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for all which the proper Vouchers were produced. The Ac-
counts being signed at the Board by the Agent, are referred
for further consideration until distinct Accounts shall be laid
before them of the Receipts and Payments made on account of
the Exec" of the late Lord Prop⁷ of this Province before &
since His Excellency the Governor took out Letters of Ad-
ministration on the Estate of the late Lord Proprietary within
this Province.
The Agent having withdrawn, Two Letters from him ad-
dressed to the Judges of the Land Office, together with the
Copy of an answer from the Hon^ble George Steuart, Esq^r were
laid before the Board and Ordered to be read, being relative to
the Powers of this Board and the propriety of their having
taken off the Reserve to the westward of Fort Cumberland are
referred for Consideration, at the next Meeting.
It having been intimated to his Excellency the Governor
that sundry Persons who have obtained Warrants & located
them to the westward of Fort Cumberland had run their Lines
within some of the Reserves surveyed for the Lord Pro-

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prietary, notwithstanding the strict orders given to the Deputy
Surveyor of Frederick County not to suffer them in any man-
ner to interfere therewith. The Attorney General is re-
quested to frame a Clause to be inserted in all Grants that
may take place in that part of the Province, which will effect-
ually prevent any Surveys affecting any of the Reserves to the
prejudice of the Proprietor.
M^r Jenings having promised to furnish the same, the Board
adjourn to Thursday next.

Thursday May 19^th 1774
The Board met according to adjournment. Present.
His Excellency Robert Eden, Esq^r

Daniel Dulany, Esq^r
Ben' Calvert, Esq^r
George Steuart, Esq^r
&
William Fitzhugh, Esq^r

The Board proceed to take under Consideration Letters
from the Agent to the Judges of the Land Office with the
Answers thereto, and unanimously agree to transmit Copies
of the same to the Guardians of the Lord Proprietary together
with their Reasons in justification of the Measure adopted
with respect to granting Lands (the Lord Proprietary's Re-
serves excepted) to the westward of Fort Cumberland.
The following are copies of the Agents' Letters & the An-
swers thereto, mentioned in the proceeding of the 17^th Instant,

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