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the said County &c. read and past on Saturday Sent to the

Lower house by Coll. Addison Who returnes and Sayes he
Delivered the Same
M^r Tyler and M^r Smith from the Lower house Deliver his
Honour the Gov^r an Ingrossed Supplementary bill to the Act
for Stay of Execution after the tenth day of May yearly to
which is thus Written

July the 31^st 1721
Read and Assented to by the lower house of Assembly
Signed p Order M: Jenifer Cl. Lo. Ho.

The following Message prepared & Agreed upon

By the Upper House of Assembly
July 31^st 1721
Gentlemen. As by Your Answer to our first Message

U.H.J.

relateing to the Militia Law we in our Reply Shewed you
Wherein you had misapprehended us So are We now under
the Like Obligation of Observing to you that by your Message
of the 28^th Instant Wherein you Say you are Still of the Same
Opinion We have reason to Doubt you are under the Same
Misapprehension as before And Therefore we think ourselves
Obliged again e to Acquaint you that we do not propose a new
Punishment by a new Act, but a new Act to render the Exe-
cution & infliction of the old Law and Punishment practicable
if notwithstanding this you still persist in your Opinion
We shall content ourselves with having Discharged our Duties
herein and leave the Consequences at your doore
Signed p order Joh Beale Cl. Up. ho.

Sent to the lower house by Col Ward & Esq^r Bordley Who
return and Say they Delivered the Same
The house Adjourns untill one a Clock in the Afternoon

Post Meridiem
The house meet according to Adjournment
Present

Col Holland Esq^r Lloyd Col Tilghman
Col Ward Esq^r Bordley & Esq^r Bowles

Esq^r Rousby and M^r Lloyd from the Lower House Deliver

p. 61

Col Holland a Letter Directed to their House from the Hon-
ourable Samuell Young Esq^r Treasurer of the Western Shore

p. 62