The Upper House. 463

Mr Tyler & four more brought up the following Message
from the Lower House Viz.

By the Lower House of Assembly
August the 8th 1716

May It please your Honours
This House very well approves of your Proposal for build-
ing an Handsome House for lodging & Securing the publick
Magazine of Arms &c. in this City brought from the Upper
House this Afternoon by the honble Col Coursey & three
others of the Upper House and in order to settle the manner
of Effecting the same desire some of the honble Members of
the Upper House will confer with Mr Tyler Col Mackall Mr
Stoddert Mr James Lloyd Col Haskins & Lt Col Edward Scott
of this House about the same and that your Honours will
appoint the Time & place
Signed p order Tho. Macnemara Cl Lo ho.

On Consideration whereof Resolved the said Conference
is agreed to & that the honble Lt Col Young Mr Philemon
Lloyd & Lt Col Rd Tilghman be appointed on that Confer-
ence & the following message sent to the House by Col
Coursey Viz.

By the Upper House of Assembly
August the 8th 1716

We agree to the Conference proposed about an House tc
be built for securing the publick Arms &c. And have ap-

U. H. J.

pointed the honble Col Young Mr Philemon Lloyd & L^t Col
Rd Tilghman to confer with your members thereupon this
Evening at Mr Dodds.
Signed p order W Bladen Cl Up ho.

Who returned & says he has delived his Message
Mr Hill & two more brought up the Journal of the Com-
mittee of Accounts

The House Adjourned till nine of the Clock to morrow
morning

Thursday August 9th 1716
The Upper House Sate Present as Yesterday
Lt Col Scott & three more brought up four Engrossed
Bills Viz.
A Bill repealing an Act Entituled an Act against Striking
sundry Sorts of Fish within the Precincts of this Province

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