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tions in Order to know the Number of Militia in this Province,
It is Ordered that the Colonels of the Several Counties require
an immediate Account to be taken of the Several men enlisted
in the Militia of their Respective Counties, and that they
Return the same to this Board as soon as Possibly they can
Signed p Order &c.

By the Governor and Council
21 December 1748
Sir
In Obedience to his Majestys Commands signifyed to the
Governor by the Lords of Trade, you are hereby Required to
serve each particular Constable of the several hundreds within
your County with a Copy of the within Order to them directed,
and when they have made a Return to you of the List of
Inhabitants, you are immediately to transmit the same to the
Governor
Signed p Order &c.

By the Governor and Council
21 December 1748
Sir
In Obedience to his Majesty's Commands Signified to the
Governor by the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Planta-

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tions, you are hereby Required to Transmit to the Sheriff of
your County as soon as Possibly you can the Number of all
the Inhabitants Men Women and Children White and Black
in Separate Columns that are within your hundred in order
for his laying the same before the Governor and Council
Signed p Order &c.
To the respective Constables of Each
hundred in the County of

Ordered that the Clerk of this Board draw an Order on the
honourable Col Charles Hammond Treasurer of the Western
Shoar payable to M^r John Raitt, or Order, late Armourer of
this Province for the sum of Thirty pounds fourteen shillings
and seven pence Sterling being for 14/mo and 20 Da Salary
from 11^th of July 1747 to the 30^th of September 1748 at the
Rate of 25 £ p Annum to be paid out of the Fund of 3^d p
hh^d for Arms &c