of the Council of Maryland. 63

Nicholas Ricketts of his Comp^y in part of the Articles allowed by
the Gen^l Assembly.
That the said Commissary of Stores deliver to John M^cLane a
Recruit in the 1 Reg^t and Benjamin Gray of the same Reg^r one
Blanket each.

That Capt. George Keeports deliver to Capt. Richard Dorsey of
Artillery 3 1/4 yds Cloth and 3 yds Shalloon and also the same Articles
for Lieut Nicholas Ricketts, in part of the Articles allowed by the
Act of Assembly. —
Whereas by the Act for the more effectual preventing forestalling
& engrossing and for other purposes therein mentioned passed at a
Session of Assembly begun and held at the City of Annapolis on the
eighth day of November 1779 the Governor and Council are author-
ized and requested to lay out and divide the several Counties of this
State into eight Districts. In pursuance whereof it is hereby ordered
that the several Counties in this State be divided and laid out into
eight districts in the following manner to wit — Harford and Balti-
more the first, Washington and Frederick the second, Montgomery
and Prince Georges the third, Ann Arundel and Calvert the fourth,
Charles and Saint Marys the fifth, Kent, Cecil and Queen Anns the
sixth, Caroline, Talbot and Dorchester the seventh, Somerset and
Worcester the Eighth District.

Liber C B
No. 23

[Council to Capt. George p. Keeports]

Sir We have Nothing farther to add to what we wrote you yester-
day. The Charges of conveying the Cloathing are left to your Dis-
cretion. We have this Day purchased of M^r John Dorsey 4 p^s more
of Baize, which we would have kept to be delivered out for Blanket-
ing to the Recruits likewise about 200 Pair of Stockings. We shall
be glad to know who will have the Charge of the Cloathing left in
your Absence. We desire you would measure one of the Pieces of
Baize and inform us how many Yards it contains and what Number
of Blankets it will make, doubled

[Council to Richard Dallam Esqr]

Sir This Day we received your Favor of the 15^th Ins^t You must
pursue the Directions of the Law in all Things that relate to the
Trust reposed in you. When you Seize Flour or Wheat, if you and
the Owner disagree as to the Price, you must call in a third Person
not interested immediately or remotely to ascertain it. When the
Price is fixed, you must give a Certificate in the Manner the Law
prescribes; you have no Power to pay Money. If the Person refuses
the Certificate, you must take an Account of the Quantity seized and
in whose Possession and make a Memorandum of the Tender of the

Liber C C

No. 22
p. 58