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Show 274. Exmm'lmz'z'ou ofD/u Franklin Arjbrc Mm [A: D.T.] Q Did you never hear that filmy/(172d, during the lafi war, had rearufled tr: furmih a quota toc A. I do remember its being abolifhed, in the Maflhch ' ' ‘ 1 111011 C CllCC. W313i li/lirryiiiid has been much mifi'eprefented in that matter. Maryland, to my knowledge, never refufed to contribute, or grant aids to the How q/‘Cammom in 1766. 275 ufett's Bay. Q Was not Lieutenant Govern or T' H tchinfon principally concerned in that tranfaét im L 2 . A. I have heard f0. war, voted confiderable fums, and formed; 113 to raife them. The bills were, according to tie Q. Was it not at that time a very unp opular A. I believe it might, though I can fay little about it, as I conf'titution of that province, fent up to the cogn- Vince. cil, or upper houfe, for concurrence ;. that tdey the fiarcz'z‘y of gold afldfllwr an argument ufed againfl: abolifhing the paper? 14. I fuppofe it was 9". crown. The affemblies every year,.dur1ngbtllile might be prefented to the governor, in 'orbei to be enaéted into laws. Unhappy drfputes etween the two houfes-arifing from the defects of that confiitution princrpally, rendered all the bills but one or two abortive. The proprzctmgls council rejected them*. It IS true, .Maryland 1 not contribute its proportion ;' but it was, in my; opinion, the fault of the government, not 0 theieopéié is not talked of in the other provinces as a proper meafure to apply to parliament to . em . cog?elltli1ave heard fuch difcourfe ; but as it was well known, that the people were not to blage, no fuch application was ever made, nor any ep ar'ds it. _ _ "kg ill/ZS it not propofed at a public mgeung ? A. Not that I know of. ' ‘ . Do on remember the abohfhmg of the law 3 lived at a dif'tance from that pro - Q Was not .Q; What is the prefent opinion e of that law? Is it as unpopular as it was atther firfl: P d. I think it is not. Q Have not inflruétions from hence been {ometimes [cut over to governors, highly opprefliv e and unpolitical .9 A. Yes. Q Have not fome governors difpenfed with them for that reafon ? 14. Yes 3 I have heard {0. Q Did the Americans ever difpute con» trouling power of parliament to reguthe late the commerce? ' A. No. paeri' curancy in New England, by aét of- af- Q. Can any thing lefs than a military force carry the Stamp At"; into execution? fembly ? " [See the anfwer to the report of the board of trade, p. 207-9. E.) * [See more. under the head of Prawincml Papm. E.] N112 .41 |