Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1730. 535

                   Present as on 22d Instant     Lib. M.

       His Excellency the Governor acquaints this Board that He

     hath nothing of Moment to lay before the Assembly which

     stands prorogued to the first Tuesday in October next; It is

     advised that the Assembly be farther prorogued to the third

     Tuesday in November following, and Ordered that Proclama

     tions issue accordingly; which issued in the following Words

       Maryland ss By his Excellency Benedict Leonard Calvert

     Lieutenant General and Chief Governor in and over the Prov

     ince of Maryland

                      A Proclamation

       “Whereas the present General Assembly of this Province

     “stands prorogued to the third Tuesday in October next being p. 37

     “the sixth 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 third Tuesday

     “in November next being the seventeenth Day of the same

     “Month And to the Intent that all Persons concerned may

     “have due Notice thereof I do strictly require and Command

     “the several Sheriffs of this Province to make this my Pro

     “clamation publick in their respective Counties in the usual

     manner as they will answer the Contrary at their Peril Given

     at Annapolis this Twenty fourth Day of July in the sixteenth

     Year of His Lordships the Lord Proprietarys Dominion &c

     Annoq Domini 1730

                                      Great

                                      Seal

       At a Council held in the Council Chamber on Tuesday the

     27th Day of October in the Sixteenth Year of His Lordships

     the Lord Proprietarys Dominion &c Annoq Domini 1730

                          Present

        His Excellency Benedict Leonard Calvert Governor

               Charles Calvert Esqr Col. M: Tilghman Ward

     The Honble  Col William Holland         Benjamin Tasker Esqr

               Philemon Lloyd Esqr      Philip Lee Esqr

          Members of His Lordships Honble Council

       His Excellency acquaints this Board that he has nothing of

     Moment to lay before the Assembly which stands prorogued