88 Assembly Proceedings, Feb. 22-Mar. 26, 1755.

L.H.J.
Liber No. 48
March 20

Thursday Morning, 20^th March, 1755.

The House met according to Adjournment, &c.
The House adjourns till 2 of the Clock Afternoon.

Post-Meridiem.

The House met according to Adjournment, &c.
Benedict Calvert, Esq; from the Upper House, delivers to Mr.
Speaker, the Bill entituled, An Act to prevent the Importation of
German and French Papists, &c. Indorsed, by the Upper House of
Assembly 15 March 1755 Read he first Time and ordered to Lie on
the Table. Signed p Order J. Ross Cl: Up: Ho.
" And thus by the Upper House of Assembly, March 20, 1755,
Read the second Time and will pass, with the following Amendments ;
[Printed in full in Upper House Journal on pages 36-7.]

p. 72

George Plater, Esq; from the Upper House, delivers to Mr.
Speaker, the Bill entituled, An Act for regulating the Rates of Car-
riages, and Quartering Soldiers, in Public Houses within this Prov-
ince, for his Majesty's Service; Indorsed,

p. 73

"By the Upper House of Assembly, March 20, 1755, Read the
second Time and will pass, with the following Amendments; In the
11th Line of the first Page, after the Word Expedition, leave out,
to the Westward or North-Westward of this Province; after the
Word Forces, in the I4th Line, leave out, to any Part or Place
within this Province; after the Word aforesaid, in the I6th Line,
insert while they shall continue in the said Province.
Signed per Order, J. Ross, Cl. Up. Ho.

The House adjourns till the morrow Morning at 9 of the Clock.

March 21

Friday Morning, 21^th March, 1755.

The House met according to Adjournment, '&c.
On reading and considering the Amendments proposed by the
Upper House of Assembly, to the Bill entituled, An Act for prevent-
ing the Importation of German and French Papists, and Popish
Priests, and Jesuits, into this Province; and of Irish Papists, by Way
of Pennsylvania, or the Government of New-Castle, Kent, and Sus-
sex, on Delaware ;
This House doth not agree thereto.
Ordered, That the Bill entituled, An Act for preventing the Im-
portation of German and French Papists, &c. be printed among the
Proceedings of his House this Session; which Bill was in the follow-
ing Words, viz.