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By the Upper House of Assembly, 4 June 1740

Gentlemen
We have appointed Bejamin Tasker Esq^r Col James Hollyday
and Col Levin Gale Members of Our House to joyn Mess^rs King,
Sprigg, Denton, Wootton and Smith Members of your House as a
Committee to examine into the State of the Fund for Arms and

U. H. J
Calvert
Paper

No. 735

Ammunition who will be ready to attend for that purpose in the
Conference Chamber to Morrow Morning
Signed p Order John Ross Ci Up Ho.

Adjourned till to Morrow Morning ten of the Clock

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Thursday morning 5^th June 1740

This House met again according to Adjournment Present as
Yesterday
Adjourned till two of the Clock in the Afternoon

Eodem die post Meridiem

This House met again according to Adjournment Present as in
the morning
George Plater and Edmund Jenings Esq^rs are sent by the Gov-
ernor to require the immediate Attendance of the Speaker and the
Lower House in the Upper House
The Speaker and the Lower House attend accordingly and his
Excellency is pleased to make the following Speech

Gentlemen of the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly
As you had so fully expressed your Sense of the dangerous Situa-
tion of Our Affairs, in your several Messages to each other I was
in great hopes of your concerting some wise and effectual Measures
for the Safety and Security of the Province, in case of an Invasion
from abroad or an Insurrection of our Negroes at home, or both
together which may possibly happen, If We should have the Mis-
fortune of a War with France, which is so greatly to be apprehended
But since I find to my great Concern, that you have not done any
thing to strengthen the Hands of the Government in this very criti-
cal and dangerous Juncture, nothing remains for me to do but to
make the best use I can of the Power already entrusted with me,
which I shall always employ, with the utmost Sincerity and Zeal in
the Service and Protection of the good People of this Province and I
cannot but flatter my self that I shall meet with the hearty Assistance
of all you Gentlemen in your several Stations, and of all other true
Well Wishers to the Prosperity of your Country

June 5