108 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1700.

        Lib. X.   in reguard there is a Law in the Kingdm of England that the

                  Parliament there shall not sit Longer than three years if it will

                  not be Adviseable to dissolve them & not suffer them to

                  sitt Longer

                   The Petition of James Anderson & Mary his wife praying

                  remittance of Mantis Handleys Recognizance of ten pounds

                  Sterling for the appearance of John Sehey being read & ap

                  pearing that the said Handley had procured the said Sehey

                  to appear at the County Court afterwards tho not at the pre

                  cise time he was bound to & that the said Sehey had received

                  corporal Punishment for his crimes upon the Certificate of the

                  Justices of Dorchester County the said Fine is remitted

                   Mr Gerrard Slyes petition for a writt of Injunction upon his

                  Fine 6000 l Tobacco ats George Muschamp Esqr his Majestys

                  Receiver of the district of Potomack which said writt of In

                  junction is Granted

                   Mr Edward Lomans petition for Injunction in the cause be

                  tween him & Sayers Executors read and Granted

                   The Account of Prizes seized by Wm Bladen Surveyor of

                  his Majestys Customs in the Port of Annapolis being produced

        p. 267    to this Board by Geo Plater Esqr his Majestys Receiver of

                  the District of Putuxent was allowed of & Ordered to be

                  recorded

                   Ordered that commission issue appointing the following

                  persons to be Justices of the peace in Calvert County vizt Mr

                  Walter Smith Mr George Lingham Ino Hance Samuel Holds

                  worth, Mr Parker, Thomas Gray Josiah Wilson, Robert Skin-

                  ner, Elisha Hall, Jno Leech John Smith Geo Parker & Alex

                  ander Parran

                   Ordered that a new Commission be made for the Provincial

                  Court & that Mr John Hall of Baltimore County be thereby

                  one of the Justices of the said Court

                   Ordered that Colonel John Thomas of Baltimore County

                  for his late irregularitys be left out of the Commission of the

                  peace in Baltimore County

                   Ordered that Mr Samuel Young be appointed one of the

                  Justices of Ann Arundel County Court

                   The honble Collo John Hammond from the Committee for

                  apportioning the publick Levy acquaints his Excellency & the

                  Board that the Committee do find there will not be sufficient

                  Tobacco to discharge all the publick Claim unless his Excel

                  lency & Council will be pleased to order the 60000 l of tobacco

                  to be Raised by virtue of the act of Assembly whereupon this

                  Board upon the said Committees Representation do order that

                  the said 60000 l of Tobacco be Raised & it is further ordered