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bond with an ord^r to Maj^r Taylor to see William Smithson,

the s^d Pindar & Brooke, signe it leaveing it to you to insert
the summe in the s^d blank bond with direction to the s^d Taylor
to cause the s^d bond when signed to be carefully brought by
him some tyme when he shall next come to S^t Maries; please
also to ord^r a Commission to be drawne & sent to me, which
with the blank bond and ord^r abovesaid shall be sent Sealed
up to Taylor by S^r
Your affectionate Nephew & very
To the hon^ble Philip Calvert Esq^r humble Serv^t
Chancelo^r of Maryland C: Baltemore

Commission for Sheriff of Dorchester County together with
a writt of Assistance and writt of discharge to the former
Sheriff accordingly issued this 30^th May 1682: and Bond
drawne according to the above ord^r all w^ch were by the hon^ble
the Chancelo^r sent the same day to his L^dspp by M^r Smithson
with the following ord^r to Maj^r Taylor.

May 30^th 1682:
You have hereinclosed sent you Commission for M^r William
Smithson to be high sheriffe of your County with his writt of
Assistance and writt of discharge to the former Sheriffe, and
also a bond for his performance which you are required to see
duely executed and then deliver the Commissions, and when
y^u come next for these parts to deliver the bond with your
owne hands to his L^dspp or whom he shall appoint to take the
same, His by his L^dspps ord^r is signified to you by
To Maj^r Thomas Taylor of Philip Calvert
Dorchester County
These.

By the Lord Prop^ry a Proclamation ffor dissolveing this
present Assembly and Declareing the Speedy Calling of a
New One.
Whereas this present Generall Assembly begun at the City
of S^t Maries the ffifteenth day of May in the yeare of our
Lord God One thousand Six hundred Seaventy and Six, and
by severall prorogations and Adjournm^ts continued to the
thirteenth Day of May last, was then prorogued untill the

Liber R.

Tenth day of October next. And whereas the Charge of
maintaineing four delegates for every County with their
Attendants is by experience found to be a burden too greate
to be borne soe often as the affaires of this Province doe
obleige his L^dsp the R^t hon^ble the Lord Prop^ry to meete the
good people of this Province in a generall Assembly, and to
have their advice concerning the urgent affaires of this Pro-

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