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Capt James Harris and three others bring up a Bill for
Limitation of Actions and for Ascertaining the manner of
Takeing the Evidences of Seafareing men, Passed by that
House
Cap^t James Frisby & Peter Taylor from the Lower House
with the Account of Naval Officers Fees &c. Charged by M^r
Macnemara Naval Officer of Petuxent against David Pulsifer
with the foll^o Endorsm^t Viz.

By the Lower House of Assembly
May 3^d 1718

May It Please your Hon^rs
If the facts set forth in the Compl^ts are True we Concurr
with your Hon^rs in Opinion that Tis a great oppression and
Discouragem^t to Trade, And as to the Over Charge of fifteen

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shill. & eight Pence Currency we are of Opinion that the
Comp^ts may be Relieved by prosecuteing on the Act of Assem-
bly that Limitts the Navall Officers fees.
Signed p order,
Mic. Jenifer Cl. Lo. Ho.

Ordered that M^r Adam Bell be Imediately Sent for by a
Special Messenger to Answer the Complaint af^d he having
been Ordered to Attend, and is Departed out of Town.
Warrant Accordingly Issued Imediately.
Col^o Edw^d Scott & three more from the Lower House with
the foll^o message.

By the Lower House of Assembly

May 3^d 1718
May it Please Your Honours
We have taken into Consideration Your Message of
Wednesday By Esq^r Brooke & Esq^r Hall in relation to the
Deduction of Eight p Cent on the Eighteen Pence p hh^d And
on perusall of our Journall of May Assembly 1717 We find
by a Message to Your Hon^rs of the Eighth of June that we
made a Clear State of that Case to which we shall only add
that as that mony was raised Conditionally for his L^pps use, if
he was pleased to Accept thereof and if not for Defraying the
Publick Charge so on his Lordships pleasure of Acceptance

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being signifyed we wholly Resigned our Interest therein for
his Lordships use without any Claim of Deduction thereout
but must Confess if on his Lordships refusall to Accept it
the mony had been applyed to the use of the publick, the Navall
Officers would have had a right by Law to Deduct their Sal-

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