418 Assembly Proceedings, May 1-June 12, 1739.

L. H. J.
Lib. No. 45
June 12

Tuesday Morning June the 12^th 1739 The House met according

to Adjournment &c^a
All Present as yesterday except Col^o Hanson and Captain Trippe
the following message ( See page 277. )
Sent to the Upper House by M^r Henry and Captain Ennals who
return and say they delivered it
M^r Lee from the Upper House delivers M^r Speaker the following
message (See page 278.)
Ordered that an Address be prepared to his Excellency which
being prepared accordingly, brought in read Approved of and In-
grost is ordered to be Entered and follows in these Words.
To his Excellency Samuel Ogle Esq^r Governor and Commander
in Chief in and over the Province of Maryl^d
The humble Address of the House of Delegates of the same
Province

May 1t please your Excellency.
As several Bills had passed and been Assented to by both Houses
of Assembly we did by our Message this morning Request the
Upper House to Appoint a time when some of Our members should
Attend them to see those Bills sealed In this we apprehend we were
Regular because what we desired was not only agreable to the
General Usage but that the seing the Seal Affixed is the last thing
to be done by either House in order to prepare them to be presented
to your Excellency for passing

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In answer to which message the Honourable Upper House have
been pleased to tell us that we had complimented them with a power
of the Seals but for that they could not command them desired
to be excused from appointing a Time for seing the Laws sealed
What those Honourable Gentlemen mean by Answering one thing
with another to which it hath no relation as the seing Laws Sealed
and the power of the Seals, seem to us to be, we cannot apprehend
unless it be to introduce something Triffling and Absurd into the
proceedings, and to lay that upon this House which However we
shall do what we can to avoid
We must therefore intreat your Excellency to give directions
that the Scale may be affixed to those Bills, in the usual manner
that as we have no other Business depending before us an end may be
put to this Session and no further charge accrue to the Country
Sent to the Governor by M^r Smith, Col^o Colvile, M^r Wootton,
M^r Courts, M^r Gale and M^r Hall
Ordered that the Address to his Majesty and the Lord Proprie-
tary be made part of the Journal of this House which accordingly
follow in these Words