80 Assembly Proceedings, March 26-April 15, 1707.

L. H. J.

enters the House and brought with him the original Law for
Officers Fees and then withdrew
Which Law being read the House thought fit and do order that
the original Bill be brought into the House and then this House
will further consider
His Excellency's Message to this House relating to M^r Du-
mer's Proposals was again read in the House and is referred
till to Morrow Morning for Consideration.
M^r Charles Carroll, Agent for the Lord Baltimore his Me-
morial was read this Day and Debated.
It is Resolved a select Committee be appointed to make
Answer thereto; and Ordered That Major Nicholas Lowe, M^r
Robert Bradley, M^r John Hall and M^r Robert Tyler be ap-
pointed a Committee for that Purpose.
Bill for suspending (during the Queen's Pleasure) the Prose-
cution of the Priests of the Romish Communion incurring the
Penalties of the Act to prevent the further Growth of Popery
in this Province Indorsed By His Excellency the Governor &
Council in Assembly first April 1707. Read the first Time
Signed p order W Bladen Cl. Co.

And indorsed By the House of Delegates April 2^nd 1707
Read in the House of Delegates the first Time
Signed p Order W Taylard Cl. Ho. Del.

The Committee appointed yesterday to enquire into Col<sup>o

Beal's Complaint enters the House & delivers Beal's Petition
and their Report thereupon which was read and ordered to be
entered Viz.</sup>

p. 111

To his Excellency the Governor her Majesty's Honble Coun-
cil and the Delegates of the Assembly now convened.

The Petition of Col^{o
Ninian Beall.}

Most humbly representeth to your Excellency and this Honble
Assembly That notwithstanding he hath been very instrumen-
tal in extending his Lordships the Lord Proprietary's Terri-
tories upon the Frontiers of Potowmack and elsewhere in
Prince George's County, for some years last past he has been
very ill treated by Col^{o
Henry Darnall and Mr Charles Carroll
his Lordship's Agents, and other his Lordship's Surveyors,
so that in many Things they deny him common Justice and
extremely opprest him to his utter Impoverishment. As first
in denying him Patents for a Tract of Land called Darnall's
Good Will and for one other Tract called Turkey Thicket,
and for one thousand Acres lying on the Freshes of Choptank
in Dorchester County and in divers other particulars too long}