vi Letter of Transmission.

On July 16, two divisions occurred. By a vote of 10 to 31, the Lower House
refused to agree to a conference proposed by the Upper to consider irregulari-
ties in recording laws, etc. Harris, Denton, Hanson of Charles, King, Henry
and Gale of Somerset, and Hooper and Trippe of Dorchester joined the An-
napolis Delegates in the minority. On the same day, the vote not to excuse
Tasker from the Commissionership above referred to was 17 to 21. Waughop
of St. Mary's, Calder of Kent, Denton and Hall of Anne Arundel, Middleton
and Hanson of Charles, King and Henry of Somerset, Robert Lloyd and
Thomas of Talbot, Hooper and Trippe of Dorchester, Edward Sprigg of
Prince George's, Wilkinson and Wright of Queen Anne's joined the Annapolis
delegates in the minority which was willing to comply with the Upper House's
desire.

Three divisions occurred on July 21. Trippe was expelled by a vote of 26
to 14, even two of his fellow Delegates from Dorchester voting against him.
His supporters were: Harris and Calder of Kent, Smith of Calvert, King,
Henry and Gale of Somerset, Robert Lloyd and Thomas of Talbot, Hooper of
Dorchester, Colvill and Rumsey of Cecil, Wright of Queen Anne's and the
Annapolis Delegates.

When the vote was taken as to whether the duty of 6 pence should cease
entirely or only as to a moiety in case of peace, the latter proposition, favored
by the Proprietary party, won by a vote of 25 to 15. The stubborn anti-
proprietary men were Read and Swann of St. Mary's, Wilson of Kent, Carroll
of Anne Arundel, Weems of Calvert, Courts and Smallwood of Charles, Golds-
borough of Talbot, Caswell, Mathews and Gist of Baltimore, the two Spriggs
and Wootton of Prince George's and Pemberton of Queen Anne's.

On the third division, in a close vote of 23 to 18, the largest one of the
Session, the Proprietary party won again that the tax should be levied for
three years and for no shorter time. The minority was increased by Hall of
Anne Arundel who had not voted before and by Pearce of Cecil and Wilkinson
of Queen Anne's, who changed sides.

In the last division of the Session on July 24, the Lower House decided by a
vote of 26 to 6, not to give the Proprietary (instead of the County Schools)
the forfeitures, under the act for the ascertaining of the gauge of barrels. Out-
side of the Annapolis Delegates, the Proprietary party, in a thin house, could
only muster Calder of Kent, Henry of Somerset, and Rumsey and Colvill of
Cecil.

A letter from the Governor of Maryland, concerning Indians, written on
August 20, 1740, is printed in the Pennsylvania Colonial Records (IV, p. 601).

The Session held from May 26 to June 22, 1741, was the last one of the
Assembly elected in 1740 and the last one over which Ogle presided. In his