Assembly Proceedings, July 1-10, 1696. 387

The which being read his Excellency was pleased to say that
He hoped the said Commissioners would for his Majestys
Service and their own Credit duly Observe to Comply with
the said proposall and does Order by advice in Council as it is
hereby ordered that the Clerks of the said Countys Courts
keep an Exact Account of the said Justices sitting from time
to time to be returned unto his Excellency at the Port of
Annapolis together with Copy of the County Leavies therein
expressing the reason of every particular Article Allowed
Signed p Order Hen Denton Clk Council.

Read the following Resolve sent from the House viz^t

Die Veneris 3^d die July 1696

Resolved by the House that Major Thomas Smithson pub-
lick Treasurer of the Eastern Shore pay unto Col^o Charles
Hutchins fifteen Pounds Sterling in part of what is due to him
from this Country for Provision &c & take his Receipt for the
same
W Bladen Clk Assembly

Assented to by his Excellency and Council
Hen Denton Clk Council

Brought by Captain Hill and five other members of the
House the following Bill viz^t An Act for the Service of
Almighty God and for the Establishment of the Protestant
Religion within this province The which was read several
remarks made thereon and was set aside to be further consid-
ered and read to morrow

Brought from the House of Burgesses by M^r Smith and
three other members an address drawn up to his Sacred Maj-
esty congratulating the wonderful deliverance and preserva-
tion of his Royal Person from the late Conspiracy and Intended
Assassination.
The same was well Approved of and signed by his Excel-
lency and his Majestys honourable Council & afterwards
returned to be signed by the several members of the House

Read a Petition of the honourable Col^o Henry Jowles Chan-
cellor relating to his fees for Sealing Coroners Commissions
Ordered that the same be referred to the House of Burgesses
for their allowance

U.H. J.