The Lower House. 189

By the House of Delegates
May the 26th 1715

May it please your Excellency and Honours,
On Consideration of your Excy & Honours Message of
Yesterday by the Honble Colo Coursey we find that our Mes-
sage of the 19th by Major Ward and others only signified
our Intent that such Fines should be by Law settled on his
Majesty to the Uses therein mentioned and that our Consent
to such a Law is necessary to give it being according to our
present Constitution and hope that expressing such our Con-
sent may not be understood as insisting on, or claiming any
Thing belonging to the Perogative. We therefore only pray
if your Excellency approves of the Law in the said Message
as proposed that such your Approbation be notified to us
that a Bill may be prepared accordingly.
Signed p Order Thos Macnemara Cl. Ho. Del.

The same is sent up to the Honble Council by Major Wool-
ford & Mr Foster Turbutt

They return and say they delivered the Message.
A Bill prohibiting the carrying of Liquors to the Indian
Towns or from selling any Quantity of strong Liquors to the
Indians to prevent Differences between them and his Majesty's
Subjects and to prevent the Transporters of any Friend
Indian or Indians out of this Province brought down from the
Committee of Laws by Major Woolford on Yesterday was
read the first and second Time by especial Order in the House
of Delegates and will pass and so indorsed

L. H. J.

Col^o Maxwell brings in and delivers Mr Speaker a Bill for
the Encouragement of making Hemp within this Province
which was read the first and second Time by especial Order
in the House of Delegates and will pass and so indorsed.
The aforegoing two Bills are sent up to the Honble Council
by Col^o Maxwell & Mr Parran
They return and say they delivered the Bills.
Mr Thomas Bordley from the Committee of Laws delivers
Mr Speaker the three following Bills Viz.

An ingrossed Bill for Naturalization of Thomas Harvey of
Calvert County & his Children
An ingrossed Bill for the speedy Trial of Crimminals and
also ascertaining their Punishment in the County Courts when
prosecuted there, and for Payment of Fees due from Criminal
Persons brought down from the Committee of Laws on Yes-
terday by Mr Turbutt.

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