Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1749/50. 473

several Sheriffs of this Province His Excellency therefore by
the Advice of this Board doth require and direct that the
Sheriffs of the several Counties or their Deputies upon the

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Peril of his Displeasure do take Receipts from Each Other of
the time of the Delivery of any Publick Letters and keep
such Receipt by them for their Justification if hereafter they
should be called upon And It is likewise ordered that the
Sheriff of Queen Anns County appoint a Place near One of
the Ferry Landings upon Kent Island for the Receipt of any
Publick Letters that shall be sent thither and that there be a
person also there who shall give a Receipt for the same And
that the said Sheriff of Queen Ann County direct One of his
Under Sheriffs to call once every Week at the said Place for
the Receipt and Dispatch of the said Letters and that the
Sheriff of Ann Arundel County send all the Publick Letters
to the said Place & take a Receipt specifying the Time of
their Delivery there

The Province of Maryland to John Raill Dr
as Armourer of the Province af^d

From 26^th of September 1745 to 11^th of July 1747 is
21 Months 15 Days at 40 Sterl p Annum 71:13:4

Errors Excepted p John Raill

Upon reading and considering the said Account It is the
opinion of this Board that by the Act of Assembly made in
1747 for raising 3^d Sterling p hh^d for Arms &c, and the Act
made in 1748 continuing the former Act They are not em-
powered to pay the said Sum because It became due before
the making those Laws; And as the Fund out of which the
said Salary ought to have been paid, was lodged in the hands
of M^r Samuel Hyde Merchant in London who is since become
Bankrupt, It is recommended to M^r Raill to apply himself to
the Assembly at their next Meeting for Payment thereof.

p. 397

At a Council held at the House of his Excellency the Gov-
ernor in the City of Annapolis on Thursday the I^st Day of
February in the 35^th year of his Lordships Dominion Annoq
Domini 1749
Present
His Excellency Samuel Ogle Esq^r Governor

p. 398

The honble

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Benjamin Tasker
Edmund Jenings Esq^r
Col Charles Hammond

Daniel Dulany Esq^r
Benedict Calvert Esq^r