Provincial Court Proceedings, 1677.     97

         Which Said Petition being this day to wit the fourth day of Octo- Liber N N
       ber One thousand six hundred Seventy seven read in Open Court
       It is Ordered by the Court That those persons which were taken by
       the Petitioner by Such Speciall writs or warrants as aforesaid Satisfie
       & pay the petitioner Two hundred pounds of tobacco p pole.

          To the Honble Thomas Notley Esq Cheife justice & the rest p.
        of the Honble justices of this Provinciall Court
            The humble Petition of Charles Boteler.
       Sheweth to yr Honrs
         That by Order of this Court he was Sent Out of the County where
       he is Deputy Surveyour to lay Out a parcell of land then in dispute
       between Mr John Rousby and the Executors of Edward Roe con
       teineing six hundred acres, Which land your petitioner hath Sur
       veyed in the presence of the Sheriff of Talbott County and also of a
       jury of the same County, wherein yT petitioner hath had & taken farr
       greater trouble & expended much more time in attendance upon the
       Said Sheriff & jurors then is usuall in comön resurveys as also his
       attendance upon this Court to give accompt of his doeings therein.
          Therefore yoT petitioner humbly prayes That this Honble Court
          will be pleased to consider the premisses & to allow unto your
          petitioner Such a sume of tobacco as to yr Honrs judgments he
          doth reasonably deserve to have for his labour & paines therein
                                  And he Shall ever pray.
         Which said Petition the 5th of October 1677 being read in Open
       Court It is ordered by the Court here that the Petitioner be allowed
       for dayes attendance at forty pounds of tobacco p day the summe
       of two hundred pounds of tobacco.

       To the Honblr Thomas Notley Esq Cheife justice & the Rest
           of the justices of the Provinciall Court.
       The humble Petition of Elias Beech admr of the goods &
       Chattells rights & Creditts of Richard Cole decd.
       Sheweth
         That the said Richard Cole had allowed him Out of the publique
       Levy Anno 1676 five hundred & twenty pounds of tobacco which
       was Ordered to be paid him in Calvert County. Your petitioner hath
       demanded of Capt Darnall the said tobacco which he refuseth to pay
       alleadging that he hath made payment of it to Alexander Younger,
       which if so, it was in his owne wrong.
          The premisses considered Your Petitioner doth humbly crave
          That the said Capt Darnall may be ordered to pay him the Said
          Summe of five hundred and twenty pounds of tobacco
                                   And he Shall pray &c.
       October the 3d 1677
         It is the Opinion of the Court here That the Said Capt Darnall
       pay the administrator of the said Cole what he was allowed Out of
       the Publique in the said County in the yeare aforesaid.