462 Assembly Proceedings, April 23-June 5, 1740.

U. H. J.
Calvert
Paper
No. 735

Majestys Service or the Good of the Country, as strongly, as if you
had used the very Words; nor will Your Offer of the Alternative in
the least alter the force of the Construction, which (as we have
urged) must necessarily be put on your Words, tho It may (if ad-
hered to) give us some Satisfaction with Regard to your Intentions

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We are sorry you will disagree (without assigning any Reason)
with us in what is so plainly reasonable, as that, If the Continuance
to the End of a next Session may make this Act of Arms perpetual
by the Wilfulness of any Part of a Legislature not to pass any
Law in order to prevent a Session; such a Continuance of other Acts
may also make them perpetual, by a like Conduct of any Part of the
Legislature.
We shall not presume, in this Question, to conjecture the Reasons
which influence the Legislators of Great Britain in the Passage or
Duration of any of their Money Bills; But we hope we may take
Notice, that the many Acts of Parliament for raising Money by
Duties or otherwise, for the uses of the Government and Nation,
have various Terms assigned for their Continuances: The heredi-
tary Revenue and some other Acts are perpetual, the Civil List is
during the Kings Life, the Land Tax and Malt Act are annual, some
Acts are for a certain number of years, But (what reaches Our Dis-
pute) many Acts for raising Duties (and even some unappropriated
at the Time of making the Acts) are for a certain Number of years
and to the End of the next Session; for this purpose we think it not
improper to referr you to the 12^th Ann Cap 8 Sect 2^d for a Duty on
Tobacco for five years and to the End of the next Session 8^th Will
3^d Cap 20 Additional Duties on French Wines for 21 years and to the
End of the next Session 20 Car 2^d Cap 5. 7. 8 Will 3^d Cap 36 & 1
Ann Cap. 13 Duty on Leather exported for 5 years &c 18 Car 2^d Cap.
5 I^st Geo: 1 Cap 43. 9 Geo 1 Cap 19 & 4 Geo: 2^d Cap. 12 for encour-
aging of Coynage 2^d Geo: 2^d Cap. 1 7 Duty on Compound Waters
Spirits &c 2^d Geo 2^d Cap. 28 Copper Oar made an enumerated Com-
modity and 6^th Geor 2^d Cap 13 & n Geor 2^d for Duties on Sugar
Rum & Molasses; By these Acts Gentlemen you will perceive such a
Continuance, as we have insisted on, is not unusual in Money Acts of
Parliament

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In the long Paragraph where you State a Case about the House
of Peers with many Arguments relating to it, your own Conclusion
gives a plain Answer for you say, that, if this Case (the Case of the
House of Peers) be applicable to any Part of Our Constitution,
then you presume there is no Foundation for Our Answer, but if on
the other Hand there is no Similitude between the Two, you shall
allow the World has Reason to believe all you have said on that head
has proceeded from no other Cause than the want of Our Offices :
we presume you would not liken this House to a House of Peers or
allow the Members of it any of the Privileges of Lords of Parlia-