The Lower House. 59

Saturday, Dec.^r 2.^d
The House met according to Adjournment.

The Members were called and all appeared as on Yesterday except
M.^r Wright.

The Proceedings of Yesterday were read.

On Motion, Leave given to bring in a Bill to Repeal an Act of
Assembly of this Province, entitled, An Act to encourage the destroy-
ing of Wolves, Crows, and Squirrels.

Ordered, That M.^r Grahame, M.^r Wilson, and M.^r Selbey do pre-
pare and bring in the same.

M.^r M. Tilghman has leave of Absence

M.^r N. Thomas brought in, and delivered to M.^r Speaker, the
following engrossed Bills.

L. H. J.
Liber No. 54
Dec. 2

A Bill, entitled, An Act continuing an Act entitled, An Act for
repairing the public Roads in this Province, and the supplementary
Act thereto.

A Bill, entitled An Act continuing an Act, entitled, An Act to ease
the Inhabitants of this Province, and to empower the Justices of the
several Counties to bind out Persons therein mentioned, Apprentices.

A Bill, entitled An Act continuing an Act entitled, An Act to oblige
infected Ships, and other Vessels coming into this Province, to per-
form Quarentine.

A Bill entitled An Act continuing an Act entitled An Act to en-
crease the Allowance of Jurors attending the Provincial and County
courts, and for other Purposes therein mentioned. — And

A Bill, entitled, An Act continuing an Act entitled, A Supple-
mentary Act to the Act entitled, An Act for ascertaining what Dam-
ages shall be allowed upon Protested Bills of Exchange

All which Bills were read and assented to, and, with the Paper Bills
thereof, sent to the Upper House by M.^r Goldsborough, and M.^r
Beall. Also the engrossed Bill entitled An Act for the Naturalization
of Peter Haldimand, together with the Paper Bill thereof; sent to
the Upper House by the same Gentlemen.

M.^r E Tilghman, M.^r Johnson, and M.^r Chase appeared in the
House
On a Question that Leave be given to bring in a Bill entitled An
Act to continue the Act entitled An Act for amending the Staple of
Tobacco, for preventing Frauds in his Majesty's Customs, and for
the Limitation of Officers Fees, and the Supplementary Act thereto.
The Question was put, Whether that Question be now put ? Resolved
that the Question be now put.

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