388 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1692-1694.

Liber K.

having taken the management thereof upon him in the infancy
of the profits and advantages that may now hereafter accrue,

and now may it please your Honours 5^r Thomas Lawrence

their Majestys Secretary being arrived your Petition^r expects
an Order of this honble board for delivery of the aforesaid
Office and Records &c^a thereto belonging unto him the said
S^r Thomas Lawrence, your Petitioner therefore humbly prays
your Honours to take into your serious considerations the
trouble charge and Expence of your Petitioner in officiating as
aforesaid and grant an order of this Board that execution may
be awarded him for the fees that/ has accrued during the time
of his officiating in the said Office, the which as your Petitioner
humbly conceives is his just Right
And your Petitioner as in Duty bound shall ever pray

The Petition granted and Ordered that the Petitioner have
Execution for the Fees accruing to the said Office untill the
arrivall of S^r Thomas Lawrence into the Province,and that for
what he hath since done and acted in that Office S^r Thomas
Lawrence pay and satisfy unto him what he shall reasonably
Deserve.—

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To his Excellency the Governor
The humble Petition of William Morris
Most humbly Sheweth
That whereas your Petitioner is yet a Prisoner at S^t Marys
and like so to remain and not only so but also likely to
perish by reason of want, wherefore your Petitioner does
humbly crave your Excellencys consideration in this case, and
grant that your Petitioner may be returned a Prisoner into the
County of Somerset to give Bail as is required
And your Petitioner shall ever as in duty bound pray &c^a

which Petition was thus answered and endorsed viz^t

By the Governor and Councill Oct^r 14 1692
Upon a Petition this day preferred to this Board for and in
behalf of William Morris of Somerset County a Prisoner in the
Custody of the Sheriff of S^t Marys County Ordered that the
said Morris paying or securing to be paid his fees due for his
ImprisonnV &c^a and also the charge of his transportation
hence into Somerset County may have the Liberty of being
transported thither into the Custody of the Sheriff of the said
County there to remain untill he shall find good Security for
his good behaviour and appearance at the next Provinciall
Court to answer what shall be laid to his charge
Signed p Order
J LL Cl Counsell