328 Assembly Proceedings, July 10-August 8, 1729.

U. H. J.

Read a second Time the Bill Entituled an Act reviving & Con-
tinuing an Act ascertaining the Gauge & Tare of Tobacco hh^ds &c
& Ordered to be thus Endorsed

By the Upper house of Assembly 21^st July 1729
Read a second Time & will pass
Signed p Order John Ross Cl. Up Ho.

Sent to the Lower house by Coll Tilghman
Adjourned till to Morrow Morning Eight of the Clock.

July 22

Tuesday Morning 22^d July 1729
This House met again according to adjournment
Present as Yesterday with the Addition of Coll Holland
Read a second time the Bill Entituled an Act for raising a Duty
of Three pence p hh^d on all Tobacco exported out of this Province
for the Uses therein Mentioned, & Ordered to be thus Endorsed

By the Upper House of Assembly 22^d July 1729

Read a second Time & will pass with the following Amendment
viz.

That the Continuance of the s^d Act be for Three Years
Signed p Order John Ross Cl. Up Ho.

Sent to the Lower house by Coll M. T. Ward
Adjourned till two of the Clock in the Afternoon

Eodem Die post Meridiem
This House met again according to adjournment
Present as in the Morning

The following Message being prepared is sent to the Lower
house by John Rousby Esq^r

p. 24

By the Upper House of Assembly 22^d July 1729
Gentlemen.
On Considering your Message of the 18^th Instant by M^r Crabb
& M^r Tolley, We readily concur with your house, that both the
Officers & People of this Province, are subject to great Incon-
veniences for Want of a Law for the Regulation of Officers fees, &
would willingly joyn Our Endeavours for preventing the like In-