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All which is submitted to the Consideration of the Honourable
House
Signed by Order John Courts Jones Cl.
Which was read a second Time and the House concurs therewith
M.r Priggs was then called to the Bar; and M.r Speaker repri-
manded him according to the Resolution of the House, and ac-
quainted him that he was discharged upon Payment of the Fees
agreeable to the above Taxation, which the Officers would give
him an Account of
The Serjeant at Arms informing this House that John Frederick
Augustus Priggs had refused to pay the Fees and Allowances before
taxed, alledging that he ought not to pay them; which being
acknowledged by said Priggs himself It is thereupon Ordered that
the said John Frederick Augustus Priggs be taken into the Custody
of the Serjeant at Arms for a Contempt of the Authority of this
House; and till he pay and discharge said ffees and Allowances; and
that the Speaker issue his Warrant to the Serjeant accordingly;
which M.r Speaker did in the following Words.
By the Lower House of Assembly 26.th October 1771
Whereas John Frederick Augustus Priggs is guilty of a Contempt
of the Authority of this House in refusing to pay the Fees taxed
against him pursuant to the Order of this House: You are therefore
hereby authorized and required to take into your Custody the Body
of the said John Frederick Augustus Priggs for the Contempt afore-
said and him for the same Contempt in your Custody safe keep until
he be discharged therefrom by Order of this House. And for your
so doing this shall be your sufficient Warrant
Signed by Order of the House
E Tilghman Speaker
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