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Order to see them qualified, who take the Oaths to the Government
appointed to be taken by Act of Assembly and severally subscribe the
Abjuration and Test and then withdrew
Adjourned till to Morrow Morning Nine of the Clock

U. H. J.
No. 734

Friday Morning 4 May 1739
This House met again according to Adjournment

Present as Yesterday
Adjourned till two of the Clock in the Afternoon

Eodem Die post Meridiem
This House met again according to Adjournment

Present as in the Morning

Benjamin Tasker Esq^r attended by the Members of this House
presents his Excellency the Governor the Address of this House
which follows in these Words.

To His Excellency Samuel Ogle Esq^r Governor and Commander
in Chief in and over the Province of Maryland.
The humble Address of the Upper House of Assembly

May 1t please Your Excellency
We are very sensible of the Necessity Your Excellency was under
by the Misunderstanding betwixt this and the late Lower House of
dissolving the last Assembly; and We most sincerely wish, it had
been in Our Power, as much as it was in Our Inclinations and En-
deavours, to have prevented or removed, by any Method consistent
with the Dignity of this House, that Stop to Business which made
the Interposition of the Government so indispensible.
Your Excellency has been pleased to express so kindly your Desire
for the Welfare of this Province, and Your Willingness to promote
its happiness and Prosperity, by giving a helping Hand to the Re-
moval of Every Obstacle, that We beg Leave to make Our grateful
Acknowledgment of Thanks, and assure Your Excellency that We
are sufficiently convinced by the late and other Occasions of the ill
Effects of Heats and Animosities between the several Parts of the
Legislature

May 4

The Inhabitants of this Province have met with so many disap-
pointments in their Expectations of real Good and Benefit from
the Meeting of Assemblys for Want of the Temper and Moderation
you are pleased to recommend, that We are fully resolved carefully
to avoid, as much as possible, every Occasion or Step that may

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