262 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1676-81.

P.. R. O.

Colonial
Entry Book,
No. 105.

now in force be put in execution or that if they be not sufficient
to restrain it other Laws may bee enacted to that purpose.
And whereas there is at present noe setled allowance for
Orthodox Ministry their Lord^ps will desire that Inquiry bee
made what number of Protestants that conforme to the Church
of England there is at present in his Lord^ps Province and what
allowance they would agree to settle in the several Precincts
for the encouragement of learned Ministers and that en-
deavours bee made to ascertaine by a law of the Country, a
sufficient salary for their subsistence.
That an account bee return'd from those parts of the present
number of Protestant families and Congregations of the Min-
isters now settled there what allowances they enjoy and how
many others are wanting for the supply of the whole Colony.
That their Lords^ps bee informed of the state of the several
religions dissenting from the Church of England in relation to
the number of their adherents, teachers, settlement or provision
made for their maintenance And in general of the number
condition and perswasions of all the Planters. Which account
the Lord Baltemore is to require from his Deputy Governor
and Council and to return it to their Lordships with all possible
speed
Mem^dm Their Lo^ps think fit that when allowances are settled
by law in Maryland and other parts according to the abilityes
of the inhabitants some meanes bee found out here for the
charitable supply of what shall be wanting for the subsistence
of the Ministers. As alsoe the several Governors are to find
out some farther encouragement for them when they have
been there some time either by assigning them lands or other-
wise.

p. 92

My Lord Bishop of London represents to the Committee
the ill usage of Ministers in the Plantations and their too great
subjection to the Vestry men—
For the remedy whereof their Lord^ps think fit that the Min-
isters make a part of the Vestry in the regulation of all matters
except in the settlement of their maintenance.

p.93

Mem^dm Received this day from my Lord Baltemore Ten
Acts or Laws made in Maryland and at the same time deliv-
ered unto his Lord^p a letter from the Committee concerning
religion and orderly living in that Colony.

p. 135

Munday 22^nd October 1677.

There being presented unto the Com^tee several Commissions
for taking the Oaths of the Governors of the Plantations to