116 Assembly Proceedings, April 8-May 9, 1757,

L.H.J.

Liber No. 48
May 7

Gentlemen of the Lower House of Assembly,

I am sorry you did not think proper to let me know what Part
of the Province you would have understood by the Word Frontier :
I have the greatest Reason to apprehend, that if your House does
not explain that Word, the Agents will not think themselves at
Liberty to issue any Pay or Subsistence to the Men that are now,
by the Earl of Loudoun's Order, posted at Fort Cumberland. Should
that Place be abandoned at this Time, the great Quantity of his
Majesty's Stores that are there, would fall into the Enemy's Hands,
and the Consequences of such an Accident be, in all Probability,
fatal to these Colonies. As it is an Affair of such Consequence to his
Majesty's Service, and the British Interest in America, I must send
a Copy of the Bill, which you have Framed, to the Earl of Loudoun,
and know his Pleasure before I can evacuate that Fort, unless you
will give me room to expect, that the Agents will not refuse to issue
Pay and Subsistence for the Men abovementioned.
[May 7,^th 1757.] Hor^o. Sharpe.

Ordered, That Col. Tilghman and Capt. Jenifer do acquaint the
Governor, That no Public Business lies now before this House to
Transact.
The House adjourns until Monday Morning at 9 of the Clock.

May 9

Monday, 9^th May, 1757.

The House met according to Adjournment: The members were
called and all appeared as on Saturday. The proceedings were read.

Col. Tasker, from the Upper House, delivers to Mr. Speaker, all
the original Paper Bills, which had Passed both Houses this Session,
and were severally thus Indorsed, " By the Upper House of As-
sembly, 9^th May, 1757. The Ingrossed Bill, whereof this is the
Original, is Read and Assented to.
Signed p Order. J. Ross, Cl Up Ho.

Col. Tasker, and Benedict Calvert, Esq ;^rs from the Upper House,
acquaint Mr. Speaker, that the Governor requires the Attendance
of the Lower House immediately in the Council Chamber.
Mr. Speaker left the Chair, and, with the Members of the Lower
House, attended his Excellency in the Council Chamber, where Mr.
Speaker Presented to him,

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An Ingrossed Bill, entituled, An Act for his Majesty's Service,
and the more immediate Defence and Protection of the Frontier
Inhabitants of this Province.
An Ingrossed Bill, entituled, An Act continuing an Act, entituled,
An Act for the Advancement of Justice.