The Upper House. 151

Tuesday morning 9^th May 1738
This house met again according to Adjournment
Present as yesterday
Read the Petition of Sundry the Freeholders of Somerset County
praying Leave to bring in Bill to perpetuate the Boundaries of their
Lands in the said County either by Processioning or some other
manner as may be thought fit and Convenient Referred to the Con-
sideration of the Lower house of Assembly and sent by Philip
Lee Esq^r
Read the Petition of sundry the Inhabitants on the Seaboard side
of Somerset County praying that an act may be passed Enabling them
to export Wheat and Indian Corn as they might have done before the
making the Act prohibiting the. Exportation thereof.

U. H. J.
No. 33
May 9

Adjourned till two of the Clock in the afternoon

Eodem die Post Merediem
This house met again according to Adjournment
Present as in the morning
A Bill from the Lower house by Mess^rs Sprigg and Wootton en-
tituled an Act to empower the Justices of Prince Georges County to
raise levy and assess the money therein mentioned on the Taxable
Inhabitants of Queen Anns Parish in said County to repair the
Chappie in the said Parish and for applying part of what Tobacco
or Money shall be hereafter levyed on the application of such
Vestrymen and Church Wardens to the keeping the same Chappel
in repair for the future thus endorsed

By the Lower house of Assembly 9^th May 1738
Read the first and second time by an especial Order and will pass
Signed p Order M Macnemara Cl Lo H.

Read the first time in this house and Ordered to lye on the Table
Read the first time the Bill prepared in this house entituled an Act
to prohibit the Importation of and Selling Horses in this Province
brought from any Colony Province Plantation or Place on this
Continent into this Province and ordered to lye on the Table
Adjourned till to Morrow morning nine of the Clock

p. 520

Wednesday Morning 10^th May 1738
This house met again according to Adjournment
Present as yesterday
Read the second time the Bill entituled an Act for repealing that
part of an Act of Assembly entituled an act to prohibit the exporta-

May 10