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Inhabitants out of this Province this Board Conceive is not
According to the proposall for th^t it was not intended to
debarr or hinder any persons that were intended to depart
the Province as the house Seemes to inferr but against Such
as perswade & entice the people out of the Country by
Sinister and specious pretences as is well knowne not only to
Some of his Maj^ties Hon^ble Councill but alsoe to Severall of
the members of the house of Dellegates hath been practised
& done W^ch thing is reckoned to bee one of the greatest
Grievances now in this Province and highly Necessa^ry to bee
discouraged by some such Meanes.

Original
Journal.

As to the Resolve of the house about Grievances if the
house doe not think themselves Obliged that the Grievances
of the Country should bee Communicated hither, this Board
doe not think fitt to take Notice of them in the way now sent
to bee reckoned as Grievances.
As to the short answere made Concerning the Indians
affair. This Board doe take it to bee an Essentiall part in all
parliamentary proceedings to either Assent or dissent to
every individual Article Reported by any Committee without
w^ch his Excell^cy Cannot proceed Any further in that Matter
therefore does in his Maj^ties name Command the house to
give a direct Answere to every particular Article Reported by
the s^d Committee yet vnanswered for want Whereof if any
Mischief should happen to Ensue or Murther or other Vio-
lence bee Committed by the Piscattaway Indians (w^ch God
forbid) the same will bee Laid to the Charge of yo^r house

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A bill for Rectifiing the ill practicess of Attorneys being
againe Consid^red w^th Severall Remarques thereon, the s^d Bill
is further Referred to be Consid^red of in a Conferrence, And
the Hon^ble S^r Thomas Lawrence Colonel Robotham & Esq^r
Tench in ord^r thereto, and Carry w^th them the said bills,
together w^th the oth^r bills & resolves now answered.

March the 30^th 1698.

The Councill againe Sate and were psent as yesfday
The Gentlemen yesterday appointed upon the Conferrence
went downe to the house w^th the bills remarkes and other
papers &c^a to whom were Joyned by ord^r of the house M^r
Philip Clarke M^r James Crawford M^r William hansley & M^r
Simon Wilm^r who mett accordingly att the house of S^r
Thomas Laurence Bar^t and proceed to debate and Confer
upon following heads remarked,—and First as to venires. It
is agreed that instead of the word venire the words Sumons
or any other process be Inserted directed either to the Sherriff
or Cunstable at the discretion oi the Court.

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