Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1738. 133

to give immediate Notice to this Government of any such
Tumult Riot or other outrageous Disorder or any future Set-
tlement or Attempt to make such future Settlement in any of
the parts or places aforementioned in order that proper
Measures may be taken for the putting a Stop to suppressing
or punishing the same & exacting the most perfect & full
Obedience to his Majestys said Royal Order & that none may
pretend ignorance of his Majestys Commands in the Premises
all & every the Sheriffs of this Province are hereby Strictly
enjoyned & Commanded to publish this Proclamation forth-
with in their Respective Counties not only by reading the
same but also by Immediately affixing Copies thereof at the
most publick places in their respective Counties & also that
at all & every the several County Courts to be held from &
after the publication hereof they & every of them shall read
& publish this Proclamation, & so Continue to read & publish
the Same at all & every the Succeeding Courts in their
respective Counties untill they shall receive further Orders to
the Contrary Given at the City of Annapolis this Twenty first
day of November in the Twenty third Year of his Lordships
Dominion Annoque Domini 1737
J Ross Cl Cone

I^st February 1737

Ordered by his Excellency the Governor that the Present
General Assembly, which pursuant to the Writts of Election
was to have met on 28^th Instant, be prorogued to the first Tues-
day in May next; and Proclamations issued accordingly

At a Council held in the Council Chamber on Friday the
5^th Day of May in the Twenty fourth year of His Lordships
Dominion Annoq Domini 1738.

Present
His Excellency Samuel Olge Esq^r Governor

Lib. M.

The
Honble

Col Richard Tilghman
Col Matthew Tilghman Ward
Benjamin Tasker Esq^r
Philip Lee Esq^r

George Plater Esq^r
Edmund Jenings Esq^r
Col Charles Hammond