396 Assembly Proceedings, May 1-June 12, 1739.

L. H. J.
Lib. No. 45

the light of the Holy Gospel manifested by the Blessed Author
thereof and as purely taught in the Church of England by law
established
Whatever light the Act of 1704 may appear to your Excellency
in we are still of Opinion it was never intended by the Legislators
to grant the duty therein mentioned to the Lord Baltimore his Heirs
or Assigns, and that he is not any way within the Letter or meaning
thereof to that purpose as this must be set right by higher Authority
we shall submit thereto not in the least doubting from our most
Gracious Liege Lord and Sovereign an Impartial determination in
this or any other Point on equal application and a fair and clear
State and which We humbly think ought not to be interrupted ;
however it is attempted to be in our Case here whether from self
Interest, or Sinister design may appear
We are very sorry to have any cause of contention with your
Excellency for we faithfully assure you we desire to live quietly and
peaceably as becoming dutiful and good Subjects, and hope it will not
be attributed to us as a fault that we insist on our undoubted right
and on Truth in doing which we shall avoid any Invective or
Indirect means or Innuendoes
It clearly appears to this House as it did to their Committee and
which they are ready to evince and to that purpose ordered their
Clerk to attend that the Act made in 1692 Entituled An Act for
settlement of an Annual Revenue upon their Majesty s Governor
within this province for the time being and recorded in Liber L L
folio 21 &c^a was at A Session of Assembly held at the Port of An-
napolis the 20^th day of June 1699 continued as a law of this Province
and as such is recorded among other Laws then past and continued
in another Record Book L L folio 130 &c^a with some small Varia-
tion from the former and is likewise named in a Catalogue of the
titles of laws which are continued in force by an Act passed at the

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said Session of 1699 and recorded in the same Book and which
Act of 1699 is acknowledged to be such by both Houses of Assem-
bly in several Messages which passed at a Sesseion Anno 1723
We Omit saying more in reply to your Excellencys answer than
that we assure you we have Considered this matter cooly and with
impartial Deliberation as we shall every other that relates to the
Welfare of our Constituents but we cannot think it safe to come
into A Confirmatory or perpetual law which your Excellency seems
to insist upon for support of his Lordships Government altho we are
ready and willing to do any reasonable thing in Our Power to pro-
cure a good understanding between the Government and people We
humbly hope that the Sacrificing the security of our property Right
and Just Liberties will not be insisted on to gain that end, which was
read approved and ordered to be Ingrossed