The Upper House. 513

Saturday October the 5^th 1723

Met according to Adjournment.
Present
The Honble Charles Calvert Esq^r Governour

U. H. J.

The
honble

Col^o Sam^l Young
John Hall Esq^r
Col^o Tho^s Addison
Phile. Lloyd Esq^r
Col^o Rich^d Tilehman

Col M. Tilgh. Ward

Ja^s Bowles Esq^r
John Rousby Esq^r
Benj. Tasker Esq^r

Members
of the
Upper
House

A Bill from the Lower House by M^r Oldham & M^r Boz-
man entituled an Act impowering Trustees to make Sale of the
Lands therein mentioned, late the Lands of Thomas Clements
of Talbot County Deceased for the uses in the Will of the
said Thomas Clements mentioned thus Endors'd viz.

By the Lower House of Assembly October the 4^th 1723.

Read the first time and Ordered a second reading to
Morrow
Signed p Order M: Jenifer Cl Lo. Ho.

And Lower thus

By the Lower House of Assembly Oct^r the 5^th 1723.

Read the second Time and will pass.
Sign'd p Order M: Jenifer Cl Lo: Ho.

Ordered that the Bill be read and the Bill was read and
Ordered to lye on the Table.
Then the Petition of M^r Howell Rector of Great Choptank
and several others the Inhabitants of Dorchester County was
read Again and Ordered to lye on the Table the matter
recomended therein being already before the Lower House of
Assembly.
A Message from the Lower House by Cap^t Harrison and
M^r King, endors'd upon the Petition of Samuel Skippon
relating to the Provincial Library which is as follows (viz^t)

By the Lower House of Assembly Oct^r the 5^th 1723.
May it Please Yo^r Hon^rs
On Reading the within Petition this House are willing
that some Care should be taken for the preservation of the
Provincial Library and for that End Propose that there be

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Cases fix'd to the Wainscotting in the Conferrence Chamber,
w^th Strong Shelves and Partitions thereon to preserve the

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