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from the Lower House by John Beale Esq^r & M^r Gant thus

indorsed viz.
October the 28^th 1724
Read & Assented to by the Lower House of Assembly &
Sign'd p Order M. Jenifer Cl Lo Ho.

Read Again the Act intituled An Act relieving the Inhabi-
tants of this Province from some difficulties they may labour
under in paying &c^a this Year & this indorsement made
thereon viz.

By the Upper House of Assembly Oct. 28. 1724.
Gentlemen.
On Reading and Considering this Bill we Observe that
altho we find it to be drawn as near as may be consonant and
Agreable to the Report of the Conferees appointed upon this
Occasion and the farther directions of both Houses of As-
sembly relating thereto yet upon A second consideration
thereof many Inconveniences do Occur to us which will
render the Bill more injurious than advantageous to the Good
people of this Province The Inconveniences We apprehend
are as follows 1 We are Apprehensive that it will be a great

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Inducement to Perjury 2 that it gives some people an oppor-
tunity to delay payment this Year tho they have Tobacco
for many men may make Oath on or before the 25^th day of
December that they have no Tobacco nor any due to them
that they can get and yet collect great Sums afterwards and
dispose of them as they please without applying any part
to the discharge of their Publick or Private debts. 3 That
people being Obliged by Oath to Apply all their Tobacco to
particular Engagements will be injurious to Other Creditors
especially to Merchants and late Sheriffs 4 It is no Benefit
to poor People for if they must apply all their Tobacco to
particular Ingagements they will not have any to supply their
Greatest necessities so that the Remedy is Worse than the
Disease 5 That Tradesmen and others who never make it
their employm^t to make Tobacco may avoid paying not only
their Private Contracts but publick dues also 6 It will be
productive of a Multitude of Law Suits for .Creditors finding
themselves Aggrieved by Colour of this Law will be more
Severe with their debtors for the time to come 7 That as in
some former Laws so in this many unforeseen difficulties and
Mischiefs will Arise in the Execution of it For which
Reasons we cannot Agree to pass this Bill as it now Stands
Signed p Order Samuel Skippon Cl Up Ho.

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