These  constituted  the  General  Assembly,  with
the  addition  of  a  representative  body  to  be
chosen  by  the  people,  as  follows  :  So  soon  as
the  proprietors'  commission  should  be  re-
ceived in  the  province,  a  writ  should  be  is-
sued by  the  Governor  for  the  election  of
twelve  deputies  by  such  inhabitants  as  were
freemen  or  the  chief  agents  of  others.  But
so  soon  as  parishes  or  other  divisions  of  the
province  should  be  made,  the  inhabitants  or
freeholders  of  the  several  divisions  should  by


writ  meet  on  each  1st  of  January  and  choose
freeholders  for  each  respective  division,  to  be
deputies  or  representatives  of  the  same,  which
body  of  representatives,  or  a  major  part  of
them,  should,  with  the  Governor  and  the
Council,  compose  the  General  Assembly.
