410 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1 747.

Lib. C. B.

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 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 habi-
tations, when this service shall be over, unless any of them
shall desire to settle elsewhere
And as a further Inducement to the Inhabitants of this
Province to enlist, I hereby make known to them, that I am
authorized to appoint such Offiicers, as are to command each
Company, In Consequence whereof I shall endeavour to make
the Command as agreeable to the Men as the Nature of the
Service will admit
And I do hereby strictly charge and require the several
Sheriffs of this Province to make this my Proclamation publick
in their respective Counties in the usual manner, and also to
affix Copies thereof in the most publick Places of their said
Counties as they will answer the Contrary at their Peril Given
at the City of Annapolis this 7^th Day of June in the 32^d year
of his Ldps Dominion Annoq Dni. 1746.

p. 319

Maryland ss.

By his Excellency Thomas Bladen Esq^r Gov^r & Comm^r
in Chief in and over the Province of
Maryland.

Whereas in Obedience to his Majesty's Commands signi-
fyed to me by his Grace the Duke of Newcastle Three
Companies of Foot consisting of One hundred Men each have
been levyed & raised in this Province for his Majestys Service
in the intended Expedition against Canada; And Whereas
One of the said Companies now under the Command of Daniel
Campbell Esq^r as Captain thereof hath been enlisted & com-
pleatly full on the 8^th day of July last past by the Care and
Vigilance of the said Daniel Campbell together with Joseph
Chew Gent Lieutenant & John M^o Cullogh Gent Ensign of
the said Company; by which means the s^d Dan^l Campbell under
my Promise and Encouragement for the making such Levies
is entituled to his Majestys Commission of a Captain to com-
mand the said Company; But forasmuch as It is thought