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of Assembly, the Petition of Benjamin Terrey, against Jane Browns
Petition, So Endorsed and Sent by Benedict Calvert Esq:^r

This House having again resumed the Consideration of the Peti-
tion of sundry Inhabitants of Queen Anns County, praying a Re-
moval of the Court House in said County, and heard Council in
Support thereof, did Unanimously Reject the same.
Adjourned until three of the Clock in the Afternoon.

Eodem Die Post Meridiem.
The House met again according to Adjournment.

U. H. J.
Liber No. 36
Oct. 26

Present as in the Morning.
Adjourned until to Morrow Morning 10 of the Clock.

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Saturday Morning 27:^th October 1 770.
The House met again according to Adjournment.

Present as Yesterday.
Read, agreeable to the Order of the Day, the Petition of Edward
Tilghman and others, and, after hearing the Evidence of Col.^o
William Hopper, and M.^r Thomas Wright in Support of the said
Petition, the Consideration thereof is Postponed until Tuesday the
30:^th day of this Instant.
Read, and referred to the Consideration of the Lower House of
Assembly, the Petition of James Gill, a Prisoner in Prince Georges
County Goal, So Endorsed and Sent by [J. Beale Bordley].

Mess:^rs Allen and Dashiel attend with M.^r William Adams a
Member Elected for Somerset County, to see him Qualified, who
takes the several Oaths to the Government, appointed to be taken
by Act of Assembly, repeats and Subscribes the Oath of Abjuration
and Test, and then withdraws.

Mess:^rs Hall and Paca bring up the two following Bills Read
the first and Second time in the Lower House and will pass.
A Bill entituled An Act to divide Saint Georges Parish in Balti-
more County.
A Bill entituled Act to divide Saint Johns Parish in Baltimore
County.
Adjourned until to Morrow Morning 10 of the Clock.

Oct. 27

Monday Morning 29.^th October 1770.
The House met again according to Adjournment.

Oct. 29