Assembly Proceedings, April — May 1661. 399

Saturday the twentyth of Aprill
Present as yesterday

The Vpper howse mett and adjourned till one of the Clock
in the Afternoone. The howse mett againe and adjourned till
Monday morning twelue of the Clock.

Monday the two and twentyth
of Aprill

Present the Governor, M^r Baker Brookes M^r Edward Lloyd
M^r. Robert Clarke, M^r John Bateman

The howse being satt there came from the lower howse M^r
Thomas Manning M^r Mathews M^r. Smith and Collonall Evans
with a message in wryting vizt

U. H.

Journal
1659-69

Whereas Eighteene pounds of tobacco p pole was Raysed
and leauyed the last yeare vpon the Inhabitants of this Pro-
vince for the defraying of publike charge And whereas diuers
people whoe were Concerned in that Leauy complayne to this
Assembly that they are not yett sattisfyed
The Burgesses conceive that it will be unjust to rayse a new
tax for the payment againe of the s^d severall Ingagem^ts doe
thinke it necessary that an Accompt may be Given concerning
the last yeares Leavyes.
Presented to the Vpper
howse
Will: Bretton Clk

The Vpper howse sent M^r Brookes and Mr Bateman to the
lower howse to have the declaracon of 1648 to be brought vp
which they did accordingly. The Vpper howse sent M^r Bate-
man to the Speaker of the lower howse to desire a Conferrence,
and they accordingly came wherein the vpper howse gave
them sattisfaccon touching the Acte for Customes

Then was read an Acte for a Mint and it was put to the vote
of the howse whether it should passe

Mr Bateman gives his vote to pass | M^r Lloyd not t[o pass]
M^r Clarke gives his vote to pass | M^r Brooke not t[o pass]
The Governor to pass

Ordered that the Acte for the Mint be read tomorrow morn-
ing the second tyme.

The Vpper howse adjourned till tenn of the Clock in the
morning

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