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purchase in Thomas Spalding and Catherine his Wife and to Intail
other Lands lying in St. Mary's County in Lieu thereof.
A Bill for Continuing An Act of Assembly of this Province
Entituled An Act to prevent cutting up Tobacco Plants Destroying
Tobacco and Tobacco plants and for ascertaining the punishment of
Criminals guilty of the said Offences A Bill Empowering the
Reverend John Lang Rector of S^t James's Parish and his Successors
to Lease lands A Bill for Reviving the Acts for Advancement of
Justice A Bill Empowering the Justices of Prince Georges County
to levy on the Taxable Inhabitants of Queen Anns Parish in the
said County the sum of one hundred pounds current money of Mary-
land for the uses therein mentioned

A Bill for Reviving An Act Entituled An Act for naturalization
A Bill Entituled An Act for Encouragement of Abraham Wood
of Saint Marys County
A Bill Reviving the Supplementary Act to the Act laying an
Imposition on Negroes and Sundry Sorts of Liquors Imported and
on Irish Servants to prevent the Importing too great a number of
Irish Papists into this Province
A Bill for the relief of Levin Hill, Thomas Gough, Ezekiel Orrick,
Samuel Deavor and Thomas Somes languishing Prisioners in Ann
Arundell County Goal, Sarah Butcher, a languishing Prisoner in
Dorchester County Goal, William Biggs a languishing Prisoner in
Saint Marys County Goal, James Ranton, Peter Hyatt languishing
Prisoners in Prince Georges County Goal and William Gibson a
languishing prisoner in Queen Anns County Goal
A Bill for the Benefit of the Poor and Encouragement of Industry
A Bill for Continuing An Act of Assembly of this province En-
tituled An Act Ascertaining the Gauge and Tare of Tobacco Hogs-
heads and to prevent cutting cropping and defacing Tobacco taken
on Board Ships or Vessels upon Freight all which paper Bills were
severally thus endorsed

By the Upper House of Assembly 9^th June 1739

The Engrossed Bill whereof this is the Originall is read and
Assented to
Signed p Order J Ross Cl Up Ho.

The Engrossed Bill Impowering the Justices of Calvert County
to repair the court House of that County by an Assessment on the
Inhabitants thereof was read and passed and sent to the Upper
House with the Paper Bill by Mess^rs Weems and Hall who return
and say they delivered it
Edmund Jenings Esq^r from the Upper House delivers to M^r
Speaker the Ingrossed Bill Entituled An Act concerning the Build-

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