Topical

Public Records.
Committee of inspection, 234, 235,
336; report of Committee of Aggriev-
ances ( 1725) , 350; messages, 350, 353 ;
report of Committee of Aggrievances
(1725/6), 441, 469; messages, 441, 442,
472.

Rules of Lower House.
Set up, 304.

Runaway Negroes.
Letter from Col. John Bradford,
224, 340; bill passed, 231, 342, 348;
bill proposed, 505, 520, 547, 562.

Servants.
Bill proposed to dispose of such as
are committed for lack of security
(1725) (U. H. J.), 234, 238, 239, 243,
246, 248, 249, 253, 257, 261, 265, 288;

(L. H. J.), 349, 353, 355- 357, 375, 377,
380, 384, -389, 390, 394, 400, 406; reso-
lution of Lower House, 477; action
postponed, 486; bill proposed (1726),
495, 507, 537, 548.

Sheriffs.
Complaints against for misconduct;
proposal for choice by election, 40;
messages, 42, 57, 59, 80, 157, 158, 181 ;
report of Committee of Aggrievances,
105, 132.

Index. 581

Stadt House.
Repairs needed, 13, 28, 106, 111;
report of committee (1724), 30, 125;
messages, 37, 38, 126, 130, 137, 139;
report of committee, 62, 159; mes-
sages, 64, 1 60, 165; committee to in-
spect repairs (1725), 209, 210, 319,
321; report of committee, 213, 326;
messages, 228, 229, 336, 343, 344.

Statute Law of England (see English
Statutes).

Tobacco; Scarcity and Low Quality.
Petition from Dorchester County for
relief, 6, 95; committee of conference,
7, 95, 96, 97; report of committee, 17,
112; messages, 19, 21, 47, 48, 51, 57,
58, 115, 117, 145, 146, 149, 156, 157;
bill for relief, 34, 134, 150; passed, 61,
157; bill for advancing value of the
staple, 453, 481, 483, 485; failed, 456,
486; correspondence with Virginia
(1726), 493, 494, 532, 534; another
bill for advancement of value, 507, 510,
517, 532, 548, 549, 551, 559, 56o; con-
ference, 511, 552, 553; report of con-
ference, 514, 556; bill proposed by
Upper House, 519, 561.