542 Assembly Proceedings, Mar. 28-May 13, 1758.

U. H. J.
Liber No. 35
May 13

At a Conferrence appointed by the honourable the Upper and
Lower Houses of Assembly May 12.^th 1758. and met at the House
of M.^r Andrew Buchanan were present.

Benjamin Tasker jun.
The honourable Rob.^t Jenckins Henry Members of the Upp; Ho :
&
Daniel Dulany Esq.^r

Col : Edward Tilghman, M.^r Matthew Tilghman, M.^r Rob.^t Lloyd
M.^r William Murdock, & M.^r Charles Carroll Members of the
Lower House.
Who make Choice of the honourable Benjamin Tasker jun.^r Esq.^r
Chairman and Basil Dorsey junior Clerk.
The Conferrees adjourned till three o' Clock post Meridiem &
met according to Adjournment.

The Conferrees of the Upper House propose to proceed first on
the four Objections to the Bill contained in their Message of the
18.^th of April, relative to the Nomination of Commissioners, the
double Tax upon Nonjurors, the Tax upon Officers, and the Tax
upon his Lordship's Quit Rents; to this the Conferrees of the
Lower House answered they had nothing to object to proceeding
first on those four Points, but that as their Address of the 10.^th of
May to the Governor, in which is mentioned as follows " The un-
alterable Adherence of the Upper House to their Objections against
the most material Points of that Bill, which is founded upon Prin-
ciples the most reasonable and equitable, and their declining to pro-
ceed in a Mode lately made use of between the two Houses on a
similar Occasion, notwithstanding we have conceded so far as to
declare to them our Willingness thereto, leaves us not the least Room
to hope that any one good End can be obtained from our remaining
any longer here at this Time unless we could be induced to believe
that the Gentl.ⁿ of the Upper would recede from their Resolutions "
was made the Foundation of the Proposal of a Conferrence by the
Upper House, they expected the Conferrees of that House would
have receded from their Resolution on those Points or have made
some Concessions
To which the Conferrees of the Upper House reply that they

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were not authorized nor could they agree to confer but upon the
Terms of their Message which produced the Conferrence that is, to
confer upon the Subject Matter of the Objections made in the
Message of the 18.^th of April last, and likewise the Subject Matter
of such Clauses in the Bill as have a Relation to or Dependence
upon those Parts of the Bill to which the Upper House had objected
in their said Message and also upon the Style and Expression of the
Bill, and agreeable to this Message they were willing to proceed
upon the Conferrence and not otherwise.