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Tilghman a Member elected for Talbot County Emory Sadler a
Member elected for Queen Ann's County, and Daniel Sullyvan a
Member elected for Dorchester County to see them qualified who
severally take the Oaths to the Government appointed to be taken by
Act of Assembly repeat and subscribe the Abjuration and Test and
then withdraw.
Adjourned 'till to Morrow Morning 10. of the Clock

U. H. J.
Liber No. 35
Sept. 29

Friday Morning 30. of Sep. 1757.
This House met again according to Adjournment:

Present as Yesterday.
Mess.^rs Mackall and Key from the Lower House attend with

M.^r Plater a Member elected for S.^t Mary's County to see him

qualified who takes the Oaths to the Government appointed to be
taken by Act of Assembly repeats and subscribes the Abjuration and
Test, and then withdraws
Benjamin Tasker Esq : attended by the Members of this House
presents to his Excellency the Address of this House which follows
in these Words
To his Excellency Horatio Sharpe Esq : Governor and Commander
in Chief in and over the Province of Maryland
The humble Address of the Upper House of Assembly.
May it please your Excellency.
As the Necessity which occasioned the raising of Troops for our

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Defence, still unhappily subsists we shall readily agree to the neces-
sary Means of continuing them in the Service of this Province, and
shall chear fully embrace every opportunity of manifesting our Zeal
for his Majesty's Service by making a suitable Provision for the
Reception of his Troops which shall be sent hither for Winter
Quarters. Experience has given us a sufficient Assurance of your
Excellency's Disposition to promote the Welfare and Security of
the People.
B. Tasker President.

Mess.^rs Gassaway and Carroll from the Lower House attend with
M.^r Philip Hammond a Member elected for Ann Arundel County
to see him qualified, who takes the Oaths to the Government ap-
pointed to be taken by Act of Assembly repeats and subscribes the
Abjuration and Test, and then withdraws
Adjourned 'till three of the Clock in the Afternoon

Eodem Die post Meridiem
This House met again according to Adjournment

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