The Lower House. 175

An ingrossed Bill ascertaining what Damages shall be
allowed on protested Bills of Exchange was on this

24th May 1715

Read and assented to by the House of Del. and
Signed p Order Thos Macnemara Cl. Ho. Del.

Col^o Herman from the Committee of Laws delivers Mr
Speaker a Bill for appointing certain Days on which the
Provincial and the several & respective County Courts within
this Province are to be held which was read the first and
second Time by especial Order and will pass and so indorsed
The foregoing two Bills are sent up to the Honble Council
by Mr Hopkins and Mr Wright.
They return and say they delivered the Bills
On a Motion made the Question is put whether the Law
for killing of Squirrels and Crows shall be amended or not ?
It is resolved in the Negative by Majority of Votes.
Captain Thomas Dent from the Committee of Laws delivers
Mr Speaker the two following Bills Viz.
A Bill for taking Special Bail in the Provincial and County
Courts; which was read the first and second Time in the
House of Delegates by especial Order and will pass and so
indorsed.

L. H. J.

A Bill for Publication of Marriages which was read the first
and second Time in the House of Delegates by especial
Order and will pass & so indorsed.
The same are sent up to the Honble Council by Mr Fendall
and Mr Clayton
They return and say they delivered the Bills.
Col^o Mackall from the Committee of Laws delivers Mr
Speaker a Bill for the Naturalization of Thomas Harvey of
Calvert County and his Children: which was read the first
and second Time in the House of Delegates by especial Order
and will pass and so indorsed.
This Bill, and the Bill for taking Special Bail in the Provin-
cial & County Courts are sent up to the Honble Council by
Mr Purnell and Mr Stone
They return and say they delivered the Bills
Col^o Herrman from the Committee of Laws delivers Mr
Speaker an ingrossed Bill for laying an Imposition on Negroes
and on Several Sorts of Liquors imported and also on Irish
Servants to prevent the Importing too great a Number of
Irish Papists into this Province: which was read and assented

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