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not be obliged to have their Cask Timber hewn by a certain
time in every year And whither It may be fitt to oblige the
Coopers to sett up all Casks yearly by a prefixed time

U. H. J.

And Agreed by a Majority of the Conferees that It may be
very advantagious to the Province in General that the Plan-
ters have their Timber hewn by a certain time And that all
Coopers sett up their Casks by a prefixt time in every year.
Then the Conferees proceeded to a Consideration of that
part of the Proposal relating to the encouraging of Coopers
by giving them Execution for their pay And It was carryed
by Majority of Voices that the said Coopers Pay be upon
Execution at the rate of Eighty pounds of Tob^o or six shilling
& Eight pence for every Tonn of Cask at the Election of the
employer
Signed p order W Bladen Cl Conl.

As also the said Col Ward and the other five Delegates
brought up the Report from the Conference about revising
and reenacting the Laws agreed to by the House of Dele-
gates. Which is in the Tenour following Viz

At a Conference between the members appointed by the
honble his Majesty's Council and the members of the House
of Delegates appointed by their House held at his Excellency
the Governour's House at the City of Annapolis this Sixth
day of May in the first year of the Reign of our Sovereign
Lord King George of Great Brittain &c. Annoq Domini
1715 To consider of two of the Royal Instructions communi-
cated by his Excellcy to the Delegates

Where were Present of his Majesty's honble Council

p. 43

Col Wm Coursey Col Thos Addison &
The honble Lt Col Saml Young Lt Col Richd Tilghman

p. 44

And of the House of Delegates

Col Matt. Tilghman Ward Majr Roger Woolford
Cap^t Thos Trueman Greenfield Majr James Philips
Cap^t S^t Leger Codd Mr Robert Tyler
Mr Joseph Hill Majr John Ward
Col Jno Macall Mr Chars Wright
Mr Joseph Harrison and
Mr Saml Hopkins Mr Amos Garrett

Who proceed to the Choice of a Chairman and unani-
mously elect the honble Col Wm Coursey Chairman of this
Conference & Wm Bladen Clerk thereof