222 Assembly Proceedings, September 25-November 2, 1770.

L. H. J.
Liber No. 54
Oct. 5

noon resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House to take
into further Consideration the Regulation of Officers ffees

Ordered, That the Order of the Day for the House to resolve itself
into a Committee of the whole House to take into further Considera-
tion the Regulation of Officers ffees be now read And the said Order
being read accordingly, the House resolved itself into the said Com-
mittee, and after some Time spent therein, M.^r Speaker resumed the
Chair, and M.^r Worthington reported from the Committee that the
Committee had taken the Matter into Consideration; but not having
Time to complete the same prayed that they might have Leave to
sit again

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow Morning, at the
Sitting of the H[ouse Re] solve itself into a Committee of the whole
House to take into further Consideration the Regulation of
Ojfficers ffees
The House adjourns till to-morrow Morning Eight O'Clock

Oct. 6

Saturday October 6:^th 1770

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The House met according to Adjournment.

The Members were called and all appeared as on Yesterday —
The Proceedings of Yesterday were read
M.^r Allen and M.^r Sulivane appeared in the House
M.^r Joseph Dashiell hath Leave of Absence on Account of the
extreme Illness of his Wife
M.^r Gresham, M.^r Eden, and M.^r Dickinson have Leave of
Absence —
M.^r Gantt hath Leave of Absence till Monday next

M.^r Tilghman (according to the Order of Yesterday) brings in
and delivers to M.^r Speaker a Message to the Upper House, which
was read the first and second Time, approved and ordered to be
ingrossed.
M.^r Ringgold brings in and delivers to M.^r Speaker the following
ingrossed Message
By the Lower House of Assembly October the 6:^th 1770
May it please your Honours
It was intimated to us at the last Session, that a Petition or Re-
monstrance was then preferred to your Honours by some of the
principal Inhabitants in and about Baltimore Town, expressed in
Terms highly reflecting upon the Proceedings of this House in pass-
ing a Bill entitled "An Act for appointing Places for holding the
next Election of Delegates for Baltimore County." This Matter did
not pass unnoticed; but the severe Season of the Year obliged us to