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L H. J.
Liber No. 54
July 2
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M.r Ghiselin accordingly attended, and after being asked some
Questions respecting his Letter to the Gentlemen appointed a Com-
mittee to inspect the publick Offices, the House discharged him from
any further Attendance.
John Ridout, Esq., from the Upper House, delivers to M.r
Speaker the paper Bills N.° 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, severally indorsed;
"By the Upper House of Assembly, July 2.d 1773. The ingrossed
Bill whereof this is the original read and assented to.
Signed by Order, U. Scott, Cl. Up. Ho."
M.r Robins, M.r Holland, and M.r Purnell, have Leave of
Absence.
On Motion, Resolved, unanimously, That this House is consti-
tutionally invested with a Power to commit to the publick Jail, by
Way of Punishment, any Person for Breach of Privilege or Con-
tempt, there to remain till discharged by Order of this House.
Resolved, Nemine contradicente, That this House, as the grand
Inquest of the Province, has an unquestionable Authority, founded
on Precedent and long uninterrupted Usage, to hear and inquire into
all Complaints and Grievances, and, as incidental to that Authority,
has constitutionally a Power to commit any Person, for any crime
whatsoever, to the Publick Jail, there to remain till he be discharged
by due Course of Law.
Ordered, That the following be entered as the Resolves of this
House.
Resolved, unanimously That the Representatives of the Freemen
of this Province have the sole Right, with the Assent of the other
Part of the Legislature, to impose and establish Taxes or Fees, and
that the imposing, establishing or collecting any Taxes or Fees, on or
from the Inhabitants of this Province, under Colour or Pretence of
any Proclamation issued by, or in the Name of the Lord Proprietary,
or other Authority, is arbitrary, unconstitutional and oppressive.
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Resolved, unanimously, That in all Cases where no Fees are estab-
lished by Law for Services done by Officers, the Power of ascertain-
ing the Quantum of the Reward for such Services is constitutionally
in a Jury upon the Action of the Party.
Resolved unanimously, That the Proclamation issued in the Name
of his Excellency Robert Eden, the Governor, with the Advice of his
Lordship's Council of State, on the 26.th Day of November, 1770,
was illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional and oppressive.
Resolved, unanimously, That the Paper Writing under the great
Seal of this Province, issued in the Name of the late Lord Pro-
prietary, on the 24.th Day of November, 1770, was illegal, arbitrary,
unconstitutional and oppressive.
Resolved unanimously, That the Advisers of the said Proclama-
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