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Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1753-1761. 121
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If the Bill for raising £40000 passes both Houses with a
Clause, appointing Colonel Wm Fitzhugh, and Mr Charles
Carroll, to treat with the southern Tribe of Indians for the
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Purposes, and in the manner as therein directed, would this
Board advise the Governor to reject the Bill upon that Clause
only, who unanimously are of Opinion they would not
At a Council held at the City of Annapolis on Saturday
the 22d Day of May, in the sixth year of his Lordships Do-
minion, Annoque Dom: 1756.
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Present
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Benjamin Tasker Esqr
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Colonel Tasker
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Colonel Hammond
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Richard Lee Esqr
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Samuel Chamberlaine
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Benedict Calvert Esqr
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honourable
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Colonel Goldsborough.
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Philip Thomas Esquire
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Colonel Lloyd
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His Excellency acquaints the Board that the Right Hon-
ourable, the Lord Proprietary had appointed, Colonel Robert
Jenckins Henry, a Member of his Lordships Council, and
that he now attends in order to be qualified.
Whereupon the said Colonel Robert Jenckins Henry takes
the Oaths to the Government appointed to be taken by Act
of Assembly, and likewise the Oath of a Councillor, and
subscribes the Abjuration, and Test, and takes his Place at
the Board accordingly.
His Excellency is pleased to lay before this Board the
following Petitions.
To the Honourable the Speaker, and Members of the
House of Delegates of the Province of Maryland.
The Petition of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of Cal-
vert County
Humbly sheweth.
That the Lords Proprietary of this Province, have for
many years past grievously oppressed the Inhabitants of the
same, not only by seizing on, and applying to their own
private Uses diverse considerable Sums of Money arising
from Ordinary Licenses, Fines & Forfeitures &c. which sev-
eral Sums ought to be applied towards defraying the Charges
of Government, and the Ease, Defence, and Security of the
Inhabitants thereof, but also their said Lordships Council of
State have rejected a Bill passed by your Honourable House
for granting to his Majesty a considerable Sum of Money, to
be applied towards raising and maintaining a Number of
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