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from the lower House by Col Ward and M^r Chaires thus
further endors'd Viz.

By the Lower House of Assembly Oct^r the 17^th 1722
May it please Your Honours
The Deed from Birmingham to Riddlesden not being
recorded according to the Directions of the Act of Assembly
of Maryland unless that Defect be supplied, the Confirming
the Deed from Riddlesden to Gandevit and Read will avail
them nothing. Therefore It is proposed that as they pay the
Consideration for the Land, they be in the same Condition as
if all the Deeds had been duly acknowledg'd and recorded, and
that it be an Amendment to the Bill, & that your Honours
would Consent thereto.
Signed p order M: Jenifer Cl. Lo. Ho.

To which the following Message is prepar'd

By the Upper house of Assembly
Oct the 17^th 1722
Gentlemen. The within Bill will pass with the Amend-
ments propos'd in your message by Col Ward and M^r Chaires
Signed p ord^r Sam^l Skippon Cl. Up. Ho.

Which Answer is sent to the Lower House by Esq^r Hall who
returns and says he delivered it.
Ordered that the following answer be made to the message
from the Lower House yesterday by Col Mackall and five
more Viz.

By the Upper House of Assembly Oct. the 17^th 1722

Gentlemen. We are of opinion that the Evil Complained
of in our Endorsment on the Bill for the Encouragem^t of
Tillage &c. is not at all remedied with Relation to the Creditor
by the methods proposed in your message of yesterday by Col
Mackall and five more, in regard that it puts him to a greater
Expence than before, and yet obliges him at last to accept
the same Commoditys mention'd in the Bill as Satisfaction
for his debt; for which Reason as well as for the Reasons

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before given we cannot consent that the Bill should pass.
Signed p order Sam^l Skippon Cl Up Ho.

Which answer is sent to the Lower House by Col. Addison
and Col Tilghman who return and say they delivered it.
Adjourn'd till the morning nine of the Clock

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