The Lower House. 597

Col. Hooper, from the Committee of Laws, delivers to Mr. Speaker
an Address to his Excellency the Governor; which was read, ap-
proved, and ordered to be Ingrossed.
Mr. Stoddert delivers to Mr. Speaker the following Report; viz.

By the Committee appointed by the Honourable the Lower House of
Assembly to make a Survey of the Public Buildings, and to
Report the State and Condition of the same. June 8, 1751.

L. H. J.
Liber No. 47
June 8

Your Committee, in Pursuance of such Appointment, having sur-
veyed the Public Buildings, do make Report thereof as follows :
The Stadt House below Stairs wants some Plaistering; the Seats
where the Court is held are out of Repair, and five Panes of Glass
are wanting. The Front Porch of the said House wants some Plais-
tering, and the Steps of the back Porch are quite decayed; likewise
some Stone or Bricks are wanting there.
In the Land Office, there are Benches and Shelves wanting, two
Panes of Sash Glass, as also Plaistering and Whitewashing.
In the Room where the Committee of Accounts sits, there are
wanting four Panes of Glass, two Benches, some Plaistering, and
Facing for one Window.
In the Anne Arundel County Office, there wants one Pane of Glass.
In the Secretary's Office, one Pain of Glass, and some Plaistering
is wanting.
The Commissary's Office wants a new Door, and one Pane of
Glass.
The Chancery Office wants a little Lathing and Plaistering, and the
Partition to be mended; also a new Lock to the Door.

The Room where the Committee of Laws sit, wants several Panes
of Glass, Facing to one Window, and Plaistering.
The Council Office wants Lathing and Plaistering; and the Assem-
bly Office the same; as likewise the Passage and Stair Case.
The Mayor's Court Office wants the Door-case to be mended, and
one Pane of Glass, and Plaistering.
The Staircase Window of the Stadt House wants two Panes of
Glass, and some Bricks over the Window-Frame, and some Plaister-
ing to the Wall; and the Passage up one Pair of Stairs to the Offices
wants Plaistering likewise.
The Repository wants the Covering mended; and there is a Gutter
wash'd by Rains at the North-West End of the Council House,
which, if not mended, may endanger the Building.
The Covering of the Council Chamber leaks in several Places
(particularly the North Gutter), and rusts the Arms; which we think,
by shifting some few Shingles carefully, may be made tight. Some
middle Bolts to the Windows are wanting, and the Windows and
Window-Frames themselves are much out of Repair; and Part of

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