The Upper House. 365

Eodem Die post Meridiem
This house met again according to adjournment
Present as in the morning
His Excellency the Governor is pleased to communicate to this
house the Address of the Lower house presented to him on Satur-
day last in the Conference Chamber by M^r Speaker attended by the
whole house, which Address is in the following Words

To the Honourable Benedict Leonard Calvert Governor
of the Province of Maryland

The humble Address of the house of Delegates
May it please Your Honour

Your Honours Message to this house on the first Instant hath
obliged us to take into Consideration the matters contained therein,
& to give Your Honour in this manner the sense we have had, in
Relation to our Conduct, which, you are pleased to mention, appears
in Our Votes

As We were; & still are very well satisfyed, & shall always assert
that the levying money in this Province in all Cases is the undoubted
Right of the People; We thought it improper to have continued the
benevolence of the People for the same term as it formerly was,
when Circumstances concerning that matter were different at dif-
ferent times, for the Bill mentioned in your Honours Message gen-
erally attended the Bill for ascertaining the Gauge & Tare of To-
bacco hogsheads &c And as that Bill passed this house only for One
year We accordingly proposed the other Bill for the same Term

U. H. J.

But since Your Honour appears to be alarmed, as if the Bill for
three pence p hogshead continuing only for One Year might be in-
tended as an Affront peculiarly levelled at your Honour, And that
the publick good Will of this Province towards your Honour may
be made known to yourself, the Province and the whole World; We
beg Leave to assure your Honour that such Proceeding was not
intended as a mark of publick Resentment, or injurious to your
Reputation, and for that Reason We have been willing to give a
Demonstration of such our Intention, by a Resolution of this house
to Continue the s^d Act of Three pence p hh^d for three years
Having this Opportunity We cannot in Justice to those we repre-
sent, forbear the mention of what the People of this Province have
conceived a hardship & Difficulty, And which is, the necessity of
paying at & after the Rate of Ten shillings Sterling p hundred in
Cash for all fees in Tobacco due to the Chancellor of this Province
especially since no Regulation hath been made different from the
fees settled & allowed to the Chancellor in the Year One thousand
seven hundred & four

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