The Upper House. 491

from the Appointment of so many Officers, nor on the other Hand
ought it to be expected from us that we would concur in an Attempt
to strip Lord Baltimore of his Right and vest it in your House,
an Attempt which would prove as fruitless as it would be unjust,
and could tend only to the Introduction of such an unsettled, and
turbulent State of Things, such a Train of Confusion as ought at
this Crisis particularly to be most studiously avoided by all who can
see the baneful Consequences of Disunion, and are animated with a
sincere Regard for the genuine Interests of their Country
Signed p. Order M Macnemara Cl. Lo. Ho. [sic]

[The preceding line should read : Signed p. Order J Ross Cl
Up Ho]

A Bill from the Lower House by Mess.^rs Bracco, and Wilson,
entitled, A supplementary Act to an Act, entitled, An Act for grant-
ing a Supply of £40000: for his Majesty's Service, and striking
£34015.6.0 : thereof in Bills of Credit and raising a Fund for sinking
the same, thus endorsed.

U. H. J.
Liber No. 35
April 18

By the Lower House of Assembly 11. April 1758.
Read the first Time and ordered to lye on the Table
Signed p Order M Macnemara Cl Lo Ho.
By the Lower House of Assembly 18. April 1758.
Read the second Time and will pass
Signed p : Order M Macnemara Cl : Lo : Ho :
Read the first Time in this House and ordered to lye on the Table
Read the first Time the Bill prepared in this House, entitled, An
Act for reducing the Allowances of the Members of the Upper and
Lower Houses of Assembly, and ordered to lye on the Table.
Adjourned 'till to Morrow Morning 10: o' the Clock

p. 283

Wednesday Morning 19. April 1758.
This House met again according to Adjournment

Present as Yesterday and Col : Lloyd
Read the second Time the Bill prepared in this House, entitled, An
Act for reducing the Allowances of the Members of the Upper and
Lower Houses of Assembly, passed and sent to the Lower House
by Rich :^d Lee Esq.^r

Adjourned 'till three of the Clock in the Afternoon

Eodem Die post Meridiem
This House met again according to Adjournment

Present as in the Morning
Adjourned 'till to Morrow Morning 10 : o' the Clock

April 19