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since yo^r Excy and Councill haue concurred with us in Short-
ning this Sessions, as much as may be, and Entring on
noething, but matters of p^rsent Emergency, and that many of
these articles are of great weight and moment, wee hope itt will
not be taken, as Negligence in us, if wee desire severall of those
matters be referred to the consideraon of the next generall
Assembly, when yo^r Excy shall please to convene them and
wee [are] the rather induced to this by reason of the thinn
appearance of the members of our house, neare a third part
being wanteing
Therefore I^st as to appointing a committee to inspect and
revise the Laws in the Vacaon of Assemblys wee haue former-
ly made tryall of that method, but it never answered expec-
taon, and itt may be better, and more pfectly Done in assem-
bly tyme, where all Difficultyes may Readyly be solved as they
arrise, as formerly it has been done, wee desire that Article,
together with the 4^th, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18 & 19^th
articles may be referred to the consideraon of the next grail
Assembly, to which purpose wee shall order our Clerke to
draw off all those matters, and others upon this occasion, wee
are forced to referr as aforesaid, and lay them before the next
assembly, And as to the abjuraon, & other oaths required to
be Enacted, Now wee conceiue that since the Laws of En-
gland, in that point are obliedging to us, as well as others, that
may be referred alsoe
As to the Style of our Laws in the Second Article wee shall
conforme our Selues as required

P. R. O.

Wee will alsoe obserue the third article in what laws wee
shall frame this sessions, the 9^th and 10^th articles are particular-
ly to yo^r Excy, and wee shall not offer any thing to the violaon
of them
The 13^th and 14^th are directed to yo^r Excy & the honble
Councill, & if we knew what Questions your Excy would ask
us thereon then wee would humbly offer our thoughts
Signed p order
W Taylard Clk house Del.

Bill for Recognition
Read the second tyme and doe pass
Bill for Duty of three pence p hhd
Read the second tyme
The case of Sir Thomas Laurence relateing to ordinary
keepers Lycences, and answer of the house, w^th the bill of
ordinary's and the case of Pensilvania, and answer to itt, all
sent up to his Excy and Councill p M^r Richard Tilghman and
m^r Robert Bradly
They returne and Say they delivered the same

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