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

L. H. J.
Liber No. 50
April 12

Wednesday, April 12, 1758.

The House met according to Adjournment: The Members were
called, and all appeared as Yesterday, except Mr. Plater and Mr.
Woodward. The Proceedings were Read.
Mr. Fraser appeared in the House.
On Considering his Excellency's Message, and Sir John St. Clair's
Letter, communicated to Mr. Speaker Yesterday Evening ;
Ordered, That an Address be prepared to his Excellency in
Answer thereto; and that Colonel Tilghman, Mr. Dulany, and Mr.
Murdock, do prepare and bring in such Address.
Mr. Murdock brings in and delivers to Mr. Speaker, an Address
to the Governor; which was Read, Approved, and Ordered to be
Ingrossed.
Mr. Murdock 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,
This House has Resolved to make Provision for stationing Horses
at the Places mentioned in the Letter from Sir John St. Clair,

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Deputy Quarter-Master General, laid before us with your Excel-
lency's Message of Yesterday Evening, and intend, by an Act, to
apply to that Purpose, Part of the Money granted, and not par-
ticularly appropriated, by a Bill for his Majesty's Service now before
the Upper House, immediately upon the Passage of that Bill into
a Law.
Which was Read and Assented to, and Signed, by Order of the
House, by the Honourable Speaker.
Ordered, That Mr. Sulivane and Mr. Rasin do acquaint his Ex-
cellency, 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 the Afternoon in the Con-
ference Chamber.
Colonel Hammond, from the Upper House, delivers to Mr.
Speaker, the Bill, entituled, An Act for Granting a Supply of
£45,000 for his Majesty's Service, and the more immediate Defence
and Security of the Frontier Inhabitants of this Province, and
Emitting £35,000 on Bills of Credit, and Raising a Fund for sinking
and replacing the Whole, by an equal Assessment on all Estates,
Real and Personal, and Lucrative Offices and Employment; In-
dorsed, " By the Upper House of Assembly, 10th April, 1758.
Read the first Time, and Ordered to lie on the Table.