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We beg Leave to defer the Consideration of the 27th Article
of his Excellency's Instructions communicated to us till the
Account of the Fines and Forfeitures Yearly falling in this
Province is known
Signed p Order. Thos Macnemara Cl. Ho. Del.
The same is sent to his Excellency the Governor and
Council by Mr Amos Garrett Captain Daniel Mariarte Major
Woolford and Capt. Codd.
They return and say they delivered the said Message
The following Report from the Committee of Aggrievances
delivered by Mr Tyler on Saturday last and since that Time
lying on the Table being read is ordered to be entered Viz.
By the Committee of Aggrievances
May the 12th 1715
It is humbly offered to this Committee as an Aggrievance
that the foreign Merchants have too great a Liberty by the
Act for Encouragement of Tillage and Relief of poor Debtors
which obliges all Inland Traders to pay foreign Merchants
Sterling for any Money Debt due to them when by the Act
aforesaid the Inland Merchants are obliged to take the several
Commodities mentioned in the same Act for any Debt due to
them which unless they stand upon the same Foot will be a
great Discouragement to the Inland Traders.
It is further humbly offered to this Committee as an Ag-
grievance that Negroes make it their Practice to gather
together in Companies without Leave or License from their
Masters for their so doing which if suffered may be of evil
Consequence to the Province.
It is further humbly offered to this Committee as an Ag-
grievance that the Commissary General should have any Fees
where the Estates do not amount to above thirty Pounds
because the Fees that are now charged take great Part of
such small Estates away.
It is further humbly offered to this Committee as an Ag-
grievance that any Court of Record within this Province
should be admitted to suffer any Fine or Recovery to be made
to cut off any Intails of Lands it being lately endeavoured to
be obtained in the Provincial Court.
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