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Hogshead on all Tobacco Exported out of this Province for the
Uses therein Mentioned Indorsed thus.

By the Upper House of Assembly 5^th August. 1732

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

And the bill Entituled an Act Impowering a Committee to lay
Assess and Apportion the Publick Levy & Indorsed thus [The text
of this endorsement is printed at page 435.]
Which last Bill was read here and passed for Ingrossing

L H. J.

A Bill Entituled an Act for Continuing of Dorchester County
Court from the Second Tuesday of August Untill the Second Tues-
day of November next And for the further Continuance of Causes
in the said Court Read the first and second time by an Especial Order
and Passed And sent to the Upper House by M^r Taylor and M^r
Allen, They return and say they Delivered the Same.
M^r Benjamin Mackall hath leave to go home.
Coll^o Hanson hath leave to go home to Morrow
A Bill Entituled an Act for the Releif of Alexander Simmes and
Archibald Johnson Languishing Prisoners in St. Marys County
Gaol Read the first And second time by an Especial Order and Passed,
And sent to the Upper House by M^r Hemsley and M^r Hall. They
return and say they Delivered the same.
Au Ingrossed bill Entituled an Act for laying an Imposition o±
three pence p Hogshead on all Tobacco to be Exported out of this
Province for the Uses Mentioned Read and Assented to.
The Mony Journal read & Assented to
The House Adjourns untill Monday Morning at Seven of the
Clock.

p. 432

Monday Morning August 7^th 1732.
The House met According to Adjournment.
The Members were Called and All Present as on Saturday, The
proceedings of Saturday were read.
An Ingrossed bill Entituled an Act for raising a Duty of three
pence p Hogshead &c. And the paper bill thereof Sent to the Upper
House by Maj^r Sprigg & M^r Middleton.
They return and Say they Delivered the same.
The Mony Journal was sent to the Upper House by M^r Beale
and Coll Ward, They return and say they Delivered the same.
An Ingrossed bill Entituled an Act Impowering a Committee to
lay Assess and Apportion the Publick Levy &c. Read and Assented

Aug. 7