604 Assembly Proceedings, July 17- Aug. 10, 1716.

L. H. J.

of 480" Tob^o to the keeper of the Great seal for the Affixing
the Seal to the Copy of laws made Each Sessions and sent to
the County courts, omitted in that law, yet the Justices of the
Severall County courts have Refused to make allowance
thereof which wee desire may be provided for by an ordinance
this Session, and also that care be now taken to make Suffi-
cient allowance to the keeper of the great Scale for Tran-
scribeing the Laws this Session.

Signed p order W Bladen Cl: Upr Ho :

Upon reading of which and the same receiveing the full
Consideration and debate of this House —
The Question was putt whether the 480ll of Tobo be allowed
to the Keeper of the great Seal for the Affixing that Seal to
a Body of all the Laws made at any one Session.
Resolved in the Affirmative
Ordered that the Keeper of the great Seal be allowed for
the Transcribeing of the Body of all the Laws made this
Sessions for each County within this Province (That is to say)
for each Body of Law made the sume of one thousand pounds
of Tob^o

In answer to which last mentioned Message from the Up^r
House the following Message was prepared and ordered to be
Entred thus (Viz)

By the Lower House of Assembly
Augt the 10th 1716

May it please yr Honrs
In Complyance with your Message of this day by the Honble
Col Addison and two others of the Upr House this House has
made an Ordinance for the paymt of 480ll Tob^o to the keeper
of the Great Seall for affixing it to a Body of all laws made

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at any one Sessions and that the said keeper be allowed 1000H

Tobo by the severall County s of this Province for Transcribc-

ing and sending them a Copy of all the laws made this Ses-
sions and a 1000H Tob^o for a Body for the Provinciall court by
the Publick.

Signed p order Tho. Macnemara Cl. Lo: Ho :

Sent To the Upr house by Mr Bordley Mr Tasker & Mr
Lloyd who are desired to acquaint his Exncy that nothing
remains unfinished before this House of the publick business.
They return and say they delivered the Message &
acquainted his Exncy as aforesaid.