'742 PAPEfttS RELATING TO THK

Compleat Act of tiiat Government, Wlience yonr Memorialist humbly conceives tli^it the Committee appointed, by the s*i General Court, upon tlie first mentioned Report of a Committee of the said General Coiu-t, were deprived of all tlie povi'er wlierewith they w^ere invested by their appointment.

That, as your Memorialist hath been informed a Copy of the last mentioned Report was sent to your Excellency, and referred by your Excellency in Council, to a Committee of this Honourable Board who on the fiist ins* made Report thereon, and also that a Copy of the Second Report of the said Committee of this Honourable Board was sent by your Excellency to the said Lieutenant Governour of the Massacliu setts Bay Colony.

And your MemoriaUst furtlier sheweth unto your Excellency, That as the Matter of your Memorialist's petition became a Subject of tlie Consideration of both provinces, Yom- Memorialist hoped to continue unmolested in his possession of the Lands claimed by the Massachusetts Bay Colony & included within his Mtiimor for that your Memorialist conceived that the Resolution of the Government of that Colony to appoint Commissioners to meet witli such persons as sliould be commissioned by the Legislatiu'e of this Province in order to settle the Boundaries, of tlie two provinces, would necessarily put a stop to all proceedings groimded on the above mentioned petition of the said William Bull and others, as in Justice it ought. It being unreasonable (as your Memorialist humbly conceives) that the Government of the Massachusets Buy Colony shoidd take any steps, towards possessing themselves of the Lands in dispute in Opposition to the Government of this province after they lune enacted tliatCommissionerssha.il be appointed to settk the Boundaries between the two provinces in Conjunction with such persons, as shall be appointed tor tliat pujpose by the Go\-ernment of tliis province, and also for that yuur Memoriahst conceived it to l)e inconsistent with the Wisdom of any Government to take siieli steps, as having a natural Tendency unnecessarily to disturb & destroy the Happiness and Tranquility of his Majesty's Subjects in botli provinces.