514 Assembly Proceedings, May 26-June 11, 1697.

Original
Journal.

That the house of delegates have not power Sufficient to trye
punish or administer an oath to any person vnder the Quallifi-
cacon of delegates & therefore must forbear such proceedings
which by their Journall appeares some time ago transacted in
the case of Richard Clarke about his takeing a horse out of
the pasture
A Letter from the Com" of his Ma^tys Customes directing
prosecucon to be made of one Tenches Navigacon bond was
ordered to be layd before the house for their pervsall

Saturday May the 29^th 1697
The Council again Sate & were present
His Ex^cy ffrancis Nicholson Esq^r Cap^t Gen^ll &c

S^r Thomas Laurence Barronet Sec^ry Thomas Tench Esq_r
Coll Henry Jowles Col Charles Hutchins
Col. Nicholas Greenberry Coll John Courts

Proposed that the offices in the State house be first finished
the same being likely to be first wanted
That the fore dore be altered and a pedim^t placed over each
of the out dores as the hon^ble Coll Hutchins shall direct and
the shingling secured from Leakes
Quaerie whether it may not be necessary to have the same
Tarrd two or three times over That the house be paled round
& paved a house of office built & conveniences made for
hanging horses on
His Ex^cy is pleased to say that he has sent for a Copper
Vane and a broad pennant for the vse of the State house
Proposed that some person be Impowred to agree with
workemen & finding materialls for accomplishing all the fore-
goeing matters & makeing convenient Shelves & boxes for
the offices where wanting & about makeing & setting vp a
pair of Stocks pillory and whipping post
That the house give their opinion whether it may not be
convenient to have the Armes (to be sent for in) Sanguin'd
That a way be found to change the publick powder (pur-
suant to a former proposall) without which the same will be
totally lost

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It is Quaeried whether the house had sent any peticons or
Addresses for England in relacon to the navigacon bonds
That if the house can find out a way to stay Execucon vpon
those Judgem^ts obtained by his Ma^ty against those persons
concerned in the said bonds without putting the Judgem^ts to
be renewed by Scire facias his Ex^cy will be willing that Execu-
cons shall be stopt at present but otherwise cannot