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Col. Tilghman brings in and delivers to Mr. Speaker, an Address
to his Excellency; which was Read, Approved, and Ordered to be
Ingrossed.
Mr. Hammond hath Leave of the House to go home.
On Motion, That a Committee be appointed to enquire into the
Disbursement of the Monies raised by several Acts of Assembly for
maintaining the Forces to Guard the Western Frontier of this
Province, and into the State and Condition of Fort Frederick, and
into the Conduct and Behaviour of the Officers and Soldiers sup-
ported in the Pay of this Province; Col. Tilghman, Mr. Hammond,
Mr. Murdock, Mr. Matthew Tilghman, Mr. Carroll, Mr. Edward
Dorsey, Col. Cresap, and Mr. Chapline, be appointed a Committee
for that Purpose; and that they be impowered to send for Persons,
Papers, and Records, to attend them.
Mr. Carroll brings in and delivers to Mr. 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,
Mr. John Ridout having been Guilty of a Contempt of the
Authority, and of a Breach of the Rights and Privileges of this
House, at the Bar thereof, we did issue a Warrant to our Serjeant
to take him into Custody: This we conceive to be a Right which
we ought to exercise without any previous Application to your Ex-
cellency. If the Serjeant, in the Execution of his Duty, behaved
in a Manner inconsistent with the Decorum that ought to be observed
in your Excellency's House while you are at Dinner, it was not by
any Direction from this House; and we hope, if he has been Guilty
of the least Intrusion or Indecency, your Excellency will impute
it to his being but just appointed to his Office.
Which was Read and Assented to, and Signed, by Order of the
House, by the Honourable Speaker.
Ordered, That Mr. John Goldsborough and Mr. Plater do acquaint
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Liber No. 49
Oct. 3
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his Excellency, That this House hath prepared an Address, to be
presented to him, and desires to know when and where he will please
to receive it: They return and acquaint Mr. Speaker, That the
Governor signified he would receive the Address in Half an Hour's
Time in the Conference Chamber.
Ordered, That Mr. Lloyd, and Fourteen more, do present the
Address to the Governor.
On Motion, Ordered, That an Address be prepared to his Ex-
cellency, in Answer to his Message of Saturday Afternoon; and
that Col. Tilghman, Mr. Murdock, Mr. Matthew Tilghman, Mr.
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