398 Assembly Proceedings, May 10-June 9, 1692.

Original
Journal.

An Act for Limitation of County Clks ffees, read & passed
the 2^d reading & sent to be Engrossed
Ord^rd that the Officer attending here send for M^r Cullens
&c & that an Ord^r be drawne to the same intent, w^ch was
accordingly done as follows, Viz^t

By the house of Assembly May 28^th 1692.
Ordered that the Officer Attending this house send for M^r
James Cullens to giue his Attendance here to Answere to
such questions as shall be proposed to him by this house.
Signed p Ord^r Hen Denton Clk Assembly.

The same was read & Delivered to the Officer aforemen-
tioned.
An Act for punishm^t of psons suborning of Wittnesses or
Comitting Willfull and Corrupt perjury read & passed the
first Reading.
The said Two Bills were sent to the Gouern^r & Councill by
Cap^t Whittington.
The house dissolves themselves into a Grand Comittee, in
ord^r to settle the Support for the Gouernm^t
M^r Cheseldyne chosen Chairman of the said Comittee.
Ordered that M^r Mason & M^r Dent goe & desire Coll
Blakiston for to walke downe to the house to acquainte them,
if he knowes, what Imposition is now vpon Tobacco in Vir-
ginia they being now vpon debate of settleing the support for
the Gouernm^t
Coll Blakiston appeares here Accordingly.
Support of the Additionall not.
see gall, other Two and to.
of the comes
M^r Addison comes from the Councill Chamber with the
Returne of severall Bills passed that board.
The Officer Attending this house is ordered to bring in
those prisoners he has in his Custody whoe Accordingly
appeares with them Viz^t Hugh Hamleton & Robert Cooper
together with James Canon & James Cambell, the Evidences ;
but does say that Arthur Delahay in the Ord^r mentioned is
Lame, and therefore could not possibly bring him.
M^r Wynne by Ord^r of M^r Speaker Examins them.
He askes them how they came to Sing that Treasonable
Song, whereof they stood here accused.
They Answere that they were drunck when they did it, but
with all confess their being guilty of the fact, and therefore
putt themselves vpon the Mercy of the house, being sorry for
such their Offence promising neuer to offend in the Like
nature againe.