218 Assembly Proceedings, May 24-June 24, 1749.

U. H. J.
Liber No. 34
June 17

called the Eltham and which said forty Negroes were Carried Back
in the said Sloop to Virginia; Referred to the Consideration of the
Lower house and sent by Cot Plater
Adjourned till Monday Morning ten of the Clock

June 19

Monday Morning 19 June 1749
This House met again according to Adjournment

Present

The
Honourable

Benjamin Tasker Esq^r
Col. George Plater
Edmund Jenings Esq^r
Col Charles Hammond

Samuel Chamberlain Esq^r
Daniel Dulany Esq^r
Col Edward Lloyd
Benedict Calvert Esq^r

Adjourned till 3 of the Clock in the Afternoon

Eodem Die post Meridiem
This house met again according to Adjournment

Present as in the morning
Read the Petition of several the Inhabitants of Calvert County
praying Leave to bring in a Bill to lay out a new St. Leonards Creek
Town in the said County; Referred to the Consideration of the
Lower house and sent by Benedict Calvert Esq^r
A Bill from the Lower house by M^r Dulany and Heigh Entituled
an Act for the Speedy and Effectual Publication of the Laws of this
Province and for the encouragement of Jonas Green of the City of
Annapolis Printer; thus Endorsed
By the Lower house of Assembly 14 June 1749
Read the first time and Ordered to Lye on the Table
Signed p Order M Macnemara Cl Lo Ho.
By the Lower house of Assembly 19 June 1749

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Read the second time and will pass
Signed p Order M Macnemara Cl Lo H.
Read the first time in this house and Ordered to Lye on the Table
A Bill from the Lower house by Mess^rs Hooper and Davis Enti-
tuled an Act to Impower the justices of Queen Anns County Court
to sell the Materials of the Old Prison of that County and the Pro-
duce thereof to apply as therein directed thus Endorsed
By the Lower house of Assembly 15 June 1749
Read the first time and Ordered to Lye on the Table
Signed p Order M Macnemara Cl Lo. H.
By the Lower house of Assembly 19 June 1749
Read the second time and will pass
Signed p Order M Macnemara Cl. Lo. H.