These are to will and require you to assemble all the free-
men as you may of each of the of Saint Marys, Saint Michaels,
Saint Georges & Conception alias Mattapanient hundred at a
certain time and place by you to be prefixed in each of the
said several hundreds to make such election of one or more
Burgess or Burgesses as they shall think fit for the next
Assembly to be held at Saint Marys on the 2 Ist of March
next and to signify such their election under their several
hands and make return of the several elections so to be made
by the said freemen of each several hundred on or afore the
said 21st day of March where there shall be need to signify
the said several elections to the several Persons so elected to
the end they may be at the said Assembly at the time and
place aforesaid whereof fail not this shall be your warrant
To the Sheriff of Saint Marys
By the Lieut Generall
Whereas the house of Assembly stands Prorogued until the
twentieth of March next at which time most of the Laws now
in force will determine and expire and that it is necessary afore
the said expiration to assemble to assemble the freemen for
the enacting of new laws and other important affairs of the
Province these are therefore to publish & proclaim to all Per-
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