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Smith, Capt. Crabb, Mr Storey and Mr Tyler.
They return and say they delivered the same
The Report of the Aggrievances brought in last Night
being here debated
Resolved the same are of great Aggrievance to the Province
Ordered the same be drawn up into a Message praying to be
relieved therein. Which follows Viz.}

By the House of Delegates November 2^nd 1709.

It having been reported to and adjudged by the House that
it is an Aggrievance to the Province that for some Years past
the Custody of the Great Seale has been in the Hands of the
Govern" who by Virtue thereof sits as Chancellor or Judge in
the High Court of Chancery and that upon any Appeals or
upon any Bill of Review before the High Court of Appeals
the same Person is their Chief Judge also which is but appeal-
ing from the Judgment of a Person in one Court to the
Judgment of the same in another and very rarely any other
Judgment rendered than at first Therefore this House hum-
bly desire the Honble Council to join with them in an Address
to her Majesty that the Custody of the Great may no longer
be in the Hands of the Governor but in the Hands of such
other Person as her Majesty or the Gov. and Council here
shall appoint
Also it's reported to and Resolved by this House as an Ag-
grievance that one and the same Persons are Justices in the
Provincial Court and in the County Courts
Also it is Reported and Resolved by the House as an Ag-
grievance that several Places of Profit within this Province are
in the Hands of one Person which Offices would be better
officiated and Business better done and sooner dispatched if
the Places were in the Hands of several Persons and be suffi-
cient to maintain them besides it is a great Discouragement to
the several Inhabitants of this Province who are well qualified
for such Places that Persons less deserving and not qualified
according to Law hold Places of Profit and many Times one
Person several Offices
Also it's Reported to and Resolved by the House as an Ag-
grievance that there are separate Commissions for the County
Courts and that the Charge of the Commissions being so often
renewed is a greater Burthen to the Counties than it was
formerly when there was but one Commission and all the
Justices sat as Judges on the Bench

L. H. J.
Lib. 41.

Also it is Reported to and Resolved by this House as an
Aggrievance that Places of Trust and Profit especially the
Sheriff's Office have been of late sold to such Persons as would

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