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tuted, and appointed, and, with the Approbation of his most
sacred Majesty King George the Third, Do, by these Presents,
Nominate, Constitute, and appoint You Our said Trusty and
well beloved Robert Eden Lieutenant Governor and Chief
Governor of the sd Provinces of Maryland and Avalon, in
America, and also Commander in Chief, both by Sea and
Land, of all the Forces raised or to be raised within the Limits
of the said Provinces, or the Islands, Territories, and Domin-
ions thereunto belonging, and over all such Forces to appoint
proper Officers, and them to remove and Displace at Your
Will and Pleasure, And further we do, by these Presents,
Impower and Authorize you Our said Trusty and well beloved
Robert Eden to call and summon any General Assembly or
Assemblys, and them to Prorogue or Dissolve at Your own
will and Pleasure, and likewise in Our Name, but with the
Advice and Consent of the Council, and the Delegates of the
Freemen in the said Provinces in Assembly Convened, to make
and Enact such Laws as you and they shall think convenient,
for the good Government of the Inhabitants in the said
Provinces, as likewise to repeal or alter any Law or Laws
whatsoever already Enacted in the said Provinces as you, with
the Advice and Consent aforesaid shall think fit and expedient.
Provided that such Laws, so to be made and Enacted, be not
repugnant to the Laws of Great Britain, nor destructive or
Invading of the Prerogative Royal, granted to the Lord Pro-
prietary of the said Provinces; All which Laws you are
hereby, required to transmit to us for Our Confirmation or
Disallowance of them; And we do further by these Presents,
grant full Power and Authority to you, Our said Trusty and
well beloved Robert Eden, to Exercise, Execute, and put in
Practice all and every other Power or Powers, Jurisdictions,
and Authorities whatsoever granted in, and by the Letters
Patents of his late Majesty King Charles the First, of Blessed
Memory, unto the Right honourable Cecilius Calvert, Baron
of Baltimore, his Heirs and Assigns, in as ample a manner as if
We were there Personally present, and generally to do, Ex-
ecute, and Perform all manner of Matters and Things neces-
sary for the good Order, Government, Administration, and
Execution of Justice, the Maintenance of the just Rights and
Prerogative of the Lord Proprietary of the said Provinces,
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and for the Defence, Peace and Preservation of the said Prov-
inces, and the Inhabitants thereof. To Have and to Hold the
said Offices, stations, and Powers, with all and singular the
Rights, Emoluments and Privileges thereunto belonging and
appertaining, during Our Pleasure, Observing, Nevertheless,
and performing such Orders and Instructions as we, from
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