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him; after great Noise and Disturbance of this Sort the Serjeant
says, that he seized his Halbert, and made a Pass at Jordan, and by
this Means cleared the House of the Rioters, locked the Doors, and
placed some other Recruits as Centinels, and was obliged to keep in
the House, from about One in the Afternoon, till the Evening, when
some Gentlemen, coming by, reprimanded the Mob, who had all that
Time beset the House with Clubs and Stones: John Hamwood and
William Swallow, two of the Soldiers raised in Maryland, confirm
this, and say further, that Jordan cursed King George and his
Soldiers.
Sir, I shall be glad to see you here To-morrow, for I don't know
but we may march on Tuesday, having been long detained for Want
of Waggons, and shall be obliged to go, I fear, with few at last.
I am, your very humble Servant,
Joshua Fry.
To the Reverend Mr. Henry Addison.
We have compared this with the Original, and do declare it to be a
true and faithful Copy,
Henry Addison,
John Addison,
William Murdock.
Which was read and ordered to lie on the Table.
Benedict Calvert, Esq; from the Upper House, delivers to Mr.
Speaker the Bill entituled, An Act for the Adjournment of the Pro-
vincial Court; indorsed, " By the Upper House of Assembly, May 2 1 ,
1754. Read the second Time, and will not pass.
The House adjourns till 2 of the Clock Afternoon.
Post-Meridiem.
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Liber No. 47
May 21
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The House met according to Adjournment, &c.
Mr. Falconar appeared in the House.
Richard Lee, Esq; from the Upper House, delivers to Mr. Speaker
the Bill entituled, An Act for his Majesty's Service; indorsed, " By
the Upper House of Assembly, May 21, 1754. Read the second
Time, and will pass, with the following Amendments :
" In the loth Line of the 3d Page, between the Words of and
one, put three Hundred Pounds Sterling to the Treasurer or Trea-
surers for the Time being. After the Word made, in the 13th Line
of the 4th Page, to the Words Thirty Shillings, in the 8th Line of
5th Page, to be left out, and the following Words inserted, to any
Justice of the Peace, such Justice is hereby strictly enjoined and
required to bind the said Hawker, Pedlar, or Petty Chapman, over
to the next County Court, where the said Hawker, Pedlar, or Petty
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