The Lower House. 391

I presume, was ever since the Appointment of Clerks by the Secre-
tary: The Reasonableness of it I conceive to be founded on the Rule
of Respondeat Superior; by which the Secretary would, and has
always been looked upon, to be answerable for the Clerks Misbe-
haviour, in Case of the Insolvency of the Clerks or their Securities.
' I am, Sir,
' Your Excellency's Most obedient humble Servant,
'May 14, 1750.' 'Edm. Jenings.

Daniel Dulany, Esq; from the Upper House, delivers to Mr.
Speaker the Bill entituled, An Act to prevent the Exportation of
Trash, or bad Tobacco, Indorsed, " By the Upper House of Assem-
bly, May 14, 1750: " Read the first and second Time by an especial
Order, and will pass." Which Bill was read here, and passed for
Ingrossing.

L. H. J.

Liber No. 47
May 14

A Remonstrance of the Loss and Gain in the several Inspecting-
Houses in Anne Arundel County, by Order of the Justices of Anne
Arundel County, was delivered to Mr. Speaker, by Mr. Brice, Clerk
of the said County; and was read and referred for Consideration.
The House adjourns 'til Tomorrow Morning at 9 o'Clock.

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Tuesday Morning, May 15, 1750.

The House met according to Adjournment: The Members were
called, and all appeared as Yesterday. The Proceedings of Yester-
day were read.
Capt. Travers appeared in the House.
The Governor communicates to Mr. Speaker the following
Answer :
Gentlemen of the Lower House of Assembly,
I am desired by the Secretary to add, to what he has already said
on the Subject of your Address, in Relation to the County Clerks ;
That he looks upon an Agreement with the County Clerks, to receive
a proportionable Part of their annual Fees, to be strictly legal and
warrantable by the Common Law; and, agreeable to which, their
Commissions are worded.
Sam. Ogle.

The House, the Order of the Day being read, having taken into
Consideration the Act for amending the Staple of Tobacco, &c. the
Question was put, Whether the Paragraph in the said Law, that
inflicts the Punishment of Whipping of a Slave for transgressing
that Law, be altered; or not ? Resolved in the Negative.

May 15