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

Lib. C. B.

No. 20

Maryland ss.
By his Excellency Horatio Sharpe Esq^r Governor and Com-
mander in Chief in and over the Province of Maryland.

To the Sheriff of Ann Arundel County
You are hereby ordered to receive into your Custody from
the Sheriff of Frederick County, to whose Custody they have
been Committed on Suspicion of having Counterfeited the
Bills of Credit of this Province and knowingly passed the same
the Bodies of William Depriest alias William Williams and
John Cox and them safe keep in your Goal of Ann Arundel
County until they shall be delivered by due Course of Law,
and for so doing this shall be your sufficient Warrant.
Given under my hand Seal at Annapolis this 12^th day of
October in the Seventeenth year of His Lordship's Dominion
Anno Domini 1767.
Hor. Sharpe

At a Council held at the Governor's on Tuesday the 3^d day
of November in the seventeenth year of his Lordship's Do-
minion Anno Domini 1767.

Present
His Excellency Horatio Sharpe Esq^r Governor

The honourable Benjamin Tasker, Daniel Dulany, John
Ridout, and Walter Dulany Esq^rs

Ordered that the General Assembly of this Province which
stands prorogued to Monday the 7^th day of December next be
dissolved, and that Proclamations for that purpose issue dated
the 12^th Instant and that Writts issue for a new Election
bearing date the 13^th which were issued accordingly.

At a Council held at the Governor's on Friday the 4^th day of
December in the Seventeenth year of His Lordship's Dominion
Anno Domini 1767.
Present

His Excellency Horatio Sharpe Esq^r Governor.

The Honble Benjamin Tasker, Daniel Dulany and John
Ridout Esquires.
Ordered that the present General Assembly of this Prov-
ince which was to have met at the City of Annapolis the 26^th
Day of this Instant December be prorogued until the first