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for the Improvement of the Province and the Advancement of the
Trade thereof
The House being informed that M.r John Frederick Augustus
Priggs was attending at the Door in Obedience to the Order of the
10.th Instant; Ordered, that he be called in, and he appeared at the
Bar accordingly
Ordered, That the Report of the Committee of Grievances and
Courts of Justice of the 20.th November 1770 be read; and it was
read accordingly.
Ordered That John Frederick Augustus Priggs have a Copy of
the said Report upon his Application to the Clerk of this House,
and also Summonses for such Evidences as he may apply for.
On Application of M.r Priggs Leave is given him to make his
Defence in Writing
Ordered, That the Matter be heard at the Bar of this House on
Thursday next at the Sitting of the House
M.r Handy brings in and delivers to M.r Speaker a Bill entitled
An Act to impower the Justices of Somerset and Worcester Counties
to levy on the taxable Inhabitants of Stepney Parish in said Counties
the Sum of sixty thousand Pounds of Tobacco for the Uses therein
mentioned. Which was read the first and second Time by an especial
Order and committed for Amendment
The Petition of the Vestrymen, Church Wardens and Parishioners
of Stepney Parish praying that an Act may pass to establish and
confirm the Church, at Green Hill, the Parish Church, was read the
Second Time and granted.
Ordered, That Benjamin Belt and John Hamilton have Sum-
monses for all such Evidences as they may apply for to the Clerk
of this House
On Motion, Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for
the better regulating Attachments and that M.r Johnson, M.r Alien,
M.r Dennis, M.r Rumsey, and M.r Tilghman do prepare and bring
in the same
The House adjourns till To-Morrow Morning 9 O'Clock
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Liber No. 54
Oct. 22
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Wednesday October 23. d 1771
The House met.
All Members present as on Yesterday.
The Proceedings of Yesterday were read.
The Bill entitled a Supplementary Act to the Act entitled An Act
for building a Parish Church in Queen Ann Parish in Prince George's
County was read a second Time, pass'd, and sent to the Upper House
by M.r Beall and M.r Contee
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