Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1694 97. 327

    Coll Jowles by Law ought to do, hereby likewise Empowering Lib. H. D.

    the sd Majr Dorsey for to sign all Instruments in the absence P. 246

    of Coll Jowles, proper for the Keeper to sign to. Produced &

    Read a Proclamation forbidding the Exportation of Corn,

    being prepared at the Request of the Burgesses of the House Whitehall

    of Assembly &ca & was signed by his Exncy & passed the

    Broad Seal of the province; the said Proclamation follows in

    these Words, Vizt

             By his Exncy the Capt Generall.

                            A

                       Proclamation

    Maryland ss. Whereas it hath been Represented vnto me that

    Proclama- through the vnseasonableness of the late Summer &

    tion agt Exportation this fall will be occasioned small quantities of Corn

    of Corn &Ca to be made within the severall Counties of this

    province; And forasmuch as it is also given out that the gen

    erality of the people have already spent their Crops of Wheat,

    out of meere necessity drove thereto, for want of Indian Corn,

    become scarce throughout the whole Province by means of Whitehall

    the excessive sharpness of the last Winter season, being

    launcht out in such abundance for the support of the inhabi

    tants stocks of Cattell & hoggs; therefore to prevent the

    Exportation of any Indian Corn or English grain during this

    likelyhood of Scarcity, I have (by & with the advice of his

    Mats honoble Councill, as also at the Speciall instance & request

    of the Worshipfull the House of Burgesses in Assembly now

    convened) thought fit for the Reasons aforesd to publish &

    proclame, and I do hereby accordingly strictly Order & Com

    mand that no person whatsoever inhabitant or otherwise

    within this province do (after the publication hereof) presume

    to Carry or load on Board any Ship, Sloop, Shallop, boat,

    Canoe, or other bottom, any Indian Corn, Wheat or English

    grain, with intent to Export the same, and that no Master or

    Owner of any such Ship, Sloop, Shallop, boat, Canoe or other

    bottom Receive or take on Board their sd Vessells, any Indian

    Corn, Wheat or English grain as afordsd with any intent other

    than to transport the same from one place to another for the

    Supply of the inhabitants within this province & for their

    necessary support in their Voyage, vnder pain & perill of the p. 247

    parties (therein found offending) being prosecuted according

    to the vtmost severity of the Law for contempt; And to the

    end due notice hereof may be given I do further strictly charge

    & Command ilie severall Sherriffs of the Province to make

    Proclamation hereof in the most publick & convenient places

    within their respective Counties, to which all persons are