428 Assembly Proceedings, July 11- August 8, 1732.

U. H. J.

parts of the Province (as Severall Members of this House protest
they themselves had not) and as Your Resolutions have not been so
long made, or so Carefully published, as that there is even a proba-
bility that the People in Generall had Oppertunity of being Ac-
quainted with them so it would (this house conceives) be hard to
inflict the highest punishment on any one for not complying Exactly
with any new Resolution, which is not promulgated so as that
every person concerned therein could have Sufficient knowledge
thereof; And that it would be Extreamly Rigorous to punish with
loss of Liberty or Life any person under Such Circumstances.
Signed p Order M Macnemara Cl. Lo. Ho.

p. 228

An Engrossed Bill from the Lower House by M^r Warfield and
M^r Middleton Entituled an Act to Explain part of An Act Entituled
an Act for the Advancement of Justice thus Subscribed

August 4^th 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 George
Plater Esq^r
The Journal of the Committee of Accounts is brought from the
Lower house by M^r Beale & three more thus Subscribed

4^th August 1732
Read and Assented to by the lower house of Assembly
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 a's in the Morning Except John Hall Esq^r
Two Engrossed Bills from the lower house by M^r Ward & M^r
Hopewell one Entituled an Act for raising Sixty Thousand pounds
of Tobacco on the Taxable Inhabitants of Durham parish in Charles
County for the building a Church; The other An Act for the Speedy
Recovery of Small Debts out of Court before a Single Majestrate
severally thus Subscribed

August 4^th 1732

Read & Assented to by the lower house of Assembly
Signed p order M Macnemara Cl. Lo. Ho.