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    Dorchester County be discharged from his said Office for Lib. X.

    Charging & Receiving of Fees Contrary to Law as by the

    presentment of the Grand Jury of the Provincial Court ap

    pears & that a blank Commission be sent over to Collo Charles

    Huchins to insert some other Capable Person as he shall think

    fit in his Stead.

      Ordered that the Presentment of the Grand Jury of the

    Justices of Talbot County be delivered to his Majestys Law

    yers to Prosecute—

    And that the presentments of the Commissioners of Cal-

    vert & St Marys County be Examined by the Records whether

    they be not allowed more then they Ought

      Ordered that the Clerks of St Marys and Calvert Countys

    do upon Sight hereof Return unto his Excellency at the Port

    of Annapolis an exact Acct under their respective hands to

    be Sworn to in open Court of the Number of days each par

    ticular Commissioner has sat in Court from the time of the

    laying their County Levy in the year 1696 Until the laying

    the Levy this last Year & that the respective Ordinary Keep

    ers where any of the Commsrs have been charged Expences

    upon the Score of their attendance on Courts do also send

    the Particulars of those Expences Under their Respective

    Hands to Commence the said Accots from the time afore men

    tioned & to be Continued to the Laying the Levy also the

    Last Year which said Accots are to be likewise Sworn to by

    the said Respective Ordinary Keepers in Open Court & after- P• 38

    wards returned to his Excellency with all Possible speed the

    Sheriffs of those two Countys being hereby Ordered to Serve

    the said Clarks & Ordinary Keepers with a Copy of this

    Order

      Upon Representation of the honble Sr Tho Lawrence Bart

    his Majestys Secry of this Province that he has received Jnfor

    mation from the honble James Frisby Esqr & others concern

    ing some late enormous Practices committed by the present

    Clerk of Caecil County Court about the Election of Delegates

    of that County & that he is much given to Sotting & Drunk

    enness.

      Ordered thereupon that the said Clerk be displaced and

    that the honourable Sr Thomas Lawrence Commissionate

    some other more fit and Capable Person in his Stead

      Mr William Bladen Clerk of the house of Delegates being

    sent for Come

      And he is asked to make Answer what Charge the Speaker

    gave to the Committee of Agreivances & whether any Charge

    was given them before he had the Oath of Secrecy Admin

    istred to him as Clk of the house he says that the Speaker

    did give a Charge to the Committee of Grievances before

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