496 Assembly Proceedings, Oct. 25-Nov. 4, 1710.

U. H. J.

By the House of Delegates October 27th 1710

This House being informed several Palatines were come to
Settle in this Province and being willing & desirous to En-
courage those poor People in their Industry have resolved that

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those Palatines with their Servants shall be free this present
year from paying any publick or County charge or Levy and
to which they pray the Concurrence of the Honble Council
Signed p order R Dallam Cl Del.

Which being read and the Board being likewise desirous
to Encourage the said Palatines and make them as easy as
possibly they can do readily Concur with the Houses resolve
Which was Signed p Order W Bladen Cl Coun.

And sent to the House by Col Greenberry & M^r Hall
Cap^t Hans Tilghman's Account & Petition sent to the House
of Delegates for their Consideration & recommended that a
reasonable Allowance be made him so that he be not Dis-
couraged from Serving the Country
Sent to the House by Col Greenberry & M^r Hall
This Board being informed that the honble Col Thomas
Addison had her most Sacred Majestys Warr^t to be of her
Council in this Province, Ordered that Notice be given him
that they were now sitting
Whereupon the s^d Col Addison came and produced the s^d
Warrant under her Majesty's Sign Manual and lesser Seale
Counter Signed by the Right Honble the Earl of Sunderland
her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State and dated the 15th
Jan^ry 1708/9 appointing the s^d Col Addison of her Council in
this Province and thereupon the s^d Col Addison had admin-
istred to him the Oaths appointed instead of the oaths of Alle-
giance and Supremacy the Oath of Abjuration and the Oath
of a Councellour in this Province which he took and subscribed

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the Test and Abjuration Oath and then took his place at the
Board
The Representation of M^r John Dansey her Majesty's
Receiver of Potowmack District read as followeth Viz.

May it please your Honours
By Virtue of your Honour's power to me granted to be her
Majesty's Receiver of the District of Potowmack In pursuance
thereof I was directed by her Majesty's Attorney for the
County of S^t Marys to make a Demand of the Estate of one
George Askin of Charles County being forfeited to her Majesty
In obedience I made Demand and found it lodged in the
Hands of Madam Mary Contee whose answer was that she