The Upper House. 413

Saturday Morning 24 April 1736
This house met again according to Adjournment
Present as Yesterday
Read the second time the Bill Entituled an Act reviving and con-
tinuing an Act of Assembly of this Province Entituled an Act for
the speedy Recovery of small Debts out of Court before a single Jus-
tice of the Peace, and passed, & sent by Philip Lee Esq^r
Read the second time the following Bills, One Entituled an Act
to cut off the Entail of a tract of Land containing One hundred and
thirty Acres lying in Dorchester County being part of a tract of Land
called Goodridges Choice and to entail in Lieu thereof a Tract of
Land called the Hope containing fifty Acres, also another tract
called the Addition to the Hope containing One hundred & Seven-
teen Acres both lying in the said County of Dorchester.
2^d An Act to cut off the Entail of a Tract of Land lying in

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Dorchester County called Andertons Point containing One hun-
dred and Eight Acres and to Entail in Lieu thereof One hundred &
Eleven Acres of Land lying in the said County being part of a tract
of Land called Richardsons Choice
3^d An Act for the Payment of a Sum of Money to Andrew
Ramsay Henry Maccaul and William Gordon of Glasgow in the
Kingdom of Great Britain Merchants
4^th An Act to render the Navigation up Patuxent River above
Queen Anns Town in Prince Georges County more easy and effec-
tual, and passed and sent by Col Ward
A Bill from the Lower house by M^r Key and five more Entituled
an Act to remedy some Defects in an Indenture of Bargain and Sale
made and executed by Michael Curtis and Sarah his Wife late of S^t
Marys County deceased unto Charles Carrol Esq^r late of the City
of Annapolis deceased thus Endorsed

By the Lower house of Assembly 22 April 1736
Read the first time & ordered to lye on the Table
Signed p Order M Macnemara Cl Lo H.

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By the Lower house of Assembly 24 April 1736
Read the second time and will pass
Signed p Order M Macnemara Cl Lo H.

Read the first time in this house & ordered to lye on the Table
A Bill from the Lower house by M^rs Johnson and Wood En-
tituled an Act for Erecting a Town in Cecil County on the North

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