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up in ordinary, and preserved for good services perform- 

 ed, and that three vessels were in need of repairs. 



The report was adopted, and Messrs. Ludlam and 

 ^Morrell, were added to their number, to aid in execution 

 of the duty. 



Tickets were ordered to be issued for the first of May, 

 and the first fishing day fixed for the seventh, to continue 

 as usual, every other Thursday, during the season. 



The meetings on fishing days, and those of spring and 

 autumn for business, continued this and the two follow- 

 ing years, to be well attended, interrupted however for 

 several months in each year, by the partial re-appearance 

 of the pestilential yellow fever. 



In 1804, at the spring meeting, a thorough inspection 

 was made into the state of the Castle, kitchen, and their 

 furniture, the fences, bridge, boats, &c. and a committee 

 consisting of Messrs. Scull, Wharton, Morris, Jr. and 

 J. S. Lewis, were appointed for those important services; 

 all of which were executed, previous to the first sporting 

 day in May. 



In the fall, the venerable Governor was re-elected, 

 Messrs. Scull, Brown and Hall, chosen Counsellors, 

 Mr. Lewis, Treasurer, and T. Morris, Jr. Sheriff, the 

 first officer of the kind designated on record, George 

 Ludlam, Coroner, and T. Greeves, Secretary. 



The years which intervened between this period, and 

 1810, exhibit a prosperous progress: the same officers 

 were generally re-chosen, and vacancies by death or re- 



