The Upper House. 359

in Talbot County" — Read the first and Second time in the Lower
House and will Pass.

Mess:^rs Wootton and Heugh bring up a Bill, entitled, "A Supple-
mentary Act to the Act entitled An Act for the Relief of the poor
within the several Counties therein mentioned." Read the first and
second Time in the Lower House and will Pass.
Adjourned until three of the Clock in the Afternoon.

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

Present as in the Morning.
Mess:^rs Johnson and Hall from the Lower House bring up the
following Message.
By the Lower House of Assembly 15:^th November 1770.
May it please your Honours.

We are apprehensive, from your Message of the 13^th Instant
..... [The message beginning thus is printed in full in the Lower
House Journal, pp. 401-402..]

U. H. J.
Liber No. 36
Nov. 15

Read the first and second time, by an Especial Order, in this
House. A Bill entitled "An Act for the Establishment of a Chapel
of Ease in Saint Peters Parish in Talbot County" and will Pass —
So Endorsed and Sent to the Lower House by W.^m Hayward Esq.^r

Read the first and second time, by an Especial Order in this House,
and will not Pass a Bill entitled. "An Act for explaining a Clause
in an Act entitled An Act for the Encouragement of an Iron Manu-
facture within this Province." So Endorsed and Sent to the Lower
House by William Fitzhugh Esquire —

Adjourned until to Morrow Morning 10 of the Clock.

p. 500
p. 501

Friday Morning 16:^th November 1770.
The House met again according to Adjournment.

Present as Yesterday.
Mess:^rs Thomas and Ware bring up an Engrossed Bill, entitled
"An Act for the Establishment of a Chapel of Ease in Saint Peters
Parish, in Talbot County." Read and Assented to by the Lower
House of Assembly, which was Read and Assented to by this House,
and Ordered to be so Subscribed, the Paper Bill So Endorsed Sent
to the Lower House by William Hayward Esq.^r
Mess:^rs Dashiel and Tyler from the Lower House bring up the
following Message, together with the Bill entitled. "An Act for
the Relief of certain Prisoners in the several Jails therein men-
tioned."

Nov. 16