206 Assembly Proceedings, March 20, 1734 /5-April 24, 1735.

U. H. J.
Lib. No. 33
April 22

Tuesday Morning 22^d April 1735
This House met again according to Adjournment
Present as Yesterday
The following Message is sent by George Plater Esq^r

By the Upper House of Assembly 22^d April 1735
Gentlemen.
In answer to your Message of yesterday by M^rs Key and Hemsley
relating to the 3^d p hh^d raised between 29^th Septem^r 1732 & 29^th
September 1733 We say that altho there is not any present Occasion
for using that mony (yet considering the present State of Affairs
in Europe) We know not how soon there may & as the present Stock
of mony for purchasing Arms &c is but small We ought in Prudence
to make the best provision We can against any Accident that may
happen; besides his Excell having communicated to us a Message
which he has prepared to your House wherein he seems desirous to

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have the mony applied to the uses It was intended for. We there-
fore hope your House will prepare a Short Bill to apply it accord-
ingly
Signed p Order John Ross Cl Up Ho.

The following message with the Bill for ascertaining the Gauge
and Tare of Tobacco hh^ds is sent by Philip Lee Esq^r

By the Upper House of Assembly 22^d April 1735
On reading and considering your Message yesterday by Mess^rs
Hooper and Smith relating to the Bill for ascertaining the Gauge
and Tare of Tob^o hh^ds We observe that the reason you give for not
inserting the Paragraph proposed by Our house obliging the mas-
ters of Ships and Other Sea Vessels not to take on Board any hh^d
3r hh^ds of tob^o exceeding the Gauge in the said Bill mentioned, is,
because you presume that many hh^ds already made packed and prized
do exceed that Gauge whereunto We answer that the Time given till
the 29^th September next is long enough for any such tobacco to be
Shipped of, And therefore We cannot think of the reason af^d Suffi-
:ient to hinder the adding that Paragraph to the Bill especially Con-
sidering that a fine imposed on the masters for taking on board any
hh^ds above the Gauge will certainly be the most effectual means to
under any Person from exceeding it. Wherefore we must Still
nsist upon that Addition to the Bill And We must further observe
to you that the same Reason insisted on by your House is much
stronger against that part of the Bill relating to the Inhabitants of