The Lower House. 393

And the List of debts due for quartering Soldiers &c.^o
And the Bill Ent^d an Act for the Speedy payment of Such Persons
as have been Ordered to March to the Western ffrontiers of this
Province for the Defence thereof and of the expences of Carriages
and Other provisions for such persons and of such as have been
put to the expences of quartering of his Majestys regular Forces and
other necessary expences during the late War. which Bill was In-
dorsed. By the Upper house of Assembly 23.^d Nov.^r 1763 Read the
first and Second time by an especial order and will not pass,
Signed p Order, J. Ross Cl. Up. Ho.

Benedict Calvert Esq^r from the Upper House delivers to M^r
Speaker the Bill Ent.^d an Act for Laying out and erecting a Town
at Elk Ridge Landing in Ann.^le County, Ind^d By the Upper House of
Assembly 23^d Nov.^r 1763.
Read the 2,^d time and will not pass,
Signed p Order J. Ross, Cl. Up. Ho

The house adjourns till 2, of the Clock
Post Meridiem

L. H. J.
Liber No. 52
Nov. 23

The house met according to Adjournment &c^a
M^r Johnson brings in and delivers to M^r Speaker a Bill Ent.^d an
Act to provide for the defence and Security of the ffrontier In-
habitants against the Incursions of the Indians and for the Better
regulation of Ordinary & Ordinary keepers within this Province.
Which was read the first time and ordered to lye on the Table

J. Ridout Esq^r from the Upper house delivers to M^r Speaker the
following Message Viz^t

By the Upper house of Assembly 23,^d Nov,^r 1763
Gentlemen
Having by our Message of the 19.^th Instant acquainted you with
the Resolution of this house, We cannot help thinking your Yester-
days Message some what irregular, and not altogether calculated to
preserve the Harmony we wish might Subsist between the two
Houses, as we observe by the Journal that the affair of a College
was under the Consideration of the Lower House Several years Ago
& that during the session held in April 1761 it was again moved &
Deliberated on in that house of which most of you Gentlemen were
Members, We can Easily account for the Bills appearing at this time
to a Majority of your House so plain Simple and perfect, but as we
see it in a very different Light, and think the Establishment of a
College here a matter that requires the most mature Consideration,
We did not chuse, however Solicitous We are to have a College
established on a good Foundation to determine hastily thereon espe-

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