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held in the said County had passed sentence of Death on the
said Fleetwood Benson for Feloniously stealing One Dun
Gelding of the Price of Fifteen Pounds Current Money the
Goods and Chattels of a certain Hugh Terrance.
Ordered Dead Warrant for the Execution of the said Fleet-
wood Benson on Wednesday the i8th day of September next
which issued accordingly
His Excellency having Read the Letters and Depositions
relating to Capt John Ireland's Shooting of Negro Frank
Slave of Charles Carroll Esqr was pleased to Order a Nolle
Prosequi and Pardon for the said John Ireland which issued
accordingly.
N. B. The Proceedings relating to the above Affair are
Recorded in Lib. J: R folo 169.
At a Council held at the Governor's on Thursday the 12th
day of September in the Fifteenth year of his Lordship's Do-
minion Annoq Domini 1765
Present
His Excellency Horatio Sharpe Esqr Governor.
The honble Benjamin Tasker, Charles Goldsborough and
John Ridout Esqr
Ordered that the present General Assembly of this Province
which stands prorogued to Monday the Seventh of October
next, be called on Monday the 23d of this Instant and the fol-
lowing Proclamation issued to the several Counties accord-
ingly.
Maryland ss
By his Excellency Horatio Sharpe Esqr Governor and Com-
mander in Chief in and over the Province of Maryland.
A Proclamation.
Whereas the present General Assembly of this Province
stands prorogued to Monday the Seventh day of October next,
And Whereas some Business for the General Utility of the
Province requires their Attendance before that time, I have
thought fit with the Advice of his Lordship's Council of State
to Order that this General Assembly Meet and be held at the
City of Annapolis on Monday the 23d day of this Instant Sep-
tember, And to the Intent that all Persons concerned may have
due Notice thereof, I do Strictly charge and require the sev-
eral Sheriffs of this Province to make this my Proclamation
publick in their respective Counties in the usual manner as
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