236 Assembly Proceedings, July 13-July 29, 1731.

L. H. J.

of this Province in the Payments of Debts and to raise a fund to Sink
the said Bills of Credit, which was read the first time and Ordered to
Lye on the Table.
The House Adjourns till two a Clock Afternoon

Post Meridiem

The House met according to Adjournment Called and all present
as in the Morning.
A Bill for Quieting Possessions and further Securing the Estates
of Purchasers was read the first time & Ordered to Lye on the Table.
The Question was put whether the Paper Currency Bill should
have a Second reading Carried in the Affirmative.
John Rousby Esq^r from the Upper House Delivers M^r Speaker
the paper Bills for the Assessment of so much Tobacco on the Tax-
able Inhabitants of Westminster Parish in Ann Arundell County as
will build them a new Church and Purchase two acres of Land to
build the said Church on, The paper bill Empowering the Justices of
Calvert County Court to Levy on the Taxable persons of that County
any Sum of Tobacco not Exceeding Ten thousand pounds of Tobacco
to pay for the finishing the Court House of the said County. The
Paper bill for the Encouragement of the making of Linnen Cloath
within this Province of fiflax or Hemp of the Growth thereof.

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The Paper Bill for the Continuance of Process in Baltemore
County Court, Severally Endorsed thus,

July 22^d 1731
Read & Assented to.
Signed p Order. J. Ross Cl. Up. Ho.

The House Adjourns till to Morrow Morning Eight a Clock.

July 23

Friday July the 23^rd 1731

The House met according to Adjournment, Called and all Present
as Yesterday.
The proceedings of Yesterday were read.
The Bill for Quieting Possessions and further Securing the Estates
of Purchasers was read a second time and referred till next As-
sembly.
Phillip Lee Esq^r from the Upper House Delivered to M^r Speaker
the Petition of William Austin thus Endorst,

By the Upper House of Assembly 23^d July 1731.

Read and Recommended to the Consideration of the Lower House
of Assembly.
Signed p Order. J Ross. Cl. Up. Ho.