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ments viz. the Allowance for the hhd being eight pence or six
pounds of Tobacco p hundred at the election of the Buyer.
Sign'd p Order Geo. Plater Cl. Up Ho.

U. H. J.

Sent to the Lower House by Charles Calvert Esq^r
An Engross'd Bill from the Lower House by Cap^t Gordon & M^r
Hemsley Entituled An Act to Appropriate part of the Land laid
out in the City of Annapolis for the building the Custom House
on, to & for the Building a Market House thus Subscribed viz.

November the 2^d 1728

Read & Assented to by the Lower House of Assembly
Sign'd p Order M Macnemara Cl lo Ho.

Read & Assented to by this House & Ordered to be so Sub-
scribed
The Paper Bill so endors'd is sent to the Lower House by John
Hall Esq^r

The following message is Prepared & sent to the Lower House
by Nich^s Low Esq^r

By the Upper House of Assembly November the 2^d 1728
Gentlemen
We concur with you in all the parts of your message of the I^st
Instant relating to the Bill for Officers fees by Col^o Gale & M^r Key
save only in that part which relates to the Examiner General and
as to that take leave to Observe to you that his Lordship by Virtue
of his Prerogative has the sole power of appointing such Officers
so that it is not in the power of either or both Houses of Assembly
to suppress them and therefore we think it better to regulate their
fees by a Law than leave them at Liberty to charge what they
please for the services to be done by them we agree with you that
the Officers of Examiner and Surveyor General are not both nec-
essary for the Service of the Country but think the Examiner is
much the more necessary of the two whose Office it is to correct
Errors on Surveys which if not done must be of dangerous conse-
quence to the Country but forasmuch as both those offices may be
executed by the same person we shall be ready to join with you in
an Address to his Lordship for that end and in the mean time we
desire you in an Address to his Lordship for that end and in the
mean time we desire you again to consider that it will be necessary
to regulate their fees we also remind you to alter the time of pay-
ments to be made in money to Officers purpos'd to be the 10^th of
April which was omitted in your Message

Sign'd p Order Geo Plater Cl Up Ho.

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