THE house met.  Present the same members as on yesterday.  The proceedings of yesterday were read.
    Mr. Cresap, of Michael, from the committee, delivers to the speaker a bill, entitled, An act to correct
a mistake in the beginning of lot number three thousand nine hundred and eighty-three of the lands lying westward
of Fort Cumberland; which was read the first time and ordered to lie on the table.
    The report on the petition of George Hoffman, and others, was read the second time, concurred with, and
leave given to bring in a bill pursuant thereto.  ORDERED, That the committee appointed on said petition prepare
and bring in the same.
    A petition from sundry inhabitants of Worcester county, praying an act may pass for laying out a road from
Winant's Landing, to intersect the main county road leading from Snow Hill-town to Philadelphia, was preferred,
read, and referred to Mr. Wilson, Mr. Purnell and Mr. Gunby, to consider and report thereon.
    A petition from Thomas Purnell, of Walton, of Worcester county, praying the clerk of said county may be
authorised to record a deed from Moses Jacques to the said petitioner, was preferred, read, and referred to
Mr. Purnell, Mr. Wilson and Mr. Gunby, to consider and report thereon.
    A petition from William B. Magruder, of the city of Baltimore, praying an act of insolvency, was preferred,
read, and referred to the committee on the petition of Thomas J. Beatty, to consider and report thereon.
    Petitions from James McCormick, Adam Gantz, George Deale, William Vance, John G. Konecke and Frederick
A. Kramer, of the city of Baltimore, Ralph Briscoe, of Frederick county, Alexander Kennedy, of Washington
county, Patrick Simm, of Prince-George's county, Thomas Steuart and John Neptune, of Allegany
county, praying acts of insolvency, were preferred, read, and referred to the committee appointed on petitions
of a similar nature.
    The speaker laid before the house a letter from Charles Emory, register of the land-office of the eastern shore,
with an account of taxes received in said office; which was read, and referred to the committee appointed on
the letter of the register of the land-office of the western shore, to consider and report thereon.
    Mr. Worthington, from the committee, delivers to the speaker the following report:
    THE committee to whom was referred the petition of sundry inhabitants of the city and precincts of Baltimore
report, that they have the same under consideration, and are of opinion that the prayer thereof is reasonable,
and ought to be granted.
                                                By order,                                                    L.  GASSAWAY, clk.
    Which was read the first and second time, concurred with, and leave given to bring in a bill pursuant thereto.
ORDERED, That the committee appointed on said petition prepare and bring in the same.