232 Assembly Proceedings, July 13-July 29, 1731.

L. H. J.

not debarr or hinder the prosecution of Justice or take any Gift or
fee for the Delaying of Judgment but justly and truly Abear your self
so long as you shall Continue in the said Office of Justice aforesaid.
So help you God.
All which your Committee humbly Reports to the House for their
Consideration therein
Signed p Order Cha: Worthington.

John Hall Esq^r from the Upper House of Assembly Delivers M^r
Speaker the Bill for the Assessment of so much Tobacco on the
Taxable Inhabitants of Westminster Parish in Ann arundell County
as will build them a new Church & purchase two Acres of Land to
build the said Church on thus Endorst,

By the Upper house of Assembly 19^th July 1731

Read the first time & Ordered to Lye on the Table.
Signed p Order Jn^o Ross Cl. Up. Ho.

[For the text of the second endorsement see page 199.]
The House Adjourns till Two of the Clock in the Afternoon

Post Meridiem,

The House met according to Adjournment Called and all Present
as in the Morning.
A Bill to Supply some Defects in a Deed of Sale from Audry
Taylard widow to Philemon Hemsley and Ux^r of a Lott in An-
napolis now in the Possession of the Honourable Charles Calvert Esq^r
Read the second time by Especial Order & will pass, And sent to the
Upper House by John Beale Esq^r and Cap" Rob^t Gordon who return
and say they Delivered the same.
The House Appoint Friday next to Consider of the Report this
Day brought in by Coll Joseph Belt from the Committee of Ag-
greivances & Court of Justice.
The Bill for the Assessment of so much Tobacco on the Taxable
Inhabitants of Westminster Parish in Ann Arundell County as will
build them a new Church and purchase two acres of Land to build
the said Church on, was read & with the Amendments Proposed by
the Upper House passed for Ingrossing.
The Engrossed bill Entituled an Act for the Continuance of Pro-
cess in Baltemore County Court Sent to the Upper house with the
paper bill thereof by M^r Roger Mathews & M^r William Hamilton,
Who return & say they Delivered the same
The Engrossed bill Entituled an Act to Encourage the making
of Linen Cloath within this Province of flax or Hemp of the Growth