574 Assembly Proceedings, April 5-22, 1720.

L. H. J.

and on The Credulity of unguarded minds by their Amuse-
ments

Gentlemen of the Lower House.
I Have Severall other Matters proper for your considera-
tion which shall be communicated to you by way of Message.
In the mean time I do Earnestly Recommend to you unanimity
and dispatch in your Proceedings and I do not doubt (what-
ever vain hopes others may have) you will make it Evident to
posterity that you are good Subjects, good Protestants, and
Lovers of your Country.
Jo. Hart
April 6^th 1720

The House adjourns till one a 'clock in the afternoon

Post Meridiem
The House meet according to adjournment.
M^r Peter Taylor a member Returned to Serve for Dor-
chester County appears in the House.
Thereupon ordered that Col: Woolford and M^r Brannock
go with the said M^r Taylor to the Upper House to see him
Qualified.
They Return and say they see him Qualified.
His Excellencys Speech being Read this House Resolves
to Enter on the debate thereof to morrow morning.
Resolved that the House will Sit to do Business from
Eight of the Clock till Eleven in the forenoon and from one
till five in the afternoon and Ordered the following message
be Prepared Viz:

By the Lower House of Assembly

April 6^th 1720
May it Please your Excy and Honours

This House in order to dispatch Business as much as in

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them lyes have Entred a Resolve to sit from Eight of the
Clock till Eleven in the forenoon and from one till five of the
clock in the Afternoon and Desire to know whether the times
Appointed be agreeable to your Excellency and Honours
Signed p Order M. Jenifer Cl: Lo. Ho.

Sent to the Upper House by M^r Benjaman Mackall and M^r
Caldwell.
They return and Say they delivered it.