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Collo Tilghman from the Upper House Delivers Mr
Speaker the following message Viz.
By the Upper House of Assembly Octr 26th 1724
Gent.
This House does appoint Benjamin Tasker Esqr who was
formerly appointed to the Committee to view the Stadt House
to Joyn with those members appointed to your House to treat
with proper workmen about the necessary repairs of the
Stadt House
Sign'd p order Samll Skipon Cl: Up: Ho :
The following message is prepared Viz.
By the Lower House of Assembly Octr the 27th 1724
May it please your Honours
Having considered the Representation of the Clergy sent
us from your Honours and that it hath appear'd to us that
some Clergymen within this Province have misbehaved them-
selves in a manner so inconsistent with their Character &
Prejudiciall to Religion, that instead of being Guides to the
people & preventing their being misled by popish priests and
other Enemies of the Church of England, Their misbehaviour
and ill. Example have been the most prevailing motives with
severall weake people to forsake the Communion of the best
Church in the world and with others look upon all Religion
as an Imposture and a Cheat; and for that the Irregularities
Complained of are presum'd to be owing in a great measure
to the want of some Judicature to correct the offenders who
(as appears by the Representation now before us) Claim an
Exemption from any Jurisdiction in the hands of Laymen,
And that we see no probability of any Jurisdiction being Es-
tablished which some to avoid Just punishment will not have
the same objection to, We think it our indispensable duty
untill the Establishmt of an unexceptionable Judicature to
make use of all the means in our power to put some Check to
practices so destructive of our Religion, And we do not make
the least Doubt of your Honours assistance & Concurrence in
so necessary a work, nor but that such of our Clergy as con-
scientiously Discharge their Duty (which we hope are the
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