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And Ordered the following Message be prepared Viz :

By the Lower House of Assembly ffeb: the 26^th 1721.
May it please your Honours
We can't help being averse to the Amendments propos'd
by your House in the Explanatory Bill herewith sent since
we are certain that the imposing any Oaths at all will create
great heart burnings among the People, for which reasons as
well as those mentioned in our former Message on this
Occasion we must insist on the bill as prepared in our House.
Sign^d p Order M. Jenifer Cl. L^o Ho :

Which was sent to the upper House with the Bill aforesaid
by Coll: Woollford and three others. They return and say they
delivered them.
M^r Dashiell added to the Comittee of Election and Privi-
ledges.
M^r Wailes and Cap^t Rider Appear in the House.
Resolved by this House that the Gent Appointed to reduce
the Agreement into writing with M^r Caldwell, and to take his
bond on the repairing the Stadt House have power to draw
Orders on the Treasurer of the Western Shore for so much
Money as the said Caldwell shall have Occasion of towards
the Carrying on the Work (at their Discretion) and on the
finishing the said W^rork to give Orders for the Ballance, that
shall be then remaining due to the said Caldwell, on the said
Treasurer.
And that a Message be prepared Accordingly
Which was prepared and is as follows.

By the Lower house of Assembly ffeb^ry the 26^th 1721.
May it Please your Hon^rs
M^r John Caldwell haveing Mov'd this House that the Gent
appointed to compleat the Agreement with him for repairing
the Stadt House may have Power to give him Orders on the
Treasurer of the Western Shore for so much money as he
shall have Occasion of Towards Carrying on the Work (at
their Discretion) and on the finishing the said Work to order
him the Ball^ce that shall be then remaining due to him, We are
willing to Agree thereto, and accordingly have Entered a
Resolve on our Journall with which We desire your Honours
Concurrence.
Signed p Order. M. Jenifer Cl: Lo. Ho.

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