The Lower House. 417

Coll^o Rider from the Upper House delivered to M^r Speaker a
Bill Entituled an Act for the Preservation of the breed of Wild
Deer. Indorsed thus

By the Upp^r House of Assembly 25^th July 1729.
Read the first time and ordered to lye on the Table.
Signed p order. J. Ross Cl: Up. Ho.
And thus

By the Upp^r House of Assembly 26^th July 1729.
Read a second time and will pass.
Sign'd p order. John Ross Cl. Up. ho.

The Bill Entituled an Act empowering and directing the Justices
of the Several Counties within this province to Levy any Quantity
of Tob^o not Exceeding ten pounds p poll on the Taxable persons of
any Parish in Each of their respective Counties on Application to
them made by the Vestry & Church Wardens of any Parish.
And the Bill Entituled an Act for the Releif of Creditors and to
Prevent frauds and Deceipts Occasioned by Secret Sales Mortgages
and Gifts of Goods & Chatties were Severally read a Second time
and Passed and Sent to the Upper House by M^r Dashields and M^r
Thompson Who return and say they Delivered the same.
The Bill Entituled an Act for the Preservation of the breed of
Wild Deer Sent here from the Upper House being read was ordered
to be thus Indorsed (Viz.) [The text of this endorsement is printed
at page 337.]

L. H. J.

p. 55

The said bill was Sent to the Upper House by Major King and
M^r Johnson, Who return and Say they Delivered the same.
Edmund Jennings Esq^r from the Committee of Laws Delivered
to M^r Speaker A Bill Entituled an Act against forestallers and In-
grossers which was read the first time and Ordered to Lye on the
Table.
The Bill Entituled an Act for emproving the Staple of Tobacco
&c^a was Sent to the Upper House by Mess^rs Beale and Waughop
who return and say they Delivered the same.
The House Adjourns untill 2 of the Clock in the Afternoon

Saturday at 2 of the Clock in the Afternoon.

The House met according to Adjournment. The Members were
Called and all Present as in the Morning.
The Question being Put whether the bill against forestallers and
Ingrossers should be thrown out or not Resolved in the Affirmative

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