The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly

FEBRUARY 13, 1759317And the House having made some Progress therein,Ordered that the further Consideration of the Bill be postponed.A Motion was made and the Question being put that the House adjourntill to Morrow Morning 10 of the Clock.It passed in the Negative.And then the House adjourned till to Morrow Afternoon 5 of the Clock.Saturday the 10th Day of February 1759. P.M.Mr. Speaker adjourned the House till Monday Morning Ten of the Clock.Monday the 12th Day of February 1759.Mr. Speaker adjourned the House till to Morrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Tuesday the 13th Day of February 1759.The Journal of last Friday’s Proceedings was read.Thomas Lamboll Esqr. standing up in his place and acquainting theHouse that he was willing to wave his Priviledge in a Cause wherein he is aParty, depending in the Court of Common Pleas between John Right, Plaintiff,and Elizabeth Rivers, Defendant, and submitted the Same to the Considerationof the House.Ordered That Mr. Lamboll have Leave to wave his Priviledge accordingly,and that such Members of this House as are Concerned in the said Cause asCouncil or Witnesses have leave likewise Occasionally to attend the said Court.Then the House resumed the Postponed Consideration of the “Bill forthe more Effectual Relief of Insolvent Debtors and for that purpose puttingin force and effectually carrying into Execution in this Province such partof An Act made in the Parliament of Great Britain in the second Year of Hispresent Majesty’s Reign, Intitled ‘An Act for the Relief of Debtors with Respectto the Imprisonment of their Persons,’ as is herein after mentioned,and to repeal the several Acts of Assembly now in force in this Province, forthe Relief of Insolvent Debtors.”The House was moved to add to the Bill the following Amendment(Vizt.), That the Court of Common Pleas in this Province be impowered togive and deliver up to the Petitioner so much of the necessary Bedding andwearing Apparel of him and his Family, his working Tools and Arms forMuster, not exceeding the Sum of One hundred Pounds,And the Question being put thereupon,It passed in the Negative.