Assembly Proceedings, June 29-July 22, 1699. 419

are not any ways Supplyed w^th provisions to Subsist upon
what they had from Annapolis being spent. It is theirfore
Recommended to you first to Consider whither or not the
s^d Rangers should be Continued there w^ch if you advise then
how they shall be Supplyed with victualls
Signed p Ord^r
Referrd till to Morrow Morning. W Bladen Clk Councill:

M^r Lynes Petition being brought in & Recommended from
his Ex^cy and Councill was Rejected
Ord^rd that M^r Charles Carroll be paid by M^r Rob^t Mason
Publick Treasurer of the Westerne Shore for his Serv^ts work
on the Towne Ditch the Sum of ninteen hundred pounds of
Tobacco.

Original
Journal.

Ord^rd that M^r Ioseph Hill be paid by M^r Robert Mason
Publick Treasurer of the Westerne Shore for his Serv^ts work
on the Towne Ditch Eleven hundred & fforty pounds of
Tobacco & that notes be Drawne on the said Mason for the
payment of the said sumes w^ch were signed by the Clk of this
house & the Clk of the Councill.
Resolved that the Trustees for purchaseing fifty acres of
Land at the Coole springs Lay out ffifty Acres of Land most
Convenient to the Coole springs & Value the same by a Iury
according to the Act of Assembly made & provided for pur-
chaseing of ffifty acres of Land at the said Coole springs
The house adjournes till to Morrow Morning Six of Clock

Die Iovis Iuly 13^th 1699:
The house mett againe & were called over
Read over what was Done Yesterday
An Act for Prohibiting of Trade w^th the Indians for any
flesh dead or alive Except Deer and Wild fowle read the
second time
An Act assertaining what Damages shall be allowed on
Protested Bills of Exchange read the second time
An Act for the Better Administration of Iustice in the
sev^rall County Courts read the second Time
Read Maj^r W^m Dents Petition praying allowance for his
attendance on his Ex^cy and Councill as Att^ry Gen^ll:
Put to the Vote if He shall be allowed his Expences or not
and Caryed in the negative
Vpon the reading of the Message Concerning the Rangers.
Resolved that the same be referrd to the Comittee to
Consider the Indian affaires and ord^rd that a message be
sent to his Ex^cy and Councill in relation thereunto,

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