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province near a fourth part of the former Regulation; But
since you do not think fit to pass it upon those Terms the fault
is not ours, nor will the Consequences if prejudiciall to the
People lie at our Doors.
Signed p order Geo. Plater Cl. Up Ho.

Sent down by Philip Lee Esq^r who returns and says he
delivered it
A Message from the Lower house by Capt" King and Capt.
Hooper viz

By the Lower House of Assembly November 3^d 1725.
May it please Your Hon^rs
We have Read and Considered the Report of the Con-
ferrees in respect to Captain Riders Affairs and are of
opinion the Paragraph in the late Law made Anno 1723 con-
cerning the Indians Lands relating to the said Rider ought
to be Repealed and the said Rider remain in the same Cir-
cumstances as he did before the making that Law and there-
fore we do not Concurr with that report
Signed p Order M. Jenifer Cl. Lo. Ho.

Which is ordered to lye on the Table.
This House Adjourns till to Morrow Morning Eight of
the Clock.

U. H. J.

Thursday Morning November the 4^th 1725

This House met again according to Adjournment, Present
as Yesterday

By the Upper House of Assembly November the 4^th 1725
Gentlemen.
Upon considering yo^r Message of Yesterday by Captain
King and Captain Hooper relating to the report of the Con-
ferrees Upon the Subject of Indian Lands, we dont find any
Paragraph in the Act of 1723 granting Indian Possession
which relates to Capt" Rider in particular he being upon the
same foot with others who had Lands Surveyed within those
Indian Limits But if by repealing a Paragraph of the late Act
You intend only that the Indian Possession by the late Act
should lye under the like Limitation as the Same was hereto-
fore Limitted by A proviso in the Act for ascertaining the
Bounds of a certain Tract of Land to the Use of the Nanti-

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