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Bill to confirm Land to Mary Hall read and ordered to be
thus endorst viz:

By the lower House of Assembly May the 2^d 1718.

Read the first and Second Times by especiall Order & will
pass
Sign'dp Order M: Jenifer Cl: lo: ho:

And Sent to the upper house by Coll: Maxwell & M^r Young,
they return & say they delivered it.
On reading Cap^t Hardy's Petition the folio Message sent to
the upper house viz^t.

By the Lower House of Assembly May 2^d 1718.
May it please yo^r Hon^rs
We have read Cap^t Hardy's petition with M^r Attorney
Generall's Opinion thereon in this House but as there are not
any Facts therein Set forth whereby We can concieve Cap^t
Hardy to be aggrieved so We know not how to provide for
his relief However We begg Leave to observe that the Act
of Assembly sufficiently provides for the Speedy recovery of
Debts in the County Courts by Sending of Copies of Declara-
cons with the writts w^ch as We take it was chiefly design'd
for the Interest of Traders and fforeigners.
As to that part of M^r Attorney Generall's Opinion relating
to the passing a Bill for the making valid the Depositions
of Sea faring men absent of this Province in the Severall
County Courts We shall further Consider thereof.
Sign'd p Ord^r M Jenifer Cl lo. ho.

by M^r Lloyd M^r Young & M^r Meekins. They return & say they
delivered it.
The Representation of the Clergy with M^r Wilkinson's
Comission and a Letter from Lord Bishop of London's to him

L. H. J.

and his Excy the Governour's Instructions were read where-
upon Ordered the following Message be prepared viz:

By the Lower House of Assembly May the 2^d 1718.

May it please your Honours
In Answer to yo^r Message by Esq^r Brooke and three other
Members of Your House We have appointed Col^o John Mack-
all, M^r James Lloyd, M^r William Turbutt Cap^t Henry Pere-
grine Jowles, Major Thomas Emerson and M^r Nathaniel
Dare, to join the Members of your House in a Conference of
the representacon of the Clergy who are ready to attend and

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