460 Assembly Proceedings, May 8-May 30, 1754.

U. H. J.
Liber No. 34
May 27

Read the Petition of Severals Subscribers Inhabitants of Balti-
more County praying that a Road may be cleared from Octarara
Creek down said Creek and Susquehanna!! River to the Top of the
Tide Rejected — Read the Petition of Sundry Inhabitants of Charles
County praying that a warehouse may be erected on Nanjemy Creek
at Croxons Landing in the said County Rejected

Read the Petition of the Rector Vestrymen Churchwardens &
Principal Inhabitants of Port Tobacco Parish in Charles County
praying that 40000 pounds of Tobacco may be levyed on the Tax-
able Inhabitants of the said Parish for building a Chappel of Ease
in said Parish — The Petition of Several the Inhabitants of King and
Queen Parish in S.^t Marys County praying an Act to levy 20000
pounds of Tobacco to Repair the Parish Church in the said Parish —
The Petition of the Parishioners of S.^t Marys Whitechappel Parish

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in Dorchester County praying Three hundred and fifty Pounds Cur-
rent Money may be Levied on the taxable Inhabitants of the said
Parish towards building a New Church in the said Parish; Referred
to the Consideration of the Lower house and Sent by Benedict
Calvert Esquire

Read the Petition of the Rector Vestrymen and Churchwardens
and others Parishioners of S.^t Johns Parish in Baltimore County
Praying a Bill to Purchase 2 Acres of Land part of my Ladys
Manor to build a Chappel of Ease upon and also to appoint two
Inspectors for the Ware house at Joppa, and in the fork of Gun-
powder River in the said County Rejected
Adjourned till to Morrow Morning ten of the Clock

May 28

Tuesday Morning 28 May 1754,
This house met again according to Adjournment
Present as Yesterday

Two Bills from the Lower house by Mess.^rs Mackall and Lee, One
entituled an Act to make it Penal to Forge or counterfeit the Bills of
Credit of Pensilvania New York East or West Jerseys or the three
Lower Counties on Delaware called Newcastle Kent and Sussex or to
utter or Tender the same in Payment within this Province know-
ing them to be such — and an additional Supplementary Act to the
Act Entituled an Act for Amending the Staple of Tobacco for pre-
venting Frauds in his Majestys Customs and for the Limitation of
Officers Fees thus Endorsed.

By the Lower house of Assembly 24 May 1754
Read the first Time and Ordered to lye on the Table
Signed p Order M Macnemara Cl Lo H.