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Which was Read, and Ordered to lie on the Table.

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

On reading and considering his Excellency's Message of this Day :
Ordered, That a Remonstrance to his Excellency the Governor, in
Answer thereto, be prepared and brought in; and that Col. Tilghman,
Mr. Williamson, Mr. Dorsey, Mr. Matthew Tilghman, and Mr.

Carroll, do prepare and bring in a Remonstrance accordingly.

The House adjourns till the Morrow Morning at 8 of the Clock.

L. H. J.
Liber No. 50
April 4

Wednesday, April 5, 1758.

The House met according to Adjournment: The Members were
called, and all appeared as Yesterday. The Proceedings were Read.
Mr. Lloyd, Mr. Bracco and Mr. Earle, appeared in the House.
This House adjourns till 2 of the Clock.
Post-Meridiem. The House met according to Adjournment, &c.
Mr. Benton Harris appeared in the House.

April 5

Col. Tasker, from the Upper House, delivers to Mr. Speaker, a
Petition of the Rector and Vestrymen of St. George's Parish in
Baltimore County; Indorsed, "By the Upper House of Assembly,
5th April, 1758. Read and Referred to the Consideration of the
Lower House of Assembly;" which Petition was Read here, and
Ordered to lie on the Table.
On Motion, Leave given, to bring in a Bill To make it Penal to
Counterfeit the Bills of Credit of New- York, East and West Jerseys,
Pennsylvania, and the Three Lower Counties on Delaware, called
New-Castle, Kent, and Sussex, and of Virginia :

Ordered, That Mr. Bracco, Mr. Wilson, and Mr. Key, do prepare
and bring in a Bill accordingly.
The House adjourns till the Morrow Morning at 8 of the Clock.

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Thursday, April 6, 1758.

The House met according to Adjournment: The Members were
called, and all appeared as Yesterday. The Proceedings were Read.
Philip Hammond, Esq; appeared in the House.

On reading the Petition of the Rector and Vestrymen of St.
George's Parish in Baltimore County, the same is granted, and
Leave given to bring in a Bill according to the Petitioners Prayer :

April 6