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222 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1740.

the Order of the Governor and Council of that Date, and that
the said Sheriff has never made Return of the said Warrant
to him, or given any Account what he has done by Virtue
thereof
It is hereby Ordered that the said Sheriff immediately
attend this Board to render a particular Account of his Pro-
ceedings on the s^d Warrant.
The Sheriff of Prince Georges County being in Town is
acquainted with the aforegoing Order, and attending this
Board, He says, that the Warrant not having a particular Day
mentioned therein for the Return thereof, he kept the same
by him in hopes of apprehending the said Macdonnel, but
that at present he is not to be found in his County

At a Council held in the Council Chamber on Saturday the
26^th Day of July in the 26^th Year of his Lordships Dominion
Annoq Dni 1740
Present

His Excellency Samuel Ogle Esq^r Governor

The
honourable

Benj^a Tasker Esq^r
Philip Lee Esq^r
Edmund Jenings Esq^r
Col James Hollyday

Col Levin Gale
Col James Harris
Sam^l Chamberlain Esq^r

p. 103

The following Proclamation being prepared, is read, and
approved of and ordered to issue

Maryland ss

By His Excellency Samuel Ogle Esq^r Governor and Com-
mander in Chief in & over the Province of
Maryland

A Proclamation

Forasmuch as Warrants have been given to several Persons
in this Province to enlist Men to serve his Majesty in an Ex-
pedition against the Spanish Settlements in the West Indies,
and as It is necessary to have the Men that are enlisted,
gathered to One Place, and ready as soon as possible to be
transported to the Place of General Rendezvous in the West
Indies, I have therefore thought fit, by and with the Advice
of his Lordships Council of State to issue this my Proclamation,
hereby giving this Publick Notice, and charging & requiring
all Persons who have had such Warrants to use their utmost
Endeavours immediately to draw the Men together who have
enlisted themselves and to repair with them forthwith to the
City of Annapolis in Order that the Companies may be