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Other Lands and Tenements to the same uses read and Assented to
and sent to the Up^r House with the Paper Bills by M^r Tench Francis
and M^r Pemberton
A Bill Entituled a Supplementary Act to the Act Entituled an
Act for the Application of such Intestates estates as leave no Legal
representatives and for forceing proceedings against Timerary Ad-
ministrators read the first time and Ordered to Lye on the Table.
George Plater Esq^r from the Up^r House Delivers M^r Speaker
the following Message. ( See page 20. )
And the following Address to his Majesty. (See page 26.)
And the following Address to His Royal Highness the Prince of

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Wales ( See page 27. )
Col Mackall Delivers M^r Speaker the following Report.
By the Committee Appointed to Search the Journals and make
Enquirey into the former manner of Appointing Treasurers May 23^d
1737, Viz.

Col John Mackall M^r Philip Hammond
M^r William Stoughton M^r Tench Francis.

Who make Choice of Col John Mackall Chairman and Thomas
Lynn their Clerk.
We your Committee upon Enquiry find that few of the Journals of
this House until the Year 1693 have been preserved.
Upon Examining those few Journals we Cannot find any Transac-
tion about appointing Treasurers.
We find that on the 17^th of August 1695 the Lower House of As-
sembly Appointed a Treasurer on Each Shore of this Province
without any Concurrence of the Governour or Council that Appears.
We find that from the time of such Appointment hitherto upon
Vacancy's the Lower House of Assembly have Nominated all Pub-
lick Treasurers to receive the money of the Province and have
recommended them to the Upper House of Assembly for their Con-
currence in such Nomination and that such Nomination and Con-
currence Obtained have been the only Authorities Appearing in the
Journals of this House under which such Treasurers have acted
since the first mentioned Appointments and Submit the Same to the
Consideration of the House.
Signed p order of the Committee Tho^s Lynn

Michael Howard Esq^r from the Up^r House Delivers M^r Speaker
the Bill Entituled an Act to Encourage the Apprehending some
felons and for trying Accessaries to felonies &c^a Indorsed (See
page 20) which Bill was here read and passed for Ingrossing.

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