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pass that an Act of Parliament allowed of in one Court is
denied in the next by which Means her Majesty's Subjects
know not what Acts of Parliament they transgress or what are
for their Relief
Resolved it is highly necessary that a Bill should pass to
declare which of the Statutes of England are necessary to be
in force here and referred to the Consideration of the next
Session of Assembly.
And it is further offered by this Committee as an Aggriev-
ance that the Act for Probat of Wills and granting Adminis-
trations &ta is so dark and obscure in several Particulars that
it answers not the Intent and Design thereof, and particularly
in the Paragraph for Payment of Debts due in the Country
before Debts due to Foreigners
Resolved the said Act wants several Amendments and that
Debts due to fforeigners of a higher Nature ought to be paid
before Debts of an inferior Nature due to the Inhabitants and
referred to the Consideration of the next Session of Assembly
It is further offered by this Committee as an Aggrievance
and Discouragement to the Inhabitants of this Province that
the Exportation of Neats Hydes and old Iron should be
allowed of. Resolved this is an Aggrievance and that a Bill
be brought in this Session to prohibit the Exportation of Neats
Hydes and old Iron.
And it is further offered by this Committee as an Aggriev-
ance to the Inhabitants of Saint Mary's County, that some of
the Justices of that County have given Liberty to one Michael
Wellman to build a Tipling House and sell Liquors on the
Court House Lott very near the same which is much to the
Dissatisfaction of the Inhabitants of the said County and very
dangerous if set on ffire.
Resolved it is an Aggrievance and that an Order issue to
the Justices of Saint Mary's County to suppress and remove
the said victualling or Tipling House and they permit not the
like for the future.
And it is further offered by this Committee as an Aggriev-
ance that Negroes transgressing any Law that touches Life or
Member should lye long in Prison after the committing the
ffact and until a Provincial Court which runs the Country to
a vast Charge and that the Owners of such Negroes endeav-
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