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Was sent to the Upper House by M.r Carroll and Capt. Jordan.
M.r Lloyd, from the Committee of Laws, brings in and delivers to
M.r Speaker an Address to his Excellency; which was read, ap-
proved, and ordered to be ingrossed.
The House adjourns until 2 of the Clock Afternoon.
Post-Meridiem.
The House met according to Adjournment, &c.
On Motion, Ordered, That the Bill entituled, An Act for Regu-
lating the Militia of this Province, be entered in the Journal of the
Votes and Proceedings of this House; and that the said Bill be
Printed in Thirty Days from the End of this Session; and that
Printed Copies be delivered to each Member of the Lower House of
Assembly, in the same Manner that the Laws, Votes and Proceed-
ings, are directed to be.
The following 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,
On considering your Message of the I Ith of May, this House
have Resolved that this Province will stand Security, for returning
to the Officer his Majesty has been pleased to appoint to receive the
same, any Number of Arms which may be delivered by the Comp-
troller of the Ordnance at Boston, to any Person your Excellency
shall be pleased to appoint for that Purpose, except in Case of their
being lost in Battle, or taken or destroyed by the Enemy; and that
the Person appointed by your Excellency, be impowered to receive
and indent for such Arms, in the Manner mentioned by Governor
Shirley's Letter to your Excellency.
Was read and assented to, and signed, by Order of the House, by
the Hon.ble Speaker.
Ordered, That M.r Matthew Tilghman and Col. John Henry do
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Liber No. 48
May 21
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acquaint his Excellency, That this House hath prepared an Address,
to be presented to him, and desires to know when and where he will
please to receive it: They return and acquaint M.r Speaker, that the
Governor was pleased to signify he would receive the Address in an
Hour's Time in the Conference Chamber.
Ordered, That M.r Govane and M.r Gray do present the Address
to his Excellency.
Col. Tasker, from the Upper House, delivers to M.r Speaker the
following Message, viz.
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