382 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1746/7.

Lib. C. B,

. granted by them or any of them, into the Hands of his said
Lordship his Heirs or Assigns or to such Person or Persons as
he or they shall appoint whensoever he or they shall appoint
me so to do, and shall signify the same unto me; and will not
presume to put in Execution or attempt to execute any
Office Power or Authority granted unto me by any of the
said Commissions after that his said Lordship or his Heirs or
Assigns Lords and Proprietaries of the said Province shall
repeal them or any of them respectively and that the said
Repeals be published in this Province: I will do equal Right
to the Poor and to the Rich within this Province to the best of
my Skill Judgment and Power according to the Laws and
Ordinances of the said Province and in Default thereof accord-
ing to my Conscience and best Discretion, and to the Power
granted or to be granted unto me by his said Lordships Com-
mission or Commissions: I will not for fear favour or Affec-
tion or any other Cause hinder or delay Justice to any, but
will truly execute the said Office and Offices respectively
according to his said Lordships Commission to me in that be-
half and to the true Intent and Meaning thereof and not other-
wise to the best of my Understanding and Judgment: I will
not know of any Attempt against his said Lordships Person

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or his Right or Dominion into or over the said Province or
i the People therein, but I will prevent resist or oppose it to the
utmost of my Power and make the same known with all con-
venient speed to his said Lordship and I will in all things from
time to time as Occasion shall require faithfully council and
advise his said Lordship according to my Heart and
Conscience
So help me God

His Excellency the Governor took also the following oath

I Samuel Ogle Governor of his Lordships Province of
Maryland do solemnly swear that I will do my utmost that
Every the Clauses Matters and things contained in the follow-
ing Acts of Parliament of his Majesty's kingdom of Great
Britain Viz. An Act Entituled An Act for the Encouraging
and Encreasing of Shipping and Navigation made in the
Twelfth Year of the Reign of King Charles the second; The
Act for preventing Frauds and regulating Abuses in his
Majestys Customs made in the fourteenth year of the said
Kings Reign; The Act for the Encouragement of Trade made
in the fifteenth Year of the said Kings Reign; The Act to
prevent the Planting of Tobacco in England and for regulating
the Plantation Trade made in the twenty second and twenty
third years of the said Kings Reign, and continued by a