The Lower House. 463

Coll^o Rider from the Upper House Delivered to M^r Speaker the
Petition of the Rector Church Wardens & other Inhabitants of Prince
Georges County Indorsed thus.

By the Upper House of Assembly 20^th July 1732

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

Which Petition was read here and Granted.
The Bill Entituled an Act for the Tryal of all Matters of fact &c.
Read the first time and passed and sent to the Upper House by M^r
Crabb and Twelve more. They return and Acquaint M^r Speaker
they Delivered the same.
The House Adjourns untill Two of the Clock in the Afternoon.

Thursday afternoon,

The House met according to Adjournment, The Members were
Called & all Present as in the Morning
M^r Beale Absent thro Sickness
Cap" George Dashiel and M^r John Caldwell Members returned to
serve for Somerset County Appeared in the House this Afternoon
Daniel Sullivan's and Joseph Sedgwicks Petitions from Calvert
County Gaol praying releasement read & Granted.
A Petition of Roger Boyce of Calvert County praying leave to
bring in a Bill to record a Deed from Richard Smith to him read &
Granted
M^r Allen and Cap" Hooper were sent to the Upper House to see
Cap" Dashiel and M^r Caldwell Qualified, They return and acquaint
M^r Speaker they saw the same done.

L. H J.

The Petition of John Anderson of Dorchester County Coroner
Complaining of M^r John Brannock a Member of this House for
making an Escape as he therein Alledged from him as one of the
Coroners of Dorchester County to whom a Provincial Ca. Sa was
Directed, On hearing of both Parties at the Bar by Council, The
petition was read and rejected
The House Adjourns untill to Morrow Morning at Eight of the
Clock.

p. 378

Friday Morning July 21^st 1732.
The House met according to Adjournment.
The Members were Called and all Present as Yesterday.
The proceedings of Yesterday were read.

July 21