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Your Committee having Carefully Examined the Allegations Con-
tained in the said Petition, do find them true; and submit the further
Consideration thereof to this Honourable House
Signed per order E. Dorsey Ct. Com.
The House Adjourns until 2 of the Clock in the afternoon.

Post Meridiem
The House met according to Adjournment &c.
M^r Speaker communicates the following Message from the Gov-
ernor; Viz.
Gentlemen of the Lower House of Assembly
Having heard that you have thought proper to give some Instruc-
tions to the Gentlemen who are nominated by your House to treat
with the Indians; I desire you will let me have a Copy of the said
Instructions, and that you will let me know when they were given.
T. Bladen.
On Consideration of the above message, the House appointed
Col. King, D^r Carroll, M^r Calder, M^r Nicholas Goldsborough, and
William Stoughton Esq^r to prepare An Address to his Excellency,
in answer thereto.
Samuel Chamberlain Esq^r from the Upper House, delivers M^r
Speaker the Bill entituled, An Act to enable the Rector Vestrymen,
and Church Wardens of St. James's Parish, in Anne Arundell
County, to Lease Lands, belonging to S^t James's Church &c. and
the Bill entituled, An Act continuing An Act of Assembly of this
province, entituled, a Supplementary Act to the Act entituled, An
Act for the more effectual Punishment of Negroes &c. and to an
Act entituled, an Act to prevent the tumultuous Meetings and other
Irregularities of Negroes &c. Severally Indorsed. (See page 474)
Which Bills were here Read, and passed for Ingrossing.
M^r Calder brings in an Address to the Governor, which was Read,
approved and Ordered to be Ingrossed.
Leave having been given, to bring in a Bill for payment of his
Lordships Quit Rents; the Question was put whether an Equivalent
to be offered to the Lord Proprietary, in Lieu of his Quit Rents
shall be Raised by a Duty on Tobacco or not? Resolved in the

Affirmative.
ffor the Affirmative

M^r R. Gresham Capt. Hindman Col. Gale
M^r Wilson M^r Lecompte Capt. Wright
M^r Calder M^r George M^r T. Wilkinson
M^r J. Gresham Col. Colvill M^r T. Hammond
Capt. Harrison M^r Pearce Capt. Purnell
Col. King Capt. Hyland Capt. Robins
M^r Stoughton M^r Paca Col. Henry
M^r Thomas Capt. Gordon Capt. Selby
Major Trippe Col. Tasker
Capt. Ennalls M^r Pemberton

L. H. J.