The Lower House. 153

Custody for All fees due to Your peticon^r and other officers
an Acco^t of which is herto Annexd And Altho by the sd pro-
vinciall Court an order was made that in case the said Harts
former Master paid not his Criminall fees and Accepted his
Service for the same Yo^r peticoner should keep the said Hart
without Jmprisonm^t fees from that time till the next County
Court for prince Georges County in November foll^o And then
present the said Hart to the Justices of that Court to be
Adjudg'd or disposed of as they thought fitt for satisfaction
of the fees. But the said Harts Ma^r one George Iones Ab-
solutely refused to pay the fees And denied to Accept the
Service of the said Hart And the Justices of prince Georges

County refus'd Any ways to intermeddle therein so that the

said hart lyes Still in yo^r peticoners Custody And is A great
burthen and charge to him not being capable of Getting his
livelyhood.
Your peticoner therefore most humbly pray's the direction
of this honoble Court for his releife in the premises And that
by an order of this house he and other Officers may be paid
their lust fees out of the publiq
And will ever pray etc.

Thomas Hart D^r

P. R. O.
B. T. Md.
Vol 17.

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To Iosiah Wilson 228 days Imprisonm^t fees 4560
To Comittment 100 Ferriage ouer two Rivers 8^s 180
To M^r Attorney Gen^ll 400
To the Secretary 400
To the Sherriff of AA^ll County and 1060

Cryer of the provinciall Court 6600