The Lower House. 131

ernment when you by yo^r Message of the 25^th of October last
by M^r Tyler and five others have acknowledgd that it is in his
L^dpps Option whether he will appropriate any part of the
Revenue for that purpose or not; Certainly Gentlemen if you

L. H. J.

were not possest with over much Zeale for your Countrey
you would agree to make the ttsuall allowances of one hundred
and fifty pounds of Tobacco p Day for the Councillors' At-
tendance, untill that affair be fairly adjusted with his Lord-
ship. But if you will not, we shall postpone any further
Debate thereon to another opportunity always reserving to
our selves a Liberty of claiming the aforesaid allowance of
one hundred and fifty pounds of Tobacco p Day for our
attendance as Council of State, as a Just and undubitable
Right.
Sign'd p order Sam^ll Skippon Cl Up Ho.

A Bill to confirm Lands to William Anderson
A Bill in favour of John Cheney & Mary his wife, And
A Bill for the Naturalization of Jn^o Sweenyard of Balte-
more County planter,
Were Severally read the first and second Times by es-
peciall order and past which were Severally so Endorst and
sent to the Upper House, by M^r Beale and Capt. Hooper.
They return and say they delivered them.
Coll^o Ward from the Upper House delivers M^r Speaker
the Supplementary Bill to the Act for Ascertaining the man-
ner of Tenders in Tobacco thus Endorst Viz :

By the Upper House of Assembly October 23^d 1724.
Read and will pass.
Sign'd p Ord^r Sam^ll Skippon Cl Up. Ho.

Thereupon the same past for Engrosing.
James Bowles Esq^r from the Upper House Delivers M^r
Speaker the following Bills viz :
The Bill to confirm Lands to William Anderson
The Bill in favour of Jn^o Cheney and Mary his wife
And the Bill for the Naturalization of John Sweenyard of
Baltemore County planter all which Bills were Sev^rally thus
Endorst Viz.

By the Upper house of Assembly October 23^d 1724.
Read and will pass.
Sign'd p order. Sam^ll Skippon Cl. Up. Ho.

p. 157