Bill

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Monday, March 11, 1776, P˙ M.

The Committee appointed to prepare and bring in a Bill to increase the number of Representatives in Assembly for the City of Philadelphia, and the Counties of Lancaster, York, Cumberland, Berks, Northampton, Bedford, Northumberland, and Westmoreland, reported they had essayed a draft for that purpose, which they presented to the Chair; and the same being read the first time, was ordered to lie on the table for a second reading.