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sembly of Maryland, The Royal Charter of Maryland requir-
ing all Laws passed by them to be as near as may be agreeable
to and not repugnant to the Laws of England.
As the Tender proposed by this Act was not general but
intended only for the Officers fees and the particular Uses of
that Act this Board did not apprehend It was contrary to the
Act of Queen Ann for regulating Coins.
4^th Objection. The giving a Currency to foreign Coins and
making them a legal Tender in Payment is exercising a
Power which I much doubt whether any Plantation Assembly
has a Power to do, and is doing more than was ever done by
the Parliament of Great Britain.
Answered in the aforegoing
5^th Objection. The Currency given to foreign Coins by
this Act will I greatly fear effect the paper Currency of
Maryland and be greatly prejudicial to the publick of the
Province.
It was thought better to suffer a Little Inconveniency by
the Chance of Lowering the Value of the Paper Currency
than a Certainty of losing the Advantages to the Province by
the passing so advantagious a Law as the Inspection Law.
6^th Objection. That part of the Act limiting the fees of my
officers is an Infringement on my Prerogative Rights, And as
no Reasons have been offered to me or are mentioned in the
said Act to shew the necessity or Reasonableness of this Part
of the Act I can by no means Suffer this part of the Act to
continue.
That as the late Lord Proprietary had Settled the Officers
fees by the first Inspection Law, and as this only Reduced the
fractional parts of the officers fees from what they were

Lib. J. R.
& U. S.

settled by the former Law, This for the more Easy Account-
ing with the Officers & People was thought very incon-
siderable.

At a Council held in the Council Chamber on Tuesday the
11^th day of March in the fourth year of his Lordships Do-
minion Annoque Domini 1755.

Present
His Excellency Horatio Sharpe Esq^r Governor

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The
honourable

Benjamin Tasker Esq^r
Col George Plater
Col Benjamin Tasker

Richard Lee Esq^r
Benedict Calvert Esq^r