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commend to you to provide for the same by an act this Ses-
sions, w^ch will be to the better Satisfaction of her Majestyes

P. R. O.

Subjects here.
Sign'd p Ord^r W Bladen Cl Concil.

M^r Tilghman & M' Bradley bring from the house the pro-
posd bill for Recognizing her present Ma^ty the Queen
And the bill for settling a Revenue on her Ma^tys p^rsent
Governeur also a bill for Regulating of Ordinarys with S^r
Thomas Laurence her Ma^tys Secretarys Representation which
were all read at the Board & then
The Councill Adjourned till two of the clock in the After-
noon.

Post Meridiem
The Councill Sate P^rsent as before

It being Debated at the Board in what stile the laws of this
province should be enacted pursuant to her Ma^tys Royall
Instruccon It was Resolved that the Stile of Enacting the
Laws of this province be in these words viz^t By the Queens
most Excellent Maj^ty by & with the Advice & Consent of her
Ma^tys Governo^r Councill & Assembly of this Province And
the Authority of the Same
Ordered the foregoing Resolve be drawn out & sent to the
house together with the bills this day Read & the Amend-
ments to them proposed Which was done & Sent to the
house by Col Hamond & M^r James Sanders M^r Tench & M^r
Brooke.
M^r Bradley & M^r Young from the house to desire a con-
ference with Some of the Councill about the bill for regulat-
ing Ordinarys either to Night or to Morrow morning Ordered
that M^r Rob^t Smith & Col W^m Holland go to morrow Morn-

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ing with the Members appointed by the house upon that con-
ference.
His Ex^cy was pleas'd to lay before the board the hon^ble W^m
Blaythwaite Esq his patent for Auditor Gen^ll of her Ma^tys
plantations &^c in America And Recofnended the Considera-
tion thereof to the Board that proper Measures might be
taken to settle some suitable Reward on the said Pattentee
for his charge & Care in Auditing & Stating their publiq
Acco^ts both of moneys & Tob^o arising within this province
now under her Ma^tys more imediate Governm^t tho' at the
time of Granting Said M^r Blathwaites patent in the Lord
Proprietarys hands And thereupon It was ordered that the
Following Message Should be sent to the house

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