240 Assembly Proceedings, March 12-March 29, 1745/6.

U. H. J.
Liber No. 34

By the Lower House of Assembly 20 March 1745
May it please Your Honours
This House hath appointed M^r Philip Hammond Col^o King
Doctor Buchanan and M^r Tilghman to join the Members nominated
by your House for drawing up an Association
Signed p Order W^m Tilghman Ct Lo Ho.
Adjourned till three of the Clock in the Afternoon

p. 109

Eodem Die post Meridiem
This House met again according to Adjournment

Present as in the Morning
Mess^rs Hynson and Ennalls from the Lower House attend with
M^r Francis Lee a Member elected for Dorchester County in Order
to see him Qualified who takes the Oaths to the Government ap-
pointed to be taken by Act of Assembly repeats and subscribes the
Abjuration and Test and then withdrew
A Bill from the Lower House by Mess^rs Wilkinson and Henry
Entit^d an Act continuing an Act of Assembly of this Province Enti-
tuled an Act for the better Relief of poor Debtors thus endorsed
By the Lower House of Assembly 17 March 1745
Read the first time and Ordered to lie on the Table
Signed p Order W^m Tilghman Cl Lo Ho.
By the Lower House of Assembly 20 March 1745
Read the second time and will pass
Signed p Order W^m Tilghman Cl Lo Ho.

Read the first Time in this House and Ordered to lie on the Table
The following Message is sent to the Lower House by Richard
Lee Esq^r
By the Upper House of Assembly 20 March 1745
Gentlemen
This house hath appointed Richard Lee Esq^r to join the Mem-
bers named by your House in a Committee to inspect the Accounts
& Proceedings of the Commissioners of the Paper Currency Office
Signed p Order J Ross Ct Up Ho.
Adjourned till to Morrow Morning ten of the Clock

March 21

Friday Morning 21^st March 1745
This House met again according to Adjournment
Present as Yesterday
A Bill from the Lower House by Mess^rs Smith and Thomas Ent^d
an Act for the Tryal of all matters of Fact in the several Counties
where they have arisen or shall arise thus Endorsed