The Upper House. 33

Allows him for them and the rather because there was not that Due
Care taken in that Law which ought to have been, to Oblige him to
print them in Limited time; And to prevent his Misbehaviour for the
future, this House will Agree to a Bill to Disable M^r Parks from
receiving any Allowance hereafter unless he prints the Laws in a
reasonable time to be Limitted by such Bill.
Signed p^r Order M Macnemara Cl l H.

A Bill from the Lower house by Mess^rs Johnson and Wilson En-
tituled a Supplementary Act to the Act Entituled an Act for the
Speedy and more Effectual Publication of the Laws of this Province
and for the Encouragem^t of William Parks of the City of Annapolis
thus Endorsed.

By the Lower house of Assembly 27 May 1737
Read the first and second time by especial Order and will pass.
Signed p^r Order M Macnemara Ci L H.

Read the first time in this house and Ordered to Lye on the Table.
The following Message with the Journal of Accounts is Sent by
Col Hammond

U. H. J.
Lib. No. 33

By the Upper house of Assembly. 27th May 1737
Gentlemen
We have with the greatest Inclinations to agree with vour house
in your Message of this Day by Col King and three others con-
sidered what you are pleased to Mention about encreasing the Com-
pliment intended to the Chief Justice of the Provincial Court for his
able Discharge of his Duty in that Office; his great Abilities and
Integrity stand Confessed by both Houses; and We cannot think the
Sum proposed by the Journall equal to the Merit of a Person so truly
capable of the trust reposed in him; and more Especially when that
same person Appears on the Journall of Our proceedings worthy of
the Sense which the two houses have Expressed of his Capacity and
Extraordinary Services, and of Deserving some particular Mark of
their Distinction, which in Our Opinion ought to be such as is
Suitable to the Dignity of the Two Houses to Offer and him to
Accept.
Although the great Defference of Col Gale to every Sense & Opin-
ion of the Representatives of the People, and his Benevolent Dispo-
sition for the Good of his Country Oblige him to Desire us to Avoid
anything Relating to himself, which may create any uneasiness or
Difference between the two Houses, Yet we cannot help Consid-
ering a Decent and Suitable Provision for a Deserving Chief Jus-
tice of the Provincial Court, as a matter greatly regarding the

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