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to succeed them by the late Agent, M^r Jenifer is directed to
commission one or more proper Persons to collect the Rents &
Arrears due thereon as also to supervise them & take care that
no waste shall be Committed.
The Board adjourn until Monday the 20^th of February next.

February 20^th 1769
At a meeting of the Board of Revenue. Present
His Excellency Hor^o Sharpe, Esq^r

Daniel Dulany
The Hon^ble Walter Dulany Esq^rs
George Steuart

In consequence of notice given by Advertisement to all
Persons who had purchased Warrants and made Surveys with
a view of securing Land in the Western parts of the Prov-
ince to appear as this Day and lay their respective Pretensions
before the Board; sundry Persons attend, but having neg-

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lected to state their Pretensions in Writing, The Board ac-
quaint them that such a Step will be necessary previous to
their taking the Premises under Consideration.
In pursuance of a Letter laid before the Board from M^r
Geo: Scott Farmer of the Quit Rents in Frederick County,
mentioning several Persons, holding large Bodies of unculti-
vated Land in said County (being non Residents) for which
no Quit Rents had been paid for many years,
Ordered, That the Clerk of this Board, do write Letters to
the several Delinquents, informing them, that if they do not
immediately discharge the Arrears due his Lordship, the At-
torney General will be instructed to take the necessary Steps
to Compel payment from each of them.
The Board adjourn til Wednesday Morning 10 o'Clock

February 22^d 1769
The Board met according to Adjournment. Present
His Excellency Horatio Sharpe, Esq^r

The Hon^ble Daniel Dulany, Esq^r
The Hon^ble George Steuart, Esq^r

In pursuance of the determination of the Board at their
last meeting, The Persons attending, deliver in to the Clerk of
the Board their several pretensions in Writing, but it appear-
ing to the Board that many others, who have obtained War-
rants and made surveys to the Westward of Fort Cumberland,
are Absent, either from Sickness or want of Information; and
as 'tis probable different Warrants may have been Located

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