326 Assembly Proceedings, June 15-July 3, 1773.

U. H. J.
Liber No. 36
June 28

trymen of Queen Caroline Parish, and also the Petition of Mess.^rs
Thomas Harwood, William Reynolds, John Brice, William Farris,
and Allen Lynn. These Petitions were severally Endorsed and sent
to the Lower House by Dan^l of S.^t Tho.^s Jenifer Esq.^r
Adjourned until three of the Clock in the Afternoon.

Eodem Die Post Meridiem.
The House met again according to Adjournment.
Present as in the Morning.

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Mess.^rs Barnes and Key attend with M.^r John Reeder, a Member
Elected for Saint Marys County, to see him Qualified, who takes
the Oaths to the Government appointed to be taken by Act of As-
sembly, repeats and Subscribes the Abjuration and Test, and then
withdraws.

Mess.^rs Deye and Griffith bring up a Bill, entitled "An Act for the
Relief of John M^cClure and others"; Read the first and second Time
in the Lower House and will Pass. Which was 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 Dulany Esquire.
Mess.^rs Deye and Griffith bring up a Bill, entitled "An Act to aid
Defects in a Deed of certain Lands to Lodowick Davis." 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.
Read the second Time in this House the Bill entitled "An Act for
the Independency of the Justices, the Enlargement of the County
Court Jurisdiction in Cases of Equity, and the Authority of the
Deputy Commissaries"; and will not Pass. So Endorsed and sent
to the Lower House by Daniel Dulany Esq
Mess.^rs Bond and Sudler, bring up the four following Engrossed
Bills Read and Assented to by the Lower House of Assembly Viz.^t
A Bill entitled "An Act for the Enlargement of Baltimore Town."
A Bill entitled "An Act to prevent Counterfeiting the Paper Money
of other Colonies."
A Bill entitled "An Act to enable the Commissioners for Emitting
Bills of Credit to Provide Stationary for the Use of the Upper and
Lower Houses of Assembly."

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A Bill entitled "An Act to continue the Acts therein mentioned."
These four Bills were Read and Assented to by this House, and
Ordered to be so Subscribed, the Paper Bills so Endorsed are sent
to the Lower House by Daniel Dulany Esquire.
Read the second Time in this House, the Bill entitled "An Act to
aid and revive the Proceedings of Cecil County Court"; and will