598 Assembly Proceedings, Sept. 14-Oct. 9, 1756.

L.H.J.
Liber No. 48
September
16

Consequence of this Letter, and agreeable to the inclosed Instruc-
tions, shall be honourably repaid, and I hereby make myself answer-
able for the Sums that you shall so advance: But I hope you will
proceed as frugally as possible, and let all your own, and your Officers
Recruiting Accounts, be methodically kept, and sent properly signed
to me, with the Levies from your County, at the End of Three Weeks
from the date hereof. The Recruits, as they are raised, are to be
Billetted on any of the Ordinaries, at the Rate of a Shilling Currency
a Day for the Diet and Lodging of each Man, unless by any Method
you can get them Victualled and Lodged at a cheaper Rate. I heartily
wish you Success; and am, Sir,
Your most humble Servant,
Hor.^o Sharpe.
Annapolis, August 31, 1756.
To Colonel
Commander in Chief of the Militia of County.

Copy.
Recruiting Instructions to Colonel , and the Officers
under his Command.
You are not to enlist any Roman Catholic or Deserter, knowing
them to be such; but if any of the latter should offer themselves,
or be discovered to you, you are to have them committed to the
Sheriff's Custody, and advise me thereof.
You are not to enlist any Persons that are ill-limbed, sick, weak,
pot-bellied, or who have any Ailments, particularly such as have their
Legs Frost-bitten; but you may enlist any other Man between I 8 and
40 Years of Age, if he be not less than 5 Feet 6 Inches high...
You may also enlist any Lad under 18 Years of Age, if he be
5 Feet 4 Inches high, or upwards.
As soon as possible, after any Person shall be enlisted, he is to be
taken before a Magistrate and Qualified; of which you are to return
me a Certificate similar to the Inclosed.
You are to endeavour to Recruit as Cheap and on as good Terms
as you possibly can; but you are, on no Account whatever, to give to,
or expend more, on one Man, than Five Pounds Currency.
If any Recruit shall be willing to accept an Order on me, for the
Bounty-Money that the Officer enlisting him shall agree to give him,
such Officer's Order shall, on the Recruit's presenting it to me, be
duly accepted and paid.
Hor.^o Sharpe.
Given at Annapolis the 31^st of August, 1756.

The House adjourns till 2 of the Clock Afternoon.