428 Assembly Proceedings, April 13-May 6, 1761.

U. H. J.
Liber No. 35
May 1

Ry the Upper House of Assembly 1^st May 1761

Gentlemen

In Answer to your Message of this Day by Messrs Murdock &
Carrol, this House hath appointed the honble Col Hammond Col
Lloyd Samuel Chamberlaine Benedict Calvert Dan:^l Dulany Stephen
Bordley and John Ridout Esq^rs to join the Members named by your
House for the purposes intended by the said Message
Signed p Order John Ross Clk. Up. Ho

Fifteen Bills brought from the Lower House by Mess^rs Tilghman
and Hanson Viz An Act for issuing Writts of Replevin out of the
County Courts of this Province An Act continuing An Act Ent^d
An Act to prevent certain Evils and Inconveniencies attending the
sale of Strong Liquors, & runing Horse Races near the Yearly
meetings of the People called Quakers and to prevent, the Tumultu-
ous Concourse of Negroes and Other slaves during the said meet-
ings, and also one other Act Entituled an Act to mend and explain
an Act Ent^d An Act to prevent certain Evils and Inconveniencies
attending the sale of Strong Liquors and runing Horse Races near
the Yearly meetings of the People called Quakers and to prevent the
tumultuous Concourse of Negroes & other slaves during the said
Meetings An Act Contn^g An Act for destroying Wolves in Fredk
County An Act contg An Act Ent^d An Act for the more effectual
Punishment of Negroes and Other Slaves and for taking away the
Benefit of Clergy from certain offenders and supplementary Act to
an Act Ent.^d An Act to prevent the tumultuous Meeting and other
Irregularities of Negroes and Other slaves and directing the manner
of trying Slaves An Act continuing an Act Ent^d An Act for punish-
ment of Horse stealers and Other Offenders An Act continuing an
Act Ent:^d an add:^l Supplementary Act to the Act Ent^d An Act
relating to servants & Slaves An Act cont^g an Act to make the Testi-
mony of convicted Persons legal against convicted Persons An Act
cont^g An Act Ent^d an Add^l and explanatory Act to the Act entituled
An Act impowering the Comm^rs of the County Courts to levy and
raise Tobacco to defray the necessary Charges of their Counties
and Parishes, An Act cont^g An Act to make it Penal to forge or

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Counterfeit the Bills of Credit of Virginia Pensilvania New York
East of West Jersies or the three Lower Counties on Delaware called
Newcastle Kent & Sussex or to utter or tender the same in payment
within this Province knowing them to be such An Act continuing
An Act Entituled a supplementary Act to An Act Ent^d An Act
laying an Imposition on Negroes and Several Sorts of Liquor im-
ported and Also on Irish servants to prevent the importing too great
a Number of Irish Papists into this Province, An Act cont^g: An Act
Ent:^d An Act for the more effectual Punishment of Certain Offenders
and for taking from them Benefit of Clergy An Act cont^g An Act
Ent:^d An Act to enable the several & respective County Clerks