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sonable viz. According to the reasonable Laws Statutes and
Customs of England &c instead of according to the Laws
Statutes & reasonable Customs of England &c which as you
now form it would leave room for the Judges to be Arbitrary
what Statutes were reasonable, the thing you at first in-
veighed against; and as Mr Attorney propos'd it, It evidently
provides against that mischief; and We hope your Honours
will so farr fall into your own measures against Arbitrary
Judges as to oblige us with the placing the word reasonable
where it may be more agreeable to the Resolves of our house
and our Constitution than as above propos'd
We are Sorry Your Honrs take that to your selves which
was said of the Enemies of our protestant Constitution but
we cannot help your doing so: We can only Say we meant
you not, nor will our words bear such Construction if made
by any that are not Jealous of our Censures
We most Earnestly desire you will perfect what you pro-
fess towards the dispatch of the busieness now before you that
we may no longer wait at so vast an Expence for one Single
Bill relating to officers which must drop in December if not
Concurr'd with as ppos'd
Sign'd p order M Jenifer Cl Lo Ho.
Sent to the Upper House by Collo Mackall and three others.
They return and Say they delivered it.
The following message is prepar'd Viz.
By the Lower House of Assembly Novr the 3d 1724.
May it please Your Honours
We make it our Earnest Request to yor Honrs that you will
give what busieness lies before you the necessary dispatch
we having nothing before us nor any thing to do but to wait
your Honours further motion
Sign'd p ordr M Jenifer Cl. Lo. Ho.
Which was sent to the Upper house by Mr Dent and Mr
Courts.
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