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is advised by the board) to remoove his said Deputy and
employ some more capable person to Officiate under him, and
that himself as often as possibly may be will be p^rsent attend-
ing in Court to see good order there kept for the future
Which was accepted off by this board in answer to the
charge & the said Shff thereupon dismissed

pay ord^red to the Souldiers at Xtina Bridge.

At the motion of the hon^ble Coll George Talbott for pay to
be allowed the Souldiers placed at the ffort at Christina Bridge
to keepe guard there by his L^spps ord^r
Ordered that his L^spps Treasurer make them Satisfaction out
of his L^spps Revenues this p^rsent yeare, and that due care be
taken to reimburse his L^spp out of the next publick leavy

Ordered to be read a paper produced by the hon^ble Coll
William Stevens from the Commission" of Sommersett County
in the Act for advancem^t of Trade nominated & appointed
(viz)

Som^rsett County Com^rs for Townes Report.

At Snow hill neere the head of Pocomoke The 20^th of
August 1684: mett these Com^rs following (viz:) Coll William
Stevens, Cap^t John Osbourne, M^r John Williams, M^r Charles
Ratcliffe, M^r Thomas Purnall, M^r William Walton, together
with a considerable number of the most ablest of the Inhabi-

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tants of the Sea Side, and the places adjacent; The Com^rs at
the earnest request of the Inhabitants did take a view of the
Conveniency of a pcell of Land called Snow Hill for trade ;
After they had satisfied themselves of the conveniency of this,
The said Commission^rs & Inhitants aforesaid went to a pcell
of Land called Barrows Land, upon which Henry Morgan now
lives, and is mentioned in the Act for advancem^t of trade, and
named for a port and place of Trade, The Surveyo^f then
p^rsented to the said Com^rs a plott of One hundred acres of
Land, which he saith was drawne according to the direction of
the former Comission^rs there mett, and these Comission^rs now
mett know nothing to the Contrary; at which time the Inhabi-
tants aforesaid did earnestly request the said Com^rs to look
into the conveniency and Inconveniency of the s^d place: upon
Examination finding severall Inconveniencyes which phaps
formerly might not be scene, compareing that place with that
place at Snow hill for a port or place of trade formerly over-
lookt; The said Comission^rs considering there was never a