Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1746, 359

may have due Notice thereof I do strictly charge and require
the several Sheriffs of this Province to make this my Procla-
mation Publick in their respective Counties in the usual man-
ner and also to give Notice to the several Members of both
Houses of Assembly as they will Answer the Contrary at their
Peril Given at the City of Annapolis this 6^th day of June in
the thirty second year of his Lordships Dominion Annoq
Domini 1746
Great

Seal J Ross Cl Concl.

7 June 1746

Ordered by his Excellency the Governor that the following
Proclamation Issue

Maryland ss.

By his Excellency Thomas Bladen Esq^r Governor and
Commander in Chief in and over the Province of
Maryland

A Proclamation

Whereas his Grace the Duke of Newcastle one of his
Majestys principal Secretaries of State, has signified to me his
Majestys Royal Intention to employ Forces tor the immediate
Reduction of Canada; and also his Pleasure that I should
forthwith make the necessary Dispositions for raising Men
within this Government to be employed in Concert with his
Majestys Regular Forces on that important Service; which
Men to be raised in this Province, with others in some of the
Neighbouring Colonies, are to be formed into one Crops and
Commanded by the Honourable William Gooch Esq^r Lieu-
tenant Governor of Virginia, I have therefore thought fit to
issue this my Proclamation, inviting and giving Notice to such
of his Majestys Subjects as shall be willing to enter and enlist
themselves into this his Majestys Service, that they may repair
to the City of Annapolis where M^r John Ross will give due
Attendance for this Purpose, And for the Encouragement of
Persons inclining to engage in this Service, I am Authorized

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to assure them as well Officers as Soldiers that they shall
immediately enter into his Majestys Pay; the Officers from
the Time they shall engage in his Majestys Service and the
Soldiers from the respective days on which they shall Inlist :
And that they shall come in for a Share of any Booty to be
taken from the Enemy, and sent Back to their respective
Habitations when this Service shall be Over, unless any of
them shall desire to settle else where

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