302 Assembly Proceedings, Feb. 23-May 22, 1756.

L. H. J.
Liber No. 48
February 24

Post-Meridiem.

The House met according to Adjournment, &c.
It being moved to the House by a Member, that the Reverend M.^r
John Hamilton, Rector of St. Mary Anne's Parish in Caecil County,
in this Province, had uttered several reviling Speeches in his Presence,
reflecting upon the Lower House of Assembly in general, and
against some particular Members thereof :
Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms, attending this House, do take
into his Custody the Body of the said John Hamilton, and him safe
keep, so that he have him personally at the Bar of this House, to
answer such Things as shall be objected against him, for having
uttered several Speeches, reflecting on the Dignity and Proceedings
of the Lower House of Assembly of the Province aforesaid.

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The House adjourns until the Morrow Morning at 9 of the Clock.

February 25

Wednesday Morning, 25^th February, 1756.

The House met according to Adjournment, &c.
Ordered, That M.^r Murdock be added to the Committee of Laws.
Philip Hammond, Esq; from the Committee of Laws, brings in
and delivers to M.^r Speaker an Address to his Excellency the Gov-
ernor; which was read, approved, and ordered to be ingrossed.
The House adjourns until 2 of the Clock Afternoon.

Post-Meridiem.

The House met according to Adjournment, &c.
M.^r Crabb appeared in the House.
M.^r Lloyd, from the Committee of Laws, brings in and delivers to
M.^r Speaker the following ingrossed Address, viz.

To His Excellency Horatio Sharpe, Esq; Governor and Com-
mander in Chief in and over the Province of Maryland.
The humble Address of the House of Delegates.
May it please your Excellency,
We, his Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Delegates
of the Freemen of Maryland, in Assembly convened, beg Leave to
return your Excellency our most sincere Thanks for your kind
Speech, at the Opening of this Session: An Opportunity to provide
for our immediate Safety, and to contribute to the Execution of a
Plan that has been concerted (in Obedience to his Majesty's Instruc-
tions to General Shirley) for preventing the further Encroachments
of his ambitious and perfidious Enemies, on his American Domin-
ions, and dispossessing them of what they have, in a Time of full