528 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1684-89.

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P. R. O.

said Officers be made conformable thereto and for the more
convenient management of the premises Itt is by us the said
Deputyes Lieu^ts with the advice of his Lordship's Councill
thought meet and necessary that some one of the Deputyes
Lieu^ts or of his Ldp's Councill or some other eminent person
conveniently resideing for each County of the Province be
authorized and impowered in his Lordship's behalf to appoint
meet and fitt persons to be Officers for the severall Townes
within such County for the purpose aforesaid together with
sufficient power to such Officer to make and appoint Deputyes
under him for the better and more effectuall execution of his
place. And for the great and signall Trust and confidence his
Lordship reposes in W^m Digges of S^t Maryes County Esq.
Wee the said Deputyes Lieu^ts have given and granted and
hereby doe give and grant unto you the said William Digges
full power and authority in his Lordship's behalf to order &
appoint meet and fitt persons to be Officers for the severall
Townes allowed to be shipping places by Act of Assembly
within the said County of S^t Maryes for the purpose and intent
aforesaid together with sufficient power to such officers to make

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Deputys under them as aforesaid Hereby requiring you that
by such Officers or their Deputys you use your utmost diligence
care and vigilancy in prosecuting and seeing put into execution
the aforesaid severall Acts for Advancement of Trade and
whereas the said former Officers were imediately appointed by
us the said Deputys Lieu^ts and Oath administred them for the
due execution of certain Instructions delivered them for the
purpose aforesaid The said Officers and every of them upon
due notice by you given are hereby required to surrender to
you the said Instructions the which you are to renew and the
same to regulate and make conformable to the last farther
additional Act made for the advancement of Trade And the
said Officers or such or any of them as to you shall seem meet
you have hereby power anew to appointe in the said Townes
for the purpose aforesaid or them or any of them to remove
and other meet and fitt persons in their Rooms to appoint as
aforesaid as likewise new Officers for such Townes as have not
yet had any appointed And the same or any Officer by you
appointed as aforesaid as often as to you shall seem to dis-
place and remove and others as aforesaid in their roomes to
appoint with the like power as aforesaid to make Deputys to
all and every such Officers And you are hereby required that
the new Instructions by you to be given to the said Officers be
the same as the former Instructions to the Officers for Townes
were Only with such necessary Alterations as the last Addi-
tionall Act relateing to the Advancement of Trade requires
To the which in the giveing the said Instructions And to the