The Lower House. 163

That afterwards to witt the 30^th of Novem^r 1699 his Maty
was pleased to repeale the Act for Establishing of Religion
and because that Law could not be absolutely repealed
without repealing the ascertaining Law which was repealed
alsoe whereby these two laws were repealed.
That after that viz : att an Assembly held in Aprill and
May 1700 the Assembly haveing notice of that his Mat^ys
repeale made a new Law for Establishing religion and an
other law repealing all Laws made before the Assembly in
June and July 1699 Except sev^ll Laws in that act Expresst
and enumerated Confirmed to Stand in force as Laws.
By the message this day rec^d from the hon^ble his Mat^ys
Councill they seem in doubt whether this last law repeale-
ing and Confirmeing is not in the same nature as to the
Confirming parte with the other acertaining Law because
if it should be his Maty^s pleasure to repeale any one of the
laws thereby Confirmed he will not be constrained on the
former reason to repeale this Last repealing and Confirm-
ing Law whereby the province will loose the benefitt of all
the other laws p^rticularly sett downe in the last Law.
This being the Difficulty is must propound this question
to the house, Whether it is most adviseable at this Juncture
to repeale this last Law Confirming and repealing &c : and
Transcribeing all the laws menconed therein or letting them
rest on the present Establishm^t till his Maj^ts pleasure shalbe
knowne
With Submission to the wisdom of the house wee are of
opinion that there is no necessity at this Juncture to transcribe
all those Laws Confirmed in this last Act since his Mat^y has
not as yett signified any dislike of any of the said laws nor
can wee pceive any pjudice that can be taken ag^t any of them
since they tend to the Equall good of all persons without
distinction of sect, oppinion or profession.
Therefore we believe it wilbe soone enugh to alter the
p^rsent Estabm^t when his Maty^s dislike is knowne and not
before.
Which being read in a full house, this house concurrs with
the reporte of the Comittee, and
Ordered the following message be sent to his Ex^cy

By the house of Delegates May the 9^th 1701

In answer to the message this morning by Tho^s Tench Esq
Thomas Brooke, James ffrisby and John Hamond Esq^r
wherein his Ex^cy is desireous of Conferrence with the
Speaker and some competent member of this house.

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