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giving Power to restrain the Service of Troops to a particular Spot,
Whereby His Majesty's service must be impeded & crampt. The
Attempt seem's offered in the copy of Bills proposed in the Lower
House of Assembly, which Copy of Bills you transmitt'd me for
My Observation. By the Plan of the Bills the Assembly Assumes
to take into their Hands the Power & right of directing How such
Troops as they would agree to Support should Act, It is presumtu-
ously Invading the King's undoubted Progative. Derogate to the
Power Given You by My Commission & the Milita Law of the
Province to compell every individual to March to any Part when
you My Leiutenant Governor may Judge their Service Nesessary,
by the provincial Act of 1715, w.^h Act was revived & continued &
has Duration by Act of Assembly made by the Legislature of the
Province in 1722. I thank you for your Exemplifiction of the Laws
of 1715 in your Answer the 5^th of May last To the Address & Re-
monstrances of the House of Delegates dated the 17^th of April
1758 And I approve of your Conduct & measure in defence of the
Province by your Letters to the Colonels of Milita dated the 17^th
of Nov.^r 1757 & your Letter to Colonel Stanwix His Majestys
Field Officer dated the 17 Dec:^r 1757 Also your Orders to Captain
Casson Commander of a Company of Milita in Queen Ann's County
to March to ffort Frederick And approve of your Conduct & Mea-
sures taken the 8.^th of June, your Orders to two Captains of Militia
to March their Companies to the said ffort And Do approve of your
step relative, your taking the Opinion thereon of the Upper House
of Assembly whose Loyalty Duty & affection to His Majesty's
Honour & service appears to me manifest as well as their Just regard
to My Government Guided under His most Sacred Majesty &
directed by His Auspicious Rule of Government, My Principle of
Action to go by.

With Regard to the Copy of Opinion given to M^r Thomas Rent
Roll Keeper of the East Shore Viz^t

Opinions of His Excellency Horatio Sharpe Esq.^r Governor of
the Province of Maryland Col.^o Benj.^a Tasker Secretary of the
said Province Col.^o Edw:^d LLoyd His Lordship's Agent, George
Stewart Esq.^r One of the Judges of the Land Office & Stephen
Bordley Esq^r Attorney Gen.^l Authorized by an Instruction from
His Lordship to sundry Questions proposed to them by William
Thomas, Keeper of the Rent Roll of the Eastern Shore this 20^th Day
of December 1757

Of Lands returned to lye in Pensilvanie

It is the Opinion that where a Farmer takes the proper Steps to
get the Rents but cannot suceed & the Surveyor of the County

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