The Lower House. 375

Worcester County to levy on the taxable Inhabitants of Allhallows
Parish, &c. and an ingrossed Bill entituled, An Act impowering the
Justices of Somerset County to levy not exceeding 20,000 lbs. of
Tobacco, &c. which Bills were severally read and asented to, and sent
to the Upper House, with the Paper Bills thereof, by M.^r Waggaman
and M.^r Benjamin Handy.
M.^r Carroll, from the Committee of Laws, brings in and delivers
to M.^r Speaker an Address to his Excellency; which was read,
approved and ordered to be ingrossed.
The House adjourns until the Morrow Morning at 8 of the Clock.

L. H. J.
Liber No. 48
April 19
p. 238

Tuesday Morning, April 20^th, 1756.
The House met according to Adjournment, &c.
Major Dennis and M.^r Baker have Leave to go home.

M.^r Carroll, from the Committee of Laws, brings in and delivers
to M.^r Speaker the following ingrossed Address, viz.
To his Excellency Horatio Sharpe, Esq; Governor and Commander
in Chief in and over the Province of Maryland.
The humble Address of the House of Delegates.
May it please your Excellency,
We are extremely sorry we cannot allow of your Excellency's
Charge for Transcribing and Transmiting the Laws imagined to be
in Force in this Province, without having a perfect and exact List
of the same laid before us.
We are, indeed, fully convinced that a Revisal of our Laws is
highly necessary; but the Session is now too far spent to take them
under our Consideration.
But, as it is uncertain, whether those Laws, Transcribed and
Transmitted by your Excellency's Order, really were and remained
in Force, we think it not justifiable to put our Constituents to the
Expence of sending for a List of them.
Which was read and assented to, and signed, by Order of the
House, by the Honourable Speaker.
The House adjourns till 2 of the Clock Afternoon.

Post-Meridiem.
The House met according to Adjournment, &c.
Ordered, That M.^r Bordley and Capt. Jenifer 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 in an
Hour's Time in the Conference Chamber.

April 20