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Hawkins be an Expedient till next Sessions to prevent any
persons from purchaseing or Leaseing Lands from the In-
dians.

Signed p Order. Sam. Skippon Cl. Upp. Ho.

The following Message with the peticon of the Inhabitants
of Calvert County for removing their Court House was sent
to the Upper House by Coll. Mackall and M^r Young, Viz.

By the Low^r House of Assembly Nov^r the 2^d 1722.
May it Please yo^r Honours
We have Considered the Peticon herewith sent and are
willing that the same should be referred till next Sessions
and Desire that by an Ordinance of Assembly the Sherriff
of Calv' Co^ty may be Ordered to give notice to the Several
ffree holders of that County as in Cases of Elections that they
meet at the now Court House in the said County on Thurs-
day in the next County Court week there by Majority of
Voices to Declare whether the Court house shalbe removed
or not? and if to be removed to make choice of a place where
to remove it and that the s^d Sherriff take the Votes and make
his return thereof at the next Sessions of Assembly with
which if your honours Concurr the Order may be made out
Accordingly.
Signed p Order. M. Jenifer Cl. Lo Ho.

L. H. J.

They return and Say They Delivered it.
Coll: Holland from the upper House Delivers M^r Speaker
the following Message Viz :

By the upper House of Assembly Nov^r the 2^d 1722.
Gentlemen
In answer to yo^r Message by M^r Tyler and M^r Crabb this
House is of Opinion that a short Bill be bro' in this Sessions
to distribute the money now in the hands of the Treasurers
of this Province into so many equall parts as by the Confer-
rees (with whose report this House Concurrs) is Determined
and as is agreed to by yo^r House and we are rather of this
opinion because the Treasurer of the Western Shore is Ap-
prehensive of being robbed, now that it is so publickly known
That he has by him so Considerable a Sum besides that to

referr a thing of that Consequence to next Sessions would

prevent the imediate Settling of Schools tho: extreamly
wanted which yet might be in a good forwardness by next
Sessions and render a great Sum of Money useless and Dead
to the Province
Sign^d p Order Sam. Skippon Cl Up. Ho.

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