Volume 557, Page 947 View pdf image (33K) |
947 Petition and allowance procureing A Certificate from the Comm.ers of the County court where hee shee or they Live that hee shee or they are objects of Charity and Deserve to have such pention and allowance Provided that this act nor any thing therein contained shall not repeale not be construed to repeale the perpetuall Law of this Province Entitled an act for the Encoragmt of such as shall adventure in the countrys service Provided alsoe that this act nor anything therin contained shall not be construed or meant to Discharge the Right honble the Lord prop.ry his heirs and successors from paying for armes & Amunition or other Publick charges of this Province so farr fuorth as the Moiety of the two shillings p hhd Extends according to an act of Assembly Entituled an act of Gratitude to his Excellency Charles Calvert Esq.r Cap.t Gen.ll of Maryland made at an Assembly held at the Citty of S.t Maries the 13.th Day of Aprill anno 1674 and to the End and Intent that this his Lspp Province and the Inhabitants thereof may be better secured and Defended yo.r lspps most humble servants the Members of the upper & Lower housses of this psent Gen.ll Assembly Doe humbly pray that it maybe Enacted and be it further Enacted by the Right honoble the Ld Prop.ry by and with the advice and consent of the upper and Lower housses of this present Gen.ll Assembly That the said Lord Prop.ry his heirs and successors within Eighteen Months after the Publication hereof Dureing the payment of the Two shillings p hhd shall provide and maintaine out of the aforesaid Moiety besides a suficient standing Magazeene for this province a suficient quantity of Armes and amunition in Every Respective County for such Number of Men as shall at any time be though Necessary to be drawn out or compelled to march out of such there Respective countys in actuall service for the Lord Prop.ry and Defence of this Province to be deposited and kept in such persons hands Inhabitants of the same County as his Lspp or his Lftt |
||||
Volume 557, Page 947 View pdf image (33K) |
Tell Us What You Think About the Maryland State Archives Website!
|
An Archives of Maryland electronic publication.
For information contact
mdlegal@mdarchives.state.md.us.