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

Liber H. H.

sand six hund^d sixty and five Witnes our deare Sonn & heire
Charls Colvert Esq. our Leiften^t Generall of our said province
of Maryland

These are to will and require you th^l by the twentyth day of
July next you cause a list to be taken of all the Tithables with-
in yo^r County, And th^l in the said list the Name & Surname
of Each Tithable pson and the house of his Abode be dis-
tinctly set downe And a Coppy thereof faire written & sent
imediatly downe to the Gouno^r and Councell And another

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Coppy of the said list sett up in the Court howse at yo^r next
County Court to remaine there for the whole yeare To the
end th^l if any Erro^r be therein they may be Corrected And the
same Certifyed to the Governo^r and Councell before the first
day of September next herein faile not as you will answer the
Contrary And for soe doeing this shall be yo^r Warr^t Given
und^r my hand this thirteenth of Aprill one thousand six hun-
dred sixty and five
To Richard Ewen high
Sherriffe of Anne Arr-
undell County

You shall well & truely Serve the Lord prop^rtary in the
Office of a Sherriffe of the County of Ann Arrundell and doe
his Lordps proffits in all things th^l belongs vnto you by way of
Office as farr forth as you can or may You shall truely &
Rightfully treat the people of yo^r Sherriffewick & doe Right as
well to the poore as to the Rich in all th^t belongs vnto yo^r
Office you shall doe noe wrong to any man for any Guift favc^r
hate or other affeccon You shall duely Execute soe farr as you
may all such writts & Warr^ts as shall be to you directed by
Lawfull Authority, And thereof you shall make a true Returne
According to the Tenor of the writt
Soe helpe you God &c.

Att a Court held at Newtowne for the County of s^t Marys
the 15^th day of Ap^r 1665

M^r Thomas Dent
Leiut^t Coll In^o Iarboe

Leiut^t Randolph Hanson
M^r William Rosewell

Comm^rs

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This Court being called and Conuened by warr^t and Ord^r
from the Hon^ble the Leiutenn^t Generall to Administ^r the Oath
of a sherriffe unto In^o Lawson of Poplar Hill Gent: uppon
Occasione of some urgent Bussiness of the Countys w^ch other-
wise could not bee dispatched. In reference to which the said