204 Assembly Proceedings, October 3-November 2, 1728.

L. H. J.

The Members were called and all were Present as Yesterday
(except M^r George Robins)
Yesterdays Proceedings were read over.
Benjamin Tasker Esq^r from the Upper House delivers to M^r
Speaker the Petition of the Vestrymen Church Wardens and In-
habitants of Durham Parish in Charles County thus Indorsed Viz.

By the Upper House of Assembly October 11^th 1728

Read and referred to the Consideration of the Lower House of
Assembly.
Signed p Order. Geo. Plater Cl. Up, Ho :

p. 46

The Representation of the Justices of Prince Georges County
concerning the Act relating to Servants and Slaves being read is
referred to the Committee of Laws to Prepare a Bill to redress the
aggreivance therein set forth.
M^r James Donaldson was heard at the Bar of this House by
William Cumming his Attorney on his Petition praying Leave to
bring in a Bill to invest him with an Inheritance in fee Simple of
and in a Piece of Ground lying in the City of Annapolis formerly
laid out for a Custom house and took the Clients Oath prescribed
by Law.
One of M^r Hemsleys Children, being dangerously ill he on his
Application to the House hath leave given him to go home.
The Report of the Committee of Aggreivances concerning Coll⁰
Thomas Cockey's Petition being read the house Concur therewith.
The Petition of Mary Jenifer Praying an Allowance for so much
as her deceased Husband was Entituled to as Clerk of the Lower
House being read is referred to the Committee of Accounts to make
the allowance as Prayed for.
The Petition of the Inhabitants of Kent County in Relation to
the Election of Captain Ebenezer Blackistone was read and referred
to the Committee of Elections and Priviledges.
The house Adjourns till to Morrow Morning 9 a Clock

October 12

Saturday October 12^th 1728.
The House met this Day according to Adjournment.
The Members were called all were Present as Yesterday except
M^r William Hemsley, Yesterdays Proceedings were read over.
The Commissioners appointed last Assembly to Examine Evi-
dences relating to the Lands in and contiguous to the City of An-
napolis make their return and lodge it with the Clerk.