222 Assembly Proceedings, 1694-1728.

Liber LL, 4
Acts

before the usuall and accustomed time of payment which is the
tenth of October Yearly at which time to Call and Convene the whole
Assembly for that Occasion only Considering the great number of
them and the remoteness of their habitations from the place appointed
would be Very Chargeable and troublesome to the whole province in
Generall for prevention whereof. Be it Enacted by the right honour-
able the Lord proprietary by and with the advice and Consent of his
Lordships Governour and the upper and Lower houses of Assembly
and by the Authority of the same that the honourable Colonel Wil-
liam Holland L^t Colonel Samuel Young Colonel Thomas Addison
and Philemon Lloyd Esquire of his Lordships honourable Council
and Colonel Mathew Tilghman Ward Captain Thomas Trueman
Greenfield Colonel Nath^l Hynson Cap^t Daniel Mariarte Co^l John
Mackall Co^l James Maxwell Cap^t Thomas Dent Master Thomas
Dashiel Master Tobias Pollard Co^t John Ward Master Robert Tyler
and Master Charles Wright of the Lower house of Assembly or the
Major part of them be and Appeare at the City of Annapolis the first
Tuesday of October next then and there to lay and Assess the publick

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levy already raised and also to allow levy and Assess what farther
charge may accrue which to them shall Justly appear to be due from
the publick not Exceeding one hundred thousand pounds of to-
bacco and three hundred and fifty pounds Sterl or the Vallue
thereof in curant money more then what is already raised and
Likewise to apportion order and pay out of the publick Treasury
of this province the Sume of two hundred Ninty six pounds ten
Shillings and Six pence Currant mony of this province to the sev-

erall persons to whome the same shall be due as by the Journall of
the Committee of accounts appears and a fair Journall of all their
proceedings to be delivered to the Clerk of the Assembly for Satis-
faction of all persons therewith concerned by the fourth tuesday of
October next.

Acts of 1716,
ch. 18

An Act to make firm and Valid in Law a Sale of Land made by
Joseph Bridger Esq^r late of the Collony of Virginia deced to
Thomas Jones of Somerset County deceased.

Whereas it appears to this present Generall Assembly that Joseph
Bridger late of the Isle of Wight County in the Colony of Virginia
deceased and Hester his Wife for the Consideration of Eighty
pounds Sterling to them in hand Paid by Thomas Jones late of
Somersett County deceased did on or about the Year of our Lord
God one thousand Six hundred Eighty and five agree to sell to the
said Thomas Jones his heirs and Assignes forever a Certaine tract
of land lying in the said County Called Bridgers lot Containing
Eleven hundred acres and in order thereunto he the said Joseph
Bridger in his Life time did Signe Seal and Execute a Certaine deed
poll which followes in these Words. This Indenture made the