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Supply towards his Majesty's Service; and the following Message,
viz.

By the Upper House of Assembly, July 5, 1775
Gentlemen,

[This message is printed in full in the Upper House Journal,
pages 135-6.]

A Bill entituled, An Act to impower John Grineff Howard, of
Baltimore County, to dock the Entail of Two hundred and forty-
nine Acres of Land, Part of a Tract of Land called Harborough,
lying in Anne-Arundel County, and to sell and convey the same in
Fee Simple, and to Entail other Lands, of equal Value, in Lieu
thereof; was Read the first and second Time, by an especial Order,
and will pass, and was sent to the Upper House, by Mr. Govane
and Mr. Tolley.

Col. Tilghman, from the Committee of Laws, brings in, and
delivers to Mr. Speaker, a Bill entituled, An Act for prolonging the
Time of Shipping Tobacco, for this present Year, and other Pur-
poses 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 Mr. Gresham and Capt. Ward.

L. H. J.
Liber No. 48
July 5

The following Message, viz.^t
By the Lower House of Assembly, July 5, 1755.
May it please your Honours,

In Answer to your Message, with the Bill for securing the West-
ern Frontier of this Province, against the Depredations of the
French, and their Indian Allies, and also for paying and maintain-
ing Couriers; we assure your Honours, that we have carefully ex-
amined, and reconsidered that Bill, in all its Parts, and cannot per-
ceive how, or why, it may be either impossible, or even difficult
to carry the same into Execution, and we should have taken it kind
in your Honours to have pointed out to us any Defects or Repug-
nancies in that Bill, which could prevent the Execution thereof.
The earnest Desire we have to relieve our Fellow-Subjects, and
protect them from the Cruelties of the French and their Indians,
induces us to return you that Bill, in Hopes, that upon your further
Consideration thereof, and the miserable Condition of the Inhabit-
ants of the Western Frontiers, your Honours will agree to their
Relief, and pass this Bill.
Signed per Order, M. Macnemara, Cl. Lo. Ho.

And the Bill entituled, An Act for securing the Western Frontier
of this Province, &c. was sent to the Upper House, by Mr. Hawkins
and Mr. Crabb.
The House adjourns till 2 of the Clock Afternoon.

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