320 Assembly Proceedings, April 30-May 14, 1696.

U. H. J.

The said Bills were sent down by Col^o Addison Col^o
Browne and the Clerk of this Board with directions to
Examine the said Act of Revivall with the former Acts who
return and say they had performed their Message accordingly
and find the said Act to be right

May the 13^th 1696

The Council again Sate and were Present as yesterday
A List of persons thought qualified to Execute the Office of
Sheriff within the Several Counties of the Province were
humbly represented by his Majestys honble Council and
House of Burgesses for his Excellencys Approbation

Viz^t St Marys County M^r Robert Mason
For Kent County M^r Edward Sweetnam
For Ann Arundel County Captain William Holland Sen^r or
M^r Samuel Young
For Calvert County M^r George Lingan
For Charles County Captain John Bayne

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For Baltimore County Major James Maxwell
For Talbot County M^r Nicholas Low
For Cecil County Col^o William Peirce

His Excellency was pleased to approve of the same and to
Order as it is hereby Ordered that Commissions pursuant
thereto issue forth of the Secretarys Office with the other
usual Instruments to bear date that day twelve month from
the date of the former Commissions but that a Clause be
incerted in the commissions of the Sheriffs of Ann Arundel
and Talbot Counties for obliging them Actually to Live and
reside in the Port and Town of Annapolis and William Stadt
upon which Proviso they are to hold the same and not other-
wise and that the said Commissions when prepared be
delivered to the Honourable Col^o Henry Jowles Chancellor
M^r Young being sent for and refusing the said Condition of
Living in Town but M^r Holland accepting thereof is therefore
appointed Sheriff of Ann Arundel County
Ordered that the Sheriffs Commissions of Dorchester and
Talbot Counties be Renewed
M^r Thomas Greenfield appointed and Commissionated
Sheriff of Prince Georges County before
Brought from the House of Burgesses by Major Dorsey
and six more of the members of the House the following Bills
fair Engrossed for the Assent of his Majestys honble Council
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