this Province. The
house referred it to a further Consideracon.
Capt Whitington brings in to the house the paper of Griev-
ances of Sumersett County which was Read and it was
Ordered that he should Carrye the same to the Comittee of
Agrievances.
Moued by a member of this house of considering of a way
to Encourage the bringing in of Money and the same was
seconded by another Member, and ordered by the house that
some Method be Used towards the prepareing a Bill for the
same.
Mr John Edmondson, Mr & Mr George Warner came
into the Reasons of not takeing the Oathes, as
ffollows (Vizt)
To the
Wee whose names are Delegates for our County
& due attendance to vpon Scruple of Conscience
although the Substance therein lemnly in the presence
of God, formance thereof, are not antient Customes
& Vsages of thereof, and a Certaine Act of Assembly to
science made and provided therefore, Wee Majties
and our Countrey leaue this to yr Serious consideracon
a way for the reliefe of all tender consciences that be
put into a Capacity to serve their Majties & our Countrey
John Edmondson] Tho: Everenden
John Godden [Geo:] Warner
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