358 Assembly Proceedings, June 17-July 8, 1746.

L. H. J.
Liber No. 46

Post Meridiem

The House met according to Adjournment.
M^r Harris delivers M^r Speaker a Bill entituled, An Act impower-
ing the Justices of Talbot and St. Mary's County Courts to allow, at
the laying their next County Levy, unto lonas Green of the City of
Annapolis, Printer, the sums therein mentioned; which was read
the first and second Time by an especial order, passed, and sent to
the Upper House by M^r Dulany and Col. Scarborough.
The House having considered the representation of the several
Naval officers, the following message was prepared and sent to the
Upper House by M^r Harris and M^r Harrison ( See page 298. )

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M^r Key appears in the House. Col Tasker from the Upper House
delivers M^r Speaker the Bill entituled An Act impowering the Justices
of Talbot and St. Mary's County Courts to allow, at the laying their
next County Levy, unto Jonas Green &c Indorsed ( See page 299. )
Which Bill was read, and passed for Ingrossing
M^r Speaker communicated to the House the following Message
from his Excellency
Gentlemen of the Lower House of Assembly,
In Answer to your Address of the 24^th of June, I agree with you
that the Letters wrote by the Governors Shirly and Clinton relating
to the Indians shew those " Gentlemen's ability, and Care for their
Governments," and I sincerely wish that all his Majesty's Subjects
were equally Sollicitous for their own Defence and Safety, as you
allow those Gentlemen to be, as to your observation that M^r Shirley
was not well advised of what the Lower House of Assembly had
done in favour of the Expedition to Cape Breton if you mean what
was done in relation to a supply for the Defence of the Garrison of
Lewisburg after it was reduced to his Majesty's obedience, I assure
you, you are mistaken, and that instead of his not being well advised,
he was fully acquainted with the Endeavours which were used on my
Part with a late memorable Lower House of Assembly now no more
to obtain a Supply for the Defence of that important Acquisition
as well as the Measures that were taken by that House who, under
the strongest Professions of Duty Loyalty and Affection to Our

most Gracious Sovereig-n made use of every barefaced and dilatory
Expedient to prevent any Supply from being given especially by
takeing to that Bill a Provision for raising a Sum of Money for Pur-
poses quite foreign to that Service and which they well knew had
been frequently before disagreed to by the Upper House and would
not be passed by them. This M^r Shirley was advised of therefore
that Expression in his Letter of our Assembly who had done so
little, ought by any Advocates for that House of Assembly, if there
can be advocates for them, to be taken for a Compliment, Since it
supposes they did something, whereas in truth they did nothing.