22 Journal of the State Council, 1784-1789.

Aquila Paca, John Davidson, John H. Stone and Sam'l. T. Wright
Esquires.

Commissions issued to Walter Hanson, Daniel Jenifer, John Dent,
Richard Barnes, William Harrison, John Parnham, Walter Hanson
Jenifer, Walter Winter of John, Samuel Hanson Junior, Hoskins
Hanson, John Morton, Bennett Dyson, George Lee and Benjamin
Fendall appointed Justices of the Peace for Charles County and
also to

Walter Hanson, John Dent, Richard Barnes, William Harrison
and Walter Hanson Jenifer appointed Justices of the Orphans Court
of Charles County.

The Council adjourned till tomorrow 11 o'clock.

Wednesday 16th. February 1785

The Council met.

Present as on Yesterday.
The Council adjourned till Tuesday next the 22d. Instant.

Tuesday 22d. February 1785

The Council met.

Present His Excellency William Paca Esqr. Governor.
The Honorable Aquila Paca and John Davidson Esqrs.

Wednesday 23d. February 1785
Present as on Yesterday.

Tuesday 1st. March 1785

The Council met.

Present the Honorable

Aquila Paca, John Davidson & Sam'l. T. Wright Esquires.
The Council adjourned 'till Thursday next 3d. Instant.

Thursday 3d. March 1785

The Council met.

Present as on Tuesday.

By the Petition of Elias Ramsburgh it appears that he was fined
by the Justices of Frederick County Court in August 1781 the Sum of
Twenty five pounds specie, or the value therof in paper money, for an
Assault and Battery on Catharine Heffner, that he has a Wife, and
five small Children to Support by his own labour, that he is a very
sickly man, and by an annexed Certificate from the Collector, it
also appears that his whole property is only assessed at forty pounds,
We therefore from the above Facts as set forth, and certified by