370 Assembly Proceedings, April 26-May 3, 1704.

P. R. O.

And therefore you shall not reenact any law, w^ch hath, shall,
or haue been once Enacted there, Except upon very urgent
occasions, but in noe case more than once without our Express
consent
9: And you are particularly not to pass any Law or doe
any act, by Settlement, Grant or otherwise, whereby our reve-
nue may be lessened or impaired, without our Especiall leave
or Commands therein
10. You shall not pmitt any act or order to pass in our
said Province, whereby the price or vallue of our currant
Coyne (whether it be forreigne, or belonging to our Domin-
ions) w^thin yo^r Governem^t may be altered without our pticular
leaue or direction for the Same

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11. You shall take care that all planters and Christian
servants be well and fittly provided with arms, and th^t they be
listed under good officers, and when and as often as shall be
thought fitt mustered and trained, whereby they may be in a
better readiness for the Defence of our said Province under
yo^r governement, and you are to use yo^r uttmost, Endeavours,
that such planters to each of th^m keep such a number of white
Servants, as by Law is directed, and th^t they appeare in Armes
att all such tymes as they shall be required.
12 : and whereas there is noe power given you by yo^r
Comⁿ to Execute Martiall Law in tyme of peace, upon Soldiers
in Pay, and that nevertheless itt may be necessary, th^t some
care be taken for the keeping of good discipline amongst
those, that wee may att any tyme think fitt to send (which
may properly be provided for by the Legislatiue power of the
same) you are therefore to recommend unto the generall as-
sembly of our said Province that (if not already done) they
prepare such act or Law, for the punishm^t of Mutiny and
Desertion and false Musters, and for the better preserueing
the good Discipline, amongst the said Soldiers as may best
answer those Ends

13 You are to demand an account of all persons concerned
of Arms, Ammunition and Stores sent to our Said Province
from the office of ordinance here, as likewise what other
Arms, Ammunition and Stores haue been bought with the
publick money for the Service of our said Province, and how
the same haue been Employed, and whether any of them, &
how many of them have been sold, spent, lost, decayed or
otherwise disposed off, and to whome, & to w^t uses and to
transmit! the s^d account as aforesaid
14. You shall take an Inventary of all armes, Ammunition
and Stores, remaineing in any of our Magazin's or Garrisons
in our said Province, and transmitt the same immediately to us