Assembly Proceedings, May — June 1676. 515

Ordered by his Lordship That Two ac[res of Land] adjacent
To the Court house new E[rected] for Somerset County never
Y[et taken] up be Reserved and Confirm [ed to the] Comis-
sion^rs of the Said County for [the Use] of the Said Comis-
sion^rs and County [aforesaid]
Signed by ord^r of [his Lordship]
Richard Boughton Clk
of the Assembly

The Lower house w^th Theire Speaker Came into This house
with all the Lawes made This Assembly, The Titles whereof
being Read in the presence of both houses His Lordship
Signed The Said Lawes with this Subscription viz His Lo^pp
Willeth these To be Lawes Which Subscription was at the De-
sire of the Lower house Read by the Clerke of the Upper
House in the Audience of both houses & thereupon his Lo^pp
Prorogued This Assembly vntill the 15^th day of May next to
Ensue in The yeare yeare 1677

U. H.
Journal
original
p. 53

Acts made att a Generall Assembly held att the Citty of S^t.
Maryes the fifteenth day of May in the first yeare of the Do-
minion of Charles &c^a Annoq Domini one thousand six
hundred Seventy Six

The Right Hon^ble Charles Lord Baltemore &^ca

An Act for Continueing the payment of the Imposicon of two
Shillings p hoggshead dureing the life of the Hon^ble Csecilius
Calvert Esqr Sonn & heir of the Right Hon^ble Charles Abso-
lute Lord and Proprietary of the Prouinces of Maryland &
Avalon Lord Baltemore &^ca in case he Survive his Lordship.

Whereas by an act of Assembly made att a Generall Assem-
bly held att the Citty of S^t Maryes the twelfth day of ffebruary
in the yeare of our Lord one thousand Six hundred Seventy
and four Entituled an act of gratitude to his Excellency Charles
Calvert Esq Cap. Generall of Maryland itt was Enacted that
a former Act made att a Generall Assembly held att the said
Citty of S^t Maries the twenty seventh day of March one thou-
sand Six hundred Seventy one Entituled an act for the rayse-
ing & provideing a Support for his Lordship the Lord and Pro-
prietary of this Prouince dureing his Natureall life And like-
wise a Supply towards the defraying the publick Charges of
Gouernment Itt was Enacted that the said Act & all and every
the Articles Provisoes matters and things therein Contained
should stand & be by that present Act ratifyed & Confirmed
to all intents & purposes according to the true intent & mean-

Liber
W H & L
p. 95