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These five following Engrost bills Viz.

A Bill to Limitt the Continuance of Actions in Sev^ll Courts
within this Province and Ascertaining the manner of takeing
the Evidence of Seafareing Men And for Granting Appeals
from the Chancery Court to the Governour and Councill
A Bill for reviving an Act Entituled an Act for raising a
duty of three pence p hh^d on all Tobacco Exported out of
this Province for the uses therein mentioned.
A Supplementary bill to the Act for staying Executions
after the Tenth day of May Yearly
A Bill reviveing and Continueing the Act for Ascertaining
the Gauge and Tare of Tob^o hogsheads
A bill for reviving and Continuing an Act of Assembly In-
tituled an Act for relieveing the Inhabitants of this Province
from some Aggrievances in the Prosecutions of Suits at Law.
Which foregoing five Engrost bills being read are thereto
Severally thus written Viz.
Aug^t the I^st 1721

U. H. J.

Read and Assented to by the Upper house of Assembly And
Signed p ord^r Joh Beale Cl Up ho.

Which five paper bills of the Aforesaid five Engrost bills
sent to the lower house by Col. Tilghman who is required to
Acquaint them that the Aforesaid Engrost bills are Assented
to by this House, who returns and Sayes he Delivered the
Paper bills and Acquainted them Accordingly.
The bill for preventing the makeing of Trashy Tobacco
and for bettering the Staple of this Province being Read a
new bill is Thereupon Drawn and the following Message pre-
pared thereto Viz.

By the Upper house of Assembly
August the I^st 1721
Gentlemen. On Consideration of the bill herew^th Sent we
find it would be Contrary to an Express Instruction from the
Crown should Any Act be passed here to Affect the trade of
Great Brittaine so much as Incourageing the Hemp
Manufactory in the .manner you propose would, Unless it
were made to take Effect at least twelve months from this

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time and as It is Evident the regulation of the Tobacco Manu-
facture amongst ourselves requires a more Speedy remedy
and is not within such Instruction we purpose that whatever
You intend for the Incourageing those Manufactories may be
done by a Seperate Act Agreeable to the Instruction the En-
couragement already Given We thought Sufficient Especially

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