§ Moved to resolve, That as regards the said Bill it appears that the progress of the same was delayed in the House of Commons until after the funds to be provided for carrying it into effect had been voted by that House, which was not done until the 11th instant, which accounts for the late period at which the said Bill reached this House; and, inasmuch as the said Bill only extends the time granted by a former Act for the purchase of lands, and the improvements to which it relates must be most inconveniently postponed and the owners of the properties referred to injuriously affected by such delay unless the said Bill should pass in the present 1782 Session, it is the opinion of this House that the circumstances which render legislation on the subject matter of the said Bill expedient are in the opinion of this House of such urgency as to render the immediate consideration of the same necessary; agreed to.
§ Bill read 2a (according to order) and committed forthwith.