382 Assembly Proceedings, October 9-November 3, 1722.

U.H.J,

. neighbouring Colonies and Ordered the following Endorsment

thereon (Viz.)

By the Upper House of Assembly Nov^r the I^st 1722

This Bill being read will pass with the following Amend-
ments.
I^st That Liberty be given to any Person to seize the
Tobacco.

2^d That a Penalty be laid on all Persons who shall resist
or convey away the Goods so seized
Signed p Order Sam^l Skippon Cl Up Ho.

Which Bill so endorsed is sent to the Lower House by Col
Ward who returns and says he delivered it
A Message from the Lower House by Cap^t Hooper and M^r
Hawkins (viz)

By the Lower House of Assembly Nov^r the I^st 1722
May it please your Honours.
In answer to your Message of the 25^th of October by Col
Holland this House hoping that the Continuance of this Ses-
sions will not be long, are willing to refer the further Con-
sideration of the Affairs of the Indians Lands till next Ses-
sions; but lest any Body should be surprized by purchasing
or Leasing any Lands from the Indians in that Interval pro-
pose the ordinance herewith sent, if your Honours concur
therewith as an Expedient therefore
Signed p ord^r M: Jenifer Cl Lo Ho.

The Ordinance above mention'd entituled an Ordinance
touching the Indians and the Lands in their Possession was
read and is as follows Viz.

It is ordained by his Lordship's Governour and the Upper
and Lower Houses of Assembly and the Authority of the
same, that the several Petitions and other matters relating to
the Indian Lands that lye on the Eastern Shore be and are
hereby referred to the next Sessions of Assembly, and that
whoever shall presume in the mean Time to make any pur-
chase or Lease from the Indians of any of the said Lands
shall have no Benefit or Advantage thereof, but that all such
Purchases and Leases shall be null and Void, and further that
this ordinance or any thing therein contain'd is not Intended
nor ought to be Construed or Understood to Countenance or