472 Assembly Proceedings, July 11-Aitgust 8, 1732.

L. H. J.

M^r Magruder, M^r George M^r Hammond & Cap" Hooper are
Ordered to bring in a bill to regulate the Gauge and Tare of Tobacco
Hogsheads &c.
The House Adjourns untill Three of the Clock in the Afternoon

Tuesday at Three of the Clock in the Afternoon.

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The House met, The Members Called, but few Present
Coll Joseph Belt made his Appearance in the House this Afternoon
The House Adjourns untill to Morrow Morning at Six of the
Clock

July 26

Wednesday Morning July the 26^th 1732

The House met according to Adjournm^t
The Members were Called and all Present as yesterday. The
proceedings of Yesterday were read.
Coll^o Gale hath leave to go home by reason of his Indisposition.

M^r Cumming from the Committee of Laws Delivered M^r Speaker
the Bill tor laying out the Town a New Called Marlborough Town in
Prince Georges County, And for Ascertaining the bounds thereof
Was read the first and second time and will pass and Sent to the
Upper House by M^r Crabb and Coll^o Belt, They return and say they
Delivered the same.
M^r Allen from the Committee of Laws delivers M^r Speaker an
Act reviving An Act for Distroying Bares in Somerset County was
read the first and second time and will pass, Sent to the Upper House
by Cap" Dashiel & Capⁿ Hopewell, They return and Acquaint M^r
Speaker they Delivered the same.
M^r Dulany from the Committee of Laws Delivers M^r Speaker the
bill for Ascertaining the form of the Oath of Judge or Justice, was
read & Assented to and Sent to the Upper House by M^r Dulany and
four more, who return and Acquaint, M^r Speaker they Delivered the
same
Robert Gordon Gentleman a Member returned for the City of
Annapolis makes his Appearance this Day in the House, Whereupon
M^r Speaker Orders M^r Dulany and M^r Hawkins to go .with said
Gordon to the Upper House to see him Qualified, They return and
Acquaint M^r Speaker they Saw him Qualified accordingly.
Cap" Hooper from the Committee of Laws Delivers M^r Speaker
the Engrost bill for the Erecting a Town on the South side of Chester
River in Queen Anns County for laying into Lotts Sixty Acres of
Land at the Mouth of the south East Branch on the south side thereof
on a point of Land known by the name of Hawkins's prize House
point, was read and Assented to and sent to the Upper house by
Cap" Wright and M^r Hemsley, They return and say they Delivered
the same