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Saturday October the 10^th 1724

The House meets according to Adjournment
Yesterdays proceedings are read.
The Petition of W^m Owens and Jacob Ratcliffe languishing
Prisoners was read and as to Ratcliffe leave is given to bring
in a bill for his imediate discharge being otherwise like to
Die in a few days with a provisoe not to debarr him from
suing for his remedy in fforma pauperis And as to William
Owens it appearing that his Creditors have had notice Leave
is given to bring in a Bill for his Relief.
The petition of Samuel Murray was read and rejected.
The Petition of Rachel ffreeborne referr'd from last Sessions
was read and leave given to bring in a Bill with the Exceptions
mentioned by the Pet^r at the Barr.
It being propos'd that for the more effectually publishing
the Resolves and the Address relating to the Constitution of
Maryland, the same may be printed, Resolved that any per-
son have the Liberty of printing them that will undertake the
same
On reading the Report from the Comittee for Courts of
Justice the following Message is prepar'd viz :

By the Lower house of Assembly

October the 10^th 1724.
May it please your Hon^rs
By a Report made to this House this Sessions from our
Comittee of Courts of Justice It seems the Clause of the Oath
of a Judge used in England which on the Twenty fifth day
of October 1722 was resolved by this House to be a necessary
Clause in the Oath taken by the Judges in this province is not
used in the oath taken by the Judges of the Provincial Court
nor of some County Courts within this province Your Hon-
ours may please to observe from your Journall that the
Resolves then made were Communicated to you from this
House by a Message of the 3 I^st of October that same sessions,
and your Hon^rs on the third of November then next by your

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Message were pleas'd to Observe,
That those Resolves being of the greatest Consequence to
the Lord Prop^ry and this province And that Sessions being
near a Conclusion you had not time for so mature a Con-
sideration as the nature of them required and therefore
referr'd the further Consideration of them untill the then
next Sessions of Assembly.
How farr your Honours were pleas'd to Consider of them
in the then next and now last Sessions is best known to your

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