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L^t Col^o Samuel Young from the Honble Council delivers
Mr Speaker a Bill appointing Court Days &ta thus indorsed
Viz.
By the Council in Assembly
May the 24th 1715.

Read the second Time and will pass with the Amendments
proposed and agreed to.
Signed p Order W Bladen Clk Council

Eodem Die.

Read again in the House of Delegates and past for
ingrossing
The House adjourns till One O' Clock in the Afternoon

Wednesday Afternoon

The House met according to Adjournment. Present as in
the Morning.

L. H. J.

Major Roger Woolford from the Committee of Laws
delivers Mr Speaker a Bill relating to Servants and Slaves
amended according to the proposal of the Council and by
them approved of.

Eodem Die.

The same is read again in the House of Delegates with
the Amendments and past for ingrossing.
L^t Col. Samuel Young from the Honble Council acquaints
Mr Speaker that the Honble Council had agreed and assented
to the following ingrossed Bills on the 25th Day of May 1715
An ingrossed Bill for Punishment of Blasphemy, Cursing,
Swearing & Drunkenness
An ingrossed Bill for rectifying the ill Practice of Attorneys

&ta

An ingrossed Bill for quieting Possessions, enrolling Con-
veyances &ta
An ingrossed Bill directing the Manner of electing and
Summoning Delegates &ta
An ingrossed Bill prohibiting all Masters of Ships and
Vessels from transporting or conveying away any pson or
psons whatsoever out of this Province without Passes.
An ingrossed Bill for the Appointment of Constables &
what relates to their office.
An ingrossed Bill relating to the Standard of English
Weights & Measures.

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