xx Letter of Transmission.

Gordon of Annapolis (!), Purnell of Worcester, and Hooper and Lecompte
of Dorchester.

On the 17th, by a vote of 17 to 30, it was decided not to alter the appoint-
ment of tobacco inspectors by the vestries. The affirmative was of the Court
party, the delegations from St. Mary's and Somerset (now full by the coming
of new members), all the Kentish members but Wilson, Bayard of Cecil,
Thomas of Talbot, the Annapolitans, Henry of Worcester, and Ennalls of
Dorchester.

The next call of yeas and nays on June 18 resulted in a decision that the
proposed officers' fees do not take effect at once. Only 5 wished them to do so
(Carroll and Worthington of Anne Arundel, Nicholas Goldsborough, Woot-
ton, and Lecompte) while 41 cast negative votes.

On the ipth, a cryptic entry in the journal shows that 24 voted yea and 23
nay on the question as to whether the bills of credit taken out " shall be paid
by the Respective Counties when any Deficiency arises; or the Income of the
Respective Inspecting Houses of any such County or not ?" Here the
St. Mary's delegation divided, Bond voting in the affirmative against his col-
leagues, who were joined by the men from Kent, Somerset, Worcester, and
Annapolis, by George and Hyland of Cecil, Thomas of Talbot, Addison of
Prince George's, and Hooper and Ennalls of Dorchester. On that day, the
House voted to pass the tobacco bill for engrossing by a vote of 25 to 22. It
was close, but was sufficient. The minority was a strange collection: The
Anne Arundel men except Hall, Smith of Calvert, Lloyd of Talbot, Buchanan
of Baltimore, Hammond and Hopper of Queen Anne's, Wootton of Prince
George's, and the Dorchester delegation (except Hooper) are found in the
minority together with the Delegations from Somerset, Annapolis, and

Worcester.

No further divisions occurred until June 25, on which day the Lower House
voted to hold conference with the Upper one upon the tobacco bill, the vote
being 28 to 16. The opponents were the Anne Arundel men, Mackall and
Smith of Calvert, the Goldsboroughs, Buchanan and Paca of Baltimore,
Hopper of Queen Anne's, Wootton of Prince George's, Lecompte of Dorches-
ter, and all the Worcester men except Scarborough.

On the next day, the House voted to postpone to the next Session a bill
empowering the Governor and Council to " redress certain evils," by a vote
of 20 to 18. There were some curious combinations. The majority consisted
of the delegates present from St. Mary's, Anne Arundel, Kent (except Harris),
and Annapolis, as well as Smallwood of Charles, Nicholas Goldsborough,