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observed by all people in Maryland and the Ilande there unto
belonginge for the tyme beeinge under the penaltys therin
contained, provided always that the twelfth and last Act of the
Lawes heere unto annexed, which is for the confirmation of
certaine Articles beareinge date the twenty foure day of March
1657: shall not extend or bee construed to extend to the
acknowledgement of any Assemblys Courts or Offices heereto-
fore made or constituted in our said province of Maryland by
any Authority but ours to have been lawfull; which wee doe
heereby Declare is not our intention or meaninge to doe,
although wee thought fitt for the reasons therin mentioned to
ratify and confirme som things mentioned in the sayd Actes or
Articles to bee don by som of them as aforsayd. And provided
alsoe that those words (meum et tuum) in the fourth branch of
the sayd Articles bee understood to extend noe further then
onely to matters betweene party and party, and not to any
thinge concerning us or any of our rights in or to Maryland or
any the Hands there unto belonging, any thinge heere in or in
the sayd Articles or acts contained to the contrary in anywise
notwithstanding. And wee doe alsoe heerby give power to
our Lieutenant of Maryland for the tyme beeinge, till wee or
our heires shall signify our or their pleasure to the contrary,
with the consent of the Upper and Lower house of our Generall
Assembly there from tyme to tyme to repeale any other Lawes
already made, or which heere after shalbee made within our
sayd Province, excepting all and every the twelve Acts or
Lawes heerunto annexed; and the aforesayd Lawes beeinge
eighteene in number which wee formerly gave our Assent unto
by a writing under our hand and seale at Armes beareing date
the sixth day of August 1650, as aforesayd, and there unto
annexed and such as shall heereafter bee assented unto, by us
or our heires by any speciall writinge under our or their hand
and seale at Armes, and published within our sayd Province
before such repeale, none of which wee will have repealed or
altered without our or our heires speciall and expresse assent
therunto by som writinge under our or their hand and seale at
Armes, with the consent from tym to tym of the upper and lower
house of our Generall Assembly theare except the twelfth Act
intituled (An Act against fugitives) in the sayd body of
eighteene Lawes formerly assented unto by us as aforsayd,
which sayd Act against fugitives wee heereby give power to
our sayd Lieutenant for the tyme beeinge with the consent of
the upper and lower house of our Generall Assembly there if hee
shall think fitt to repeale. Given under our hand and Create
seale at Armes this 30 day of July in the 28 yeare of our
Dominion over the sayd Province of Maryland, and in the
yeare of our Lord God 1659
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Colonial En-
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