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for the Time being to dispose of the Pews in the Chapel of Ease
in said Parish, in such Manner as may appear to them most advan-
tageous and convenient to the Parishioners, or point out some par-
ticular Mode of Distribution of the said Pews. 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
Oct. 10

Friday October 11.^th 1771
The House met.

All Members present as on Yesterday.
The Proceedings of Yesterday were read.
M.^r Worthington appeared in the House.
M.^r Speaker reports to the House the following Certificates
Ann Arundel County S.^ct
I hereby certify that on the 10.^th Day of October seventeen hun-
dred and seventy One came John Courts Jones before me the Sub-
scriber one of the Justices of the Peace of the said County and took
the several Oaths to the Government required by Law subscribed
the Oath of Abjuration repeated and signed the Test and took the
following Oath Viz.^t "I John Courts Jones do swear that I will true
Entries make of all such Matters and Things as shall be to me
directed by any Committee of the Lower House of Assembly for
whom I shall act as Clerk, and that I will not divulge the Secrets
of the said House or of any Committee thereof, but will in all Things
well and truly demean myself according to the best of my Skill and
Knowledge"
Ann Arundel County S.^ct R Ghiselin
I hereby certify that on the 10.^th Day of October 1771 came James
Hackman before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace
of the said County & took the several Oaths to the Government re-
quired by Law, subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, repeated and
signed the Test and took the following Oath Viz.^t "I James Hack-
man do swear that I will true Entries make of all such Matters and
Things as shall be to me directed by any Committee of the Lower
House of Assembly for whom I shall act as Clerk and that I will
not divulge the Secrets of the said House or of any Committee
thereof but will in all Things well and truly demean myself accord-
ing to the best of my Skill and Knowledge"
R Ghiselin

The House being informed that M.^r Francis Ware a Delegate
returned for Charles County was attending at the Door: Ord.^d
That M.^r Smallwood and M.^r Hawkins do go with that Gentleman to
the Upper House to see him qualified. They returned and acquaint

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