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Wicocomoco River in Somersett County, for laying into Lotts
fifteen Acres of Land in the fork thereof & at the Landing now

commonly called Handys or Carrs landing thus Subscribed

July 3 I^st 1732
Read & Assented to by the Lower house of Assembly
Signed p Order M. Macnemara Cl. Lo. Ho.

Read & Assented to by this house & ordered to be so Subscribed
the Paper bill so Endorsed is sent to the lower house by John
Hall Esq^r
The following Message being prepared is Sent to the lower house
by Col. Ward.

By the Upper house of Assembly 3 I^st July 1732
Gentlemen.
On Reading and Considering the report of the Conferrees in
relation to a paper Currency, and your Message of this day by M^r
Hanson & M^r Caldwell relating thereto We Concur with you in les-
sening the Com^rs Salary to fifty pounds p Ann. each for the first Year,
but as to the bills of Credit Discharging debts already contracted we
cannot agree thereto, for we Apprehend a Retrospect may have Mis-
chievous Consequences being Contrary to Natural Justice
Signed p order John Ross Cl. Up. Ho.

A Message from the Lower house by M^r Beale & M^r Courts.

By the lower house of Assembly July 31^st 1732
May it please your Honours
This house agrees to the Subject matter of your Message of this
day by Col Ward, and have ordered a bill to be prepared Accordingly
Signed p order M. Macnemara Cl. Lo. Ho.

Adjourned till to Morrow Morning Eight of the Clock.

U. H. J.

Tuesday Morning I^st August 1732.

This house met again According to Adjournment.
Present as Yesterday

Aug. 1

Read the second time the bill Entituled an Act for laying out a
new fifteen Acres of Land; part of the one hundred Acres of Land
formerly Erected into a Town comonly called Benedict Leonard
Town &c ordered to be thus Endorsed

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