550 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1731.

             Lib. M.  direct that all Officers both Civil and Military execute and

                 discharge the several Trusts and Duties in them reposed and

                 enjoyned by the present respective Commissions to them

                 granted until such time as my further Pleasure and Directions

                 shall be signifyed therein Given at the City of Annapolis this

                 seventh Day of December in the fifth Year of the Reign of

                 Our Sovereign Lord George the second and in the seventeenth

                 year of His Lordships Dominion &c Annoq Domini 1731

                              Great          J. Ross Cl. Conc.

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                  Ordered that Proclamations issue to dissolve this present

                 General Assembly which stands prorogued to the fourth day

                 of January next; and it is likewise Ordered that Writts of

                 Election issue to call a New Assembly returnable the third

                 Tuesday of February next; and in Case there Should be no

                 Occasion for the Assembly then to meet and proceed upon

                 Business, Ordered that the Clerk of this Board write Lres to

                 the Sheriffs of the several Counties of this Province, who are to

                 inform the Delegates of their sd Counties that their Attendance

                 is not required at the Return Day mentioned in the Writts of

                 Election.