The Lower House. 407

Monday 21^st July 1729.

The House met according to Adjournment the Members were
Called over and all Present as on Saturday the Proceedings of
Saturday were read
The Petition of Hezekiah Clark a prisoner in Ann Arundell
County Gaol was read & Granted as Prayed.
The Bill Entituled an Act for raising a Duty of three Pence p
hogshead on all Tobacco Exported out of this Province for the Uses
therein Mentioned was read a second time and Passed.
Sent to the Upper House by M^r Crabb and M^r Young who return
and say they Delivered the same.

L. H. J.

July 21

Phillip Kennard who was absent for some time appeared in the
House this day and Praying Leave to go home the House granted
him the Liberty.
The Question being Put Whether the Act of Assembly for regu-
lating Attorneys fees should be revived or revised Resolved that it
be revised.
Daniel Dulany Esq^r from the Committee of Laws delivered to M^r
Speaker a Bill Entituled an Act for the releif of Creditors and to
Prevent frauds and Deceipts Occasioned by Secret Sales Mortgages
& Gifts of goods and Chatties which was read the first time and
ordered to Lie on the Table.
John Hall Esq^r from the Upper House delivered to M^r Speaker
the Paper Bill Entituled an Act repealing Part of an Act Entituled
an Act against forging and Counterfeiting of foreign Coins Gold
or Silver made at a Session of Assembly begun and held at the Then
Town and Port of Annapolis the Twenty Sixth day of March Anno
Dom 1707, and the Paper Bill Entituled a Supplementary Act to the
Acts for Regulating Writs of Error and granting Appeals from and
to the Courts of Common Law within this Province and for regu-
lating Appeals from the Court of Chancery Severally thus Indorsed
(Viz)

By the Upper House of Assembly 19^th July 1729

The Ingrossed Bill whereof this is the Originall is read and As-
sented to by this house.
Signed p Order Jn^o Ross Cl. Up. Ho.

And the Petition of John Smith in Cecil County Gaol thus In-
dorsed Viz.

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By the Upper House of Assembly 21^st July 1729

The within Petition is read and referred to the Consideration of
the Lower House of Assembly.
Signed p Order Jn^o Ross Cl. Up. Ho.

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