The Upper House. 13

Resolved that this House will take into Consideration the said
Petitions on Thursday the 31.^st Instant at ten of the Clock in the
Morning when the Parties may be heard by their Council.
Ordered that Nathaniel Giles give Notice to William Husbands of
the above Resolve by Wednesday next at farthest.
Mess.^rs Hall and eleven others bring up a Bill entitled An Act
for amending the Staple of Tobacco for preventing Frauds in His
Majestys Customs and for the Limitation of Officers Fees. Read
the first and second Time in the Lower House and will pass which
was Read the first Time in this House and Ordered to lie on the
Table.
On Application Summons's were issued for William Cox Isaac
Webster James Webster, Thomas Smith Jeremiah Sheredine Nathan
Rigbie, Daniel Preston Sen.^r John Wilson, Andrew Lendrum, and
John Tolley of Baltimore County and Philip Cole of Cecil County,
to Testify on Behalf of Nathaniel Giles, the Truth of their Knowl-
edge of sundry Facts Set forth in two Petitions Signed by sundry
Inhabitants of Baltimore and York Counties praying that a publick
Road may be opened from Rock Run to Foys Landing, on Sus-
quehannah River, now before this House

Adjourned until to Morrow Morning 10 of the Clock

U. H. J.
Liber No. 36
Oct. 18

Saturday Morning 19.^th of October 1771.
The House met again according to Adjournment

Present as Yesterday except Col.° Hammond
Mess.^rs Smallwood and Mackall bring up a Bill entitled An Act
for Issuing Writs of Replevin out of the County Courts within this
Province
Read the first and second Time in the Lower House and will pass.
Which was Read the first Time in this House and Ordered to lie
on the Table
Mess.^rs Veazey and Earle bring up the two following. Read the
first and Second Time in the Lower House and will pass.
A Bill entitled An Act continuing An Act entitled an Act for the
Preservation of the Breed of Fish.

Oct. 19

A Bill entitled An Act continuing an Act entitled An Act to Estab-
lish a Market at the Market House in Chester Town in Kent County
and for the Regulation of the said Market. These two Bills were
Read the first and second Time by an especial Order in this House
and will Pass. So Endorsed and sent to the Lower House by Daniel
of S.^t Tho.^s Jenifer Esq
Adjourned until Monday Morning 10 of the Clock

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