The Upper House. 489

Eodem Die Post Meridiem
This House met again according to Adjournment

Present as in the Morning

Read the second time the Bill entituled an Act continuing an Act
of Assembly of this Province Entituled an Act for raising and issu-
ing Money for maintaining his Majestys forces in this Province and
for transporting them to the Place of Rendezvous in the West Indies
and will not pass and sent with the following Message by Philip
Thomas Esq^r

By the Upper House of Assembly 31 May 1744
Gentlemen
We have returned the Bill entituled an Act continuing Part of an
Act of Assembly of this Province Entituled an Act for raising and
issuing Money for maintaining his Majestys forces in this Province
and for transporting them to the Place of Rendezvous in the West
Indies, with a Negative since We cannot but imagine you are under
some Mistake, with Regard to the Purposes and Uses for which
the sum of 900£ in the Bill mentioned, is designed For You must
be sensible, the Covering and Inclosing the House so as to protect
and preserve the Building from the Injuries of Weather ought to be
done forthwith, but the Money intended to be raised by the Bill for
that Purpose, cannot be supposed to be so raised, as to be paid by Vir-
tue of that Bill to the Governor in several Years, This evidently ap-
pears by the Report made to both Houses this Session, upon which in
three Years there is no more than 578^£..4^s..10 1/2^d paid into the
Loan Office for Ordinary Licenses; upon this short state We hope
you will frame such a Bill as will answer the Purposes mentioned
in the Preamble for covering and inclosing the House, so that the
Money already expended may not be entirely lost.
Signed p Order J Ross Cl Up Ho.
An Engrossed Bill from the Lower House by Mess^rs Sheredine
and Paca Entituled an Act impowering Mary Stokes Widow and

U. H. J.

Executrix of Humphry Wells Stokes late of Baltimore County Gent
deceased to sell and dispose of the Lands and Tenements therein
mentioned to be sold for the uses and Purposes thereby directed thus
subscribed
31^st May 1744

Read and Assented to by the Lower House of Assembly
Signed p Order M Macnemara Cl Lo Ho.
Read and Assented to by this House and Ordered to be so sub-
scribed
Adjourned till to Morrow Morning ten of the Clock

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