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And sent to the Low^r house by Col Addison who returns
and says he Delivered the Same
The Bill Impowering a Comittee to lay Assess and Appor-
tion the Publick Levey for this P^rsent year Seventeen hundred
& Twenty being read is thus Written Viz.

Aprill the 21^st 1720
Read & Assented to by the Upper house of Assembly and
Signed p Ord^r Jo. Beale Cl. Up. Ho.

The House Adjourns until One of the Clock in the After-
noon

Post Merediem
The House meett according to Adjournment
Present
His Excy the Governour

U. H. J.

Col Holland
Col Young

Esq^r Hall &
Col Ward

M^r Caldwell & M^r Tasker from the Lower House deliver
his Excellency the following Message Viz.

By the Lower House of Assembly Aprill the 2 I^st 1720

May It Please Your Hon^rs
In Ans^r to the Observacon your Hon" have been pleased to
make on that part of our Answer to Your Message of the 19^th
Instant Wherein we observe we should be wanting in duty to
his Lord^p as well as be drawn into Measures prejudiciall to
the Interest of the Gov^r who may hereafter preside Over us,
Our meaning as to that part was no Other than whereas the 3^d
p hh^d hath been for a Considerable time given to the Gov^rs
who have presided Over us And since to our present Gov^r
dureing his Government in & over this Province: The Gentle-
man that Succeeds may perhaps very Justly move us to bestow
the same Allowance on him which by the measures proposed
will be out of our Powers to Comply with And may very
Justly lay us under his Displeasure w^ch we Ought as we Con-
ceive to be very Caref ull to Avoid and we assure your Hon^rs it
was never our Opinions that the duty of 3^d p hh^d is a profitt
by Right incident to the Station of a Gov^r, as we believe will
appear by the resolutions Entred on our Journalls upon his
Excellencys first Accession to this Governm^t
Signed p Ord^r M Jenifer Cl. Lo Ho.

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