Provincial Court Proceedings, 1681. 111

     of his Land at the end of the number of perches mentioned in the          Liber W. C.
     pattent of the said Gooderick, and by that meanes would take in all
     the said Surplusage and soe consequently the said Lynes Plantacon,
     Soe to finde out the said antient bounds of the said Goodericks
     land is the dispute in Question And the Court findeing it necessary
     that the said six hundred Acres of Land of Goodericks should be
     Layd out according to the Knowne antient bounds thereof by Some
     skilfull person according to the advice and Direction of a Jury of the
     Neighbourhood and according to the Testimony of the witnesses
     that are best Knowing thereof This Court doth order that Randall
     Brandt gentt Deputy Surveyor of Charles County bee and is hereby
     Especially Impowered appointed and comanded to Layout and Re-
     survey the aforesaid parcell of land of the said George Goodericks
     containing six hundred Acres more or lesse part whereof was sold
     to the said Philip Lynes, In the pTsence of the sheriffe of the said
     County wch said sheriffe is hereby Impowered and comanded to
     sumon and Impannell a Jury of Twelve good and Lawfull men of the
     Neighbourhood to the said Land not being of affinity or consan
     guinity to any of the said partyes or any way concerned about the
     Title to the said Lands or any part thereof, to goe upon the said
     Land, and to sumon and Examine Witnesses Upon oath that the
     true antient bounds of the said George Goodericks Land may the
     better be found out and discovered according as they were first
     marked surveyed and Laid out for the said George Gooderick by the
     said Robert Clarke, and to see where the Line of the said Michael
     Ashford did or doth beginn, And the said Randall Brandt is hereby
     Ordered to Runn the Lines according to the Lines and Courses of
     the Pattent and according to the Imaginary Lines and according to
     the direccon of the Jury aforesaid, and the oathes of the Evidences         p. 493
     soe as the Truth of the matter touching the said Originall bounds
     of the said Goodericks land may be ye better found out and Dis
     covered, and to returne a Certificate of his proceedings herein and a
     faire plott of the Land in Question aswell Touching the said Land
     according to the Lines of the Pattent as of the survey taken by
     direction of the Jury and Witnesses aforesaid in Case they happen
     to Differ to the next Provinciall Court to be held at the Citty of
     st Maryes the Eight and Twentyeth day of ffebruary next undr his
     hand and seale and undr the hand and seale of the Sheriffe and
     Surveyor aforesaid Upon returne of wch Certificate and Plott afore
     said the Deft is to putt in his Plea as hee shall be advised, That soe
     his Lopps Justices being thereby and by all other Lawfull wayes and
     meanes whatsoever informed of the truth of the prmisses may doe
     therein as to Justice shall appertaine

     Edward Watkines
        agt      This Cause is agreed
  William Hill