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passed in July 1754. are deficient in the following Instances /to wit/
John Darnall Clerk of Frederick County in not returning List of
Ordinary Licences and Wheel Carriages for the Year 1757. William
Ireland Clerk of Calvert County in not returning any List of Wheel
Carriages in Pursuance of the said Act of 1754. and Beale Bordley
Clerk of Baltimore County in not returning a List of Wheel Carriages
for the Year 1757. but whether the several Constables have returned
Lists of Wheel Carriages to the County Courts as prescribed by the
Act of 1754. does not appear to your Committee. The Extors of
Geo : Plater Esq.r late Naval Officer of Patuxent have returned no
Account of, or paid any Money for the Duties collected from 14. of
March to 29: Sep.r 1755. Geo: Dent late Sheriff of Cha.s County
has neglected paying the Sum of £44.17.9: for Ordinary Licences
received in the Year 1756. and John Fendall Sheriff of same County
0:19:0: the Ballance of the Duty on Wheel Carriages in the same
Year.
Your Committee also observe that the following Sheriffs are
deficient on Account of the Mony levied in their Counties towards
replacing the £200 : paid Jonas Green for printing Part of the Money
emitted by the Act for his Majesty's Service past in the year 1756:
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£ s d
John Fendall Sheriff of Charles County............... 17..10..0.
James Dickson Sheriff of Frederick County............ 15.. 5. 0.
William Hedges late Sheriff of Cecil County........... 10..10..0.
Hercules Coutts Sheriff of Kent County............... 13.. 5. 0.
56..10..0.
N. B. Meveril Locke Sheriff of S.t Mary's County paid since the
closing the Books £ 14.0.0:
Your Committee in Order to give the honourable Houses an
Opportunity of judging of the Solvency of the several Persons and
their Securities who are indebted to the Office upon Bond or Mortgage
& to shew the Principal due by the said Bonds, and the Interest
thereon to the Year 1757. Part inclusive, and how far the Com-
missioners have complied with the Directions of the several Acts
relative to their Duty in these Respects have inserted the following
List.
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