6 Assembly Proceedings, May 21-June 16, 1730.

U. H. J.

And Lastly it is proposed that there shall be three Storehouses on
each great River, two on the Eastern Shore and two or three on the
Western side of the Bay where Ships may Ride and Load. That
the Sallarys to the Inspectors will Amount to Three Thousand pound
p Annum That the charge of store houses Wharfs Cranes Scales
and Weights Prizes and other Incident Charges may probably amount
to Two Thousand pounds but if the Money Arising by the fee of
Two Shillings and six pence p hogshead falls short the Sallarys and
Expence to be proportion'd accordingly, and if it exceeds the Over-
plus may be apply'd towards rendering the Navigation more Easie,
Erecting of Beacons, clearing of Rivers &c or such other Uses as
shall be Judged most Advantageous to Trade The appointment of
fit places for storehouses the Sallarys to the Inspectors and other
regulations for the better Executing this scheme may be left to the
Governour with the Advice of the Council

Mr. Key and M^r Young attend with Coll Tho^s Trueman Greenfield
One of the Members Elected to Serve for S^t Marys County in Order
to see him Qualified, who took the Oaths to the Governm^t appointed
to be taken by Act of Assembly and subscribed the Abjuration and
Test according to the directions of the Act aforesaid and then with-
drew
Adjourned till to Morrow morning Nine of the Clock

May 22

Fryday Morning 22^d May 1730.
This House met again according to Adjournment.
Present as yesterday with the Addition of Coll^o Rider Read the
Petition of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of Chester Town com-
monly called New Town in Kent County and Ordered to be thus
Endorsed.

p. 6

By the Upper House of Assembly 22^d May 1730.

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

The following Message being prepared is sent to the Lower House
with the foregoing Petition by Coll^o Rider.

By the Upper House of Assembly 22^d May 1730

Gentlemen
The times of Sitting for the Dispatch of the Publick business of
this Province proposed in your Message of this day by Coll^o Fendall
are agreed to by this House
Signed p Order John Ross Cl. Up. Ho.