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Maryland ss.
By His Excellency Horatio Sharpe Esqr Governor and
Commander in Chief in and over the Province of Maryland.
A Proclamation.
Whereas I have received a Letter from the Right hon-
ourable Henry Seymour Conway Esqr one of his Majesty's
Principal Secretaries of State bearing date the 3 Ist day of
March last, wherein he informs me that two Acts of Parlia-
ment had passed the Legislature of Great Britain One of
them intituled " An Act for the better securing the Depend-
ency of his Majesty's Dominions in America upon the Crown
and Parliament of Great Britain " the other intituled " An Act
to repeal An Act made in the last Session of Parliament, in-
tituled An Act for granting and applying certain Stamp
Duties and other Duties, in the British Colonies and Planta-
tions in America towards further defraying the expences of
defending Protecting and Securing the same; and for amend-
ing such parts of the several Acts of Parliament relating to
the Trade and Revenues of the said Colonies and Plantations,
as direct the manner of determining and recovering the Pen-
alties and Forfeitures therein mentioned." And Whereas I
have Judged it expedient to notify the same here, I do there-
fore by and with the Advice of his Lordship's Council of State
direct and require the several Sheriffs of this Province to
publish in the usual manner this my Proclamation together
with the two Arts of Parliament hereunto annexed, that all his
Majesty's Subjects within this Province may take Notice
thereof and Conform themselves accordingly.
Given at the City of Annapolis this fourth day of June in
the Sixteenth year of his Lordship's Dominion Annoq Do-
mini 1766.
Signed p order
Upton Scott Clk: Con.
God save the King.
At a Council held at the Governor's on Saturday the 2d day
of August in the Sixteenth year of his Lordship's Dominion
Annoq. Domini 1766.
Present
His Excellency Horatio Sharpe Esqr Governor.
The honble Benjamin Tasker, Daniel Dulany, John Ridout
and Chas Goldsborough Esqrs
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