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Show 1:34, } [105] " That, from the dii'tance of the trial Colonies, and from other eirt-nanltances, no method hath hitherto been devntd for procuring a R eprefentation in Parliament fur the lard Colonies." ofthe [aid Colonies hath within ite ' -_'ody, Cho en, in part or in the Whole, by the Freemen, Freeholders, or other Free Inhabitants thereof, commonly calle the Gene- ral Atleinbly, or General Court; with powers legally to raife, levy, and (dish, according to the leveral ufage of {nth Colonies, duties and taxes i:oyards deti‘aying all forts of public fer- Vices '. " That it hath been found by experience, that the manner of granting the {aid fupplies and aids, by the {aid General Allemblies, hath been more agreeable to the inhabitants of the faid Colonies, and more beneficial and conducive to the public fervice, than the mode of giving and granting aids and fubfidies in Parliament to be raifed and paid in 'the {aid Colonies." " That it may be proper to repeal an aé't made in the 7th year of the reign of his prefent Majefiy, intituled, An Aft for granting certain duties in the Britifh Colonies and Plantations in America ; for allowing a draw-back of the du- " That the liaid General AfiEmblies, General Courts, or other bodies, legally qualified as aforefard, have at lnndry tinies- Err--elv gran ted v « F \ , . s-» n s ' fereial large l" i ' iuhfi dits and publ ic aids for his Majefiys 1erVICe, according to their abilities, w when requrred thereto by letter from one of his Majef'ry's Prrnerpal Secretaries of State; and that their right to grant the fame, and their chearfulnefs and {titficiency in the laid grants, have been at lundry times acknowledged by " Parlian en ." * The lirll Your Motions and the left had the previous quellion put on them. The others were no: Ii\'e‘Ll The words in Iizilicks were, by 2 amendment that was carried, let-t out ot‘th; notion; v, twirl appear in the Journals, thoug h it is - mgr 111th amendments in the Votes. " not the p:' , " fhat ties of Cultorns, ipon the exportation from this kingdom, of coffee and cocoa-nuts, of the produce of the laid Colonies or Plantations; for difcontinuing the draw-ha ks payable on china earthen ware exported to America; and for more effeetually preventing the clandefiine run- ning of goods in the laid Colonies and Plan- rations." " That it may be proper to repeal an Aft, made in the 14th year of the reign of his preterit Nlajefiy, intituled, An Aft to dilcontinue, in fuch manner, and for limb time, as are therein mentioned, the landing and difcharging, lading. or {hipping of goods, wares, and merchandize, at the Town, and within the Harbour, ofBofion, 5' " in |