450 Assembly Proceedings, July 11-August 8, 1732.

L. H. J.

Coll^o Gale to the Governour concerning them and that it be an
Instruction to them to Desire his Excellency to propose a reward for
Discovering the Author.
Mich^l Howard Escf from the Upper House Delivered to M^r
Speaker a Petition from the Vestry men and Church Wardens of
Christ Church Parish in Calvert County Indorsed thus.

By the Upper House of Assembly 13^th July 1732

Read & referred to the Consideration of the Lower House of
Assembly.
Signed p Order J Ross Cl. Up. Ho.

Coll^o Rider from the Upper House Delivered to M^r Speaker a
Petition from Several Inhabitants of S^t Stephen Parish in Cecil
County Indorsed thus.

By the Upper House of Assembly 13^th July 1732

Read & recommended to the Consideration of the Lower House of
Assembly
Signed p Order J Ross Cl. Up. Ho.

Ordered that Thomas Canners Petition referred for Several Ses-
sions be heard at the Bar this Afternoon.
The House Adjourns untill Two of the Clock in the Afternoon

Thursday Afternoon,

The House met according to Adjournment. The Members were
called & all present as in the Morning.
M^r Dulany from the Committee of Laws brought in An Ingrossed
Address to the Governours Speech, read the Same in his place and
afterwards Delivered it to the Clerk. The Clerk read the same in
these words.

To his Excellency Samuel Ogle Esq^r Governor of Maryland. The
humble Address of the Lower House of Assembly

p. 366

May it Please your Excellency
We his Majesty's most Dutiful and Loyal Subjects the Repre-
sentatives of the freemen of Maryland return your Excellency our
most humble & hearty thanks for your kind Speech at the Opening of
this Session
We are highly Obliged to your Excellency for the Generous Con-
cern you Express for the Calamitous Condition the Country is in,
Occasioned as you justly Observe, by the Decay of its Trade & the
Lowness of its Staple; And We concur in Opinion with your Excel-