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13. If any Emergency of Government shall arise not Pro-
vided for by these my Instructions, you are in all things to
Act according to your best discretion and Judgment, with the
Opinion and Advice Nevertheless of Our Council of State
for the time being Transmitting to me and to our Secretary
of Our said Province the Honourable Cecilius Calvert Esqr
my Beloved Uncle all such Matters and things and Affairs,
and the Earliest Accounts of such your Proceedings, To be
attendant on and Receive my Approbation.
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14. You are to Conform yourself to all such Orders and
Instructions as have been Sent by my late Dear Father the
late Lord Proprietary or since by my Guardians during my
Minority or which have been Sent by others my Predecessors
to former Lieutenant Governors or Chief Magistrates of
Our said Province, as you shall find them Entered on the
Council Books of Our said Province of Maryland so far as
the same are not altered or varied by these Presents or
former Instructions or such other Instructions as you shall
or may Receive from me, And where any Instruction has
been Altered or Varied by Subsequent Instructions, you are
to follow such last Instruction, and you are upon all Occa-
sions to Send to me or my Secretary of Our Province, in
England to be laid before me, a Particular Account of all
your Proceedings, & of the Condition of Affairs within your
Government
15. In Case of your death or absence from Our said Prov-
ince, and in Case there be at any time no Person upon the
Place Commissionated or appointed by me to be my Lieu-
tenant Governor or Commander in Chief; The Eldest Coun-
cillor whose Name is first Placed in my Commission Appoint-
ing the Council of State in Maryland and who shall be at the
time of your death or absence residing within Our said
Province of Maryland shall take upon him the Administra-
tion of the Government, And execute my said Commission
and Instructions and the Several Powers and Authorities
therein Contained in the Manner thereby directed, But it is
nevertheless my express Will and Pleasure that in such Case
the said President shall forbear to Pass any Acts, except
what are immediately Necessary for the Peace and welfare
of Our said Province without my Particular order for that
purpose.
16. You are to Cause these Our Instructions on your Ar-
rival at Maryland, to be Entered in the Council Books of
Our said Province.
Given under Our hand and lesser Seal at Arms at London
this Seventeenth day of March in the Second year of Our
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