The Upper House. 289

Assembly the Petition of Lazarus Pumphry of Ann Arundel County
So endorsed and sent to the Lower House by William Hayward Esq
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

Mess.^rs John Hall and Earle bring up a Bill entitled "An Act for
the speedy Recovery of small Debts out of Court," 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.
Adjourned until to Morrow Morning ten of the Clock.

U. H. J.
Liber 37
Apr. 12

Wednesday Morning 13:^th April 1774.
The House met again according to Adjournment
Present as yesterday and Richard Lee Esq

Read and referred to the Consideration of the Lower House of
Assembly the Petition of Joseph Hayward of Baltimore County
against the Releasement of Matthew Mason, also the Petition of
William Beck a Prisoner in Prince Georges County Goal, which

Apr. 13

said Petitions were severally Endorsed and sent to the Lower House
by Philip Tho.^s Lee Esq —

Read and referred to the Consideration of the Lower House of
Assembly the Petition of John Done Sheriff of Worcester County —
the Petition of sundry Inhabitants of Somerset and Worcester
Counties for laying out a Town, as also the Petition of Samuel
Litten of Harford County, these Petitions were severally Endorsed
and sent to the Lower House by Philip Tho.^s Lee Esq

Read the second Time in this House the Bill entitled "An Act for
the speedy Recovery of small Debts out of Court." also the Bill
entitled "An Act concerning Provincial Grand Jurors." and will
not Pass.

Mess:^rs Robins and Somerville bring up the three following In-
grossed Bills, Read and Assented to by the Lower House of As-
sembly Viz.^t
A Bill entitled "An Act for the support of an Organist in King
and Queen Parish in Saint Mary's County."

A Bill entitled "An Act to empower the Justices of Somerset
County to levy on the Taxable Inhabitants of that part of Stepney
Parish which lies in the said County a Quantity of Tobacco for the
Purposes therein mentioned." and a Bill entitled. "An Act for the
building of a Parish Church in All Saints Parish in Calvert County."

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