Assembly Proceedings, Mar. 10, 1697/8-Apr. 4, 1698. 91

By the House of Delegates March the 18^th 1697/8.

For as much as this house did give Instructions to theire
Severall Members to debate in the comittee with his Maj^tys
hon^ble Councill. Whether it might not be thought fitt to dis-
continue the Rangers att the Garrison att potomack and
strengthen those frontiers plantations by placing some persons
constantly there to reside. Upon reading the Reporte of the
said Comittee, we do not find that the same hath been as yett
by them debated.
Therefore humbly desire your Ex^cy and his Maty^s honble
Councill to direct your members further to continue the con-
ference with ours.
Signed p ord^r W Bladen Clk: house of Delegates.
Senfp M^r Hawkins and M^r Jenkins.

House adjourned for two hours to M^r Speakers Chamber.
Post Merediem. House Mett. George Plater Esquire,
M^r William Dent and M^r Rob^t Goldsborough his Matys:
Lawyers appear in the house and a Copy of theire opinion by
them signed relating to the suspencion of M^r lames Crauford,
being read to them.
They say theire opinion was then so, and yett is the same,
though they do confess nemo Mortalium omnibus horis Sapit
But shall be willing to alter theire Judgement upon better
argument.
But at present owning and seeming to Justify the said
opinion are ordered to attend the house to Morrow Morning
by 8 Clock to produce Authorityes to Iustify theire opinion if
not to be concluded by this house.
The said Gentlemen departe the house.
M^r Edward Lloyd, added to the Comittee of Laws. It being
proposed from his Ex^cy and his Maty^s hon^ble Councill, that the
house would consult whether the Indians att the head of the
Bay do live within the bounds of this province or not? In

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answer to which this house do say that by the best Informa-
tion we can gett we conceive the said Indians do not live
within the bounds of this province.
Upon proposall from his Ex^cy the Gover^r and his Maty^s
hon^ble Councill.
Resolved that M^r Michael Miller, Major Walter Smith,
Major lames Smallwood M^r Thomas Staly, D^r Iacob Locker-
man and M^r ffrancis Jenkins be joined with some of the mem-
bers of his Maty^s hon^ble Councill to view the State house and
and to settle some person to keep the same in
order and to hoist the flagg.
To see the materialls gott towards the building of the

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