570 Assembly Proceedings, September 23-October 26, 1 723.

U. H. J.

have induced your Hon^rs to think with good Reasons that
tho' Acts were formerly made to support your claims but are
since Repealed, and others made in their Stead, that do not
support them, one of which is the Act for the Imposition of
four pence p Gallon on Liquors; your Claims can be no way
Supported now by the Acts that are Long since Repealed tho'
once in force; and whether this Allowance be now your Due
is the Question and we Cannot conceive but it looks some-
what like a manner of treating us unworthy of Your House,
to intimate by your Message, that because an Act still sub-
sists for laying Impositions on Liquor which makes no manner
of Allowance to you nor mencon of your Claims, that you are
pleased in your Message to call that a Continuation of the
same Act that had a Paragraph to favor your Claims which
rather seems to be to lead us into wrong notions of those Acts
than to Clear up the Truth. We hope therefore as there is
now no Law in force to Support your Claim, Your Claim is
not now supported by Law, as you by that manner of wording

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your Message are pleased to Insinuate. We cannot think
Your Hon^rs have Cause to charge us with being in the least
partially prejudiced in this Dispute, which you plainly do by
saying we seem resolved not to regard the Laws and reason-
able Customs you produce to support your Claims.
The Laws we don't Regard because, as we have before said,
they are repealed; and the Reasons to support your Custom
we disregard, because, by the Laws now in Force; we find,
there are other moneys raised for the support of Governm^t
that is not particularly applied, by the Act that raises it, for

the support of Governm^t which says that 12 pence of the 15

pence p hhd, raised for the Support of Governm^t should be
applied towards the maintaining the Station and Dignity of
his Ldp's Lieut Governour actually residing within this
province, and to such other necessary uses tow^ds the support
and Defence of the L^d Proprietary's Governm^t of this Prov-
ince as in his Ldp's wisdom to him shall seem meete. Y^r Hon^rs
may please to Remember that by all the Old Laws, that
mention the Support of Governm^t you are included as a part
of what is to be supported thereby; The money raised is to
be Applied as to his Ldp seems meet. His Ldp best knows
of what Value and Esteem your Service is to him. If his
Ldp thinks he can apply it to more Advantage for the sup-
port of Government or that he had rather want your Assist-

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ance than Apply it that way we are obliged to Submit to his
Lordship therein so as that it be Really applied to the support
of Governm^t But as there is Sufficient raised for the support
of Government, and that the Act for directing the manner of
Electing and Summoning Delegates &c^a does say your Hon^rs