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   him done to the Closet of the Council Room by Order of the     Lib. X.

   Governor and Council

     Ordered that the honble Colo Young and Benja Tasker Esqr

   view the said work and if their Honours are of Opinion that

   the work deserves so much that then his Honour Colo Young

   is hereby Empowred to pay the same or so much thereof as

   shall be Adjudged reasonable out of the Money arising from

   the 3d p hhd sterling for Arms &c Provided nothing appear

   ing upon the Journals of this honble Board (Great part of

   which are not immediately to be found) to the Contrary

     The humble Petition or Representation of John Moale and

   Daniel Russell on behalf of Jonathan Forward of London

   Merchant exhibjtted here to the Board and is as followeth

   vizt

     To the Honourable Charles Calvert Esqr Lieutenant Gov-       p. 118

   ernor of the Province of Maryland and to his Lordships

   honble Council

       The humble Representation of the Factors

                  of Jonathan Forward

   Humbly Sheweth

     That your humble Petitioners beg Leave to inform your

   Honours that whereas our Imployer Mr Ionathan Forward of

   London Merchant having Contracted with the Government

   of England for the Transportation of Convicted Persons and

   Felons to this or any other of his Majestys Plantations in

   America and there to Land them as p his Bond Given to the

   Government to that intent and also to make Sale of them to

   his most Advantage having by said Order of transfer a right

   and Property in their Service here for such Respective term

   of years as p an Act of Parliament made in the 4th year of his

   now Majestys reign may more at large appear, Pursuant to

   the aforesaid Contract and Authority by Act of Parliament

   the said Jonathan Forward sending a Certain Number of them

   in two Ships which being arrived in this Province at this Port

   of Annapolis Assigned to your Petitioners and others the said

   Forwards Factors here were by said Factors according to Law

   reported to the Naval Officer of said Port which fully Accom

   plishes the Bond aforesaid Given by said Forward to that

   purpose

     Your petitioners humbly beg Leave to inform your Honours

   that we the said Forwards Agents are in Effect denied the

   Benefit of the property proposed by the said Act being          p. 119

   greatly hindered by the Corporation of this City of Annapolis

   by virtue of a Law as some have said of their own making

   for instead of having the Liberty to dispose of them to such