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Estate whatsoever that was of the said Lord Benedicts in this
Province at the Time of his Death and pursuant thereunto I
thought it Just and reasonable to Accept of the half years
Rent due to the Lord Bened^t in Tobacco at 2^d p ^l, & have rece^d
Some Small Part thereof at the Same Rate and Shall Con-
tinue to receive the Remainder in the like manner because the
Consideracon for So taking it viz: the I2^d p hh^d was by me
rece^d remitted and Accounted for, for I should think it a great
Hardship that the Consideracon mony should be Paid by the
Country and Trade and the Condition of the said Considera-
con not Performed. I believe the honble house is sensible that
a great many of the Inhabitants of this Province by Attachm^ts
Condemnacons and Execucons have been Compelled or are
like to be to pay the rents in Money According to their Patents
whereby they have no benefit of the I2^d so as af^d paid, how
Agreeable to Equity and Justice is Submitted to your Hon-
ours' Prudent Consideracon by yo^r Honours most Humble
and most Obedient Servant Chas Carroll May 7^th 1718.

L. H. J.

Col^o Addison from the Upper House delivers M^r Speaker
the Bill for the relief of Sundry Poor Prisoners therein Men-
coned, thus endorst viz:

By the upper house of Assembly May the 7^th 1718.

Read the first time and this House think it unreasonable
that Dominick Kenslagh and Mary Creagh should be dis-
charged from Any Other Debts than those they are now in
Prison for, And we further Observe that it is but reasonable
the Sherr should have Some Recompence for finding the
within named Prisoner's Victualls Since their Imprisonm^t
which We leave to the Lower House to consider of.
Signed p Order John Beard Cl: up: ho:

Which was read and ordered to be thus endorst viz:

By the lower house of Assembly May the 7^th 1718.

May it please your Honours On reading your Endorsment
on the within Bill this House are well informed that the
Prisoners therein menconed have not anything Wherewith
to pay their Debts and that to discharge them only from the
Debts they are now in Prison for and Subject them to be
taken and arrested Again for other Debts owing from them
would be a Partiall Proceeding and an Apparent Injustice to
those at whose Suit the Prisoners are now in Custody ; and as
to the Sherriffs fees this House are unwilling to burthen the
publick with the Payment of any of them, lest by that Means

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