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effectual securing of Orphans Estates. Which was read the first
Time and ordered to lie on the Table
The House adjourns till to Morrow Morning 9 O'Clock

L. H. J.
Liber No. 54
Nov. 25

Tuesday November 26.^th 1771
The House met.

All Members present as on Yesterday except M.^r Chase.
The Proceedings of Yesterday were read.
M.^r Weems and M.^r Baxter appeared in the House
The Petition of the Vestry and Church Wardens of Saint Luke's
Parish in Queen Anne's County is referred for Consideration on the
second Friday in next Session of Assembly
The Bill entitled A supplementary Act to the Act entitled An Act
for the more effectual securing of Orphans Estates was read the
second Time, pass'd and sent to the Upper House by M.^r So. Wright
& M.^r Earle
The Petition of the Merchants in Bladensburgh is referred for
Consideration on the second Monday in next Session of Assembly
M.^r William Wright, at his own Request, is discharged from any
further Attendance as a Committee Clerk
The Petition of John Steuart and Duncan Campbell is referred
for Consideration on the second Wednesday in next Session of
Assembly
M.^r Grahame from the Conference delivers to M.^r Speaker the
following Paper

When Applications were made to Us from Time to Time by the

Conferrees of the Lower House ..... [The Paper beginning thus

is printed in full in the Upper House Journal, pp. 58-65].

Nov. 26

Which was read.
The Question was put that the following Paper Viz.^t "We are
instructed to inform your Honours that a particular Answer to your
illiberal Language cannot be productive of any Public Good: and
not being disposed to attempt a Rivalship with your Honours in the
Talents for Petulance and impertinent Invective, the Lower House
have ordered an End to be put to this Conference" be given to the
Conferrees of this House, to be by them delivered to the Conferrees
of the Upper House?
Resolved in the Affirmative

p. 282
p. 283

For the Affirmative

Mackall,

Deye,

Chamberlaine,

Weems,

Beall,

Earle,