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Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1667-1687/8
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470 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1684-89.

Liber B.
P. R. O.

remoove the said Mr Doyne from the said office, your Petr and
none before him should be made sheriff of the County aforesaid
as your Petr humbly presumes is not unknowne to some of this
honble Councill. For what reason the said Mr Doyne resigned
the said office, and the present Sheriff was admitted, your
Petr humbly refers to your Honrs And ia all humble manner
supplicates your Honrs that as his Lordsp has graciously prom-
ised and (as your Petr has sett forth) did intend the place of
Sheriff of St Mary's County to your Petr your Honrs in com-
plyance therewith will be pleased to grant and order a Comissn
for the same to your Petr Accordingly.
And your Petr as in duty bound shall ever pray &c.



p. 15

Order for
Sheriff's place
of St Mary's Co:

The petition was granted and ordered the
Commission issue accordingly to the said Garratt
Vansweeringen for the office of Sheriff of St

Mary's County.

Election of
Sheriffs

The board proceeds to the nomination of Sheriffs in
the rest of the Counties as foll: viz.

Caecil Co: Sheriff
Kent County Shff.
Talbot County Shff.

Dor: County Shff.

Somersd County Shff.
Bait: County Shff.
A. Arr: County Shff.
Calvert County Shff

Charles County Shff
appted conditionally.
Mr Tho. Burford am
Mr Rob: Doyne to att:
the Councill.

Capt. Wm Peirce for Caecil County
Mr Edward Swettnam for Kent County
Majr Peter Sayer of Talbot County
Mr John Pollard (if he accepts thereof) for
Dorchester County
Mr Francis Jenckins for Somersett County
Mr Miles Gibson for Baltemore County
Mr Henry Hanslap for Ann Arrundell County
Mr Michael Taney Sheriff for Calvert County
Mr Robert Doyne appointed Sheriff of
Charles County if Mr Tho: Burford (who it is
said hath something to alledge against him)
doe not make appeare anything materiall for

the contrary, and therefore ordered that both the said Doyne
and Burford give their attendance here to-morrow.

To the honble Governours and Councill, the humble petition of

Nathaniell Ashcorn.

Humbly sheweth,

Nathaniel
Ashcorn
petition.

That whereas your Pef was nominated or chosen in
the yeare 1684 to serve as Constable for Great Elton-
head Hundred by the Justices of Calvert County con-

trary to act of Assembly for appointing Constables, which Act
(as your Petr humbly conceives) doth order the Constable to
give in the names of three Inhabitants in the hundred, and the
Court to choose one of the three for Constable, and the
Constable accordingly presented to the Court three men being

 

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