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Whereupon Mr Chairman produces to the Conferrees the
following letter (Viz)
Augt 9th 1716
May it please yr Exncy
The last Shipps bound hence for England are Speedily to
Saile by which the Lord Propry will in reason expect remit-
tances to be made him of this last years revenue (Viz) the 2s
9d p hhd deducting thereout 1000ll for your Exncys Sallary.
This I shewed you in my Instructions which (I doubt not) you
knew before from Mr Bordley: I desire therefore you will
please to give orders to the severall officers in whose hands
that Revenue is placed to account with and pay me the same
to his Lordships use for a very small delay in this matter will
be of great prejudice to his Lordship because thereby he will
fail of it this year which I hope your Exncy will think fitt to
prevent.
I most humbly Recommend to your Exncy that Caution be
used in assenting to some laws which I understand are pre-
pared and whereby his Lordship's Interest will evidently
suffer detriment without a Salvo at least of their not takeing
Effect till his Lordships pleasure be Known, that his Lordship
may have time (if he shall think it proper) to square his pro-
ceedings to the tenour of such laws
I am yr Exncys humb Sert
Cha: Carroll

Which being by his Exncy the Governour Recommended to
both houses of Assembly for their opinion thereon, It is hum-
bly the opinion of those Conferrees first that his Lordship
haveing signified to this Generall Assembly His acceptance of
the 18d p hhd on Consideration of his Lordships takeing his
Quitt Rents in Tobo at 2d p £ which is now passing into a
Law the said Mr Carroll or others legally Qualified by his Lord-
ship to receive the same may be payd it by the Officers in
whose hands It is lodged which paymt will be Confirmed by
that law when passed.

L. H. J.

But as to the 15d p hhd residue of the said 2' and nine
pence, It appears to those Conferrees that that sume was
raised to his Majesty for the support of the Government of
this Province and by her late Majesty as well as his present
Majestyes Instructions three pence p hhd of that Sume has
alwayes been applyed to the purchaseing Arms and amunition
&c: and the rest for the Support of the Governour for the
time being actually resideing here & on Consideration of such
application the legislature of this Province has always been
the more ready to raise that sume alwayes intending it should

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