Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1750. 485

Plateing forge in this Province an Account of the said forge It
is the humble Advice of this Board that his Excellency be
pleased to send a Certificate thereof to the Lords of Trade,
and also the foll^g Letter

Maryland Cecil County 24 Sept^r 1750

In the year 1 747 I built and finished a Plateing forge work-
ing with Two Tilt Hammers on the head of North East River
and am the sole Proprietor thereof
To His Excellency Samuel Ogle Esq^r G Rock
Governor in Chief of the Province of Maryland

Lib. C. B.

My Lords
In Obedience to an Act of Parliament Entituled An Act to
encourage the Importation of Pig and Barr Iron from his
Majestys Colonies in America, and to prevent the Erection of
any Mill or other Engine for slitting or rolling of Iron; or any
Plateing forge to work with a Tilt Hammer, or any Furnace
for makeing Steel in any of the said Colonies, I have trans-
mitted your Lordships the inclosed Certificate and am
My Lords Your Lordships
most obedient and most humble Servant
To the right honble the Sam: Ogle
Lords Comm^rs for Trade &
Plantations.

Province of Maryland
I Samuel Ogle Governor of the said Province do hereby
certify that in the year 1747 there was finished and is now in
use at the head of North East River in Cecil County One
Plateing Forge working with Two Tilt Hammers and that
George Rock of the said County is the Proprietor thereof,
and that there is not a Mill or Engine for slitting and rolling
of Iron, nor a Furnace for making Steel erected in this Prov-
ince Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the said
Province this 24^th Day of Septem^r Anno Domini 1750

His Excellency is pleased to ask the Opinion of this Board
Whether the words, or after such Erection continued, in Page
523, of the afore mentioned Act of Parliament have Reference
to any Mills, Engines, Forges or Furnaces built in this Prov-
ince before the making the said Act, who are unanimously of
Opinion, that the said Words have no Reference thereto

p. 413

At a Council heldjin the Council Chamber on Thursday the
27^th Day of September in the 36^th year of his Lordships Dom-
inion Annoq Domini 1750

p. 414