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Which was read and assented to, and signed, by Order of the
House, by the Honourable Speaker.
Ordered, That Philip Hammond, Esq; and Major Hall, do ac-
quaint his Excellency, That this House hath prepared an Address,

to be presented to him, and desires to know when and where he

will be pleased to receive it: They return and acquaint M.^r Speaker
that the Governor was pleased to signify he would receive the
Address immediately in the Conference Chamber.
Ordered, That Major Travers, with Three more, do present the
Address to the Governor.
The House adjourns until the Morrow Morning at 8 of the Clock.

L. H. J.
Liber No. 48
April 23

Saturday Morning, 24^th April, 1756.

April 24

The House met according to Adjournment, &c.
The Bill entituled, An Act for Quieting the Differences that have
arisen, and may hereafter arise, between the Inhabitants of this
Province and the several Indian Nations, &c. was read the second
Time, and will pass; and was sent to the Upper House by Capt.
Stoddert and Major Hynson.
Col. Tilghman, from the Committee of Laws, brings in and deliv-
ers to M.^r Speaker a Bill entituled, An Act continuing an Act enti-
tuled, An Act directing the Manner of punishing Fornication and
Adultery before a single Justice of the. Peace out of Court; and a
Bill entituled, An Act continuing an Act entituled, An Act for the
speedy and effectual Publication of the Laws of this Province, and
for the Encouragement of Jonas Green, of the City of Annapolis,
Printer; which Bills were severally read the first Time, and ordered
to lie on the Table.

His Excellency the Governor communicates to M.^r Speaker the
following Message, viz.
Gentlemen of the Lower House of Assembly,
I am sorry to find by your Address of the 16th, that the Answer
I returned to your last on this Subject, did not give you entire Sat-
isfaction, and to hear you still complaining of those Acts of Benevo-
lence and Lenity, which I little thought, at the Time they were done,
would be so much excepted against by your or your Constituents.
As the first or historical Part of your Address relates to Matters
that occurred long before I had the Honour to be known in this
Province, I hope it is not expected that I should particularly Answer
it, or be accountable for the Transactions of those Days; but what
appears to be a more reasonable Talk, I desire not to be excused
from, and shall chearfully undertake to vindicate and justify, as well
as I am able, my own Conduct.
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