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       4th That Church Officers be obliged to subscribe their As.     Lib. X

     sent & Consent of the Common Prayer & 39 Articles

       5thly That no unbaptized persons may be admitted into

     any Office of trust in the Govt

       6th That the Dissenters especially the Quakers do not          p. 333

     conform to the act of Tolleration as confirmed by the Act of

     Religion in divers particulars first in not subscribing such de

     claration & Possession as provided is by that Law they should

     Secondly in not Registring their meeting Houses in the

     Several County Courts

        That your Honours would be pleased further to recom

     mend to the honble house of Delegates the passing of an

     additional Act concerning religion wherein some penalty may

     be inflicted on such as professing themselves protestants never

     attend the publick worship of God

       8 That the Quakers & Papists be restrained from sedu-

     cing her Majestys Protestant Subjects

       Annapolis May 27th 1703 Rects

              Robert Owen            John White

              John Sharp             Ben Nobbs

              John Edwards           Tho Cockshutt

              Gabriel D'Emilliane    Hen Hall

              Joseph Colbatch        Wm Tibbs

                                     Tho Howell

       The honble president aquaints the Board of his being In

     formed of several considerable Quantitys of Rum clandestinely

     brought from Pensylvania over the head of the Bay into this

     Province the same not being entred with the Officer therefore

     appointed or any Duty paid therefore for prevention whereof

     he proposes that the Clark of this Board write to Mr Mathias

     Vanderhayden the Naval Officer at the head of the Bay to

     depute some person in Elk & Bohemiah River to prevent the

     same and that the said Naval Officer keep a good Correspon

     dency with the Riding Surveyor

       Read the petition of George Muschamp and Geo Plater             P. 334

     Esqrs praying the Application of this Board on their Behalfs

     to the right Honble the Lords of trade & Foreign Plantations

     that their respective Sallaries of One hundred Pounds Sterl p

     Annum may be paid them out of the 3d p hhd allotted for the

     purchasing arms for this Province now in their hands

       The Board do not think fit to make any such Application

     the said Duty of 3d p hhd being given to the Country for so

     good an use neither does any method at present Occur to

     them whereby they may tho willing to assist the Petitioners

       Upon the Representation of Sr Thomas Lawrence Bart her

     Majestys Secretary of this Province that some Order might

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