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And (thus)

By the Upper house of Assembly Nov^r I^st 1728.
Read the second time and will pass.
Signed p Order. Geo. Plater Cl. Up. Ho.

Which Bill being read here was passed for ingrossing.
The Question being put whether a Bill should be brought in this
Sessions to Ascertain the manner of the County Justices Allowance
or not, Resolved in the Negative.
The Question being put whether the Allowance for every hun-
dred pounds of Tobacco a hogshead contains should be 6^d or 8^d
Resolved that the Allowance be 8^d for every hundred.
The ingrossed Bill entituled an Act for the releif of Sundry Poor
Prisoners in the severall Gaols of this Province, the Ingrossed bill
Entituled an Act for the better regulating the Parishes in Saint
Marys and Charles Countys, and the Ingrossed Bill entituled an
Act to prevent the Abuses of Concealing convicted felons and other
Offenders imported into this Province and for the better Discovery
of them were severally read and Assented to by this House, and
sent to the Upper house by Major King and M^r Mackall who return
and say they delivered the same.

L. H. J.

Daniel Dulany Esq^r from the Committee of Laws delivers to M^r
Speaker a Bill Entituled an Act repealing Part of an Act Entituled
an Act concerning Tobacco made at a Session of Assembly begun
and held at the City of Annapolis on Tuesday the tenth day of Octo-
ber 1727, which being read was ordered to be thus indorsed (Viz)

By the Lower House of Assembly Novemb^r I^st 1728.
Read the first and second time by an Especial order and will Pass
Signed p Order. M: Macnemara Cl. Lo. Ho :

And Sent to the Upper house by M^r Knight and M^r Hemsley who
return and say they delivered the same.
Coll^o Ephraim Augustine Herman delivers to M^r Speaker a bill
entituled an Act to make and emit fifty four thousand Pounds Cur-
rant Mony of Maryland in Bills of Credit and for easing the In-
habitants in the Payment of Tobacco Debts and for rendring the
Staple of Tobacco more valuable and to raise a fund to sink the
said Bills of Credit.
The Question being Put whether the said bill should be read or
not.

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