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By the Council in Assembly
Novr 4th 1713
On Consideration of this Bill this Board is of Opinion that
the latter Part obliging the Creditors to take Goods at such
Value that none will give shews so great Injustice to Credit-
ors and will necessarily discourage Trade that we cannot
agree to the Bill.
Signed p Ord' W Bladen Cl. Council
Read and debated and Resolved it be answered as follows.
By the House of Delegates
4th Nov. 1713
If we cannot have this Bill with others of absolute Necessity
pass Session we know not what we were called together for
and this Bill being of absolute Necessity we cannot agree to lay
it by or refer it for that it tends wholly to quiet the minds of
her Majesty's Subjects here who in many Places are ready to
mutiny for want thereof there being a Law to the same Effect
in fierce in Virginia our Neighboring Colony :
Neither can we see wherein it will discourage Trade or be
any Injustice to Creditors; wherefore we pray your Honours
to agree to the Bill and that we may not now as we have for
this four years past spend the Country's Money and Tobacco
and do them no Service. If your Honours have any Amend-
ments to propose to the Bill (when we know them, if we can)
we shall agree to them or give our Reasons to the Contrary.
Signed p Order R Dallam Cl. Ho. Del.
Sent to the Council by Mr Tyler, Mr Worthington, Mr Blay,
Mr Garrett, Mr Mariartee, Mr Ja: Frisby, Mr Ward, Major
Hammond, Mr Docwra and Capt Jones.
They return and say they delivered the same.
A Bill permitting the Inhabitants of this Province to issue
out Writs in their own proper Persons. Indorsed
By the Council in Assembly
Nov. 4th 1713
We are of Opinion if this Bill should pass it would intro-
duce a great deal of Confusion in the Courts of Common
Law But as to the Liberty of confessing Judgment in their
proper Persons after Bail given 'tis so reasonable we are told
it was always so practised in the Provincial Courts and most
of the County Courts but if any of the County Courts refuse
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