324 Assembly Proceedings, October 6-November 6, 1725.

L. H. J,

The House adjourns till to morrow morning nine of the
Clock.

Fryday October the 15^th 1725

The House meets according to Adjournm^t Yesterdays
proceedings are. Read
The Petition of Benjamin Harris and Sam^l Dickenson pray-
ing leave to bring in a Bill to confirm a Conveyance to the said
Dickenson from George Joseph and Benjamin Harris by
virtue of an Act of Assembly made in 1708 for that purpose
was read and leave given to bring in a bill as pray'd
A Supplementary Bill to the Act Empowering Trustees to
Sell the lands late of William Harris of Calvert County &c^a
was read the first time and ordered a Second reading to
morrow
Phillip Lee Esq^r from the Upper House Delivers M^r
Speaker The Petition of Richard Devour of Baltemore
County praying to be relieved against the proceedings of the
Land Commissioners in that County thus Endorst viz.

By the Upper House of Assembly
Octob^r the 15^th 1725
The within Petition being read is referr'd to the Considera-
tion of the Lower House.
Sign'd p order Geo. Plater Cl. Up. Ho.

A Bill to prevent the great Evils occasioned by Small Stone
Horses was read the first time and ordered to lie on the Table.
A Bill to prevent Severall Irregularities complained of
by the People called Quakers was read the first time and
ordered to be laid on the Table
John Rousby Esq^r from the Upper House delivers M^r
Speaker the ffollowing papers Viz :

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To the Honourable the Upper and Lower Houses of
Assembly

Gentlemen.
You will with this receive his Lordship's Dissent to our Act
of Assembly relating to Convicts; (which I caus'd to be pub-
lish'd on the 14^th of December last) His L^pp would not have
dissented to it, but for the Reasons therein mentioned, and
indeed I cannot see, how his L^pp could do otherwise, for by a
Statute of the fourth of our most Gracious Sovereign King
George relating to Convicts, which Statute by Express words,