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Major King & Col Ennals to Confer with any Members your House
shall Appoint as proposed by Your Honours.
Signed p Order M Macnemara Cl. Lo. Ho.

By the Upper House of Assembly 4th Sept^r 1731.

Resolved That all Insolvent Debtors prefering Petitions to this
House to be released from their Imprisonment do give Notice to the
Justices of the Several County Courts in Open Court of their In-
tention of Applying to this House for relief two months at least
before their doing thereof, And that the persons so Applying pro-
duce to this House a Certificate under the hand of the Clerke of the
County of their having so done, Copies of which Certificates are to
be set up by them in the most publick places of their Countys to the
intent their Creditors knowing of such their Designe to Apply for
Redress may if they think Convenient oppose the same.
And it is Resolved that all persons applying to this House for any
private Bill to be passed in their favour give the same publick notice,
And that they alsoe produce a Certificate under the Clerks hand of
their having complyed with the s^d Resolve.
And it is further Resolved that unless the persons who Apply to
be released from their Imprisonment, or to have private bills passed
in their favour do Comply with the af^d Resolves, This House will
not take their Case into Consideration.
Ordered that the Clerke of this House send Copies of the Above
Resolves to the Sheriffs of the Severall Countys, to be made publick
by them, and that the severall Sheriffs after their having published
the same lodge them with the Clerks of their respective Counties
Signed p order John Ross Cl. Up. Ho.

U. H. J.

Adjourned till Two of the Clock in the afternoon.

Eodem Die post Meridiem
This House met again According to Adjournm^t
Present as in the Morning.
The following Message being prepared is Sent to the lower House
by Col. Holland.

By the Upper House of Assembly 4th September 1731.
Gentlemen.
In answer to your Message of Yesterday by Major King & Eleven
more in Relation to the leaving out some persons Enumerated in the
bill for Relief of Languishing prisoners, We are Surprised you
should expect we should give Reasons for our Resolution therein,
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