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and Restraints, shall continue and be in Force, from and after the
Publication of this Act, until the Twenty Ninth Day of September,
which shall be in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred
and Thirty One, and no longer. And that such Clauses of this Act
as relate to and direct the Payment of One Fourth Part of such Dues
as are herein before directed to be paid in Grain, shall be and con-
tinue in Force, from and after the Publication of this Act, until the
Thirty First Day of March, which shall be in the Year of our Lord
One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty Two.
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An Act for ascertaining the Form of the Oath of Judge, or Justice.
Whereas, the Oath of Judge, or Justice, (appointed to be taken by
the Statute of the Eighteenth of Edward the Third,) does not,
in many particulars, provide for the Constitution of this Province :
Be It Therefore Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord
Proprietary, by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's
Governeur, and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and the
Authority of the same, That at some convenient Time after the
End of this present Session of Assembly, and before the last Day
of August next, the following Oath shall be taken, as the proper Oath
of Office, by the Members of the Court of Appeals, as Judges to cor-
rect Errors in Judgments and other Proceedings at Law, the Justices
of the Provincial and County Courts, and the Mayor, Recorder, and
Aldermen of the City of Annapolis, for the Time being, changing
only what is to be changed, according to the different Stations of
such Magistrates, viz.
You shall swear, That as a Justice of the Provincial Court of Mary-
land, in all Articles of his Lordship's Commission to you directed, you
shall do equal Law and Right to all the King's Subjects, Rich and
Poor, according to the Directions of the Acts of Assembly of this
Province, so far forth as they provide; and where they are silent,
according to the reasonable Customs of England, and the Laws and
Statutes thereof, as are or shall hereafter be Enacted, agreeable to
the Usage or Constitution of this Province; and net delay any Person
of common Right, for any Cause or Pretence whatsoever. And in
case, any Letters, or other Commandments shall come to you, con-
trary to Law, that you do nothing by them, but cause them to be
entered on Record, and certify the King, the Lord Proprietary, or the
Governeur (for the Time being) of them; and proceed to execute
the Law, notwithstanding the same Letters or Commandments.
That you shall hold your Courts, according to the Acts of Assembly,
and the Directions in your Commission. That you shall do and
procure the Profit of the Lord Proprietary in all Things, where you
may lawfully and reasonably do the same: And that you shall not
debar or hinder the Prosecution of Justice, nor take any Gift, Bribe,
or Fee, for delaying or rendering Judgment, but shall behave your
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[The Pro-
prietary
dissented
thereto]
p. 13
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