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Benedict Calvert, Esq;^r from the Upper House, delivers to Mr.
Speaker, the following Message, viz.
By the Upper House of Assembly, 27th April, 1757.
Gentlemen,
In Answer to your Message, with the Bill for his Majesty's
Service, and the more immediate Defence and Security of this
Province, we are glad to find, that you have thought it expedient
to consent to many of our Amendments, proposed to that Bill; and
altho' we cannot be of Opinion with you, that Five Hundred Men
are more than are necessary for our own immediate Defence, yet
we shall condescend, for the quicker Dispatch in passing a Bill so
necessary for his Majesty's Service, not to insist on the First, and
in Consequence on the 2^d of our Amendments. The Third we
likewise are willing to pass over; but the 7.^th 8.^th 9.^th & 14.^th of
the Amendments proposed by us, we must still insist on; which
being made by you, together with those you have already agreed
to, we shall be willing to Pass it, and not otherwise.
Signed p Order, J. Ross, Cl Up Ho

And the Bill, entituled, An Act for his Majesty's Service, and the
more immediate Defence and Security of this Province.
On Reading the said Message, and on mature Consideration of
the Amendments proposed by the Upper House to the said Bill,
this House does not Concur therewith.
The House adjourns until the Morrow Morning at 9 of the Clock.

L. H. J.
Liber No. 48
April 27

Thursday, 28^th April, 1757.
The House met according to Adjournment, &c.

Col.^o Henry brings in and delivers to Mr. Speaker, the following
Reports, marked N^o. 1, and N^o. 2, viz.^t

April 28
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[These reports printed in full in Upper House Journal pp. 19-33]
On Reading the Report aforesaid, marked N^o. I, the House con-
curs therewith.

On Reading the said Report, marked N^o. 2, the House concurs
therewith.

The House adjourns until 2 of the Clock Afternoon.

Post-Meridiem.

The House met according to Adjournment: All the Members
appeared as in the Morning, except Mr. Baker.

On Motion, Leave given, to bring in a Bill, For the immediate
Defence and Security of the Inhabitants of the Western Frontier
of this Province.

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