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State & condition thereof together with Lists of all the Record
Books in each respective Office and their Contents & in what Order
each Book is.

L. H. J.
Liber No. 52
Oct. 18

On Motion of Col.^o Tilghman leave is given to bring in a Bill for
the Better Securing the duty of one Shilling and three pence p hogs-
head on Tobacco imposed by An Act for emitting and making current
90000.^lb current money in Bills of Credit &c.^a and all publick monys
received by the Naval Officers.

Ordered that Col.^o Tilghman M^r Ringgold & M^r Johnson do pre-
pare & bring in a bill accordingly.

On Motion of Col^o Tilghman leave is given to bring in a Bill for
the more effectual securing Orphans Estates.

Ordered that Col^o Tilghman M^r J. Hall M^r Ringgold M^r Johnson
M^r J. Tilghman M^r Allen & M^r Hayward do prepare & bring in a
Bill accordingly.

On Motion of Col.^o Tilghman leave is given to bring in a Bill for
preventing the importation of German & french papists & papish
priests & Jesuits into this Province & of Irish papists by the way of
Pensilvania or the Government of Newcastle Kent or Sussex on
Delaware

Ordered that Col^o Tilghman M^r Edmunson M^r Ringgold M^r
J Hall & M^r Murdock do prepare & bring in a bill accordingly.

John Ridout Esq.^r from the Upper house delivers to M^r Speaker a
petition of the Vestry and Church Wardens of S^t Stephens parish
in Caecil County north Sassafras,

A petition of the Vestry & Church Wardens of Port Tobacco
parish and a petition of the Rector Vestrymen & Church Wardens &
sundry of the parishioners of Prince Georges parish in ffrederick &
prince Georges County, Sev.^lly Indorsed by the Upper house of As-
sembly 18.^th Oct.^r 1763. Referred to the Consideration of the Lower
house of Assembly which petitions were severally read here &
Ordered to lye on the Table.

Benedict Calvert Esq^r from the Upper house delivers to M^r Speaker
the following Message (Viz )

By the Upper house of Assembly Oct^r 18.^th 1763
Gentlemen

Agreeable to your desire intimated to us by your Message of the
13.^th Instant. We have in the paper herewith Sent particularized the
Amendm.^ts we think it would be proper at this time to make in the
Inspection Law & we entertain hopes that on a Revisal of that Act you
will be of the Same Opinion and Alter it accordingly.

Signed p Order. J. Ross, Cl. Up. Ho.
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