56 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1698/9.

             Lib. X. also the oath of Counsellors & signed the Test & Association

                   Upon reading several of his Majestys instructions to his

                  Excellency the Governor as to that Instruction of Revising &

                  Sending a Complete Body of the Laws

                   It is thought proper to refer the same to the meeting of the

                  Assembly

                   As to that relating to Sallarys Extortions Fees & table of

                  Fees to be set up in the respective Offices

                   Resolved that a Proclamation be issued enjoyning every

                 Person holding any Office within this Province to transcribe &

                 Set up a Table of all such Fees as are due to them for any

                 thing transacted in their Several Offices & that they do not

                 demand or extort any more then what are allowable under

                 pain of displeasure & being prosecuted according to Law

              p 210 His Excellency is pleased to propose to the Board that

                  whereas the members thereof Live most of them very remote

                  & that it would be a great hardship to Call them upon every

                  small Occasion if they thought fit he would order the Clark of

                  the Council to keep a Journal of such small things as should

                  occur betwixt the several Meetings of the Council to be pre

                  sented to them at their next meeting for their Assent or Dis

                  sent & Gives them an instance or two of a Commission of the

                  Peace which he was obliged to grant for Dorchester County

                  before the meeting of the Council otherwise that County Court

                  could not have Satt & likewise that he had Commissionated

                  one Mr Elias King to be Sheriff of Kent County which Mr

                  King was a Stranger to him but Recommended to be very

                  well affected to this his Majestys Government a man of Sub

                  stance & Capacity every way well qualified for that Office

                   Of which the Board well Approving do advise that such

                  journal be kept of those Proceedings to be presented to the

                  Council as aforesaid which is Ordered Accordingly

                   Ordered that the Several Receivers & Naval Officers have

                  notice to prepare their Accots against the meeting of the next

                  Assembly to be Sworn to & sent for England

                   His Excellency being required to send an Accot to their

                  Lordships the Lords of the Council of trade & Plantations

                  of what Persons in this province are fitting to bear Arms the

                  same is Referred until the Military Officers are Commis

                  sionated

               p. 211 His Excy is pleased to inquire how the Country is Provided

                  with Arms & Ammunition and where Lodged

                   The Gentlemen of the Council do say that the Country is

                  pretty well Suplied with Arms & ammunition & that his late

                  Excellency Govr Nicholson took care to send to England

                  exact accots of what was in the Country & how diposed of

                  until his departure from this Government