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for the better Security & defence thereof with the following
Endorsement Viz

By the House of Delegates
May the 24th 1715

May It please your Excellency and Honours —
On reading and debating your Endorsment on this Bill as
to that part that proposes a Clause to impose a Fine on
Persons that refuse to accept of military Commissions from
the Governour or Commander in Chief of this Province for
the Time being, We are unwilling to agree to such a Clause
few Persons being to be found or Instanced that refused the
same at any time heretofore but as to that part that proposes
a Fine to be imposed on any Commissioned Officer that shall

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refuse or neglect to appear at any muster or Training unless
his Excuse be admitted by the Field Officers, We are willing
to agree to a Clause to lay a Fine on every Cap^t Lieut Cornett
or Ensign for refusing or neglecting to appear of two hundd
pounds of Tob^o Each & all the Fines arising by this Act
to be yearly transmitted to the Governour & Council by the
respective Majors of the Several Countys of this Province
under the Penalty of five hundred pounds of Tob^o Each And
that all fines arising by this Act be applyed to the use of the
militia of Such County where such Fines arise
Signed p order Thos Macnemara Cl H Del.

Which being read with the Amendments was agreed to by
the Board & Sent to the House by L^t Col Tilghman
But his Excell takes notice that He finds the House of
Delegates unwilling to lay any fine on such Persons who refuse
to accept Commissions in the Militia which He is obliged to
remark
And the Bill relating to Servants & Slaves with the fol-
lowing Endorsement Viz.

By the House of Delegates
May the 24th 1715

May It please your Honours
Your Endorsment on this Bill being read & debated We
agree to that part of It That proposes a Clause restraining
masters to give their Servants above ten Stripes for any one
offence but that Servants who shall be thought to deserve
more shall be carryed before a Justice or other magistrate to

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be whipped or corrected as proposed and as to that part relat-
ing to the manumission of negro or molatto Slaves We think

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