178 Assembly Proceedings, October 2-November 30, 1771.

L. H. J.
Liber No. 54
Nov. 18

Monday November 18.^th 1771
The House met.

All Members present as on Saturday except M.^r Gresham, M.^r
Earle, and M.^r So. Wright
The Proceedings of Saturday were read.

M.^r Owings, M.^r Contee, M.^r Weems and M.^r W Richardson
appeared in the House

A Bill entitled An Act for the Naturalization of Charles Frederick
Weisenthall was read a first and second Time by an especial Order,
passed, and sent to the Upper House by M.^r Deye and M.^r Moale.
The House being informed that M.^r Francis Ware and M.^r Josias
Hawkins two Delegates returned for Charles County to serve in
this present Session of Assembly were attending at the Door.
Ordered, That M.^r Smallwood and M.^r Harrison do go with

those Gentlemen to the Upper House to see them qualified. They

return and acquaint M.^r Speaker they saw them qualified in the usual
Manner. The Gentlemen took their Seats in the House

M.^r Hall brings in and delivers to M.^r Speaker the following Paper

Were the Lower House willing to continue the Regulation of the
late Inspection Law, in respect of the Clergy, with a Proviso, that
in all Parishes on the Death or Removal of the present Incumbents
the Alternative shall take Place, a Doubt would remain whether the
Alternative should be on thirty or thirty two pounds of Tobacco
and how long that Regulation should continue.

Amongst the Proceedings of this Legislature no Subject of
Controversy more frequently occurs than the Limitation of Officers
frees; a Proof not only of the Necessity of such a Limitation, but
also of the Difficulty of obtaining it. In the Year 1745 the Regu-
lation of Officers ffees was a principal Object of Attention, a Bill
was framed in Consequence of the Agreement between Conferrees
and passed both Houses

p. 255

The Charge of the Commissary General for Services performed
by his Deputies and for which they were paid, was then under Con-
sideration; it was twice agitated in Conference and finally agreed
by the Conferrees that the Commissary General should have no
ffees on Services done by the Deputy Commissaries in Virtue of their
Offices. For your further Satisfaction in this Point we beg Leave
to trouble you with the following Extract

"At a Conference of both Houses of Assembly appointed to regu-
late the several Officers Fees on Monday the 16.^th Day of Septem-
ber 1745