104 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1696/7-98.

        Lib. H. D. gave directions for issuing the following Orders to the Severall

               Counties of the Province, and tht the sd Lre might be laid

               before the House of Delegates for their Answer to the Severall

               Q uaeries to be Given.

               Ordr to the Ordered that the Colonell of each respective

               Colonels tht the Militia County within this Province give Notice to the

               Officers send Severall Militia Officers under their Comand that

               perfect Lists of their Troops they forthwith send perfect lists of their respec

               & Company's   tive Troops and Companys with the name of every

                        Officer and Private Centinell &ca And how the

               Same are Accoutred &ca both as to the Horse, foot and Dra

               goon, and that Care be taken to have the Same Regulated &

               Modell'd according to the Directions laid Down in a Certain

               Ordr of Counci!l and Instructions formerly Sent to the ffield

               Officers of the Severall County's bearing date the 9th day of

               Octo. Anno 1694.

               Ordr to the Ordered that the Constables of the Severall

                Constables to

               take a List of Hundreds of the Province do at the time of their

               the Number of going about (by Law) to take the list of Taxables

               each ffamily &ca & of their take also a ifair Accot in a Seperate Sheet of

            p. 490 Religion &ca Paper of the Number of People in each respective

               ifamily Contain'd as well of the Women and Children as men,

               and that they distinguish in their Accot taken the Negroes

               and Servants from the ffree both as to the number and Sex—

               and that they likewise take an Exact List of all the Roman

               Catholicks; Quakers and other persons dissenting from the

               Church of England as also the Number of the latter Contain'd

               in each hundred together with an Accot of what new Inhabi

               tants are Come into Each Parish and who are gone out and

               whither they are gone; all which they are hereby directed to

               get Carefully done and Return lists of the Same accordingly

               unto his Exncy at the Port of Annapolis with all possible Speed

               wherein they are in no wise to ffaile at their Utmost perrill,

               hereby Comanding the Sherriffs to give Copy of this Ordr to

               each respective Constable within his Bayliwick forthwith.

               Ordr to the Ordered that the Sherriffs of the Province do

               List of all a upon Sight hereof make Strict inquiry what Ships

               Ships Ves- or other Vessells Trading to Sea, have been built

                sels built &       .   .    .

                Sea faring   in their Respective Counties Since his Mats Happy

                Men belong.  Government Erected and Established here, and

                ing to each

                Countywhat are now a building as also what sloops and

                shallops to the Counties belong and that they

               take an Exact list thereof together with an Accot of the