532 Assembly Proceedings, September 23-October 26, 1723.

U. H. J.

Ann Arundel County Ship Carpenter deceas'd on Rob^t Gordon
of the City of Annapolis Merchant as also for Vesting or

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settling an Estate of Inheritance in fee Simple of and in a
certain Sand Bank that intersects a Tenement of Land
Possess'd by the said Robert Gordon and the Creek on the
said Robert Gordon and his heirs and Assigns for ever, which
Bill was thus Endorsed (viz.)

By the Lower House of Assembly Oct^r the 11^th 1723

Read the first and second Times by Especial Order and will
Pass
Signed p Ord^r M: Jenifer Cl Lo. Ho.

A message from the Lower House by M^r Bozman and M^r
Hawkins (Viz.)

By the Lower House of Assembly Oct^r the II^th 1723
May it Please Yo^r Honours
In Answer to your Message by Col^o Young in Respect to
Samuel Cover this House is not willing particularly to Except
him, for that if he has any Right to be relieved he ought not to
be excluded and the County Court will be the Judges either to
Acquit or Condemn him and therefore we desire he may be
under the like Circumstances with other People
Signed p Ord^r M: Jenifer Cl Lo. Ho.

An Engrossed Bill from the Lower House by Captain
King and Capt Hooper Intituled An Act for the Advancement
of Justice Assented to by the Lower House and thus Sub-
scribed viz.

October the 11^th 1723.
Read and Assented to by the Lower House of Assembly and
Signed p Order M. Jenifer Cl Lo. Ho.

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Which Bill being Read is Likewise Assented to by the
Upper House and thus Subscribed (viz)

October the 11^th 1723
Read and Assented to by the Upper House of Assembly and
Sign'd p Order Sam^l Skippon Cl Up. Ho.

Adjourned till morning