Minutes of the Board of Revenue, 1768-1775. 413

To The Board of Revenue.
The Board adjourn 'til 4 ^oClock in the Afternoon. p. M.
The Board met according to Adjournment, Present, The
members as in the forenoon.

Lib. No. 86

In as much as it appears to us that His Lordship is desirous
some other Person than M^r Allen should be his Agent and
Receiver General, and the said M^r Allen hath not given the
usual Security for the due Discharge and Performance of the
Duties of the Agent's Office, and especially as He hath refused
to comply with the Order of this Board bearing Date the 21^st
Instant, and sets up a Claim of being exempted from the
Authority of the Governor in respect of his continuance in
Office; It is the opinion of the Board that M^r Allen ought to be
immediately Superseded by His Excellency, and some other
Person appointed Agent in the said M^r Alien's Place, such as
His Excellency shall think qualified for the same, the Agent
to be appointed giving Security as hath been heretofore done
for the due Discharge and Performance of the Duties of his
Office, and it is further the opinion of the Board that M^r Allen
be also called upon to render a full Account of all his Trans-
actions in the office of Agent from the time of his Appointment
to the time of his being Superseded, and that in Case of his
Refusal so to do, that the Attorney General be directed to put
his Bond in Suit.
His Excellency having thought proper to Nominate Daniel
of St. Thomas Jenifer Esq^r for the office of Agent and Re-
ceiver General in the room of the Rev^d M^r Allen, The said
nomination was approved of by the Board.
The Board adjourn til Monday the 28^th Instant.

November 28^th 1768
The Board met according to Adjournment. Present.

His Excellency Horatio Sharpe, Esq^r
The Honble Daniel Dulany Esq^r
The Honble Walter Dulany Esq^r
and George Steuart, Esq^r

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The Instructions formed for the several Officers concerned
in the Receipt and management of His Lordship's Revenue
were read. The Instructions for the Rent Roll Keepers and
Farmers of Quit Rents being approved, are ordered to be
issued and the others referred for further Consideration.
Ordered, that the Clerk do furnish M^r Jenifer the present
Agent with a Copy of the late Agent's Instructions, as like-

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