138 Assembly Proceedings, July 18-August 5, 1721.

U. H. J.

recovery of their Just Debts and oppressive to the Defendants
in Causing them to be Condemn'd perhaps by the Default of
their Attorney in unjust Demands and thereby Obliging them
to Tedious Suits in Chancery And in the high Court of Ap-

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peals and perhaps at last Scarcely Able to Extricate them-
selves from the Inconveniency of that Law And by this means
the Att^rnys who phaps are the only psons faulty (Except
where the Act of pvidence Interposes) are the only Gainers
by haveing their Causes Ended without the Trouble of Plead-
ing them their Fees sooner paid And their business thereby
much Increased

We therefore ppose that you would rather Remedy the
Evill of Delaying Suits by Imposing a Smart fine on the At-
torney that shall be the Cause of the Delay than (phaps for his
negligence) to Destroy the Clyents Cause; if what we have
said will not Incline you to Repeal that Law And that any
Inconveniency happen to the good people of this province for
want thereof we hope It will not be Imputed to want of Con-
sideration in our part of the Legislature
Signed p order Joh Beale Cl Up ho.

M^r Tyler and M^r Caldwell from the Lower house Deliver
his Honour the Gov^r A Supplementary bill to the Act for Stay
of Execucon after the tenth day of May yearly which is thus

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Endorst Viz.
By the lower house of Assembly
July 26^th 1721
Read the first and Second times by Especiall Order and will
pass Nemine Contradicente
Signed p Order M. Jenifer Cl. Lo. Ho.

The last Message ppared relateing to the Continuance of
Actions, Sent to the lower house by Esq^r Bowles who returns
and Says he Delivered the Same
The following Message Prepared Viz.

By the Upper house of Assembly
July the 26^th 1721
Gent. You Having had his Lordships Speech for your
pcrusall Ever since the beginning of this Sessions we Desire
you will let us have the perusall thereof
Signed p Ord^r Joh Beale Cl. Up. ho.

Sent to the lower house by Coll Addison who returns and
Says he has Delivered the Same