140 Assembly Proceedings, Mar. 10, 1697/8-Apr. 4, 1698.

Original
Journal.

should have been expressed with so many yeas and so many
noes or by Majority of voices according to the Custom of
Parliament.
As for your Serj^t att Arms his Ex^cy knows of no such officer,
but takes it to be a high psumption the assuming such title,
and as for the leaving your vote upon your Iournall It will
(among others your proceedings of this sessions remaine as a
monument of your despotick Inclination some of which are
your asserting an Ordinance to be in force for publick and
County ferrymen to keep ordinary Licence free.
His Exc^y disowning any such ordinance which was suffi-
ciently argued and explained last sessions.
Your Resolves upon M^r Lynes pet' of the 25^th Instant by
which you seem to Intimate and determine a point in Law con-
trary to an act of assembly.
Your Sitting where you do contrary to an act of Assembly
and your making allowance and your Leavying upon the peo-
ple 2500^l of Tobb^o for another house to sitt in Contrary like-
wise to the said Act, your sending Message to the ck: of the
Councill for papers without his Ex^cys on his Matys: honble
Councills knowledge or leave your sending a Sumons to the
hon^ble S^r Thomas Laurence Barr^t his Matys: Secry of this
province by pattent under the great Seale of England and one
of his Matys honble Councill.
Your Imploying and allowing M^r George Iackson as clk: to
the Comittee of Acc^t the sume of 2800^l toba^o Contrary to Law.
It is remarked there are Severall uncertaintyes and inco-
herencyes in your votes. This Board have prused all the
addresses, Resolves and papers about grievances and do

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signify the practice of Virginia in that case is for the Inhabi-
tants of that Country to sett up what they think Grieveous
under theire hands att theire Court house doors which the
Burgesses, carry up and deliver to his Ex^cy the Gov^r and
Councill in order to be comunicated to the house of Bur-
gesses so unless you can produce either under your
Electors hands or of your own knowledge what are represented
as Grievances they will not be taken for such, but the effects of
an ill disposed Malicious temper of such as may be reckoned
seditious and disaffected to this his Matys Gov^r and Interest
of the Country:
As to what you represent as grievances that Severall of the
Justices and Vestrymen of the Severall countyes have been
arrested &: his Ex^cy wants to know theire names so that if any
of them have been dealt with contrary to Law, care shall be
taken that they have right and Justice done them.

But it is hoped you don't imagine that a Justice of peace or