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	and also on Irish Servants, to prevent the Importing too great a Number of Irish Papists into this Province; and to lay a Duty upon Rum, Spirits, Wine and Brandy, imported into this Province from Pennsylvania, or the Three Lower Counties on Delaware, called New-Castle, Kent and Sussex, the Question was put, That the said Bill do pass. Resolved in the Affirmative.	L. H. J. Liber No. 50 Mays
	For the Affirmative, Reeder, E. Gantt, Murdock, Sothoron, Hanson, Fraser, Hammond, Waggaman, T. Gantt, Gassaway, Wilson, King, Carroll, Govane, Handy, Worthington, Cockey Deye, Harris,
	J. J. Mackall, Dulany, Chapline, Reynolds, Woodward, E. Dorsey. 24
	For the Negative,	p. 1 60
	Williamson, Sulivane, Baker, Hynson, Lecompte, Ward, Tilden, J. H. Dorsey, Lloyd, M. Tilghman, Owings, E. Tilghman, Edmondson, Hyland, Bracco, Oldham, Earle, Beatty. Which Bill was accordingly Indorsed, " Read the second Time, and will pass; " and was sent to the Upper House by Mr. Carroll and Mr. Harris. Mr. Reynolds and Mr. Tilden have Leave to go home. The Governor communicated to Mr. Speaker, the following Message, viz. Gentlemen of the Lower House of Assembly, Altho' I am not satisfied of the Propriety of your Address of the 17th of April, or that you keep yourselves within the Bounds of your Duty, when you undertake to direct the Executive Power in it's Administration, and endeavour to influence or anticipate the Determi- nations of the Ordinary Jurisdictions; yet as such Pains have been taken to infuse Suspicions and Jealousies into the Minds of the People, I shall Answer that Address, and explain the Reasons which induced me, with Advice of the Council, to Order several Companies of Militia to the Western Frontier of this Province since the last Session, not doubting but they will convince every impartial Person, that what you would represent as the Result of an Arbitrary and Oppressive Design, was in fact both a Legal and Necessary Measure. Since no Person, however fond he may be of censuring my Con- duct, will blame or make me accountable for the violent Storm, or