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according to order accounts act entitled Adjourned till to-morrow admitted and delivered aforesaid amendments proposed thereto attending ballot Baning Bassett bill entitled BOOTH Castle County Chair a bill Chair a resolution Chair the bill Charles Pope Cl'k of Assembly Clothier-General Clowes Collins Conwell Council adjourned Council thereto County of Kent County of Sussex Court Craghead Delaware Regiment delivery thereof according divers election empowering entitled An act Esquire foregoing bill Gentlemen George Read House of Assembly Hyatt John John Clowes John Dickinson Justice Kent County Loan Office member also delivered member of Assembly Messrs Monday motion P. M. Council P. M. EODEM P. M. The Council paper of amendments Patterson persons petition pounds Present President read a second read the second reported the delivery Resolved Richard Bassett SATURDAY sembly Sent for concurrence Speaker special order Sussex County therein transcribed and sent Vandyke wait William Polk yesterday
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