Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1739. 175

The Perusal of and Transcripts from several Books con-
taining the Proceedings of Assemblys and lodged in the As-
sembly Office being thought by this Board to be necessary
for the present Service & Affairs of the Government; It is
therefore ordered and directed by this Board, that the Clerk
of this Board take such Copies of any of the Books and
Papers relating to the Proceedings in Assembly as are lodged
in the Assembly Office & which shall be directed from time
to time by the Secretary of this Province

Lib. C. B.

Richard Gyant of Queen Anns County condemned for
Murder at the Assizes held for the said County in April last,
and who escaped from the Custody of the Sheriff, being, as
appears by the Sheriffs Letter, retaken It is the humble Advice
of this Board to his Excellency that he be pleased to order a
Warrant to issue for his Execution on Friday the seventeenth
of this Instant August.
Ordered that the General Assembly of this Province which
stands prorogued to the first Day of September next be fur-
ther prorogued to the first Tuesday in November next, and
his Excellency was pleased to issue his Proclamations accord-
ingly
Ordered that the Colonels of the several Counties transmit
to this Board with all convenient speed an Account of the
several Men listed in the Militia of their respective Counties
and under what Captains, how many Men appear armed, and
in what manner at the Time of Muster, the Names of the
Officers who are diligent, & also of those who neglect their
Duty; And that the Clerk of this Board send to the several
Colonels a Copy of this Order.
Ordered that the Clerk of this Board write to M^r Samuel
Hyde Merchant in London desiring the favour of him to order
One of his Clerks to transcribe from the Books of the late
M^r John Hyde his Father the State of the Accounts of the
Three Pence p hh^d for Arms and Ammunition for the Use of
this Province from the first raising thereof & lodged in his
Hands by Either of the Treasurers of this Province; And that
from the Time of his Fathers Death to this present year, he
will order a Transcript of the State of the af^d Fund lodged in

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his Hands to be made out, and that he be desired to send them
hither by the first Opportunity
Ordered that the honourable Col Charles Hammond Treas-
urer of the Western Shoar send to M^r Samuel Hyde Merchant
in London for such and so many Branches or Chandelieres for
the Use of the Council Room as the honourable Benjamin
Tasker Esq^r shall think necessary and direct; and that M^r
Hyde be ordered to charge the Prices thereof to the Fund of
3^d p hogshead for purchasing Arms &c lodged in his Hands.

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