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

U. H. J.
Calvert
Paper

No. 735

By the Upper House of Assembly 30 May 1740
Gentlemen
The Great Regard we have for the Safety and Welfare of the
People of this Province, obliges Us to acquaint you, that during
the Time M^r Beale and M^r Denton were Clerks of the Provincial
Court, they have neglected to make and enter the Affidavit which
the Act of Assembly, Entituled An Act for the Publication of all the
Laws of this Province and for the recording the same in the Secre-
tarys Office &c made at a Session of Assembly begun and held the
26^th Day of April 1715 required to be made, concerning the Record
of Acts of Assembly within Six months after the End of Each
Session, which gives us Reason to fear that Our Records of Laws
during that time have not been carefully examined with the Original
Acts under the Great Seal
We therefore desire You'l appoint some of the Members of your
house to join with some of Ours to examine as well the Records
with the Original Acts from the year 1714, till the time M^r Ghiselin
was made Clerk of the Provincial Court (he having taken Care to
comply with the aforesaid Act) as to make Enquiry concerning some
Certificates and Other Writings in the said Record Books, that We
have Reason to believe were made by Persons no way qualified by
Law to make them
Signed p Order John Ross Cl Up H.

Adjourned till to Morrow Morning ten of the Clock

May 31

Saturday Morning 31^st May 1740

This House met again according to Adjournment Present as
Yesterday
The following Message is sent by Col Gale

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By the Upper House of Assembly May 31, 1740
Gentlemen
Were we to follow you in every Paragraph of your Message of
Yesterday by Mess^rs Calder and Sprigg, you would find that with
very Change of the Terms, whatsoever you say of this House com-
pelling the Representatives of the People into Compliances with
any high Demands, may be most justly applied to the Resolutions
of Your House with regard to this, and we doubt not this Latter
will appear to be the real Case, upon the bare State of the Dispute
between us, which we think to be undeniably thus
The first and only material Business transacted by the two Houses
during the first four Weeks of this meeting, was an Agreement by