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U. H. J.

and that in this they had no Reason to Act on the faith and Credit of
the Publick; nor in Honour and Justice to Our Constituents can We
suffer such a Charge to pass against them
As to the 3213 Tobacco to M^r Ross, the Part of the Service done

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at the Request of the Committee of Aggrievances, was a Publick
Business, for which he has a Yearly and daily Salary; And had the
Books which contained those extraordinary Orders of Council,
which pass as Laws on the People (and ought to be publick) been
laid before the Committee, he had not had the Trouble of copying ;
wherefore We cannot allow of that Part; nor of the Other, for the
Reasons already assigned
We told you in Our former that We thought the Allowance
M^r Ross had for transcribing some loose Sheets of the Journals of
the Council, and as an Upper House, a reasonable One; And if you
do not think so, you may, if you think proper, publish the Messages,
and other Papers relating to that Affair, for Reference to the Pub-
lick: What M^r Denton and Others had We conceive to be no Prece-
dent on this Occasion, nor that We allowed 41/2 p side for some,
that being One Reason why We think that included in the Gross
Sum to be a sufficient and reasonable Allowance for transcribing
loose Sheets (We will not say into a Book) as you yourselves only
desired
If you are not willing to pass the Journal herewith sent, without
these Articles, We hope you will not give Your selves or Us any
further Trouble with Messages on the Subjects, for We assure you
We shall spend no more Time thereon; and hope you will consider
the Case of the just Creditors of the Publick, and not delay their
Payment, or swell the Publick Debt till it becomes intolerable to the
People on Account of those extraordinary Demands which We can
never allow of And We hope with the Concurrence of your
Honours to have a speedy End put to this Session
Signed p Order M Macnemara Cl Lo H.

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
The following Message is sent with the Journal of Accounts
by Cot Harris
By the Upper House of Assembly 29 July 1740
Gentlemen
It is really high time for Us to be silent, when We find you not
only say what comes uppermost in your own Thoughts, but even
endeavor to make us say what never entered into Ours, or can be