508 Journal and Correspondence.

January 16
Liber C. B.
No. 24
p. 479

in the Chesapeake Bay, and for keeping and settling the Accounts
relative thereto — a Commission of 4 p Cent
Ordered that the western shore Treasurer pay to Thomas Johnson
Jun^r Paymaster Three hundred pounds Current money out of the
money appropriated for the Barges equipt under the Act entitled "An
Act for the Protection of our Bay Trade and to Defend our Citizens
exposed to Plunder by the Enemys Barges " on Account
That the said Treasurer pay to James O'Hara a Blind Soldier Five

pounds Current Money allowed him by this Board in Pursuance of a

Resolution of the General Assembly passed July Session 1779, em-
powering and directing the Governor and Council to grant the said
James [O'Hara] such relief as they may think proper. —
Ordered that on Tuesday next the Board will take into Considera-
tion the Appointment of a Judge of the General Court in the room
of the late Honorable Nicholas Thomas Esquire. —
The Council adjourned 'till tomorrow morning 11 ^oClock. —

January 17
Liber C. B.
No. 24
p. 479

Saturday 17^th January 1784
The Council met

Present as on Yesterday. —
Ordered that the western shore Treasurer issue a Certificate to
Moses Ringroes agreeably to the "Act proposing to the Citizens of
this State, Creditors of Congress &^ca " for Thirteen pounds, three
shillings and four pence due on Continental Loan Office Certificates
adjusted by the Auditor General the 13^th of Novem^r 1783
The Council adjourned 'till to Morrow Morning Eleven ^oClock. —

January 19
Liber C. B.
No. 24
p. 480

Monday 19^th January 1784
Present The Hon'ble John Davidson & Charles Wallace Esquires
adjourned 'till to morrow morning 11 ^oClock.

January 20
Liber C. B.
No. 24
p. 480

Tuesday 20^th January 1784
The Council met

Present His Excellency William Paca Esquire Governor
The Hon'ble Gab^l Duvall, John H Stone, John Davidson & Charles
Wallace Esq^rs

The Board agreeably to the order of Friday last took into Con-
sideration the appointment of a Judge of the General Court in the
room of the late Hon'ble Nicholas Thomas Esquire when Robert
Goldsborough Jun^r Esq^r was Unanimously appointed, and Commis-