may Evince the Truth of them. Whereupon a Conference
was Resolved and Appointed By Both Houses. But the Report
Not agreed on — on The 3^d Message By the Upper House
October the 18^th 1723 about Councillors Allowances to the
Lower House — They observed, that the Resolution of the
Lower House was, Not to make any such allowances. Where-
upon they observed to the Lower House their mention of the
Law in 1670-1 for Laying a Duty of Two shillings per Hogs-
head on Tobacco exported out of this Province, one shilling
whereof was given to His Lordship for the Support of Govern-
ment and for allowing Convenient Salaries to His Privy
Council, which was again continued in 1674 & 1678 for the
same Uses. From whence you inferr'd That the one shilling
per Hogshead in 1717 ought to be applyed to the same uses
as in 1670—1 — Concluding His Lordship is obliged to main-
tain His Council out of the aforesaid one shilling per Hogs-
head. The state of the Case — The Law in 1670-1 first raised
the one shilling per Hogshead, payable to the Lord Proprietary,
for the Support of Government, and for Payment of the Salaries
to the Council, and for maintaining a magazine in the Province :
Which Law stood continued from Time to Time till 1692 —
when the Government was under the Administration of the
Crown, and then a Law was made for raising Fourteen pence
per Ton, on all Ships or Vessels trading within the Province,
out of which a standing Salary of Thirty Pounds per Annum
was to be allowed to all such Councillors as did not hold any
Places of Profit in the Government; And likewise another Law
for raising the one shilling per Hogshead aforesaid, and apply-
ing to other uses in Government. For it could not be Sup-
posed that any part of it was intended for the support of the
Council when they were provided for by another Law; But upon
making of the Law for applying the Fourteen Pence per Ton
toward the support of the Council, and for Defraying other
Charges in Government, My Lord Proprietary, who knew he
had a Right to the Fourteen Pence per Ton by His Preroga-
tive, Applyed himself to the King and Council in England, and
procured an order to have the Fourteen Pence per Ton, re-
stored to Him again, and Has ever since received it to His
own proper use, by which means the Council became destitute
of any Allowance, the one shilling per Hogshead being applyed
another way as has been before observed, Upon this, the
Legislature took their Case in Consideration, and made them
an Allowance in the Publick Levy, which has been done
annually for above Thirty years past, And the one shilling per
Hogshead was Annually applyed to other uses in Government,
according to the Directions in the Law made in 1692 aforesaid
and other Laws to the same purpose, until 1715 after the Gov-