76 Assembly Proceedings, October 6-November 4, 1724.

U. H. J.

ours last night by Col^o Holland and Col^o Young that instead
of Carrying on an Amicable correspondency between the two
Houses by Messages in Order to Cultivate A good Under-
standing and dispatch the publick Business you turn every
thing into Banter and Ridicule a method unbecoming that
Gravity and Wisdom which ought to be a Rule to every part
of a Legislature which method If pursued must necessarily
prolong this Session of Assembly create most unhappy mis-
understanding between the two Houses and Impose a very
great Charge upon our Country to Avoid which on our parts
we shall wave all those indecent Reflections you have most
unjustly cast upon Us in your last Message Above mentioned
and confine ourselves to the Business now before us In Order
thereto We insist that the word Reasonable as it stands in
the Oath proposed by our House or some such Expression
is highly necessary otherwise the Judges would have no dis-
cretionary Liberty to consider what Statutes of England are
or ought to be in force here but would be Obliged by their
Oaths to Give Judgment according [to] the Statutes of Eng-
land whether Located or otherwise and in this opinion the
Judges who are members of our House Concurr Therefore
We can't consent that the Oath proposed by M^r Attorney
General should be imposed upon the several Judges of this
Province
Signed p Order S. Skippon Cl Up Ho.

Sent by John Hall Esq^r & Col^o Addi son
A Message from the Lower House by M^r Dent & M^r Courts
viz.

By the Lower House of Assembly 3^d November 1724.
May it please your Honours
We make it our earnest Request to your Honours that you
will Give what business lyes before you the necessary dis-
patch we having nothing before us nor any thing to do but
wait your Honours further motions.
Signed p order M. Jenifer Cl Lo Ho.

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Read the message of the 31^st 8^ber 1724 by M^r Tyler and M^r
Taylor and the following Answer prepared thereto

By the Upper House of Assembly November 3^d 1724
Gentlemen.
In Answer to your Message of Saturday last by M^r Tyler
& M^r Taylor and to convince you that you are mistaken in