The Lower House. 213

Preamble to the Bill, insert the following One, Whereas the Lessen-
ing the yearly Allowances to the Members of both Houses of Assem-
bly will be a great Ease to the People of this Province, in the Pay-
ment of their public Dues; leave out the rest of the Bill, after the
Words no more, in the nth Line of the first Page, to the Word
repealed, in the last Line but three of the second Page.
" Signed per Order, J. Ross, Cl. Up. Ho."
Samuel Chamberlaine, Esq; from the Upper House, delivers to
Mr. Speaker, the Bill intituled, A Supplementary Act to an Act to
prevent the injuring Harbours, &c. indorsed, " By the Upper House
of Assembly, October 31, 1753. Read the second Time, and will
not pass "

L. H. J.
Liber No. 47
October 31

On motion, Leave given to bring in a Bill, To repeal the Act relat-
ing to the Breed of Deer; and to bring in a Bill, For the more effec-
tual Preservation of the Breed of Deer: Ordered, That the Com-
mittee of Laws do prepare and bring in a Bill accordingly.
On motion, Leave given, to bring in a Bill, For the Relief of
Persons that are accused of Crimes and thereof acquitted: Ordered,
That the Committee of Laws do prepare and bring in a Bill
accordingly.

The House adjourns till the morrow Morning 8 of the Clock.

p. 315

Thursday Morning, November i, 1753.
The House met according to Adjournment, &c.
Mr. Rasin, Major Ridgely, and Mr. Bond, appeared in the House.
The Bill intituled, An Act to impower the Commissioners of
Baltimore-Town, to make an Addition thereto of Thirty Two Acres
of Land, &c. was read the second Time and passed, and sent to the
Upper House by Mr. Govane, and Mr. Paca.
The following ingrossed Address, viz.
To his Excellency Horatio Sharpe, Esq; Governor and Commander
in Chief in and over the Province of Maryland.
The humble Address of the House of Delegates.
May it please your Excellency,
We beg Leave to lay before your Excellency, the Copy of a Report,
concurred to by this House, from the Committee of Grievances and
Courts of Justice, in Relation to Mr. Thomas Muir, the late Receiver
of his Lordship's Quit-Rents, in Dorchester County, who has greatly
oppressed Mr. Roger Hooper of the same County, by taking from
him a large Sum of Money, in a very illegal and oppressive Manner,
as by an Account, and the Resolves of this House hereunto annexed,
may appear; to which he has been heard at the Bar of this House.
And, to the End that so Manifest an Oppression may not go unpun-
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