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

Original
Journal.

As to the houses adjourning to the Speakers Chamber, we
had your Ex^cys consent thereto as appears upon our Journall
the 16^th March 1697/8.
As to our sending a verball Message to the clk: of the
Councill for papers without his Matys honble Councill's knowl-
edge or leave, we acknowledge the same an Error, but not
any wise done out of p^rsumption.
As also the like Errors in sending for the Right honble S^r
Tho^s Laurence Secry.
We have appointed M^r Philip Clarke and M^r W^m Taylard
to pruse and consult Books to draw up Certeine forms of
oaths, for the severall officers to take and the Grand Jury's
charge ag^t the next sessions of Assembly.
As to the 40000^l of Tobo. left upon the Comittee of acc^ts
Iournall are put in 20000^l tob. att your Ex^cy Instance and the
other 20000^l Tob: we designe to pay his Matys Councellor^s
and those that apportion the publick leavy but rather then we
will admitt of any novelty we are willing it should not be left
upon the Iournall.
Resolved the following Message be sent to his Ex^cy

By the house of Delegates Aprill 2^d 1698.

We have maturely considered the Severall proposalls and
remarkes by your Ex^cy made to us this afternoon in the Stadt
house as also our Severall proceedings and Resolves votes
and Messages and do find them to be so humble modest and
reasonable that we see no reason that we should recede from
them but will leave them upon our Journall onely beg leave
in answer to those following remarkes to acquaint your Ex^cy
that as to the word Serj' att arms it was a meer mistake and
should have been a messenger in the nature of a Serj^t at arms.
As to our adjourning to the Speakers chamber we had your
Ex^cy consent thereto as appears upon our Iournall of the 16^th
of March.
As to our sending a verball Message to the clarke of the
Councill for papers without his Matys honble Councills knowl-
edge or leave, we acknowledge the same an Error, but not
any wise done out of p'sumption.
As also the like error in sending for the hon^ble S^r Tho^s
Laurence Secry.
We have appointed M^r Philip Clark and M^r W. Taylard
pruse and consult Books to draw up certeine forms of oaths
for the Severall officers to take and the Grand Jurors charge
ag^t the next sessions of Assembly.
And as to the 40000^l Tobacco 20000^l of it was putt in att
your Ex^cys Instance and the other 20000^l we designed to pay