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L. H. J.
Liber No. 48
May 2
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Which Bill was Read here, and Passed for Ingrossing.
Col. Tilghman brings in and delivers to Mr. Speaker, the following
Ingrossed Address, viz.t
To his Excellency Horatio Sharpe, Esq ;r 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,
The Case of Capt. Joshua Beall, and his Officers, Represented to
us by your Excellency, in your Message of the 20th of April last,
we apprehend would come more properly before the Agents appointed
by the Act you are pleased to mention.
We cannot find any such Account of Mr. Middleton's, as your
Excellency is pleased to say, you laid before us the 16th March,
1756; therefore presume it may have been withdrawn. And we
apprehend we cannot be justified in Resolving to Reimburse your
Excellency your Disbursements, for Services done by your Order
for the Public, till an Account thereof is laid before us, or fully to
determine upon any other Claims you may have against the Public,
till the Particulars thereof appear.
Which was Read and Assented to, and Signed, by Order of the
House, by the Honourable Speaker.
Ordered, That Col. Henry and Mr. Dennis 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 was
pleased to signify, he would be ready to receive the Address imme-
diately in the Council Chamber.
Ordered, That Mr. Lloyd, with Three more, do present the Address
to the Governor.
Mr. Carroll brings in and delivers to Mr. Speaker, the following
Ingrossed Address, viz.t
To his Excellency Horatio Sharpe, Esq;r 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,
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p. 425
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Your Excellency will find, by the Report and Depositions here-
with sent, that some Persons professing the Roman Catholic Religion,
have taught, and one doth still teach, School, within this County;
and as we have Reason to believe there are many such Schools,
established in the different Counties of this Province, and have not
now Time to make a full Enquiry, we request your Excellency would
be pleased to direct the Statutes of our Mother Country in Force
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