354 Assembly Proceedings, Sept. 26-Oct. 15, 1760.

L. H. J.
Liber No. 51
Sept. 26

Proceedings of the Commissioners or Trustees for Emitting Bills
of Credit, established by Act of Assembly.
Col. Tilghman, Mr. Lloyd, Mr. Carroll, Mr. Murdock, Mr.
Govane, and Capt. King, a Committee to Inspect the Public Offices.
The following Message ;
By the Lower House of Assembly, 26th September, 1760.
May it please your Honours,
This House hath appointed Mr. Lloyd, Mr. Dulany, Mr. Earle,
Mr. Worthington, Mr. Hanson, and Mr. Stoddert, a Committee from
this House to Inspect the Accounts and Proceedings of the Com-
missioners or Trustees for Emitting Bills of Credit, established
by Act of Assembly; and desire your Honours to appoint one or
more of the Members of your House, to join in the said Committee.
Signed p Order, M. Macnemara, Cl. Lo. Ho.

Was sent to the Upper House by Mr. Earle and Mr. Stoddert.
Mr. Lloyd, on his Application to the House, hath Leave of Absence
until next Tuesday.
The House adjourns until 2 of the Clock Afternoon.

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Post-Meridiem. The House met according to Adjournment.

Mr. Murdock, from the Committee appointed, brings in and
delivers to Mr. Speaker, the following Address, viz.^t
To his Excellency Horatio Sharpe, Esq; Governor and Commander
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, return your
Excellency our Thanks for your Speech at the Opening of this
Session.

As the matter you have been pleased to communicate to us, is
of an interesting and important Nature, we shall give it the most
attentive Consideration; but we hope to stand excused, if, previous
to making Provision for the Service recommended by your Excel-
lency, which we presume cannot be compleated in a very short Time,
we use our Endeavours to ease the Land-Holders of this Province
from a heavy and unequal Tax, which must be paid by them in a
few Days (and that in a Species of Money very difficult to be had)
if not prevented by the seasonable Interposition of the Legislature;
and from your Excellency's kind Assurance of "your ready Con-
currence in any Measure likely to promote the Ease, Interest, and
Prosperity of the Inhabitants of this Province," we cannot but be
persuaded that these our Endeavours, will as speedily as possible be
rendered effectual.