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That M^r Solomon Clayton M^r William Hemsley M^r William
Elliot and M^r Edward Wright Sen^r Members returned for Queen

Anns County are duly Elected.
That M^r John Edmundson M^r Perry Benson M^r Edward Needles
and M^r Nicholas Goldsborough Members returned for Talbot County
are Duly Elected.
That M^r Peter Taylor Cap" Henry Hooper M^r Thomas Woolford
and M^r John Brannock Members returned for Dorchester County
are Duly Elected.
That Coll^o Levin Gale M^r Francis Allen, M^r John Caldwell and
Cap" George Dashiel Members returned for Somerset County are
duly Elected.
That M^r William Cumming one of the Members returned for the
City of Annapolis is duly Elected.
And your Committee having Examined the Polls taken for Cap"
Robert Gordon and M^r Vachel Denton Candidates at an Election for
the City of Annapolis aforesaid and haveing heard the Allegations
of both parties and their Witnesses and Council in Relation to the
said Election and also having Considered the Charter of the said
City and the Manner of Elections therein Prescribed, We find an
Equal Number of Votes on Each Pole taken for the Candidates
aforesaid, But for that it Appears to this Committee that the Charter
of the said City was not Pursued & the Manner of Elections Observed
as therein Directed

Therefore your Committee are of Opinion that the said Cap"
Robert Gordon is not duly Elected
All which we Submitt to the Consideration of the House
Signed p Order John Gibson Cl. Com.

L. H. J.

Coll^o Tilghman Coll^o Ward and Michael Howard Esq^r from the
Upper House of Assembly Delivered to M^r Speaker the following
Message. [The text of this message is printed at page 382.]
The House Concur with the said Report M^r Gordon is Discharged
from further Attendance on this House.
Ordered that the Clerk Issue Warrant to the Secretary to Issue
a new Writt of Election Directed to the Mayor Recorder and Alder-
man of the City of Annapolis.
Ordered that no Petition be received after Saturday.
The House Adjourns untill Two of the Clock in the Afternoon.

Wednesday at Two of the Clock in the Afternoon.

The House met according to Adjournment, The Members were
Called and all Present as in the Morning.
M^r Smith is Added to the Committee of Accounts.

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