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The Petition of Richard Greenway was read & Granted.
The House Adjourns till to Morrow Morning Eight a Clock.

L. H. J.

Tuesday July 20^th 1731.
The House met according to Adjournment.
The Members were Called and all Present as Yesterday.
The proceedings of Yesterday were read.
The Engrossed bill Entituled an Act Impowering the Justices of
Calvert County Court to Levy on the Taxable persons of that
County any Sum of Tobacco not Exceeding ten thousand pounds of
Tobacco to pay for the finishing the Court house of the said County.
Sent to the Upper House with the Paper Bill thereof by M^r Walter
Smith and Maj^r Adderton Skinner, who return and say they Deliv-
ered the Same.
The Petition of Daniel Bateman this day read & Granted he
giving Security for the payment of Twenty pounds Currant Money
to be Destributed amongst his Creditors
Coll^o Joseph Belt from the Committee of Aggreivances & Courts
of Justice Delivers M^r Speaker the following Report from the said
Committee.

By the Committee of Aggreivances & Court of Justice July 19^th 1731.

We your Committee having Enquired into the Commissions
Lately Granted to the Justices of the Provincial and County Courts
and upon Inspection thereunto had, We find the said Commissions
Differ from the Commissions before Issued & which last Commis-
sions are Different from the Others in these words Viz. The reason-
able Good Laws & Statutes of that 'part of the Kingdom of Great
Britain Called England and all Laws and Ordinances of this our
Province made &c. The other Commissions before Granted being in
these words Viz. According to the Directions of the Acts of As-
sembly of our said Province so far forth as they Provide and where
they are Silent according to the reasonable Customs of England and
the Laws and Statutes thereof as are or shall hereafter be Agreable
to the Usage or Constitution of the Same Province and your Com-
mittee further having Inspected into the Oath now taken by the
Courts aforesaid do find the Oath Appointed by the Courts aforesaid
to be taken (only Altering the Names of the said Courts) to be in
Manner following Viz.

July 20

You A. B. do swear that as Justice of this his Lordships Provin-
cial Court you will well and truely serve his Lordship and do Equal
right to all his Majesty's Subjects to the best of your Cunning &
skill & Cause all fines forfeitures and Amerciaments which shall
happen to fall before you to be Entered without Concealment vou will

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