The Lower House. 65

On a Motion the Question was Put whether the Act Prohibiting
the Importation of Bread Beer and flower &c^a shall be. repealed or
not, and it was Carried in the Affirmative

L. H. J.

On Reading again .the Petition of William & Mary Parish in
Charles County it is Resolved that a Bill be brought in whereby
Six thousand Pounds of Tobacco shall be taken out of the forty p
Poll in Portoba [cco] .... Thousand Pounds of Tobo ..... Forty
p Poll of ......the Upper part of ........... Severall ..... this
Session...... (if any) ....

A Bill for Distroying Wolves Crows and Squirrels was read the
first time and Ordered to lie on the Table.
Phillip Lee Esq^r from the Upper House delivers M^r Speaker the
following Message. [The text of this message will be found at
page 15.]

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Thereupon this House Appoint Col^o Greenfield Maj^r........and
Cap" Rider to join the Gentlemen ...... house, and the following
Message [The text of this message will be found at page 15.]
...... house by Col^o Greenfield & Maj^r Harris .... Deliver'd it.
..... Ephraim Gaver Referr'd from last Session .... and leave
Given to bring in a Bill as Pray'd
A Bill in favour of John Tennison was read the first time and
Ordered to lie on the Table.
John Hall Esq^r from the Upper House delivers Mr. Speaker the
Bill for Naturalization of Francis Ludolph Bodeen thus Endorst
Viz. [The text of this endorsement will be found at page 15.]
Thereupon the same was Amended Accordingly and Past for
Engrossing
The House Adjourns till to Morrow Morning nine a Clock

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Tuesday Oct^r 17^th 1727

The House meets ....
Yesterdays Proceedings .... The Bill .... & squirrels & ....
The Question ..... shall be made for the ..... by the Severall
Taxables ..... they are Obliged to Kill by the Bill or not, ....
Carried in the Negative
Then The Question was Put whether the Bill shall Pass as it is
or not? It is Carried in the Affirmative
Thereupon the same is past & Endorsed Accordingly
The Bill in Favour of John Tennison was read the Second time
& Past, which was so Endorsed & Sent to the Upper House by M^r
Hawkins and M^r Kirk.
They return and say they Delivered it.
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October 17

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