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The Message prepared last night about the times of Sitting

in ans^r to the Low^r houses Message sent to that house by
Esq^r Lloyd who returns and says he delivered the same

U. H. J.

Col W^m Holland Chancell^r Comunicates to this house on
behalf of his hon^r the Gov^r these following Articles of Instruc-
tions from the R^t honble the Lords Baltemore and Guilford
bearing date the 30^th June 1720. The second Article thereof
is as follows Viz.

And you are Immediately to put in Execution (as much as
in you Lies) our late Instructions of the 30^th of December
1719 directed to be Observed by the said John Hart as Effectu-
ally as if they were directed to your Self And you shall use your
Utmost Endeavour w^th the Generall Assembly (which you are
hereby Directed to Call together w^th the Advice of our Councill
as soon as Conveniently may be) that the Severall matters and
things by us in our late Speech Recomended to them may be
Complyed w^th if any of them shall remain unfinished upon your
Arrivall Duplicates of w^ch Instructions & Speech we have here-
w^th Delivered you

The third Article thereof is as follows Viz.

Whereas by Act of Assembly 3^d p hh^d is given to Jn^o Hart
Esq^r so long as he shall Continue Gov^r in and over our Province
of Maryland Reciting among other Things in the Preamble of
the said Act the great hopes and Expectation's the Generall
Assembly had of his good Government.
And whereas the Generall Assembly have lately addressed
themselves to us in Relacon to the Support of the Free School

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Built at Annapolis And we having Signifyed our Intentions
With their Assistance to promote so good an Undertaking
cannot think it will be unacceptable to a People so well Dispos'd
that a moyety of the said three pence should be applyed to-
wards the Maintenance of the said School and the other
Moyety should be given the Gov^r for the time being the Better
to Encourage him from time to time to see the same usefully
Applyed and to Induce him by all other Methods that may
Offer to bring to Perfection so pious a Design or at least that
you the said Charles Calvert shoud enjoy the said Moyety be-
ing Confident that you will in all things Answer our Wishes
not doubting But the Hopes and Expectations of the good
People of Maryland will be as fully answerd by your good
Government as by any that have gone before you, It is there-
fore our Desire that the Same be so Apply'd

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