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Bill repealing the Act to prevent the Growth of Popery
Sent to the Upper House by Cap^t Marriartee Cap^t Pollard M^r
Alex^r Warfield M^r Meekins M^r Taylor & Cap^t Baker, they
return and say they delivered it.
Ordered the following message Prepared viz:

By the Lower House of Assembly
Aprill the 30^th 1718

L. H. J.

May it please yo^r Hon^rs
In answer to your Message of yesterday by Coll: Holland
Coll. Ennalls Esq Hall & Col Addison with his Excy's Speech
to the Clergy & their Address to him. We gratefully Acknowl-
edge the Zeal his Excy has always Exprest for the Benefitt
and Advantage of the Church establisht by Law among us
and begg leave to assure his Excy & yo^r Hon^rs that whensoever
the Reverend Clergy shall be pleased to lay before us their
representacon for the farther Advancement of that holy reli-
gion We profess We shall proceed to do therein what may be
reasonably expected from true members of that Church, with
a just regard had to the Constitucon of the Country We
represent.
Signed p Ord^r M: Jenifer Cl lo ho:

Which was Sent to the upper house by M^r Dare Cap^t ffrisby,
Cap^t ffendall, M^r R^d Warfield, Cap^t Dollahide, & Maj^r Emer-
son. They return & say they delivered it.
The peticon of the Mayor Recorder and Aldermen of the
City of Annapolis was read and referred till to morrow morn-
ing & Ordered the persons concerned appear before this
House
The writt of Election issued this Sessions to the City of
Annapolis for the electing a member in the stead of M^r Benjⁿ
Tasker who since last Sessions was made Sheriff of that City
was returned to this House whereby it Appears that John
Beale Esq^r is Elected for the said City. Whereupon the said
Beale Appears in this House, & Ordered that M^r Hill & Cap^t
ffrisby go with him to the upp^r House to see him Qualifyed by
taking the Severall Oaths &c. They return & say they see him
Qualified.
Then the said M^r Beale Esq^r took his Place in the House.
Ordered that M^r Beale be added to the Comittee of Accounts
in the room of Maj^r John Bradford who is lately gone home

p. 37

Resolved that no peticons be reced into this House after
to morrow.

p. 38