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prevent the importing too Great a Number of Irish papists
into this Province thus Subscribed Viz.

October the 27^th 1724
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
One Other Bill intituled An Act for the Relief of the
Devisees of James Philips the Elder and Anthony Philips late
of Baltimore County deceased thus indorsed Viz.

By the Lower House of Assembly October 26^th 1724

Read the first and second times by especial Order and
will pass
Signed p Order M. Jenifer Cl Lo. Ho.

A Message from the Lower House by M^r Tyler & Captain
King viz.

By the Lower House of Assembly Oct^r 27^th 1724
May it please your Honours.
Having considered the Representation of the Clergy sent
us from your Honours and that it hath Appeared to us that
some Clergymen within this Privince Have misbehaved them-
selves in a manner so Inconsistent with their Character and
Prejudicial to Religion that instead of being Guides to the
people and preventing their being misled by Popish Priests
and Other Enemies to the Church of England their Misbe-
haviour & ill Example have been the most prevailing motives
with several Weak people to forsake the Communion of the
best Church in the World and with others to look upon all
Religion as an Imposture and a cheat & for that the Irregu-
larities complained of are presumed to be owing in a Great
measure to the Want of some Judicature to correct the Of-
fenders who as appears by the Representation now before us
claim an Exemption from any Jurisdiction in the Hands of

U. H. J.

Laymen And that we see no Probability of any Jurisdiction
being established which some to avoid Just Punishment will
not have the same Objection to We think it our indispensable
duty until the Establishment of an Unexceptionable Judicature
to make use of all the means in our Power to put some check
to practices so destructive of our Religion and We do not make
the least doubt of your Honours Assistance and Concurrence

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