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returning Sufficient Jurors Particulary at a Prov^ll Court held
the tenth day of September 1717 Abell Van Burkeloo high
Sherriff of Cecill County John Stokes high Sherriff of Balte-
more County and Nathaniel W'right high Sherriff of Queen
Anns County were fined five hundred pounds of Tobacco Each
for their defect in that particular as Appears by the Records
of that Courts proceedings.
Wherefore we desire your house will take into your further
consideration our Message of Saturday last by Esq^r Brooke
Signed p order John Beard Cl. Up. Ho

Coll Tilghman from the Upper House delivers M^r Speaker
the bill to prevent Cutting of Intailes Thus Endorst viz:

By the Upper House of Assembly June I^st 1719.

This house is Still of opinion that the Laws of great Britain
have so f arr provided ag^l Cutting off Entailes of lands as with
Justice and reason Consist and therefore this bill will not pass.
Signed p order. Jn^o Beard Cl Up. Ho:

An Engrost bill reviving An Act of Assembly of this prov-
ince entituled an Act for Encouragem^t of Tillage and relief oi
poor Debtors & for Supplying some defects therein read and
ordered to be thus Endorst Viz:

June the I^st 1719.
Read and Assented to by the Lower House of Assembly &

L. H. J.

Signed p order M. Jenifer Cl. Lo. Ho.

And sent to the Upper House by Col: Woollford and Coll:
Phillips.
They return and say they delivered it.
Esq^r Brooke and five more from the Upper House deliverec
M^r Speaker the bill for Limitation of officers' fees with th<
following Message Viz:

By the Upper House of Assembly June the I^st 1719

Gent.
On reading the bill for limitation of Officers fees, his Excel-
lency is pleased to observe that my Lord Baltimore Designes to
come to this Government here, and his Excellency not having
any particular Instructions from his Lordship relating to Such
An Act which makes so Vast an Alteration in the Severall
Great offices in this Province, desires that nothing May be

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