28 Assembly Proceedings, July 7-29, 1740.

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which were severally read and assented to by this House and ordered
to be so subscribed
Adjourned till to Morrow Morning ten of the Clock

July 25

Friday Morning 25 July 1740
This House met again according to Adjournment

Present as Yesterday with the Addition of Coi Levin Gale
An Engrossed Bill from the Lower House by M^rs Hooper and
Gordon Entituled an Act for the Benefit of the Poor and Encour-
agement of Industry thus subscribed
25 July 1740
Read and assented to by the Lower House of Assembly.

Signed p Order M Macnemara Cl. Lo. H.

Read and assented to by this House and ordered to be so subscribed
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
Read the second time the Bill Entituled an Act for the Tryal of
all Matters of Fact in the several Counties where they have arisen
or shall arise, and will not pass, and sent by Col Gale
Read the Journal of the Committee of Accounts and ordered to be
thus subscribed and sent by Philip Lee Esq^r
By the Upper House of Assembly 25 July 1740
Read and will be assented to when the following Allowances shall

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be made; 120^£ Tobacco to the Chancellor, 21250 1/2 to the Secretary,
56471/2 to Ditto 28000 to the Attorney General; the ferriages to the
Members of the Council on the Eastern Shoar, 3213 Tobacco and
120: 7: 9 Currency to the Clerk of the Council, the Particulars of the
above Charges except for the ferriages are herewith sent
Signed p Order John Ross Cl Up H.
A Bill from the Lower House by M^rs Goldsborough & Rumsey
Entituled an Act for the Relief of Samuel Deavor a languishing
Prisoner in Ann Arundel County Goal Michael Taylor a languishing
Prisoner in Prince Georges County Goal William Burroughs a lan-
guishing Prisoner in Kent County Goal, James Carter a languishing
Prisoner in Cecil County Goal Sarah Butcher a Languishing Pris-
oner in Dorchester County Goal and William Bigges a languishing
Prisoner in S^t Marys County Goal thus Endorsed
By the Lower House of Assembly 24 July 1740
Read the first time and ordered to lye on the Table
Signed p Order M Macnemara Cl Lo H.