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and Charles Carroll Esquires, conditioned for the said Henry
Darnall's due Execution of the Naval Office of Patuxent
District requiring him at the same time to take proper Steps
in Order to recover for the Use of the Publick, the Money
which it is apprehended the said Henry Darnall has not
accounted for and paid as he ought to have done: In Answer
to my Letter the Attorney General now informs me, that he
hath received from John Darnall and Charles Carroll Es-
quires Bills of Exchange for the Sum of £1000 sterling being
the Penalty of the abovementioned Bond, and he desires my
Order for the Disposal of the said Bills, I should Gentlemen
be glad of your Advice on this Matter that I may give the
Attorney General an Answer, and also to know what farther
Steps you think ought to be taken in Order to recover the
Mony which M^r Darnall may still owe on Account of Duties
received by him as Naval Officer of Patuxent, for the Use of
the Country,
the 30^th of April 1761. Hor^o Sharpe.

To his Excellency Horatio Sharpe Esquire Governor and
Commander in Chief in and over the Province of Maryland.
The humble Address of the Upper House of Assembly.
May it please your Excellency
We are much obliged to your Excellency for the Measure
you have been pleased to take in Consequence of our Address
relative to the Naval Officer of Patuxent. We think that the
Bills received of John Darnall and Charles Carroll Esquires
may be properly delivered to the Commissioners of the Loan
Office with Instructions for their Remittance of them to the
Trustees in London.
As the Penalty of the Bond given by the Naval Officer has
been paid by his Sureties we presume that no further Demand
can be made of them; and as to the Naval Officer himself the
most proper Method which occurs to us to proceed in against
him, in Order to obtain Justice to the Public in respect of the
Money which he may still owe, is by Bill in Equity in the
Name of the Lord Proprietary, and also for a ne exeat Prov-
incia and an Injunction to stop any Money which may be due
and owing to him in the Hands of any other.
Benja: Tasker, President

Lib. J. R.

& U. S.

Gentlemen
His Lordship's Attorney General having informed me that
John Darnall and Charles Carroll Esquires, have paid him

Bills of Exchange for the Sum of one thousand Pounds ster-
ling being the Penalty of a joint and several Bond executec
and delivered to me the 14^th of March 1755, by Henry Darnall

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