a. Treasurer of the Western Shore,

1. Capt. Thomas Tasker of Calvert County (Prot, wife prob. Cath.),

proposed by Lower House, 30 May 1692 (AM, XIII, 400); placed in office by

act of October, 1694, chap. 19 (AM, XXXVIII, 11).

2. Robert Mason of St. Mary's County (Prot.), appointed by resolution

of Lower House, 17 Oct. 1695; suspended by Governor and Council shortly before

5 Nov. 1698; restored by same, 7 July 1699; discharged because he lived so

far from Annapolis, 2 May 1700 (AM, XIX, 234; XXII, 178, 182, 319; XXIV, 53).

3. Col. Samuel Young of Anne Arundel County (Prot.), appointed by

Lower House with consent of the Governor and Upper House, 2 May 1700 (AM

XXIV, 17); died in office, June, 1736.

4. Col. Charles Hammond of Anne Arundel County (Prot.), com. by Lt.

Gov. Ogle, 23 Oct. 1736, and again by Lt. Gov. Bladen, 29 Sept. 1742 (Com-

mission Book No. 82, ff. 46, 92); died in office, 13 Sept. 1772. The Lower

House in May, 1737, chose a committee to investigate the former manner of

appointing Treasurers; but it took no action on the report.

5. *Col. William Fitzhugh of Calvert County (Prot., wife's mother

Cath.), com. by Lt. Gov. Eden, 28 Sept. 1772, and again 29 April 1773 (Ibid.,

ff. 287, 306). His successor, Thomas Harwood, Jr. of Annapolis, was ap-

pointed by the Convention, 14 Aug. 1775. Fitzhugh died in 1798.

b. Treasurer of the Eastern Shore.

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