The Upper House. 17

By the house of Dellegates
March 31^st 1707

May it please Your Excellency
Upon reading Your Ex^ncys Message of Saturday by Thomas
Tench Esq^r relating to her Majes^tys Royal Comands Concern-
ing Itinerant Judges &c this house have ordered and appointed
a select number of Members to attend yo^r Ex^ncy when You
shall please to give Orders.
Signed p ord^r W Taylard C 1 h Del

A Petition from M^r Henry Hall on behalf of S^t Jamess
Parish in Ann Arundel County read & recomended to the
House of Delegates.

Upon reading the last Message from the house Coll Jenkins
and M^r Sanders were Sent to acquaint the house that his
Ex^ncy was Ready to receive the said members: And that when
the house has appointed a Comittee to Inspect the Papers this
Day sent under scale the Clarke of this Board is ordered to
Attend them. And that in reguard M^r Gale and M^r Denwood
live very remote His Ex^ncy desires they will Examine them that
they may have leave to goe home.

Original
Journal.

Then M^r William Coursey Came and was added to the
board.
Then was read the Petition of the Inhabitants of Queen
Anns County Praying their Towne and Court house to be
appointed at M^r William Sweatnams Landing instead of
Courseica Creeke
Also the Petition of other the Inhabitants of the said Queen
Anns County read praying the Court house to be appointed
at Major Hawkins Plantation in Coursica Creeke, which said
Peti^ns were both referred to the Consideration of the house of
Delegates And recomended that M^r Philemon Lloyd and
M^r Richard Tillman and other Gentⁿ now in Towne be heard
thereto.
And sent to the house by Coll Lloyd.
M^r Bradley & nine other members came from the house to
whom his Ex^ncy was pleased to read her Majestys Approbation
of Reduceing the number of the Provinciall Justices and ap-
pointing Itenerant Justices to goe the Circuites.
The Petition of John Nicholls of Dorchester County Com-
plaining that Maj^r Nicholas Lowe Ex^r of William Edmondson
deceased refused to sell the Land he was Impowered to last
Assembly read and referred to the house of Delegates for
Maj^r Low to give his ans^r thereto.

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