The Lower House. 223

To which Amendment the House would not agree and there-
upon Resolved that the Amendment proposed of One Moiety of
the Forfeiture to the Right honble the Lord Proprietary (instead of
the Charitable Intention to which it was applied) being extraordi-
nary and unprecedented this House conceive it more for the Safety
and Interest of the People to remain without such Bill than to Pass
it with such an unprecedented Amendment, and of which hereafter
Use may be made Prejudicial to the Rights and Liberty of the
People
James Harris Esq^r from the Upper House delivers M^r Speaker the
Bill entituled An Act investing Archibald Douglas of Cecil County
Son and Heir of William and Mary Douglas deceased with an
Estate in Fee Simple in the One Moiety of a Tract of Land called
the Level or Scutts Level lying in Baltimore County Indorsed
(See page 175)
Which Bill was here Read and Passed for Ingrossing
Philip Lee Esq^r from the Upper House delivers M^r Speaker the Bill
entituled A supplementary Act to the Act for Repairing the Dam-
ages already sustained in the Records of the &c^a Indorsed (See
page 175)
George Plater Esq^r from the Upper House delivers M^r Speaker
A Petition of Mary Penn a languishing Prisoner in Ann Arundel
County Goal Indorsed Referred by the Upper House to the Consid-
eration of the Lower House which Petition was here Read and
Granted
The House Adjourns to 2 of the Clock in the Afternoon

Post Meridiem
The House met according to Adjournment &c^a
Col^o Hammond from the Upper House delivers M^r Speaker the
Petition of Joseph Williams of Ann Arundel County Indorsed
Referred to the Consideration of the Lower House which Petition
was read and referred to the Examination of Col^o Hooper Captain
Gist and M^r Henry Hall and Ordered that they Report to the House
the Facts as they find
A Bill entituled An Act for the Relief of Charles Sewall of Saint
Marys County Esq^r and other Purposes therein mentioned was
brought in Read the first time and Ordered to lie on the table
Col^o Hooper from the Committee appointed to enquire into the
Allegations contained in Joseph Williams's Petition delivers M^r
Speaker the following Report
By the Committee appointed to enquire into the Allegations con-
tained in the Petition of Joseph Williams of Ann Arundel County
Praying Leave to bring in a Bill to cut of the Entail of 200 Acres
part of a Tract of Land called Williams Range containing 412 Acres
lying in Prince Georges County

L. H. J.
p. 281