9° & 10° Gul. III. Parl. 3. Sess. 3. A. 1697, & 1698.

OAKHAMPTON , Petition from, 7 Feb. Vide Leather.

Offices , Bill to prevent buying and selling them, ordered, 20 Jan. Presented, 4 Feb. To be read, 5 & 12. Read, 16. Committed, 26 Mar. Petitions against Bill presented, and referred, 1 & 5 Apr. Committees added, 20.
-, — Bill to give Time to several Persons to qualify themselves for them, ordered, 31 Mar. Read, 2 Apr. Committed; Instruction, 6. Bill reported; Clause added; Bill to be ingrossed, 12. Passed, 13.

Officers. Vide Army.

Oldershaw , Thomas, and John Williams, Petition, relating to Irish Arrears, referred to a Committee, 17 Jan. Other Petitions presented, and referred, 20 & 27 Jan. 16. 21. & 28, Feb. & 30 Mar. Report to be made, 1 Mar. Petitions transferred, 7 & 19 Apr. Report; Resolution thereupon, 4 May. Vide Address.

Orders. Vide Members , Serjeant, Speaker, and Bills.
-, — for locking up Back-door of the Speaker's Chamber, 9 Dec. & 21 Apr.—against gaming in Westminster-hall, 28 Jan.

Ordnance . Vide Accounts.

Ormond , Duke of, Petition of Soldiers in his Troop, 16 Feb. Vide Molyneux.

Ossery , Upper, Countess of, Petition referred to the Committee on the Bill for resuming Grants, 25 Feb. Vide Supply.
-, — Lord Baron of, Petition referred to the Committee on the Bill for resuming Grants, 1 Mar. Vide Supply.

Ossett , Petition from, 14 Feb. Vide Air.

Osswestry , Petition from, 31 Mar. Vide Leather.

Otley , Petition from, 25 Feb. Vide Air.

Ottery , Petition from, 2 Feb. Vide Leather.

Overall . Vide Privileges.

Outlawries , Bill for the more easy Discharge of Seizures thereupon in the Exchequer in civil Actions, ordered, 9 Feb. Read, 18. Committed, 25. Committees added, 18 Mar.

Oxburgh , James, Petition referred to the Committee on the Bill for resuming Grants, 25 Feb. Vide Supply.

Oxford City, Petition from, 4 Jan. Vide Leather.

10° & 11° Gul. III. Parl. 4. Sess. 1. A. 1698, & 1699.

OFFICERS. Vide Army , and Members.
-, — and Soldiers disbanded, Bill to exercise their Trades, ordered, 17 Jan. Read, 6 Apr. Order for Second Reading, 12. Committed, 13. Committee impowered to receive Clauses to oblige Colonels to account with Captains, and Captains with Soldiers, 14. To oblige Paymasters to account with Colonels, 18. Bill reported; Clause added; Bill to be ingrossed, 21. Passed, 24. Agreed to by Lords, 29.

Ogilvy , Bartholomew, Bill to naturalize him, ordered, 11 Jan. Presented, 17. Read, 18. Parties take Oaths, 19 & 20. Bill committed, 20. Reported, and to be ingrossed, 21. Passed, 23. Returned from Lords, with Amendments; Amendments agreed to; Royal Assent, 1 Feb.

Okeover , Rowland and Thomas, Bill, from Lords, to make a Jointure, 31 Mar. Read, 1 Apr. Committed, 13. Reported, 17. Passed, 20.

Oldershaw , Thomas, and others, Petition, 15 Feb. Vide Tincker.

Orders . Vide Serjeant, Door-keepers, Messengers, and House.
-, — for locking up the Back-door of the Speaker's Chambers, 16 Dec.—against gaming in Westminster-hall—for removing Footmen off the Stairs, 23.—for reading Orders of the Day at 12 o'clock, 14 Mar.—against receiving new Business, 30.
-, — standing, that no Members take any Paper or Minutebooks off the Table, to transcribe in the House, on Pain of Censure, 25 Mar.—that the Chairman, upon the Report of private Bills, acquaint the House, that the Allegations thereof have been examined, and Parties concerned given their Consent to the Satisfaction of the Committee, 31.—that no Member have Privilege, except for his Person, longer than the House is sitting, 17 Apr.

Ordnance. Vide Estimates , and Accounts.

Orford Election, Petition, 12 Dec.

Ottery , St. Mary's, Petition from, 20 Mar. Vide Woollen Manufacture.

Outlawries , Bill for the more easy Discharge of Seizures thereupon in the Exchequer in civil Causes, read, 12 Dec. Committed, 16. Reported, and to be ingrossed, 7 Mar. Passed, 23.

Oxford City, Petition from, relating to the Duty on Leather, 19 Jan.