of the Council of Maryland, 1778-1779. 53

that there is any Hundred or District without a Constable then
the Lieut of the County is desired to get some diligent honest
man to take and return such Lists, And the Lieutenants of the
Counties are to return all the said Lists or Copies of them to
this Board with all Dispatch

C. B.

[Circular to Purveyors.]

Circular In Council Annapolis 23^d Ap^l 1778.
Sir
We inclose you a Copy of the Clause of an Act of Assem-
bly passed late in the Session, occasioned by Complaints of
the limited Prices of Provisions being too low. As soon as
we get Information of what is given by the Continental Pur-
chasers, we shall settle the Prices to be given by our Pur-
chasers, and, that justice may be the more certainly done, we
request you will be very accurate and particular in your
Accounts and Receipts of the Kind and Quantity received
from each Person and the estimated Weight of the live Cattle.
We hope, that as every Thing is and will be done to put our
People on the same Footing, as near as possible with others,
they will chearfully part from what they may have to spare,
and that they will be attentive to Gen^l Washington's Requests;
to get a number of Cattle ready for the subsistance of the Army
as soon as possible. The provisions may be delivered and
the Difference of Price setled for as soon as we can fix it.
We are &^ca
To the Purchasers of Provisions
except to Washington & vid. L^re to
him of Yesterday

[Circular to County Lieutenants.]

Circular. In Council Annapolis 23^d Ap^l 1778
Sir
We are sorry for the Necessity we are under of giving you
and the Constables the Trouble of executing the inclosed
Request, but there is now Occasion and, in the Course of this
Summer, there will be Occasion for a great Deal of Carriage
of Provisions, Stores and Baggage for the Army. Well dis-
posed People will chearfully submit to the Inconvenience, when
they see that the Service is necessary, and that we execute the
Intention of the Legislature in dividing the Burthen as equally
as possible, which we cannot do without having a general View

C. C.

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