The Lower House. 293

Tuesday October 30:^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 Baxter and M.^r Gresham appeared in the House

L. H. J.

Liber No. 54
Oct. 30

John Ridout Esq from the Upper House delivers to M.^r Speaker
the Petition of sundry Inhabitants of Somerset County praying for
a new Road thus indorsed "By the Upper House of Assembly October
30:^th 1770 Read and referred to the Consideration of the Lower
House of Assembly.
Signed by Order U Scott Cl. Up. Ho."

M.^r Worthington brings in and delivers to M.^r Speaker the follow-
ing Report

Maryland ss.^t

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At a Committee of both Houses of Assembly, appointed to inspect
the Office and Proceedings of the Commissioners for Emitting Bills
of Credit, Established by Act of Assembly..... [The report begin-
ning thus is printed in full in the Upper House Journal, pp. 195-198]

Ordered, That the said Report be read; and it was read accordingly
Doctor John Boyd appeared at the Bar of this House in Obedience
to the Order of last Night, and being asked what he had to offer in
Excuse for having signed the Petition of the subscribing Inhabitants
of Baltimore County preferred to the Upper House last Session;
said, that if the Paper which was read to him the Evening before
was a true Copy of the Petition alluded to, he did not believe, tho'
his Name was to it, that he ever subscribed it; for that he found
there were Expressions made Use of, which were highly derogatory
to the Dignity and Honour of this House: And further said, it was
more than probable, that some Person, thinking he would have signed
the Petition, had it been shewed to him, put his Name to it, without
his Knowledge — Ordered, That he be discharged

p. 132

William Fitzhugh, Esq from the Upper House delivers to M.^r
Speaker the Petition of Edward Tilghman, Solomon Wright, At-
torney at Law, Mary Wright, Widow, Francis Barnes, jun.^r and
Philemon Murphey, Farmers, and James Coursey, House- Joiner, all
of Queen Ann's County; Thomas Coursey and John Coursey, Mari-
ners, and Daniel Kellum, of Talbot County, Planter.

Ordered, That M.^r John Hall, M.^r Chase, M.^r W. Paca, M.^r John-
son and M.^r Mackall be a Committee to enquire into the ffacts set
forth in the said Petition, and report the same, as they shall appear
to them, to the House.
The Bill, entitled, An Act to continue the Power of Inspectors
and for other Purposes therein mentioned Read a second Time and

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