The Upper House. 11

ments" and the Word "before" in the 8th Line, and by Leaving out
what follows after the Word "Treasurer" in the 9th Line.
Sign'd p order Upton Scott Clk: Up: Ho:

Adjourn'd till to Morrow Morning 10 of the Clock

U. H. J.
Liber No. 36
Sept. 26

Friday Morning 27.^th Sept.^r 1765.
This House met again according to Adjournment.
Present as Yesterday.
The following Message is sent by Rich.^d Lee Esq.^r
By the Upper House of Assembly 27.^th Sept.^r 1765.
Gentlemen

Understanding that the first Amendment proposed by this House,
of the Ordinance for paying into the hands of a Committee of Your
House the sum of £500 Currency by the Treasurer of the Western
Shore is an Obstruction to the passing of that Ordinance, and being
desirous of cultivating particularly on this Occasion a Good Corre-

Sept. 27

spondence between the two Houses We have agreed to Wave that
Amendment and to pass the Ordinance without its Insertion Should
You think proper to return it to Us for that purpose. But what
follows after the Word "Treasurer" in the 9th Line of the Ordinance
We expect will be left out according to Our former Proposition, for
the Reason before given

Sign'd p order Upton Scott Clk: Up: Ho:
Adjourn'd till 3 of the Clock in the Afternoon.

Eodem Die post Meridiem.
This House met again according to Adjournment.
Present as in the Morning.

The following Ordinance is brought from the Lower House by
Mess.^rs J: Goldsborough and Mackall.
An Ordinance for applying the Sum of £500 Current Money to
the purposes therein mentioned.
It is Ordained, by his Excellency and the Upper and Lower Houses
of Assembly that the Sum of £500 Current Money be paid by the
Treasurer of the Western Shore into the hands of William Murdock
Edw.^d Tilghman and Tho.^s Ringgold Esq.^rs a Committee appointed
by the Lower House of Assembly to meet the Committees from the
Houses of Representatives or Burgesses of the several British Col-
onies on this Continent at the City of New York on the first Tuesday
of October next to consult together on the present Circumstances of

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