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L. H. J.
Liber No. 47
May 29
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the Justices of the said County, to levy on the taxable Inhabitants
of the said Parish, a Quantity of Tobacco for the Uses therein
mentioned; which was read the first and second Time, by an especial
Order, and will pass, and was sent to the Upper House, by Capt. Lee
and Mr. Buchanan.
On reading his Excellency's Message of Yesterday: Resolved,
That his Excellency be impowered to offer a Reward of Twenty
Pounds for apprehending Gerard Jordan, junr. the Principal, and
Ten Pounds for apprehending Joseph Broadway, the Person that was
aiding and assisting, in obstructing the Raising the Recruits for his
Majesty's Service, in Saint Mary's County.
Ordered, That the Committee of Laws do prepare, and bring in,
an Address to his Excellency, in Answer to his Message.
Doctor Carroll, from the Committee of Laws, delivers to Mr.
Speaker an Address to his Excellency; which was read, approved,
and ordered to be ingrossed.
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p. 454
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Col. Hooper, from the Committee of Laws, delivers to Mr. Speaker
the following ingrossed Address, viz.
To his Excellency Horatio Sharpe, Esq; Governor and Com-
mander in Chief in and over the Province of Maryland.
The humble Address of the House of Delegates.
May it please your Excellency,
In Answer to your Excellency's Message of the 28th Instant, this
House are very willing that your Excellency (in your Proclamation
to be published for apprehending the Rioters, in Saint Mary's County,
who nave been guilty of obstructing his Majesty's Levies, and have
absconded from Justice) , will be pleased to offer a Reward of Twenty
Pounds Current Money, to any Person or Persons (Officers ex-
cepted) for apprehending and bringing to Justice, Gerard Jordan,
junr. the Principal Actor therein, and Ten Pounds Current Money
for Joseph Broadway, the other so absconded, to be paid by the
Treasurer of the Western Shore, by your Excellency's Order.
Which was read and assented to, and signed, by Order of the
House, by the Honourable Speaker.
Ordered, That Col. Hooper and Mr. Handy, do acquaint his Excel-
lency, 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 his Excellency was
pleased to signify he was ready to receive the Address immediately,
in the Conference Chamber,
Ordered, That Mr. Key, and Three more, do present the Address
to the Governor.
Benedict Calvert, Esq; from the Upper House, delivers to Mr.
Speaker a Petition of St. John's Parish, in Queen Anne's County,
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