308 Assembly Proceedings, March 23-April 19, 1774.

L. H. J.
Liber 54
Mar. 25

the twenty first Day of March next. And to the Intent that all Per-
sons concerned may have due Notice thereof, I do hereby strickly
charge and require the several Sheriffs of this Province to make
this my Proclamation publick in their respective Counties in the usual
Manner, as they will Answer the Contrary at their Peril.
Given at the City of Annapolis this twenty-fourth Day of Feb-
ruary, in the third Year of the Dominion of the Right Honourable
Henry Harford, Esq; Anno Domini 1774.
Signed by Order, James Brooks, Cl. Con.

The House adjourns till 3 OClock.

Post Meridiem.
The House met.
The House adjourns till To-morrow Morning 9 OClock.

Mar. 26

Saturday, March 26, 1774.
The House met.
All Members present as on Yesterday.
The Proceedings of Yesterday were read.
M.^r Waters appeared in the House.
On Motion, Ordered, That the Address to his Excellency be read
a second Time, and it was read accordingly, approved, and ordered
to be ingrossed.
Ordered, That M.^r Benjamin Ford be continued a Committee
Clerk.
The House appoint M.^r Saint George Peale a Committee Clerk.
Ordered, That he be qualified.
The following Certificate, Viz.

Anne-Arundel County ss.^t

I Hereby certify, that on the 26.^th of March, 1774, came Saint
George Peale before me the Subscriber, one of the Justices of the
Peace for the County aforesaid, and took the several Oaths to the
Government required by Law subscribed the Oath of Abjuration,
repeated and signed the Test and took the following Oath. Viz.

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"I Saint George Peale do swear, that I will true Entries make of all
such Matters and Things as shall be to directed by any Committee
of the Lower House of Assembly for whom I shall act as Clerk;
and that I will not divulge the Secrets of the said House, or of any
Committee thereof, but will in all Things well and truly demean
myself, according to the best of my Skill and Knowledge. So help
me God."
R Ghiselin.