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VOTES and PROCEEDINGS, November, 1796.
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horse and foot, and to repeal the acts of assembly therein mentioned.
ORDERED, That Mr.
Wilkins, Mr. Hyland, Mr. Robins, Mr. Johnson and Mr. Jones, be a committee
to prepare and
bring in the same.
Mr. Digges, from the committee, brings in and delivers
to the speaker the following report:
THE committee to whom was referred the petition of sundry
the inhabitants of Charles county,
praying that a road may be laid out from a place commonly called Bean-town
through the Forest to
Port-Tobacco, have taken the same into consideration, and are of opinion
the prayer thereof is
reasonable, and ought to be granted. All which is submitted to the
house.
By order,
Z. HUGHES, clk.
Which was read the first and second time, concurred
with, and leave given to bring in a bill pursuant
thereto. ORDERED, That Mr. Chapman, Mr. Digges, Mr. Baker, Mr. Key
and Mr.
Handy, be a committee to prepare and bring in the same.
On motion, Leave given to bring in a bill to aid defects
in the acknowledgment of deeds. ORDERED,
That Mr. Wilson, Mr. Whittington and Mr. Robins, be a committee to prepare
and
bring in the same.
On motion, ORDERED, That the supplement to the act,
entitled, An act for the establishment
and regulation of the levy courts in the several counties of this state,
be committed for amendment.
The report on the petition of Ciney Welsh was read the
second time, concurred with, and leave
given to bring in a bill pursuant thereto. ORDERED, That Mr. J. C.
Thomas, Mr. Hopewell
and Mr. Ridout, be a committee to prepare and bring in the same.
On motion, Leave given to bring in a further supplement
to an act, entitled, An act for the preservation
of the breed of fish in Patuxent river. ORDERED, That Mr. Calvert,
Mr. Hall, Mr.
Baker, Mr. Brome and Mr. William Thomas, be a committee to prepare and
bring in the same.
The bill for the relief of Benjamin Moreton, of Baltimore
county, was read the second time,
passed, and sent to the senate, with the bill to confirm the title of Levin
Irving and Samuel Smylie
to the lands therein mentioned, by the clerk.
On the second reading the bill to ascertain the allowance
to jurymen and witnesses of the general
courts, and the several county courts of this state, the question was put,
That each juryman attending
the county court be allowed the sum of one dollar and thirty-three cents
per day? The yeas
and nays being required, appeared as follow:
A F F I
R M A T
I V E.
Messieurs
W. Thomas,
Hopewell,
Neale,
Spencer,
Ridout,
J. C. Thomas, |
Hall,
Brome,
Sprigg,
Emerson,
Bourne,
Chapman, |
Sherwood,
Lamdin,
Wilkins,
Pattison,
Hollingsworth
Miller, |
Savin,
Duckett,
Calvert,
Baker,
C. Frazier,
Robins, |
Wilson,
Brother,
Quynn, jun.
Shriver,
Jarrett,
Montgomery, |
Bennett,
Young,
Bowles,
Reintzel,
Beall. |
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N E G A
T I V E.
Messieurs
Barroll,
Buchanan,
J. Thomas,
Parnham, |
Digges,
Harwood,
Johnson,
Jones, |
Hyland,
Campbell,
Wallace,
Quynn, |
Key,
Brown.
Corbin,
Prall, |
Cellar,
McClain,
Swearingen,
Oneale, |
J. C. Beatty,
Clarke,
Tomlinson. |
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So it was resolved in the affirmative.
The bill being read throughout, the question was put,
That the said bill do pass? Resolved in the
affirmative.
On the second reading the bill to ascertain the allowance
of the members of the general assembly,
electors of the senate, and electors of president and vice-president of
the United States, the question
was put, That each member of the general assembly be allowed three dollars
and fifty cents per day?
The yeas and nays being required, appeared as follow:
A F F I
R M A T
I V E.
Messieurs
Spencer,
Buchanan,
Ridout,
J. C. Thomas,
Hall,
Sprigg,
Emerson,
Chapman, |
J. Thomas,
Digges,
Carroll,
Harwood,
Johnson,
Lamdin,
Hyland,
Wilkins, |
Pattison,
Campbell,
Hollingsworth
Miller,
Wallace,
Savin,
Duckett,
Calvert, |
Baker,
Quynn,
Key,
Nicholson,
Brown,
Whittington,
Robins,
Wilson, |
Shriver,
Prall,
Montgomery,
Bennett,
Driver,
Young,
Boone,
Cellar, |
McClain,
Bowles,
Swearingen,
J. C. Beatty,
Clarke,
Beall,
Tomlinson. |
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N E G A
T I V E.
Messieurs
W. Thomas,
Hopewell,
Neale, |
Barroll,
Brome,
Bourne, |
Parnham,
Sherwood,
Jones, |
C. Frazier,
Corbin,
Brother, |
Quynn, jun.
Jarrett, |
Reintzel,
Oneale. |
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So it was resolved in the affirmative.
The bill being read throughout, the question was put,
That the said bill do pass? Resolved in the
affirmative.
The house adjourns till to-morrow morning 9 o'clock.
T U E S
D A Y, December 13,
1796.
THE house met. Present the same members as
on yesterday. The proceedings of yesterday
were read. Mr. Winchester appeared in the house.
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