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immediately either get a proper Certificate of its being taken
by the Commissioners of the County Court, or enter into a
new Bond properly Authenticated, to be returned into the
Secretary's Office as soon as Conveniently may be
I am Sir
your most humble Servant
Upton Scott Clk Con.

To the Sheriffs of Dorchester, Kent, and Ann Arundel Coun-
ties.
The Sheriffs' Bonds of Cecil, Talbot, Baltimore, Calvert, S^t
Marys, Charles, and Prince Georges Counties being examined
were found to be drawn incorrectly and not according to the
form Prescribed by the Act of Assembly. Ordered that the
Clerk of this Board write the following Letter to the respective
Sheriffs of these Counties.
Annapolis 27^th May 1766.
Sir
Upon your Sheriff's Bond being laid before the Governor
and Council for their Approbation, they find that it is not
Correctly Drawn according to the form of the Act of As-
sembly nor does it appear to them that it was taken by the
Commissioners of your County Court, They have therefore
directed me to acquaint you that they expect you will imme-
diately enter into a new Bond for the faithful Performance
of your Duty this year, in which you will take care to comply
with the form and directions of the Act of Assembly. The
Bond to be returned to The Secretary's Office as soon as may
be.
I am Sir
Your most humble Servant
Upton Scott Clk Con.

Lib. J. R

& U. S.

To the Sheriffs of Cecil, Talbot,
Baltimore Calvert, S^t Marys, Charles
and Prince Georges Counties

Read and approved of the Bonds given by the Sheriffs of
Somerset Worcester, and Frederick Counties.

At a Council held at the Governor's on Wednesday the 4^th
day of June in the Sixteenth year of his Lordship's Dominion
Annoq Domini 1766.
Present
His Excellency Horatio Sharpe Esq^r Governor.

The honourable Benjamin Tasker, John Ridout and Charles
Goldsborough Esq^r

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