122 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1702.

         Lib. X.  thought to be the eldest Counsellor and adjudged to preside

                  in his Excellencys Absence.

                    Read his Majestys Royal Instruction to his Excy the Gov-

                  ernor upon his Death or Absence out of this Provs allotting

                  one Moiety of the Revenue accruing to the said Govr to the

                  Lt Govr or Commander in chief.

          p. 286  Whereupon the Board humbly conceive that the eldest

                  Counsellor is the person intended by those words Commdr

                  in chief and advise that, after his Excellencys departure to

                  wit, the last of June next, her Majestys Receivers should take

                  the Bonds for support of Government, One half to the Gov

                  ernor his present Excellency Nathaniel Blakiston Esqr & the

                  other half to the President, Thomas Tench Esqr his Honour

                  giving his Bond to be answerable for the same in case her

                  Majesty Shall Direct any part thereof to be otherwise applied

                  which he says he is willing to do

                    Proposed and resolved that his late Majestys Royal Com

                  mission to his Excellency the Governor under the Great Seal

                  of England settling the Govt the Commission to his Excel

                  lency as Vice Admiral the Commission for trying of Pirates

                  his Majestys Royal instructions to his Excellency by their

                  Excellencys the Lords Justices the Lords Justices instruc-

                  tions about Trade the right honble the Comrnsrs of the

                  Customs instructions the several Letters under the Royal

                  Signet, and from the Secry of State the Right honble the

                  Lords of trade and Foreign Plantations the honble the

                  Commsrs of her Majestys Customs and Letters to his

                  Excellency from the Lords of the Admiralty be sealed up

                  and left in the Council Office to be delivered up to the

                  honble President upon his Exys Departure the last of July next.

                    His Excellency Observes to the Board that when any

                  Application is to be made to her Majesty by the Secry of

                  State they must direct to the right Honourable the Earl of

                  Manchester who has the care of the Southern Provinces

                    His Excellency advises and Directs the President &

          p. 287  Council that they be very Cautious in pursuing the Instruc-

                  tions of his late Majesty until further Orders from her

                  present Majesty and that they always give Speedy Com

                  pliance and answers to the several letters and Directions

                  they shall from time to time receive from the right honble

                  the Lords of the Council, of trade & Foreign Plantations.

                  & that they do not call the Assembly together unless upon

                  an Emergent Occasion & thanks God that he leaves the

                  Country the Church being so well Established and the

                  people happy in the peace and Friendship they mutually

                  enjoy one to the other to the Great Quiet & Prosperity of

                  this her Majestys Government. Wm Bladen Cl Concil