22 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1753-1761.

Lib. J. R.
& U. S.

Person so offending before some Magistrates of the County
who are hereby required to bind them over with Sufficient
Sureties for their Appearance to the next Provincial Court

His Excellency is pleased to lay before this Board the fol-
lowing Instructions

As it is necessary for the Safety of the Trade of Our said
Province that experienced Persons be and are appointed to
Pilot Ships up the Bay as well as up the Several Rivers within
our said Province, You are to Suffer none to do so but such
only as are appointed to that Service by You or my Agent &
Receiver General paying me Yearly as usual and in Case any
Person shall Act contrary you are to give directions to my
Agent to prosecute them on my behalf according to my Right
and as the Law prescribes, and you are to Act herein and in
all other Instances where my Rights or Property shall or
may be interested or concerned by and with the Advice of
Our Attorney General of our said Province in Conjunction
with & pursuant to the Advice of Our Several Officers who
are intrusted with the Care and Management of my Reve-
nues and to take Care on all Occasions that all and Singular
my Rights Jurisdictions privileges Prerogatives Royalties
Liberties Immunities Royall Rights & Franchises of what
kind soever as well by Sea as by Land be duely preserved
And whenever you shall Judge it necessary You are to Ad-
vise not only with our said Officers but also to advise with
and Consult our Council of State herein

It is the Advice of this Board that the Agent Grant Licen-
ses to such Persons as are Qualified to be Pilots and who
Apply for the same, and Ordered that the Attorney General
give his opinion in Relation to the said Article Whether Per-
sons acting as Pilots without such Appointment may be
prosecuted for the same.

p. 19

Whereas by a Proclamation from my late Dear Father
made within Our said Province of Maryland directing that
no Grants should be made for any Surplusage Lands Con-
tained in any former Surveys within the Time directed by the
said Proclamation to any Person in Possession of the said
Surplusage Lands that did not make discovery thereof within
the time Limited and fixt by the said Proclamation as there
by will more fully Appear and considering it may be neces-
sary I do hereby Order and direct you with the Advice of my
Lieutenant Governor and Chancellor on such Consultation
having given him Orders to make in my Name Proclamation
notwithstanding the Elapse of the said Time; to give Per-
mission to the Possessor of such Lands to Resurvey and take
up the said Surplusage Lands in such manner as with the