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Which said Petitions were Severally read here and referred to the
Consideration of the next Assembly
Daniel Dulany Esq^r from the Committee of Laws brought in an
Address to the Governours Speech and read the same in his Place
and afterwards Delivered it in at the board, which was afterwards
read and approved of & Ordered to be Ingrossed.
The Petition of John James Clug of the City of Annapolis praying
leave to bring in a bill for his Naturalization was read & Granted on
his taking the Several Oaths to the Government required by Law.
The Petition of Daniel Hall Prisoner in Cecil County Gaol praying
releasement from Gaol was read & Granted
The Petition of Thomas Thackstone of Kent County praying
leave to bring in a Bill to Ascertain the Boundarys of a Tract of Land
called Weibley was read & rejected
The House Adjourns till two a Clock in the Afternoon

Friday at Two of the Clock in the Afternoon.
The House met according to Adjournment, The Members were
Called and all Present as in the Morning.
M^r Walter Smith & Maj^r Adderton Skinner appeared in the House
this Afternoon Cap" Thomas Waughop Appeared in the House this
Afternoon.

The Question was put that the Votes & Proceedings of this House
during this Session be printed, Resolved in the Affirmative.
The Question was put whether M^r Parks be Allowed one hundred
pounds of Tobacco per Day for printing the Votes or Seventy five
pounds of Tobacco, Resolved that he be Allowed one hundred pounds
of Tobacco
M^r Samuel Hanson from the Committee of Laws Delivered to M^r
Speaker a Bill Entituled an Act for reviving an Act for the Tryal of
all Matters of fact in the Several Countys where they have Arisen
or shall Arise the Continuance of Causes in the Provincial Court and
the Adjournment of that Court with the Supplementary Act thereto,
Which bill was read the first time and Ordered to Lye on the Table.
Daniel Dulany Esq^r from the Committee of Laws Delivered to
M^r Speaker the Address of this House to his Excellencys Speech
Ingrossed.
The Address was as followeth Viz.

To His Excellency Benedict Leonard Calvert Esq^r Governour
of Maryland. The humble Address of the
Lower House of Assembly

May it Please your Excellency
We his Majestys most Dutiful and Loyal Subjects the Representa-
tives of the freemen of Maryland in Assembly Convened return your

L. H. J.