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

L. H. J.

This House having Weighed as well the Allegations in the said
Petition Contained Urged by M^r Brannock Guardian to the Peti-
tioner as the Defence made by M^r Beckingham Council for M^r
Bartholomew Ennalls do Unanimously reject the said Petition.
The House Adjourns untill 2 of the Clock in the Afternoon

Thursday at 2 of the Clock in the Afternoon.
The House met according to Adjournment
The Members were Called over and all Present as in the Morning
It being represented by a Member of this House that Philemon
Lloyd Esq^r hath taken upon him in an Arbitary manner to hear and
Determine Divers Disputes & Controversys Concerning the Lands
Tenements & Hereditaments of Several of his Majestys Subjects.

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The Question being thereupon Put whether the Proceedings of
the said Philemon Lloyd should be Enquired into or not. Resolved
in the Affirmative Nemine Contradicente.
The following Message Viz. [The text of this message is printed
at page 333.]
Was Sent to the Upper House by M^r Gordon and M^r Robert
Hanson Who return and Say they Delivered the Same.
In Pursuance of an Order of this House in Relation to the Clerks
Attending at the Bar here with the Several Books required of them
they Attended Accordingly
The House Adjourns untill to Morrow Morning at 8 of the Clock.

July 25

Friday July the 25^th 1729
The House met according to Adjournment.
The Members were Called and all Present as Yesterday. The
Proceedings of Yesterday were read over.

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Edmund Jennings Esq^r from the Committee of Laws Delivered
to M^r Speaker a bill Entituled an Act for the further Assessment
of forty thousand Pounds of Tobacco on the Inhabitants of S^t Anns
Parish in Ann arundell County towards enlarging & repairing the
Church in the City of Annapolis and building a Chappie of Ease in
the said Parish and for the Payment of a fourth Part of the Charge
by a Publick Assessment on the whole Province for the Enlarge-
ment & Reparation of the said Church

Which said Bill was read the first and second time by an Especial
Order and Passed & Sent to the Upper House by M^r Beale and M^r
Wharfeild who return and say they delivered the same.
James Harris Esq^r from the Committee of Laws delivered to M^r
Speaker a Bill Entituled an Act empowering and Directing the Jus-
tices of the Several Countys within this Province to Levy a Quan-