230 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1648—1655.

Liber A.

time before the first day of November next ensueing the date
hereof come and make theire right appeare vnto mee his Lopps
Leiveten^ant of this Province or to such deputy as I shall ordaine
and appoint in case of my absence or death) for the Goverm^t
of this Province vnder his Lopp, w^ch they p^rtend to all or any
such lands here as aforesaid, and after survey thereof and be-
fore the said first day of November next demand Grants of
mee or such deputy as aforesaid for the same vnder his Lopps
great Seale of this Province before menconed, and therevppon
they shall haue Grants speedily passed vnto them according to
Justice As his Lopp requires mee his said Leiveten^ant to per-
forme vnto them And in regard there may bee some person or
persons nowe absent out of this Province & Virginia w^ch haue
or pretend to haue right vnto lands here due by such Condicons
or warrant before expressed, and cannot by reason of such ab-
sence in convenient time haue notice hereof. Such person or
persons soe absent as aforesaid shall haue liberty till the 25^th
day of March next after the date of this Proclamacon to make
such theire right to land within this Province to appeare and to
demand Grants for the same in manner as aforesaid And all
such person & persons before menconed who shall neglect or
refuse to comply herewith must blame theire owne obstinacy if
hereafter they bee refused any such Grants, w^ch his Lopp in
that case hath appointed mee to refuse to grant vnto them
when phapps they would bee willing to haue them w^ch his Lopp
in Justice may doe, for hee having once offered them Grants
and they refuseing his Lopp hath performed his Condicons on
his part and is wholy disobliged in honor iustice & conscience
from alloweing or offering the same againe Given at S^t Maries
the 13^th day of Aprill Anno dni 1649
Willm Stone

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16^o April p^rdict M^r Willm Bretton with his owne hands in
the House of Assembly delivered to mee this booke and another
lesser booke with a pchm^t cover divers of the leaves thereof
having beene cutt or torne out and many of them being loose
& much worne & defaced, together alsoe with divers other
papers & writings bound together in a bundle and then vppon
the delivery of them made oath That those were all the bookes
of Record papers draughts p^rsidents or other writings that hee
had could come by or knowe of within this Province w^ch belonged
to the Secretary or Register of this Province or theire Office or
Offices Except some Warrants and some draughts of M^r Hills
time, and some fewe other papers of little consequence w^ch hee
pmised to deliver to mee ere longe
Ita tester Tho: Hatton Secr.