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Laws, and how much it would redound to the Advantage of the
Community, if the Public Roads were made more direct, and kept
in Constant Repair, your Excellency may be assured we shall co-
operate heartily in any Regulation for this Salutary purpose
The uncertainty of Our Criminal Laws requires an accurate
Review, and we agree with Your Excellency, that some precise
and explicit Criterion should be established, to prevent all Doubts
in determining what Criminal Laws are in force here
The ample Proofs your Excellency has given, on all Occasions,
of your Zeal to promote the Welfare and Happiness of the People
of this Province, afford Us the firmest Confidence that Your
Excellency will Concur, in every proper Measure that can be pro-
posed for the Public Good
28th May 1768. Benj: Tasker Presid.t
Adjourned until Monday Morning 10 of the Clock
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Liber No. 36
May 28
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Monday Morning 30th May 1768.
The House met again according to Adjournment
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Present.
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Benjamin Tasker Esq.r
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John Ridout Esq,,r
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The Honble
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Samuel Chamberlaine Esq,,r
Benedict Calvert Esq,,r
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Walter Dulany Esq,,r
John Beale Bordley
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Daniel Dulany Esq,,r
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Mess.rs Smallwood and Ware attend, with M.r Joseph Hanson
Harrison, a Member Elected for Charles County, to see him Quali-
fied, who takes the Oaths to the Government appointed to be taken p. 376
by Act of Assembly, repeats and Subscribes the Abjuration and
Test, and then withdraws
His Excellency is pleased to Communicate to this House his
Answer to their Address, which follows in these Words
Gentlemen of the Upper House of Assembly.
I return you thanks for your Polite Address; the Assurances you
are pleased to give me leave no room to Doubt, but you will be
always ready to co-operate and concur with the Gentlemen of the
Lower House in every Measure calculated to promote the true
Interest of this Province
Hor° Sharpe
Read and referred the Petitions of Ann Catharine Green, John
McPherson, Sundry Inhabitants of Kent County, The Vestry of
Chester Parish, and the Petition of Sundry Inhabitants of Chester
Town, Sent by John Beale Bordley Esq,,r
Adjourned until 3 of the Clock in the Afternoon
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