420 Assembly Proceedings, April 13-May 6, 1761.

U. H. J.
Liber No. 35
April 27

purposes therein mentioned and for raising the Same by an equal
Assessment on all Estates real and personal & Lucrative Offices and
Employments thus, Endorsed
By the Lower House of Assembly 24^th April 1761
Read the first time and ordered to lye on the Table
Signed p Order John; Allen Thomas Clk. Lo; Ho.

By the Lower house of Assembly 25^th April 1761
Read the second time and will pass
Signed p Order John Thomas Clk. Lo. Ho.

Read the first time in this house and will not pass and Sent by
Stephen Bordley Esq^r
Adjourned till to Morrow Morning ten of the Clock

April 28
p. 478

Tuesday Morning 28^th April 1761
This house met again according to Adjournment

Present as Yesterday & Col Hammond
The honble Benjamin Tasker Esq^r Attended by the Members of
this house present to his Excellency the following Address
To his Excellency Horatio Sharpe Esq^r Governor & Commander
in Chief in and Over the Province of Maryland
The humble Address of the Upper House of Assembly
May it please Your Excellency
A Report which hath been made to Us by a Committee of Both
houses appointed this session to inspect the Office and Proceedings
of the Commissioners for emitting Bills of Credit having given
Us Room to apprehend that some of the Naval Officers whose
Business It was to collect the Duty of I5^d hhd pursuant to the paper
Currency Act and remit the same to the Trustees in London for
the Purchase of Bank Stock on Account of this Province have been
negligent in the Discharge of their Duty and that in particular One
of them has failed to remit to the said Trustees Sundry Sums of
Money which we imagine he must have collected by Virtue of the
Abovementioned Act and that Large Arrears are due from him to
the Province, We think it incumbent on Us to represent the same to
your Excellency that such Steps may be taken for procuring Satis-
faction to the Publick as Your Excellency may think the Nature of
the Case may require

Benjamin Tasker President

Daniel Dulany & John Ridout Esq^r wait upon his Excellency &
present to him the following Address with the Report of a Com-
mittee of this house appointed to draw up an Address to his Majesty