The Upper House. 47

25 September 1745
Read and Assented to by this House and Ordered to be so
Subscribed
Signed p Order W^m Tilghman Cl Lo Ho.
Adjourned till to Morrow Morning Nine of the Clock

U. H. J.
Liber No. 34

Thursday Morning 26 Sept^r 1745
This House met again according to Adjournment

Present as Yesterday
A Message from the Lower House by Mess^rs Sprigg and Hopper
with the Bill for dividing Prince Georges County and the Bill for
dividing Dorchester and Queen Anns Counties
By the Lower House of Assembly 26 Sept^r 1745
May it please Your Honours
We herewith return the two following Bills viz. a Bill Ent^d an
Act to divide Prince Georges County and to erect a new one by the
name of Frederick County and a Bill ent^d an Act to divide Dorches-
ter and Queen Anns Counties and to erect a new one out of the Upper
part thereof by the name of Prince William County and as We
cannot consistent with our Duty introduce a Precedent unknown in
the manner of passing our Laws within this Province so We cannot
agree to the Amendments proposed by your House But We are
sensible that the People greatly want and desire those Bills to take
place as Laws, We are willing to lengthen the time in them respec-
tively ment^d to the 29 day of Sept^r 1747 and hope Your Honours will
agree with us therein
Signed p Order W^m Tilghman Cl Lo Ho.
Col^o Lloyd from the Committee appointed to inspect the Accounts
& Proceedings of the Commrs of the Paper Currency Office brings
in the following Report
At a Committee of both Houses of Assembly appointed to inspect
the Office & Proceedings of the Commrs for Emitting Bills of Credit
established by Act of Assembly

Were Present

September
26

The honble Edward Lloyd Esq^r of the Upper House

Col^o John Henry
M^rAbr^aBarnes | Maj^r Thos. Sheredme | of the
Col^o Thomas Colvil | M^r Grundy Pemberton | Lower House

p. go

Who make Choice of the honble Edward Lloyd Esq^r Chairman
and Richard Dorsey their Clerk and agree to make the following
Report that they have inspected the State of the Office for emitting
the Paper Money and find by their Books that there remains out of
the 89990£ a Balance in the Iron Chest as in the annexed Account
of £6929.. 14.. 11