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N^o 19. An Act providing what shall be good Evidence to prove

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foreign and other Debts, and to prevent vexatious & unnecessary

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Suits at Law, pleading Discounts in Barr, & for repealing an Act

of Assembly therein mentioned

N^o 20 An Act for the Preservation of the Breed of Wild Deer.

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N^o 21. An Act for reviving & Continuing an Act Entituled an

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Act to restrain the ill Practices of Attorneys & to prevent their

taking money fees, and ascertaining what fees shall be allowed to

the Practitioners in the Law, who shall attend the Circuit Courts;

made at a Session of Assembly begun and held at the City of Annap-

olis the fifteenth Day of March Anno Domini One thousand Seven

hundred & twenty five

N^o 22. An Act for the Assessment of so much Tobacco on the

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Inhabitants of Allhallows Parish in Ann Arundel County as will

build them a new Parish Church.

N^o 23. An Act for the Relief of Thomas Worsley, Hezekiah

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Clarke, & Benjamⁿ Freeman Prisoners in Ann Arundel County Goal

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N^o 24. An Additional & supplementary Act to the several Acts

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for the Admin" of Justice in Testamentary Affairs.

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N^o 25. An Act to prevent rigorous Prosecutions on Sheriffs,

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Testamentary & Deputy Commissarys bonds

N^o 26. A supplementary Act to the Act Entituled an Act to

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prevent the Abuses of Concealing Convicted felons, and other Offen-

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ders, imported into this Province; & for the better Discovery of

them.

N^o 27. An Act empowering a Committee to lay, assess, and ap-

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portion the Publick Levy for this Present Year One thousand Seven

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hundred & Twenty nine

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After which His Excellency the Governor is pleased to Conclude

the Session with the following Speech Viz.

Gentlemen of the Upper & Lower houses of Assembly

In Answer to the joint Address presented me by both houses on

Wednesday last, I promise you my best Endeavours to engage such

a friendly Correspondence, with Our neighbours of Virginia, as you

desire; which indeed seems the most probable means of promoting

the Value of Tobacco, a common Concern to both Colonies

Gentlemen of the House of Delegates

I sincerely thank you, for the Marks of your Good Will towards

me. I shall give Orders for the Alteration to be made in the Provin-

cial Commission, agreeable to your late Address.

Gentlemen of both Houses

Before I dismiss you, I desire you would favourably accept my

Earnest Wishes for your General Welfare, which I hope you will