The Upper House. 221

The following Answer was prepared to A Message yester-
day from the Lower House by Col^o T. Trueman Greenfield
and M^r Harris viz.

By the Upper House of Assembly Octo^r the 20^th 1725
Gentlemen.
The members appointed by this House are ready to Joyn
the Members appointed by your House (in yo^r Message Yes-
terday by Col^o Tho^s Truman Greenfield and M^r Harris) in a
Conference for regulating the Officers fees at the House of
Peter Overard Imediately.
Signed p order Geo. Plater Cl Up Ho.

Sent down by Col^o M. T. Ward who returns and says he
Delivered the Message
An Engrossed Bill from the Lower House by M^r Benja
Mackall and Coll^o Belt Entituled An Act to prevent severall
Irregularities Complained of by the People called Quakers
thus Subscribed viz^t

U. H. J.

Octo the 20^th 1725
Read and. Assented to by the Lower House of Assembly
Signed p order M. Jenifer Cl. Lo Ho.

Which Bill being read is likewise Assented to by this House
and ordered to be so Endorsed.
This House Adjourns till to Morrow Morning Eight of the
Clock

Thursday Morning Octo^r the 21^st 1725
This House met Again According to Adjournment
Present as yesterday
The Petition of the Parishioners of Stepney Parish in
Somerset County being read is ordered to be thus endorsed viz.

By the Upper House of Assembly Octo^r the 21^st 1725

The within Petition being read is referred to the Consider-
ation of the Lower House
Signed p Order Geo. Plater Cl Up Ho.

Sent down by Benja Tasker Esq^r who returns and says he
Delivered it.
Two Ingrossed Bills from the Lower House by Coll^o Ward
and M^r Pemberton viz.
An Act Entituled a Supplementary Act to an Act Empower-
ing certain Trustees to sell, a Tract of land in Talbot County

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