Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1657-1660. 329

in Our said Province to be likewise Administred vnto him by
Our said Lieutenant or any two of Our Councell there who are
heereby respectively impowred & required to administer the
same accordingly. Given vnder our hand & scale at armes
the seaventh day of November in the five & Twenteeth yeare
of Our Dominion over the said Province of Maryland And in
the yeare of Our Lord God 1656.

Liber II. H.

Instructions Directed by the Right Hono^ble Caecilius
absolute Lord and Proprietary of the provinces of
Maryland & Avalon Lord Baron of Baltemore &c:
To his Lordships Lieutenant & the rest of his Lo^ps
Councell of the said Province of Maryland for the
time beeing.

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Instructions
120 Novembris 1656.

His Lordship wills & requires his said Lieu^t
& Councell that they cause euery Sherriffe &

Coroner of euery County in Maryland to give good security
for the iust & due performance of theyr Office respectively
before they be admitted to Act as Sherriffes or Coroners there
notwithstanding any Commission warrant or Jnstruction already
obtained or w^ch heereafter may be obtained from his Lo^p for the
makeing of any such person Sherriffe or Coroner of any County
there as aforesaid.
2. That his Lordships said Lieu^t do cause such proporcons
of land to be survayd & assigned (except Royall mines) to
such seuerall persons as followeth vntill his Lop shall send a
new greate seale thither (w^ch he will shortly doe) whereby the
said lands may be granted vnder the same (viz)
To his Lordships Brother Philip Calvert Esq his
secretary of the said Province of Maryland six thousand
Acres to be erected into One or more Manners & to be
called by such name Or Names as his Lordships said
brother shall thinke fitt.
To William Thomson one hundred Acres.
To Simpson two hundred Acres.
To euery servant that hath & shall serue out his time
with any planter or Adventurer there & hath & shall
approue himselfe faithfull to his Lordship fifty Acres.
Provided allways that none of the lands before mentioned be
assigned in any place formerly disposed of by his Lo^p or his
Authority to any person or persons nor sett out or reserved
for his Lordships owne vse; And provided that in the said
assignem^ts the vsuall respectiue yearely rent of one shilling

Sterling for euery fifty acres of all the said Lands & so pro
portionably for any greater quantity of land to be payd to his
Lordship & his Heires for the same be reserved & payd

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