The Lower House. 6 r

The Petition of Queen Anns County praying Leave to bring in a
Bill to Erect a Bridge from Tully's Neck over the Beaver Dams, was
read; & referred to the Consideration of the next Session of As-
sembly.

L. H. J.

Lib. No. 45

The Petition of Talbot & Dorchester County's praying leave to
bring in a Bill to Erect Town near Parsons Landing, was read.
& leave given to bring in a Bill.
The House Adjourns untill to Morrow Morning Eight of the
Clock.

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Tuesday Morning March 20^th 1732.
The house met according to Adjournment &c.
Ordered on the Report of the Committee appointed to Enquire
into the Allegations of William Fells Petition that the Commis-
sioners in laying out the Town in Jones's Falls have regard not to
Include the Dwelling House. Garden and young Orchard of Edward
Fell, in the said Town.
M^r Alien from the Committee of Laws brings in a Bill Entituled
an Act for Limitation of Officer's fees. Which bill was read the first
Time; And ordered to lye on the Table.
Ordered on a Motion of a Member that a Bill be prepared to make
the Testimony of one Convicted Person legal Evidence against
another.
It being Moved by a Member that several Defective Acknowl-
edgments of Deeds have heretofore been taken in this Province.
Ordered that a Bill be Prepared to Aid those Defects.
M^r Alien from the Committee of Laws brings in a Bill Entituled
an Act for the Relief of poor Distressed Prisoners for Debt, Which
was read the first time & Ordered to lye on the Table.
Ordered that a Supplementary bill be brought in to the Act En-
tituled an Act for Erecting Benedict Leonard Town &c.
John Hall, Esq^r from the Upper House Delivered to M^r Speaker
the Bill Entituled an Act to Impower the Inhabitants of Ann arundell
and Prince Georges Counties to make the main Branch of the River
Patuxent navigable &c^a
Indorsed thus, [The text of this endorsement is printed at page 7.]
And thus, [This endorsement is printed at page 8.]
The House Adjourns untill two of the Clock in the Afternoon.

March 20

Tuesday, Post Merediem
The House met according to Adjournment &c.
Ordered that a Bill be prepared for the Regulation of Ordinary
Keepers.
Ordered that a Supplementary Bill be prepared to the Act for
summoning Grand & Petit Jurors.

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