320 Assembly Proceedings, Sept. 21-Oct. 29, 1742.

L. H. J.

Ordered that M^r Henry Hall administer to him the Oath of Office
prescribed

p. 321

M^r Hall acquaints M^r Speaker he did administer the Oath of Office
to M^r Marshe
Captain Gordon one of the returned Members for the City of
Annapolis appeared in the House
M^r Joshua George a Member returned to serve in this General
Assembly for Cecil County appeared in the House
M^r Calder and M^r Pearce sent to the Upper House to see them
qualified; they return and acquaint M^r Speaker they saw them quali-
fied by taking the several Oaths to the Government required by Law,
by signing the Oath of Abjuration and by repeating and signing the
Test.
On Motion of a Member for Leave to bring in a Bill for Trial of all
Matters of Fact in the several Counties where they have arisen or
shall arise
Leave given and Ordered, that the Committee of Laws prepare
and bring in such Bill
Col^o King from the Committee of Laws delivers M^r Speaker a
Bill entituled an Act for the Tryal of all matters of Fact in the
several Counties where they have arisen or shall arise; Read the first
time and Ordered to lie on the Table

The following Resolves Ordered to be Entred, as the Resolves
ot thus House viz ;

Resolved by the House, that the Members who are appointed as
Members of the Committee of Aggrievances, have likewise the Char-
acter of a Committee for Courts of Justice, and that that Character
and the Duty of such Committee, be annex'd to the said Committee
of Aggrievances as a standing part of their Duty
And that it be an Instruction to the said Committee, as a Commit-
tee of Courts of Justice that they observe the Nature of all the Com-
missions to the several Courts of Judicature within this Province,
and that they especially observe any Alterations, that may at any
time happen by accidental Omission, or otherwise therein, and par-
ticularly relating to such Words therein, as require the several Judges
and Justices to Hear, Try and Determine, according to the Laws
Statutes Ordinances and reasonable Customs of England, and of
this Province, or to such other Words as have relation thereto, and
that they shall immediately make Report to the House of any Altera-
tion that shall at any time happen in such Commission, and likewise
to have Regard as near as may be wherein they differ from the sev-
eral Forms of Commissions to the Judges and Justices in England
Likewise Resolved that it be an Instruction to the said Commit-
tee to inspect the Form of the Oaths of Office, that have been and
now are usually taken by the several Magistrates and that in case the