210 Assembly Proceedings, Sept. 28-Dec. 16, 1757.

L.H.J.
Liber No. 49
Sept. 30

ince; and by the Act, entituled, An Act for his Majesty's Service,
and the more immediate Defence and Protection of the Frontier
Inhabitants of this Province ;] and the several Books in which the
said Accounts are kept.
Which were Ordered to lie on the Table.
The House adjourns until the Morrow Morning at 9 of the Clock.

Oct. 1

Saturday, I^st October, 1757.

The House met according to Adjournment: The Members were
called, and all appeared as Yesterday. The Proceedings of Yesterday
were Read.
Ordered, That the Petitioners, named in the Petition preferred
to this House, complaining of an undue Election had for Kent
County at the late Election, or such of the Petitioners as are now
attending this House, do, by Five of the Clock this Evening, point
out to the Sitting Members returned for the said County, such
Voters as they object to as illegal Votes, given at the said Election.

The Order of the Day being Read; the House proceeded to take
into Consideration the Petition of Mr. Henry Woodward, com-

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plaining of an undue Election and Return of a Delegate for the
City of Annapolis; and after hearing Council at the Bar, on Behalf
of the Petitioner, and of Dr. George Steuart the Sitting Member,
Referred the Consideration thereof until the Afternoon.

Th House adjourns for an Hour.
The House met according to Adjournment, &c.

The House proceeded on the Enquiry into the Petition of Henry
Woodward, against the Election of Delegates for the City of An-
napolis; and after hearing the Allegations of the said Mr. Henry
Woodward the Petitioner, and Dr. George Steuart the Sitting Mem-
ber, by their Council, upon the most mature Consideration of the
Merits of the said Election, Resolved, That the said Dr. George
Steuart, Returned as a Citizen and Delegate for the City of An-
napolis, is not duly Elected.

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do acquaint him, That he is Dismissed
from any further Attendance in the House; which Mr. Speaker
accordingly did.

Resolved Unanimously, That Mr. Henry Woodward is duly
Elected a Delegate for the City of Annapolis.

The Question was put, Whether the Mayor, Recorder, and Alder-
men, of the City of Annapolis, be sent for to alter the Return made
by them, in the Indenture annexed to the Writ of Election directed
to them, or Not Resolved in the Negative.