74 Assembly Proceedings, October 11-27, 1720.

L. H. J.

thereof. w^ch accordingly was prepared and sent to the Upper
House by M^r Crabb & M^r Earl Who returne & say they De-
livered it

The Petition of John Gresham Gent, of the Land Com-
missioners of Ann Arundel County was Read & Ordered to
lye on the Table till Monday next.
The Petition of Charles Rivers praying to be Released from
Execucon at the suite of Charles Carroll Esq^r his Ex^rs was

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Read. And Ordered that Notice be Given to the said Ex^rs To
appear this Afternoon to make their Objections (if any)
thereto.
The Executors of Charles Carroll Esq^r appearing and make-
ing their Objections To the said Petition and the Objections
seeming reasonable to this House.
The Petition af^d is rejected. A Bill for repealing an Act
of Assembly Intituled an Act Prohibiting the Importation
of Bread Bear &c from Pensilvania was Read the first and
Second Times (by Espicial Order) and passed And being so
Endorst was Sent to the Upper House by Coll^o Maxwell and
M^r Taylor, Who return and Say they have Delivered it.
The Petition of the Vestry of William & Mary Parish in
Charles County referred from the Last Session to this was
Read. And the Alligations of all Parties by their respective
Council being heard.
The Question was put whether the same shall be rejected or
not.
It was Carried in Affirmative Whereupon the petition af^d
is Rejected and so Endorst. John Hall and Philemon
Lloyd Esq^rs Deliver M^r Speaker the following Message Viz.

By the Upper House of Assembly October the 15th 1720
Gent.
The Inconveniencies that Arise on the Act to Limitt the
Continuance of Actions &c. or Some of them we Doubt not
will be made Evident unto you by the Observation of such
Majestrates and other Court Officers as sit in your House but
by those of this House that are Concerned in Courts Wee are
Well Satisfied That there are Great Injuries done the Subjects
by the necessity, the Court are Laid Under of Giving Judg-
ment ag^t such as are hindred in their Causes by the meer
hand of Providence viz: Sickness of Majestrates or Other
Officers or of the Parties or their Evidences or other unf orseen
and Inevitable Casualties; of which wee have some remark-
able but melancholy Instances w^ch bring Concerne to the

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Judges by obliging them by Law to do Injustice force Injuries