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 The Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred a bill entitled an act to amend the several acts now in force regulating the fees of Magistrates and Constables so far as relates to the county of Chatham, beg leave to report that they have considered said bill, and purpose to amend it by striking out the words "or acquitted." in the third line of the third section. Your Committee find no other objection to said bill, and therefore recommend the passage of the same to the House. And having now performed the duty assigned them in this behalf, your Committee ask leave to be discharged from the further consideration of said bill.

Mr. Worrell, from the Committee on the Judciarv, to whom was referred a bill entitled an act to regulate pleadings and evidence in cases where the plea of usury may be filed, &c., report, that they have had the same under consideration, and unanimously agree in an expression of opinion against the passage of said bill. Mr. Worrell, from the same committee, to whom was referred a bill entitled an act to protect the people of this State from vexatious prosecutions, &c., report:

That they have had said bill under consideration, and express their opinion favorable to the passage of the same, provided the Legislature shall concur in the following amendment, to be inserted at the end of the 2d section:

And be it also enacted, That if the two bills shall hive been ignored as contemplated in the foregoing section of this bill, and the prosecutor within three terms of the Court thereafter shall show to the Court on oath in writing that a material witness for the prosecution absented himself from the previous Courts, and that the attendance of such witness can then be had or procured, and also the name of such witness, and what he expects to prove by him or that he has subsequently discovered additional testimony, then and in that case the Court may in its discretion allow a third bill of indictment to be proposed, &c.

Mr. Worrell, from the same committee, to whom was referred a bill entitled an act to alter and amend the sixth section of the third article of the Constitution of this State, so as to give to the people the election of Clerk of the Court of Ordinary, say that they have duly considered said bill and report the same back to the House without amendment, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of said bill.

Mr Worrell, from the same committee, to whom was referred a bill to be entitled an act to perfect service of facias on absent defendants, &c., say they duly considered said bill and unanimously agree in recommending the passage of the same, for the reason that in different circuits of this State different rules of practice have been adopted in