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

L. H. J.
Liber No. 51
May 2

Saturday, May 2, 1761.
The House met according to Adjournment; The Members were

called, and all appeared as Yesterday, except Mr. Greenfield, Mr.
Hynson, Mr. Ringgold, and Mr. Hammond. The Proceedings were
Read.
A Bill, entituled, An Act to augment the Salaries of the Inspectors
at Elk-Ridge Landing Warehouse, in Anne-Arundel County, and
for other Purposes therein mentioned ;
A Bill, entituled, An Act to aid the Proceedings of the Vestry in
St. Stephen's Parish, Caecil County;

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A Bill, entituled, An Act to raise a Fund for the Support of an
Agent in Great-Britain, for the Service of this Province;
A Bill, entituled, An Act for Erecting a Public Warehouse at
Vienna-Town in Dorchester County ;
Were severally Read, and will Pass.
Ordered, That Dr. Steuart and Col. Scarborough carry the said
Bills to the Upper House.

Mr. Carroll brings the Ingrossed Address following :
To his Excellency Horatio Sharpe, Esq; 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,
By the annexed Extract from the Report of the Committee of
both Houses, to Inspect the Office and Proceedings of the Com-
missioners for Emitting Bills of Credit, established by Act of
Assembly, and a Calculation added thereto, your Excellency will
find, that Mr. Henry Darnall, Naval Officer of Patuxent District,
has embezzled large Sums of Public Money; and as there is Reason
to apprehend that a very considerable Part thereof is in Danger of
being lost to the Province, we earnestly request, that you will not
only cause the most effectual Steps to be taken for recovering the
Money due to the Public, but that you will immediately remove him
from his Office. We might here expatiate upon the Remonstrances
that were ineffectually made against this Gentleman to your Ex-
cellency, by the Representatives of the People, when he acted in the
Character of Attorney-General of Maryland; but we shall only just
intimate, that the Objections that were then made to him, receive
some Support from his corrupt Practices in the Office he fills at
present; And as the Country may probably suffer very considerably
by his Misdemeanors, we must beg Leave to recommend to your
Excellency to be particularly cautious of disposing for the future
of all Offices in such a Manner as to prevent a like Inconvenience.

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The Provision for Officers within this Government is very liberal,
and when the Money drawn out of the Pockets of Individuals for