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and Carefully to preserve and keep all the Records of or
belonging to the said Province or his said Lordship and which
shall come into my hands and properly belong unto all or any
the Office or Offices and to my care and Custody so long as
the same shall be by his Lordships Chief Governor for the time
being permitted to Remain in my Custody I will not fraudu-
lently or wilfully raze deface alter change or Imbezzle or cause
or procure to be fraudulently or wilfully razed defaced altered
changed or Imbezzled the said Records or any of them I will
truly and faithfully keep the Lesser Seal of the Province so long

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as the same shall be permitted by his Lordship or his chief
Governor for the time being to Remain in my Custody and
will not directly or indirectly use permit or suffer the same
to used Contrary to my duty and trust reposed in me by
Charles Calvert Esq^r his Lordships Lieutenant and chief Gov-
ernor for the time being I will keep a true and fair Record of
all such things as I shall be required to enter in the Secretaries
Office Provincial Court Businesses or Council I will in all
things and upon all Occasions do Right to all manner of People
both Poor and rich without favour or Affection hatred or
Malice to any Person or Persons whatsoever
So help me God and by
the Contents of this Book

Memorandum that the Ninth day of November Anno 1670
the within mentioned Tho^s Cabewood took the within specefied
Oath before me
William Talbot Esq^r

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These are to Authorise and require you to call together this
pres^t month of december four or more of the Commissioners
of your County with the Clerk whom you are hereby required
to impower to sit as a Court and during their sitting by Virtue
of your Office to make or Cause to be made publick Procla-
mation thereby giving notice to all the freemen of your said
County who are within the said County Visible seated Planta-
tions of fifty Acres of Land at the least or Visible personal

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Estates to the Value of forty Pounds Sterling at the least
requiring them to appear at the next County Court to be
holden for the said County at a Certain day in the month next
following after such Proclamation made for the election and
Choosing of Deputies and Delegates to serve for your said
County in a General Assembly shortly after to be called by
special writ at which time and place according to the said
Proclamation the said freemen so required to appear or the
Major Part of such of them as shall thereupon appear shall
and may and are hereby Authorized and required to elect and
choose four several sufficient freemen of your said County

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