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M.r Lloyd, from the Committee of Laws, brings in and delivers to
M.r Speaker an ingrossed Bill entituled, An Act for the Continuance
of Process in Csecil County March Court, and to cure some Defects
that may have happened in the proceedings of the several County
Courts of this province and for the explaining an Act of Assembly
Entituled an Act for Appointing certain Days on which the several
and Respective County Courts Within this Province are to be held
and an ingrossed Bill entituled, An Act to vest certain entailed Lands,
&c. in the Female Heirs of Leonard Hollyday, Gentleman, &c. which
Bills were severally read and assented to, and sent to the Upper
House, with the Paper Bills thereof, by M.r Benjamin Mackall and
M.r Reynolds.
M.r Carroll brings in and delivers to M.r 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,
We hope your Excellency will not impute our Omission to answer
your Message of the 22d Day of March last to any Thing but the
true Cause, our close Application to a Bill for his Majesty's Service
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Liber No. 48
April i
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and our common Safety, which, from the Length and Variety of
Matter contained in it, has almost totally engrossed our Thoughts.
As we have good Reason, from the best Intelligence we can
procure, to believe, that the Numbers of Men mentioned in your
Excellency's Estimate, sent us with that Message, have not been
raised, as in that Estimate it was supposed they would be, we make
not the least Doubt but that the Bill, now under our Consideration,
and nearly perfected, which will make ample Provision for every
Service that can be reasonably required of us, will be enacted into a
Law Time enough effectually to guard against every Danger, which
appears at present to threaten us.
Which was read and assented to, and signed, by Order of the
House, by the Honourable Speaker.
Ordered, That M.r Lloyd and Capt. Stoddert do acquaint his
Excellency, That this House hath prepared an Address, to be pre-
sented to him, and desires to know when and where he will please
to receive it: They return and acquaint M.r Speaker that the Gov-
ernor was pleased to signify he would receive the Address imme-
diately in the Conference Chamber.
Ordered, That M.r Smallwood and Capt. Waggaman do present
the Address to his Excellency.
The House adjourns till 2 of the Clock Afternoon.
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