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our Waiting upon you for a Day or Two hoping in that tyme
our Speaker may be better able to attend your Ex^cy with the
house.
We conceive the only thing about the Indians unresolved
is what should be done in Case they do not Come in. If It
be so We humbly Address yo^r Ex^cy that we may be admitted
to debate it here and send our Resolutions therein to yo^r

Ex^ncy and his Maj^tys hon^ble Councill.

Signd p Ord^r.
W Bladen Cl Dom Del.
In Answer to which.

Original
Journal.

By his Ex^ncy the Govern^r and Councill in
Assembly. March the 21. 1697/8.

The Message by M^r Miller and three other of the houses
Members this Day sent was rec^d and here read.
This Board being willing to Answer the houses request in
defferring the conferrence about the Indians for a day or two
longer but w^th all doe Signifie there are Severall other Matters
which will be then allso Necessary to be considered.
Signed p ord^r
Hen: Denton Cl Councill.

It is remarqued that the request of the House for deferring
the Conferrance by reason of the Speakers being sick is an
Unparliamentary way of proceeding
The reporte of the Committee about Indian Affaires read.
And upon reading the second Article Advised that the way
about Sending to the Indians be consulted.
The third Article is agreed to and recommended the said
Rangers be paid off.
And it being considered after What Manner the Indians
shall be treated with and how sent to. if his Ex^ncy the Govern^r
of Virginia doe not consent to Suffer any persons to goe
through that Govern^mt to them.
That the withdrawing or keeping the Rangers at the Gar-
rison at Potomock be Considered.

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A bill for restraining the Extortions of Sherriffs read the
first time and recommended that a clause therein be added
to restraine the Sherriffs from enacting double ffees from
prison^rs and it hath been represented the Sherriffs of Talbott
County have done making persons that haue layn under two
or three Sev^r11 Executions pay so many Twenty pounds of
tob^o p day for ffees as there were Executions, and it is
recofnended allsoe that a Clause be added for regulating the

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