A LIST OF THE SEVERAL PUBLIC OFFICES, ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS, AND OTHER PLACES OF Profit, IN THE PROVINCE OF MARYLAND, WITH THEIR REVENUES; IN WHOSE DISTRIBUTION, AS A PROPRIETARY GOVERNMENT. CHARLES Lord Baltimore, Proprietor. Gift of the Proprietor. Proprietor. Proprietor. Proprietor by his Go vernor. Gift of the Lords of the But if the government was in the Six naval offices, at £150 each, These are thriving offices, and in time of Collectorship for the district of Patux- Sterl. £1550 500 900 800 900 2600 1495 300 100 120 40 Ecclesiastical Preferments. Thirty-seven Parishes, in the Proprietor's gift, at £120 each, NOTE. If the clergy are once inducted, no one can turn them out, let their behaviour be ever so scandalous, for there is no spiritual court, nor has any Bishop power to control them in Maryland, the Proprietor being head of the church, &c. Brought over, Treasurers of the two shores, £13,745 250 Register of the Commissary-General, in his gift, 160 50 40 80 65 £14,390 Besides the places and benefices here particularly enumerated, there are sundry small gifts of profit, which, in the whole, may amount to a considerable sum. UNION OF THE BRITISH AMERICAN COLONIES, AS PROPOSED IN THE YEAR 1754. PLAN* of a proposed union of the several colonies of Massachusetts-Bay, New-Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode-Island, New-York, and New-Jersey, for their mutual defence and security, and for extending the British settlements northward and westward of said colonies, in North-America; recommended by commissioners from several colonies, met in congress, at Albany, June 14, 1754. Present, Lieut. Gov. De Lancey, Messrs. Mur- Lieut. Gov. Pitkin, Maj. Woolcot, and Messrs. Hopkins and Howard, Messrs. Penn, Peters, Norris, and Col. Tasker and Maj. Barnes, New-York. Massachusetts- Connecticut. Rhode-Island. Pennsylvania. Maryland. That humble application be made for an act of the Parliament of Great-Britain, by virtue of which one There was another plan proposed, which embraced all the colo nies of North America, except Georgia and Nova Scotia. general Union may be formed, including all the said colonies; within and notwithstanding which union, each of said colonies shall and may hold and maintain its present constitution, except the particulars wherein a change or alteration may be directed by said act, as hereafter follows, viz. That in the said general union, the ordering and direction of the affairs thereof be administered by one President General, who shall be the Governor of the province of the Massachusetts-Bay for the time being; and a Grand Council to be chosen by the representatives of the people of the said colonies, met in their respective assemblies. That within months after the passing such act, the House of Representatives in the several assemblies that happen to be setting at that time, or that shall be specially convened for that purpose, may and shall choose members for the Grand Council in the following proportions, that is to say, Who shall meet, for the first time, at the town of Boston, in New-England, at such time as shall be appointed by the President-General, and whereof the members of the Grand Council shall be duly notified, as soon as conveniently may be, after an act of parliament for this purpose is passed, and the several colonies duly acquainted thereof. That the members of the Grand Council shall be newly elected and chosen, by the Representatives in the several assemblies, every three years; and on the death or resignation of any member, his place shall be supplied by a new choice, at the next sitting of the assembly of the colony he represented. That the Grand Council shall meet once in every year, and oftener, if occasion require, at such time and place as they shall adjourn to, at their last preceding meeting; or as they shall be called to meet at, by the PresidentGeneral, on any emergency, he having first obtained, in writing, the consent of five of the members to such call; or, on application made to the President-General by ten of the Grand Council, in writing under their hands, to have a meeting called, he shall send due and timely notice to the whole. That the Grand Council shall neither be dissolved, prorogued, nor continued sitting, longer than four weeks at one time, without their own consent, or the special command of the Crown. That the President-General shall have a casting voice, whenever an equi-vote shall happen in the Grand Council. That a quorum of the Grand Council, to act with the President-General, do consist of twelve members, among whom there shall be one or more from a majority of the colonies. That the Grand Council shall annually grant a salary, to be allowed and paid to the President-General, for his services, not exceeding the sum of £ sterling. That the members of the Grand Council shall be allowed, for their service, 10s. sterling per diem, during their sessions and journey to and from the place of meetng, twenty miles to be reckoned a day's journey. That in case of the death of the President-General, the Lieut. Governor of the province of the MassachusettsBay shall preside, and be vested with the same powers and authorities, till the arrival of a new Governor for said colony. That the President-General, with the Grand Council, summoned and assembled for that purpose, or a quorum of them as aforesaid, shall hold and direct all Indian treaties, in which the general interest or welfare of these colonies may be concerned; and make peace or declare war with Indian nations; that they make such rules and orders, with pains and punishments annexed thereto, as they judge necessary, for regulating all Indian trade; that they direct and order the ways and means, necessary and beneficial to support and maintain the safety and interests of these colonies, against all their common enemies; that they make all purchases from Indians, for the Crown, of lands not now within the bounds of particular colonies, or that shall not be within their bounds, when the extension. of some of them are rendered more certain. That they make new settlements on such purchases, by granting lands in the King's name, reserving a quit-rent to the Crown for the use of the general treasury. That they make necessary rules and orders for the well regulating and managing such new settlements, till the Crown shall think fit to form them into particular government or governments. That they agree and conclude the number of men, and sums of money, that shall, from time to time, be needed to be raised and paid for the purposes aforementioned; and when the President-General and Grand Council shall conclude and agree on any number of men, and sum of money, needed on any occasion, they shall notify the same to each of the Assemblies of said colonies, by sending an account thereof to the respective Governors of each of said colonies, to be communicated to their Assemblies, recommending it to each colony to raise their quota of men, and levy, collect, and pay their proportion of money, according to the proportion herein before settled for members to be chosen for the Grand Council from each colony; which may be done, in each colony, in such manner and form, as to them appears equal and right. That the President-General be the general or chief commander of all the forces raised by virtue of this union; and that it be his office and duty to cause the acts, rules, and orders, made and concluded by virtue hereof, to be carried into execution; and he shall commission all the general officers that are needed, who shall be nominated to him by the Grand Council; and he shall commission the other commission officer or officers, that shall be needed, who shall be nominated to him by the Assembly of that colony, whose soldiers are to be commanded by such officer or officers. That the President-General and Grand Council of these United Colonies may appoint a general treasurer, and a particular treasurer in each government, when necessary; and from time to time, may order the sums in the particular treasuries, by them appointed in each government, into the general treasury, or draw on them for special payments, as they find most convenient; yet no money to issue but by joint orders of the President |