126 Assembly Proceedings, Oct. 2-Nov. 17, 1753.

U. H. J.
Liber No. 34
November 5

Eodem Die Post Meridiem
This house met again according to Adjournment

Present as in the Morning

A Bill from the Lower house by Mess." Lee and Hawkins En-
tituled an Act to Cutt of the Entail of Part of a Tract of Land
called Charley now lying in Charles and Prince Georges Counties
and to Entail other Lands in lieu thereof of Equal Value thus
Endorsed

By the Lower house of Assembly 5 November 1753.

Read the first and Second time by an Especial Order and will
Pass
Signed p Order M Macnemara Cl Lo H

Read the first Time in this house & Ordered to lye on the Table
Read the second Time the Bill Entituled An Act for raising a
duty of three half Pence Sterling p hhd on all Tobacco Exported
out of this Province for the use of the Governor The Bill Entituled
an Act impowering the Justices of Prince Georges County to levy
on the Taxable Inhabitants of S.^t Pauls Parish in the said County
a Sum of Current Money for the uses therein mentioned, The Bill
Entituled an Act for the Relief of Thomas Barckley a Languishing
Prisoner in Kent County Goal — The Bill Entituled a Supplementary
& Explanatory Act to an Act Entituled an Act for the more Effectual
Punishment of Negroes and Other slaves and for taking away the

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Benefit of Clergy from Certain Offenders and a Supplementary Act
to An Act Entituled an Act to prevent the Tumultuous meetings &
Other Irregularities of Negroes and other Slaves, Passed and sent
to the Lower house by Col Hammond

An Engrossed Bill from the Lower house by Mess.^rs Golds-
borough and Edmonson Entituled an Act for the Adjournment &
Continuance of Talbot County Court thus Subscribed

5 November 1754.

Read and Assented to by the Lower house of Assembly
Signed p Order M Macnemara Cl Lo H

Read and Assented to by this house and Ordered to be so Sub-
scribed the Paper Bill so Endorsed is sent to the Lower house by
Samuel Chamberlain Esq^r

Col Hammond is sent to the Lower house to acquaint the Speaker
that his Excellency requires his immediate Attendance with the
Lower house in the Upper house to See the Bill Entituled an Act
for the Adjournment and Continuance of Talbot County receive the
Assent