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Pounds for his Majesty's Service, &c. indorsed, By the Upper House
of Assembly, April 29, 1756. Read the second Time, and will
not pass.
Signed per Order, J. Ross, Cl. Up. Ho.
And the following Messaze, viz.
By the Upper House of Assembly, April 29, 1756.
Gentlemen,
We are extremely sorry to find, that, after our having refused two
Bills, for the Objections we then made to them, you should send us a
third, so very little differing from them, that we think ourselves
obliged not to pass it: But, in order to convince every unprejudiced
Mind, and to demonstrate our strong Inclinations to do every Thing
in our Power, for the Service of our most gracious King, and the
Defence and Preservation of the Western Frontiers of this Prov-
ince, at this Time attacked, and in such Imminent Danger from our
Enemies, the French and barbarous Indians, whose inhuman Cruel-
ties already practised on our Fellow-Subjects, must raise Horror
in any Breast not utterly void of all Sentiments of Compassion,
we declare to you, that notwithstanding what has past between the
two Houses on the Occasion of those Bills, we are willing, at this
critical Juncture, to wave all unnecessary Formalities and Punc-
tilioes in the Mode of our Proceedings; and if you think that a
free Conference on the Subject-Matter of the Bill may be any
Means to produce so desirable an End, as we would hope is aimed
at by us all, or if you can propose any other more eligible Method to
remove the Objections, which we have to the Passing of this Bill,
we shall readily Concur with you, and endeavour to make such
Amendments thereto, as are necessary for the Purposes intended
by it.
Signed per Order, J. Ross, Cl. Up. Ho.
The House adjourns till 2 of the Clock Afternoon.
Post-Meridiem.
The House met according to Adjournment, &c.
Samuel Chamberlaine, Esq; from the Upper House, delivers to
M.r Speaker the Journal of Accounts, and the following Message, viz.
By the Upper House of Assembly, April 29, 1756.
Gentlemen,
Upon Perusal of the Journal of Accounts, sent up by Capt. Stod-
dert and Others, we find you have omitted making the following
Allowances :
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Liber No. 48
April 29
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