508 Correspondence of Gov. Horatio Sharpe, 1754-1765.

the sounds that Divide Taylor's & James's Islands from the
main Land: By the Land Patents they are deemed Islands,
But of this, I write you My Lord's determination with Mess^rs
Penns Novemb^r 27^th Your Transmission of the Copys of the
Journals of the Assembly the 28^th of March last I have M^r
Sec^y Pitt's Lett^r in the Journals dated the 30^th of Decem^r
1757. The Tenor thereof Certifys great goodness tender'd
by His Majesty, for Vigorous & extensive Efforts to Avert
the impending dangers on North America the Sincerity of
his Let^r is so very Expressive as to have no doubt but that
the Marylanders wo^d Joyfully have embraced the opportunity
of distinguish^g themselves for His Majesty's Zeal in Defence
of his Dominion & themselves. Notwithstanding the Jour-
nals relate much Altercation on that Subject upon a Bill from
the Lower House sent to the Upper, of w^ch on Clauses in the
Bill upon deprivations of Rights, Inter als concerning L^d
Baltimore the Upper House reply We conceive that by the
clear words of the Charter the appointment of all Officers
Civil & Military belongs to L^d Baltimore for further Satis-
faction on this Point they Add, the Opinion of L^d Chief Jus-
tice Wille's when Attorn^y Gen^l whose opinion is, That by
the Charter of Maryland the Lord Proprietary hath a Right
to nominate all Officers Civil & Military They observe if
the Charter did not determine this Matter in favour of L^d
Baltimore, they wo^d not suffer their Estates to be Tax'd by
Officers deriving their Power under the Sole Nomination
of them, who wo^d naturally think themselves peculiarly Ac-
countable for their Conduct to that House And Exemplify
the improprietes of the Bill on his Lord^ps Private Officers,
words vague & undetermin'd, not Sure ag^t Complaint or
Even a prosecution however Exact they might be & under
Penalty £200 with^t Reward near the same proved on the
Publicic Officers & set forth the unreasonable Power the Lo:
H. Assumes, to be sole Judges of the Allowances to be made
to such Persons as have been put to an Expence in provid-
ing Necessaries for his Majesty's Troops in their winter
Quarters, A Power unpresident'd Object to the double Tax
on non jurors as the Effect to Banish them from the Country,
ag^t the Principle of Justice & Policy & ag^t an Assembly Act
for an Limited Toleration of all Christians in 1640 Obj^t ag^t
a Tax upon all Commodities imported into the Province from
England (ive.) the Manufactory of the Mother Country
Obj^t to a Tax upon uncultivated Lands yeilding no profit.
Because such a Tax wo^d fall upon the Real & Personal Es-
tates of the Owners yeilding a Profit, wh^ch are otherwise
tax'd by the Bill Obj^t to the Power to the Tenant to Restrain