424 Assembly Proceedings, Feb. 23-May 22, 1756.

L. H. J.
Liber No. 48
May 15

which was read and assented to, and sent to the Upper House, with
the Paper Bill thereof, by M.^r Lloyd and M.^r John Reeder.
The following Message, viz.

By the Lower House of Assembly, May 15, 1756.

May it please your Honours,
We herewith send you the Journal of Accounts, in which is in-
serted an Allowance to M.^r Ross, Clerk of the Council, for Public
Services by him done; and have^r Resolved, that, for the future, no
such Allowance shall be made: But, upon having a particular
Account laid before us by M.^r Ross, for Public Services by him
done for this Province, we shall allow what appears to us reasonable.
We have also made an Allowance to the Militia, ordered out to
the Assistance of the Frontier Inhabitants, agreeable to the Journals
of the several Captains, laid before us by his Excellency the Governor.
We cannot agree to your Honours Proposals for advancing the
Rent of the Governor's House, nor to the Payment of 1350 lbs. of
Tobacco to the late Governor, for Seals to I 5 Proclamations, relating
to his Lordship's Assent to the Inspection-Law, for Reasons given
in a Message from this House, sent up the first Instant: And hope
for your Honours Concurrence to the Journal of Accounts as it
now stands.
Signed per Order, M. Macnemara, Cl. Lo. Ho.

Was sent to the Upper House, with the Journal of Accounts, by
M.^r John Goldsborough and Two more.
The House adjourns until Monday Morning at 8 of the Clock.

May 17

Monday Morning, 17^th May, 1756.

The House met according to Adjournment: All the Members
appeared as on Saturday, except M.^r Wallis and Major Hall.
M.^r Reynolds appeared in the House.
The Bill entituled, A further Supplementary Act to an Act en-
tituled, An Act for quieting Possessions, enrolling Conveyances, &c.
was read the second Time, and will pass; and was sent to the Upper
House by M.^r John Handy and M.^r Gray.
The Bill entituled, An Act for the Naturalization of Foreign
Protestants, was referred for a second Reading on the 20th Day
of July next.
Col. Hammond, from the Upper House, delivers to M.^r Speaker
the Journal of Accounts; indorsed, May 17, 1756. Read and As-
sented to by the Upper House of Assembly.
Signed per Order, J. Ross, Cl. Up. Ho.

The House adjourns till 2 of the Clock Afternoon.