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thereto, M^r Carroll also refused to Issue out any Patent's
unless he might have one half of the ffees of the Scales Not-
withstanding that the Scale was by their Lordships Especiall
Order taken out of his hands and Lodged with the Gov^r as
Keeper thereof by which means very few Patents have Issued
out of the office since that time to the very great and manifest
Prejudice of many the Good People of this Province who
have Long since paid the ffees of the said Patents as we have
been Informed,
We therefore Recomend this matter together with the
Inclosed Cert to the Consideracon of Your House as a Publick
Aggrievance of the whole Province.
Signed p order
Jn^o Beard Cl. Up. Ho.

Sent to the Lower House by Esq^r Hall who returns and
says he Delivered it.
M^r James Lloyd & M^r Jn^o Fendall from the Lower House
with the foll^o message Viz.

By the Lower House of Assembly

May the 5^th 1718
May It please yo^r Hon^rs In answer to Your Message of
this day by Esq^r Hall, As to M^r Carroll's insisting on the

J. H. J.

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Patents Issuing forth in the Stile therein menconed We agree
in Opinion that the same is highly Derogatory to the office
of Keeper of the Great Scale, and Likewise that his refuseing
and Delaying to Issue the Patents where the People had taken
the Proper Methods Towards the Obtaining them unless he
was to be paid one half of the Fees of the Scale is a manifest
Prejudice as well to my Lord in Discouraging the Cultivacon
of his Lands as to the People in hindring them from making
their proper Improvements, and Observe that if M^r Carroll
has received the Fees where he has not made Out the Patents
the People may have their Remedy ag^t him at Comon Law.
Signed p order
Mic Jenifer Cl. Lo. House

The House Adjourns till To morrow morning

Tuesday May the 6^th 1718.
The House meet according to Adjournment.
Present as yesterday

p. 99

The Petition of Dominick Kenslaugh of Kent County a
Languishing Prisoner being Read in this House is referred to
the Consideration of the Lower House and so Endorsed.

p. 100