602 Assembly Proceedings, Sept. 14-Oct. 9, 1756.

L.H.J.
Liber No. 48
September
18

For the Affirmative,

Mills, Tolley, Bracco,
Hynson, Govane, Beall.
Williamson, Earle, 10
Wallis, Ward,

His Excellency the Governor communicated to M.^r Speaker, the
following Answer to the Address of this House, viz.
Gentlemen of the Lower House of Assembly,
I am obliged to you for doing me the Justice to believe, that I was
prompted by an earnest Zeal for his Majesty's Service, and a warm
Concern for the British Interest in America, to give the Colonels of
the Militia such an Instruction as is mentioned in your Yesterday's
Address. I cannot but commend you for doing what you may think
your indispensible Duty; but I am apt to believe that none of the
Gentlemen, to whom the Recruiting Instructions were sent, thought
themselves directed, by an Expression in them, to put the good
People of this Province to any Inconveniencies, much less to be
Guilty of a Breach of an Act of Parliament.
Hor.^o Sharpe.
18^th September, 1756.

On Motion, that a Bill be brought in, To lay an Embargo on all
Provisions, Resolved Unanimously, That as there is an Act of
Assembly of this Province, which sufficiently Prohibits the Ex-
portation of Grain, Provision, &c. to any of the French Islands or
Territories, that tliere is not an immediate Occasion to lay an
Embargo on Provisions.
On Motion, That an Address be prepared to his Excellency, to
acquaint him that this House hath deliberated and determined upon
the several Matters recommended in his Speech, Resolved, That
an Address be prepared accordingly.
Ordered, That M.^r Hammond, Col. Tilghman, and M.^r Lloyd, do
prepare and bring in such Address.
Col. Tilghman brings in and delivers to M.^r Speaker an Address-
to his Excellency, which was Read, Approved, and Ordered to be
ingrossed.
Col. Tilghman brings in and delivers to M.^r Speaker the following
ingrossed Address, viz.
To his Excellency Horatio Sharpe, Esq; Governor and Commander
in Cliief in and over the Province of Maryland.

The humble Address of the House of Delegates.
May it please your Excellency,

p. 331

As your Excellency, in your Speech at the Opening of this Session,
was pleased to say, you had several other Matters to communicate