440 Assembly Proceedings, June 29-July 22, 1699.

Original
Journal.

Ord^rd that M^r Richard Tilghman & Cap^t Philip Hoskins
Carry the said Message & Laws to his Ex^cy & Councill who
returne & say they have Deliverd theire Message
A Bill for Regulateing the Proceedings of the prov^ll Courts
read the first Time

A Bill for the Punishm^t of Blasphemy ffornication & Adult-
ery read the first Time

Maj^r W^m Dent Enters the house & p^rsents to the house
some Rules for the Clk of the Inditem^ts to walk by in their
place of the Crowne & other matters Relateing to their office

p.75

Ord^rd that Maj^r W^m Whittington M^r Tho: Greenfeild & M^r
Iacob Moreland inspect the said Rules.
The Comittee appoynted to Consider of the building of a
Prison in the Porte of Annapolis Enter the house & Report as
follows.
By the Comittee appoynted to Conferr w^th some of his
Maj^ties Honble Councill Concerning the building of a prison
Iuly 19^th 1699.
I he Comittee haveing taken the pemises into their Con-
sideration It is agreed that the Prison house be built w^th Stone
Twenty five foot in Length in the Clear w^thin & ffifteen foot
in breadth & the foundation to be Laid two foott w^thin the
Ground & to be two foot and halfe thick to the first floore &
the height of the wall to be seven foot & half to the plate &
two foot thick from the Top of the sleepers to the Plate &
the Sleepers for the Lower floore to be Eight inches Square &
to be Laid six inches assunder & to be planckt w^th two Inch
Plank & the Planck to be Trunelld to the Sleepers and the
vpper floore to be as the Lower floore & of the same Scant-
lings & to be over letted Six Inches on Each side & the foott
of the principle Rafters to be seven & nine Inches & the Top
five & half & seven Inches & the small Rafters to be five and
four Inches & the s^d house to be Covered w^th Pine Planck &
shingled above the Planck & the Lower Roome to have a
partition in the Midle mad w^th Timber & Planck & a Doore
to be at Each End of the s^d house for the two Lower Roomes
to be two foot & half wide & six foot in the Clear & to be
made w^th two Inch Planck well Lined w^th Inch Planck w^th good
strong hinges & and the Dore for the Vpper Roome to be at
one End of the s^d house and to be six foot high in the Clare
& to be Two foot & half wide and the vpper Roome to be
Sealed w^th Inch oake Planck and the Rafters to be seventeen
foott from the plate besides the foott of the Rafter & one
window frame in Each Lower Roome Two foott & half high
& Twenty Inches Broad w^th Iron Barrs Revetted thorough &
Two window frames in the vpp^r Roome the one at the one