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called Sassafras Neck, Middle Neck, and Bohemia Manor; indorsed,
By the Upper House of Assembly, April 8, 1756. Read and referred
to the Consideration of the Lower House of Assembly; which was
here read, and ordered to lie on the Table.
Col. Fitzhugh, from the Committee appointed, brings in and
delivers to M.^r Speaker a Bill entituled, A further additional Supple-
mentary Act to an Act entituled, An Act for amending the Staple of
Tobacco, for preventing Frauds in his Majesty's Customs, and for
the Limitation of Officers Fees, which was read the first Time, and
ordered to lie on the Table.
The House adjourns until the Morrow Morning at 9 of the Clock.

L. H. J.
Liber No. 48
April 8

Friday Morning, April 9, 1756.

The House met according to Adjournment, &c.
M.^r Matthew Tilghman and M.^r Bordley appeared in the House.
Col. Fitzhugh hath Leave of the House to go home.
The Order of the Day being read; the Petition of sundry of the
Inhabitants of Caecil County, in the same Province, praying to have
the Court-House, for the said County, moved to Charles-Town, was
heard at the Bar by Council on both Sides: The House not having
had Time for a full Hearing thereon, Resolved, That the said
Petition be heard at the Bar of the House in the Afternoon.
The House adjourns till 2 of the Clock Afternoon.

Post-Meridiem.

The House met according to Adjournment, &c.
The Order of the Day being read; the House proceeded to a fur-

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ther Hearing on the Petition of sundry of the Inhabitants of Csecil
County, in the same Province, and referred the Consideration
thereof until the Morrow Morning.
The House adjourns until the Morrow Morning at 9 of the Clock.

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Saturday Morning, 10^th April, 1756.

The House met according to Adjournment: All the Members
appeared as Yesterday, except Capt. Smith and Col. Fitzhugh.
M.^r Thomas Reeder, M.^r Smallwood, M.^r John Mackall, and M.^r
John Goldsborough, have Leave to go home.
The House having taken into Consideration the Petition of sundry
of the Inhabitants of Caecil County, in the same Province :
On Motion, the Question was put, Whether the Court-House of
Caecil County shall be Removed, or Not ? Resolved in the Affirmative.

April 10