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turn unto me with all Convenient speed the several Bonds of
Navigation you shall take from the respective Vessels you shall
so enter and Clear as aforesaid I hereby allowing you for your
Care and pains in the execution of the premises ten p^r Cent
out of the Imposition money Port duties and Secretaries fees
Given under my hand and Seal at Arms this five & twentieth
day of October in the two and fortieth year of the dominion of
Cecilius &c^a Annoq Domini One thousand six hundred seventy
three
Charles Calvert
To Captain William Coleborn
high Sheriff of Somerset County

Maryland ss^t

By his Excellency the
Captain General

Forasmuch as the right honble the Lord Proprietary hath
Commanded me to return unto him an exact Account of all
such lands as are escheated unto his Lordship by any ways or
means whatsoever within this Province and being desirous
nothing more then exactly to Comply with and perform his
Lordships Command in Every Particular I do therefore hereby
Order and Command you that you make a true and fair List
of all such Lands as are escheated to his Lordship within your
County & in the same signify not only the quantity of any

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tract of Land that is escheated to his Lordship within your
County but also whether it be rich Indifferent or Barren Land
and whether any of it be Cleared and how much and if seated
then what Improvements are made thereon as to Orchards
fencing and housing and so of every particular tract of Land
escheated within your County to his Lordship as aforesaid and
the same List fairly engrossed and attested under your hand
that you return unto me at the City of S^t Marys the tenth day
of May next and for the more fully Empowering and enabling
you to perform his Lordships Commands herein I do hereby
require the Clerk of the Court of your County to be aiding
and assisting to you in the premises of this you are not to fail
at your Perill Given under my hand and seal at Arms the
11^th day of November in the 42^d Year of the dominion of his
said lordship over Maryland &c^a Annoq Domini 1673
To M^r Iohn Allen high Sheriff
of Charles County

The like sent into every particular County