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

Lib. J. R.
& U. S.

Ordered with the Advice of this Board that the following
Proclamation issue

Maryland ss.. By his Excellency Horatio Sharpe Esq^r
Governor and Commander in Chief in and
over the Province of Maryland.

A Proclamation
Whereas the present General Assembly of this Province
stands prorogued to Tuesday the seventh Day of this Instant
November, And Whereas for many important Reasons I find
myself under a Necessity to prorogue the said Assembly I
do therefore with the Advice of his Lordship's Council of
State prorogue the same to Monday the twentieth Day of this
Instant November; And to the Intent that all Persons con-
cerned may have due Notice thereof I do hereby strictly
charge and require the Sheriff of the City of Annapolis to
make this my Proclamation public in the said City in the
usual Manner as he will answer the Contrary at his Peril:
Given at the City of Annapolis this sixth Day of November in
the eighth year of his Lordship's Dominion Annoq Domini

1758.

At a Council held at the City of Annapolis on Saturday
the twenty eighth of October in the eighth Year of his
Lordship's Dominion Annoq Domini 1758:

Present
His Excellency Horatio Sharpe Esq^r Governor

Thehonble

Benjamin TaskerEsq^r
Col: Hammond
Col: Benjamin Tasker

Richard Lee Esq^r
Daniel Dulany Esq^r