120 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1737.

Lib. M.

2. 2^d Whether there is anything particular in the Nature of
the Office of Treasurer of Either Shoar to exempt it from the
said Nomination
It does not appear to me that there is anything so par-
ticular in the Nature of the Office of Treasurer of Either Shoar,
as to take the Right of Nomination to that Office, from the
Lord Proprietary, and give it to any other Persons
2. 3^d Whether a few Precedents in this Case of a Treasurer
being appointed by the tripartite Concurrence of both houses
of Assembly and the Governor can or do overthrow his Lord-
ships Right
All the Precedents except One being between 1692 & 1716
when my Lord Baltimore was out of Possession, I am of

Opinion that they will not overthrow his Lordships Right

founded upon such plain Words in the Charter
2. 4^th Whether the Precedents hereto annexed do divest
the Proprietary of his Right of Nomination to the Office of
Treasurer or Treasurers, the said Treasurer or Treasurers so
nominated giving the security the Law directs
The Treasurer or Treasurers when nominated by the Lord
Proprietary must give such Security as the Law directs: To
the other Part of this Query I have given an Answer already
J Willes 22^d January 1736.

At a Council held in the Council Chamber on Tuesday the
tenth Day of May in the twenty third Year of his Lordships
Dominion Annoq Domini 1737

Present
His Excellency Samuel Ogle Esq^r Governor

The
honourable

Benjamin Tasker Esq^r
Philip Lee Esq^r
Michael Howard Esq^r
George Plater Esq^r

Edmund Jenings Esq^r
James Hollyday Esq^r
Col Charles Hammond