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L. H. J.
Liber No. 47
May 21
p. 42
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it appears by the Records in the Provincial Office, that the present
Secretary took the Oath of Office; and the Oath of Secretary, as
recorded in the Records of the Provincial Court, is as follows :
I A. B. do swear, that I will be true and faithful to the Right
Honourable Caecilius, Lord Baron of Baltimore, the true and abso-
lute Lord and Proprietary of this Province of Maryland; and him
and them, and his and their Rights, Royal Jurisdictions, Seigniories,
and all and every of them, into and over the said Province, and
Islands thereunto belonging, will at all Times defend and maintain,
to the utmost of my Power; and will never accept of, nor execute
any Place, Office, or Employment, within the said Province, any way
concerning or relating to the Government of the said Province, from
any Person or Authority, but by, from, or under a lawful Authority,
derived or to be derived, from time to time, from his said Lordship,
or his Heirs, Lords Proprietaries of the said Province, under his
and their Hands and Seal at Arms: I will serve him faithfully, as
his Secretary in the said Province: To none will I wittingly or
willingly delay or deny Right, in what belongeth to my Office or
Offices to do: True Record I will keep of Judgments, and all other
Matters to be by me recorded, without Falsification or Corruption,
for Fear, Favour, or Malice of any Person whatsoever, to the best
of my Ability and Understanding. So help me God, and by the Con-
tents of this Book.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your most humble Servant,
May 18, 1750. Richard Burdus.
Commissary General's Oath. [No. 4.]
You do swear, that as Commissary General of the Province of
Maryland, in all Articles in his Lordship's Commission to you di-
rected, you will do equal Right to the Poor as well as to the Rich, to
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the best of your Cunning, Skill, and Knowlege, and according to the
Precedents and Customs of this Province, and Act of Assembly in
such Cases made: You shall not debar or hinder the Prosecutions
of Justice, nor take any Gift, Bribe, or Fee, for the delaying of
Judgment; but shall behave yourself justly and truly, to the best of
your Understanding, so long as you shall continue in the said Office,
or until you shall be by lawful Authority discharged therefrom,
So help you God.
Copy, per Richard Dorsey, Register.
Deputy Commissary's Oath. [No. 5.]
You do swear, that you will well and truly serve his Lordship the
Lord Proprietary, in the Office of Deputy Commissary of
County; that you will do equal Right to the Poor and to the Rich
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