570 Proceedings of the council of Maryland, 1694 97.

      Lib, H. D. of the sd Islands shall be in the hands of the native born Sub

             jects of England or Ireland or of the sd Islands and that no

             person be permitted to Serve as Jurymen upon any Informa

             tion brought but what are as afore Expressed; Ordered that

             publick inquiry be made whether there be any places of Trust

             in the Courts of Law or of the Treasury held within this

             Province by any persons other than what are Native born

             Subjects of England, Ireland or of the sd Islands as is afore

             expressed, and that a Return thereof be made accordingly.

            By his EXnCY the Governr & Councill &ca

                      Decr the 14th 1696.

             Ordr abt the Whereas by a late Act of Parliamt (intituled an

             late Act of

           Parliamt &ca    Act for preventing ifrauds and Regulating abuses

                    in the plantacon Trade) it is directed that all Navall

       Whitehall Officers in the plantacons shall within two Months after having

         p. 44° Notice thereof or as soon as it conveniently may be, give

             security for their true and ffaithfull performance of their Duty

             and any that shall hereafter be Appointed are likewise

             Obliged within two Months or as soon as it conveniently may

             be, to give the like security as aforesd to be approved on by

             his Mats Commissionrs in England and to them given or to

             such as by them shall be Appointed for his Mats Vse; Ordered

      Whitehall  thereupon that the respective Navll Officers within this Prov

             ince doe give Security pursuant to the directions of the sd

             Act of Parliamt And that upon the least Suspicion of Coun

             terfiet Certificates for discharge of any Navigacon Bonds they

             Cancell not the Bonds till it be further Certifyed from the

             Comrs of his Mats Customs that the matter of the Certifi

             cates are true &ca.

             Ordrabt Ordered that the honrble the Commrs of his Mats

             Sending to

      Whitehall  the Comrs Customs be sent to; desireing that they would

             for Books please to Send in two dozen of the Books of Rates

             and two dozen of the late Acts of Parliamt touching the

             plantacon Trade for the Vse of the Severall Counties of the

             Province.

             His Exncys Vpon a proposall made by his Exncy to Capt

             proposall abt  .            .     .

             the Ships Josiah Daniell Commandr of his Mats hired Ship the

             &ca & Ordr Prince of Orange, in prsence of the honrble his Mats

             thereon Councill & Justices of the provll Court, which way

             he thought best for his Mats Service that the Ships now in this

             Province might be Obliged to Joyne the Commodore in Vir

             ginia and whether it might not be best that they meet together