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of Two hundred Pounds Sterling with which We desire your
Honour's Concurrence and that you will be pleased to join
with us in an Address to his Excy desiring his favourable Ac-
ceptance thereof as a token of our Gratitude.
Signed p Order M: Jenifer Cl: lo: ho:

And Sent to the upper house by Coll^o Mackall Col^o Maxwell

L. H. J.

Col^o Hynson Col^o Scot Cap^t Pollard and Cap^t Mariarte.
They return and say They delivered it.
Coll^o Young and two others from the upper house deliver
M^r Speaker the following Message viz:

By the upper house of Assembly May 9^th 1718.
Gent.
In Answer to your Message by Col^o John Mackall and five
others We cannot but Comend you in the just regard you have
to the Expence his Excy has been at in defending our Con-
stitucon and most readily and heartily join with you therein.
Signed p Order Jn^o Beard Cl: up: Ho:

The House adjourns till to Morrow morning Eight of the
Clock.
Saturday May 10^th 1718
The House meets according to Adjournment
Yesterdays Proceedings are read.

Coll^o Tilghman from the upper house delivers M^r Speaker
the following Message viz:

By the upper house of Assembly May the 10^th 1718.
Gentlemen
The Conclusion of this Sessions, w^ch hath been carryed on
so unanimously for the Protestant Intrest being near at hand
calls upon us to put you in Mind once more of our Message
concerning the Eight p Cent. We Cannot but be pressing on
this Affaire thinking it most reasonable to comply with his
L^pps Demands at this Time in hopes that the good Dispositions
he shall see the houses in to Oblige him, in that particular may
engage his L^pp to give a favourable Construction of all the
Proceedings of this Assembly.
Signed p Order Jn^o Beard Cl. Up. Ho.

Which was read and the Question being put whether in

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Consideracdn of his L^pps Many Favours the Eight p Cent
shall be allowed as a gratuity or not

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