244 Assembly Proceedings, May 1-June 12, 1739

U. H. J.

No. 734

Complaints may be remedyed or put in a Course of Justice by the
Governor without interrupting or delaying the Proceedings of the
General Assembly of this Province sitting at so great an Expence
However still further to confirm you in your just Opinion of Our
Inclination to do Everything in Our Power that can be serviceable
to the Country, We agree to a Conference as you propose, and have
accordingly appointed Edmund Jenings and Levin Gale Esq^r to
joyn such Members as shall be appointed by Your House
Signed p Order John Ross Cl Up H.

An Engrossed Bill from the Lower House by Mess^rs Gale and
Pearce Entituled an Act for the Benefit of the Poor and Encourage-
ment of Industry thus subscribed

30 May 1739
Read and assented to by the Lower House of Assembly
Signed p Order M Macnemara Cl Lo H.

A Message from the Lower House by Mess^rs King and Lloyd.

By the Lower House of Assembly 30 May 1739
May 1t please Your Honours
Your Message by James Hollyday Esq^r gave Us a real Surprize
in that you thereby insinuate, that after above four Weeks sitting,
We had not till the 29th Instant shewn any Disposition to proceed,
and that only in Some manner likely to attain the Great End you are
pleased to say is by you desired, the Ease and Good of the Country
We can appeal to Every One who shall peruse Our Proceedings,
whether we have not been assiduously employed during Our sitting
in enquiring into Publick Grievances, proposing and passing new
Bills, and renewing such Laws as would expire, where We have
judged them necessary for the Welfare of the People, and how far
Our Endeavours have succeeded therein, by the Concurrence of
Your House, let the impartial World judge

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Could We be of Opinion that the Regulation of Officers fees by the
Lord Proprietary, could give the People We represent Satisfaction
or make them sufficiently certain, We should not have given Your
Honours the Trouble of this, or our other Message by Mess^rs Denton
and Courts
We cannot look upon the many Complaints brought Us from all
Parts of this Province, grounded on the many Extortions com-
mitted by the Officers, to be without just Foundation, or to proceed
from the clamourous and uneasy Dispositions of restless and turbu-
lent Persons, unless those can be called such, who complain of real
Aggrievances imposed on them by the Officers, nor do We know of