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confirmed to him & his will for fifty one yeares, where he may
build without any Charge to the Country to his vse & he will
inclose the same.
Yo^r pet^r further sayth that without such redresses as afores^d
he is totally disabled from keepeing Ordinary, Which p^rmisses
Considered yo^r pet^r humbly throwes himselfe vpon yo^r honors
for such Redress as to yo^r honors may seeme meete that his
publick designe may be encouraged & not languish.
And he shall pray &c.

vpon readeing of which pet" This howse doe Conceive that
W^m Smith may haue a lease for three acres of the Countrys
land for 31 yeares to him & his Executors layd out in such
parts as the Governor shall thinke fitt & that the rest of the
pet" is vnreasonable
Jo: Gittings Clre.

The lower howse doe Consent that W^m Smith may haue
three acres of the Countrys land for one and thirty yeares to
him & his Executors to be layd out by the Governor, provided
the sd Smith & his Executers be obliged to build a new howse
thereon at his owne Costs & charges & keep ordinary therein
for the Countrys service & for the entertaynment of all psons
whatsoever attending Pro^all Courts & Assemblys or vpon their
other necessary occasions at other tymes. As to the rest of
the sd Smiths petⁿ this howse Concurrs with the Vpper howse
W^m Bretton Clk

Ordered that in pursuance of the sd pet" & orders of both
howses that the Governor cause to lay out three acres of the
Countrys land for the said Smith
John Gittings

U. H.

Journal
1659-59

Was read the petⁿ of Henry Adams High Sherriff of Charles
County as followeth

To the hono^ble Governo^r & Councell
and Burgesses now assembled
The humble petⁿ of Henry Adams high
Sherriff of Charles County
Humbly sheweth

That whereas yo^r pet^r had by lawe due vnto him for the
imprisonm^t of Hannah Lee als Price & Mary Marler from the
17^th of June vntill the tenth of October & and for other Charges
by the sd. prisoners incurr'd as for their conveying to S^t Marys
&c the sume of five thousand seaven hundred and fifteene
pounds of tobacco, & caske And for the Indian prisoners with
the charge of Conveying them to S^t Marys the sume of one
thousand eight hundred seaventy & five pounds of tobacco, &

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