168 Assembly Proceedings, May 3-23, 1738.

U. H. J.

No. 33

p. 540

we were not to expect more Civil treatment from them for the future
then they had been pleased to Give the last member of our House that
we sent to them
We therefore prepared a Civil and Suitable Answer to their
Message and sent it on thursday last by our Clerk as we had pro-
posed to send and they had agreed to Receive but when he applyed
for Leave to present it was refused and Obliged to return with it we
sent it again on Friday last and Our Clerk waited to deliver it above
an Hour after he had Given Notice to the Serjeant attending the
Lower house of his having a Message to deliver from us but was
again refused an Opportunity to deliver it & Obliged to return with it
As we are Convinced what we have done is well warranted by
Reason and Justice and by the Practice of Our Neighbouring Gov-
ernments we flatter Ourselves with the Satisfaction of being Justi-
fied in the opinion of your Excellency and every reasonable and
Candid man but as by the Refusall of the Lower House to receive
our Message from the hand of our Clerk with which method they
had declared they would be very well Content an intire stop is put
to the Communication of the two Houses & to the publick Business
we make this humble application to your Excellency with a full
Assurance of your Excellencys Readiness to interpose your Author-
ity in such manner as may best prevent a further needless Expence
and Burthen to the Province Benj^a Tasker, President

Adjourned till to Morrow Morning nine of the Clock

May 23

Tuesday Morning 23^d May 1738
This House met again according to Adjournment

Present as yesterday
Messrs. Lloyd and Smith from the Lower House attend with M^r
Robert Gordon a member elected for the City of Annapolis in the
Room of Daniel Dulany Esq^r who being elected for the said City and
also for Ann Arundell County made his Option for the County
and the said Robert Gordon takes the Oaths to the Government
appointed to be taken by act of Assembly and subscribe the Ab-
juration and Test and then withdrew

p. 541

Adjourned till three of the Clock in the Afternoon His Excel-
lency the Governor by his Proclamation bearing date at Annapolis
this day prorogued this Assembly to the second Tuesday in July next.
Thus Endeth this Convention of Assembly begun and held at the
City of Annapolis on the third day of May and ending the twenty
third day of the same month in the Eleventh year of his Majestys
Reign and in the twenty fourth of his Lordships deminion Annoq

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