The Lower House. 185

able or if Negroes the Profit of their Labour must be the
Sheriffs And altho' the Wisdom of the Kingdom of England
never thought meet to make such an Act there being many
Markets and many Buyers yet we know several Acts of the
like Nature to this in the English Plantations and why this
Province should be denied the Liberty that others are allowed
we know not unless it be to satisfy the covetous Desires of a
few Merciless Creditors and Mercenary Officers and to bring
the Commonality into Poverty and Slavery out of which we
have and Hope always shall endeavour to keep them tho' at
present it's not in our Power hardly obtaining any Thing that
tends thereto
Signed p Order Rich^d Dallam Cl. Ho. Del.

Supplementary Act to the Act for Probat of Wills &^ta Read
the first and second Times by special Order and will pass.
Sent up with the aforesaid Message to the Honble Council
by M^r John Mackall, M^r James Mackall, M^r John Broome,
Capt. Jones, M^r Hammond, M^r Sprigg, M^r Brooks and M^r
Clagett. They return and say they delivered their Message
and Bill
Resolved the said Act about Sheriffs executing Writs of
fieri facias be referred for further Consideration next Session
of Assembly
The Honble Col^o Greenfield and Col^o Addison enter the
House and deliver M^r Speaker the following Message.

By the Council in Assembly
Nov. 14^th 1712

Gentl. In Answer to your Message desiring to know our
Sentiments whether it might be for the Good of the Province
to move his Ldp the L^d Propry to accept of his Rents in To-
bacco at two Pence p Pound upon the same Condition for his
Successors at it now stands with his Lordship we shall not
take upon us to prescribe Rules to your House but as you
more immediately represent the People if you think it ad-
visable to write to his Lordship to know his Inclinations upon
what Terms he will be pleased to settle the Rents for himself
his Heirs and Successors you may use your Discretion.
Signed p Order W Bladen Cl. Council.

Ingrossed Bill relieving the Inhabitants from some Aggriev-
ances they lye under in Prosecution of Suits in Law
Ingrossed Bill restraining the Inhabitants from selling great
Quantities of Liquors to the Indians &^ta

L. H. J.

Lib. 41
p. 370