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

Original
Journal.

The houses reply to the answer of this Board upon the
Address in the case of lames Crawford was read, & referred
for further Answer.

By the House of Delegates March the 25: 98.

We haue Rec^d y^r Ex^ncys Answer to our Address in Rela-
con to his Maj^ties Lawyers wherein your Ex^ncy seems to reflect,
as if this house was partiall in rep'senting the Grievance of
this Province when at the same time Y^r Ex^cy is Sencible that
a Bill is passed by this House to p^rvent that Grievance you
make mention of in Y^r Answer. As for his Maj^ties Proroga-
tiue, We hope we shall haue regarde at all tymes as we shall
haue for our owne rights & Priviledges.
We were in great hopes to haue had a more Satisfactory
Answer from Y^r Ex^ncy upon So great an Infringment upon o^r
Rights and Libertyes, but we haue done our duty in rep^rsent-
ing the Same to your Ex^ncy and shall proceed no further then
by leauing our Vote upon Iourn^ll to assert th^t Right &
Liberty w^ch before this time was never questioned from that .
very first Seating & Inhabiting this Province as to Y^r Ex^ncys
Demand, whether all the Memb^rs were privy and Consenting
to our Address is soe Unparliamentary that we must begg y^r
Ex^ncy to Excuse our not Answering. We are w^th all Dutifull
respects Y^r Ex^ncys Most obe: Serv^t
Signed p Ord^r
W Bladen Cl. Dom Del.

p. 51

A Resolue of the house being produced and read for pay-
ment of 20053^l of tob^o unto the Sev^ll Gentⁿ that went upon the
Indian Treaty, to be paid by the Treasurer of the Easterne
Shore, w^ch was Assented to be p^d Treasurer accordingly out
of the 90000^l of Tob^o for which in this Acco^tt herein makes
himself Debtor.
Brought from the house of Delegates by M^r Harris and
Eleven other memb^rs these following Bills viz^t
A Bill Asscertaining the bounds and limmitts of Ann Ar-
rund^ll & Baltemore Countys, Read ffirst tyme and passed
without Alteracon.
A bill Impoweringthe Ex^tx of George Norman to make ouer
to Jn^o Gadsby, Two Tracts of Land, read first time & it is re-
marqued that the board cannot pass such a bill (being Matter
of Consequence) without they haue the pusall of all the write-
ings as well as the house. That the word appeare in the
10^th Line is left out.
Brought from the house of Delegates