440 Assembly Proceedings, Oct. 25-Nov. 10, 1709.

L. H. J.
Lib. 41.

Monday Morning 7^th November 1709

The House again met according to Adjournment and being
called in they all were present as on Saturday And M^r Solomon
Wright enters the House and took his Place
Read what was done on Saturday
The Motion on Saturday relating to the Gentlemen of
Eastern Shore's Salary &^ca being reassumed.

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Put to the Question whether they be allowed for their
extraordinary Itinerant Charges or not? Carryed in the Af-
firmative. And Ordered That they bring in an Account of
their particular Charge and lay before the House for further
Consideration.
Moved by a Member whether it be not necessary that there
be an Account given this House of the quarter Part of the
12^d p Hhd appropriated for Arms &^ta
Resolved it's absolutely necessary. Therefore Ordered M^r
Bladen Clerk of the Honble Council be sent for. M^r Bladen
accordingly appeared in the House and M^r Speaker required
of him to render an Account to the House of the 3^d p Hhd
who declared his Willingness thereto so far as he could and
so withdrew. Soon after p Permission of the House M^r Bladen
came in and delivered M^r Speaker M^r Plater and M^r Rousby's
Accounts of the 3^d p Hhd and so withdrew
Then the aforegoing Accounts were given to the Gentlemen
appointed to view the Arms &^ta who are required to inspect
the said Accounts and report the same to the House by all
convenient Speed.
The Petition of Madam Seymour for an Allowance for House

Rent read and Ordered the Committee of Accounts allow the

same
Moved by a Member whether it is not for the Benefit and
Interest of the Country to take off the 6^d p Gallon Duty on
Rum or no? Resolved Nemine contradicente That it is for
the Benefit of the Country. And Ordered That a Bill be pre-
pared that all Rum imported by Land or by Water as well in
Vessels belonging to the Country as Foreigners pay 3^d p
Gallon Duty and no more unless such Vessels as are owned
by the Inhabitants of this Province and come directly from the
West Indies.
And that the Act for 9^d p Gallon Duty on Rum be repealed
The Committee of Laws makes their Report to the House
relating to Ordinary Licenses
Ordered to be read which follows Viz^t
To the second Article in which Sir Thomas Lawrence only
arbitrarily avers that the Benefit of Ordinary Licenses were of
the Lord Proprietary assigned to the Secretaries not as pre-
tended by mere Favour to them as his Relations without any