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answer and obey such summonds w^th out his Imediate leave
& knowledge Who say they beleive not. And the s^d S^r
Tho^s La^r w^th his answer upon the s^d Resolve by him Intended
to be sent to the house being Consid^red, the same is well
aproved of by this board.
1. About Clerks keeping the County recorde at their own
houses though very inconvenient & Dangerous
2. About Talbott County Co^rt house His Ex^cy is pleased
to say that he is Sorry th^t you should Consent for the Kings
Court to be kept in an ordinary to the great Scandall of all
persons and Strangers coming there how ever he is glad that
the County Records are Kept In so many of the Co^rt houses w^ch
hopes will for the same Reasons af^d be an Inducem^t for the
rest to be kept in like Mann^r Recofnending that where the
Chymneys of Any Court house are not brick the same [not]
to be made use off
3: They have not Consid^red ab^t a man to look aft^r each
Court house
4: Proposed that the Wett places in the Roads be cleared
20 foote of each Side wid^r then the Roade mem. to
put in the procl: the houses Remarke ab^t protestant Servants
living w^th Romish Masters &c going to Church
5. The ordinance of Assembly proposed about publishing
that the Country has fully Satisfied all publick claimes &c: This
board are of openon that they take itt to be so far from being
an Act of Assentation that they beleive it to be a Matter of
Absolute Necessity for that there are Severall persons now
claimeing and pretending Arreares. Viz^t Capt^t Sly to the
value of forty thousand pounds of Tob: that men out of Calvert

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County for bringing up the Records, and Sev^r11 other besides
this Board doe think that that Law for divulging false News will
be of no use in this Case untill such publique Declaracons
made.

S^r Thomas Lawrence's Lett^r to his Ex^ncy

S^r I haue sent your Ex^cy the Sufnons, I rec^d from the
House of Delegates; Wherein I think they haue Used the
Same Consideracon and prudence as when they Sent to M^r
Denton for Ord^rs of Councill without your Ex^ncys leaue I haue
added a Coppy of the Lett^r I Intend to Send to you home by
my Cll. if your Ex^ncy Approue of it. I am
Your Ex^ncys humble
Thomas Lawrence.

M^r Speaker
I haue rec^d a Sumons from the Clerke of the House of
Delegates to Attend the House on ffryday next in the Affter-

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