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

L.H.J.

Whereupon the Bill Aforesaid past for Engrosing.
James Bowles Esq^r from the Upper House Delivers M^r
Speaker the following Message viz.

By the Upper House of Assembly

Octob^r the 16^th 1723.
Gent.
In Answer to your Message this Day by M^r Hill and five
more this House does Appoint Col^o Richard Tilghman and
Col^o Mathew Tilghman Ward members thereof to Joyn in
a Conference with the Gentlemen Appointed by your House
on the Subject Matter proposed in our Message this day by
Col^o Holland and Col^o Young.
Signd p Order. Sam Skippon Cl. Up. Ho.

The House Adjourns till to Morrow Morning nine of the
Clock.

Thursday Octob^r the 17^th
The House Meets According to Adjournm^t
Yesterdays proceedings are read.
M^r Crabb from the Committee Appointed to View the
Town fence Returns the following report viz :

By the Committee Appointed to view the Town fence
Gate Houses and gates Octob^r 14^th 1723.

The Hon^rble James Bowles Esq^r of the Upper
Benjamin Tasker Esq^r House

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M^r Ralph Crabb of the Lower
M^r John Courts

Cap^t Joseph Harrison House.

The said Committee haveing Duely Inspected therein are of
opinion that the fence requires for its repair six large fence
loggs for each pannell and the South End thereof to Extend
ten foot farther into the Creeke and the Other End fifteen
foot and that the Gate houses are rotten and intirely useless
but that the gates will be of further service if rehung so as to
swing Clear of the Ground.
With which this House Concurrs and in Order to the neces-
sary repairs Resolved that the same Members of this House
as were Appointed on that Committee be joyned with some
of the members of the Upper House such as they shall think