Assembly Proceedings, June 29-July 22, 1699. 355

Matys Service att all times and Singular Love to your Ex^cys
person is (by the blessing of God) a sure fund for your Ex^cy
to trust to Our hearts and purses will be allways open, Espe-
cially when we see the money raised Applyed without Oppo-
sition to the designed uses we have made provision for a Con-
stant Supply of Money we may dayly Expect our Stock to
increase if the publick leavy be not very small the Generall
Leavy will be very great in the countys
A fund is never wanting so long as we have willing hearts
Therefore with humble Submission to your Ex^cys Comand
we once more make our Address that all the money may be
Applyed to the defraying this Leavy att Ten Shill p Cent for
Tobb^o it will have a Round Sume in the sherriffs Sallary and
the Charge of Apportioning the Leavy in a Great Measure
Signed p Order
Chr. Gregory Cl house Del.

And the following Bills Engrossed and Examined
A Bill for Better Adm^ron of Iustice in Probat of Wills &c
A Bill for Enrollm^t of Conveyances
A Bill relating to Servants and Slaves Assented to by the
house which are likewise Assented to by this Board
Sent to the house the following Answer to the above Mes-
sage Viz^t

By the Gov^r & Councill in Assembly
Iuly the 22^d 1699

Gent Your Message by M^r Symon Willmer and others has
been read and Considered att this Board and altho you Seem
unsatisfyed yet notwithstanding all the Comissions of his
Ex^cy and this Board more then ever was known and Your
returning allmost all the offers made from hence with refusall
Especially the Bill for Marriages after the reasons Given

Original
Journal.

yet we have att Your repeated Instances again taken the
matter into Consideration and Intending if possible to Gratify
Your Desires, have resolved
1 That if the money proposed his Ex^cy may be Imediately
p^d and not delayed as you propound
2 That if there be power left with his Ex^cy and Councill
with the Comittee to raise money or Tobb^o in Case of any
Emergency to defray all Charges thereof
Then we Consent that all the money in Bank may be
Applyed to defray the publick Charge w^ch Notwithstanding we
Cannot advise to as proper or for the Countrys Good
Signed p Order
W Bladen Cl Council.

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