304 Assembly Proceedings, Nov. 29-Dec. 15, 1708.

L. H. J.

The Petition of William Foxon of Somerset County praying
an Allowance for Furs shipt in the Jonathan and Mary Thomas
Carpenter Commander which foundered at Sea the Duty
whereof amounted to £6.. 16..6 3/4 which was granted and

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Ordered That the have the Liberty to export the like Quan-
tity free from Duty of which the Naval Officers are to take
Notice and allow accordingly.
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Smith from the Committee of Aggrievances enters the
House and brings the following Report.}

By the Committee of Aggrievances December 9^th 1708

It's humbly offered to this Committee as an Aggrievance
that the late Act of Assembly relating to Towns obliges only
the Merchants and their Factors trading into this Province to
keep Stores and dispose of their Commodities in Towns and
not the Merchants residing within the Province that trade with
their own Money which if no Exception made would appear
to be more general and not as if we made Laws to serve for
private Interest and more satisfactory and Encouragement to
the Trading Merchants and to the Advancement of Towns
All which is humbly referred by this Committee as an Aggrie-
vance to the Honble House of Delegates and that they will
consider thereof Signed p Order John Beale Clk.

Which Report being read in the House Ordered That the
Committee of Laws add a Clause therefor.

By the Committee of Aggrievances December 9^th 1708.

It is also offered to the Committee as an Aggrievance that
since the making the Act of Assembly for the Encouragement
of Tillage and Relief of poor Debtors puts great Hardship
upon the Merchants residing within this Province trading with
their own Money and not affecting the foreign Traders being
forced to leave it to the Choice of their Debtor to take the
several Commodities in the said Act mentioned in Discharge
of their Debts which many Times happens the Creditor lives
very remote from the Debtor and which when forced receive
such Commodities it will hardly quit Costs to send for the same
All which is humbly offered by this Committee as an Aggrie-
vance to the Honble House of Delegates and that they will
consider thereof. Signed p Order John Beale Gk.

Read in the House allowed and ordered a new Bill be
brought in as before with this Amendment that the Debtor
brings the Goods to the Town or Place where the Debt was
contracted