Com^r being made Sher. noe cause to degrade him when he

ret. to the Com^on

It is the opinion of the board and by their hono^rs resolved
that the said Taylor (before his sheriffaldry) haveing been in
the said Comm^on above and before any of the rest therein
nominated, ought soe to remaine, and that his being from
thence remooved to be sheriff and consequently to have the
Command and charge of the whole County was not to
degrade him, but onely a suspension of his acting by the said
Com^on as a Justice in Court and therefore that he be reduced
to his former station of presideing in that Court, according to
the s^d last Com^on

Addition to Dorchester County Comission

At the motion and request of the said Maj^r Taillor, It was
ordered that Jacob Lookeman, John Woodward, and John
Hudson of Dorchester County be added to the Com^on of the
said County, and accordingly their name, were this day in
Councill Interlined in the said Commission last issued next to
Edward Pindar therein before last nominated.

Rob^t Doyne motion cone: Townes in Cha: County.

Robert Doyne of Charles County gentl and high sher. of
the s^d County informes the board that some of the Townes
and Ports of trade appointed in the s^d County by the Act
for Encouragem^t of trade were not fully finished by reason
that the Com" in the s^d Act nominated to manage the same