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340 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1744.
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Upon reading and Considering the said Deposition It is
ordered that the Clerk deliver the same to the Attorney
General, and It is likewise ordered that the Attorney General
prosecute the said Goldsborough for such his Offence at the
next Provincial Court according to Law
Ordered that the Clerk of this Board write to the Colonels
of Dorchester Somerset & Worcester Counties the following
Letter
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Sir
Whereas in the late Treaty with the Six Nations of Indians
the Commrs for this Province promised the Chiefs of the said
Six Nations that the Nanticoke Indians should have their Guns
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which were taken from them by Order of this Government re-
delivered to them
In Complyance therefore with the said Promise made to the
Six Nations you are hereby desired to see that the Guns taken
from the Indians in your County, and which are lodged in
different Places therein, be safely delivered to them; the Nan-
ticoke Indians having desired of this Government leave to de-
part the Province and go up and reside among the Six Nations
of Indians
I am Sir &c
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Ordered that the Colonels of the several Counties of this
Province do not for the future enlist either in the Militia of
Horse or Foot in the said Counties any Person professing the
Roman Catholick Religion; and if any such person be already
enlisted in the Militia of this Province It is hereby ordered
that the Colonels of the said Counties give Directions to their
inferior Officers to discharge such Roman Catholicks from any
further Attendance in the said Militia
Ordered that the present General Assembly of this Province
be dissolved at the Expiration of their three years, and that
Writts of Election issue to call a new Assembly bearing Date
the last of February next returnable to the first Day of May
next.
15th October 1744
Ordered by his Excellency the Governor that the present
General Assembly of this Province which stands prorogued
to the last Tuesday of this Instant October be further pro-
rogued to the last Tuesday of November next being the 27th
day of the same Month & Proclamations issued accordingly
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