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384) said Trusty and Well beloved Horatio Sharpe to Call and Summon any General Assembly or Assemblys and them to Prorogue or Dissolve at your own Will and Pleasure And likewise in our Name but with the Advice and Consent in Assembly Convened to make and Enact such Laws as you and they shall think Convenient for the good Government of our said Province as likewise to Repeal or alter any Law or Laws whatsoever already Enacted in the said Province as you with the Advice and Consent aforesaid shall think fit and expedient Provided such Laws ^to^ be made and Enacted be not Repugnant to the Laws of Great Britain nor destructive or Invading of the Prerogative Royal granted to the Lord Proprietary of the said Province, All which Laws you are hereby required to Transmit to Us for our Confirmation or Disallowance of them And We do further by these Presents Grant full Power and Authority to Our said Trusty and Well beloved Horatio Sharpe to Exercise Execute and put in Practice all and every other Power or Powers Jurisdictions and Authoritys whatsoever granted in and by the Letters Patent of his Majesty King Charles the first of Blessed Memory unto our Noble Ancestor Cacilius Calvert Baron of Baltimore his Heirs and Assigns in as ample a manner as if We were there Personally present, And generally to do Execute and Perform all manner of matters and things necessary for the good Order Government Administration and Execution of Justice the Maintenance of our Just Rights and Prerogatives and for the defence Peace and Preservation of our said Province and the Inhabitants thereof To have and to hold the said Offices Stations and Powers with all and singular the Rights Emoluments and Priviledges thereunto belonging or appertaining during Our Pleasure observing nevertheless and performing such Orders and Instructions as We from time to time shall send to you our said Trust and Well beloved Horatio Sharpe Provided always that nothing herein before contained shall be Deemed Construed or taken to Extend or give any Power or Authority to you the said Horatio Sharpe to Do Suffer Acquiesce or Agree to any thing by means or reasons whereof either We or Our Heirs may be Impeached Hurt or Prejudiced in our Royalties Jurisdictions Rights Titles Property or Interest of in or to our said Province or any part thereof any thing herein contained to the Contrary ^in any wise^ notwithstanding And Lastly We do by these Presents (Revoke) |
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