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The Question was put, That the following be made and entered
as the Resolve of this House, viz.
Resolved, That agreeable to a reasonable Construction of the said
Act, there was not a Foreign Invasion of this Province in December
last, when his Excellency the Governor, with the Advice of his
Council, ordered the Companies of Militia of Queen-Anne's and Kent
Counties to march to the Western Frontier, nor was there one when
the Companies were ordered out from Calvert and Caecil Counties
in March last.
Resolved in the Affirmative.
For the Affirmative,
Reeder, M. Tilghman, Woodward,
Sothoron, Sulivane, Murdock,
Williamson, Lecompte, Fraser,
Hynson, Govane, T. Gantt,
Hammond, J. H. Dorsey, King,
Gassaway, Cockey Deye, Lloyd,
Carroll, Owings, E. Tilghman,
Worthington, Hyland, Bracco,
J. J. Mackall, Earle, Beatty.
E. Gantt, Baker,
Hanson, Ward, [31]
For the Negative,
Waggaman, Oldham, Harris,
Wilson, Dulany, Chapline.
Edmondson, Handy, [8]
The Question was put, That the following be made and entered
as the Resolve of this House, viz.
Resolved, That the marching the said Militia of Queen-Anne's
and Kent Counties, was not only Illegal, but not Necessary for the
Security of the Western Frontier of this Province; and however
promising the Aspect might be at the Time of issuing the Orders for
their March, yet, as in the ordinary Course of the Seasons, Storms
and the most severe Weather could not but be then expected, it was
Oppressive and Cruel; and the Impressing Provisions for those
Companies, in those Counties so far distant from the Frontier, was
Inconvenient and unnecessarily Expensive.
Resolved in the Affirmative.
For the Affirmative,
Reeder, M. Tilghman, Woodward,
Sothoron, Sulivane, Murdock,
Williamson, Lecompte, Fraser,
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L. H. J.
Liber No. 50
May 8
p. 186
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