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

Liber K.

aforesaid And it is further hereby straightly charged & com-
manded all & singular their Majestys Officers civill & Military
and others the good People the Inhabitants of this province
that they be aiding & Assisting to you to the best of their
Skill and Power in the due and full Execution & Performance
hereof as they will answer the contrary at their Perill Dated
at Councill Board the 8^th day of April Anno Dora 1693 in the
fifth Year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lord & Lady King
William & Queen Mary &c^a

Signed p Order
The foregoing warr^t was after- LL Cl Councill
wards ordered to be directed
To Samuel Withers Gent high Sheriff
of Talbot County and M^r William Ais-
quith of S^t Marys County Gent & M^r
Philip Lynes of the same County or
either or any of them
These

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Was produced and read the following Deposition of Cap^t
Henry Smith viz^t

The Deposition of Cap^t Henry Smith of
Somersett County aged 58 Years or thereabouts
The Deponent upon Oath saith that in the Month of Iune
last, Rob^t Goss Master of the Ship Marygold of Bellfast being
asked by this Depon^t what composition he had made with M^r
Randolph the Surveyor Gen^ll for the Navigation Bond of one
Thousand Pounds Sterl by him and M^r Philip Shapleigh his
Security passed for the Brigantine whereof he was Master the
last Voyage he replied he had given the said Randolph Bond
for Fifty Pounds Sterl payable to him his Ex^s Administrators
or Assigns the Depo^t further asked him if their Majestys
Names were not Mentioned or Concerned in the said Bond
and he replied no there were not so much as named and

further thi3 Deponent saith not Hen Smith

Iurat 24 die Decembris 1692
coram me
L: Copley

Ordered that warrant be directed from this Board to Capt
Iohn Davis of Talbot County to apprehend and seize the said
M^r Randolph if he shall come into those Parts and to bring
him down to his Excellency at S^t Marys with all Convenient
speed &c^a which warrant accordingly issued as follows (viz^t)