Assembly Proceedings, Sept. 20-Oct. 18, 1694. 99

His Exc^y proposes to the Board to what time & in what
manner the Assembly shall be Adjourned & with all tells them
that he does believe till the Last of ffeb^ry may be a proper
time but that he will acquaint them if there be a Case of
Necessity to call them before that time he shall call them
together by his Proclamation, which the Councill did thinke to
be very proper.
The Hon^ble S^r Thomas Laurence Secretary does propose in
Councill the Hon^bLe Thomas Brooke Esq' to be his Deputy
Secretary & Notary publick dureing his absence out of the
Province, The which the said Esq^r Brookes (after some excuse
made) did Accept of.
It is Represented to his Ex^ncy in Councill that the Laws
upon passing never used to be againe Read over save onely
the heads of the Same.
Coll. Addison & Cap^t Courts sent Downe to the house of
Burgesses to Require them to Come up to the Covncill Cham-
ber to see the Laws (which have been Assented to by their
Ma^ts Hon^ble Councill & their house) passed by his Excellency
whoe accordingly appeare.
M^r Speaker present the Body of Laws assented to by the
house of Delegates and their Sacred Ma^ts Hon^ble Covncill for
his Ex^ncy allowance.
M^r Speaker Reads to his Ex^ncie the titles of the Several!
aforementioned Acts Assented to as afd, Together w^th an Act
for the Assessm^t of 1062928 pounds of Tobacco upon the
Inhabitants of this Province for defraying the publick Charge
thereof, likewise assented to.

October 18^th 1694.

Came before the Hon^ble S^r Thomas Laurence Baron^t & Coll
Nicholas Greenberry two of their Ma^ts Justices of the Prov^ll
Court Charles Carroll And John Evans Gent, whoe did in the
p^rsence of the Gen^ll Assembly Undertake Body for Body that
William Burly & George Mason prisoners under sentence of
Death for the murther of M^r John Payne, shall appeare & be
forth coming to stand & abide his Sacred Ma^ts Determination
Avhen soever they shall be thereunto Required by his En^cie the
Govern^r w^th which they both declared themselves Contented.
The Laws passed the Seale & are thus Endorsed. Viz^t On
behalfe of their Ma^ts King William & Queen Mary.
I will these to be Laws
ffr. Nicholson

Original
Journal,
p. 82

Then his Ex^ncy was pleased to tell them that in the first place
he did on their Ma^ts behalfe thank them for their care &