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We have indeed true Cause of Concern when we find your
Honours that have so long Acted as part of this Legislature
now contending for innovations in our parliamentary pro-
ceedings and treating us in the manner you do for pursuing
the Constant Practice of Amending Bills on Messages from
your House for We defy the best Acquainted with the pro-
ceedings of General Assemblys here to give a Single Instance
where ever Amendments were proposed by your House and
concurred with by ours but the Bill was immediately Amended
in our House according to our Sense of the Amendment you
proposd and then pass'd for Engrossing This has ever been
the practice & this practice We Pursued in the present case
and when we find you moved to treat us in the most Reproach-
ful manner for our doing so what can we expect from your
Honours but Innovations and We take this occasion to insist
they were only such that seem'd desired
We have already made the Bill Agreable to the Genuine
Sense & common Application of your Message and the true
Sense, fully Express'd of our House & if Your Honours have
Altered your Sentiments since you proposed the Amendment
we beg you will rather be Frank in declaring so than to con-
demn so Useful and Expeditious a Practice in making such

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Amendments Thus we hope an Amicable Understanding may
be much better preserved and the Business before us better
dispatched than by your Endeavours to drive or lead us into
new Practices
Signed p Order M. Jenifer Cl Lo Ho.

Adjourned till morning

Tuesday November 3^d 1724
Present as yesterday.
A message from the Lower House by Col^o Mackall & three
others

By the Lower House of Assembly November 3^d 1724.
May it please your Honours
In your message last night by Col^o Holland and Col^o Young
you were pleased to propose the proceedings in Parliament as
a Good President to the Proceedings of our Assemblys and
you were pleased to say you have always Studied to speak
your sentiments after that great Example We concur with
you in the Choice of Presidents and if your Studies and the
particular care you mention had not their due Success we
heartily Wish they had If you have Always spoke after the

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