344 Assembly Proceedings, June 29-July 22, 1699.

Original
Journal.

Sent to the house the Bills this day read, by Col Charles
Hutchins and Thomas Smith Esq^r who with Maj^r Iohn Ham-
mond are Ordered to Conferr with the houses Members About
the prison and Church
Major Thomas Smith and Severall other Members bring
these following Bills Engrossed Viz^t
A Bill Impowering Benja: Williams to sell his Brother
Ioseph's Land for paym^t of his Debts
A Bill for Transferring over to Major William Whittington
the Debt due from the Officers in Somersett County
A Bill for prohibiting Trade with the Indians for all flesh
dead or Alive Except Deer and Wild fowl.
A Bill for better Administration of Iustice in the County
Courts
A Bill Ascerteining what Damages shall be allowed upon

ptested Bills of Exchange

A Bill for restreining the Extortions of sherriffs Subsherriffs
and Deputy Comissarys
A Bill for Amerciam^ts in the provinciall and County Courts
A Bill for Stay of Executions after the tenth day of Aprill
Yearly.
A Bill Impowering Vestrymen to Assess their parishioners
to repaire the Churches &c
A Bill for Appeals and regulateing Writts of Erro^r
A Bill for Speedy Conveying of publick letters &c.

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A Bill Impowering the Comissioners of the Sev^rall Countys
to leavy money to defray the necessary Charge of their
Countys.
A Bill for Marking high ways &c.
A Bill Concerning the height of ffences, for punishment of
Burners of ffences & to p^rvent Multiplicity of Horses
A Bill for killing of Wolves.
A Bill to Enable the purchasers of Subscriptions to the
ffreeschools to receive the Same
A Bill for Settling a Revenue upon his Matys p^rsent
Governo^r
Which being all read and Assented to by his Matys honble
Councill are sent to the house by Col Charles Hutchins Col
John Courts Maj^r Iohn Hamond and Thomas Tasker Esq^r
Came Liev' Col Tho: Ennalls and Six more of the houses
Members with a Bill for Ascerteining the Bounds of Land
which is Assented to. And a Bill for Continueing the late
Act for Imposeing 3^d p hhd upon Tobb^o to the use of his
p^rsent Excellency from the time of his Arrivall here to the end
of this p^rsent Session of Assembly which was read and passed
And sent to the house by Thomas Tench and Thomas
Brook Esq*