204 Assembly Proceedings, April 26-June 3, 1715.

L. H. J.

They return and say they delivered the same
Col^o Lloyd, Col^o Coursey, Col^o Holland, Lt Col^o Young,
Philemon Lloyd Esqr & L^t Col^o Tilghman from the Honble
Council deliver Mr Speaker the following Letter Viz.

Council Chamber 30th May 1715.
Mr Speaker,
I am to acquaint the House of Delegates that I have a
Letter from my Lord Baltimore notifying the Death of his
Noble Father the late Lord Baltimore, who as he has ever
carried himself with great Candour and Affection to this
Province I must condole with you for the Loss of so good a
Friend. But as his Lordship is succeeded by a worthy Son
who promises as much as you can reasonably expect, from his
Circumstances, I congratulate with you on this Occasion, and
avow from a Personal Knowledge which I have of his Lord-
ships good Disposition that you may be a very happy People
(if you please) under such a Landlord. His Lordship does
me the Honour to entrust me with the Management of his
private Affairs in this Province. I therefore desire to know
what Resolution you will come to in Relation to his Rents
since his Lordship does not think fit to stand to the Agree-
ment made by the late Lord Baltimore upon the precarious
Footing the Hogsheads now stand
Jo. Hart

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Philemon Lloyd Esqr from the Honble Council acquaints
Mr Speaker that the Honble Council had agreed and assented
to the ingrossed Bill following on the 30th Day of May 1715
A Bill for the better Administration of Justice in Testa-
mentary Affairs, granting Administrations, recovering of
Legacies, securing Filial Portions and Distribution of Intes-
tates Estates.
The House adjourns till One O'Clock in the Afternoon

Monday Afternoon

The House met according to adjournment. Present as in
the Morning.
An ingrossed Bill ascertaining the Height of Fences to
prevent the Evil occasioned by the Multitude of Horses, and
restraining Horse Rangers within this Province and to redress
the great Evil accruing to this Province by the Multiplicity of
useless Horses, Mares and Colts that run in the Woods,
brought down in the Morning by Mr Robins from the Com-
mittee of Laws was read and assented to by the House of
Delegates and ordered to be thus indorsed Viz.