182 Assembly Proceedings, May 8-22, 1695.

Original
Journal.

Read the first time.
Voted what shall be the Imposition upon negroes & carryed
by majority of voices ten shillings p poll.
Resolved Nemine Contradicente that an Impost be layd on
White Servants imported of 2^s 6^d p poll, and that a bill be
brough in for the same.
Resolved that an address be drawn to his Maty: condoleing
the Loss of her Maty of ever blessed memory.
Resolved his Maty be addressed representing how inca-
pable we are of giveing assistance to New Yorke and our
desire to be discharged from her Matys: comands therein, and
that M^r Will^m Frisby be Joyned with the honble S^r Thomas
Laurence Barr^t their Matys Secretary of this province to pre-
sent our address to his Majesty &c: And also to sollicit the

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other business of this province.
Resolved that Letters be writt to his Grace my Lord Arch
Bishop of Canterbury and my Lord of London desireing them
to inspect into our Acts of Religion and Sollicit the passing
thereof.
Upon Reading the petition of M^r Charles Carroll, Resolved
he be admitted to Speake as Councill as to the Management
of my Lord Proprietarys Law concerns.
The house Adjourns till to morrow morning 7 a Clock.

Thursday May the 16^th 1695.

The house being mett was ordered to be called over, and
the following members were absent, (Viz^t) Cap^t Bayne Cap^t
Hill M^r Hawkins, M^r Hutchinson, M^r Pollard and Col^o Codd.
An Act for the Naturallization of Matt^s Freeman and others.
Read the first tyme.
M^r Denton Clarke of the Council came to this house from
his Ex^cy the Governour in Councill, and read to this house the
consideracons of that Board Relateing to the sayling of the
Shipping now in the Country, and Signifyed that his Ex^cy do
agree in the opinion of the house thereupon:
Whereupon Resolved that the following Message be sent
to his Ex^cy and the Honble: their Maty^s Council!.

By the House of Burgesses May the 16^th 1695.

This house haveing heard the Debate of the Councill
board, Relateing to the Sayling of the Shipping now within
this province do agree and concurr with the reasons layd
Downe therein, and do say that the great Rains that have
lately been have occasioned at least months loss of tyme.
Secondly. That it will conduce much to his Maty^s Service,