244 Records Illustrating the History of Maryland

P. R. O.

Maryland
B. I. Vol. 2,
B. F.

ill Consequences of such wicked & unnaturall proceedings
practices & attempts as afd. from being any more or further
permitted tolerated connived at within this Province and to the
end that right and justice may be duely & Impartially Admin-
istred to all & Every person & persons, bodies politicke Cor-
porate within this Province Bee it by this present Gen^ll Con-
vention of the Representative body of this Province now.
assembled and mett together in the Authority of the same
Constituted and Ordained that Nehemiah Blakiston Esq^r be
& he is hereby in there Maj^ties names Constituted Assigned and
appointed Chiefe Iustice of the Provinciall Court of this their
Maj^ties Province of Maryland untill his Maj^ties pleasure be
further knowne as well for the Tryall & Condemnacon or
acquittal of the Murderer or Malefactor concerned in the
murder of the said Iohn Paine as afd as also for the holding
hearing & determining of all pleas touching & relating to the
conservacon of their Maj^ties peace of the Province and his
Maj^ties rights & revenues within the same hereby arising &
accrueing together with all other pleas of what Nature or
quality soever formerly legally used to be held in the said Pro-
vinciall Court matters onely relating to probate of Wills &
Granting Administrations by Comission already granted to
the respective County Courts of this Province & matters
relateing to Titles of Land Excepted & foreprized out of this
Commission And alsoe that Henry Jowles Coll George
Robotham Maj^r Nicholas Greenbury, M^r Thomas Tench Majr
Robert King D^r Iohn Brookes Coll Nicholas Gassaway M^r
Iohn Edmondson M^r Iohn Addison & M^r Robert Mason be
and they are hereby likewise in their Maj^ties Names Constituted
Assigned & appointed Iustices of the said Court for the
Tryall & Condemnation or acquittal aforesaid and for the
holding hearing and determining the pleas afd. Except before
Excepted dureing pleasure or untill his Maj^ties pleasure therein
be further knowne as aforesaid hereby willing & by these
presents Assigning Constituteing & appointing that the said
Chief Iustice or any Four or more of them of which the said
Nehemiah Blakiston Henry Jowles, George Robotham Nicholas
Greenbury & Thomas Tench or one of them to be always one
shall be a Sufficient Court for the holding hearing & deter-
mining the pleas & matters af^d and also for the granting &
issueing out of writts of Execution or Scire facias upon Iudge-
ments formerly Obtained in the said Provinciall Court under
the late Governmt. before the Revolucon & alsoe for the tryall
hearing & determinacon of all writts of Erro^r & appeales
legally brought & duely filed for Tryall at the next Provinciall
Court appointed & Assigned to be held before the said Rev-
olucon or Surrend^r of the Governmt as afd the said Provinciall