500 Journal and Correspondence.

December
26
Liber No. 78
p. 457

[W^m Paca to The General Assembly.]

The Resignations, which have taken place in the Council this Day
have reduced the number of members short of what is sufficient to
constitute a Board for the Transacting of Business : there are now
only two Members, and the thirty fourth Clause of our Constitution
and Form of Government requires three or more to constitute a
Board — The thirty fifth Clause, which provides for filling up Va-
cancies in the Council, directs it to be done by the Members thereof,
but I humbly submit whether a less number than a Board can exer-
cise the Power. I have the Honor to be Gentlemen &^ca

December

27
Liber C. B.

No. 24
p. 473

Saturday 27^th December 1783.

Pursuant to an Act of the General Assembly passed in November
Session 1783 His Excellency by his Circular Letter gives Notice to
the Members of the Council to Meet on Thursday the fifth Day of
January next. —

December
27
Liber No. 78
p. 457

[W^m Paca, Annapolis, Circular, To the Members of the Council.]

Agreeably to the Directions of an Act which passed the last Ses-
sion of Assembly I have thought proper to Notify to you that Public
Business requires the Council to be convened on Monday the fifth
Day of January, at which Time your Attendence is requested.
With great Regard &^ca

January 5
Liber C. B.
No. 24
p. 474

[Monday 5^th January 1784]

At a Meeting of the Council on Monday the 5^th Day of January
1784 pursuant to the Notification of His Excellency the Governor
of the 27^th of December last
Were Present His Excellency William Paca Esq^r Governor
The Honorable Gabriel Duvall Esquire
Major John Davidson & Charles Wallace Esq^r two of the Mem-
bers of the Council, elected by the General Assembly in the room of
the Honorable Jerem^r T. Chase, James Brice and Benjamin Ogle
Esq^rs who resigned attended and severally Qualified before William
Hyde one of the Justices of Ann Arundel County by taking the sev-
eral Oaths required by the Constitution and form of Government
and the Laws of this State, and by making and subscribing a Decla-
ration of their Belief in the Cristian Relegion, and Certificate of
their Qualification produced & filed —
The Council adjourned 'till tomorrow morning 11 oClock. —

January 6
Liber C. B.

No. 24
p. 474

Tuesday 6^th January 1784
The Council met
Present His Excellency William Paca Esquire Governor
The Honorable Gabriel Duvall, John Davidson & Charles Wallace
Esq^rs