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Mr. Reeder, Mr. Rasin, Major Hyland, and Mr. John Hammond
Dorsey, appeared in the House.
The House adjourns till the Morrow Morning at 8 of the Clock.
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Liber No. 50
April 3
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Tuesday, April 4, 1758.
The House met according to Adjournment: The Members were
called, and all appeared as Yesterday, except Philip Hammond, Esq ;
On Motion, Leave given, to bring in a Bill to secure the Estates
of Aliens, and those that claim by, from, or under them :
Ordered, That Mr. Edward Dorsey and Mr. Wilson do prepare and
bring in a Bill accordingly.
On Motion, Leave given, to bring in a Bill relating to Orphans and
Guardians :
Ordered, That Mr. Matthew Tilghman, Col. Tilghman, and Mr.
Carroll, do prepare and bring in a Bill accordingly.
On Motion, Leave given, to bring in a Bill to enable the Justices
of Caecil County to appropriate the remaining Part of the Sum of
£500 delivered out of the Paper Office, for Building a Prison in the
said County, and to replace the Sum of now in
the Hands of Sabina Rigby, Executrix of William Rumsey, into
the Paper Currency Office :
Ordered, That Mr. Baker, Col. Tilghman, and Mr. Williamson,
do prepare and bring in a Bill accordingly.
His Excellency the Governor communicated to Mr. Speaker, the
following Message, viz.
Gentlemen of the Lower House of Assembly,
In a Message which I sent to the Lower House of Assembly the
25th of September, 1756, I told them (as will appear from the
Journal of their Proceedings) that, to prevent the Settlements of
Conococheague being broke up, I had ordered thither Detach-
ments from the Militia of Prince-George's and Baltimore Counties;
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It appears likewise from the same Journal, that on the 28th of that
Month, the House Resolved that a Sum of Money should be applied
to pay for the Provisions which the Companies of Militia, sent from
Prince-George's and Baltimore Counties to range on the Western
Frontier, might be supplied with during the Time that they should
continue on Duty : And that it was also Resolved in the House the
next Morning, that One Hundred Men, including Officers, should
be raised and added to the Two Hundred Men that were already
raised and in Garrison at Fort Frederick. In the Afternoon was
communicated to them the following Message :
Gentlemen of the Lower House of Assembly,
You will be pleased to observe, that the Time which the Detach-
ments from the Militia of Prince-George's and Baltimore Counties
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