The Lower House. 411

The following Message being Prepared was ordered to be Entred
thus. [The text of this message is printed at page 329.]
And Sent to the Upper House with 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 by Coll^o Her-
man & Maj^r Turbutt who return and Say they Delivered the Same
The House Adjourns untill to Morrow Morning at 8 of the Clock

L. H. J.

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Wednesday 23^d July 1729

The House met according to Adjournment. The Members were
Called and all Present as Yesterday the proceedings of Yesterday
were read out.
M^r Thompson absent Yesterday in the Afternoon Appears in the
House this Day.
M^r George from the Committee of Laws Delivered to M^r Speaker
the Ingrossed Bill Entituled an Act reviving and Containing an Act
Entituled an Act ascertaining the Gauge and Tare of Tobacco Hogs-
heads and to Prevent Cropping Cutting and defacing Tobacco taken
on board Ships and Vessells upon freight and for laying Impositions
on Tobacco p hogshead for the Support of Government and for the
Encouraging Settlements in this Province by Ascertaining the man-
ner of Paying his Lordships Alienation fines and Quit Rents for the
term therein Proposed and for the taking of the three Pence p
hogshead formerly raised for the Publick Charge, And the In-

July 23

grossed bill Entituled an Act for the Laying out of Land and Erect-
ing a Town at the head of Port Tobacco Creek in Charles County
which Bills were severally read and Assented to by this House and
sent to the Upper House with the paper bills thereof by M^r George
and M^r Young Who return and say they Delivered the same
M^r George Delivered to M^r Speaker a Bill Entituled an Act for
Erecting a Town on the North Side of Potapsco in Baltemore
County and for laying out in Lots Sixty Acres of Land in and about
the Place where one John Fleming now Lives which said Bill was
read the first and Second time by an Especial Order and Passed and
Sent to the Upper House by M^r Matthews and M^r Scott who return
and say they Delivered the same.
The Question being put whether an Agent should be Appointed
to Transact the Affairs of this Province in England or not Resolved
in the Affirmative.
The following Message was Prepared & Entred thus [The text
of this message is printed at page 330.]
And Sent to the Upper House by Maj^r Hanson and Coll^o Ennalls,
Who return and say they Delivered the same

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