Assembly Proceedings, May 26-June 11, 1697. 545

By the house of Delegates June the 9^th 1697.

Resolved by the House that the severall ministers inducted
to any parish or parishes within the severall Counties of this
province attend the Court house of each respective County &
there read prayers each morning during the continuance of
the County Court before the Court be called or the Com^rs
proceed to doe any buisines & that if there be more ministers
then one in a County that they take their turnes & read
prayers one one Court & the other another.
Resolved that the respective Counties have Credit for the
Supernumery Tithables of the late sheriffs since the yeare 1694.
W Bladen Cl Del.
Assented to by his Ex^cy
his Ma^tys hon^ble Councill
Hen: Denton Cl Concil.

By the house of Delegates June 9^th 1697.

Wee have pervsed the late Act of parliam^t relating to
Scotch traders in these plantacons & also the other Acts of
trade of king Charles the second & cannot find anything
therein contained to debarr the naturalizacon of any other
nation vnles Scotchmen Therefore humbly pray y^r Ex^cy in
regard the two persons proposed to be naturalized have long
resided in this province & are not Scotchmen but the one an
Italian & the other a German that the Act for their Naturali-
zacon be passt. signed p ord^r W Bladen Cl Del.

Ordered that an answer to the same be drawne vp which
was done as followes Viz^t

By his Ex^cy the Govern^r & Council June 9^th 1697.

The message by Cap^t Tasker & M^r Blay last sent about the
naturalizing those two psons was recd & here read which his
Ex^cy is willing to assent to provided there be an excepcon
therein soe farr as the late Act of parliament for preventing
frauds & regulating abuses in the plantacon trade will admit
& allow off but not otherwayes.
Sign'd p ord^r Hen. Denton Cl Concil.

Original
Journal.

Ordered that the s^d answer be carried to the house by
the hon^ble Coll Hutchins in the morning.

June 10^th 1697.

The Council again Sate & were present as yesterday.
His hon^r Coll Hutchins aquaints his Ex^cy that he has
delivered the message last night given him in Charge.

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