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Sum of 150l. Current Money, to be applied to repairing the Rails
of the Grave- Yard, &c. was read and granted.
In Pursuance of the Order of this Day, the House proceeded to
take into further Consideration the Petition of Doctor Alexander
Hamilton, and after Examination of several Witnesses; Ordered,
That the same be taken into Consideration on the morrow Morning.

L. H. J.
Liber No. 47
October 17

The House adjourns till the morrow Morning 9 of the Clock.

p. 278

Thursday Morning, October 18, 1753.

The House met according to Adjournment, &c.
On motion, Leave given, to bring in a Bill, For granting Fees to
the several Justices of the County Courts, and for repealing that Part
of the Act of Assembly which grants an Allowance of 8o Ibs. of
Tobacco per Day, to the said Justices: Ordered, That the Commit-
tee of Laws to prepare and bring in a Bill accordingly.
The Bill intituled, An Act to oblige Garnishees to discover Goods
and Effects attached in their Hands, and for other Purposes therein
mentioned; was read a second Time and passed.
In Pursuance of the Order of the Day, the House proceeded to
take into further Consideration the Petition of Doctor Alexander
Hamilton, and after Examination of Witnesses; Ordered, That the
said Petition be taken into Consideration in the Afternoon.
The House adjourns till 2 of the Clock Afternoon.

Post-Meridiem.

The House met according to Adjournment.
Upon the Question being put, Whether the Statute made in the
second Year of the present King, intituled, An Act for the more
effectual preventing Bribery and Corruption, in the Elections of
Members to serve in Parliament, ought to be received as a Law within
this Province?
Resolved unanimously in the Affirmative.
Resolved also unanimously, That all the Statutes of England, made
for the Security, Confirmation, or Advancement, of the Rights, Lib-
erties and Privileges of the British Subject, for the Prevention or
Detection of Bribery and Corruption, and the Maintenance and Pres-
ervation of Freedom in Elections, the Direction and Regulation of
Returning Officers in their Duty, and the Qualification of Electors,
except in such cases wherein sufficient Provision hath been or shall
be estabished by Acts of Assembly, have the force of Laws within
this Province, and as such ought uniformly and inviolably to be
received and observed.

October 18