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striking £34015 6s. thereof in Bills of Credit, and Raising a Fund
for sinking the same, was Read the second Time, and will Pass ;
and was sent to the Upper House by Mr. Mackall and Mr. Tilden.
Ordered, That all Persons who have Claims against the Public,
for furnishing his Majesty's Regular Forces with Quarters, Provi-
sions and Necessaries, do lodge them with the Committee of Accounts
on or before Thursday next, that they may be then received, adjusted
and allowed, by the said Committee; and that the said Committee
do not receive any Claims against the Public after next Thursday,
during this Session.
Ordered, That the Committee of Accounts do close the Journal of
Accounts on Friday next.
Resolved, That this House will not proceed on any new Business
this Session, after Thursday next.
On Motion, Leave given, to bring in a Bill To enable the Justices
of Caecil County, to appropriate the remaining Part of the Sum of
£500 delivered out of the Paper-Office, for Building a Prison in the
said County, and to replace the Sum of now in the
Hands of Sabina Rigby, Executrix of William Rumsey, into the
Paper Currency-Office :
Ordered, That Mr. Edward Dorsey, Col. Tilghman, and Mr.
Matthew Tilghman, do prepare and bring in a Bill accordingly.
The House adjourns till 2 of the Clock.
Post-Meridiem. The House met according to Adjournment: The
Members were called, and all appeared as in the Morning, except
Mr. Gassaway, who is excused from Attendance thro' the Indisposi-
tion of his Family.
Mr. Wilson brings in and delivers to Mr. Speaker, the following
Report, viz.
By the Committee appointed by the Honourable the Lower House
of Assembly, to Enquire what Laws will Expire at the Close of this
Session.
Your Committee cannot find, that any Laws will Expire at the
End thereof.
But your Committee take Leave to inform the Honourable House,
that an Act to impower the Justices of the several County Courts,
to make Provision for the late Inhabitants of Nova-Scotia, and for
Regulating their Conduct, will Expire on the Tenth Day of May next.
All which is humbly submitted to the Consideration of the Hon-
ourable House.
Signed p Order, Basil Dorsey, junior, Clerk.
Which was Read, and Ordered to lie on the Table.
Samuel Chamberlaine, Esq; from the Upper House, delivers to
Mr. Speaker, the Bill, entituled, An Act for Granting a Supply of
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Liber No. 49
Mar. 7
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