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Fifthly You are impowered to take the proof of all such
rights for Land as shall be offered by any Persons demanding
benefitt of his Lordships Conditions of Plantation hereby re-
quiring you to admit of no rights unless by Oath of the Party
entring them it appear such Rights are Originally due to them
as persons either transported by or Consign'd to them that
shall demand benefit of the Conditions of Plantations of this
you must take a special Care from time to time
Sixthly You must be Careful to delay no man when business
ought to be done and suffer not the Clerk under you to exact
unlawfully upon any Person either for expedition Money or
otherwise least Complaints arise upon such indirect proceed-
ings which have too lately Caused mischief

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Seventhly In Case I come not in early you are to follow such
directions as you shall Receive from my Attorney M^r Tho^s
Notley requiring you to write to me by all Oppertunities from
these parts Virginia New England or New York
Eightly You are strictly Charged to take Bonds of Naviga-
tion of all such Commanders and Musters of Ships or other
lesser Vessels Coming into Patomeck to trade as shall not pro-
duce Certificate from some Custom house in England of bond
Given there and to see that William Brookes observe the same
Instruction and that Copies be writt of all such Bonds taken
by you & the said Brookes of each Commander and Master as
aforesaid to be sent as I shall hereafter direct and Appoint
Ninthly You are impowered to sign Letters of Administra-
tions to take the Probate of wills and sign warrants to Apprais-
ers not Omitting at the signing of such business by order and
appointment of the honble Charles Calvert Esq^r
Tenthly Item you are Required to Cause all such Command-
ers and Masters as aforesaid to give bond with sufficient in-
habitants of this Province for the paying and Satisfying all
dues that the Laws of this Place do require from them the
form of such a Bond you may expect from M^r Thomas Notley
Given under my hand the fifteenth day of May One thousand
six hundred sixty nine
[Sealed] Charles Calvert

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Commission of the Peace for
Dorchester County

Cecilius Absolute Lord and Proprietary of the Provinces of
Maryland and Avalon Lord Baron of Baltimore &c to Raymond
Stapleford John Pollard W^m Stevens of little Choptank Steven
Gray W^m Stevens Henry Tripp Anthony Le Compte and
Henry Hooper Gent Greeting Know ye that we for the great
trust and Confidence that we have in your Fidelities Circum-
spections prudences & Wisdoms have Constituted Ordained