538 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1752.

Lib, C. B.

Advised Resolved and Ordered that the following Procla-
mation issue

By the honourable Benjamin Tasker Esq^r President &
Commander in Chief of the Province of Maryl^d

A Proclamation

Whereas by the Death of his Excellency Samuel Ogle Esq^r
late Governor of the said Province, the Administration of the
Government thereof is devolved upon me as the first Person
named of his Lordships Council: I have therefore by and with
the Advice and Consent of his Lordships Council of State
thought fit to issue this my Proclamation Notifying the same
to all Sheriffs Magistrates and Others his Lordships Officers
in this Province; and I do further will and direct that all
Officers both Civil and Military execute and discharge the
Several Trusts & Duties in them reposed and enjoyned by
their present respective Commissions untill such time as they
shall Receive directions to the Contrary; & to the End that
all Persons concerned may have due Notice thereof I do
Strictly charge and require the Several Sheriffs of this Province
to make this my Proclamation Publick in their respective

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Counties in the usual manner as they will Answer the Con-
trary at their Peril. Given at the City of Annapolis this fourth
day of May in the second year of his Lordships Dominion
Annoq Domini 1752