The Lower House. 377

Moneys arising from the Duties aforesaid before the next Session
of Assembly after the Expiration of this Act that then the said
Money or such part thereof as shall happen to be unapplied or unlaid
out as aforesaid shall be applied to and for defraying the Public
Charge of this Province as the House of Delegates in such future
Assembly shall direct and appoint
And Be it likewise Enacted By the Authority aforesaid that
Col^o Edward Sprigg the Speaker of the Lower House of Assembly
or the Speaker of the Lower House of Assembly for the time being
shall and he is hereby obliged to enter into Bond with one good
Security payable to the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary
for the use of the Province of Maryland in the Sum of one Thousand
Pounds Sterling Conditioned that he shall and will render a just
Account of all Moneys by him received by Virtue of this Act and the
same lay out and pay according to the directions herein before men-
tioned and such Bond Transmit to the Chancellor of Maryland for
the time being to be lodged in the Chancery Office of the same
Province
And Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that the
Armourer or Person who now has or hereafter shall have the Care
Keeping or distributing the Arms now in Store or which hereafter
may be, shall and he or they are hereby obliged to keep a full and
just Account of all Arms and Ammunition which hereafter he or
they shall receive, and to whom by whose Order, and to what Use
or Uses the same has been or shall be given out delivered or dis-
tributed and such Accounts with Vouchers lay before both Houses
of Assembly Yearly Sworn to before one Provincial or County
Justice Provided always that nothing herein contained shall extend
or be construed to extend to Prejudice or take away any Right or
Claim, which the People of this Province have or ought to have to
any Money or Moneys heretofore or now levied by the Right
Honourable the Lord Proprietary under Colour of an Act of Assem-
bly made in the Year 1704 Entituled an Act for Settlement of an
Annual Revenue upon her Majestys Governor within this Province
for the time being or by any other Ways or Means whatsoever
This Act to continue to the last day of October which shall be in
the Year of Our Lord 1743 and no longer
Edmund Jenings Esq^r from the Upper House delivers M^r Speaker
the following Message (See page 302)
And the Journal of Accounts, Indorsed, By the Upper House of
Assembly October 28. 1742 Read and Assented to.
The Question was put Whether the Commissioners to be ap-
pointed to treat with the Six Nations of Indians shall be impowered

L. H. J.

to make or engage any Presents to be made to the Six Nations of

Indians or not ? Resolved in the Affirmative

p. 370