228 Assembly Proceedings, May 1-June 12, 1739

U. H. J.
No. 734

Dispute, which cannot possibly produce any Good to the Publick but
must be attended with great Inconveniences
Sam: Ogle

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

A Bill from the Lower House by Mess^rs Henry and Wilkinson
Entituled An Act for ascertaining the Gauge of Barrels for Pork
and Beef and the Neat Quantity of Pork and Beef to be therein con-
tained thus Endorsed

By the Lower House of Assembly 15 May 1739
Read the first time & Ordered to lye on the Table
Signed p Order M Macnemara Cl Lo Ho.

By the Lower House of Assembly 17 May 1739
Read the second time 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
A Bill from the Lower House by Mess^rs Denton and Hall En-
tituled An Act empowering the Reverend John Lang Rector of S^t
James's Parish and his Successors to lease Lands thus Endorsed

By the Lower House of Assembly 16 May 1739
Read the first time and Ordered to lye on the Table
Signed p Order M Macnemara Cl Lo H.

By the Lower House of Assembly 17 May 1739
Read the second time and will pass
Signed p Order M Macnemara Cl Lo H.

Read the first time in this House & Ordered to lye on the Table
A Bill from the Lower House by Mess^rs King and Swann En-
tituled An Act for the cuting of an Entail and investing an Estate of
Inheritance in fee simple of and in part of a Tract of Land called
Coopers Purchase in Thomas Spalding and Catherine his Wife and
to entail other Lands lying in S^t Marys County in Lieu thereof thus
Endorsed