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

           Lib. H. D. Collrs & Navall Ordered that the Severall Collrs and Navll Offi

                 Officers     .

                 Orderd to cers within this Province doe by some Safe Con-

                 bring all Cer- veyance Transmit or bring into the Port of Annap

                 tificates, Bonds

                 & Cocquets &C: ohs by or before the second Tuesday in October

                 to be lodged in next all Bonds Certificates Cocquets and other

                 the New State

                 housePapers whatsoever respecting their Severall Offices

                 in Ordr to be ffiled in the New State House

                 within this Port, pursuant to a late Act of Assembly in that

                 Case made and provided and that from hence forward they

                 made an Annuall Return according to the directions of the sd

                 Act.

                          June the 11th 1697.

                   The Councill again Sate and were prsent as Yesterday

                 Complaint agt The Board proceed to Settling the Sherriffs of

                 Cambell high the Severall Counties Vizt It being Represented

                 Sffe. by severall persons and particularly upon Com

                 County & some plaint of the honrble Sr Thomas Laurence Baront

                 other pson Ordered Secryr Coll: Henry Jowles, Coll: Charles Hutchins,

                 to beand others, that Mr Walter Camell high Sherriff

                 Coniissionated of Dorchester County has made Severall breaches

                 in the Execution of his Office and failed in Answering Severall

                 dues as he ought. It is therefore Considered, that some

                 other person be Commissionated in his Stead.

                 Mr Layfield    Read a Peticon of George Layfield Esq and M'

                 & Dixons Pet

                 agt Majr Ihomas Dixon of Somerset County wherein was

                 Whittington   set forth Some Complaint agt Majr William Whit-

                 Somerset tington present Sherriff of that County in the Mis-

                 County. feasance of his Office giving Some reasons induct-

                 Justices of ive to displace him but an Accot being given of

                 tht Co: Court a certain Representation sent from the Grand

                 Jury of that County Court, concerning the Good behaviour of

                 the sd Majr Whittington in the Managemt of his Office during

                 his Shrivalry and wherein they Pray he may be Continu'd in

                 the sd Office.

                   Ordered that as well the sd Peticon as Reprsentacon be

                 Sent to Mr ffrancis Jenckins Chief Justice of that County

                 Court who is hereby directed and Ordered forthwith to

              p. 516 Sumons the rest of his Brethren his Associates to Some

                 Convenient place, and make Return of two good & Substan

                 tiall men whom they think most Capable for the Executing

                 such a Trust unto his Exncy the Governr at the port of Ann

                 apolis with all imaginable Speed; to the End one of the sd

                 pTsons may be Commission ated.