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

L. H. J.

Plantations are Collected & Recorded by Order of the Commis-
sioners.
John Rousby Esq^r from the Upper House Delivers to M^r Speaker
the following Message Viz. [The text of this message is printed
at page 316.]
The Question being Put whether a Bill should be brought in to
Emit Paper Currency or not. Resolved in the Affirmative.
The House Adjourns untill 2 of the Clock in the Afternoon.

Tuesday at 2 of the Clock in the Afternoon

The House met According to Adjournment. The Members were
Called & all Present as in the Morning.
On reading the Petition of Thomas Worsley the same was
granted as Prayed.

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On reading the Petition of Benjamin Freeman It was Ordered
that a Bill should be brought in to Discharge the Petitioner from
all Arrests during the Term of Seven Years for all Debts heretofore
Contracted.
The Petition of Thomas Jacks was read and rejected.
The Petition of Hezekiah Clark read and rejected.
The Petition of Edward Harris read and referred to the Commit-
tee of Accounts.
Mess^rs James Hollyday Ralph Crabb and Robert Hanson are ap-
pointed to Prepare a Bill to restrain Part of the Act now in force
against forging and Counterfeiting of foreign Coin Gold or Silver.
The Bill Entituled an Act for the Naturalization of Christian
Peters of Cecil County a Native of Germany was Read the first and
Second time by Especial Order and Passed.
The said Bill was Sent to the Upper House by M^r George and
M^r Knight who return and Say they Delivered the Same.
Benjamin Tasker Esq^r from the Upper House Delivers to M^r
Speaker the Bill Entituled an Act for the Naturalization of Chris-
tian Peters of Cecil County a Native of Germany thus Indorsed Viz.

By the Upper House of Assembly 15^th July 1729

Read the first and Second time by an Especial Order and will
Pass.
Signed p Order Jn^o Ross Cl. Up. Ho.

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Which said Bill was read here and Passed for Ingrossing
Mess^rs James Hollyday Ralph Crabb and Robert Hanson deliver
to M^r Speaker a Bill Entituled an Act repealing Part of an Act
Entituled an Act Against forging and Counterfeiting of foreign