Appendix. 657

Given under our Seal Twenty fourth of March 1742/3
Charles Absolute Lord & Proprietary of the Province of Mary-
land, and Avalon, Lord Baron of Baltimore &c to our Right Trusty
& well Beloved Tho: Bladen Esq^r Our Lieutenant Governour of our
Province of Maryland And to Our Right Trusty and well Beloved
the Upper and Lower Houses of our Assembly, there and to all Oth-
ers in our said Province of Maryland for the time being Greeting.
Whereas at a Sessions of Assembly begun & held at Annapolis in
our said Province of Maryland the Twenty first day of September
in the Twenty Eighth Year of our Dominion over the said Province
of Maryland Annoq Domini 1742 An Act Intituled an Act for the
Tryall of all Matters of Fact in the several Counties Where they have
arisen or shall Arise, passed into a Law on due Consideration thereof
Wee have thought fit to Dissent, to the said Act, and do hereby de-
clare the said Act Null, Void, and of no Effect
Given under our hand and seal at Armes at London this Twenty
fourth day of March in the Twenty Ninth Year of our Dominion
Over the said Province Annoq Domini 1742/3.
By his Lord^sp Com^d Jn^o Browning, Secretary
Ditto our Dissent to An Act to devide Somersett County & to
Erect a new County Call'd Worcester.

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Additional Orders and Instructions to our Trusty and well Be-
loved Tho: Bladen Esq^r our Lieutenant Governour of our Province
of Maryland
You are to receive, and Transmit to me for my Approbation &
Consent, all, and Every Proposition or Scheme that shall be deliv-
ered or Offer'd to you by the Lower House, or the Houses of Assem-
bly in Lieu of my Land Rents Ariseing in the Province of Maryland,
and you are not to give Y^r Consent to any such Scheme or Proposi-
tion untill our pleasure be first known
Given under our hand & Seal at Armes at London this 9 Day of
August in the Twenty ninth Year of our Dominion over the said
province Annoq Domini 1743.
By his Lordships Com^d Jn^o Browning, Secretary.

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Charles Absolute Lord & Proprietary of the Province of Maryland
& Avalon, Lord Baron of Baltimore &c, to Our Right Trusty & well
Beloved Tho Bladen Esq^r our Lieutenant Governour of our Province
of Maryland, and to Our Right, Trusty & well Beloved the Upper
and Lower Houses of our Assemblys, there and to all Others in our
said province of Maryland for the time being Greeting.
Whereas at a Sessions of Assembly begun & held at Annapolis in
Our said province of Maryland the twenty first day of Sept^r in the
Twenty Eighth Year of our Dominion Over the said Province of
Maryland Annoq Domini 1742 An Act, Intituled an Act to Divide
Somersett County & to erect a new County Call'd Worcester passed
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