The Upper House. 539

Read and assented to by this house & Ordered to be so Subscribed

The Paper Bill so Endorsed is Sent to the Lower house by Richard
Lee Esq.^r

Adjourned till to Morrow Morning ten of the Clock

U. H. J.
Liber No. 34
July 24

Thursday Morning 25.^th July 1754
This house met again according to adjournment

Present as Yesterday
Message from the Lower house by Mess.^rs Lee and Bond
By the Lower house of Assembly 25 July 1754
May It pleas your honours.
As this house is very inclinable that an End be put to this Session
it will be agreeable if your honours Sent down the Continuing Bills
which lye before you.
Signed p Order M Macnemara Cl Lo. Ho.
Read the Second time the Bill Ent.^d an Act continuing an Act Ent.^d
an Act for Punishing of Horse Stealers and other offenders — The
Bill Ent.^a An Act continuing an Act Ent.^d an Act for destroying
of Wolves in Frederick County. — The Bill Ent.^d An Act Continuing
an Act Ent.^d an Act for the more effectual Punishment of Certain
offenders and for taking from them the Benefit of Clergy.
The Bill Ent.^d an Act continuing An Act Ent.^d An Act to enable
the Several and Respective County Clerks within this Province to
remove Some of the County Records and Papers from the Publick
offices. The Bill Ent.^d an Act an Act continuing an Act Ent.^d — a
Supplementary Act to Act Ent.^d an Act laying an Imposition on
Negroes and Several Sorts of Liquors imported and also on Irish
Servants to prevent the Importation to a great Number of Irish
Papists into this Province. The Bill Ent.^d an Act continuing Act
Ent.^d Act to make the Testimony of Convicted Persons legal against

July 25

Convicted Persons. The Bill Ent.^d An Act continuing an Act Ent.^d
an act preventing Persons appearing at Musters from arrests in
Civil Cases. The Bill Ent.^d An Act continuing an Act Ent.^d An
Additional Supplementary Act to the Act Ent.^d an Act relating to
Servants and Slaves. The Bill Ent.^d An Act continuing an Act Ent.^d
An additional Supplementary Act to the Act Ent.^d An Act impower-
ing the Commissioners of the County Courts to levy & Raise Tobacco
to defray the Necessary Charges of their Countys & Parishes. The
Bill Ent.^d an Act Continuing an Act Ent.^d an Act for the more Effec-
tual Punishment of Negroes and Other Slaves and for taking away
the Benefit of Clergy from Certain offenders and a Supplementary
Act to the Act Ent.^d An Act to prevent the tumultuous Meetings and
Other Irregularitys of Negroes and Other Slaves and directing the

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