Peace & Tranquility on the said Borders, His Majesty doth hereby enjoyn the said Governours that they do not make Grants of any part of the Lands in Contest between the Proprietors respectively, nor any part of the Three Lower Counties, commonly called Newcastle, Kent, and Sussex, nor permit any Person to settle there, or even to attempt to make a settlement thereon, till His Majesty's Pleasure shall be further signified. And His Majesty is further pleased to Direct that this Order, together with Duplicates thereof, be delivered to the Proprietors of the said Provinces, who are hereby required to transmit the same forthwith to the Governours of the said respective Provinces accordingly.

"That since the Issuing the said Order, Your Majesty hath been pleased to refer unto this Committee an Address of the Deputy Governour, and of the upper and lower Houses of Assembly of the Province of Maryland, relating to a Continuance of the said Disorders, and also two Petitions, the one in the name of John Thomas and Richard Penn, Esq Proprietors of the Province of Pennsylvania, Praying your Majesty's further Pleasure may be signified, relating to your Majesty's afore-recited Order in Council of the 18th August, 1737, and the other in the Name of the Agent of the said Province of Pennsylvania, Complaining of fresh Disorders committed by the Inhabitants of Maryland against those of Pennsylvania. Whereupon, the Lords of the Committee did, on the 23rd of February last, proceed to take all the Papers relating to the Complaints made by each of the said Provinces into their Consideration, and were attended by Counsel on both Sides, and likewise by the Proprietors of the said Provinces, And the Counsel desiring that some reasonable time might be allowed the Proprietors to confer together, in Order to come to some Agreement amongst themselves, that so the Peace and Tranquility of both Provinces may be preserved until such time as the Boundarys can be finally Settled. The Lords of the Committee thought proper to comply with such their request. And being again this Day Attended by all Partys, the Counsel acquainted the Committee that the Proprietors of each Province had accordingly met and agreed to the following Propositions, Viz":

"1st. That so much of His Majesty's Order in Council of the 18th of August, 1737, as Orders the Governours of the respective Provinces of Maryland and Pennsylvania for the time being, do not, upon pain of Incurring His Majesty's Highest Displeasure, Permit or Suffer any Tumult, Riots, or other Outragious Disorders, to be committed on the Borders of their respective Provinces, but that they do immediately put a Stop thereto, and use their utmost endeavours to preserve Peace and Good Order among all His Majesty's Subjects under their Government Inhabiting the said Borders, Do stand in force and be Observed.

"2d. That there being no Riots that appear to have been com

mitted within the Three Lower Countys of Newcastle, Kent, and Sussex, on Delaware, It is therefore not thought necessary to continue the latter Part of the said Order in Council as to the said three lower Counties, but that the same former Order in Council, so far as relates to the said three Lower Countys, be Discharged without Prejudice to either of the Proprietors, as if the same had never been made.

"3d. That all other Lands in Contest between the said Proprietors now Possessed by or under either of them, shall remain in the Possession as they now are (although beyond the Temporary Limits hereafter mentioned); And also the Jurisdiction of the respective Proprietors shall continue over such Lands until the Boundarys shall be finally Settled; And that the Tennants of either side shall not Attorn to the other, nor shall either of the Proprietors or their Officers receive or Accept of Attornments from the Tennants of the other Proprietor.

"4th. That as to all Vacant Lands in Contest between the Proprietors not lying within either of the three lower Countys, and not now possessed by or under either of them, on the East side of the River Sasquehannah, down so far South as Fifteen Miles and one Quarter of a Mile South of the Latitude of the most Southern part of the City of Philadelphia, and on the West side of the said river Susquehannah, down so far South as fourteen Miles and Threequarters South of the Latitude of the most Southern part of the City of Philadelphia; The Temporary Jurisdiction over the same is agreed to be Exercised by the Proprietors of Pennsylvania, and their Governour, Courts, and Officers. And as to all such Vacant Lands in Contest between the Proprietors, and not now possessed by or under either of them on both sides of the said River Sasquehannah, South of the respective Southern Limits in this Paragraph, before mentioned, The Temporary Jurisdiction over the same is agreed to be Exercised by the Proprietor of Maryland, and his Governour, Courts, and Officers, without Prejudice to either Proprietor, and until the Boundarys shall be finally Settled.

"5th. That the respective Proprietors shall be at free Liberty to Grant out on the Common and usual Terms' All or any Vacant Lands within the said Provinces of Pennsylvania and Maryland in Contest between the said Proprietors (that is to say, within their own respective Sides of the said Several Limits mentioned in the last foregoing Paragraph). For the which Lands and the Profits of the same, also each Proprietor shall account to the other, who may be adjudged to be the Proprietor thereof, upon the final Determination of the Boundarys between the two Provinces.

"6th. That all Prisoners on both sides on account of being concerned in any Riots or Disturbances relating to the Bounds, or for any Act or thing done thereat, or for any other Act touching the

Right of either of the said Provinces in relation to their Bounds, be forthwith released and Discharged on entering into their Own respective Recognizances in a Reasonable sum, to appear and Submit to Tryal when called upon by further Order from his Majesty.

"7th. That this be declared to be a Provisional and Temporary Order, to continue untill the Boundarys shall be finally settled, and be Declared to be without Prejudice to either Party.

"8th. That His Majesty be most humbly Moved to Discharge so much of the Order of the 18th of August, 1737, as Varys from this Agreement, and that the several other petitions of Complaint now depending before His Majesty in Council relating to any Disturbances, may be withdrawn by the respective Petitioners.

"To which Propositions the Proprietors of each Province signified their Consent before the Committee, and declared their readiness to carry the same into Execution, if Your Majesty shall be pleased to approve thereof; and the Committee considering that the agreement may be a proper Expedient for restoring Peace and Tranquility between the said Provinces, and for preventing any of the like Disturbances for the future, Do therefore agree humbly to lay the same before Your Majesty for your Royal Approbation.

"His Majesty this Day took the said Report into Consideration, And in Order to preserve Peace and Tranquility between the said Provinces, and to prevent any the like Disturbances for the future, is Pleased, with the advice of His Privy Council, to Approve of the said Agreement entered into between the Proprietors of the said Respective Provinces; And His Majesty is hereby pleased to Order that the Proprietors of the said Respective Provinces of Maryland and Pennsylvania Do cause the said Agreement to be carried into Execution; Whereof the said Proprietors, and all others whom it may concern, are to take Notice and Govern themselves Accordingly. JA. VERNON."

Ordered that a Proclamation be prepared reciting His Majestie's said Order, to be published to-Morrow at the Court House of this City, And that printed Copies be made of it to be Transmitted, to the Proper Officers, to published in like manner in the several Counties of this Province, and the Counties of Newcastle, Kent, and Sussex, on Delaware.

Samuel Preston and Thomas Griffitts, Esqrs., at the Governour's Desire, waited on the Assembly with His Majesty's Order, as a piece of respect due to whatever comes from His Majesty, which the Assembly returned with Thanks to the Governour for so doing, by two of their Members, and desired a copy of it. Ordered, that the Secretary do make out a Copy of the said Order against toMorrow, to be sent to the Assembly.

The Governour having read a Paragraph of a letter he had just

received from Mr. Paris, Agent for this Province, sent the following Message to the Assembly by his Secretary:

"His Honour, the Governour, to the Gentlemen of the Assembly. "Gentlemen:

"Mr. Paris, in a Letter of the 18th of May, which I received by the last Vessel from London, Advises me that the Right Honourable The Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, having been for some time negotiating an Affair of Consequence with a Person who was thought and called Agent for one of the Colonys, and finding upon further inquiry that he had not proper Powers of Agency, to prevent such mistakes for the future, sent for the several Agents, and Mr. Paris among the rest, and directed them to lay their several Powers of Agency before the Secretary of that Board, that their Lordships might know whom to Transact with and send to on any Occasion; and as the only vote of Agency which was ever sent him under Seal, is of Several years Standing, and in the time of a former Governour, he hopes Your House will come to a new Vote in his Favour, to be laid before the Lords of Trade, pursuant to their Direction. In justice to Mr. Paris, I must add, from the many Occasions I had of Observing his zeal and Diligence for the service of this Province, that you have been very happy in your choice of him, and that I think it will be greatly for the publick Interest to continue him in the Agency by such a Vote.

"GEO. THOMAS."

At a Council held at Philadelphia, September 1st, 1738.

PRESENT:

The Honourable GEORGE THOMAS, Esqr., Lieutenant Gov

The Minutes of the 29th of August being read and approved, The Governour communicated to the Board what he had writ to Governour Ogle on the Subject of the King's Order, a Copie of which Order was this Day sent to him by an Express, and the Board approved of it.

A Verbal Message was delivered from the Assembly by two of their Members, desiring to know the Governour's Resolution on the paper-money Bill sent to Him two days ago, which not having yet been considered by the Council, the Governour communicated to the Members of Council present a Message he had prepared, containing his present thoughts of that Bill, which being approved of was sent by the Secretary to the Assembly, and is as follows:

His Honour the Lieutenant Governor in Council, To the Gentlemen of the Assembly.

Gentlemen:

I can but Applaud your Zeal for what you are perswaded concerns the publick welfare, in preparing a Bill for Re-emitting and adding to your paper Currency at a season of the Year which confessedly requires Your presence at Your own Homes; but as this Bill is of an Extraordinary length-is complicated with others—contains matters quite new to me, and is of the Greatest Consequence, And as too precipitate a passage of it may prove destructive to the Bill it self, and Consequently to the Trade and Estates of every man in the Province, I fear it will require more time to digest it than the Circumstances of your Private Affairs will now allow me.

The Sentiments of the Right Honourable the Lords of Trade (before whom this Bill must be laid) on former Bills of the like kind-The Effect it may have on Trade in General, and particularly on that of Great Britain, both in regard to debts now due and what may hereafter be contracted, must be well-considered, as well as whether the Additional Sum be not beyond the real Exigencies of the Proviuce, and whether the interest and the Term for repayment be well regulated.

When you reflect how low the Credit of New England, Road Island, Connecticut, Maryland, and Carolina, are fallen by too frequent and too Large Emissions of paper-Money, You will not blame my Caution, more especially as it is disinterested on my part, and can have no other Tendency than to preserve the Honour of this now flourishing Province.

I cannot, therefore, doubt of Your having Candour enough to allow me the Right of Exercising my Judgment in all matters that shall come before me, and more especially in one that so nearly concerns the Happiness of the province as well as my Own Reputation.

This Bill, as it is calculated to be the only Act upon which the Credit of your whole paper-money will depend, ought to be well guarded, distinct and properly expressed, that it may carry with it the Evidence of Care and good Judgment in the framing, without which it may suffer in the Opinion of Those before whom you know I am obliged to lay it.

And therefore, as you have Annual Assemblys who sit upon their own Adjournments, I hope you will not think it unreasonable that I take some time and the best information I can get, the better to enable me to judge Rightly of a Bill of this Consequence. I GEO. THOMAS.

Thomas Griffitts, Esqr., having purchased a Flag to be hoisted on the Govenour's arrrivall, laid the accounts of the Cost thereof be