The Lower House. 353

N.^o 19, 20, 21, 22, and the Paper Bills thereof by M.^r Robins and
M.^r Purnell.
The Bill, entitled, An Act relating to Criminals was read the
second Time, passed, and sent to the Upper House, with the Bill,
entitled, An Act relating to Criminals in certain Cases, by M.^r
Steele and M.^r Dallam.
On reading a second Time the Bill, entitled, An Act to regulate
the Payment of Attornies Fees, the Question was put, that the
following Clause to wit, "And be it further enacted, That if any
Attorney, or other Person practising the Law in any of the Courts
of this Province, shall deliver or send out his List of Fees to the
Sheriff of any County for collecting the same, before the several
Actions on which such Fees are charged be prosecuted or defended
to final Judgment, Agreement, or other End thereof, such Attorney,
or other Person practising the Law as aforesaid, shall for every
such Offence, forfeit and pay the Sum of twenty Pounds Current
Money, one half thereof to the Use of the County where the Offence
shall be committed, to defray the publick Charge thereof, the other
half to the Informer to be recovered by Action of Debt, Information
or Bill of Indictment, any Thing herein to the Contrary notwith-
standing, be inserted in the Bill? Carried in the Negative.

L. H. J.

Liber 54
Apr. 18

For the Negative.

Key,

Steele,

Gilpin,

Barnes,

Tolley,

Ward,

Maxwell,

Chamberlaine,

Purnell,

Johnson,

Lloyd,

Robins,

Chase,

Tyler,

Beatty,

J. Hall,

T. Wright,

Aq. Hall,

Parran,

So. Wright,

Dallam,

Waters,

Veazy,

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For the Affirmative.

p. 376

Worthington,

Ridgely,

Earle,

Hammond,

Deye,

Hyland,

Lyles,

Ridgely Son of

Bond Son of Tho.

Somervell,

John,

Love. [11]