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

Lib. J. R.
& U. S.

John M^cLure John Buchan
Mark Alexander George Aston
James Smith David McClellan
Aaron Mattijon Francis Thomas
Nathan Griffith John Cannon
Henry James John Lees
Will^m Moore Jun. Nich^s Jones
Alex^r Leith William Spear
William Goodwin William Lock
Brian Philpot James Boyd
John Ridgely John Moale
John Merryman Jun. John Moore
Her^s Courtenay Const. Bull
Alex. M^cMechan Will^m Young Jun.
William Adams John Marcery
J Worthington Will^m Lux
Robert Mullan Rob^t Purviance
Ewing and Brown James Sterrett
William Dunlop Tho^s Ewing
John Deaver John Boyd.
William Wilson German Inhabitants
Sam^l Thompson Twenty three in Number.

Whereas We the Subscribers with a few others, a few

weeks ago did Sign a Petition to His Excellency the Governor,

complaining of the want of a Magistrate in Middle River
Upper and Lower Hundreds and Charging Mess" Nich^s Rux-
ton Gay, William Aisquith and Benjamin Rogers with exact-
ing from us exorbitant and illegal fees for Services performed
by them as Magistrates.
We do now hereby declare to his Excellency and all others
concerned that we were Imposed upon by James Richard who
induced us to Sign the aforesaid Petition without any one of
Us reading the same or knowing what was therein Contained
any farther than he the said James Richards told us which was
only to have Cap^t William Bond put in the Commission of the
Peace and We hereby further Certify that neither of the
Justices mentioned in the aforesaid Petition ever took any
fee from Us for doing any Business as Justices, nor did we
intend to Charge them with so doing, nor intend to pray for
any thing more than to have the said Cap^t William Bond made
a Magistrate for the Convenience of the Inhabitants of Middle
River Neck.
16^th May 1767.
John Buck John Murry
William Bond Whithead Chania Hetten
Benjamin Mead