The Upper House. 17

Read the first time in this house & Ordered to Lye on the Table.
A Bill from the Lower house by Mess^rs Johnson and Wilson En-
tituled an Act Empowering the Justices of Cecil County Court to
Levy on the Taxable Inhabitants of S^t Stephens North Sassafras
Parish the Sum of two hundred and Eighty pounds Current money
of Maryland at two Equal Assessments thus Endorsed

By the Lower house of Assembly 17^th May 1737

Read the first time and Ordered to Lye on the Table
Signed p^r order M Macnemara Cl L^o H.

By the Lower house of Assembly 19^th May 1737

Read the second time and will pass
Signed p^r Order M Macnemara Cl L^o H.

Read the first time in this house and Ordered to Lye on the Table
Adjourned till to Morrow Morning Nine of the Clock.

U. H. J.
Lib. No. 33

Friday Morning 20^th May 1737
This house mett again according to Adjournment
Present as yesterday

The Bill prepared in this house, Entituled a Supplementary Act to
the Act Entituled an Act for the more Effectuall punishment of
negroes and other Slaves and for taking away the Benefit of Clergy
from certain Offenders, and to an Act Entituled an Act to prevent
the Tumultuous Meetings and other Irregularities of negroes and
other Slaves and Directing the manner of trying of Slaves, is brought
from the Lower house by Mess^rs George and Courts thus Endorsed.

By the Lower house of Assembly 17 May 1737

Read the first time and Ordered to Lye on the Table.
Signed p^r Order M Macnemara Cl L^o H.

By the Lower house of Assembly 19^th May 1737

Read the second time with the Amendm^ts herewith sent and will
pass
Signed p^r Order M. Macnemara Cl L^o H.

By the Lower house of Assembly 19^th May 1737

Amendments to the Bill Entituled a Supplementary Act to the Act
Entituled an Act for the more Effectual Punishment of Negroes and
other Slaves and for taking away the Benefit of Clergy from certain

2

May 20
p. 468