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M.r Tilghman brings in and delivers to M.r Speaker an Address to
his Excellency. Which was read, approved of and ordered to be
ingrossed.
M.r Tilghman brings in and delivers to M.r Speaker the following
ingrossed Address
To his Excellency Robert Eden Esquire 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
We his Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects the Delegates
of the Freemen of Maryland in General Assembly convened return
your Excellency Thanks for your kind Speech at the Opening of
this Session and for the Hopes you are pleased to express that we
shall find the Season convenient to our private Affairs.
We shall at all Times pay a respectful Regard to your Excel-
lency's Recommendations and as soon as we can shall take under
our Consideration the several Matters you now propose and en-
deavour to effect what may appear to us most conducive to the Wel-
fare of this Province. Be pleased to accept our grateful Ac-
knowledgments for the Assurance you have now given us of a
most chearful Concurrence in every Measure tending to promote
the real Interest of this Country and that you shall deem yourself
happy in Proportion to the Prosperity the People of this Province
shall derive from your Administration.
Which was read and assented to and signed by Order of the
House by the Honourable Speaker
Ordered That M.r Smallwood and M.r Contee do acquaint his
Excellency that this House hath prepared an Address to be presented
to him and desires to know when and where he will be pleased to
receive it.
They return and acquaint M.r Speaker the Governor signified he
would receive the Address immediately in the Council Room
Ordered, That M.r Tilghman and six more do present the Address
to his Excellency.
On a Question That this House will sit during the present Session
in the Ball Room and will allow on the Journal of Accounts and
pay for the Use of the said Room, two adjoining Apartments, and
the Revenue Office for the Upper House, and the Governor, the
Sum of four Pounds Common Money p Day:
The Question was put, whether that Question be put?
Resolved in the Affirmative
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