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(86) Maryland fs.t Know all Men by these Presents that We John Eden James Mills & Meverell Lock of S.t Marys County in the Province aforesaid are holden and firmly bound to the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary in the full and just sum of two hundred Pounds Current Money to be paid unto his said Lordship his Heirs and Successors To the which Payment well and truly to be made we bind ourselves and every of us our and every of our Heirs Executors and Administrators jointly and severally for the whole and in the whole firmly by these presents sealed with our seals and Dated the 21.st day of November in the Ninth Year of his Lordships Dominion Anno Domini 1759 (LS) Duty paid Rich.d Ward Key Clk The Condition of the above Obligation is such that if the above bounden John Eden whilst he shall continue in the Office of Receiver or Collector of the Land Tax in S.t Marys County shall well and faithfully Execute and perform the Several Dutys required of him to be performed by the Act of Assembly of this Province Entituled an act for granting a Supply of Forty thousand Pounds for his Majesty's Service and Striking thirty four thousand and fifteen Pounds six Shillings thereof in Bills of Credit and raising a fund for sinking the same and do well and faithfully pay to the Commissioners of the Loan Office for the Time being the Several Sums of Money which he shall receive or be answerable for in Virtue of the same Act at such times as by the said Act is directed according to the true Intent and Meaning thereof then the above Obligation to be void and of none Effect Otherwise to remain in full Force and Virtue Signd Seald and Delivered Jn.o Eden (seal) in the Presence of John Hobson J Mills (seal) John Reeves Mev.l Lock (seal) On the back of the aforegoing Bond was thus Endorsed to wit S.t Marys County November 21.st 1759 Then did we call before us the subscribers two of his Lordships Justices for the County aforesaid John Hobson and John Reeves who were Witnesses to the within Bond and they made Oath on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God that they saw the within Mentioned John (Eden) |
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