Assembly Proceedings, Mar. 8, 1697/8-Apr. 4, 1698. 55

Gulielmi 3. & marie Conteyned in the acts of parliam^t now
lying before you, his Ex^cy hath formerly and now tells you
againe he knowes of no Custome in this Country that can
tantamon^y the Common Law, w^ch if you know of any you are
required to Shew it

Original
Journal.

Hee does not believe th^t such an address was assented to
by all the Dellegates w^ch if then it prove not right but should
have been expressed by soe many Yeas & soe many Nayes
or by Majority of Voices According to the Custome of
Parliam^t. As for yo^r Serj^t at Armes his Excell^cy knows of no
such officer but takes it to be an high Presumption the Assum-
ing of such Title, And for the Leaving yo^r Vote Vpon yo^r
Jornall It will among other yo^r proceedings of this Sessions
remain as a monum^t of yo^r despotick inclinations Some of w^ch
are yo^r asserting an Ordinance of Assembly for publick &
County fferrymen to keep Ordinary Lycence free.
His Excell^cy discovering any such ordinance w^ch was Suffi-
ciently Argued & explained the Last Assembly Yo^r Resolves
upon M^r Lynes's Peticon of the 25 instant by w^ch you seeme
to intimate & deterrmine a point in Law Contrary to an Act of
Assembly Yo^r sitting where you doe Contrary to an Act of
Assembly And yo^r makeing allowances & Levying upon the
People 2500^ll of Tob. for an other house to Sitt in contrary
Likewise to the said Act.
Yo^r Sending a Verball message to the Clerk of the Coun-
cill for Papers without his Excell^cy or his Maj^ties hon^ble Coun-
cills knowledge or Leave Yo^r sending A Sumons to the hon^ble
S^r Thomas Lawrence Barron^tt his Maj^tics Secreta^ry by Patent
vnder the Broad Seal of England & one of his Maj^ties hon^ble
Council.
Yo^r Imploying & allowing M^r George Jackson as Clark of
the Committee of Acco^ts the Sume of 2800^ls of Tob. contrary
to a Law.

It is remarqued there are severall Vncertaintyes & Inco-
herencyes in yo^r Votes This Board have perused all the
Addresses Resolves & paper abo^t aggrievances And doe
Signifie the Practise of Virgin^a in that case for the Inhabitants
of th^t Country to sett vp what they think grievances vnder
their hands at their Court house doores w^ch the Burgesses
cary vp and deliver to his Excell^cy the Governo^r & Councill in
order to be communicated to the house of Burgesses Soe that
vnless you can Produce either vnde^r yo^r Ellecto^rs hands or of
yo^r Owne knowledge what are Represented As grievances
they will not bee taken for such but the Effects of an Ill dis-
posed Mallitious temper of such as may bee Rekoned Sedi-
tious & dissafected to this his Maj^ties Governm^t & interest of
the Country.

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