The Lower House. 143

was drawn Payable to himself, gave Judgment against the said
Whitaker for the sum of fifty shillings (altho the said Whitaker in-
sisted upon the said Hammond's producing the said Note, or making
the usual Affidavit, to wit, that the note was lost and could not be
found) and committed the said Nathaniel Whitaker to the Custody
of the Constable of the Hundred, in order to be conveyed to the
publick Goal of the said County, who continued in the Custody of the
said Constable, 'til he the said Whitaker did satisfy and pay the said
fifty Shillings and Costs thereon. Which partial and unprecedented
Proceeding we take to be an Oppression, and tends to alienate the
Minds of the People from the Right Honourable the Lord Proprie-
tary of this Province: But is humbly submitted to the Consideration
of your Honourable House.
Signed per Order E. Dorsey Cl. Com.
A Question was put, Whether this House will agree to 9 pound
of Tobacco per Side, for Copying and Recording in the Secretary's
Commissary's and Land Offices, and in the Chancery Court, and
Court of Appeals Resolved in the Negative

L. H. J.
Liber No. 46
p. 501

For the Negative

M^r Bond M^r Mackall M^r Wootton
Abell Harrison Sprigg
G. Willson N. Goldsborough Addison
Harris Lloyd Bordley
Carroll Thomas Pemberton
P. Hammond I. Goldsborough T. Wilkinson
Worthington Hooper T. Hammond
Hen. Hall Lecompte Hopper
Smith Hyland Purnell
Jos. Hall Sherredine Selby
Brome Paca

For the Affirmative

M^r Barnes M^r D. Willson M^r John Hall
I. Gresham Dennis Buchanan
R. Gresham Ennalls Gorden
Courts George Outten
Stoughton Colvill
King Pearce

The House adjourns 'til To-Morrow Morning at 9 of the Clock.

Friday Morning, September 6, 1745

The House met according to Adjournment, and the Proceedings
of Yesterday were read.

September 6