508 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1728.

              Lib. M.   the Royal Issue and the Rest of the Royal Family] And for

                  the better Notice hereof in Our said Province, It is Our

                  further Will and Pleasure, that you cause the same to be

                  forthwith published in the several Parish Churches, and other

                  Places of Divine Worship, within the said Province, And that

                  you take Care that Obedience be paid thereto accordingly.

                                                        G.R.

                    This Board are humbly of Opinion that the properest

                  Method of making the said Instructions publick is by causing

                  Proclamations to issue to the Sheriffs of the several Counties

                  requiring them to publish the said Proclamations in the sev

                  eral Parishes within their said Counties

                    Ordered that Proclamation be prepared accordingly

                    His Excellency the Governor having signifyed to this Board

                  that he has nothing of Moment to lay before the Assembly

                  which stands prorogued to the second Tuesday in March de

                  sires the Opinion of this Board when is a proper Time to

                  prorogue it to who are of Opinion that the second Thursday

                  in July next being the 10th Day of the Same Month is the

                  most convenient Time to prorogue them to in Order to their

                  then meeting for the Dispatch of the Publick Business

                    Ordered that Proclamation issue accordingly

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                    By His Excellency Benedict Leonard Calvert Governr &

                  Commandr in Chief in & over the Province of Maryland

                               A Proclamation

                    Whereas the present General Assembly of this Province

                  stands prorogued to the Second Tuesday in March next being

                  the Eleventh Day of the Same Month And whereas there is

                  no Business of Moment which requires their Attendance at

                  that Time I have therefore thought fit with the Advice of His

                  Lordships Council of State further to prorogue the same

                  And I do hereby further prorogue the same to the second

                  Thursday of July next being the tenth Day of the same

                  Month And I do strictly charge and Command the several

                  Sheriffs of this Province to give Notice as well to the several

                  Members of His Lordps honble Council residing within their

                  several Counties as also to the Representatives of their said

                  Counties that they convene themselves together at the City

                  of Annapolis the tenth Day of July next then and there to

                  do and Consent to such Things as shall be proposed ordained

                  and enacted for the Benefit of the Inhabitants of the said

                  Province And to the Intent that all Persons concerned may