98 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1636-1647.

Liber F.

and place to defend the appeal and perform the Order of
Court in it, Given at S^t Maries under our Great Seal this 8^th
May 1641 Wittness our Dear brother &c.

Acts of State.

Know all men by these presents that I Leonard Calvert Esq
Lieutenant General of the Province of Maryland being to goe
out of the Province to Virginea for a while doe hereby nomi-
nate Elect Substitute and appoint my respected friend Cap^t
Thomas Cornwaleys Esq to be Lieutenant General of the Pro-
vince during Such my absence out of the Province and noe.
longer to use and Execute all powers belonging to the Said
Office Except only that he Shall not release any fines or for-
feitures due to the Lord Propiary or pardon any Judgment
heretofore given in Court.
Leonard Calvert

Liber C. B.
1636-57.
p. 55

10^th May
Upon the petition of a Great part of the Colony for the
pardoning of Dandy the Governor exchanged the Sentence of
death into three Years service to the Lord Proprietary where-
with the said Dandy was well Contented to serve three Years
from the date hereof

Liber F.
p. 149

4^th July 1641
These are to will and require you to repair to every Several
Plantation within the Several hundreds of S^t Maries S^t Michael's
S^t George's and Mattapanient and there by all all means that
you may to enquire and inform your Self whether every hand
planting Tobacco this Crop doe plant and tend two acres of
corne as the ground Shall be estimated by the Deputy Surveyor
who is to accompany you to that purpose, and where you find
any default of the Said quantity of corne planted and tended
according to the proportion aforesaid to return the names of
the persons makeing the default and the quantity of ground
wherein you find the defalt to be made by the Estimation
aforesaid to the Secretary before the ffeast of S^t Michael next
comeing whereof fail not at Your peril, And for Soe doeing
this Shall be your warrant
To the Sherriff of S^t Maries :

Whereas it is necessary at this present to Stand upon our
guard against the Indians, these are therefore to publish and
Straitly to prohibit all persons whatsoever that no man presume
to harbour or entertain any Indian whatsoever after notice
hereof upon pain of Such punishment as by Martiall Law may