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As to the Duties required from Lord Baltimores Private Officers
his Agent and receiver
Here my Lord ought to interpose; for it is a great indignity to
compel his Lordships Agents into a Publick Service without making
them a Liberal allowance and Compensation for their Trouble

As to that required from the Sheriffs
This my Lord will leave to be Debated by the two Houses

As to the Power of the Upper House to Examine Claims and
Accounts

The Upper House are right in making a stand to this Clause in
the Bill and should take care how they Admit Encroachments of this
kind where they are Supported by Arguments drawn from the
Exercise of Like rights in the House of Commons here; The
Constitution of the two Assemblies differ fundamentally in many
respects. Our House of Commons stands upon its own Laws, The
Lex Parliamenti, Whereas assembles in the Colonies are regulated
by their respective Charters, Usages and the Common Law of Eng-
land, and will never be Allowed to Assume all those Priviledges
which the House of Commons are intitled to Justly here upon Prin-
cipals that neither can nor must be applied to the Assemblies of
the Colonies

As to the Narrowness of the Exemption of Persons to be
Assessors
My Lord has nothing to do with this

As to the Double Tax on Non- Jurors

U. H. J.
Liber No. 35
March 22

My Lord would do right to join with the Upper House in Opposing
this Double Tax because it is a Breach of Publick Faith and tends
to Subvert the very foundations of the Maryland Constitution and
can be Excused by Nothing but a well Grounded Jealousy of
Dangerous Practices and Disafection in the Papists.

As to the Clause enabling Debtors and Creditors to retain.
This is very Absurd but my Lord need not meddle with it.

As to the Tax on Non Residents and Imports
The Upper House are clearly right in that part of their Objection
which relates to British merchandizes imported for I am satisfied
the Mother Country will never endure such an Impost upon their
Trade, the Province may by the same rule Prohibit the Importation,
as well as they may Tax the merchandize imported and it seems to
be a very unwarrantable Attempt to make the English importer of
Goods carried to Maryland in the way of trade, pay a Tax for the
defence of that Province for no other Consideration but the Liberty
of Trading there to which they have an original right, which cannot

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