436 Assembly Proceedings, Feb. 23-May 22, 1756.

L.H.J.
Liber No. 48
May 21

By the Upper House of Assembly, May 21, 1756.
Gentlemen,
This House agrees, that the Treasurer of the Western Shore send
to England, for the Use of the Public, for Books, Paper, Parchment,
and Ink-Powder, to the Amount of Thirty Pounds Sterling; and that
M.^r Hunt be directed to pay for the same out of the Public Money
lodged in his Hands for the Use of the Public.
Signed p Order, J. Ross, Cl. Up. Ho.

Benedict Calvert, Esq; from the Upper House, delivers to M.^r
Speaker the Bill entituled, An Act for suppressing certain Ware-
houses therein mentioned; and the Bill entituled, An Act for pre-
venting the Importation of German and French Papists, &c. sever-
ally indorsed, By the Upper House of Assembly, May 21, 1756.
Read the second Time, and will not pass.
Signed p Order, J. Ross, Cl. Up. Ho.

Richard Lee, Esq; from the Upper House, delivers to M.^r Speaker
the Bill entituled, An Act to impower the Justices of the several
County Courts, to make Provision for the late Inhabitants of Nova-
Scotia, &c. and the Bill entituled, An Act for the Assessment and
Payment of the Public Charge of this Province; severally indorsed,
By the Upper House of Assembly, May 21, 1756. Read the second
Time, and will pass.
Signed p Order, J. Ross, Cl. Up. Ho.

Which Bills were severally read here, and passed for ingrossing.
Samuel Chamberlaine, Esq; from the Upper House, delivers to
M.^r Speaker the Bill entituled, An Act for preventing all Retailers
of Liquors from selling in small Quantities; indorsed, By the Upper
House of Assembly, May 21, 1756. Read the second Time, and will
pass, the Appropriation of the Fines in the several Places of the Bill
being left out.
Signed p Order, J. Ross, Cl. Up. Ho.

Which Bill was here read, with the Amendment proposed, and
with which Amendment this House doth not concur.
A Motion, that Leave be given to bring in a Bill, To make Pro-
vision for the Children of M.^r Thomas Cresap, junior, who was
slain in a late Battle with a Party of Indian Enemies, was granted.
Ordered, That the Committee of Laws do prepare and bring in a
Bill accordingly.
The House adjourns until the Morrow Morning at 8 of the Clock.

May 22

Saturday Morning, 22^d May, 1756.
The House met according to Adjournment, &c.
M.^r Lloyd, from the Committee of Laws, brings in and delivers
to M.^r Speaker an ingrossed Bill entituled, An Act to impower the