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L. H. J.
Liber No. 54
Sept. 28
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Assembly September 28:th 1770 Read the first and second Time by
an especial Order and will pass.
Signed by Order U Scott Cl. Up. Ho."
Which Bill was read here and past for ingrossing
On Motion, Leave given to bring in a Bill for amending the Staple
of Tobacco for preventing Frauds in his Majesty's Customs and
for the Regulation of Officers ffees.
Ordered, That M.r J. Hall, M.r Johnson, M.r W. Paca, M.r Chase,
M.r Worthington, M.r N. Thomas, M.r Ringgold, M.r Tilghman, M.r
Bordley, M.r Gale and M.r Grahame do prepare and bring in the
same.
His Excellency communicated to M.r Speaker the following Mes-
sage
Gentlemen of the Lower House of Assembly
My sincerest Thanks are due to you for your obliging Address —
Your immediate Attention to fix a Time for considering the Matters
recommended to you, shows the Zeal of your Inclinations for dis-
patching the Public Business
Rob.t Eden
28:th September 1770
Messieurs Thomas Brooke Hodgkin and John Johnson are ap-
pointed Clerks to the several Committees
Ordered, That they be qualified as such
On Motion, Resolved, That this House will, To-Morrow Morning,
at the Meeting of the House, resolve itself into a Committee of the
whole House, to take into Consideration the Regulation of Officers
ffees.
The Letter and Papers presented by M.r Speaker to the House,
read a second Time
The House adjourns till To-Morrow Morning Eight O'Clock
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Sept. 29
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Saturday September 29:th 1770
The House met according to Adjournment.
The Members were called and all appeared as on Yesterday.
The Proceedings of Yesterday were read.
M:r Speaker reports to the House the following Certificates.
Ann Arundel County ss.t
I hereby certify that on the 29.th Day of September 1770 came
Thomas Brooke Hodgkin before me the Subscriber one of the Jus-
tices of the Peace of the said County and took the several Oaths to
the Government required by Law, subscribed the Oath of Abjuration,
repeated and signed the Test, and the following Oath Viz.t I Thomas
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