The Upper House. 517

Wednesday Morning the 29^th May 1751.
This house met again according to Adjournment

Present as Yesterday

Read the second Time the Bills following Viz. An Act continu-
ing An Act Entituled an Act to prevent certain Evils & Inconveni-
ences Attending the Sale of Strong Liquors and Running of Horse
Races near the yearly Meetings of the People called Quakers and to
prevent the Tumultuous Concourse of Negroes and other Slaves
during the said Meetings; An Act continuing an Act entituled an
Additional and explanatory Act to the Act entituled An Act impow-
ering the Commissioners of the County Courts to levy and raise
Tobacco to defray the Necessary Charges of their Counties & Par-
ishes; An Act continuing an Act entituled an additional Supplemen-
tary Act to the Act entituled an Act relating to Servants & Slaves ;
an Act continuing an Act entituled an Act to enable the Several and
Respective County Clerks within this Province to remove Some of
the County Records and Papers from the Publick Offices; an Act
continuing an Act Entituled an Act to exempt Persons appearing
at Musters from arrests in Civil Cases; An Act continuing an Act
Entituled a Supplementary Act to an Act entituled an Act laying an
Imposition on Negroes and Several Sorts of Liquors Imported and
also on Irish Servants to prevent the Importing too great a Number
of Papists into this Province; An Act entituled An Act Continuing
an Act Entituled an Act for the more effectual Punishment of Cer-
tain Offenders and for taking from them the Benefit of Clergy:
An Act entituled an Act Continuing an Act Entituled an Act for

U. H. J.
Liber No. 34
May 29

Punishment of Horse Stealers and other offenders; An Act to enable
the Vestrymen & Churchwardens of Durham parish in Charles
County for the Time being to Sell two Tracts of Land therein men-
tioned and to apply the Produce Money or Tobacco arising by such
Sale towards the Purchase of another Piece of Land to be made a
Glebe for the use of the Incumbent of that Parish and his Succes-
sors; An Act entituled an Act to enable the Justices of Charles County
to Levy a Sum of Tobacco on the Taxable Inhabitants of Port To-
bacco Parish in the said County for the purposes therein mentioned
& will pass, Sent to the Lower house by Daniel Dulany Esq.
Read the Second Time the Bill Entituled an Act for issuing Writts
of Replevin out of the County Courts of this Province; and the Bill
entituled An Act to oblige Attornies to prove their Lists of fees
before they Obtain Executions and will not Pass, sent to the Lower
house by Edmund Jenings Esq
Adjourned till 3 of the Clock in the afternoon

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