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Opinion of this House, that it is Absolutely necessary to prepare
some Bills in Order to be past into Laws, to the same End, with those
which have been Dissented to, We are at a loss to know what
Objections were made to the said Acts, or upon what Motives or
reasons his Lordship Dissented to them, And being very desireous at
this time, to Avoid all Just and reasonable Objections, and to make
Our Laws as unexceptionable as we can; We request Your Honour
will be pleased to Communicate to this House, the Objections made
to the said Laws with the reasons and Motives that Occasioned His
Lordship to Dissent to them, that We may not give the like Occasion.
Signed p Order of the House Jn^o Mackall Speaker
May the 23^d

To which His Excellency returned the following Answer by Coll^o
Ward and Benjamin Tasker Esq^r

Gentlemen.
In Answer to Your Address, presented me on Saturday last,
wherein you request to know the reasons and Inducements for His
Lordships late Dissents, I hope the following particulars, will give
you some satisfaction therein and it is a more Sensible pleasure to
me, to Observe the Great Prudence and Caution wherewith you
seem desireous to proceed.
As to the Dissent to the Act prescribing the form of Oath of Judge
or Justice, I apprehend, that the words thereof are thought liable to
Ambiguous Construction and that the import of them may be car-
ried farther than the real Useage and Constitution of this Province
The Lord Proprietary in great Tenderness to this Province trans-
mitted such form of Oath, as by mature Advice, he thought would
Answer Your Just desires; if you have any reasonable Objections
thereto, It were I think, proper, to represent them in a Dutiful
manner To His Lordship.
I send you herewith some reasons offered against the late Tobacco
Law which I presume will lead into the Causes of that Dissent,
besides the Infringement that Law was thought to make on the
Establishment of the Clergy in this Province
I send you also the Case Stated in Relation to the Attorneys Law
with his Majestys Attorney and Sollicitor General's Opinions thereon
which I suppose were the Grounds of the Dissent to that Law.

U. H. J.

The Law for the Division of Parishes in S^t Marys and Charles
Countys received a Dissent as not agreeable to the Laws and Useage
of England, which never deprive a present Incumbent without his
own Consent, of any profits of the Parish, whereunto he was
Inducted.
Against the Supplementary Act to the Act for Establishing
Religious Worship &c that Clause thereof whereby the Incumbent

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