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By the Lower House of Assembly 13^th June 1730

Read and Assented to Except that Article of 525 pounds of To-
bacco to M^r Gibson for being Clerk to the Committee for Inspecting
the Records, it appearing to this House that M^r Denton hath Satisfied
the said M^r Gibson for the same
Signed p Order M: Macnemara Cl. Lo. Ho.

An Engrossed Bill from the Lower House by M^r Hemsley En-
tituled A Supplementary Act to the Act Entituled An Act for the
Establishment of Religious Worship in this Province according to the
Church of England and for the maintenance of Ministers being
Read is Ordered to be thus Subscribed.
13^th June 1730
Read & Assented to by the Upper House of Assembly
Signed p Order John Ross Cl. Up. Ho.

An Engrossed Bill from the Lower House by M^r Johnson and
M^r George Entituled An Act for the Relief of John Smith a Languish-
ing Prisoner in Cecil County Goal being read is Ordered to be thus
Subscribed
13^th June 1730
Read & Assented to by the Upper House of Assembly
Signed p Order John Ross Cl. Up. Ho.

The Several Paper Bills so Endorsed are sent to the Lower House
by Coll^o Rider
Read the Petition of the Inhabitants dwelling on the South side
of South River in Ann Arrundell County and Rejected
The following Message being prepared is sent to the Lower House
by John Hall Esq^r

By the Upper House of Assembly 13^th June 1730

U. H. J.

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Gentlemen
On Reading the Report of the Comittee of both Houses for Inspec-
tion of the Records of the Commissarys and Secretarys Offices and
having heard the Allegations of M^r Denton and M^r Beckingham in
their Justifications, this House is of Opinion that the said William
Beckingham enter into Recognizance before some one of His Lord-
ships Justices of the Provincial Court in the sum of Fifty pounds to
be and appear before next Provincial Court to Answer all such things
as shall be then and there Objected against him and in the mean
time that he be of good behaviour, and that upon his so doing lie be
discharged from the Serjeant at Arms attending this House, and
that M^r Denton defray the Charges of a private Bill passed this
Session for recording a Deed from M^r Vanbebber to M^r Bordley and

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