184 Assembly Proceedings, May 3-23, 1738.

L. H. J.
Lib. No. 45

Post Meridiem. The House met according to Adjournment.
The Bill Entituled an Act to encourage the making of Linnen
Cloth within this Province of Flax or Hemp of the growth thereof,
read the second time, passed, and sent to the Upper House by M^r
Moale and M^r Weems.
A Bill Entituled an Act reviving an Act of Assembly Entituled
a Supplementary Act to the Act Entituled an Act, laying an im-
position on Negroes and on Several Sorts of Liquors, and also on
Irish Servants to prevent the importing too great a Number of Irish
Papists into this Province. A Bill entituled an Act reviving an Act
of Assembly entituled an Act for the advancement of Justice, as also
an Act of Assembly intituled a Supplementary Act to the Act for
advancement of Justice. Severally read the second time, passed and
sent to the Upper House by M^r Henry and Captain Ennalls.
An ingrossed Bill Entituled an Act for repealing that part of an
Act of Assembly entituled an Act to prohibit the Exportation of
Grain, Bread and Flower, so far as relates to the Exportation of
Wheat Bread and Flower only, read and assented to, and sent to the
Upper House with the Paper Bill by M^r Waughop and M^r Weems.
The Bill entituled an Act reviving an Act of Assembly Entituled
an Act for naturalization read the second time, passed and sent to
the Upper House by M^r Sheredine and M^r Rumsey Col Hammond
from the Upper House delivers M^r Speaker a petition of W^rilliam
Biggs a languishing Prisoner in S^t Marys County Goal: A Petition
of W^rilliam Gibson a languishing prisoner in Queen Ann's County
Goal: a petition of James Ranton a languishing Prisoner in Prince
Georges County Goal, a petition of William Jones a languishing
Prisoner in Queen Anns County Goal: a Petition of Peter Hyat a

Vide
Black Book
No. 6 Letter
No. 53.
Petition
dated
April 20

languishing Prisoner in Prince Geo: County Goal also the petition
of Philip Finn & Ezekiel Orrick languishing prisoners in Ann Arun-
dell County Goal: were, severally read and leave given to bring in a
Bill.
M^r Matthews from the Committee of Aggreivances delivers M^r
Speaker the following report.

By the Committee of Aggrievances and Courts of Justice
May 11^th 1738

Your Committee having examined the latest Commissions they
could have of the Provincial and Assize Courts, find the same
agreable to the Resolves of your honourable House, and that the
several Magistrates therein mentioned took the Oaths of Judge or
Justice as by the late Act of Assembly is directed, and other Oaths
by Law appointed, and that Your Committee upon Enquiry into the
Commissions granted to the several County Courts The Clerk of

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the Councill informed your Committee that there hath been no