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This House has in Complyance with your Message on
Saturday last by Col. Whittington about Mr John Broom's
Petition reassumed the Consideration thereof & your Endorse-
ment and the Question was put whether leave should be given
to bring in such a Bill & Resolved in the negative by majority
of Votes being of opinion that the bringing in such a Bill
would be of no Service to the publick but that since he entered
into that Office in February, He & all others in his Circum-
stances ought to be content as his Predecessor was to go out
of it at the End of three years
Signed p order T Macnemara Cl Lo. Ho.
Mr Carrol being sent for came & had the Bill for ascer-
taining the Gauge of Tobo hhds & ascertaining the manner of
paying his Lordship's Land Rents & Alienation fines &c.
delivered to him with the recommendation from this Board
this day made to the Lower House & intended to be sent
them with which He withdrew unto the Library Room to
peruse the same
Which Mr Carrol returned & promised to give his Opinion
on to morrow morning
Col Hoskins & four more brought up a Bill permitting the
Inhabitants of this Province to Sue out Writts when Plaintiffs,
& appear & give Judgmt when Defendants, Endorsed Read
the first & Second times & will pass.
Which being read was Endorsed as followeth Viz.
We have read & Considered this Bill & do think that the
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