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Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… the state of the case respecting the repeal of an Act by Royal proclamation, for their opinions. ( See No. … as certain estates, and mend defective titles to be as act of special grace. But I would gladly see the same … who are deluded and drawn in by mere fear, and hope for an Act of oblivion. But it is certain that unless exemplary …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… Samuel Trott was elected Receiver under a recent Revenue Act, but the Governor turned him out and imprisoned him for … For this reason I have not announced the repeal of the Act concerning the Monmouth rebels to the Council and … from King James that their servitude should be fixed by Act at ten years. The planters accordingly bought them, and …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… the zeal and prudence of the Governor that on the 14th an Act was passed to raise a regiment of six hundred men, with … recommended to the Assembly bills to amend the Militia Act, to ascertain qualifications of jurors, to restrain … and the papers bearing on the amendment of the Militia Act. June 10. The bill to raise labourers passed. Resolved to …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… with the Indians. (2) That 100 Indians join with our 50 to act as scouts. (3) That the fort should be repaired, which … motion, the Assembly brought in a bill to prolong the Act to raise labour for fortifications. Bill concerning John … pp. 298, 299.] June 15. Barbados. 2,272. Abstract of an Act enabling John Kirton to sell land for payments of his …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… value of pieces-of-eight except by repeal of the existing Act; to which the Council agreed. [ Col. Entry Bk., Vol. … resolved itself into a grand Committee on the present Act of Revenue. Order for material to the value of 7 to be … the force on the frontier. Resolved to examine the Militia Act and see what provision is made against deserters and …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… penny per pound for estates read. Additional bill to the Act concerning strangers read. [ Col. Entry Bk., Vol. LXIV., …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… ready. The Assembly rejected the Council's proposal for an Act to prevent the boarding of ships by any person (except … account of the stock of powder be furnished, and that the Act as to foreign coin be amended. Certain petitions read and … the public tax and made it so heavy as almost to cause a mutiny. The Assemblies have voted money even beyond the …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… Governor to pardon a soldier under sentence of death for mutiny in his passage to the Colony; with which the Governor … by him. They already make clothing of cotton and have an Act passed by Sir Edmund Andros to encourage the making of … in the Journal of Assembly. It is suggested whether an Act of Parliament should not be passed to prevent the …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… they be renewed to the 29th of June, 1697, and that the Act to prohibit exportation of grain be continued to the end … agreed to. On the petition of the select men of Boston an Act was passed to establish fairs and markets in the town, and sent down for concurrence. June 3. Act to continue expiring Acts read a first time. Report of …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… from the Delegates was rejected, as contrary to the Act of Parliament for preventing frauds. A resolution of the … bill, if a saving clause were inserted as to the Act of Parliament for preventing frauds. The following bills … Governor and approved. The Governor then said that a late Act of Parliament limited the duration of any one parliament …