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mond William Hemsley Ralph Crabb and Walter Smith to Joyn such
Members of your House as you shall be pleased to Appoint to con-
sider the Subject matter proposed in your Message
Signed p Order M Macnemara Cl. Lo. Ho.

Adjourned till Two of the Clock in the Afternoon

Eodem Die post Meridiem
This House met again According to Adjournment
Present as in the Morning
The following Message being prepared is sent to the Lower House
by Phil Lloyd Esq^r Col. Ward and Mich^l Howard Esq^r

U. H. J.

By the Upper House of Assembly 26^th July 1732
Gentlemen
In Answer to your Message of this day by M^r Beal and five more
this House hath Appointed Philemon Lloyd Esq^r Col Matthew
Tilghman Ward and Michael Howard Esq^r members of this House
to joyn Mess^rs John Beale Joshua George Philip Hammond William
Hemsley Ralph Crabb and Walter Smith Members Appointed by
your House in the Conferrence by us proposed who are ready to At-
tend at the House of M^r George Neilson imediately
Signed p Order John Ross Cl. Up. Ho.

A Bill from the Lower House by M^r Beal & M^r Sprigg Entituled
an Act to Impower the Inhabitants of Ann Arundell and Prince
Georges Countys to make the Main Branch of the River Patuxent
Navigable above Queen Anne Town in Prince Georges County af^d
thus Endorsed

By the Lower House of Assembly July 26^th 1732
Read the first & second time by an Especial order & will pass
Signed p order M. Macnemara Cl. Lo. Ho.

Read the first time in this House & ordered to lye on the Table
Adjourned till to Morrow Morning Eight of the Clock

p. 192

Thursday Morning 27^th July 1732
This House met again According to Adjournment
Present as Yesterday

July 27