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Mr Tho' Bordley Col Nathan1 Hynson
Col John Mackall Mr James Stoddert
John Rousby Esqr Mr Joseph Hill
Mr James Lloyd Lt Col John Ward
Lt Col Edwd Scott Col James Maxwell
Major James Harris Mr Charles Wright

Who make Choice of the honble Thos Brock Esqr of the
Upper House to be their Chairman & John Beale their
Clerk,
Then proceed to consider that part of his Excellcy Speech
relating to the Laws to run in the Stile used when the Lord
Proprietarys noble Ancestors had the Government of this
Province And what shall be convenient to be done therein

U. H. J.

being the Subject matter of this Conference
On Consideration of the Subject Matter It is observed that
the Stile of the Laws which were made before the Revolution
when this Governmt was wholly in his Lordship's Hands was
Generally in these Words Be It Enacted by the Right Hon:ble
the Lord Proprietary by & with the Advice & Consent of the
Upper & Lower Houses of this present General Assembly &
the Authority of the same
It is likewise observed that after the Crown took the Ad-
ministration of this Government the Stile was generally in
these words
Be It Enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty by &
with the Advice & Consent of this present General Assembly
& the Authority of the same
But for that about the years 1710 & 1711 Sundry Laws of
this Province were dissented to by her late Majesty for want
of mentioning her Majesty's President as a distinct Body in
these Laws since which the Stile of the Laws has run in his
present Majesty's name thus Be It Enacted by the Kings
most excellent Majesty by & with the Advice and Consent
of his Majesty's Governour Council and Assembly of this
Province & the Authority of the same,
Wherefore It is proposed whether since the Restitution of
the Government to his Lordship It may not be proper to use
the Stile which seems most agreeable to the Stile last directed
by the Crown Viz. Be It Enacted by the Right Honble the
Lord Proprietary by & with the Advice & Consent of his

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Lordship's Governour & Council & Assembly and Authority
of the same. But for that a Majority of the Conferees rather
incline to make use of that Stile which his Lordship by his
Letter of Instructions to his Excellency has been pleased ex-
pressly to direct

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