560 Assembly Proceedings, March 19, 1735/6-April 10, 1736.

U. H. J.

By the Upper house of Assembly 8^th April 1736

Gentlemen
Our very great Regard to those Gentlemen whom the People of
Maryland think fit to choose as their Representatives in Assembly,
easily prevails with us to endeavour to put the best Construction
an what conies from your house; but we must own Ourselves very
much at a loss how to reconcile your Message of 22^d April 1735 in
the Close of last Sessions with your Message of this Day by M^r
King and Others; In the first You are pleased to tell the House
" You cannot now (that is then) agree to the Allowances claimed
as a Council of State," And by the last Message " You say you can-
not agree to the making the Allowance " so that although by the
Message last Session you plainly intimated you should be willing
at some other time to make those Allowances, yet by the Message of
this Session you not only persist in your refusal to allow them, but
also do not think fit to acquaint us when you will agree to them :
This house either last Session or at present little expected you would
make the Word (now) of so little Importance, and We cannot but
hope that you will on further Consideration be of Opinion that
something was meant by it especially since this house relying on the
natural Import of that Word signified by their Message of 22^d of the

Same April their Willingness to forbear any further Dispute at that

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Time about those Allowances
We hope you will receive in good Part our Expression of great
Concern and Surprize at your Argument in your Message of this
Day drawn from Our resting under a Refusal of the s^d Allowance
for a Great Length of time: We readily presume it was not your
Intention by those Words to stirr this house up to a vigorous as-
serting what is justly due to the Council of State; but however they
convince us how dangerous It is to deferr any longer supporting
with the utmost Resolution those just Dues, which will appear to
be very frequently made and not to be Obsolete
There is no Necessity for this house to recapitulate all the Argu-
ments formerly used to maintain the Justice of those Claims, but we
must observe to you that besides those Reasons, the Law under
which the twelve Pence p hh^d is now raised, is now very different
both in the Title and in the Enacting Part from the Act in 1715
upon which the former Debates were had
We apprehend the publick faith is as much engaged to discharge
the Allowances to a Council as any Other Debts; but that you may
be assured this house is greatly desirous of supporting the publick
faith; we are willing to allow all the Claims mentioned in the Jour-
nail (Except what relates to the several Persons therein mentioned
as Members of the Upper and Lower houses of Assembly) And if