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& nine pence p hhd & fourteen pence p Tonn the sum of
one hundred pounds Sterl yearly. And we do Hereby

U. H. J.

Revoke Annull & make void all former & other Commissions
Powers & Authoritys touching the Premisses by us or Our
Authoritys to any other Person or Persons heretofore Granted;
Ratifying and Confirming all whatsoever has been lawfully
done by the said Charles Carrol by Virtue of my late Lord
Benedicts Letter to him as far as in us lyes as also what after
his Death he hath lawfully done by Virtue of our Letter to
him. And this our Commission and the Powers thereby
Granted to continue in force during our Pleasure & no longer
In Witness whereof we have hereunto Sett our Hands &
Greater Seal of our said Province Dated at London this 24th
day of March in the Year of our Lord 1715
Baltimore | greater |
Guilford | Seal |

Upon reading whereof his Excellency is pleased to say
That, that Commission being Granted to any other Person
but himself, especially to a Papist is such a lessening of his
Power & Dishonour to his Character that He has desired to
be recalled unless He can be Restored to the full Authority
he held under the Crown
And that by the said Commission should It be executed by
Mr Carrol or his Deputys, The several Acts of Parliament
following Viz The Act made in the 15th year of the Reign
of King Charles the Second Entituled an Act for the Encour-
agement of Trade And the Act made in the Seventh & Eighth
year of King William the third Entituled an Act for prevent-
ing Frauds & regulating Abuses in the Plantation Trade are
Contravened & broke in upon, And the Execution of Several

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Clauses therein to be performed by the Persons mentioned in
the sd Acts to be appointed by the Governour (who has taken
the Oath for preservation of Trade appointed by the sd Acts
as well as the Act of the 1 2th of King Charles for Encourage-
ment & Encreasing of Shipping) taken out of their Hands &
put into Mr Carrols & his Deputys Who have taken no such
oath nor are any Persons mentioned in the aforesaid Acts of
Parliament
His Excellency offers to this Board that their Lordships He
humbly Conceives could not grant such a Commission during
the Time of his holding the Station He is now employed in
Further the sd Mr Carrol has also obtained a Grant under
his Lordships great Seal to be his Escheator General which
is an Office of Record and relates to the Administration of
Justice within this Province.

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