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himself) to the Contrary I'm humbly of opinion cant possibly
affect his Lordship in his Prerogative or any other way but
on the Contrary shew that Regard to the equal and indifferent
Administration of Justice to the people in putting the Judges
under the most Sacred tyes to discharge their duty that is one
of the distinguishing characters of a Good Ruler
May it please your Excellency
Your most humble Servant
31 October 1724 D. Dulany
To his Excellency the Governor.

An Engrossed Bill from the Lower House by M^r Hawkins
and M^r Harrison for the Relief of M^r Dent &c^a Assented to
by the Lower House.
Read and Assented to by the Upper House.
A Bill from the Lower House by M^r Courts and M^r Edward
Wright Entituled An Act for the Payment & Assessment of
the Publick Charge of the Province for this present Year
1724 and thus endorsed

By the Lower House of Assembly October 31^st 1724

Read the first and second times by especial Order and will
Pass.
Sign'd p Order M. Jenifer Cl. Lo Ho.

Read and Ordered to lye on the Table for the Perusall of
the members
An Engrossed Bill from the Lower House by M^r Dashiel
& M^r Hopkins for the Limitation of Officers fees &c^a As-
sented to by the Lower House. Read and ordered to lye on
the Table.
A Message ¹ from the Lower House by M^r Crab & M^r
Bozman Viz.

U. H. J.

By the Lower House of Assembly October the 31^st 1724
May it Please your Honours
We are at a Loss to guess what Part of Our Message about
the Clergy it is that you understand Us as recommending
you to erect a lay Jurisdiction for the establishment of Eccle-
siastical discipline and can therefore say no more to it than to
desire your Honours further consideration of that Message
which probably your Honours might be led to misconstrue

¹For the text of the message to which this is the reply, and which is lacking
from this record, see Lower House Journal, p. 163, infra.

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