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restored and settled if he did and spoke his Sense of its Principles
to his Parliament in the 13.^th Year of his Reign in these Words
"It is always with Regret when I do ask Aids of my People but you
will observe that I desire nothing which relates to any personal Ex-
pence of Mine I am only pressing you to do all you can for your
own Safety and Honour at so critical and dangerous a Time and am
willing that what is given shall be wholly appropriated to the pur-
poses for which it is intended

And since I am speaking on this Head I think it proper to put
you in Mind that during the late War I ordered the Accounts to be
laid Yearly before the Parliament and also gave my Assent to several
Bills for taking the public Accounts that my Subjects might have
Satisfaction how the Money given for the War was applied and I

L. H. J.
Liber No. 53
Dec. 16

am willing that Matter may be put in any farther Way of Examina-
tion that it may appear whether there were any Misapplications and
Mismanagements or whe.^r the Debt that remains upon us has really
arisen from the Shortness of the Supplies or the Deficiency of the
Funds" It is pretty clear he thought there ought to be an Account
rendered of Monies granted for public Uses

What your Hon.^rs mean by insisting "that the Provincial Amercia-
ments are by the express Terms of a positive Law subject to the
Application of the Gov.^r and Council only that L.^d Baltimore is the
sole Judge in what Manner the Monies he receives as proprietary
and Hereditary Gov.^r of this Province for the Support of Govern-
ment ought to be applied to that Purpose" we cannot with any
Certainty conjecture but if you mean that whilst any of the Amercia-
ments remain or the L.^d Balt.^re has any of that Money in Hand col-
lected under the Pretence of Support of Gov^rnment not expended in
the Support of Government we should lay new Taxes on or apply
other Monies belonging to the People to pay Salaries to the Clks of
the Council you are widely mistaken for it is Time enough to talk
of new Taxes or new Applications when a Deficiency appears which
we shall never believe 'till we have an Account. Suppose there sho.^d
be a Balance of the Amerciaments or Monies reced by the Lord
Balt.^re for the Support of Government over and above the purposes
to w.^ch those Amerciaments and Monies are usually applied what
would your Hon.^rs have done with it? or suppose there should be
no Actual Application at all of those Amerciaments or Monies must
new Taxes be laid or Applications of other Monies be made to defray
the whole Charges of Government including even a Salary to the
Governor? and if any we do not see why every Part may not be
withheld in equal Reason

We are not at this Time though perhaps we may be hereafter
furnished with the Means of ascertain^g what is reced by the Govern-
ment from the People of this Province nor are we so totally ignorant

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