The Upper House. 441

The Remonstrance of Vachel Denton of the City of An-
napolis being read is Ordered to be thus Endorst viz.

By the Upper House of Assembly March the 18^th 1725/6

The within Remonstrance being read is recommended to
teh Consideration of the Lower House of Assembly
Signed p order Geo Plater Cl Up Ho.

Sent down by Col^o Ward who says he Delivered it.
A Message from the Lower House (with a report of the
Committee of Aggrievances) by M^r Benj^a Mackall and M^r
Walter Smith which Report and Message is as follows viz.

By the Committee of Aggrievances March the 17^th 1725/6

It is represented to your Committee as an Aggrievance that
the Inhabitants of this Province are denyd the benefit of the
Use of the Publick Records in the Secretarys and Comissarys

U. H. J.

Offices unlesse they Comply with the Terms propos'd by the
Keepers of these Records which as your Comittee is Inform'd
is not only the payment of larger fees than has at any time
been allow'd by Law for many years past but also Insisting
upon money for the ffees they Claim rateing the Tobacco at
Two pence p pound, severall of the Inhabitants haveing been
refused their Business on any other Terms which your Com-
mittee humbly proposes to the house as a Matter worthy their
Consideration and likewise that it may be very proper to Con-
sider what kind of property the severall Officers have in those
records whether they have them to keep or to Comunicate, or
whether they have them to set up as a merchandize at what
price they please or whether they have any other right to them
or Interest in them save as they are made Trustees thereof
for the Use of the publick and whether or no in Case the
present Officers refuse to Discharge their Trust upon reason-
able Terms it may not be hoped that the Governour will take
it into Consideration as Incumbent upon him to Interpose
his Authority for the Redress of the Evill Complained of All
which is humbly Submitted to the Consideration of the House
Signed p Order Sam^l Hepburn Cl. Com.

By the Upper House of Assembly March the 18^th 1725
May it please Your Honours

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Our Committee of Aggrievances haveing return'd the
report herewith sent we are of Opinion that the Same is
worthy of Consideration, and Recomend the same to your
Honours and desire to know whether you will be pleased to

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