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dictions within this province & the limitts of his Commission
(in Crimes & Offences ag^t the law of this province) as any
Justice of the peace in England useth or of Right may or
ought to use by Vertue of his Comission for the Peace.

The same Sessions In An Act made entituled An Act for the
appointment of Certain Officers is Contained as followeth.

Be it Enacted by the Lord Prop^ry of this Province of &
with the advice & approbation of the freemen of the same th^t
the Lord of every Manner within this Province after any
mannor shall be erected shall yearly at the first Court Baron
after Michaelmass in any year nominate & appoint some
inhabitant of the mannor not being of the Counsell to be
Tithing man of the Mannour who shall execute all precepts
and Warrants to him directed, & shall in all things have the
like power within the said Mannor as a tithing man hath or
ought to have in any Mannor in England by the Law or Cus-
tome of England.

The Same Sessions in An Act made Entituled An Act
for the descending of Land is Contained as followeth.

And Where any person dyeth Seized of any Land the
Guardian of the Heir appointed upon the Will (if the Heir be

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within the age of eighteen years) May enter upon the land
and shall be accountable for the reasonable Proffits thereof
to the heir when he Cometh of Age, and where any person
dyeth Seized of any land without disposing thereof by will
the next heir to such person to whom the land Ought to descend
by the most Generall Custome or Common Law of Rngland

shall or May enter upon all the land Whereof his Ancestor
dyed seized and if such next heir be not Liveing or residing
within the Province the nearest heir Living within the prov-
ince and Claiming the same may enter upon the land & hold
it without wast or Impeachm^t untill such next heir or nearer
heir make Claim.

In An Act made the 19^th day of March 1638 Entituled an
Act Ordaining Certain Laws for the Government of this
Province is this Contained.

For the Better Government of this Province be it Enacted
and Ordained by the Lord Proprietary of the same of and
with the advice Assent and Approbation of all the freemen
and burgesses Assembled in Assembly in Manner and form
following.

p. 90

Holy Church within this Province shall have all her Rights
and liberties.

p. 91