440

Charles County, Clerk of, 278.
Delegates of, xvi, 7, 9, 35-36,
75, 84, 88, 102-103, 178,
3n, 319, 334, 340, 356, 369.
Deputy surveyor of, 96, 97;
see also Hanson, Theophilus.
Election in, Complaint against,
xvi, 79, 102-103.
[Jail] Goal of, I, 17, 320.
Justices of, 34, 36, 73, 168,
174, 177, 183, 235, 280;
Remonstrances of, loo.
records of, Act to remedy
defects in, xxxvii, 19, 21,
22, 32, 73, ioo, 131, 138, 147,
235, 277-279 (text).
Sheriff of, 103, 369.
Charter of Maryland, As source
for power of the Assembly,
197.
Chase, Samuel (Anne Arundel),
xi, xiv, xvii, 19, 75, 88, 96,
98, 103, 104, 105, 115, 121,
128, 149, 155, 157, 158, 161,
169, 173, 182, 191, 209, 334,
348, 351, 354, 355, 356, 357,
358, 363, 368, 385, 386; on
Comm. to answer the Gov-
ernor's speech, 83, 94, 340,
344; on Comm. to confer on
act for amending the staple
of tobacco, xxviii, 19, 42,
48, 52, 58, 138; on Comm.
of elections and privileges,
82, 339; on Comm. to en-
quire into Bladensburgh
Warehouse (Dick) peti-
tion, 104; on Comm. to en-
quire into the laws on the
public roads, 94; on Comm.
to enquire into Ridgely peti-
tion, 152; on Comm. on ex-
piring laws, 85, 344; on
Comm. of grievances and
courts of justice, 96; on
Comm. to tax the fees
against the Baltimore
County sheriff, 95; on
Comm. to tax the fees on
the petition of Robert
Henly Courts, 103, 104;
sent by the Lower House,
28, 37, 41, 124, 160, 208;
votes, 87, 93, 108, 114, 123,
128, 132, 136, 137, 141, 142,
154, 158, 183, 184, 187, ioo,
200, 347, 349, 352, 366, 371,
372, 378, 382.
Cherokee Indians, xxvii, 211.
Chester Town, Kent County,
market in, act to establish
and regulate, Act to con-
tinue, xxxvi, 13, 23, 71,
102, 109, 116, 117, 146, 234,
241 (text).
Chilton, William, 10.
Christ Church Parish, Calvert
County, Act for building a
parish church in, Act sup-
plementary to, xxxvii, 15,

Index.

23, 71, 103-104, 120, 122, 146,

234, 243-144 (text), 355.
Petition of, 319, 355, 363.
Christ Church Parish, Fred-
erick County, xxxvii, 24,
25, 27, 72, 150-151, 234.
Chunn, Aquila, 320, 406.
Clagett, Thomas John, 150.
Claims against the publick, 7,
105, 367; see also Accounts,
Journal of.
Clapham, John, Sheriff of Anne
Arundel County, 109.
Claret [wine], 428.
Clarke, David, 14.
Clearance of vessel, Refusal of,
426.
Clergy bill, xi, 386; see also
Establishment of religious
worship ..... [etc.].
Dues, Inadequacy of, xxviii,
19, 47.
Livings, Great inequality in,
164.
Omission of, from act for
amending the staple of
tobacco, xxviii, xxix, 43,
44, 45, 46, 47, 48-50, 53-55,
62-63, 101, 106, 107-108,
145, 146, 153, 163, 178,

202ff.

State of, in this Province, 347.
Clergymen, Equality of yearly
allowances to, xxxiii, xxxiv,
347; see also Act for the
establishment of religious
worship .....
Petition of eighteen subscrib-
ing, xxvii-xxviii, 10, 101,
106.
Coffee House, Annapolis, Lower
House meeting at, 76.
Coffee House, Baltimore, 430,

435.
Capt. Elliott's, in Fells Point,

435.
Coffer, Mathew, 320, 328, 329,
380.
Thomas, 320, 328, 329, 38o.
Cole, Philip, of Cecil County,
13.
College, Establishment of, 158;
see also Seminary of learn-
ing.
Colter, Andrew, Petition for
release from bond, 120.
Colvill, Frances, Mrs. Thomas,
12, no, 115, 133, 293.
John, late of Fairfax County,
Va., 1 10, 132-133, 293.
Thomas, Act for the convey-
ance of land of, xxxix, 37,
41, 73, 133, 186-187, 213,
236, 293-295 (text).
Thomas, later of Fairfax
County, Va., 12, no, 132-
133.
Commerce, Effect of good roads
on, 4.

Commissary General, 69, 162,
188, 249, 404; see also Du-
lany, Walter; Blackiston,
Nehemiah.
Clerk to, 359; see also Val-
lette, Elie.
Fees of, xxx, 50, 51, 55, 56,
59-60, 62, 165, 178, 179, 181,

202, 203, 360.

Records in the office of, 162,
359-
Common law of England, In-
sistence on, 81, 338.
Common recoveries, 316, 391.
Common recoveries, defective,
Act to aid, xxxv, 15, 31, 70,
103, 113, 123.
Compass bill, xxxv, 105.
Conference, Request of Upper
House for, 18.
Conference chamber, Deposit of
records in, 162.
Conquest, Inadmissibility of
idea of, 81, 338.
Conservation, see Fish, Preser-
vation of the breed of.
Contee, Thomas ( Prince
George's), xiv, xvii, 75, 89,
98, 108, 129, 134, 159, 163,
178, 334, 357, 36i, 368, 372,
385; on Comm. of accounts,
339; on Comm. to enquire
into Bladensburgh Ware-
house petition, 104; on
Comm. to enquire into
Digges petition, 116, 153;
on Comm. to enquire into
Hawkins petition, 186; on
Comm. to inspect the .....
Commissioners for emitting
bills of credit, 6, 82, 83;
sent by the Lower House,
5, 6, 14, 29, 36, 37, 39, 40,
77, 86, 119, 161, 186, 187,
191, 208, 217, 311, 331, 345,
365, 386; votes, 87, 93, 108,
115, 123, 128, 137, 141, 142,
147, 154, 158, 183, 184, 187,
100, 200, 210, 347, 352, 353,
365, 366.
Contempt, Right of Lower
House to imprison for,
388; see also Steuart,
William.
Contested elections, see Elec-
tions, Undue; Treating in
Elections.
Contractor or builder, 403.
Conveyances, Enabling acts for,
xxxix, 37, 38, 40, 41, 66, 73,
121, 122, 152, 171, 189,
191, 257-8 (text), 283-287
(text), 287-289 (text), 293-
295 (text), 302-303 (text),

384.
Convicts, testimony of, against
convicts, Act to legalize,
50, 394.