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

	L. H. J.			For the Affirmative.
	Liber 54 Apr. 16		Key,	Tolly,	So. Wright,
			Barnes,	Ridgely Son of	Hyland,
			Maxwell,	John,	Gilpin,
			Ringgold,	Chamberlaine,	Ward,
			Johnson,	Sim,	Funk,
			Chase,	Contee,	Beatty,
			Somervell,	Earle,	Aq. Hall,
			Steele,	T. Wright,	Dallam.	[23]
				For the Negative.
			Bond,	Ridgely,	Robins,
			Worthington,	Deye,	Griffith,
			J. Hall,	Tyler,	Bond Son of	Th.o
			Hammond,	Purnell,		[11]

George Steuart, Esq from the Upper House, delivers to M.^r
Speaker the Paper Bills, N.^o 13, 14, 16, severally indorsed; "By the
Upper House of Assembly, April 16, 1774: The ingrossed Bill,
whereof this is the Original, read and assented to.

Signed by Order, James Brooks, Cl. Up. Ho."

M.^r Ringgold, M.^r Bond of St Mary's, and M.^r Griffith, have
Leave of Absence.

The House adjourns till 3 O'Clock.

Post Meridiem.

The House met.

The Bill, entitled, An Act relating to the publick Roads in Anne-
Arundel, Baltimore, and Frederick Counties was sent to the Upper
House, with the ingrossed Bills, N.^o 17, 18, and the Paper Bills
thereof, by M.^r Johnson and M.^r Chase.

Philip Thomas Lee, Esq from the Upper House, delivers to M.^r
Speaker the Bill, entitled, An Act relating to the publick Roads in
Anne-Arundel, Baltimore, and Frederick Counties, thus indorsed;
"By the Upper House of Assembly, April 16, 1774: Read the first
and second Time by an especial Order and will pass.

Signed by Order, James Brooks, Cl. Up. Ho."

Which was read here and passed for ingrossing.

The Amendments proposed by the Upper House to the Bill, en-
titled, An Act for the Relief of insolvent Debtors, were read the
second Time and rejected.

William Hayward, Esq from the Upper House, delivers to M.^r
Speaker the Bill, entitled, An Act to preserve the Independence of
the Members of the Lower House of Assembly of this Province, thus