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Provincial Court Land Records, 1709-1719
Volume 720, Page 261   View pdf image
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       of the pretended Prince of Wales and all other pretenders and
       their open and secrett Abettors and for declareing the Associat.n
       to be determined As also to cause them to make and subscribe
       the forementioned declaration and to administer to them
       the Oath for the due execution of their places and trust
       And wee do hereby give and grant unto you full power &
       authority to suspend any of the members of our said Councill
       from sitting Voteing and assisting therein if you shall find
       Just Cause for so doeing and if it shall at any time happen
       that by the death departure out of our said Province suspension
       of any of our said Councill.rs or Otherwise there shall be a Vacancy
       in our said Councill any three whereof wee do hereby appoint
       to be a Quorum Our will and pleasure is that you signify
       the same unto us by the first oppertunity that we May und.r
       our signet and signe Manuall constitute and appoint others
       in their stead but that our affaires at that distance may
       not suffer for want of a due number of Councillors if ever
       it shall so happen that there be less then nine of them
       Resideing in our said Province Wee do hereby give and grant
       unto you the said John Hart full power and authority to choose
       as many out of the principall freeholders inhabitants thereof
       as will make up the full number of our said Councill to be
       nine and no more which persons so chosen and appointed by
       you shall be to all intents and purposes Councillers in our
       said province untill either they shall be confirmed by us or that
       by the nomination of others by us under our signe Manuall
       and signet our said Councill shall have nine or more persons
       And wee do hereby give and grant unto you full power and
       authority with the advice and consent of our said Councill
       from time to time as need shall require to sumon and
       call Generall Assemblys of the said Freeholders and planters
       within your Government according to the Useage of our
       province and territories of Maryland  And our will
       and pleasure is that the persons thereupon duly
       elected by the major part of the freeholders of the
       Respective Countys and places and so returned shall
       before their sitting take the Oaths appointed by act of
                                                                      Parliam.t


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