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and to prepare a Petitionary Bill for both the sd Imposts as
soon as your Excellcy will be pleased to notify your Approba-
tion
Signed p order Thos Macnemara Cl ho. Del.

Which being Read & Considered Resolved the following
message be sent to the Delegates Viz.

By his Excellency the Governour & Council in Assembly
June the 1st 1715

On receipt of your message of this Day by Mr Tyler &
others His Excellency was pleased to declare that what you
have offered in Relation to my Lord Baltimore of laying a
duty of 18d p hhd in Consideration of his Lordship's taking his
Rents in Tobo at the rate of 2d Sterl p pound He will trans-
mitt to his Lordship when passed into a Law And will endea-
vour to lay the present Circumstances of Maryland concerning
his Lordships Rents in so clear a view as he hopes may give

U. H, J.

Satisfaction both to my Lord & the people who hold Lands
under his Ldship. And is pleased further to assure you that
his Lordship has often done him the Honour to express him-
self with great tenderness for the welfare of this province.
And as his Lordship is a person of a very distinguishing
Judgment you may expect every thing in reason you can
desire from his favour
As to the other parts of your message and particularly in
relation to the Advance of the Revenue towards Support of
Government this Board do agree thereto And Concur that the
Gauge of the Bulge of Tob^o hhds be expressed at 36 Inches or
under not exceeding 37 on any Accident or pretence whatso-
ever
Signed p order W Bladen Cl Coun.

Sent by the honble John Hall Esqr
Major Philips and three more brought up a Bill declaring
the Continuance of the paym^t of the iad p hhd from the Death
of the late Right Honble Charles Lord Baltimore until the
29th day of September next
Read & assented to by the Delegates
And the same was again read & assented to by this Board
And the honble Col Wm Holland sent therewith to the Dele-
gates who was likewise ordered to acquaint them this Board
have assented to the Engrossed Bill for ascertaining the
Bounds of Lands
On reading the Bills proposed for relief of Peter Sawell &

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