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and Col. Tasker to join the Gentlemen appointed by your House
for that Purpose.
Signed p Order, J. Ross, Cl Up Ho

The Bill, entituled, An Act for Reducing the Allowances of the
Members of the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, was Read
the second Time, and will pass with the following Amendments, viz.^t
By the Lower House of Assembly, 8^th December, 1757.

L. H. J.
Liber No. 49
Dec. 8

Amendments proposed by the Lower House of Assembly to the
Bill, entituled, An Act for Reducing the Allowances of the Members
of the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly.
In the Title of the Bill, after the Word Allowances, in the first
Line, leave out the Words of the Members of the Upper and Lower
Houses of Assembly; and instead thereof, insert the following Words
of the Councillors, Deputies, and Delegates, that shall serve in the
General Assembly, and of the Commissioners of the Provincial and
County Courts of this Province, and for procuring the Independency
of the said Deputies and Delegates.

After the Word thereof, in the third Line, leave out to the End
of the Preamble.
In the first Page, leave out the first Enacting Clause; and instead
thereof, insert the following Clauses.
Be it Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary, by
and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's Governor, and
the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and the Authority of
the same, That there shall be allowed to each Councillor, for each
Day he shall serve and attend in the Upper House, from and after
the End of this Session, for and during the Term of Four Years,
then next following, besides the usual Allowance for itinerant
Charges, the Sum of Seventy-five Pounds of Tobacco, and no more;
and that each Delegate and Deputy, for each Day he shall serve and
attend in the Lower House of Assembly, from and after the End
of this Session, for and during the Term of Four Years, then next
following, besides the usual Allowance for itinerant Charges, the
Sum of Seventy Pounds of Tobacco, and no more; and to each Com-
missioner of the Provincial Court, for each Day he shall sit and
attend such Court, from and after the End of this Session of As-
sembly, for and during the Term of Four Years, then next following,
besides the usual Allowance for itinerant Charges, the Sum of
Seventy Pounds of Tobacco, and no more; and to each Commissioner

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of the respective County Courts, for each Day he shall sit and attend
such Court, from and after the End of this Session of Assembly,
for and during the Term of Four Years, then next following, the
Sum of Seventy Pounds of Tobacco, and no more.
And whereas the Community would be greatly benefited, if the
Members by the preservation of the Independence of the Lower

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