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therefore ought to be applyed & disposed of with their Consent; and
altho his Lordship recommended the Application of one halfe of that
Duty to Support Schools, and the Assembly Agreed thereto and
passed severall Laws for that End which are all Expired; His Lord-
ship never had any property in the Duty, nor was any part thereof of
his Gift, and the Right of Continuing or not Continuing the same
devolves on the Legislature, of which, we as Representatives of the
People, are a Part, And the part in which all Bills for laying any
Duty or Imposition ought to begin, And therefore your Honours
have no right to insist that the three pence p hh^d be raised by one
Law as heretofore and continued for one certain Space
As to what Concerns his Excellency the Governor We do with the
greatest Sincerity assure your Honours that We have that regard
for him, which a gratefull People ought to have for the best of
Governors; And that our limiting the three halfe pence p hh^d to be
paid him for one year only did not proceed from any Disrespect
to [his] Person, or Diffidence in his future Conduct; but to Ascert our
own Right in disposing of Money, which we and the People we
represent must pay; and to have it in our own power to Acknowledge
our Gratitude to, and demonstrate our regard for our Governor
oftner than Ave could otherwise have: And as the Duty is to be
applyed to very Different purposes, W^re conceive it to be more regu-
lar to have it in Seperate Bills than in one, And that its being in one
formerly is not a good reason to Continue it so Still, if a more proper
Method can be fallen upon, which We conceive Seperate bills to be
for the reasons already given & therefore we desire Yo^r Hon^rs will
pass the bills as they are.
Signed p order M Macnemara Cl. Lo. Ho.

U. H. J.

A Message from the Lower House by M^r Goldsborough & M^r

Nedels.

By the lower house of Assembly Aug^st 3^d 1732
May it please Your Honours.
This House hath resolved to allow for the publick Charge of this
Assembly from Tuesday last to Saturday next at the rate of 10^s
Current Money for every hundred pounds of Tobacco and desires the
Concurrence of Your House.
Signed p Order M Macnemara Cl Lo. Ho.

Read the second time the Bill Entituled an Act laying an Impo-
sition on Negroes and on severall Sorts of Liquors Imported and also
on Irish Servants &c. ordered to be thus Endorsed

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