44 Assembly Proceedings, April 26-June 3, 1715.

U. H. J.

one Viz Except such as shall be taken in the name or for the
use of our Sovereign Lord the King his Heirs & Successours
and being so Endorsed was sent to the House by Col Young.
His Excellency tells Col Lloyd he ought to lodge with him
all his Instructions or attested Copys thereof for that some of
them may be Rules for him to act by
Further says that Col Lloyd ought to transmitt Col Sey-
mours Patient home to his Children It being of Honour to his
Family
His Excellency communicates the following Instructions to
the Board Viz
Article 15th. You are also to take Care that no private
" Act be passed In which there is not a Saving of the Right of
" us & our Heirs & Successours all Bodys Politick or Cor-
" porate & of all other Persons except such as are mentioned
" in the said Act

Article 14th. You are to observe that in passing of Laws
" the Stile of Enacting the same be, By the Governour &
" Council in Assembly & no other, You are also as much as
" possible to observe in the passing all Laws Whatever may
" be requisite upon each different matter be accordingly pro-

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" vided for by a different Law without intermixing in one &
" the same Act all such things as have no proper Relation to
each other, And you are more especially to take Care that no
Clause or Clauses be inserted in or annexed to any Act, which
shall be foreign to what the Title of such respective Act im-
ports, And that no perpetual Clause be part of any temporal
Law And that no Act whatever be suspended, altered, revived
confirmed or repealed by General Words But that the Title
& Date of such Act so suspended, altered, revived confirmed
or repealed be particularly mentioned & express'd

And likewise ordered Copys thereof to be made which
were given to the Honble Col Holland to be communicated
to the Delegates & Committee of Laws

The Board adjourned for two Hours

Post Meridiem

The Honble Col Holland & L^t Col Young go upon their
Committee

Mr John Dansey came & being asked to produce his Com-
mission for receiving his Majesty's Revenue in the District of
Potowmack produced a certain order of this Board directing
him on the Death of George Muschamp Esqr her Majesty's
late Receiver to take Care & receive her Majesty's Revenue