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Gentlemen of the Upper House of Assembly
I am very much obliged to you for your kind Address and as I
have nothing so much at Heart as the Prosperity of the Province
you may depend upon my Readiness to Join with you in all such

reasonable Measures as shall be thought necessary for that Pur-

pose.
Samuel Ogle

Adjourned till two of the Clock in the Afternoon

Eodem Die post meridiem
This House met again according to Adjournment Present as in
the Morning
A Message from the Lower House by M^rs Sprigg & Trippe

By the Lower House of Assembly 24 March 1734
May it please your Honours
This House hath appointed Col. Gale M^r Trippe M^r Moale Major
Sprigge M^r Hemsley and M^r Tilghman to Join any Member your
House shall appoint as a Committee, to enquire into the Accounts
and Proceedings of the Commissioners of the Paper Currency.
Signed p order John Ross Ct. Up. Ho.

U. H. J.
Lib. No. 33

Read the Petition of the Vestry of Queen Caroline Parish in
Ann Arundel County and of M^r Caleb Dorsey and M^r John Dorsey
his son Praying that a Bill may be brought in to confirm to the
Vestry of the said Parish a title to two Acres of Land entailed by the
said Caleb Dorsey on the said John Dorsey and referred to the Con-
sideration of the lower House of Assembly
Read the Petition of Several Freeholders Inhabitants of Cecil
County and other parts of this Province Praying that a bill may
be brought in to prevent the woods being set on fire and recom-
mended to the Consideration of the Lower House of Assembly
Read the petition of the Rector Vestrymen and Church Wardens
of King & Queen Parish in St Mary's & Charles County praying
that a bill may be brought in to levy on the taxable Inhabitants of
the said Parish so much Tob^o as will suffice to build them a new
Church, and purchase two Acres of Land, and to repair Newport
Church and that the new church may be called Christ Church.
Referred to the Consideration of the Lower House of Assembly,
recommending that the Sum to be raised be in the paper Currency of
this Province.
The aforegoing Petitions sent to the Lower House by Benjⁿ
Tasker Esq^r

p. 317