319, 322, 326, 335, 336, 340,
353.
Of Charles County record
commissioners, 278.
Of commissioners to hear
complaints against minis-
ters, 292-293.
Of ministers against simoni-
acal contracts, 290.
Of office, 179; of clerk of the
Lower House, 5, 77, 310,
336; of clerk to Lower
House committees, xx, 83,
84, 99, 341, 353, 354; of the
door keeper of the Lower
House, 78, 341; of inspec-
tors of flour, 27, 253-254,
266; of inspectors of staves
and lumber, 268-269; of
measurers of grain, salt and
flax seed, 267; of the ser-
jeant at arms of the Lower
House, 78, 341; of wood
corders, 269.
Of prisoners for debt, 273-
274, 407.
Of trustees for absconding
debtors, 417-418.
of Town commissioners, 251,
262; see also Affirmation.
Oaths to the Government, xvii,
3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 17, 36,
76, 77, 83, 84, 99, 255, 271,
278, 281, 290, 309, 310, 311,
312, 317, 319, 322, 326, 335,
336, 340, 353-
Offenders, Act for the more
effectual punishment of, 350,
394-
Officers fees, Act for the regu-
lation of, 358; see also Fees
of officers.
Offices, buying and selling of,
Act for more effectually
preventing, xxxv, 15, 70,
loo, 105, 124, 323, 330, 356,
368.
Offices, income of, Acceptability
of, to gentlemen, xxx, 181,
183.
Public, Prevention of sale of,
see Offices, buying and sell-
ing of, Act for more effec-
tually preventing.
Ogle, Governor [Samuel], 1739,
62.
Old table of fees, xxix, xxx, 45,
47, 50, 52, 55, 59, 63, 153,
154, 164, 165, 180, 202, 203,
360-361.
Ordinance power of the Pro-
prietary, Limitations on,
197.
Ordinary keepers, hawkers, ped-
lars and petty chapmen, Act
for licensing, 24, 25-26, 102,
105, 118, 124, 148, 156, 351,
396; Transfer of proceeds
of, 396.

Index.

Ordinary keepers, ..... Act for
licensing, Act to continue,
xxxvi, 28, 73, 157, 158, 160,
235, 271-272 (text).
Ordinary keepers, ..... Act for
licensing, Supplementary act
to, 159 (This is not the title
of the act that was brought
up to the Upper House, p.
28, nor of the act passed,
p. 271).
Orphans estates, Act for the
more effectual securing of,
Act Supplementary to,
xxxv, 42, 68-70, 161, 208-

209, 217, 218, 373.
Out house, for the use of the
Assembly, 215.
Owens, Samuel, 435.
Owings, Samuel, junr. (Balti-
more), xiv, xv, 76, 89, 95,
100, 101, 103, 166, 178;
votes, 87, 93, 169.
Oxford [Md.], Tonnage into
port of, 425.

Paca, William (Annapolis), xi,
xiv, xvii, 28, 75, 88, 98, 103,
105, 115, 121, 128, 149, 160,
161, 169, 173, 192, 207, 215,
334, 348, 351, 354, 355, 357,
358, 361, 367, 368, 384; on
Comm. to answer the Gov-
ernor's speech, 83, 94, 340,
344, 361; on Comm. to con-
fer on act for amending the
staple of tobacco, 174; on
Comm. to enquire into
Bladensburgh Warehouse
petition, 104; on Comm. to
enquire into Colvill peti-
tion, 115; on Comm. to en-
quire into Dickinson peti-
tion, 143; on Comm. to en-
quire into Digges petition,
116; on Comm. to enquire
into expenditures for Balti-
more court house and
prison, 143; on Comm. to
enquire into the laws on
the public roads, 94; on
Comm. to enquire into
Litten petition, 140; on
Comm. to enquire into
Merriweather petition, 380;
on Comm. to enquire into
Williams petition, 122, 170-
172, 175; on Comm. of
grievances and courts of
justice, 96, 339; on Comm.
on tax to complete Balti-
more County court house
and prison, 186; on Comm.
to tax the fees against
J. F. A. Priggs, 129-130;
sent by the Lower House, 3,
10, 15, 32, 37, 76, 78, 83,
103, 124, 309, 324, 327, 335,
346, 378; votes, 87, 93, 108,
115, 123, 128, 132, 136, 137,

449
141, 142, 146, 154, 158, 169,

183, 184, l87, 190, 200, 210,

347, 349, 352, 366, 372, 382.
Palmer, Thomas, Exr., 120.
Paper money act, 43, 145.
Parish churches, Building of, 23.
Parishes, Division of, 12, 24, 25,
62; see also Prince George's
Parish.
Parker, Captain (merchant
captain), 428.
John, 104.
William, 10, 272.
Parran, Richard (Calvert
County), xvii, 334, 368;
sent by the Lower House,
334.
Young (Calvert), xiv, 75, 88,
104, 127, 128, 134, 174; on
Comm. to inspect the .....
Commissioners for emitting
bills of credit, 6, 82, 83; sent
by the Lower House, 8, 24,
92, 148, 384; votes, 87, 93,
108, 115, 123, 128, 136, 137,
146, 154, 158, 169, 346, 349,
352, 353, 366, 371, 372, 378,
382.
"Part of Bedford Resurveyed",
248.
Passmore, Samuel, 10, 272.
Patuxent, Tonnage into port of,
325.
Pauper estates, 50, 51, 56, 61,
180.
Payment of fees, Time for, 64.
Payne (Paine, Penn), Peter,
Exr., 30, 72, 160, 168, 235,
260; see also Mills, William.
Peacock, John, 22, 25, 30, 72,
131, 160, 168, 235, 260; see
also Mills, William.
Peale, St. George, Clerk to
Lower House committees,
xx, 84, 85, 351, 353.
Peats's Creek, Cecil County, 302.
Pedlars, see Ordinary keepers.
Penal statutes, English, see
Great Britain, Penal statutes
of, Extent of, to this
Province.
Penn, Peter, see Payne, Peter,
Exr.
Pennsylvania currency, 170, 171.
Perishable property, Sale of, by
executors, 68.
Perjury by released debtor,
Penalty for, 275, 408.
Petition, 10, 319-320.
against the opening of a road,
12, 13, 20; see also Giles,
Nathaniel.
Against the release of prisoner,
12, 17, 120, 150, 329.
Against an undue [election]
return, 174, 177.
For alms and work house in
St. Mary's County, 322, 366,
373-