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

L. H. J.

House adjourned for an hour,
The House met. Present as before

Mr. George Lingham and Mr. William Hutchyson enter the
house.
William Bateman of Ann Arundell County his petition
being read;
Put to Question whether he shall be Drummer to the house
or not, and carryed in the negative
This house being informed that Mr. Ffrancis Watkins of
the Delegates for Baltimore County is dead,

Resolved, Mr Speaker Issue his Warrant to the Keeper of
the great Seale thereby requiring him to Issue his Ma^tys
Warr' of Election to the Sheriff of Baltimore County for the
choossing of another Deputy to serve for that County instead
of the said Mr Watkins as af^d Deceased.

Mr. Thomas Greenfield appearing in the House and
already he was now his Ma^tys high Sheriff of Prince Georges
County and thereby incapacitated to Sett in this house, is
Dismissed

Resolved that Mr. Speaker issue his Warr' to the Keeper
of the Greate Seale desiring him to send out his Ma^tys Writts
of Election for one Delegate to serve in Calvert County in
the stead of the said Mr. Greenfield, as likewise his Ma^tys said
Writts for the Electing of four new Deputyes or Delegates
for Prince Georges County, according to Act of Assembly

Mr. Henry Denton, Clerk of the Councill came down to
the house and presented the following proposalls of which his
Ex^cy recommends to the house that they will consider, being
for the publique vse and benefite.

Original
Journal.
p. 3

Proposed by his Ex^cy to this house

That a Law or Ordinance of Assembly pass for seperate
Rooms to be made in the new State House for the severall
Officers Viz^t for the provinciall Office Land Office Comissaryes
Office County Court [Office and Clerke] of the Councills
Office, And that a Barr be [placed at the door] of each Office
within which no person [whatsoever shall] come save the
Clarke, And that no Clarke [carry out any Record] Book or
publique papers out of their respective Offices without] sent
for by his Ex^cy the Gov^r or Assembly; [that there] be two or