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Coll^o Ward from the Upper House delivered to M^r Speaker the
bill Entituled an Act for the Releif of James Peerman a prisoner in
Ann Artindell County Gaol Indorsed thus.

By the Upper House of Assembly 6^th June 1730
Read the first time and Ordered to Lye on the Table.
Signed p Order Jn^o Ross Cl. Up. Ho.

And thus, [The text of this endorsement is printed at page 29.]
And the Bill Entituled a Supplementary Act to the Act Entituled
an Act for the Laying out of Land and Erecting a Town in S^t
Marys County at a Place formerly Called Seymour Town, Indorsed
thus

By the Upper House of Assembly 6^th June 1730
Read the first time & Ordered to Lye on the Table.
Signed p Order Jn^o Ross Cl. Up. Ho.

And thus Indorsed. [The text of this endorsement is printed at
page 29.]

L. H. J.

The Bill Entituled an Act for the Releif of James Peerman &c.
was read here and passed for Ingrossing.
The Bill Entituled an Explanatory Act of the Act for the Direction
of Sherrifs in their Offices and restraining their ill practices within
this Province, was Read and Passed and Sent to the Upper House
by M^r George & M^r Chamberlain, Who return and say they Deliv-
ered the same.
The following Message [The text of this message is printed at
page 30.] Was sent to the Upper House with the Bill Entituled a
Supplementary Act to the Act Entituled an Act for the Laying out of
Land and Erecting a Town in Saint Marys County at a place formerly
called Seymour Town by Cap" Waughop and M^r Young. Who
return & say they Delivered the same.
Coll^o Tilghman from the Upper House delivered to M^r Speaker
the following Message. [The text of this message is printed at
page 31.]

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The following Message [The text of this message is printed
at page 31.] Was Sent to the Upper House by M^r Samuel Hanson
& M^r Key Who return & say they Delivered the same
A Bill Entituled an Act to Cut of an Entail of a Tract of Land
Called Marshes Seat Lying in Ann Arundell County and to Invest
William Vernon with an Estate in fee symple in the said Tract of
Land & to Settle a parcell of Land being part of three tracts of Land
called Happy Choice Clerks Groves and the Addition to Clerks
Groves lying in Prince Georges County on Thomas Knighton and the

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