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Which was read and assented to, and signed on Behalf of the
House, by the honourable Speaker.
Ordered, That Col. Harrison and Mr. Earle do acquaint his Ex-
cellency, that this House hath prepared an Address to be presented
to him, and desires to know when and where he will please to receive
it: They return, and acquaint Mr. Speaker, that the Governor was
pleased to signify, that he would receive it in Half an Hour's Time,
in the Conference-Chamber.
Ordered, That Major Barnes, and Five more, do present the Ad-
dress to his Excellency the Governor.
Richard Lee, Esq; from the Upper House, delivers to Mr. Speaker
the following Message, viz.
By the Upper House of Assembly, November 16, 1753.
Gentlemen,
In Answer to your Message of this Day, we observe that you
say, " We agree to allow the late Governor for the Seal of five
special Commissions of Oyer and Terminer, and Goal Delivery, to
Caecil County, but cannot consent to allow for the Seals of fifteen
Proclamations relating to his Lordship's Assent to the Inspection
Law," and the Reason you give is, because it was never yet thought
needful for the Validity of them: Without entering into any Dis-
cussion with you on that Point, we say, that the issuing those
Proclamations, at that Time, was necessary to satisfy the Minds of
the People who had been made to believe, that the Inspection Law
was, or would be, dissented to, and as this was a special Case, which
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Liber No. 47
November 16
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may never probably happen again, we hope you will agree to allow
the same.
As to the Allowance for the Attendance of the Council of State
and their Clerk, we refer you to the Proceedings in the Debates
thereon entered in your own Journals, and particularly, to the
Journal of the Year 1 736, in which there are Messages, between the
Houses, in the following Words, viz.
" By the Upper House of Assembly, May 5, 1736.
Gentlemen,
The Refusal of the Councillors Allowance has occasioned so much
unnecessary Expence to the Country, that we assure you of our
Resolution never to agree to the Journals, unless you will be pleased
to Consent to what is strictly regular with Regard to those Allow-
ances.
Signed per Order, J. Ross, Cl. Up. Ho."
"By the Lower House of Assembly, May 5, 1736.
May it please your Honours,
To avoid any further unnecessary Expence to the Country, we are
content to allow your Honours as a Council of State, from the laying
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