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willing the Justices of the County Courts should regulate the
Ordinary Licenses, until her Majesty's and Attorney General
Assembly of this Province shall otherwise provide therein
Signed p Order W Bladen Cl. Co.

Petition of the Inhabitants of Queen Ann's County praying
Liberty to bring in a Bill for Removal of their Court House to
the Town of Marlborough
Read and referred for Consideration to the next Session of
Assembly.
The Honble Col^{o
Holland from the Council enters the House
and delivers Mr Speaker John Baker's Petition as Sheriff of
Calvert County praying Consideration of this House concern-
ing the Maintenance of Debtors in Prison Which was read
and referred to the Consideration of the Committee appointed
to draw up a Bill for Relief of poor Debtors.
The Petition of Richard Bennett brought from the Council
by Colo
Holland praying Leave to bring in a Bill to sell the
Lands of John Howell Marriner to reimburse to him ten Pounds
thirteen Shillings and Nine Pence overpaid in his Administra-
tion. Indorsed as follows}

By the Council in Assembly December 8^th 1708

This Petition with the Petitioner's Account of his Adminis-
tration on John Howell's Estate referred to the Consideration
of the House of Delegates to give Leave to bring in a Bill
as prayed.
Signed p Order W Bladen Cl. Co.

Which being read and debated put to the Question whether
the Petitioner have Leave to bring in a Bill or not ? Carryed
by Majority of Votes in the Negative
The Petition of John Richard and Jacob Stallings again
read and referred for Consideration the next Session of As-
sembly.
Col^o Smith from the Committee of Aggrievances reports to
the House as follows

By the Committee of Aggrievances December 8^th 1708.

It's humbly offered to this Committee as an Aggrievance to
the Province in General that the Commissioners of Oyer and
Terminer of the several County Courts being reduced of late
to ten thousand Pounds of Tobacco or fifty Pounds Sterling
has occasioned many Lawsuits to be brought into the Provin-

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