Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1731. 539

       Given under Our hand and Seal at London this twenty Lib. M.

     ninth Day of January in the seventeenth year of Our Domi

     nion Annoq Domini 1731

      By His Lordships Command     C B

            Cecils Calvert

       Ordered Proclamations issue publishing the said Dissents,

     and that the Dissents be delivered to the Clerk of the Secre

     tarys Office to be recorded in the said Office

       It is the Opinion of this Board that New Commissions issue

     to the several County Courts of this Province in the usual

     Manner as before the making the Act Entituled an Act for p. 41

     ascertaining the form of the Oath of Judge or Justice made

     at a Session of Assembly begun and held at the City of An

     napolis the fifth Day of October Anno Domini 1725, and that

     the Words in the Oath now to be taken by the several Magis

     trates be varied from the present form, and that Dedimus

     issue to qualify the sd Magistrates by the Oath of Office here

     tofore taken before the making the said Act.

       His Excellency having produced to this Board his Majestys

     Instructions together with a Letter from his Grace the Duke

     of Newcastle One of the Secretarys of State in Relation to

     the Treaty of Sevile with the Spaniards, Ordered Proclama

     tions issue publishing the same, and it is likewise Ordered

     that several of the sd Proclamations be printed ; in Order to

     be affixed in the several Offices of the Naval Officers and

     Collectors of his Majestys Customs within this Province, that

     all Persons concerned may have Notice thereof; Proclama

     tions issued in the following Words.

       Maryland ss By His Excellency Benedict Leonard Calvert

     Governor & Commr in Chief in and over the Province of

     Maryland

                      A Proclamation

       Whereas his most sacred Majesty by Letter under His

     Royal Sign Manual and by the Letters of His Grace the

     Duke of Newcastle One of His Majestys Principal Secre

     tarys of State hath graciously been pleased to signify unto

     me the Treaty concluded at Seville on the ninth Day of No

     vember N: S: 1729 between His Majesty and the most Chris

     tian King of the One Part, and the King of Spain of the

     Other ; with His Royal Commands for the Cessation of

     Hostilities and Restitution of Prizes to the Subjects of Spain

     in America; and also the King of Spains Cedula for the

     Cessation of Hostilities and the like Restitution of Prizes on