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Act of Assembly of this Province Entituled an Act for the more
effectual Punishment of certain Offenders and for taking from them
the Benefit of Clergy passed and sent by Philip Thomas Esqr
An Engrossed Bill from the Lower House by Messrs Broome and
Paca Entituled an Act Continuing an Act of Assembly of this
Province Entituled A Supplementary Act to the Act Entituled an
Act for the more effectual Punishment of Negroes and other Slaves
and for taking away the Benefit of Clergy from certain Offenders,
and to an Act entituled an Act to prevent the tumultuous Meetings
and other Irregularities of Negroes and other Slaves and directing
the manner of trying Slaves thus subscribed
24 May 1744
Read and Assented to by the Lower House of Assembly
Signed p Order M Macnemara Cl Lo Ho.
Read and Assented to by this House and Ordered to be so sub-
scribed
Adjourned till three 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 Limitation of
Officers fees and will not pass, sent by Col Plater
Read the second time the Bill entituled an Act for raising two
Pence sterling on every hhd of Tobacco exported out of this Prov-
ince for Payment of an Agent in Great Britain and for other services
of this Province therein mentioned and will not pass, sent by Daniel
Dulany Esqr
Read the second time the Bill entituled an Act to enable certain
Commissrs therein named to lay out forty Acres of Land into Eighty
Lotts for a Town on Indian River in Worcester County, and also
forty Acres of Land into Eighty Lotts at the head of Asseteague
Creek at a Place called the Trap, for a Town and will pass with
the following Amendment The Words, and they or the Major part of
them in 19th Line of 1st Page being left out, sent by Colo Lloyds
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