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Which was read and ordered to lie on the Table.
Col. Hammond, from the Upper House, delivers to Mr. Speaker,
a Petition of Mr. Horatio Samuel Middleton; a Petition of the
Incumbent and Vestrymen of Saint Michael's Parish, in Talbot
County; and, of James Tilghman, of said County, Attorney at Law,
and Anne his Wife; and, a Petition of Major George Beall, of
Frederick County; severally indorsed, "By the Upper House of
Assembly, referred to the Consideration of the Lower House of
Assembly."
Which Petitions were severally read here, and ordered to lie on
the Table.
George Plater, Esq; from the Upper House, delivers to Mr.
Speaker, the Bill intituled, An Act for the Trial o'f all Matters of
Fact, in the several Counties where they have arisen, or shall arise ;
indorsed, "By the Upper House of Assembly, October 23, 1753.
Read the Second Time, and will pass, with the following Amend-
ments. The Words, and not elsewhere, in the i2th Line of the first
Page, to be omitted; in igth Line of 3d Page, instead of Four, put
Five; in i6th Line of 5th Page, instead of Six, put Seven; leave out
the first Clause in Page 6, and instead thereof, insert the following
One, And be it Enacted, by the Authority, Advice and Consent afore-
said, That the Justices of Assize, Nisi Prius, and Goal Delivery,
shall, in all civil Cases to be tried before them, where any Person
concerned shall .desire the same, allow and direct special Verdicts to
be found; in iQth Line of the same Page, after the Word Terminer,
put, or during their Sitting; in I7th Line of Page 7, between the
Word on and Twenty, in the 8th Line of same Page, put these Words,
or delivered to the Defendant, or left at his or her last Place of
Abode; after the Word notwithstanding in the loth Page, insert the
following Clause, And whereas, since the last Provincial Court,
sundry Persons have been committed for Crimes and Misdemeanours
by them done, and Witnesses have been bound over to testify against
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