The Lower House. 491

And another Message being approved of by the House was
ordered to be entered as foil. viz.

By the House of Delegates May 21^st 1705
May it please your Excellency.

Lib. 41.

This House proposes to the Consideration of your Excy & her
Majesty's Honble Council as an Expedient to our future Quiet
that your Excellency commissionate such Persons and as many
as you in your wisdom shall think fit to treat with and renew
our former Alliances & Friendship with the Seneca & other
Indians on the Western Shore and to use the best Methods
they can think on to discover the Murtherers of our Fellow
Subjects this being the most easy & ready Method we can
think on and therefore we do pray your Concurrence herein &^u
Signed p Order W Taylard Cl Ho. Del.

Ordered M^r Muschamp, M^r Maclaster & M^r John Jones
carry up the above Messages up to his Excellency.
Bill for Relief of Ann Arundel County read the 2^d Time &
do pass.
Ordered M^r Richard Jones & M^r Thomas Frisby carry up
the said Bill up to his Excellency & Council for their Concur-
rence
They return & say they delivered it.
The Honble Thomas Tench, Esq^r John Hammond Esq^r and
William Coursey Esq^r from the Honble Council enters the
House and delivers M^r Speaker a Petition of the Guards for
their Pay together with a Message relating to the same. Re-
ferred till to Morrow Morning for Consideration
A Message prepared being read and approved of by the
House ordered the same be entered Viz.

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