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

Liber B. P. R. O.

Assembly ordered to sitt.

The which being considered by the Board their Honrs are of opinion his Ldp expected

this Letter would have come to hand time enough to have
Prorogued the Assembly before their meeting alsoe they think
itt absolutely necessary some more effectuall care be taken
about Townes the which and for the laying the Publick Leavy
is what their Hon^rs intend to propose to jhe Assembly. Itt is
therefore resolved that the Assembly sitt according to the
Proclamation for the Prorogation of itt to this Day.

The same day an hour after mett again and

Present

Coll. Vincent Lowe                          Coll. Will^m Burges

The hon^ble Coll. Henry Darnall The hon^ble Maj: Nich^o Sewall
Coll. Will^m Digges                          Coll. Edward Pye.

Clk of Upper House of Assemb: considered.

Itt was then taken into consideration the appointing the Clerk of the Upper House of Assembly Coll: Darnall and Mai: Sewall pro-

duced to this Board certain powers and Instructions from his

Vide .Lib: Consil R R R.

Ldp bearing date the 24th day of May 1684 whereby they together with Coll: Digges and John Darnall Esq: were authorized in case of remissness in Duty or

insolency in behaviour of the Clerk of the Councill, Assembly
or Lower House of Assembly to remove such Clerks and
others in their rooms appoint untill his Lordship's pleasure
therein should be further known and that for such occasions
M^r Llewellin had been lately displaced from being Clerk of
the Councill the which to them are sufficient reasons to discon-
tinue him from being Clerk of the Assembly alsoe And there-

James Heath named Clerk of the As- sembly.

fore by vertue of the said Instructions doe nominate James Heath to be Clerk of the Upper House of Assembly Whereupon Coll: Digges affirmed to this Board that himself and Maj: Sewall had seen a letter of the last yeares date from his Lordship to Robert

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Lee his Clerk directed thereby ordering him to acquaint the Deputy Governours that unless upon an extraordinary occasion he would not have Mr Llewellin displaced (which Letter Maj: Sewall owned to have seen) that by vertue of that Letter & their Commission as Deputy Govrs they had sufficient power to continue the said Llewellin The said Instructions notwith- standing The which being considered by the Board itt was by Majority of Votes Resolved that this Board by vertue of the said Letter and of their Commission of Deputy Govrs had sufficient power to continue Mr Llewellin to be Clerk of the Upper House of Assembly That they found noe occasion to John Llewei- displace him That they beleeved Heath att present