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shall be allowed 150 p^ds of Tobacco p Day for each Days
attendance in Assembly Times, and no more; we take it
Clearly that your Hon^rs Customary Allowance has no Reason-
able foundation or Cause of its Continuance the 150 P^ds of
Tobacco for Attendance in Assembly Time being what we
never Refused.
But we Can't but think yo^r Hon^rs refused to Assent to our
Allowances, when you dissented to the whole Journal of Acc^ts
and we think what we observed to your Hon^rs by that Message,
on that Head, is obviously right And as your Hon^rs implicitely
allow by your Message, we never have made such use of our
Power as we there Complain of, we Assure your Honours,
we, and we hope our Successors never will, and we hope as
an Instance of your Hon^rs declining with Abhorrence the
makeing such use of yours, you'll think fit to Assent to the
Allowances concerning w^ch there is no dispute, by sending
down our Journal with your Assent that the 'Busieness and
charge of this Session may at Length determine, or lye at
their Door that Cause them to Continue and Increase; while
we Content ourselves with and persist in doing our duty as
faithfull Stewards for them we Represent.

U.H.J.

We therefore Rely on our late Conclusion, which we are
Clearly satisfied the Journals you Quote show no Cause for
Altering.
Signed p Order M: Jenifer Cl Lo Ho.

Adjourned till morning

Wednesday Oct^r the 23^rd 1723
Met According to Adjournment
Present
His Honour the Governour

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the
honble

Col^o W^m Holland
Col^o Sam^l Young
Phile Lloyd Esq^r

Col^o Tho^s Addison
Col^oRich^dTilghman
Benjamin Tasker
Esq^r

Members of
the Upper
House of
Assembly.