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Power with which they are invested, without the greatest necessity.
As to the Application of it, it is (and I am perswaded you will think
so) too early to find fault with it, because it is not yet made; and
when it shall be made, I will venture to assure you, that neither my
self nor the Council will convert any part of it to our own Use, and
that it shall be honestly disposed of to such Ends, as shall appear to
us to be agreeable to the Intention of the Legislature, and then an
Account of such Disposition shall be laid before the Assembly. And
when all this is done, I am perswaded that you and your Constitu-
ents, as well as all the unbiassed part of mankind, will be satisfied,
that there is no Foundation for charging the Governor and Council
with highly, or at all, infringing on the Liberties of the People of

Maryland, which is a Thing I, for my own part, detest, and I am
firmly perswaded every one of the Council is in the same Sentiments
with me; on the contrary, I believe it will appear to every impartial
man, that in the Instance complained of, we have acted with a true
and sincere Regard to the Welfare and Ease of the People, in charg-
ing them with only a single Pound of Tobacco per Taxable, instead
of calling an Assembly, which would very probably have cost them
more than ten Times that Quantity. T. Bladen
The House adjourns 'til 2 of the Clock

Post Meridiem

The House met according to Adjournment
A Bill to impower and direct the Clerk of Anne Arundel County
Court, to enter and record among the said County Records, a Deed
of Bargain and Sale from William Mitchel, Edward Mitchel and
Grace his wife, to Mordecai Moore deceased.
And a Bill entituled, An Act to impower and direct the Clerk of
Charles County, to enter and record among the said County Records,
a Deed of Bargain and Sale from James Connell and Anne his Wife,
to John Dunbar, of a Parcel of Land therein mentioned.
Were read the first Time, and ordered to lie on the Table.
Col. John Hall appears in the House.
The House adjourns 'til To-Morrow Morning at 9 of the Clock.

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Thursday Morning September 5. 1745

The House met according to Adjournment, and the Proceedings
of Yesterday were read.
The House taking into Consideration the Governor's Message in
relation to a Letter, and other Papers, from George Clinton Esq^re
Governor of New York, concerning the six Nations of Indians: A
Question was put, whether this House will contribute any Sum of
Money towards raising a Present for the said six Nations ? Resolved
in the Negative.

September 5