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

Original
Journal,

By the house of Delegates Iuly 12^th 1699:
The Message by the honble Tho: Tench and Iohn Addison
Esq^rs has been here Considered and forasmuch as the parishes
in this County are Settled wee humbly desire to be Excused
from Concurring w^th yo^r Ex^cys & the honble Councills propo-
sition in annexing the next adjacent parish and as it is Repre-
sented to be Inconsiderabell to the neighbouring parishes as
being a Resident here he will be ready to attend the Prov^ll
Courts and Assemblys & in Consideration of those Extraordi-
nary Services this house will take Care to Make him such
acknowledgm^ts as shall be together w^th his said Benefice a
sufficient Support for his Maintenance untill such time that
some other methods may be found out to provide better for
his Support
Signed p Ord^r Chr Gregory Clk house Dell.

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M^r Iacob Moreland Enters the house and Reportes th^t he
has been at the house of M^r Iohn Dent & sent for Two
Justices of the peace to the house of the said Iohn Dent in
ord^r to take the acknowledgem^t of the ffifty Acres of Land at
the Coole Springs according to the Conveyance w^th him sent
w^ch he has refused & Denyed & thereupon returnes to this
house the sd Conveyance and Ord^r on M^r Mason for the
Payment of the Same.
Ord^rd that Coll Ioⁿ Thompson & M^r W^m Hutchisson carry the
aboue Message to his Ex^cy and Councill who returne & say
they have deliverd their Message.
Maj^r Tho: Smith brings into this house M^r Rob^t Masons
Bond for forty two pounds Three Shillings and Eight pence
for the payment of Several sumes of Tobacco more than what
was included in his other Bond & ord^rd to be Lodged in the
hands of the Treasurer of the Eastern shore.
Ord^rd that M^r George Ashman & Coll Hance Hanson goe
along w^th M^r Iacob Moreland to his Ex^cy & Councill & here
M^r Moreland give an Acco^tt to his Ex^ry & Councill of his
Negotiation concering the Lands at the Coole springs who
returne & say that they have Deliverd their Message & that
his Ex^cy has been pleased to declare that what this house shall
further doe in relation theirof he will Concurr therewith
The honble Ioⁿ Courts & Iames ffrisby Esq^rs Enter the
house & reports as follows

By his Ex^cy the Gov^r & Councill in Assembly
Iuly 12^th 1699:
It being represented to this board that the Rangers Lately
raised by his Ex^cy for security of the ffrontiers on Potomack