72 Assembly Proceedings, October 6-November 4, 1724.

U. H. J.

time being of them & will proceed to execute the Law notwith-
standing the same Letters I will hold the Courts according to
the Acts of Assembly and directions in my Commission I will
do and procure the Profits of the Lord Proprietary in all
things where I may lawfully and Reasonably do the same I
will not debar or hinder the prosecution of Justice nor take
any Gift Bribe or Fee for delaying or hindering Judgment
but will behave myself Justly honestly and faithfully to the
best of my knowledge and Understanding so long as I shall
continue in the said Office So help me God.

A Message from the Lower House by M^r Dashiell and
[Cap^t] Ebenezer Blackiston viz.

By the Lower House of Assembly November 2^d 1724.
May it please your Honours
We cannot imagine that your Honours have had the least
cause of concern or Surprize for any the matters you are
pleased to impute to us by your message of the 31^st past by
M^r Bowles and of this day by M^r Tasker as Unpresidented
Unparliamentary or Violating any the Priviledges of Your
House which whatsoever they be we wish you Always had
and would preserve free from Violation as We do for tho

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you are pleased to Suppose a mistake In us, we can hardly
have that Supposition of your House since We so plainly by
our Message of the 31^st past by M^r Tyler and M^r Taylor pointed
out to your Honours how those. Interlineations were made
Viz. In conformity to your message indorsed on the Bill and
since Your Honours are pleased to Insist that we have Ap-
parently Violated the Priviledges of your House by our
Artfully excusing as you are pleased to term it the Merchants
therein mentioned instead of Excluding the Whole Para-
graph we take the Liberty of Insisting but We hope with
much more Candour and Justice that your Messages never
could bear the sence you now contend for never proposing
to exclude the whole paragraph nor to exclude any others but
the Secretary and the Merchants and the amendment we
made which you were pleased with so much freedom to Up-
braid us with was only to exclude the Secretary and the
Merchants but if you intended and hop'd to lead us into the
Excluding all others when your words and our Intentions
plainly intimated to you were to exclude none others we pray
you to consider who were Endeavouring to be the most Art-
ful especially considering that your Concurrence with the
Bill on the Amendments you proposed was one Great Induce-
ment for this House's postponing the further Consideration
of those Unreasonable fees to the Secretary.