Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1694 97.  527

    bearing Equall date with these prsents Now if the sd Wm Dent Lib. H. D.

    Shall well and truly perform the sd Office according to the p. 57

    Severall Acts of Parliamt in that Case made and provided and

    shall observe the directions contained in the Acts of Assembly

    of this Province relating to the Duty of Navall Officers and

    from time to time Save Defend and keep harmless the

    ffrancis Nicholson Esq from all Damage Loss and Charges

    that he the sd ffrancis Nicholson shall Sustain at any time by

    reason of the Dents non performance of his sd Office (so

    long as he shall Enjoy the Same) as in the sd Severall Laws is

    Enacted & ordained, Then the above Obligacon to be void and

    of none Effect Otherwise to remain in full force and Virtue.

     Sealed & deliver'd in the Wm Dent (Seal)

    prsence of Us.             Edwd Boothby (Seal)

        Thomas Laurence

        George Plater

                    Octo. the 2d 1696.

    Majr John Thompson.

    Mr Smithson Pay unto Coll: Casparus Herman the Sum of One

    Note to Mr

    Thompson hundred pounds take his receipt in part of two hun-

    to pay One dred & fifteen Pounds six Shills & Eight pence

     Ordered him in my hands by the Assembly make

    man good paymt & take in this Noate and you shall have

    Creditt for the same upon yor Accot

  To Majr Jno    Thos Smithson Treasurer on the Eastern

    Thompson Navll

    Officer at Sassafrax Shore.

                  October the 12th 1696.

    The Councill again Sate and were prsent as before.

    Ordr abt Ordered that what persons as shall be Summoned

           out of any of the Counties on the Eastern Shore to

    bad weather Serve as Grand Jury men next December Court to

    be held at the port of Annapolis &cca that if by chance they

    meet with such bad weather after their Setting out as that

    they Cannot reach to be here by the ffirst day of the sd Court, Whitehall

    that then they Return back again & doe not Come, for that

    their places (upon such Accidents will be Supplyed out of the

    other Counties, whereof the Sherriffs are to Give Notice to the

    sd Persons accordingly.

      Came Majr Robert King Navll Officer of Pocomoke District, Whitehall

    who made Oath to his collection of the 1s p hhd. amounting

    to the Sume of 37 ll 14s 04d Sterl.