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Phillip Lee Esq^r from the Upper House Delivered to M^r Speaker
the Petition of Coll^o William Ennalls Indorsed thus,

By the Upper House of Assembly 23^d July 1731

Read & referred to the Consideration of the Lower House of
Assembly.
Signed p Order J. Ross Cl. Up. Ho.

Which Petition being read here leave was Given to bring in a bill
according to prayer.
Daniel Dulany Esq^r from the Committee of Laws Delivered M^r
Speaker a bill Entituled an Act Ascertaining the form of the Oath
of Judge or Justice.
Benjamin Tasker Esq^r from the Upper House Delivered to M^r
Speaker the Petition of Charles Slye Indorsed thus,

By the Upper House of Assembly 23^d Aug^t 1731

Read & recommended to the Consideration of the Lower House of
Assembly
Signed p order J Ross Cl. Up. Ho.

Which Petition was read here and Rejected.
The House Adjourns untill two of the Clock in the Afternoon

Monday Afternoon August the 23^rd 1731.
The House met According to Adjournment,
The Members were Called & all present as in the Morning.
The Bill Entituled an Act Ascertaining the form of the Oath of
Judge or Justice was read the first & second time by an Especial
Order & passed and Carried to the Upper House by M^r Speaker
attended by the other Members of this House.
M^r Speaker and the other Members of this [House] returned M^r
Speaker reassumed the Chair and acquainted the House he Delivered
the said Bill.

L. H. J.

Daniel Dulany Esq^r from the Committee of Laws Delivered to M^r
Speaker a bill Entituled An Act to remedy Defective Probates of
Accounts and giving further time for proving Accounts.
Edmund Jennings Esq^r hath the leave of the House to go to Prince
Georges County.
The Petition of Coll^o Rider praying leave to bring in a bill to Aid
the Defects in the Acknowledgement Enrollment & Indorsement of a
Deed from William Green to him was read and leave Given to bring
in a bill according to prayer.
A Bill Entituled an Act to remedy Defective probates of Accounts
&c^a was read the first and Second time by an Especial Order & Passed,

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