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L.H.J.
Liber No. 48
September
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For the Affirmative,
T. Reeder, J. Goldsborough, Fraser,
Hynson, Edmondson, Lloyd,
Williamson, Earle, E. Tilghman.
Wallis, Ward, 13
Carroll, Murdock,
On Motion, That an Address be prepared to his Excellency, rela-
tive to his Instructions given to the Colonels of the several Counties
of this Provinre, for enlisting- of Men for his Majesty's Service.
Resolved, that an Address be prepared accordingly.
Ordered, That M.r Carroll, Col. Tilghman, and M.r Matthew
Tilghman, do prepare and bring in such Address.
A Motion, for Leave to bring in a Bill, For his Majesty's Service,
and for the better Defence of this Province, was granted.
Ordered, That M.r Hammond, M.r Murdock, M.r Carroll, Col.
Edward Tilghman, and M.r Matthew Tilghman, do prepare and
bring in a Bill accordingly.
The House adjourns until 2 of the Clock Afternoon.
Post-Meridiem.
The House met according to Adjournment, &c.
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M.r Mills appeared in the House.
Col. Tilghman, from the Committee appointed for that Purpose,
brings in and delivers to M.r Speaker an Address to his Excellency,
which, on the Question put, That the said Address be Approved,
was Resolved in the Affirmative.
M.r Carroll 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,
Your ready Compliance with the Lord Loudoun's Requisition, to
levy a Number of Men in this Colony with the utmost Expedition,
for the Regiment which his Majesty has graciously ordered to be
raised in America, for the Defence of the Colonies, cannot but
meet our Approbation: And it is with extreme Reluctance we comply
with what we think our indispensable Duty in observing, That that
Part of your Excellency's Recruiting Instructions which directs,
That " as soon as possible, after any Person shall be enlisted, he is
to be taken before a Magistrate and qualified," is, we apprehend, not
agreeable to the Act of Parliament, For the better Recruiting his
Majesty's Forces on the Continent of America, &c. which directs,
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