350 Assembly Proceedings, Sept, 28-Dec. 16, 1757.

L. H. J.

Liber No. 49
Dec. 12

Which said Report was Read, and the House Concurs therewith.
On Motion, Ordered, That an Address be prepared to the Right
Honourable the Lord Proprietary, to request that his Lordship will
present the Petition to the King, and the Representation to the Lords
Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, prepared by both Houses

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of Assembly; and likewise an Address to the Governor, to request
him to transmit to the Lord Proprietary the Petition to his Majesty,
the Representation to the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plan-
tations, and the Address to the Lord Proprietary, with all convenient
Speed: And, That the Conferees appointed by this House to join
with the Conferees of the Upper House, do prepare and bring in such
Addresses.

The House adjourns til the Morrow Morning at 9 of the Clock.

Dec. 13

Tuesday, 1 3^th December, 1757.
The House met according to Adjournment, &c.
On Motion, Ordered, That a Message be prepared to be sent to the
Upper House, with the Bill, entituled, An Act for Billetting and
Quartering his Majesty's Forces within this Province, which was
sent from the Upper House, and there prepared.
On Motion, the Question was put, Whether the following Clause,
viz. Be it Enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary,
by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's Governor,
and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and the Authority
of the same, That as often as any of his Majesty's Forces shall come
into the City of Annapolis, or to any Town or Place, within this
Province, for Winter Quarters, it shall and may be lawful for the
Mayor, Recorder, or any Two of the Aldermen of the said City, and
for any Two Justices of the Peace of the County, in which such
Town or Place shall lie, to Quarter and Billet the Officers and
Soldiers on the Inns, Ordinaries, Victualling-Houses, or Ale-Houses,
that shall be in the said City, Town or Place; and in Case there shall
not be a sufficient Number of such Houses in the said City, or in the
Town or Place whereunto such Forces shall come for Winter Quar-
ters, conveniently to accommodate such Officers and Soldiers, then
and in that Case, the said Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, or Justices,
shall and may Billet them, in equal Proportion, on or at the Charge
of such private Houses, as they, in their Discretion, shall see fit, and
judge most convenient for that Purpose, shall be inserted in the
Message to be sent to the Upper House, or Not? Resolved in the
Affirmative.

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For the Affirmative,

Williamson, J. H. Dorsey, Fraser,
Hynson, Cockey Deye, Lloyd,