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of Assembly which shall happen after the said Repayment and Re-
placing."
The Indorsements are as follows; viz.
" By the Lower House of Assembly, March 1, 1754.
Read the first and second Time, by an especial Order, and will
pass.
Signed per Order, M. Macnemara, Cl. Lo. Ho."
" By the Upper House of Assembly, March 1, 1754.
Read the first Time, and ordered to lie on the Table.
Signed per Order, J. Ross, Cl. Up. Ho."
" By the Upper House of Assembly, March 6, 1754.
Read the second Time, and will pass, with the following Amend-
ments; leave out all that Part of the Bill, from the Words Negotiation
aforesaid, in the 3d and 4th Lines of the 2d Page, to the Words and
for the, in the 6th Line of 7th Page; leave out the Words and this
present Act, in the 13th Line of the 8th Page, and insert the following,
and until the Sum of Five Hundred Pounds Current Money, in this
Act mentioned to be paid, for the Purposes aforesaid, be also re-
placed; in 16th Line of same Page, leave out the Words and this
present Act; in the last Line of the same Page, leave out or this
present Act; in the first Line of the last Page, leave out the Words
and this Act.
Signed per Order, J. Ross, Cl. Up. Ho."
George Plater, Esq; from the Upper House, acquaints Mr. Speaker,
that the Governor requires the Attendance of the Lower House, in
the Upper House.
Mr. Speaker left the Chair, and, attended by the Members of the
Lower House, went to the Upper House, where Mr. Speaker pre-
sented to his Excellency,
An ingrossed Bill intituled, A Supplementary Act to the Act in-
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Liber No. 47
March 9
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tituled, An Act for amending the Staple of Tobacco, for preventing
Frauds in his Majesty's Customs, and for the Limitation of Officers
Fees. And,
An ingrossed Bill intituled, An Act impowering the Justices of
Frederick County Court, to levy on the taxable Inhabitants of the
said County, a Sum of Current Money, for the Use therein men-
tioned.
Both which his Excellency passed into Laws in the usual Manner ;
and made the following Speech, viz.
Gentlemen of the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly,
I Cannot sufficiently express to you my great Concern at our hav-
ing put the Country to a very considerable Expence, without doing
the Business, which I conceived, Duty, Prudence, and good Policy,
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