OF LANCASTER COUNTY. 147 



"8th. That His Majesty be most humbly moved to discharge so much 

 of the order of the 18th of August, 1737, as varys from this agreement, 

 and that several other petitions of complaint now depending before His 

 Majesty in Council relating to any disturbances, may be withdrawn by 

 the respective petitioners. 



" To which proposition the proprietors of each Province signified their 

 consent before the Committee, and declared their readiness to carry the 

 same into execution, if your Majesty shall be pleased to approve thereof; 

 and the Committee considering that the agreement may be a proper ex- 

 pedient for restoring peace and tranquility between the said Provinces, 

 and for preventing any of the like disturbances for the future, do there- 

 fore agree humbly to lay the same before your Majesty for your Eoyal 

 Approbation. 



"His Majesty this day took the said report into consideration, and in 

 order to preserve peace and tranquility between the said provinces, and 

 to prevent any the like disturbances for the future, is pleased with the 

 advice of His Privy Council, to approve of the said agreement entered 

 into between the proprietors of the said respective Provinces ; and His 

 Majesty is hereby pleased to order that the Proprietors of the said re- 

 spective Provinces of Maryland and Pennsylvania do cause the said 

 agreement to be carried into execution; Whereof the said Proprietors, 

 and all others whom it may concern, are to take notice and govern them- 

 selves accordingly. 



James Vernon." 



Ordered that a Proclamation be prepared reciting his Majesty's said 

 order, to be published to-morrow at the Court House of this city, and 

 that printed copies be made of it to be transmitted to the proper officers, 

 to be published in like manner in the several counties of this Province, 

 and the counties of Newcastle, Kent, and Sussex, on Delaware. 



By the Honourable George Thomas, Esq., Lieutenant Governor and 

 Commander-in-Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania, and the Counties 

 of New castle, Kent and Sussex upon Delaware. 



A PROCLAMATION. 



Whereas, By the express Orders of the Hon. the Proprietaries, no 

 warrant or license has issued out of the Land-office for taking up or set- 

 tling any lands in the County of Lancaster, to the Westward of the Kit- 

 tochtinny Hills, otherwise called the Endless or Blue Mountains, so that 

 all such as have presumed to possess themselves of any lands there, are 

 manifest Intruders ; and, as such, liable by the laws to be removed, and 

 in case of refusal, to be committed to Prison and severely fined; And 

 Whereas, the Indians at the Treaty made with them in the month of 

 July last, did complain that they were greatly disturbed and injured by 



