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The Conferrees proceed to Consider of the Subject Matter
of their Conference and reduce [it] to these three following

particulars Viz.
I^st How all publick Debtors and Creditors may be made
Easy in paying and receiving the Publick dues with regard
had to the great Extremity the poor of this Province are in
danger of being reduced to by the great Scarcity of Tobacco
& other Country Produce.
2^dly How far the Inhabitants shall be relieved in the pay-
ment of Officers ffees.
3^dly How farr in respect to private inland Country debts.
As to the first particular it is the Opinion of the Conferrees
that if any pson take the Oath hereafter menconed before
any one Provinciall or County Justice and pduce a Certificate
of having taken such Oath before the 25^th day of December
next to Two Comissioners to be appointed by the Act pro-
pos'd that such oath and Certificate shall intitle them to a
supersedeas of Execution for so much Tobacco as those Cer-
tificates shall make appear they want to pay to their Levies,
And for the pventing disappointments to the people in pro-
duceing such Certificates the Com^rs be obliged to give at-
tendance at their Respective dwelling houses on the 5^th 6^th &
7^th Days of January next to receive such Certificates as have
not been produced to them before that time And that the
Com^rs Af^d shall before the Twelfth day of January next and
that every Sherriff shall by the same day of January next
attend the said Com^rs at the Severall County Court houses
where the said Com^rs and Sherriff s shall be obliged to Attend
or at some convenient time between the Seventh day of Jan-
uary next and the said 12^th day of Jan^ry next by them to be
Agreed upon when the Sherriff is oblidged to Lay his List
of Taxables Together with his Charge of Levies ag^t Every
Debtor this Year before the said Commissioners.
Upon which the Comm^rs shall proceed to make a Computa-
tion in this Maner Viz: ffirst how much the Totall amount
of the Levies (Viz) publick County Parish and forty p poll
amounts to in their respective Counties this year Then to
Compute what Defalcations are to be made for the relief of
those that obtain Certificates and to deduct the sum of the
defalcacons from the sum Totall of the Levies and to Com-
pute as near as they can without makeing fractions of a
pound of Tobacco how much p Cent such Defalcation
amounts to, and the said Commiss^rs shall in three days time
from the said Twelfth day of January Certifie to the Sher-
riff under their hands and Seals a List of what he shall be
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