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

L. H. J.

Coll^o Rider from the Upper House delivered to M^r Speaker the
paper bill Entituled an Act Empowering a Committee &c^a Indorsed
thus.

By the Upper House of Assembly 8^th Aug^t 1729

The Engrossed bill whereof this is the Original is read & Asserted
to.
Signed p Order. John Ross Cl: Up: Ho.

John Beale & James Hollyday Esq^rs were ordered to go and Ac-
quaint the Governor there is no business now before this house.
They return and say they Delivered their Message

p. 154

Coll^o Tilghman from the Upper House acquainted M^r Speaker
that the Governor required him & the Whole House, to Attend him
Immediately in the Upper House.
Thereupon M^r Speaker and the Whole House went to the Upper
House, where M^r Speaker Presented to the Governor the Several
Ingrossed bills following. [This list is printed at page 387.]

p. 157

All which the Governor Passed into Laws by Sealing them with
the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary's Greater Seal at Arms
and Severally thus Indorsing them Viz.

August the 8^th 1729

On behalf of the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary of this
province, I will this be a Law
Ben^dt Leon^d Calvert

After which the Governor was Pleased to make the following
Speech Viz. [The text of this speech is printed at page 389.]

p. 158

Then the Governor with the Advice of his Lordships Council,
was Pleased to Prorogue this Assembly to the Third Tuesday of
November Next

p. 159

Thereupon M^r Speaker with the rest of the Members Return to
the Lower House where M^r Speaker reassumed the Chair and re-
peated what the Governor had done and said.
Whereupon this House accordingly Prorogues it Self to the third
Tuesday of November Next.
So Endeth this Second Session of Assembly, this Eighth day of
August Anno Domini 1729.
Test M. Macnemara Cl. Lo. Ho.