380 Assembly Proceedings, October 6-November 6, 1725.

L. H. J.

Coll^o Ward from the Upper House delivers M^r Speaker
the following Message viz.

By the Upper House of Assembly

Octob^r the 30^th 1725
Gentlemen.
We are still of opinion that the Laws now in force Suffi-
ciently provide against the Evils Complained of in Your
Bill directing the Disposall of Servants &c: and therefore
Cannot Consent to pass it.
Sign'd p Order Geo: Plater Cl Up. Ho :

M^r Speaker Communicates to this House his Hono^r the
Governours answer to the Message of Yesterday on his
answer to the further Address of this House.

Gentlemen.
I return you my unfeigned thanks for your affectionate
Address to me (of the 29^th Instant) and kind Assurance
therein, that none of Your House bear me Ill Will, and I do
assure you, Nothing shall be wanting in me, to deserve the
Continuance of your good liking towards me.
As to his Lordship's Instruction which you mention to me
in your address, I fear there may have been too much
warmth, without Realy Considering the true Intention
thereof, which I take to be as follows,
His Lordship very well Considering, that the Statutes in
Generall, not Restrained by words of Locall Limitation,
would Certainly be a prejudice to us, Recommended the Re-
enacting such as were adapted to our Constitution. There
Cannot seem any thing in this, but what is for the good of the
Country, and which Indeed moved me to Recomend it this
Sessions, But if you do not think fitt so to do Lett the Judges in
God's Name Act according to their Conscience as has been the
practice and which I shall in no ways hinder.

Gentlemen.
I now Come to the Oath, and must affirm, No Magistrate
Can take it, without a Mentall Reservation as to those
Statutes, that would be a prejudice to the Country; what a
Latitude they may take I Cannot pretend to Determine, and
I think oaths of such a Nature are better lett alone than taken.
However, since you are so fond of it, If it Comes before me
as a publick act, I will pass it
30^th Octob^r 1725 Cha: Calvert