Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1714. 281

      Whereas by an Act made in the Sixth Year of the Reigne Lib. W. B.

    of her late Majesty Queen Anne Intituled an Act for the

    Security of her Majesties Person and Govmt and of the

    Succession of the Crowne of Great Britain in the Protestant

    Line, It was Enacted that no Office Place or Imployment

    Civil or Military within the Kingdoms of Great Britain or

    Ireland Dominion of Wales Towne of Berwick upon Tweed p. 6

    Isles of Jersey Guernsey Alderny and Sark or any of Her

    Majesties Plantations should become Void by reason of the

    Demise of Her sd late Majestie her Heirs or Successors

    Kings or Queens of the Realme, but that every Person &

    Persons in any of the Places Offices and Imployments afsd

    should continue in their respective Offices Places and Imploy

    ments afsd for the Space of Six Months next after such Death

    or Demise, unless sooner removed and discharged by the

    next Successor to whome the Imperial Crowne of this Realme

    was Limited and appointed to go remain and descend; And

    that all Officers in any offices places or Employments who

    should be by that Act continued should take the Oaths therein

    mentioned, And do all other Acts requisite by the Law of this

    Realme to quallifie themselves to be and continue in such

    their respective Places Offices and Employments within such

    Tyme and in such manner and under such Pains Penalties

    and Disabilitys as they should or ought to do had they been

    newly Elected, appointed Constituted and put into such Offices

    Places or Employments in the usual and ordinary way Bee

    therefore wth the advice of His Majesties most honble Privy

    Council do Hereby Direct and Command tht all Persons who

    at the tyme of the Decease of the sd late Queen were duly

    and lawfully Possess'd of or invested in any Place or Employ

    ment Civil or Military within the Kingdoms of Great Britain

    or Ireland Dominion of Wales Towne of Berwick upon Tweed p. 7

    Isles of Jersey Guernsey Alderney and Sarke or any his

    Matys Plantations do Wth the first opportunity take the respec

    tive Oaths of Office and all other Oaths as required by the sd

    Act, And in the meantime do not faile every one severally

    according to his Place Office or Charge to proceed in the

    Performance and Execution of all Duties belonging to their

    respective Offices And we do hereby require & comand

    all his Matys Subjects to be aiding helping & Assisting

    at the Comandment of the sd Officers & Ministers in the per

    formance and execution of their respective Offices and Places

    as they and every of them tender his Majesties utmost Dis

    pleasure and will answer the Contrary at their Perill

      Given at the Court at St James's the fifth day of August

    1714 In the first Year of Our Reign.

                  God Save the King.