446 Assembly Proceedings, April 23- June 5, 1740.

U. H. J.
Calvert.
Paper
No. 735

Quantity of Pork and Beef to be therein contained, and ordered
to lye on the Table
A Bill from the Lower House by Mess^rs Denton and Thomas
Entituled An Act for the speedy and effectual Publication of the
Laws of this Province and for the Encouragement of Jonas Green
of the City of Annapolis Printer thus Endorsed

By the Lower House of Assembly 8^th May 1740
Read the first time & ordered to lye on the Table
Signed p Order M Macnemara Cl Lo H.

By the Lower House of Assembly 8^th May 1740
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.
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 ten of the Clock

May 10

Saturday Morning 10^th May 1740

This House met again according to Adjournment Present as
yesterday

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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
A Message from the Lower House by Mess^rs Stoughton and
Sprigg

By the Lower House of Assembly 10^th May 1740
May 1t please your Honours
Had the many Objections made in your Message of the 8^th Instant
by Colonel Harris to Our Bill for issuing 2636 :16:3 for Encourage-
ment of Persons enlisting themselves in his Majestys Service been
proposed as Amendments, or had you left us any room to expect
Your Approbation of it with such Amendments We certainly should
have concurred with many of them, and the Others by Conferences
or otherwise, might have been so accommodated as that the Bill might