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members of your house as you shall think fitt to proceed upon
the address proposed.
Signed p Ord^r Joh Beale Cl: Up: Ho.

Thereupon Coll John Mackall Coll Nathaniel Hynson Maj^r
Richard Colegate and M^r Ralph Crabb, are appointed to joyne
the Gent of the Upper house and ordered the following Mes-
sage be prepared Viz.

By the Lower house of Assembly
April the 21^st 1720

May it please your Honours.
Wee have Appointed Coll John Mackall Col Nathaniel Hyn-
son Maj^r Richard Colegate and M^r Ralph Crabb to joyn the
Members proposed by your Honours who are ready to attend.
Signed p Order M: Jenifer Cl: Lo: Ho.

And Sent to the Upper house by the Gentlemen appointed.
They return & Say they Delivered it.
Coll. Addison from the upper House Delivers M^r Speaker
the Supplementary Bill to the Act for Settling a Revenue on
her Maj^tys Present Governour thus Endorst Viz.

L. H.J.

By the Upper house of Assembly

April the 21^st 1720.
Read and will pass.
Signed p Order John Beale Cl: Up: Ho.

Which was read and past for Engrossing and Sent to the
Committee of Laws to be Engrost.

The House Adjourns till one a Clock in the Afternoon

Post Meridiem. The house meet according to Adjourn-
ment.
The following Message being prepared Viz.

By the Lower House of Assembly April the 21^st 1720.
May it please your Honours.
In Answer to the Observation your Honours have been
pleased to make on that part of our answer to your Message
of the 19^th Instant wherein wee observe we Should be wanting
in duty to his Lordship as well as be drawn into measures
prejudiciall to the Interest of the Governour who may here-
after preside over us, our meaning as to that part was no
other than whereas the three pence p hh^d hath been for a
Considerable time given to the Governours who have presided

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