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4th: As its believed that the Commencement of conciliatory 

 Measures will in a considerable degree quiet the Minds 

 of the Subjects in America, it is proposed that the 

 Inhabitants of the Province of the Massachusets Bay 

 shd. petition the K . . . [& Parliament, deleted] & 

 state their Objections to the Act wch alters their 

 Government. And it is to be understood that the 

 [Relief shall be granted them, deleted} said Act shall be 

 repealed. In the Interim the Commissioner to have 

 power to suspend the Act in order to enable the In- 

 habitants to petition in a legislative Capacity. 



5th. The several Provinces who may think themselves agriev'd 

 by the Quebec Bill to petition in their legislative 

 Capacities : and its to be understood, that so far of the 

 Act, as extends the limits of Quebec beyond its ancient 

 Bounds, to be repealed. 



6th: The Act of Henry 8th: to be formally disclaimed by 

 Parliament. 



yth: In Time of Peace the Americans to raise within their 

 respective Provinces, by Acts of their own Legislatures, 

 a Certain sum or sums, such as may be thought neces- 

 sary for a peace Establishment, to pay Governors, 

 Judges &c. Vide Laws of Jamaica. 



8th: In time of War, on Requisition made by the King, with 

 consent of Parliament, every Colony shall raise such 

 Sums of Money as their Legislatures may think suitable 

 to their Abilities & the public Exigency, to be laid out 

 in raising & paying Men for Land or Sea Service, 

 furnishing Provisions, Transports or such other pur- 

 poses as the King shall require & direct. 



gth: The Acts of Navigation to be re-examined, in order to 

 see whether some Alterations might not be made 

 therein, as much for the Advantage of Gt. Britain, as 

 the Ease of the Colonies. 



loth: A Naval officer to be appointed by the Crown to reside 

 in each Colony, to see these Acts observed. 



N.B. In some Colonies they are not appointed by 

 the Crown. 



[nth: The Acts restraining Manufacturers to be reconsider 'd 

 but not with a View of detrimenting Gt. 'Britain or ye 

 Colonies, deleted.] 



nth. All Duties arising on the Acts for regulating Trade 

 with the Colonies to be for the public Use of the respec- 

 tive Colonies, & paid into their Treasuries, & an Officer 

 of the Crown to see it done. 



