The Lowcr House. 481

Causes in the Provincial Court and Adjournment of that Court thus
Endorst.

By the Upper House of Assembly 27^th July 1732

The Engrost bill whereof this is the Original is read and As-
sented to.
Signed p Order J Ross Cl. Up. Ho.

L. H. J.

Coll^o Hanson M^r Hemsley and M^r George bring in a bill Entituled
an Act for the speedy recovery of small Debts out of Court before
a Single Justice of the peace.
The Question put Whether the Clause to prevent making Seconds
Stand, Carried in the Affirmative.
The Question put Whether the Penalty for not Cutting up To-
bacco Stalk's shall be 400^tb or 200^lb of Tobacco, Carried that it shall
be 200^lb of Tobacco
The Question was put Whether the former Vote shall be resumed.
Carried in the Negative.
The Question was put Whether the time for Cutting up Tdbacco
Stalks shall stand as in the bill for Ascertaining the Gauge and Tare
of Tobacco Hogsheads to prevent Croping Cuting and Defacing
Tobacco taken board ships or Vessells upon freight to prevent false
packing of Tobacco and making Seconds, was read the second time
and past,

Sent to the Upper House by M^r Taylor and M^r Thomas Sheredine.
They return and say they Delivered the same
Upon Complaint made in this House that Warrants have been
Issued out of the Land Office and Located on Vast Tracts of Land
and so Continued without Execution for a long time whereby People
willing and Desirous to take up Lands have been Debarred from so
doing which has retarded the Settling the back parts of the Province
and Occasioned Several People to Settle in Virginia & Else where
who would have taken up Lands within this Province & Settled
thereon to the great Prejudice of his Lordship and the Country.
M^r Dulany, M^r Hammond, M^r George, M^r Goldsborough M^r Crabb,
M^r Taylor & M^r Allen are Appointed to Inspect into the proceedings
of the Land Office and to call before them such Persons as they shall
think proper and to Call for and Inspect the Records,, papers and
proceedings and to Draw an Address to his Excellency the Gov-
ernour.

The Engrost Bill for reviving an Act for Distroying Bears in
Somerset County was read and Assented to and sent to the Upper
House with the paper bill thereof by M^r Allen and M^r Needles, They
return and say they Delivered the Same

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