Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1693—94. 33

  ion & Result of this board in Relation thereto; Vizt whether Lib. C. B.

  the Clerk of the Councill were obliedged to make all such

  Transcripts & Duplicates of his Journall ex officio or noe; and p. 33

  it was therevpon Resolved & Ordered by advice in Councill

  That all Transcripts (soe to be provided according to the

  Kings Instructions by the Secretary) be transcribed & Cop

  pyed out from time to time by the Clerk of this board, when

  Required, and vpun due notice vnto him Given by the sd

  Secretary; which Transcripts soe made are by the said Clerk

  to be delivered vnto his Honor the Secretary close Sealed vp

  ready for his transmitting the same for England; the said

  Secretary paying & allowing Unto the said Clerk his accus

  tomed ffees due, and by this board here Settled vpon him, for

  all Coppyes & Transcripts soe made & delivered.

    Produced at this Board Coppy of a bianck Warrant which

  was Given by Coll Darnall & Mr Smith as a president to

  William Nuthead the Printer in order to print a certain Num

  ber of the same, for their Use, the Tenor whereof followed in

  these words, Vizt

  Maryland ss:       Lay out for

  Copy of Coll in any part of this Province not formerly laid out for

  Darnallls

  blanck Warrt any other person, nor Reserved for his Lordships

  given the Use, And Returne yot Certificate of Survey thereof

  Printer to print &ca with the Name of the place in what County it lyeth,

         and of what Mannor to be holden into the

  Office by the   day of next and for your soe

  doeing this shall be your Warrant Given vnder the Lesser

  Seale of our said Province this day of

    Annoq Domini one thousand six hundred Ninety

To Sur-           These

  veyor Gen- On the back of the abovesd Warrant was taken

  his deputy the following Deposition, Vizt

  Printers    Octobr 14th 1693.

  Deposition       . .    .

  of Coll Dar- The Deposition of William Nuthead of St Maries

  nall & Mr City Printer Aged Thirty Nine years or thereabouts.

         This Depont saith that Coll Darnall & Mr Richard

  Smith comeing to this Deponts house on the 6th of this instant

  month would have had him to have printed the within written

  blank Warrant to the Number of ffive hundred, to be done

  imediately out of hand, and that this Deponent did promiss

  to finish the same by Twelve of the Clock the next day if in case

  this Depont had the assistance of a Joyner, which said Joyner

  did the Wooden Worke and was paid for the same in Money;

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