204 Assembly Proceedings, July 18-August 5, 1721.

L. H. J.

of the Clock in the Afternoon and Ordered that the following
Message be prepared Viz :

By the Lower House of Assembly July the 19^th 1721.
May it please Your Honours
This House in Order to Dispatch Business as much as in
them lies have Enter'd a Resolve to Sit (after this day) from
Eight till Eleven of the Clock in the forenoon, and from One
till five of the Clock in the afternoon and Desire to know
whether the Times proposed be Agreeable to your Honours
Signed p Order. M Jenifer Clk. L^o H^o.

And Sent to the Upper House by M^r Tasker and M^r James
Smith. They Return & say they have Delivered it

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Ordered that the Reverend M^r Samuel Skippon be Ac-
quainted that this House Desires him to Read Divine Service
for this Assembly at Seven a Clock in the Morning and at five
o'Clock in the afternoon, and Ordered that M^r Tasker give him
Notice thereof.

Coll Ward from the Upper House delivers M^r Speaker the
following Message Viz.

By the Upper House of Assembly July the 19^th 1721.
We approve of your Proposals as to your Times of Sitting.
Signed p order John Beale Cler. Up. Ho.

Ordered that M^r Speaker issue his Warrant to the Secre-
tary to prepare Writs of Election viz.
To the Sherif of Baltemore County for the Electing a
Member in the Room of Captain Dollahide since Last Assem-
bly Deed.
To the Sherif of Cecil County for Electing a Member to
serve in the Room of M^r William Dare who since last As-
sembly has accepted the Sherifalty of that County. Which
was Issued Accordingly. The House Adjourns for An Hour.

Post Merediem
The House meets According to Adjournment.
Thomas Bordley Esq^r from the Upper House delivers M^r
Speaker the following Message and Papers Viz :

By the Upper House of Assembly July the 19^th 1721.

Gentlemen.
We are of Opinion that a Light House on Cape Henry
would be of great Advantage to the Trade of this Bay and