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Ordered that the Clerk of this Board write to the several
Sheriffs of this Province directing them to acquaint the
Members of Both Houses of Assembly that they are to meet
at the Day they are prorogued to.
Ordered that the Clerk of this Board write to the Magis-
trates of the several County Courts to return to this Board
the Names of All Persons keeping Publick or Private Schools
in their said Counties distinguishing Roman Catholics, (if
any such there be) therein, and which of them have or have
not taken the Oaths to the Government

At a Council held at the City of Annapolis on Friday 19^th
day of July in the fourth year of his Lordships Dominion
Annoq Domini 1754.
Present
His Excellency Horatio Sharpe Esq^r Governor

Lib. J. R.

& U. S.

Upon hearing the Complaint of Indian against M^r
Pye which Complaint appears to this Board to be groundless
M^r Pyes Grant from the Lord Proprietary being older than
the Reserve made for the Indians, It is Ordered that the said
Indian pay as an Acknowledgment for the Land he now lives
on to the said Pye One Barrel of Corn yearly, and for any
other Land the said Indian shall hereafter lease from the
said M^r Pye such Terms as They can agree on, the said Pye
and Indian being present consenting thereto
His Excellency is pleased to lay before this Board the
following Letter

May it please your Excellency
I received a Letter from M^r Ross dated June 25^th inclosing
a Copy of a Petition from the Debtors in Queen Anns County
Goal whereby it appears they complain to your Excellency of
undergoing great hardships by Ill usage from the Jailor with
respect to their Diet which Complaint is without any Just
Ground, But as I aprehend my Character to be concerned I
hope your Excellency will be pleased to Order the Magis-
trates of this County to Examine into the Matter and make
report of the Condition the Prisoners appear to be in and the
Quantity and Quality of their daily Provisions and I doubt
not but upon such Examination it will be found they have
Justice done them in all respects and that the Trouble given
your Excellency in the present Case is entirely owing to the
Turbulency of some of the Prisoners who Spirited up the
others I am
Your Excellencys Most Obedient Humble Servant
F. Harris
Queen Anns County July 5^th 1754.

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