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Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1726. 453
with pursuant to the Direction of an Act of Assembly made Lib. X. last session to encourage the takers of Runaway Slaves that shall be taken up by any person and brought in from the Back woods who are of Opinion that Mr John Powell of prince Georges County is a proper person to be entrusted with the same Ordered that the Clerk of this Board draw an Order on Samuel Young Esqr Treasurer of the Western Shore payable to the said Powell or Order for 30 l Currency and deliver the same to the said Powell with a Copy of the said Act His Excellency the Governor Acquaints this Board that his Lordship the Lord Proprietary has Commanded him to Ap point Nicholas Lowe Esqr his Lordships Agent A Member of p. 146 his Lordships honble Council Whereupon the said Nicholas Lowe Esqr being called in takes the several Oaths to'the Government appointed by Act of Assembly subscribes the Oath of Abjuration and Test and likewise takes the Oath of a Councillor and took his place at the Board accordingly Ordered that the Clerk of this Board draw an Order on Samuel Young Esqr payable to John Young for his years Sal lary due to him in January last Which was done accordingly
At a Council held at the Council Chamber at the City of Annapolis on Saturday the 21st day of May in the twelfth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King George and in the eleventh year of his Lordship the Lord Proprietarys Domin ion &c Annoq Dni 1726
Were Present The honble Charles Calvert Esqr Govr
Colo William Holland John Hall Esqr Colo Thomas Addison Members of his the honble Philemon Lloyd Esq Lordships honble Colo Richard Tilghman Council Colo M. T. Ward James Bowles Esqr Benja Tasker Esqr His Excellency lays before this Board petitions from the Inhabitants of several of the Countys of this province praying that an Assembly may be immediately Called for the relief of Tobacco the Staple of this province and desires the Opinion p. 147 of this Board in relation thereto
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