322 Assembly Proceedings, November 1-December 20, 1765,

Liber H. S.
No. 1

, the said recited Act vested with over the Trustees residing in London
appointed by the said recited Act

20.^th Dec.^r 1765
Read & assented to By
the Lower House of As-
sembly
Signed p Order
MMacnemara Cl lo ho.

On Behalf of the Right
Honourable the Lord
Propry of this Province I
Will this be a Law
Hor.^o Sharpe

20.^th Dec.^r 1765
Read & assented to by
the Upper House of As-
sembly
Signed by Order
UScot Cl. Up. Ho.

the Great Seal
in Wax append.^t

No. 39

Ex.^d

An Act to enable the Commissioners or Trustees of the Loan Office
to purcahse Stationary Ware necessary for the Use of the Upper
and Lower Houses of Assembly

[Commis-
sioners to
send for Sta-
tionery for
the use of
the Prov-
ince]

Be it enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary by
and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordships Governor and
the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly and the Authority of
the same that the Commissioners or Trustees of the Loan Office
for the Time being shall and they are hereby impowered out of the
first Bills of Exchange that shall be in their Hands belonging to the
Public of this Province to remit to some Merchant in London the
Sum of twenty rive Founds Sterling with Orders to lay out the
same (deducting Commission & Charges) in one Record Book and
such Parchment Paper Ink Powder and Quills as the said Com-
missioners or Trustees shall direct any Law to the Contrary not-
withstanding which said stationary Ware shall be purchased and
shipped on the Risque of the Public of this Province and shall on it's
Arrival be to and for the Use of the Upper and Lower Houses of
Assembly to be by them expended in the Publick Business

20.^th Dec.^r 1765
By the Lower House of
Assembly read and as-
sented to
Signed p Order
MMacnemara Cl lo ho

On Behalf of the Right
Honble the Lord Propry
of this Province I Will
this be a Law
Hor:^o Sharpe

20.^th Dec.^r 1765
read & assented to by
the Upper House of As-
sembly
Signed p Order
UScott: Cl. Up. ho.

The Great Seal
in Wax append.^t

p. 591

I do hereby Certify that Reverdy Ghiselin Clerk of the Provincial
Court and Secretary's Office of the Province of Maryland this Day
personally appeared before Me the Subscriber One of the Right
Honourable the Lord Proprietary of the Province of Maryland his
Council of State and made Oath on the Holy Evangels of Almighty
God that he carefully examined all the Laws contained in this Book