The Lower House. 355

M^r Harris delivers M^r Speaker A Bill entituled A supplementary
Act to the Act entituled, An Act for laying out the Town a new
commonly called Upper Marlborough Town, in Prince George's
County; which was read the first and second Time by an especial
order, passed, and sent to the Upper House by M^r Addison and
M^r Dulany.

M^r Speaker communicates to the House the following Message
from the Govern^r

Viz. Gentlemen of the Lower House of Assembly,
I will give Directions to the Attorney General to put M^r Ungle's
Bond as Treasurer, and M^r Lee's Bond as Naval officer of Potomac,
in suit as you desire, And I have given Directions to put D^r Brad-
ford's D^r Porter's and M^r Edward Trippe's Sheriff's Bonds in Suit,
as you desired in a former address, to which Address I would have
given you an Answer but that I did not receive it 'til the last Day of
the Session T. Bladen

Col^o Hammond from the Upper House delivers M^r Speaker the
following representation Indorsed. ( See page 297. )
To his Excellency Thomas Bladen Esq^r Governor, and the Honble
the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly,
The humble Representation of George Plater, James Hollyday,
Samuel Chamberlaine, Richard Lee, and Benjamin Tasker, Naval
Officers of the several Districts within this Province, That by an
Act entituled, An Act for emitting and making Currant ninety
Thousand Pounds Currant Money of Maryland in Bills of Credit,
the several Naval officers of this Province are directed to remit the
Duty of I^st 3^d per Hogshead collected and levied by the said Act, to
M^r Samuel Hyde, M^r William Hunt and M^r Robert Cruickshank,
Merchants in London, or any Two of them. That since the making
the said Act, Samuel Hyde and Robert Cruikshank, Two of the
said three Trustees, have failed in their Circumstances, whereby
there is only one Trustee known to the said Naval officers, who by
that means conceive themselves under some Difficulty how to comply
with the Directions of the said Act, which requires the Remittance
to be made to Two of the Trustees named in the said Act. Therefore
the said Naval officers humbly hope to have some Directions from

L.H.J.
Liber No. 46

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Y^r Excellency and Honours, to what Person or Persons they shall
for the future, make their Remittances of the Bills of Exchange
received by virtue of the Act aforesaid

Geo. Plater Rich^d Lee Benj. Tasker, Junior
Ja^s Holliday Sam. Chamberline

Which was read, and ordered to lie for further Consideration
The House adjourns 'til 2 of the Clock

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