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greatest Extremity for it cannot be denied that the Emission of a
larger Sum as of 20 or 30 thousand pounds of new Money would
greatly depreciate the Value of the Money now Current among us,
therefore the Emission of the Sum proposed by your Bill to be
emitted must depreciate it in a degree Proportionate to the Sum be
the duration or Continuance of it as it may It is true the shorter
time the new Emission is to be in Circulation the less is the Evil to
the publick, but we look upon it to be our duty to Guard against and
prevent as much as in us lies any the least Evil whatsoever to the
Community as We cannot Pass this Bill upon the present Plan We
hope a Bill may be Framed upon such a foundation as may Justify
our giving that aid which is incumbent on us to do to every Matter
which is a real Advantage to our Country and to the true Interest of
our Noble and worthy Lord Proprietor which the duty of our Sta-
tion as well calls us to Support as the Valuable privileges which all
of us enjoy under his just and Mild Administration and here we
must observe that in this Bill now Returned to you there is a Clause
which Strikes at my Lords Prerogative, that is the Attempt to Appro-
priate the Fines Arising from the Ordinary Licences, It is true his
Lordships Ancestors have been so good as to give this Benefit to his
Tenants, and We hope if the Occasion made it absolutely requisite
and a necessary Supply could not be raised without it, our present
Lord Proprietor would not be less generous, but We again Say that
if the Lord Proprietor could be prevailed upon to part with his
Prerogative in this Instance We Conceive that the Ordinary License
Fund is too far Mortgaged already to be laid under any further
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U. H. J.
Liber No. 35
March 19
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Burthen so as to Answer the purpose Intended by this Bill by the
Time of Sinking the Residue of the Paper Money, We therefore
flatter ourselves Gentlemen with hopes that the same just principals
that will govern your deliberations in regard to the Interests and
priviledges of your Constituents will urge you as Strenuously to
Support the Dignity of the Lord Proprietary by allowing all his
Prerogatives. Other Material and weighty Objections do lie against
Some other parts of your Bill, but we do not offer them now being
willing to Save as much Expence as Possible to our Country by
bringing this Session to as Speedy a Conclusion as may be and as
we looke upon the present Time to be so Critical, as to call in the
most pressing manner for a Supply of Money towards the Support
of the Common Cause so We hope you will form a Bill upon such a
Plan as cannot be objected to, & give us an opportunity of Con-
curring with you in testifying our Sincere & unfeigned duty and
Affection to the best of Kings and his Government by contributing
every thing in our Power towards the raising a Necessary Supply for
that great & important Service
Signed p Order John Ross Cl Up H.o
Adjourned till three of the Clock in the Afternoon
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