116 Assembly Proceedings, May 21-June 16, 1730.

L. H. J.

tenance of Ministers was read & Assented to & Sent to the Upper
House with the paper bill by M^r Hemsley, Who returns and Says
he delivered the same.
An Ingrossed Bill Entituled an Act for the releif of John Smith
a Languishing Prisoner in Cecil County Gaol was read and Assented
to and Sent to the Upper House with the paper bill by M^r Johnson
& M^r George. Who return & say they delivered the same.
Ordered that it be an Instruction to the Members of this House
appointed to join with some Members of the Upper House to prepare
an Address to the Lord Proprietary to Observe the Substance of the
Several Messages passed between both Houses in drawing and pre-
paring the said Address, and that they Signify to his Lordship the
hardships the province Labours under by his Dissent to the Laws.
The House proceeded to Tax the following private bills.
An Act to Inroll and Record an Indenture between Mathias Van-
bebber of the one part and Thomas Bordley Esq^r of the other part.
£ s. d.
To the Honourable Speaker 02: 00: 0
To the Clerk 01: 00: 0
An Act for the Naturalization of John Hendrickson a Native
of Rotherdam in Holland now an Inhabitant of Kent County in
Maryland and John Samuel Rachell Mary Mildred Margaret Martha
Rebecca Hannah and Ruth Children of the aforesaid John Hen-
drickson.

To the Honourable Speaker oo: io:o
To the Clerk oo: 05: o

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An Act to Confirm two Deeds of Sale the one from George Old-
feild and Petronella his Wife and the other from Richard Carr son
and heir at Law to a Certain John Carr of Cecil County Deceased
to Casparus Augustine Herman
To the Honourable Speaker oi: oo: o
To the Clerk oo: 10: o

An Act to Record a Deed of Bargain and Sale made by Thomas
Humphreys Esq^r & Mary his Wife, to John Gresham Esq^r
To the Honourable Speaker oi: 10: o
To the Clerk oo: 15:0
An Act to Cut of an. Intail of a Tract of Land called Marshes
Seat Lying in Ann Arundell County an to Invest William Vernon
with an Estate in fee Simple in the said Tract of Land and to Settle
a Parcell of Land being part of three Tracts of Land called happy
Choice Clerkes Groves and the Addition to Clerkes Groves lying
in Prince Georges County on Thomas Knighton and the heirs of
his Body in Lieu thereof