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Mess^rs Henry and Gale attend with M^r King One of the Members
elected for Somerset County in Order to see him qualified, who takes
the Oaths to the Government appointed to be take by Act of Assem-
bly and subscribes the Abjuration and Test and then withdrew
Adjourned till two of the Clock in the Afternoon

Eodem Die post Meridiem
This House met again according to Adjournment
Present as in the Morning
Adjourned till Monday Morning Nine of the Clock.

U. H. J.
No. 734

Monday Morning 7 May 1739
This House met again according to Adjournment

May 7

Present

The honble

Col. M. Tilghman Ward
Benjamin Tasker Esq.
George Plater Esq.

Edmund Jenings Esq.
James Hollyday Esq.

Mrs. Lloyd and Brannock from the Lower House attend with Mr
Hooper, Mr Trippe, and M^r Ennals three of the Members elected
for Dorchester County, and with Mr. Goldsborough One of the
Members elected for Talbot County in order to see them qualified,
who take the Oaths to the Government appointed to be taken by Act
of Assembly, and severally subscribe the Abjuration and Test and
then withdrew
Adjourned till two of the Clock in the Afternoon

Eodem Die post Meridiem
This House met again according to Adjournment
Present as in the Morning
Adjourned till to Morrow Morning Nine of the Clock

Tuesday Morning 8 May 1739
This House met again according to Adjournment
Present as Yesterday with the Addition of Col Hammond
A Bill from the Lower House by M^rs King and Sprigg Entituled
An Act reviving and continuing an Act of Assembly of this Province
Entituled an Act for the speedy Recovery of Small Debts out of
Court before a single Justice of the Peace thus Endorsed

By the Lower House of Assembly 7 May 1739
Read the first time and ordered to lye on the table
Signed p Order M. Macnemara Cl. Lo H.

May 8
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