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to command the Attorny Genl to make a due Examination of
so hateful an offence And that Care be had to bring the per-
sons Suspected to be the offenders (if found guilty) to condign
punishment that such Abuses may not hereafter be committed
with impunity
Signed p order Thos Macnemara Cl Ho Del.
Which being read at the Board his Excell with the advice
of the Board Ordered that his Majesty's Attorny General of
this Province take care to issue Summons in order to examine
wittnesses & other needful Process agt any persons he shall
upon Examination of Evidence find reason to suspect to be
guilty of the said Offence in order to bring them to condign
punishment
And forasmuch as several Embezelments oi Records have
been made in this Province Resolved the following message
be sent to the House of Delegates Viz.
By his Excellency the Governour and Council in Assembly
April 30th 1715
In complyance with your Request in your Message this
day by Mr Parran and Mr Dashield His Excellcy has been
pleased to order the Attorny General to issue Summons &
other proper process of the Provincial Court in order to Ex-
amine Witnesses & bring to condign punishment all or any
Persons whatsoever who may reasonably be suspected to have
Embezled the Records of Calvert County Court mentioned in
Roger Boyce's Petition
And whereas this is not the first offence of that nature that
has been represented to the Legislature of this Province :
His Excellency recommends it to your Consideration whether
It may not be advisable to make a particular Law this Session
for the punishment of such Offences which may hereafter be
committed within this province
Signed p order W Bladen Cl Coun.
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