306 Assembly Proceedings, March 22-April 11, 1760.

L. H. J.
Liber No. 51
April 8

By the Lower House of Assembly, 29th March, 1760.
Read the second Time, and will Pass.
Signed p Order, M. Macnemara, Cl. Lo. Ho.

By the Upper House of Assembly, 31st March, 1760.
Read the first Time, and will not Pass.
Signed p Order, J. Ross, Cl. Up. Ho.

April 9

Wednesday, April 9, 1760.
The House met according to Adjournment, &c.
His Excellency the Governor communicated to Mr. Speaker, the
following Message, viz.

Gentlemen of the Lower House of Assembly,
The Honourable Colonel Howe having intimated to me, that he
intends to leave this Place To-morrow Morning, and return to New-
York, I should be glad to know what Answer I may, by this Oppor-
tunity, give to that Letter of General Amherst's, which was com-

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municated to you at the Opening of the Session, especially as the Day,
by which his Excellency desired our Forces may be in Readiness to
march, is very near at Hand.
9th of April, 1760
Hor.^o Sharpe.

Which was Read the first and second Time.
On Motion, Ordered, That Mr. Carroll, Mr. Dorsey, Mr. Mur-
dock, Alexander Williamson, Esq; and Mr. Lloyd, do prepare and
bring in an Answer to his Excellency the Governor's Message of
this Day.
Col. Tasker, from the Upper House, delivers to Mr. Speaker, the
Bill, entituled, An Act for reducing the Interest upon Tobacco and
Money; Indorsed, "By the Upper House of Assembly, April 1, 1760.
Read the first Time, and Ordered to lie on the Table."
And thus, "By the Upper House of Assembly, April 9, 1760.
Read the second Time, and will pass, with the following Amend-
ments.
Signed per Order, J. Ross, Cl. Up. Ho."
And the following Amendments, viz.
By the Upper House of Assembly, April 9th, 1760.
Read the second Time, and will pass, with the following Amend-
ments. After the Word Money, in the Preamble, add the following
Words, viz.^t (and the regular Payment thereof to Creditors;) and
after the Word Trade, add the following Words, viz.^t (and Credit ;)
and strike out the Word is, and insert (are.)