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Esq^r one of the Members of your House knowing something:
thereof We desire leave of your House for the said M^r Beale
to attend this House to inform us therein.
Signed p Order
John Beard Cl: up: ho:

Whereupon the said M^r Beale has leave of this House to go
who Accordingly went
A Bill for removing Prince George's County Court House
to Marlbrough was Read the first Time and ordered a Second
reading in the Afternoon & was so endorst.

The house adjourns till one of the Clock in the afternoon.

Post Meridiem. The house meets according to adjournm^t
The petition of Maurice Birchfield Esq^r being read and he
being heard by his Councell thereto according to the prayer of
his pet^o,

L. H. J.

Resolved that the Same be referred till next Sessions &
Ordered that the Clerk of this House write three severall
Copies of a Lre of Notice to Chilton's and Robinson's Heirs
to be sent to M^r Knight by him to be sent to them.
Afterwards on a mocon made for the withdrawing the same
is delivered to Tho^s Macnemara Esq^r for the Behalf of the
said Birchfield.
Col^o Young from the upper House delivers M^r Speaker the
following Message viz:

By the upper House of Assembly May 5^th 1718.
Gent:
His Excy reminding us of the act made in June 1715 for
continuing the payment of the I2^d p hh^d from the Death of the
right hon^ble Charles late Lord Baltemore to the 29^th of Septem-
ber following. We think it very Convenient that you should
enquire into the disposicon of such mony as has been raised
on the Account of that duty of I2^d p hh^d that it may be dis-
covered whether any part & how much thereof may belong to
the Publick of this Province seeing that by the Terms of the
Act Af^d it was concluded that if his L^pp would not accept of the
I2^d p hh^d Af^d as a Consideracon for taking His Quit Rents at
2^d p^l in Tobacco that then all such mony so raised Should be
Applyed to the use of the publick of this Province.
Signed p Order Jn^o Beard Cl. up. ho.

Bill for removing Prince George's County Court House
was read again and will pass which was So endorst and Sent
to the Upper House by Coll^o Maxwell Cap^t Codd and Cap^t
Fendall.

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