Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1761-1769. 195

from any Laws or Customs of this Province being advised his
Lordship's Business and their Signing Warrants Probates of
Accounts, Certificates in Regard of Tobacco not being made
are no ways to be Charged to your Petitioners. Therefore
your Petitioners humbly beg leave to refer the Premisses to
your Excellency as also to mention that there being several
Persons of your Petitioners' Country well Educated capable
as others and willing to serve the Right honourable the Lord
Proprietary in the Station of Magistrates, they humbly pre-
sume to hope One or more of them, as to your Excellency's
Wisdom shall seem meet may by your Excellency be appointed,
your said Petitioners being all Naturalized agreeable to the
Act of Parliament made and provided in their Favour.
And your Petitioners as in Duty bound shall pray &c.
Morice Werster Michael Shriak
William Lobley John Pauer
Will^m Hackle (Silversmith) Adam Shak
Samuel Messersmith Abraham Gribolet
Melchor Keener William Hoffman
William Caaws Daniel Barnett
Christ^r Henneberger Christ^o Neis
Philip Heitshuh Anthony Hinckle
Andrew Stigar John Shrim
John Schligh Christian Apeffel
Conradt Smith Jacob Rock
Jacob Keeport Michael Engle
Jacob Fowl Moses League
Virtus Hartway George Loble
Andrew Caring Simon Mathery
John Srink John Lewis Wittemberger
Philip Grace Mathias Bersheb
Fred: Meyer Adam Brandt
Peter Kinner George Shack
Henry Hossteter Leonard Young
Peter Streihback Balthazar Formeab.
Christian Waskey

To His Excellency the Governor.
The Petition of several the Principal Inhabitants of Middle
River Upper and Lower Hundreds in Baltimore County.

Most humbly Sheweth to your Excellency
That your Petitioners owing to the want of Magistrates in
their Extensive Neighbourhood, are therefore at a great
Trouble and considerable Expence, to procure such Transac-
tions being done before them as the Law directs, your Peti-
tioners being under an absolute necessity in such Cases or

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