Acts. 305

supplying the Province with such a Quantity of Arms and Ammuni-
tion the said Moneys will purchase :
Be it therefore Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary, by and with the Advice and Consent of His Lordship's Gov-
ernour, and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and the
Authority of the same, That the several Treasurers of this Province
do, and they are hereby directed and required to pay, or cause to be
paid, to His Excellency Samuel Ogle, Esq; our present Governour,
all such Moneys as have been raised by the said Duties; which Money,
so paid, shall be laid out and applied as soon as conveniently may
be, in the purchase of such Arms and Ammunition, as his said Ex-
cellency shall think necessary and wanting for the Defence of this
Province.

Session
Laws

An Act to enable the Secretary of this Province, for the Time being,
to Record and Enter up the Proceedings of the Provincial Court,
which were omitted to be done during the Continuance of Vachel
Denton in the Office of Clerk of the said Court.
Whereas it appears to this present General Assembly, on Inspec-
tion into the Records and Proceedings of the Provincial Court Office,
that there are sundry Judgments, and other Matters, the Proceedings
of the same Court, for a considerable Space of Time, whilst Vachel
Denton was Clerk of the said Court, which have been omitted to be
entered up among the Records of the same Court.

Chap.

XXIII

And whereas the said Vachel Denton has been for some Time
removed from the said Office, whereby it is become doubtful, whether
the same Judgments, and other Proceedings, omitted to be entered
up, may be now done without an Act to be passed for that purpose :
For removing which Doubts, and to aid all Defects by such Omission,
it is prayed that it may be Enacted ;
And be it Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary,
by and with the Advice and Consent of His Lordship's Governour,
and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and the Authority of
the same, That the Secretary of this Province, for the Time being,
shall be and is hereby authorized and impowered, with all convenient
Speed, to employ any Person or Persons, for entering up and finish-
ing, or causing to be entered up and finished, at the proper Cost and
Charges of the said Vachel Denton, all the Judgments, Orders of
Court, and other Proceedings of the said Provincial Court, which
were omitted to be entered up and recorded, during the said Vachel
Denton his Continuance in the Office of Clerk of the same Court.
And the aforesaid Secretary, His Executors or Administrators, in
Default of the said Vachel Denton, his Executors or Administrators,
making unto the said Secretary, his Executors or Administrators,
a reasonable Satisfaction, in Current Money of this Province, for the

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