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The following Message sent by Richard Lee Esq^r
By the Upper House of Assembly 19 June 1746
Gentlemen
This House hath named Richard Lee Esq^r to joyn the Members
appointed by your House in a Committee to inspect the Accounts
and Proceedings of the Commissioners of the Paper Currency Office
Signed p Order J Ross Cl Up Ho.
His Excellency is pleased to communicate his Answer to the Ad-
dress of this House which Answer follows in these Words
Gentlemen of the Upper House of Assembly
I thank you for Your Address: I am fully perswaded nothing
will be wanting on your Parts that may contribute to the Success
of an Enterprize wherein the Glory of Our Sovereign and the Safety
and Interest of the American Colonies are so greatly concerned
Tho^s Bladen
Mess^rs Smith and [Harrison] from the Lower House attend with
M^r John Broome a Member elected for Calvert County in Order to
see him qualified, who takes the several Oaths to the Government re-
quired by Law repeats and subscribes the Abjuration and Test and
then withdrew

U. H. J.
Liber No. 34

Adjourned till three of the Clock in the Afternoon

Eodem Die Post Meridiem
This House met again according to Adjournment

Present as in the Morning
Adjourned till to Morrow Morning ten of the Clock

p. 123

Saturday Morning 21 June 1746
This House met again according to Adjournment

Present as Yesterday with the Addition of Col^o Hammond and
Daniel Dulany Esq^r
A Bill from the Lower House by Mess^rs Courts and Ennals ent^d
an Act for issuing and taking out of the Office of the Commissioners
or Trustees appointed for Emitting Bills of Credit established by Act
of Assembly the sum of four Thousand five hundred Pounds Current
Money for Encouragement of such able Bodyed Freemen as shall
voluntarily Enlist themselves into his Majestys Service for the in-
tended Expedition against Canada, and for maintaining and convey-
ing them to the Place of Rendezvous as also for replacing of the said
sum, and for the better regulating Ordinaries and Ordinary Keepers
and for other Purposes therein mention^d thus Endorsed

June 21