300 Assembly Proceedings, March 23-April 19, 1774.

U. H. J.
Liber 37
Apr. 19

At a Committee of both Houses of Assembly appointed to inspect
the Office and Proceedings of the Commissioners for Emitting Bills
of Credit established by Act of Assembly.

Were Present

Benedict Calvert Esquire
The Honble and of the Upper House
[Daniel of Saint Thomas Jenifer Esq
M.^r Thomas Bond
M.^r Richard Parran
M.^r Josias Hawkins -of the Lower House.
M.^r Joseph Gilpin
M.^r Thomas Contee

Who make Choice of and appoint the Honourable Benedict Calvert
Esq Chairman, and John Courts Jones their Clerk, and agree to
make the following Report Viz^t

Your Committee make Report to your Honours that they have
since their Meeting Counted and Burnt torn and defaced Bills to the
Amount of two Thousand seven Hundred and twenty five Dollars
and nine eighteenths of a Dollars, and that by Reason of a multiplicity
of Business now transacting in said Office and the want of Time your
Committee have not been able this Session to Examine the Accounts
of said Office from the Time of the last Report delivered into the
Honourable House.
Bened.^t Calvert
Dan.^l of S.^t Tho.^s Jenifer
Joseph Gilpin
Richard Parran

Mess:^rs Veazey and Ridgely bring up the six following Ingrossed
Bills Read and Assented to by the Lower House of Assembly Viz^t

A Bill entitled "An Act for Payment of the Public Creditors."

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A Bill entitled "An Act for regulating the Gauging of Casks in
the Town of Baltimore."

A Bill entitled "An Act requiring the Justices of Somerset County
to appoint Persons to lay out a Road in said County."

A Bill entitled "An Act for the Relief of Henry Gassaway."

A Bill entitled "An Act to prevent the erecting of Booths and Sale
of Liquors on Holy-Days." And
A Bill entitled "An Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors."

These Bills were severally 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 John Ridout Esquire

Ordered that the Clerk of this House receive the same Fees on all