The Upper House. 145

Post Meridiem
The house meet according to Adjournm^t

Present
His Honour Charles Calvert Esq^r Gov^r

Col Holland Phil: Lloyd Esq^r Col Addison Colonel Tilgh-
man Esq^r Lowe Col Ward Esq^r Bordley & Esq^r Bowles.

The petition of Thomas Megraw Sent to the lower house by
Esq^r Bordley Who returns & Sayes he Delivered the Same
The Supplementary bill to the Act for Stay of Execucons
after the Tenth day of May yearly being read is Order'd to be
thus Endorst Viz.

By the Upp^r house of Assembly
July the 27^th 1721
Gentlemen. We thought the Judges in the respective Courts

U. H. J.

might have been very well Trusted Avith the Judiciall Liberty
of Granting or Denying the Supersedeas proposed in respect
to Mony Debts according to the Equity of the Case before
them Especially Considering that the Same reasons do not
Subsist for mony as for Tobacco Mony Debts and Bills of
Exchange are Commonly Contracted to be paid by the going
out of the Ships which generally happens in the Summer time
after the time limitted for Stay of Executions and Such Con-
tracts by this Law are lyable to be Defeated by those that
have so little regard to honesty and their Characters as to
take Advantage of it And who may probably have prevented
the Creditor from Suing Earlyer by making him faithfull
promises to Comply by such Time & might perhaps likewise
in Dealing have been Allowed a Consideracon for Such
promiss of prompt paym^t which We think the respective
Judges might have been reasonably Allowed to Judge of,
these and many Such like Considerations naturally arrise on
the proposed Amendment And we should have taken it kindly
if you had given yourselves the trouble of Informing us of
such reasons as Weighed with you to reject the Proposall that
we might have had the oppertunity of being Convinced by
your Reasons Rather than be Compelled to Drop it by your

p. 47

peremptory refusal However Gentlemen to Shew how much
we study to Avoid Contest We referr these remarks to your
Consideration and Assent to the bill Either with or without
the Amendment.
Signed p Order Joh Beale Cl. Upp^r ho.

p. 48