580 Assembly Proceedings, Dec. 12-24, 1754.

U. H. J.
Liber No. 34
December 12
p. 5.24

Governm:^t required by Law Repeats & Subscribes the Abjuration &
Test & then withdraws
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
Adjourned till to Morrow Morning ten of the Clock

December 13

Friday Morning 13.^th December 1754
This house met again according to Adjournment

Present as Yesterady except Col Hammond
Mess^rs Buchanan and Tolley from the Lower house attend with
M.^r Paca a Member Ellected for Baltimore County in order to See
him Qualified who takes the Several Oaths to the Government
required by Law Repeats & Subscribes the Abjuration and Test and
then withdraws
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

Adjourned till to Morrow Morning ten of the Clock

December 14

Saturday Morning 14 December 1754
This house met again according to Adjournment

Present as Yesterday
Mess^rs Paca and Tolley from the Lower house attend with M^r
Govane a Member Ellected for Baltimore County in order to See
him Qualified who takes the Several Oaths to the Government
required by Law Repeats and Subscribes the Abjuration and Test
and then withdraws.
Benjamin Tasker Esq.^r attended by the Members of this house
Present to his Excellency the Address of this house which follows in
these words
To his Excellency Horatio Sharpe Esq.^r Governor & Commander
in Chief in and over the Province of Maryland
The Humble Address of the Upper house of Assembly
May it Please your Excellency
We return your Excellency our Sincere [Thanks] for your Speech
at the opening of this Session, and for calling us together, at this