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severally to be of o^r privie Councell within o^r said Province of
Maryland.
And we doe hereby give vnto you & every of you full
power and authority from time to time & at all times vntill we
shall determine or otherwise revoke this present Commission
to assemble & meete together with o^r Lieuten^t Grall of our
said Province for the time being when & where he shall from
time to time direct & appoint to treate consult deliberate and
advise of all matters causes and things w^ch shalbe discovered
vnto you or be brought before you as well concerning the quiet

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goverm^t and regulating the people there, as for the good &
safety of o^r said Province of Maryland; and for the better &
more peaceable goverm^t of o^r said Province of Maryland we
doe hereby assigne & appoint you & every of you vntill we
shall revoke or determine this pnt Commission, to be o^r Justice
& Justices Commissioner and Commissioners for conservation
of the peace within o^r said Province of Maryland; and doe
hereby grant vnto you & every of you (in case any breach of
Peace shall happen within your or any or either of your view,
or in case you shalbe informed of any breach of the peace, full
power & authority to arrest or call before you by yo^r warrant
to be directed to the Sheriffs Constables or other Officers of
Counties townes villages & other places within o^r said Province
of Maryland all & every the offender & offenders ags^t o^r peace,
and if you see cause to bind over the offender or offenders with
a good surety or sureties to appeare before o^r Lieuten⁴ Grall
and the Counsell there to answere the same, & in the meane
time to keepe the peace or be of the good behaviour as the
case shall require. And in default of such suretie or sureties
to be by such offender or offenders tendred vnto you, to committ
the offender or offenders to the common goale or next prison
within the said Province as to you shall seeme fitt, there to
remaine vntill they shall find good suretie or sureties as afore-
said, or vntill he or she or they shalbe delivered by o^r Lieuten^t
Grall or the Counsell of o^r said Province of Maryland, or the
greater part of them wherof o^r Lieuten^t Grall for the time
being to be one.
And we doe hereby further grant vnto you & every of you
full power & authority to attach arrest or by your warrants to
cause to be arrested and attached and to bring to due punishm^t
all offender & offenders in weights & measures all forestalled
of marketts regrators ingrossers extortioners riotters & other
offenders ags^t the publique wellfare & peace of o^r said Province
of Maryland
And we doe hereby command all o^r Sheriffs Officers and
Ministers whatsoever that they & every of them be obedient
vnto you our said Counsellors and Commissioners & every of

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