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Mr Edward Brown a Member for Queen Ann's County is
excused from his further Attendance this Sessions.
Colo William Holland from the Honble Council delivers
Mr Speaker a Bill for encouraging the making Hemp in this
Province thus indorsed Viz.
By the Council in Assembly
May the 26th 1715.
This Bill being read and debated at this Board, Resolved
that it strikes at the Foundation of all Trade and Commerce
& that it would be very unjust to oblige Merchants or
others who have dealt for Money to take Hemp at so dear a
Rate being far more than ever it produces in Great Britain.
Signed p Order W Bladen Cl. Council.
Ordered, Nemine contradicente, That all the Tobacco that
is or shall be allowed to Thomas Macnemara Clerk of this
House for his Clerk Assistant and their Expences and for
transcribing and recording the Journals of this House be paid
him in Ann Arundel, Calvert and Prince George's Counties
or any one or more of them; and that the Committee for lay-
ing the publick Levy apportion the same accordingly.
Mr Foster Turbutt from the Committee of Laws delivers
Mr Speaker an ingrossed Bill for vesting in the Rector Gov-
ernors and Visitors of Free Schools & their Successors for-
ever a certain Lot of Land in the City of Annapolis and an
House thereon built commonly called the Kentish House and
impowering the said Rectors & Visitors more easily to transact
the Business of the said Free Schools which was read and
assented to by the House of Delegates and ordered to be
thus indorsed Viz.
May the 26th 1715.
Read and assented to by the House of Delegates, and
Signed p Order Thos Macnemara Cl. Ho. Del.
The same is sent up to the Honble Council by Capt. Green-
field & Mr Warfield
They return and say they delivered the Bill.
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