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Ordered that no Accounts for Public Claims, be received after the :
12^th Instant
Ordered also that no Petitions be received in this House after the
12^th Instant
The House Adjourns until 2 of the Clock in the Afternoon

Post Meridiem

The House met according to Adjournment &c^a
Captain Richard Harrison M^r Lloyd and M^r Sheredine appeared
in the House this Afternoon
The Bill entituled An Act to prevent the ill Practices of Sheriffs
in the Collecting and Payment of the Public and County Levies,
Read and committed for Amendments
Edmund Jenings Esq^r from the Upper House delivers M^r Speaker
several Petitions of Prisoners for Debt, in the several Goals in this
Province Indorsed By the Upper House of Assembly, Referred to
the Consideration of the Lower House which Petitions were here
Read and Ordered to lie on the Table
The House Adjourns until the Morrow Morning at nine of the
Clock

L. H. J.

Tuesday Morning October 5. 1742

The House met according to Adjournment &c^a
Mess^rs John and Richard Gresham with M^r John Goldsborough
appeared this day
The Bill entituled An Act for Limitation of Officers Fees was
committed to the Committee of Laws for Amendments
The Bill entituled A Supplementary Act to the Act entituled An
Act for repairing the Damages already Sustained in the Records of
the Land Secretarys Commissarys and County Court Offices and for
Security of the same Records for the future was read the second
time and will pass
The House Adjourns until 2 of the Clock in the Afternoon

Post Meridiem

The House met again according to Adjournment &c^a
This day being appointed by Reference for Consideration of his
Lordships Speech it is Referred for Consideration to a further day
The House Adjourns until to Morrow Morning at 9 of the Clock

October 5

Wednesday Morning October 6. 1742

The House met according to Adjournment &c^a
All Members appeared at the call that were present Yesterday

October 6