Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1753-1761. 437

Counties directed to the second, third, and fourth in Com-
mission (not being of the Council) in the respective Coun-
ties, impowering them, or any two or one of them to ad-
minister the Oaths to be taken to his present Majesty King
George the third, to the Chief Justice of the respective
Courts, likewise impowering the said Chief Justice to swear
the abovementioned three Persons (viz^t) the second, third,
and fourth Persons in the Commission of the Peace for his
County (not being of the Council) and also impowering the
Chief Justice, and the other Justices that shall have been
sworn by him or any of them to administer the Oaths to be
taken to his present Majesty King George the third to all
other Officers both Civil and Military that shall apply to take
the Oaths in the several Counties.
Signed p.. Order J Ross Cl Conc.
To the Clerk of the Secretary's Office.

At a Council held at the City of Annapolis on Friday
the 20^th Day of February in the tenth Year of his Lordship's
Dominion Annoq Domini 1761..

Present
His Excellency Horatio Sharpe Esq^r Governor

Lib. J. R.

& U. S.

The
honourable

Benjamin Tasker Esq^r
Daniel Dulany Esq^r

Stephen Bordley Esq^r
John Ridout Esq^r

Ordered by his Excellency the Governor with 'the Advice
of his Lordship's Council of State that the present General
Assembly of this Province which stands prorogued to Mon-
day the ninth Day of March next be further prorogued
to Monday the twenty third Day of the same Month, and
Proclamations issued accordingly.

At a Council held at the City of Annapolis on Tuesday
the tenth Day of March in the tenth Year of his Lordship's
Dominion Annoque Domini 1761.

Present
His Excellency Horatio Sharpe Esq^r Governor.

The honourable, Benjamin Tasker Esq^r Stephen Bordley
Esq^r and John Ridout Esq^r

Ordered that the present general Assembly of this Prov-
ince which stands prorogued to Monday the twenty third
Instant be further prorogued to Monday the sixth Day of
April and Proclamations issued accordingly.

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