A N D to the End that all Bills prepared and agreed by the Governor and
provincial Council, as aforesaid, may yet have the more full Concurrence
of the Freemen of the Province and Territories thereof, it is declared,
granted and confirmed, that at the Time and Place in every County, for
the Choice of _one_ Person to serve in provincial Council, as aforesaid,
the respective Members thereof, at their said Meeting, shall yearly
chuse out of themselves _six_ Persons of most Note, for Virtue, Wisdom,
and Ability, to serve in Assembly, as their Representatives, who shall
yearly meet on the _tenth_ Day of the _third_ Month, in the capital Town
or City of the said Province, unless the Governor and provincial Council
shall think fit to appoint another Place to meet in, where, during
_eight_ Days, the several Members may confer freely with one another;
and if any of them see meet, with a Committe of the provincial Council,
which shall be at that Time purposely appointed, to receive from any of
them, Proposals for the Alterations or Amendment of any of the said
proposed and promulgated Bills; and on the _ninth_ Day from their so
meeting, the said Assembly, after their reading over of the proposed
Bills, by the Clerk of the provincial Council, and the Occasions and
Motives for them being opened by the Governor or his Deputy, shall, upon
the Question by him put, give their Affirmative or Negative, which to
them seemeth best, in such Manner as is hereafter expressed: But not
less than _two thirds_ shall make a _Quorum_ in the passing of all Bills
into Laws, and Choice of such Officers as are by them to be chosen.