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And further we do by these Presents Impower & Authorise you our
s^d Trusty & well Beloved Sam^l Ogle, to call & Summon any general
Assembly or Assemblys, & Them to Prorogue or Dissolve at your
own will & pleasure; And Likewise, in our Name but with the
Advice & consent of our Council & the Delegates of the Freemen in
the s^d provinces in Assembly conven'd to make & Enact such Laws
as you & They shall think convenient for the good Government of
the Inhabitants in our s^d provinces, as likewise to repeal or alter any
Law or Laws whatever already Enacted in the s^d provinces, as you
with the Advice & Consent aforesaid shall think fitt & Expedient; Pro-
vided, Such Laws so to be made & Enacted, be not repugnant to the
Laws of Great-Britain, nor destructive or Invading of the Prerogative
Royal, granted to the Lord Proprietary of the s^d Provinces; all which
Laws you are hereby required to Transmitt to us for our confirma-
tion or Disallowance of them. And We do farther by these Presents
Grant full Power & Authority to our s^d Trusty & well-Beloved
Sam^l Ogle, to Exercise, Execute and put in practice all & every other
power or powers, Jurisdictions & Authoritys whatsoever, granted
in & by the Letter-Patents of his late Majesty King Charles the
First of Blessed Memory, unto our noble Ancestor Cecilius Calvert
Baron of Baltimore his Heirs & Assigns, in as ample a manner as

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if we were there personally present, & generally to Dp, Execute &
Perform all Manner of Matters & things necessary for the good
Order, Government Administration & Execution of Justice, the
maintenance of our just Rights & Prerogatives, & for the Defence,
Peace & Preservation of our s^d Provinces & the Inhabitants thereof,
To Have & to Hold the said Offices, Stations & Powers with all &
Singular the Rights, Emoluments & Privileges thereunto belonging
& Appertaining, during our pleasure, Observing nevertheless &
performing such Orders & Instructions as we from time to time,
shall send to you our s^d Trusty & Well Beloved Samuel Ogle. Pro-
vided always th' nothing herein before contain'd, shall be Deemed
construed & Taken to Extend, or give any power or Authority to

you the S^d Sam^l Ogle, to Do, Suffer or Acquiesce in, or Agree unto

any Thing, by means or reason whereof, either we or our Heirs,
may be Impeach'd Hurt or Prejudiced, in our Royaltys, Jurisdic-
tions, Rights, Titles, Property or Interest of, in & to our s^d provinces,
or any part thereof; any thing herein before contain'd to the con-
trary thereof in any wise notwithstanding, And Lastly, we do by
these presents Revoke, Repeal & Make void all former Commission
or Commissions formerly given or granted to any person whatso-
ever strictly commanding & requiring all persons of what Degree &
condition whatsoever to pay ready & due respect, submission &
Obedience to our s^d Trusty & well Beloved Samuel Ogle Esq^r as
They will answer the contrary at their utmost peril.
Given at London under our Hand & Seal at Arms this .... day
of .... in the 5^th year of the Reign of our Sovereign King George