The Upper House. 55

Friday Sep^r 15th. 1704.
The Council Sate Present as yesterday

Major Lowe from the house acquaints his Ex^cy that the Con-
ferees from the House are ready to join those of the Board.
Ordered that the members of this Board appointed go upon
the Conference who accordingly went
Col Smallwood with three other members with M^r Coursey
a Delegate for Talbot County to see him sworn who took and
Subscribed the Test and Oaths
M^r Skinner and two other Members bring the following
Bills from the House viz^t
Bill declaring how naturalization Fees and of other private
Laws shall be proportioned
Bill prohibiting importation of Bread &c from Pensilvania
Dowlin's petition to ronfirm Land &c.
Bill encouraging the Inhabitants to adventure their Ships &c
Bill appointing Court days
Bill ascertaining the Gauge of tobacco hogsheads
The following Message is sent to the House by Col Addi-
son Col Hammond Col Jenkins M^r Sanders and M^r Cheseldyn
By his Ex^cy the Governour & Council in Assembly
In answer to the houses message by M^r Greenfield and five
other members delivered to his Ex^cy last night is sent you a
Copy of her most Sacred Majest^ies royal Instructions to his
Ex^cy the Governour and we Conceive that the Reasons of the
said Instructions are very obvious for that if her Majesty shall
be pleased to disassent to any particular Law or Laws the
whole body of them thereby may not be repealed as having
but one assent to the whole
Signed p order W Bladen Cl Coun.

Col. Maxwell and five other members bring up from the
House their Concurrences to the Message about M^r Alexander
Hall and the following Message Viz.

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Journal.