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Colonial and State Records of North Carolina
Minutes of the North Carolina Governor's Council
North Carolina. Council
September 21, 1736
Volume 04, Page 222


At a Council held at the Council Chamber in Edenton the 21st Day of September Anno Dom 1736 Present His Excellency the Governour
The Honōble Wm Smith Esqr Member of His Majestys Council
The Honōble Mat Rowan Esqr Member of His Majestys Council
The Honōble Nat Rice Esqr Member of His Majestys Council
The Honōble Cull Pollock Esqr Member of His Majestys Council
The Honōble Rob Halton Esqr Member of His Majestys Council

His Excellency was pleased to observe that it would be proper to revoke the Proclamation prohibiting the Exportation of Wheat and Indian Corn the Reason thereof now ceasing to which this Board assented

Ordered that a Proclamation issue taking off the said Prohibition

His Excellency having nominated Mathew Rowan Esqr Surveyor General of His Majestys Lands in the room of Thos Wardroper Esqr deceased this Honōble Board approved thereof

Ordered that a Commission issue accordingly