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Caecilius &c. Know yee th^t wee reposing Speciall Confidence
& trust in you M^r John Lawson & for that the County Court
of S^t Mary's have presented yo^w amongst three to serue as

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Sherriffe for the said County for this Ensueing yeare have
Constituted Ordayned & appointed & doe by theis presents
Constitute Ordaine & appoynt you Sherriffe of the s^d County,
& to have such priviledges and benefitts as any other Sherriffe
within this our prouince of Maryland now hath or any other
sherriffe of your s^d County ever have had held or Enjoyed or
of Right ought to have had held or Enjoyed To have & to hold
the said office or Jmploym^t for one whole yeare to be Computed
from the first day of Aprill next Ensueing and after till another
Sherriffe by yo^r s^d County Court to be p^rsented shall be law-
fully by Pattent Constituted Provided that he the said John
Lawson doe in open Court in his said County take the Oath of
Sherriffe hereunto annexed & giue security for the well dis-
charging of his Office & trust according to the Act of Assembly
in th^l case provided Given att S^t Marys vnd^r our Lesser Scale
of our said province of Maryland the 23^th day of March in the
34^th yeare of our dominion over our s^d province of Maryland
Annoq dom 1664 Wittnes our deare Sonn & heire Charles
Caluert Esq^r our Leiv^t Generall of our s^d province of Maryland

These are to will & require you that by the 20^th day of July
next you cause a list to be taken of all the Tithables within yo^r
County & that in the s^d list the name & surname of Each Tith-
able pson & the howse of his abode be distinctly sett downe &
a Coppy thereof faire written & sent immediately downe to the
Governo^r & Councell & another Coppy of the s^d list sett up in
the Court howse att yo^r next County Court to remaine there
for the whole yeare to the End th^t if any Errors be therein they
may be corrected & the same certefied to the Gover^r & Councell
before the first day of Septemb^r next herein faile not as yo^w will
answere the Contrary And for soe doing this shall be yo^r Warr^t
Given vnder my hand this I^st of Aprill 1665
To John Lawson High
Sherriffe of S^t Marys
County

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You shall well & truely serue the Lord Proprietary in the
Office of a Sherriffe of the County of S^t Mary's & doe his lo^ps
profitt in all things th^t belongs unto you by way of Office as
far forth as yo^w can or may yo^w shall truely & R^tfully treate
the people of yo^r Sherriffwick & doe Right as well to the poore
as to the Rich in all th^t belongs vnto yo^r Office you shall doe
noe Wrong to any man for any Guift favour hate or other
affeccon yo^w shall duly Execute soe farr as you may all such

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