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Mr Mariartee & Mr Hill brought up a Bill to Supply certain
Defects in conveying of Lands from Matthew Beard to Stephen
Wright & from Stephen Wright to Samuel Chambers of Ann
Arundel County Gent
Read in their House the first & second time And by
especial Order Endorsed will pass

U. H. J.

Which by especial order was read the first & second time
& being Endorsed will pass was sent to the House of Dele-
gates by the Honble John Hall Esqr
Col Ward and five more brought from the Delegates the
Conferees Report on the Conference about Tob^o and hhds with
the Endorsement by the House of Delegates
Which said Report & Endorsement being read at the
Board is agreed to by his Majesty's honble Council & is as
follows Viz.

At a Conference between the members appointed by the
Honble his Majesty's Council and the members of the House
of Delegates appointed by their House held at his Excel-
lency's House in the City of Annapolis the 6th day of May in
the first year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King George
of Great Brittain &c Annoq Domini 1715 to consider how to
advance the Staple of this Province by having all Tobaccos
packed and shipped more early in the year

Present of his Majesty's honble Council

The Honble Col Wm Coursey L^t Col Saml Young Col
Thos Addison & L^t Col Richard Tilghman

Of the House of Delegates

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Col Matthew Tilghman Ward Majr Roger Woolford
Cap^t Thos Trueman Greenfield Mar James Philips
Cap^t St. Leger Codd Mr Robert Tyler
Mr Joseph Hill Major John Ward
Col John Macall Mr Chars Wright
Mr Joseph Harrison and
Mr Saml Hopkins Mr Amos Garrett

Who proceed to choose a Chairman and unanimously Elect
the Honble Col Wm Coursey to be Chairman of this Confer-
ence and Wm Bladen Clerk thereof

Then was read the following proposal from his Excellency
the Governour

Offered to the Consideration of the Assembly

Whither It may not be proper to find some Expedient for
the stripping packing & paying away Tobo earlier in the year

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