The Lower House. 633

It is of the greatest Importance, that the just and distinct Rights
and Privileges of each Branch of the Legislature, should be preserved,
and therefore, as the Nomination of Commissioners in Bills of this
Nature is a Right as clear and undoubted as any that belongs to this
Branch, your Honours may be assured, that we shall not depart from
it, but shall think it our Duty forever to assert and support it.
Having now frankly given you our Reasons in Support of our
Bill, against your Objections to it, and made such Concessions as
appear any way proper, we hope every Mode of Proceeding, which
has been made use of between the Two Houses upon similar Occa-
sions, will be pursued on this, for bringing about the Passage of a
Bill of so great Importance; and we do assure you, that nothing on
our Parts shall be wanting, which can be done without too great a

L. H. J.
Liber No. 50
April 26

Violation of our Rights and Privileges. But we think proper to let
you know, that the Nomination of Commissioners by the Bill, the
double Tax upon Non- Jurors, who may shew themselves to be dis-
loyal Subjects in refusing to take the Oaths we have now proposed,
the Tax upon the Proprietary Estate, and that upon Lucrative Offices
and Employments, as imposed by the Bill, we cannot recede from.
The military Parts of the Bill objected to, as well as some others,
may probably be amended to your Satisfaction, if you do not think
the Reasons we have given you, sufficient to obviate your Objections.
Signed p Order, M. Macnemara, Cl. Lo. Ho.

Which was Read, and Ordered to lie on the Table.
The House adjourns till the Morrow Morning at 8 of the Clock.

p. 121

Thursday, April 27, 1758.

April 27

The House met according to Adjournment : The Members were
called, and all appeared as Yesterday. The Proceedings were Read.
Mr. Earle appeared in the House.
On Reading the second Time the Message brought in Yester
Evening by Mr. Lloyd, the Question was put, That the Words the
Tax upon Uncultivated Lands, as imposed by the Bill be inserted in
the last Clause of the Message. Resolved in the Negative.

For the Affirmative,
Williamson, Waggaman, Harris.
Tilden, Wilson,

E. Gantt, Handy, [7]

For the Negative,
Reeder, Lecompte, Murdock,
Hynson, Govane, T. Gantt,
Hammond, J. H. Dorsey, King,

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