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secreting Flats, Boats and other Vessels, drove by Distress of
Weather, or otherwise, from Landings or Moorings; which was read
the first Time, and ordered to lie on the Table.
The House adjourns till the morrow Morning 9 of the Clock.

L. H. J.
Liber No. 47
October 15

Tuesday Morning, October 16, 1753.

The House met according to Adjournment, &c. Mr. Gresham,
Mr. Tilghman, Capt. Hooper, Mr. Tillotson, Mr. Oldham, and Mr.
Falconar, appeared this Day in the House.
On motion, Leave given, to bring in a Bill, To enable the Pa-
rishoners of Part of St. Andrew's Parish, in St. Mary's County, to
choose Vestrymen, and Churchwardens: Ordered, That the Commit-
tee of Laws do prepare and bring in a Bill accordingly.
On motion, Leave given, to bring in a Bill, To impower the present
Visitors of St. Mary's County, to elect and choose a compleat Num-
ber of Visitors for the said County, in place of those deceased:

October 16

Ordered, That the Committee of Laws do prepare and bring in a
Bill accordingly.
Ordered, That Dr. Alexander Hamilton and Dr. George Steuart,
on their Applications to the Clerk of this House, have Summons's
for such Witnesses as they may require to attend at the Bar of this
House, on the morrow Morning at ten of the clock.
Mr. Tilghman, from the Committee of Laws, delivers to Mr.
Speaker a Bill, intituled, An Act to oblige Garnishees to discover
Goods and Effects attached in their Hands, and for other Purposes
therein mentioned.
And a Bill, intituled, An Act continuing an Act intituled, An Addi-
tional Supplementary Act to the Act intituled, An Act for laying
out and erecting a Town at a Place called Long-Point, on the West
Side of North-East River, in Caecil County; which Bills were sev-
erally read the first Time, and ordered to lie on the Table.
The House adjourns till 4 of the Clock Afternoon.

Post Meridiem,
The House met according to Adjournment.
Daniel Dulany, Esq; from the Committee of Laws, delivers to

Mr. Speaker a Bill, inlilulcd, An Act to impower the several Courts

within this Province, to order Commissions for the Examination of
Witnesses residing beyond Sea, and for the more easy Foreclosure of
Mortgages; which was read the first Time, and ordered to lie on the
Table.
Mr. Tilghman, from the Committee of Laws, delivers to Mr.
Speaker a Bill, intituled, A Supplementary Act to an Act intituled,

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