164 Assembly Proceedings, April 22-May 10, 1718.

U. H. J.

A Supplementary bill to the Act for the better Administra-
tion of Justice in Testamentary Affaires
His Excellency Offers to this House that for three years
past very few Patents have Passed in my Lords Office, That
the first Occasion of it was that while M^r Carroll had that
Office he Refused to Pass any Patents but what were Tested
(our Trusty & well beloved Charles Carroll Esq^r) notwith-
standing his Excellency was Comissioned by their Lordships
to be Keeper of their Great Scale, That upon his Desiring M^r

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Carroll to Explain himself, M^r Carroll then sayd half the
Fees of the Scales was his Right, And that unless his Ex-
cellency wou'd give him half the Fees, he wou'd not Suffer any
Patents to Come forth from him, And as very few Patents
have Passed since that Time, His Excellency takes it to be a
very great wrong to the Lord Baltemore's Office And Injur-
ious to the psons who had a Right to those Patents And had
Paid a Consideration for them, and Prejudiciall to the Keeper
of the Great Scale And the Secretary in this Province. All
which his Excell^cy thinks his Duty to lay before this Hon^rble
House for their Consideration upon it.
The Question is put whether it is an Aggrievance or not.
Resolved In the Affirmative. And Prayed by this house
that his Excy will lay before them what he thinks Proper on
this Occasion that it may be Represented to the Lower House
as an Aggrievance

The House Adjourns till Afternoon

Post Meridiem
The House meet according to Adjournm^t
Present as before noon

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Col John Mackall & two others from the lower house with
the foll^o message.

By the Lower House of Assembly

May 3^d 1718.
May It Please your Honours
We have Read the Report of the Conferrees Appointed to
Consult on the Clergy's Representation And agree with them
in Opinion that the puting the Ecclesiasticall Laws in force
here wou'd be altogether Impracticable and therefore referr
the Consideration thereof to Your Honours
Signed p order Mic Jenifer Cl. Lo. Ho.