The Upper House. 429

Tuesday Morning 29^th April 1740

This House met again according to Adjournment Present as
yesterday
His Excellency is pleased to communicate his Answer to the Ad-
dress of this House in the following Words.

Gentlemen of the Upper House of Assembly
I thank you very heartily for your kind and obliging Address and
as I cannot but flatter myself, that you are fully convinced of the
sincerity of my Wishes and Endeavours for the Welfare and Pros-
perity of the Province, I shall always hope for the Continuance of
your kind Advice and Assistance
Sam: Ogle

A Message from the Lower House by Mess^rs Sheredine &
Rumsey

U. H. J.
Calvert
Paper
No. 735
April 29

By the Lower House of Assembly 29 April 1740
May 1t please Your Honours
This House hath appointed Mess^rs Thomas Colvill, Richard Cas-
wall, William Rumsey, Thomas Sheredine, Charles Hynson and
Grundy Pemberton as Members of this House to join such Mem-
bers your House shall appoint as a Committee to inspect the Ac-
counts and Proceedings of the Commiss^rs for emitting Bills of Credit
established by Act of Assembly who are ready to attend at any time
Your Honours shall appoint
Signed p Order M Macnemara Cl Lo. H.

The following Message is sent by Samuel Chamberlain Esq^r

By the Upper House of Assembly 29 April 1740
Gentlemen
In Answer to your Message of this Day by M^rs Sheredine and
Rumsey this House hath appointed Col Levin Gale to join the
Members named by your House as a Committee to inspect the Ac-
counts and Proceedings of the Comm^rs of the Paper Currency who
will be ready to attend to Morrow Morning at Eleven of the Clock
Signed p Order John Ross Cl Up H.

Adjourned till two of the Clock in the Afternoon

Eodem Die post Meridiem
The House met again according to Adjournment
Present as in the morning
Adjourned till to Morrow Morning ten of the Clock

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