112 Assembly Proceedings, April 8-May 9, 1757.

L. H. J.
Liber No, 48
May 7

On Reading the said Message, Ordered, That an Address be pre-
pared to his Excellency in Answer thereto; and that Col. Tilghman,
Mr. Hammond, and Mr. Matthew Tilghman, do prepare and bring-
in the same.

The Governor communicates to Mr. Speaker, the following Mes-
sage, viz.^t

Gentlemen of the Lower House of Assembly,

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As I observe that the Word Frontier frequently occurs in the Bill,
entituled, An Act for his Majesty's Service, and the more imme-
diate Defence and Protection of the Frontier Inhabitants of this
Province, which has been Framed by you this Session, and having
received the Concurrence of the Upper House, now lies for my
Assent; and as it has been a Question, what Part of the Province
is to be understood by that Word, I must desire you to give me your
Sense of the Word, and particularly what Part of Maryland you
designed by it in the following Clause of the abovementioned Bill ;
And be it further Enacted, That the said Five Hundred Men, or so
many of them as shall be at any Time in the Pay of this Province,
except such Number as may be necessary to be left at Fort Frederick,
shall be employed in Ranging about the Frontier thereof, for the
Quiet and Protection of the Inhabitants. Provided always, and be
it Enacted, That when, upon any Emergency, his Majesty's Com-
mander in Chief, or Person properly authorized, shall judge it
expedient to march any Part of the said Five Hundred Men from
the Frontier of this Province, then and in such Case, so many of
the aforesaid Men shall be left at Fort Frederick, under a proper
Command, as the Governor or Commander in Chief of this Province,
for the Time being, shall judge necessary for the more immediate
Defence and Protection of the Frontier Inhabitants thereof.
7^th May, 1757. Hor^o. Sharpe.

On Reading the said Message, Ordered, That an Address be pre-
pared to his Excellency in Answer thereto; and that Col. Tilghman,
Mr. Hammond, Mr. Carroll, and Mr. Matthew Tilghman, do pre-
pare and bring in the same.
Col. Tilghman brings in and delivers to Mr. Speaker, an Address
to his Excellency; which was Read, Approved, and Ordered to be
Ingrossed.
Col. Tilghman brings in and delivers to Mr. Speaker, the following
Ingrossed Address, viz.^t

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,
In Answer to your Message of this Day, we hope the Present
which we have put into your Excellency's Hands, for the small