474 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1684-89.

Liber B. P. R. O. p. 19

Referred till next Councill day.

The consideration of the foregoeing letter referred till the next Councill day, and ordered

that in the meane time M^r Miles Gibson Sheriff of the County
and other the Inhabitants thereof now present at S^t Maries, be
consulted touching the same.

John Baker's motion.

Mr John Baker present high Sheriff of St Maries County humbly mooves the board that (Mr Van-

sweeringen being nominated and appointed Sheriff of the said
County for the yeare ensueing) their Hon^rs would please to
continue him the said Baker in the said office, until such time
as he could make up and adjust his acc^ts with the severall
people Inhabitants of the said County.

Continued Sheriff till after June Court,

Ordered that the said Baker continue in the office of Sheriff of St Maries County till

next June Court be over.

John Pollard dischd Edwd Pindar appted Sher: of Dor: County

It being alledged that Mr John.Pollard yesterday appointed Sheriff of Dorchester County, had formerly refused to serve in

that office and would in all probability now doe the same, it
was ordered that Edward Pindar succeed Sheriff of that County
for the yeare ensueing.

Coll. Lowe gives bond.

The honble Coll. Henry Darnall gives the board to understand that he had taken bond

of the hon^ble Coll. Vincent Lowe for his due execution of the
office of Surveyor Generall according to forme.

hath his Com. deld him.

Ordered that his Commission be deliv- ered him.

Came Robert Doyne gentl: high Sheriff of Charles County
and produced the following Deposition (viz:)

The Deposition of Robert Yates.

Robert Yates Depos: betweene Doyne & Lynes.

Robert Yates aged thirty yeares or there- abouts this Deponent sayth, that goeing down some time before the last Provinciall

Court to Wiccoomico Mills, he mett with M^r Henry Hardy, and
the said Henry Hardy told your Deponent that he was goeing
down to the said Mill to take M^r Philip Lynes by virtue of a
Deputation from M^r Robt: Doyne high Sheriff of the said
County, in execution of the suite of Thomas Clayton merchant
of Leverpoole for the summe of twelve thousand, seaven
hundred, eighty nine pounds of tobacco debt and five hundred
and ninety five pounds of tobacco, costs of suite, which said
Deputation I did see and read under the hand and seale of
Robert Doyne, and when your Deponent with the said Henry
Hardy came to the house of the said Mill, the said Hardy