480 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1661-1675.

Liber H. H.

wayes & meanes, as by Common Consent shall bee thought
most conducing to the ends afores^d And after such Agreem^t
soe to bee made, to promise that an Assembly shall bee called
herein Marylend, to whom the s^d Agreem^t shall bee propounded,
in case the Commis^rs from the Gou^r of Virginia shall promise
to propownd the s^d Agreem^t to an Assembly there. Wher-
fore J doe request that the aboue mentioned Commis^rs Philip
Caluert Henry Sewall, Edward Lloyd & Henry Coursey, may
bee credited & beleiued, promising to ratify, confirme &
approue whatsoeu^r shall bee done by them, according to this
my Commisⁿ as if it were done by my selfe. Gyuen att S^t
Maries, under my hand, & the Lesser Seale of this Prouince of
Maryland the 9^th day of may 1663.
Charles Caluert

Att a Conferance held att M^r Allerton's in Wiccocomoco
in Virginia the 12^th may 1663 by the Commis^rs appoynted
by the R^t hon^ble S^r William Berckeley Kn^t Gouerno^r and
Cap^t Grall of Virginia on the behalfe of Virginia.
And the Commis^rs appoynted by the hon^ble Charles Caluert
Esq^r Leiut^t & Cheife Gouerno^r of Maryland on the
behalfe of th^t Prouince

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Whereas his Maiesty of Create Brittaine ffrance & Jreland
taking into his Royall Consideraon the p^rnt necessities aswell
of his Colony of Virginia as of the Prouince of Maryland by his
Order of the 29^th June 1662. Commanded that Com^rs bee
appoynted for each Gouerm^t to meete & consult of the best
meanes of the aduancing the only Comodity of these Countries,
Tobacco. Wee the subscribed Commis^rs haue therefore in
Obedience to his s^d Ma^ties Royall Commands considered seuerall
wayes of improueing the s^d Comodities, & haue Concluded the
only best way to bee, the Lessening the greate quantities now
made, w^ch glutt all marketts, & of many wayes of Lessening it
A Stint to Certaine dayes of planting to bee the most fitt, and
of easiest practice, & doe therfore conclude & agree,
ffirst That itt bee proposed to the respectiue Assemblies of
each Gouerm^t That noe Tobacco shall bee planted or sowed in
eyther Colony, in the succeeding yeare sixteene hund^d sixty
ffowre, after the 20^th day of June, uppon such forfeiture &
punishm^t, as shall bee thought by the s^d Assemblies, effectuall
for such a Restraint. And th^t the s^d Restraint bee continued
for one yeare only, unlesse the s^d Assemblies shall thinke fitt,
to Continue it longer.
Secondly it is agreed on by the Commis^rs afores^d That in
order to the Confirmaon of the aboues^d Agreem^ts, The Gou^r
of Maryland shall call an Assembly of that Prouince to meete