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And Sent to the Upper house by M^r Beale & M^r Hopkins.
They return & say they delivered it. Col^o Young from the
Upper house delivers M^r Speaker the Bill declaring the right
of three Lots in the City of Annapolis thus endorst viz:

By the Upper house of Assembly May 7^th 1718.

Read the first Time and will Pass. Signed p Order.
John Beard Cl. Up. Ho.

Which was read and Past for engrosing, & Sent to the
Comittee of Laws to be engrost.
The following Message with M^r Carroll's Answer relating
to the 12^d p hh^d was prepared viz.

By the lower House of Assembly May the 7^th 1718.
May it Please your Honours
Pursuant to your Message of the 5^th Instant relating to the
Continuance of the Payment of the I2^d p hh^d by the Act made
in June 1715 till the 29^th of Sept^r following We did Send for
M^r Charles Carroll late Agent for the Proprietor of this
Province at the time of the making that Act who Accordingly
Appeared before this House & being Demanded to give an

L.H. J.

Account of the Disposition of that Duty and whether the
Lord Benedict or his Ex^rs ever accepted or Signified their
Intentions to Accept thereof on the Consideracon it was raised
he Promised to Send his Answer thereto in writing this Day
and thereupon Sent us the Annexed answer whereby your
Hon^rs may Perceive how farr that 12^d p hh^d has been accepted
& how applied.
As to M^r Carroll's intimating the Rents being Attacht in
Mony it was a thing unaskt from him for We are well assured
that the Person for whose use those rents were Attached
never designed anything but what was honourable as may
appear by Publick Letters to the Severall Sherriffs for that
Purpose and believe none of the persons whose rents were so
Attached will Sustain any Damage on that Account.
Signed p Order. M: Jenifer Cl: Lo. Ho:

and sent w^th the said Carroll's answer to the upper House by
Coll Maxwell and Major Emerson.

They return and Say they delivered them.

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