owing to the want of Inst^ns Be it so or not, the Courts Opinion
was ag^t his Lord^p & Confirm^g the Articles of Agreem^t the

Question now is Whether Binding on the present Lord &
whether its not best to agree to the Temporary Line to be Run
accord^g to the Order of his Majesty in Council the 25^th of May
1732 — if so, tho' not Binding on the Crown: the Temporary

Line sho^d be truly Run, w^h at present is not agreeable to the
order i. e. 15 Miles south from Philadelphia City, as the
Boundary Line bet: the two Provinces. Your Judgem^t with

the Advice & Opinion of the Council of State on these matters
of importance transmitted, will be of Real Service for adjust^g
Affairs. My Lord being Resolved to put an End, if possible
to further Litigation at Law, very Expensive, on him only; on

the Contrary with the Mess^rs Penns, said to be Bourn in Pro-
portion, by the People of Pensilvania.
By this occasion, you have the Province Laws from M^r Tasker
the President of the Council, When in the seat of Governm^t the
Cause of return is, the perpetual Act of Assembly passed in
the Reign of Queen Anne, for the Annual Support of the Gov^r

being put into a folio of Laws as a Loose Paper. Y^r Brother
Iohn says, the only resourse is to return it with the Laws by
him Authenticated & to have y^r Authenticity to it Bound with
the other Laws complete, w^h My Lord desires of you & the
return of them with dispatch; for on Appeal from Maryland,
the Laws are absolute Necessary to the Lords of the Council
& Lords of Trade & Plantation & accord^g to His Majesty's
Order of Council for their transmission. M^r Taskers pretence
of Doubt, has not giving Authenticity to that Law rises, Qu^rd

Whether the Act of 1704 is not set aside by the late Lord
Proprietors Assent to an Act, Intituled an Act Ascertaining
the Gauge & Tare of Tobacco Hogsh^ds "in w^h Act was included
the support of the Gov^v & w^h Act continued until 1 720. Since

the Expiration a Rediculous Doubt is started by him & others
who craftyly imposed on him, from the Act in 1717 mention^g
the One Shilling on Tobacco Hogsh^ds for the Support of

Goverm^t Given by the Act of 1704. Not that they Doubt the
Act of 1704 is void to the Crown But to the Lord Proprietor.
The proviso Clause in the Act of 1717 Recites "That the

Money that shall be raised by the said Duty shall be apply'd
to those Ends & uses for w^h it hath hitherto been raised (Viz^t)
Twelve pence of the fifthteen pence p^r Hogsh^d to the Lord