of the Council of Maryland, 1777. 263

May 29^th 1777
Present as on yesterday.

Ordered, That the Western Shore Treasurer pay to East-
man & Neth fifteen pounds thirteen shillings and nine pence
for Am^t of Acc^t
Commission issued to Thomas Beatty appointed Sheriff of
Frederick County.
Ordered That the Western Shore Treasurer pay to Captⁿ
Tho^s Walker forty seven pounds, five shillings for Am^t of
Acc^t
That the said Treasurer pay to Captⁿ Thomas Walker two
hundred and nineteen pounds, eighteen shillings for Am^t of
Acc^t

That the said Treasurer pay to Beriah Maybury two hun-
dred and forty pounds, eighteen shillings, and one Penny, for
Am^t of Acc^t
John Goldsborough Junior appointed register of Wills in
Dorchester County, in the Room of John Caile Harrison, who
resigned.
Ordered That the Western Shore Treasurer pay to W^m
Wilkins three hundred pounds, on Acc^t of the Fortifications
at Annapolis.
That the said Treasurer pay to Will^m Goldsmith twenty four
pounds, eighteen shillings and nine pence for Am^t of Acc^t
Commission issued to Samuel Chew, John Burgess, Nich^s
Worthington, George Watts, Richard Harwood Junior, Henry
Ridgely, Elijah Robesson Samuel Lane, Thomas Brooke
Hodgskin, Thomas Watkins Junior, John Weems, Thomas
Watkins Senior, John Dorsey, Thomas Dorsey, W^m Brogden,
Samuel Harrison, John Brice, W^m Wilkins, Allen Quynn,
Thomas Harwood, Charles Alexander Warfield, Reuben
Merriwether, Rich^d Cromwell, Thomas Henry Hall, Samuel
Harrison son of Richard, Thomas Gassaway son of Nicholas,
Nicholas Dorsey Junior, Richard Stringer and Thomas Worth-
ington appointed Justices of the Peace for Ann Arundel
County.

C. B.

[Gov. Johnson to W. Paca.]

In Council Annapolis 29^th May 1777.
Sir.
We are obliged by the Trouble you have taken to furnish
us with the Size of the Barracks, and the Account for printing
the Continental Money but you have not been quite so par-
ticular in the Discription of the Barracks as we wished, how
many Men to a Room, and how are their Beds contrived some
Account of the Officers Barracks. We inclose you a Copy of

C. C.