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M^r Tyler & M^r Crabb from the Lower house deliver Col

Holland a Bill for the Reliefe of Marreen Duvall a languish-
ing Prisoner in Prince Geo County w^ch is thus Endorst Viz.

By the Low^r house of Assembly
Oct^r the 20^th 1720
Read the first and Second Time by Esp^ll Order and will pass
Signed p Ord^r M Jenifer Cl Lo Ho.

U.H.J.

The bill for Naturalization of John Peter Zenger and his
Children and the Pet^o of Aaron Rawlins sent down to the
Lower House by Col Addison who Returns and Says he de-
livered the same
Mr. Tyler and Mr. Crabb from the Lower house Delivered
Col^o Holland
A Bill to Confirm a Deed of bargain & Sale from Fran^s
Swanson to Thomas Plumer w^ch is thus Endorst Viz.

By the Lower house of Assembly

October the 20^th 1720
Read and will pass with the Within amendm^ts
Signed p Ord^r M Jenifer Cl Lo Ho.

The following Message prepared Viz.

By the Upper House of Assembly
October The 20^th 1720
Gentl. We have Considered your Resolutions for the
Amendment of the Land Law and find by your first & second
Proposals you give the Appointment & nomination of the
Judges in Land Affairs intirely to the Voice of the People
rendering The prerogative in that part onely usefull so farr
as tis ruled & directed by their Election w^ch seems to be treat-
ing the prerogative in so Servile a maner as we Cannot Con-
sent to.
This we Conceive Would Extend Previlege Beyond its
Proper Limits which must necessarily be attended w^th many

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Inconveniences amongst which may be Consider'd the Con-
tinuall Interests that would be annualy made by Designing
persons to have their favourites preferred and the partiality
that might be Occasioned thereby The Controvercies, Animos-
ities, factions Parties that such Elections would be too apt to
propogate, the Inconveniency of having frequently new

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