Tuesday Sep^r 26th 1704
Council Sate Present as Yesterday

Came M^r Hill & Major Aisquith from the house with the
following Bills.

A Bill for paym^t of Criminal fees &c.

A Bill for punishing the offences of Adultery and Fornication

A Bill requiring the Masters of Ships and Vessels to pub-
lish the rates of their Freight before they take tobacco on
Board

A Bill for punishment of Blasphemy prophane Cursing and
swearing

A Bill of Directions for the Sherriff's office and more easy
payment of publick and County Levies.

Which Bills being read and Endorsed were sent to the
House by M^r Sanders

The following Message sent to the House by M^r Tench
M^r Smith Col Jenkins and Col Lloyd

By his Ex^cy the Governour and Council in Assembly

Sep^r 26th. 1704
Gentlemen

Your Message of the 15^th Inst'touching an House to be
built for her Majest^ies Governour being this day read at the
Board his Ex^cy was pleased to declare that he would never
Consent to appropriate that which was given for so publick
a Benefitt to the Province as Supplying them with Arms and
Ammunition of which they can never have too great a Store
to his own private Accommodation and Advantage Therefore
we desire some other Measures may be taken to answer her
Majest^ies royal Instructions either in Building such House or
assigning to his Ex^cy the Governour a competent sum of mony
for thereof

Signed p Order W Bladen Cl Coun.

M^r Coursey M^r Tho^s Frisby & M^r Tyler bring up the fol-
lowing bills viz.

A Bill for securing the Parochial Librarys &c.

A Bill for Encouragement of Tillage and Relief of poor
Debtors