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assistance to carry on an Undertaking, which if well and carefully
Performed, must be of the Happiest consequence to the Country
It would have been a Satisfaction to us to have been informed of
his Lordships Sentiments on the Inspection Law, but as you are
Pleased to tell us there is no Reason to Doubt his Lordships Appro-
bation of so necessary a Law We are in hopes we shall soon begin to
experience the Benefit Intended by it; and if it shall be found to want
Amendment in some Particulars, We shall be Ready to concur in
making them, & to do every thing else in our Power, to contribute
to the Improvement of our Condition, and the wealth & happiness
of the Country
Benj^a Tasker Presid^t
Adjourned till to Morrow Morning ten of the Clock

U. H. J.
Liber No. 34
May 11

Thursday Morning 12^th May 1748
This House met again according to Adjournment

May 12

Present as yesterday accept Philip Thomas Esq^r
Adjourned till 3 of the Clock in the afternoon

Eodem Die Post Meridiem
This House met again according to adjournment

Present as in the Morning with the addition of Daniel Dulany
Esq^r
His Excellency is pleased to communicate his Answer to the
Adress of this House which Answer is as follows
Gentlemen of the Upper House of Assembly
I am very much Obliged to you for your kind Adress, & cannot
but flatter my self with the pleasing hopes of seeing the Province
improve daily in every Respect, which nothing can Contribute more
to than a proper Amendment of our Laws, your Attention upon this
head must therefore be of great Service to the Country
Sam: Ogle
Adjourned till to Morrow Morning ten of the Clock

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Friday Morning the 13^th May 1748
This House met again according to Adjournment

Present as Yesterday
Read the Petition of the Justices, High Sheriff, Grand Jury, &
others Inhabitants of Kent County Praying that the Laws of the
Province may be revised and called into one or more Volumes Re-

May 13