The Honble Philip Lynes Esqr from the Council likewise
brings into the House Bill settling the Rates of foreign Coins
&ta Indorsed
By the Council in Assembly December 8th 1708
Read the first Time in Council W Bladen Cl. Co.
Which Bill was again read in the House and ordered to be
indorsed
By the House of Delegates December 8th 1708
Read the third Time & will pass with this Amendment that
Dogg Dollars be Current at five Shillings
Signed p Order Richard Dallam Cl. Ho. Del.
Sent again to the Council by Mr Robins and Mr Paca
They return and say they delivered the same
The Honble Samuel Young Esq: enters the House and de-
livers Mr Speaker the Bill settling the Rate of foreign Coins
&ta Indorsed
By the Council in Assembly December 8th 1708
The Indorsment of your House proposing that Dogg Dol-
lars be Current at five Shillings will be flat in the Face of the
Act of Parliament of England and a Snare to her Majesty's
Subjects here who will be liable to the Imprisonment and For-
feiture by the said Act for receiving them at any Rate above
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