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endorsed to M^r Sam^ll Groom or order: tho being protested It
cannot be allowed before M^r Cooksey's acc^ts and the Com-
mittee and other papers are Inspected and passed.
Therefore is referred till the next sessions of Assembly as
the drawing forms of oaths to be taken by the officers and
charge for the Grand Jurys is referred.
It is proposed that the Gen^l of his Matys: hon^ble Councill be
also paid out of the 20000^l Tob^o Surplus Tobb^o to be leavyed
as well as as the provinciall Iustices.
His Ex^cy has rec^d back M^r Platers and M^r Muschamps acc^ts
expecting you would have made some remarques upon them
which you have not done.
In answer to the Message about some of his Matys hon^ble
Councill to be joyned to the Comittee appointed for appor-
tioning the publick leavy his Ex^cy dos say that what has been

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done in my Lord Baltemores time will not be admitted as
p^rsidentiall but his Matys hon^ble Councill dos say that in Gov'
Copleys time some of their members were allways Ioyned not
onely in apportioning the Leavy, but also with the Comittee
of accounts; and do think themselves to have as much Right
to be concerned therein as the members of the house of
Delegates.
Therefore it is expected that all the Gen^t proposed be
Incerted and first nominated in the Leavy Law otherwise it
will not be passed.
As to your earnest Expecting his Ex^cys Comands to attend
this Board in order to put an end to this sessions, his Ex^cy does
say that if you had taken the methods proposed to you att first
your hopes and Expectations might have been answered long
ago and Saved the Country a great many Thousand pounds
of Tobacca.
The Acc^ts of Gov^r Copley's time are not returned with your
remarks thereupon.
Whereupon Debated and Resolved the following answers
be sent to his Ex^cy and his Matys: hon^ble Councill.

By the house of Delegates Aprill the 2^nd 1698.

As to M^r Sewell, seeing we arc to disburse the Countrys

money we are the proper Iudges of what is fitting to be allowed.
As to his Matys: hon^ble Councill what we first designed was
true, yet we are so tender of theire Hon^rs that we should not
suffer it to appear upon our Iournal.
As to M^r Denton, that which your Ex^cy and Councill call a
Comittee, this house tho they acquiest with it do not approve
of that it should be called by that name being the people

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