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L. H. J.
Liber No. 47
May 22
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of Trust, that can in Justice and Equity deprive Mr. Bladen of the
Right he has to be repaid the Money he has advanced out of his own
Pocket for the Service of the Public.
He appears on the contrary to me, in the whole Transaction of
Building the Governor's House, to have acted with the greatest In-
tegrity and Care, to the best of his Judgment, in Pursuance of the
Trust reposed in him by the Act of Assembly; and tho' like most
other Gentlemen, that have to do with Workmen, even in their pri-
vate Affairs, he may have exceeded the Expences at first proposed,
the Money is proved upon Oath to be justly and truly laid out, and
the Public stands possessed of the Building, which is valuable in
Proportion to the Money that has been expended upon it. '
Thus much I have thought myself obliged to say, in Justice to a
Gentleman who is absent, as well as in Vindication of myself; and
however liable I may be to Mistakes, I hope you will do me the Jus-
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tice to believe, that I shall never recommend any Thing to you as just
and reasonable, but what I at least take to be so.
May 22, 1750. Sam. Ogle.
On motion that a Bill be brought in, to oblige the Naval Officers
to give sufficient Bonds for what Moneys they shall receive belong-
ing to the Public; Leave is given: Ordered, That the Committee of
Laws do prepare and bring in the same.
On motion that a Bill be brought in to prevent the clandestine
Importation of Rum into this Province; Leave is given: Ordered,
That the Committee of Laws do prepare and bring in the same.
Benedict Calvert, Esq; from the Upper House, delivers to Mr.
Speaker a Petition of James Sterling, Rector of St. Paul's Parish
in Kent County, Thomas Ayres, Sarah Waltham, in Behalf of her
Son John Waltham, an Infant: And a Petition of the Inhabitants
of the Northern Fork Branch, &c. of Nanticoke River: Severally
Indorsed, " Read, and referred to the Consideration of the Lower
House of Assembly."
Col. Hooper, from the Committee of Laws, delivers to Mr.
Speaker a Bill entituled, A Supplementary Act to the Act entituled,
An Act for causing Grand and Petit Jurors and Witnesses to come
to the Provincial and County Courts, and ascertaining their Allow-
ances; which was read the first Time, and ordered to lie on the
Table.
Mr. Robert Lloyd, from the Committee of Laws, delivers to Mr.
Speaker a Bill entituled, A Supplementary Act to the Act entituled,
An Act to impower the Justices of Queen Anne's County Court to
sell the Materials of the old Prison of that County, and the Produce
thereof to apply as therein directed; which was read the first Time,
and ordered to lie on the Table.
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