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And thereupon the following Message was sent to the
Lower House Viz.

By the Upper House of Assembly
August the 9th 1716
Gentlemen

We herewith send you a Letter from his Excellency the
Governour directed to the Upper & Lower Houses of this
Assembly on the Occasion of another Letter wrote him by
Mr Charles Carrol this Day & desire you will appoint some
of your members to join with some of our House to give an
Answer thereto And that you will assign the Time & place
of Conference
Signed p order W Bladen Cl Up Ho.

Col Hynson & two more brought up an Engrossed Bill
impowering a Committee to lay assess & apportion the publick

U. H. J.

Levy this present year 1716 Assented to by the Lower House
which was again read & Assented to by this House And the
honble Col Coursey sent to acquaint the Lower House thereof
Mr Tyler & three more brought the following message from
the Lower House Viz.

By the Lower House of Assembly
August the 9th 1716

May it please your Honours
Your message of this Day together with his Excellency's
Letter to both Houses on Mr Carroll's Letter to him were read
And this House has appointed Mr Tyler Col Mackall Mr
Bordley Mr Rousby Mr Stoddert & Col Hoskins to join some
of your Honours in a Conference on that Subject & are ready
to attend at Mr John Dodds immediately
Signed p order Thos Macnemara Cl Lo Ho.

Resolved that the honble Col Coursey Col Addison & Mr
Lloyd join the Gentlemen appointed by the House to confer
on those Letters & make Answer thereto.
The House Adjourned till to morrow morning nine of the
Clock

Friday August the 10th 1716

The House Sate Present as Yesterday
Mr Tyler & two more brought up the Report of the Confer-
ence on MrCarroll's Letter to his Excellency the Governour Viz.

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