Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1648-1655. 241

ment and Plantation in our said Province as af^d We do further
hereby Constitute and appoint him the said Robert Brooke to
be one of our Justices and Commissioners for Conservation of
the Peace of our said Province of Maryl^d until we or our heirs
shall signify our or their Pleasure to the Contrary and we do
hereby also Grant unto him the said Robert Brooke full Power
and Authority during the said time to Act as a Justice of
Peace throughout the said Prov^e of Maryland in as full and
ample manner and form as any other our Justices and Com-
missioners for Conservation of the Peace of the said Province
may can or ought to do According to the Powers given them
or any of them by Grant or Commission from us for that Pur-
pose and upon such his settlement and Plantation in the s^d
Province as aforesaid we do hereby will and require you and
every of you that he the said Robert Brooke may be Received
of you and every of you according to that Condition and quali-
fication and may then have use and enjoy the Powers dignities

Liber C. B.

& Priviledges and immunities of right due and belonging to
him as one of our Privy Council and Justice of Peace within
our said Province of Maryland and we do further will Require
and Appoint that this our Grant shall be inrolled and Registred
in the Common Registry of our said Province of Maryland for
the better Confirmation and manifestation thereof (for which
usual fees are to be paid) and the Inrollment and Registry
thereof shall be from time to time a sufficient Warrant and dis-
charge to you our Lieutenant and other Officers there for
your suffering performing and doing all the Acts and things
hereby required and enjoyned you to suffer perform and do as
aforesaid Given under our hand and Greater Seal at Arms the
20^th day of September in the 18^th Year of our Dominion over
the said Province Annoq Dni 1649

p. 242

[Commission to Thomas Greene.]

Whereas I Cap^t William Stone Leiveten^ant &c of this Pro-
vince by Comission from the right hoble the Lord Baltemore
Lord Proprietary of the same (having occasion to bee for some-
time absent out of this Province) doe by vertue of and according
to the power and authority to mee granted by the said Comis-
sion nominate elect & appoint Thomas Greene esq^r to bee his
Lopps Leiveten^ant, Generall, Chauncellor or Keeper of the
great Seale Admirall, cheife Justice, Magistrate, and Com-
mander as well by sea as by land of this his Lopps Province of
Maryland and the Islands to the same belonging during my
absence out of this Province or vntill his Lopp or his heires
signify his or theire pleasure to the contrary in as large and
ample manner as his Lopp hath by the said Comission author-

Liber A.
p. 276