222 Assembly Proceedings, May 1-June 12, 1739

U. H. J.

No. 734

eration of the Lower House of Assembly & sent by Edmund Jenings
Esq^r

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

Benjamin Tasker, Philip Lee George Plater, James Hollyday and
Levin Gale Esq^rs Members of this House having communicated
Letters directed to them severally as Naval Officers signed by
Stephen Bordley Clerk of the Committee of Aggrievances and
Courts of Justice desiring them to attend the said Committee at
three of the Clock this Afternoon; It is the Unanimous Opinion of
this House and do resolve accordingly, that it is inconsistent with the
Dignity of this House to suffer any of their Members to attend the
Lower House of Assembly much less any Committee of it upon any
Occasion whatsoever without Leave from this House, and that the
Members afore mentioned do not attend the said Committee

Adjourned till to Morrow Morning Nine of the Clock

May 16

Wednesday Morning 16 May 1739
This House met again according to Adjournment

Present as Yesterday

Mess^rs Colvile & Wilkinson from the Lower House attend with
M^r Rumsey One of the Members elected for Cecil County in Order
to see him qualified who takes the Oaths to the Government appointed
to be taken by Act of Assembly, and subscribes the Abjuration and
Test and then withdrew

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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

Read the Petition of sundry Persons interested in the Lots in
Snow hill Town in Somerset County praying An Act may pass to
have the aforesaid Town resurveyed agreeable to the former Act of
Assembly for laying out the same, and that the Lots may be ascer-
tained with Metes and Bounds as formerly, Referred to the Con-
sideration of the Lower House of Assembly & Sent by George
Plater Esq^r
Read the Petition of Henry Davis of Dorchester County praying
An Act may pass for the making null and void a Deed of Bargain